A lonely boy lives with his singularly crazed family in a house steeped in madness. His only solace and escape is his strange collection: jars of pickled animal and human body parts, which he steadily expands as each family member meets a grotesque, often darkly comedic death. Presented as a tongue-in-cheek semi-autobiography, the story follows the absurdly gruesome chain of events that unfold around him, blending visceral horror with a macabre sense of humor. The manga, created by Hideshi Hino, is a two-volume series originally published in Japan from 1995 to 1996 and later released in English as The Collection. Its narrative arc is driven by the boy’s passive yet obsessive role as a collector, with each chapter introducing a new bizarre death or family tragedy that adds another specimen to his ever-growing trove of preserved remains.