The art in this book is STUNNING. The gorgeously handled watercolors over penciled line art are wonderful, a style I really enjoy and would like to practice more myself. The story is a bit on the loose side, and falls into some tropes of a Western gaze on Japan and specifically Japanese ghost mythology. Based somewhat on a true story, two French tourists return to Niigata prefecture, a place they have stayed before, so have pre-established relationships with some of the townspeople. On a trip to a small town to see a local festival, they wander into a curious shop and are talked into buying a cheap camera which supposedly can take photos of Yokai- ghosts and other spirits. The rest of the book tells of various trips to different locations, attempting to catch supernatural creatures on the 8 pictures on the camera's roll of film. The narrative sometimes shifts abruptly, scenes being cut off without conclusion. There are multiple times that it's implied the Japanese people the tourists talk to ARE ghosts, in a human disguise. I wasn't bothered as much by the fragmented narrative as by the decision to portray all of the Japanese characters differently, with a much greater degree of realism, than the French characters. I think the authors might have been trying to honor the people they actually met (some of whose photos are included in the appendix) with realistic portraits, but it gives the book a weird tone.