I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.
Ehhh.
Pike tried really hard to spin this one so that it ended somewhat happily/bittersweetly. I don't know that it worked for me. Also, I'm not sure that it would have been physically possible for the killer to do all of that. Then there's the unexplained blood at the one house. And just how stupid are the cops in this town?