悪意がえし
Our take
A meek office worker's tormentors start meeting strange, fitting ends.
- Quiet heroine
- Uncanny justice
- Workplace tension
The setup
Quiet and self-effacing, a woman working at a government office has long attracted only cruelty from those around her. She endures it silently until a new temp worker steps in to help her, and soon after, the people who mistreat her begin suffering strange misfortunes.
Why read it
- Quiet heroine The protagonist's passivity makes her small moments of relief feel earned rather than triumphant.
- Uncanny justice Each cruel coworker meets an unsettling fate that never feels like simple revenge.
- Workplace tension The office setting grounds the eerie events in familiar, petty everyday meanness.
For fans of
This series follows a soft-spoken woman whose timid manner at her government job makes her an easy target for coworkers who sense weakness and take advantage of it. She is talked down to, used, and humiliated, and she never fights back, simply absorbing each slight with the same tired patience.
Her situation shifts slightly when a new temporary worker joins her office and steps in to shield her from the worst of it. His kindness offers her a brief sense of relief, but almost immediately afterward, strange and troubling incidents begin to befall the very people who have wronged her, one after another, as though some unseen force were settling her accounts for her.
What makes this premise compelling is the restraint in how it is handled. The heroine herself does not seek vengeance; she barely reacts to what happens to those around her. The unease comes instead from watching misfortune trail her tormentors with an almost deliberate precision, as if cruelty itself were being turned back on its source.
Readers drawn to quiet, slow-building tension rather than loud confrontation will find plenty to sit with here. The office setting keeps the stakes small and personal, even as the events surrounding the heroine grow increasingly uncanny, and the question of who or what is truly behind her strange reprieve lingers over every scene.
Rather than offering a straightforward tale of comeuppance, the story lingers in discomfort, asking readers to watch how thoroughly ordinary cruelty can unravel when something beyond anyone's control starts keeping score.
2 volumes in print / Volume 1 to the latest
Spoilers through Vol.2
Vol. 2 / Oct 8, 2026Japan now悪意がえし
Official synopsis
Inako has a timid and quiet personality. Because of her plain and unconfident demeanor at her office job, only people with malicious intent approach her. Being licked, used, and unreasonably disparaged... Inako, who could only endure without being able to fight back, is one day saved by Amane, a man who arrived as a contract employee. Though relieved by Amane's kindness, from that day on, unnatural incidents began to occur around Inako. Those who harm Inako become involved in tragedies one after another. As if the malice is being returned.
Vol. 1 / Mar 12, 2026悪意がえし
Official synopsis
Inako has a timid and quiet personality. Because of her plain and unconfident demeanor at her office job, only people with malicious intent approach her. Being licked, used, and unreasonably disparaged... Inako, who could only endure without being able to fight back, is one day saved by Amane, a man who arrived as a contract employee. Though relieved by Amane's kindness, from that day on, unnatural incidents began to occur around Inako. Those who harm Inako become involved in tragedies one after another. As if the malice is being returned.