Adopted Child

This is a classic-style horror/creepy-pasta comic in moody blue tones, heavily inspired by Junji Ito’s aesthetic. The story revolves around a young girl (named Luna) who is adopted by a seemingly loving couple. At first everything appears sweet and normal: the adoptive parents welcome her warmly, read her bedtime stories, and treat her like family.

But the truth is gradually revealed through increasingly disturbing hints:

– The parents repeatedly emphasize “wait until it’s 18” while looking at her with predatory smiles.
– They complain that she’s “slow at everything” and regret adopting her too early.
– Off-panel conversations show they plan to “sell it” for money once she turns 18.
– The comic loops back to its opening panel: the same girl, now 18 years old, tied to a chair in a dark basement with the words “WELCOME TO THE FAMILY” scrawled on the wall in blood, implying this is a recurring cycle of kidnapping, raising, and trafficking victims.

The final twist is that the innocent family scenes we saw were only the calm before the horror, and the girl in the basement at the start is the same person we watched “grow up” in the flashback. It’s a grim, cyclical tale of false families and human trafficking disguised as adoption, delivered with cold, unsettling detachment.