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>>21106552
>a story about a teenage boy who's worried over nothing, and yet is still far more tense and nerve-wracking
Of course it is, that's what Ryuukishi intended. It's not just your typical paranoia, it's literally a bunch of microscopic bugs physically messing with his brain chemicals because they got upset over the climate or whatever, which plungs him into a nighmarish, unbearable, terrifying persecution complex that gets worse by the minute.

Of course something like that would be more terrifying than some obscure shady people plotting a conspiracy. Onikakushi is meant to be the scariest part of the story, because you still know nothing about the true nature of this creepy village.