Here! Take This Old Camera. 📸 The Lore of FATAL FRAME!

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00:00 Chapter 1
14:10 Chapter 2
25:12 Chapter 3

[@xxartimisxx]

I love that in the Japanese version of the final cutscene when Mafuyu expresses concern for Kirie, she expresses that that expression of care would help her stay strong for many years, and that’s when he decides to stay and offer support. Very bittersweet.

[@sunnydbear]

26:14 “and down THE ROPE. HALLWAY.” I love the delivery of that line 😂😂😂

[@faiyoake]

I’ve watched this countless times and that line still makes me grin

[@iamaunicorn1232]

I feel like its just as horrible what happens to the Blinded Maiden. You get back to normal life, totally unaware and the them pulled back for another ritual but instead of playing what you may have thought was a dumb game you get disfigured. They could have had connections and aspirations. Love this telling! Its an amazingly compelling story well told.

[@errantnightao3]

The stakes are LONG in that mask, like you already have the horror of having your eyes jammed out but they're so long it's gonna go into the brain. I doubt any of them survived.

[@13gan]

I think it's symbolic of the role that the two maidens have in the ritual. The blind maiden is the worldly aspect, able to enjoy the world outside but was doomed to be blind while the rope maiden is the otherworldly/divine aspect where her duty requires her to not have attachment in the world, a virgin in the sense that she is pure of outside influences other than her sacred duty and destiny. This, the eyes that see the world are required to open the ritual ground and the soul of the pure maiden to lock the malice from going outside the gate. By falling in love, Kirie provided an opening for malice to sneak through and break the seal, which is probably why Mafuyu staying with Kirie might actually be the key needed to seal the gate permanently as now the rope maiden is complete as opposed to previous rope maidens that requires renewal every 10 years since their innocence of the outside world could create an opening for malice's temptation on their soul.

[@shogunbowgun1220]

Dude, I cannot describe how much this series is slept on. Like, sure you ask any survival horror fanatic about this, and they'll be like "yeah, I've heard of it!" BUT HAVE YOU PLAYED IT CAUSE IT'S REALLY GOOD

[@seriousbismuth2173]

Yes and yes... I don't know many fans of survival horror who haven't though soooo 😂

[@followthewhiterabbit884]

Yes and yes! I've played it after I found out "Spirit camera" on the 3DS isn't the only game with scary ghost cameras. The story is similar.

[@Rhysdux]

I haven't played it because it's so dark that I can barely see anything. I'm not a fan of games where you can't see where you are or what's going on.

[@followthewhiterabbit884]

@@Rhysdux I know what you mean. Usually I hate it too. It isn't scary If I never see what's going on and there are games I never played for the same reason as you.. Darkness doesn't mean automatically good horror. I liked the game anyways, but I understand good why it wasn't the right game for you.

[@michaelknasel1641]

I couldn't play it long. My little brother got almost to the end of night 2 but was having very rough nightmares from it so he stopped. The lore is in credibly good tho and it's thanks to channels like this that I'm able to experience it.

[@THATGuy5654]

I have a soft spot for mystical artifacts constructed in the modern-day. It's easy to imagine the mirror having been crafted from an earlier sacred stone, and by extension, the camera becoming part of some greater machine in the future.

[@thetalkingbear]

Japanese horror. It's great how a single story can combine horror and existential dread coupled with emotional damage all in to the same package.

[@mercerholt8299]

One of the things I will always find hilarious is how this whole premise is an old superstipn of cameras stealing people souls being made literal.

[@MrCironn]

"Mafuyu acted as both, a father and a mother [to Miku]", Jesus that sounds a tad disturbing after Maiden of Black Water.

[@Annnoura]

Yikes... 😵

[@plipplop728]

Here's my take on that, feel free to correct me if I'm missing some things: I think what Miku did in Maiden of Black Water wasn't intentionally "marriage" in a literal sense, she knew her life will end soon, and she always talk about that all she wanted to do is just to meet her brother again, so when she heard there's a ritual that can binds the living with the dead in the afterlife, she wanted to do that. It was just so happened that this ritual is "marriage", but that doesn't really matters right? since it's not supposed to be literal marriage. It was explained in some notes, that ONLY in a VERY RARE occurance that the living can get pregnant with the ghost instead, usually for people who posessed a great power of spiritual energy, which Miku does. So I think the matter about Miku and Mafuyu was in incestuous relationship can still be open for debate.

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

Glad series gets more love over the years. Also always wondered how did people who came upon that demon gate came up with that elaborate idea to keep it shut. Horror logic I guess. Though right approach would be something like: demon gate, meet tons of concrete, tons of concrete, meet demon gate.

[@YamiHoOu]

Maybe, like many great inventions, it was found out by accident?

[@sephiraeferie8396]

Maybe a "helpful" oni told them about the ritual

[@13gan]

They probably have other methods to seal the gate then but result in less than satisfactory results. The mirror might be a piece of that earlier method however, since having just one layer of protection is too risky (I mean, it's Hell's gate), the sealing rope and the blind gate was added to give time for the mirror to be maintained and reconsecrated since it's a bit too fragile to be used permanently in an earthquake prone area.

[@jacthing1]

​@@13ganyeah you definitely want at least a few backups when you trying to kepe the gate of HELL

[@nemo9540]

Most survival horrors are comprised simply of shock and gore with very little narrative but this game had such a captivating story I was determined to finish it just to understand the whole story. I hope they make a new game from this franchise 🙏

[@errantnightao3]

The main creator said he wanted something really different compared to other horror games like Resident Evil where you have to run away and keep as far away as possible - where in Fatal Frame you have to get super close to get the best shots and do the most damage. Apparently he had to FIGHT for the camera to be the 'weapon' as well, another guy wanted some kind of... ghost... gun thing. Which I don't think the game would ever have become popular if they did that.

[@lightdarksoul2097]

Such a cruel and tragic story. I can't help but feel like the family deserved their fate. They were told the woman had made a bond and right away they attempted to destroy it. The underhanded way they do this ritual to the rope maiden, basically giving her no real choice but to be willing to give up her own life in an awful way just for ten years of peace is terrible. I suppose they figured two lives over a thousand but over all those generations who knows how many suffered? How many livesended before getting the chance to begin, all coming for the result of a simple game.

[@StrawberryShorty]

But was there an alternative? The gate is real, and left unsealed, would eventually destroy the world. I'm also of the belief that the sacrifice's soul remains bound to the gate until the next ritual.

[@followthewhiterabbit884]

If the world is the price then more like 1 for billions. I would feel awful If I would learn everyone can live just because she suffered, but without an alternative... Edith: Different question, same outcome. Would you sacrifice all your loved ones, their loved ones, your parents, kids, babys, no EVERY baby ect. or do the ritual? I wouldn't want to be the the person who needs to make the decision.

[@lightdarksoul2097]

@@followthewhiterabbit884 True though to watch an innocent woman be torn limb from limb just seems too cruel for me...

[@followthewhiterabbit884]

@@lightdarksoul2097 I agree with you, but I would it too If a world ending event would occure If I stay a decent person and go away. But I think, I would hesistate for a very long time before I would go into action. Stab little girls their eyes out and use ropes to tore the second apart after 10 years o misery and isolation seems like it would follow you into your dreams. Dumb question, but would you give the Job every decade to someone else or would you give it to one person alone and they does it their whole live? One trauma for many people or many traumas for one person? I am not sure how I would handle it. Whoever does the nessecary steps for the ritual can say good bye for their mental health forever. I wouldn't want to be the poor bastard who needs to make decisions like these.

[@mondayadams8166]

​@@StrawberryShortyif that's what it takes to defend the world, then it deserves to burn. Period.

[@kchurchjr]

"Noped the hot hell out" LMFAO. I love your vids Tip

[@randomsandwichian]

I'll not dare touch this even with a 10 foot pole but I'm totally eating up your snappy take on this game. Hope you've been feeling better these past week, and glad to hear from you here again.

[@Chris_MarMar]

You really should, this series is fucking incredible. It's an absolute crime how badly this series is slept on.

[@stormtrooper2425]

You should play it! I played through the whole thing and never had any weird experiences or anything. Its a fantastic game and story!

[@RivkahSong]

I love the Fatal Frame series. Something I didn't really see her mention is the way time warps around the mansion. The longer Miku and Mafuyu stay, the further back in time they're pulled. Rooms with huge rotted holes in the floor are suddenly whole again, alters with broken pieces of dolls and candles are all now in their proper places and lit, the siblings see glimpses of each other seemingly unable to notice them before they vanish again. It's Mafuyu who figures out they're both being pulled backwards to the day of the calamity and leaves a note for Miku to find so she'll know he's aware she's there. (BTW, the correct pronunciation of Kirie is Key-dee-eh) What they did to poor Miku's character later in the series is an abomination. I'm still made about that.

[@png32]

"What they did to poor Miku's character later in the series is an abomination." I still have memories of it. I do not wish to have memories of it. WHY.

[@AAAAHHHHhhH]

What happened?? I havent played or learned anything of the lore past these videos

[@png32]

@@AAAAHHHHhhH *SPOILERS BELOW.* The ghost of Alabama.

[@AAAAHHHHhhH]

@@png32 WHAT 💀

[@png32]

@@AAAAHHHHhhH The writers, they... certainly knew a way to ruin a character. In Fatal Frame 5, it is revealed that Miku had a child, and said child is looking for her mother, and in some chapters, you play as her. It was later revealed that, in one of the most batshit plot reveals I've experienced, Miku somehow _had a baby with the ghost of her dead brother via _*_ghost marriage._*

[@imjustaturtle641]

This was fabulous! I hope you do Crimson Butterfly, so terrifying!

[@leetahmassie3138]

Fatal Frame 1 and 2 are at the top of my list for favorite games of all time. You told this story so flawlessly. Please do Crimson Butterfly!

[@TheHalloweenSpirit]

This franchise is SO UNDERRATED, is a fantastic horror tale with a clever gameplay and a real scary atmosphere. Thanks! 💜

[@faiyoake]

So I’d never heard of this series until KZbin popped your video up in the recommended videos and how had I not heard of this series before. Hits all my favorites about Japanese horror. Can’t wait for you to cover the other games in the series

[@Chris_MarMar]

Highly recommend playing the series. My most favorite horror series ever.

[@kadajsnightqueen]

Oh, but this is only the beginning of the story. The Fatal Frame series is one big cohesive narrative, and some things that are lost can be recovered. There was a beginning to some of the Mansion’s victims beyond the scope of its history, and of others there is yet more to tell. Tragedies upon tragedies, generations upon generations. All stemming from good intentions mingled with fear, duty corrupted by desires and dreams. Compassion laid aside for the common good and burdens of pain laid upon the pure and innocent. In other words, please continue lore-diving into the rest of the series!

[@eileenscat]

I wish we’d get this game adapted to a book, it’s narrative is so rich, and even without the ghosts, the rituals and wrong doings of the Himuro family are terrifying, just hearing or reading about them is dreadful in the best posible way.

[@LloydyBoyLore]

Omg “the rope hallway!” Took me out!! 😂😂

[@natbatlightwood5288]

32:45 made me laugh way louder than it should because honestly that was my reaction to that when it happened. 😂😂😂

[@lisaaide4216]

So glad your doing this game. I always wanted to know what happened

[@Razalude]

Please please please do ALL of the fatal frame games! This video was amazing!!!

[@arcaneScribbler]

Your narration is amazing! Gave me shivers. It's great to see the Fatal Frame series get covered here, I love the way you make it more personal by mixing the gameplay in.

[@snakesnoteyes]

I am absolutely giddy for this. Thanks for all the great work you do

[@jaychang6723]

As always, absolutely love love LOVE your storytelling and the blend between lore and gameplay/game mechanics. Never stop your amazing works!

[@alexdelanie3655]

Amazing video, I've wanted to watch something like this for so long. Will definitely be rewatching, fatal frame is one of my biggest inspirations

[@phthalojohan]

I really love the way you narrate lore, it's so awesome

[@kiewies]

I'm so happy everytime I see you've uploaded a video. I usually know nothing about the games you're describing but I enjoy it nonetheless.

[@cakeily]

One of my favorite series based off lore alone -- thanks for this refresher!

[@fishycowz]

I love the fatal frame series. There's so much to unpack with it! Please do more!

[@Addictytm]

As always a great job! I can't wait to potentially see you make videos about the rest of the series. These games have a special place in my heart and it's a shame that people rarely talk about them

[@mustardbiscuits9750]

Super excited for this!!!! Absolutely love the horror content, keep up the great work!

[@Daekeyas]

You are awesome, thanks for all you create and share.

[@lisaallen6358]

I love love love the Fatal Frame series so glad it's finally getting some love

[@anthoniG]

GabSmolders plays through all of them. Highly recommend it.

[@christian6911]

Man, I was looking for this channel under my subscriptions and didn't realize the name had changed. Took me a while to find it.

[@HookersFancyMe]

Since I first played these games. Each backstory inspired me so much. The first game and third were my favorites.

[@teraglaze8546]

Love how you explained all the lore and told a story! I loved this game (still do) though my only copy has cracked and is no longer playable. I highly recommend the rest of the series too XD

[@kereenawithill1816]

Loved hearing this in the background, if you do the other ones can't wait

[@xero273016]

This was awesome. I really hope you do the other games in the Fatal Frame series as well.

[@Meyoline]

I'm so glad this video got recommended to me. I love the Fatal Frame series especially because of its lore, and you did such a wonderful job of covering it. Your commentary in the third chapter really got me cackling though xD If you do ever make a t-shirt with that quote at 28:45 about things that shouldn't be tampered with, I will buy it in a heartbeat xD you've earned a follow from me!

[@Latte00000]

Thank you so much for this! ❤

[@sarakennedy1592]

Excellent video! You are amazing Lady! Please do the other games in the series.

[@bigjawcat9605]

YASSSSS A SERIES I LOVE

[@kaelanirevyruun1676]

Not sure if anyone else noticed it but at least during the start section, where there's mention of how things were kept safe, there's a high pitched ringing noise that plays constantly. I have to stop playback every few minutes, if that, just to let my ears rest otherwise I know I'll get a headache.

[@sylas3265]

Considering I’ve never had the chance to play Fatal Frame I REALLY hope you cover the other games too

[@BullyPop]

Thank you so much for covering this game!!! I cannot wait to see if you do the following games!!!

[@Viryl_TV]

They have been suggested. The gameplay was rough in this but I hear it was improved in the sequels. She certainly did enjoy the story though.

[@BullyPop]

@@Viryl_TV The first game is choppy and definitely not aged well, but any sorta remaster or remake is definitely the way to go as far accessibility goes.

[@extremesubtlety]

You have such a nice and relaxing voice! Definitely checking out your other work ❤❤

[@FreedomIII]

Hey, I know you can't exactly re-record this, but I wanted to let you know that Tomoe isn't pronounced tow-mow (2 syllables), but rather, "toh-moh-eh" (3 syllables). I didn't really remember many of the details for Fatal Frame so, at first, I thought you were just extending the second syllable of Tomo, but the extension on the second syllable sounded really familiar and I eventually realised why: it's the exact way people mis-pronounce my name, which is Tomoe (I even use the same kanji as the Tomoe in this game (智恵)).

[@alicebnuuy6155]

Kirie is mispronounced too, it should be like Ki-ri-eh, not ki-ri

[@ZacHalls]

This was such a great game, haven't thought of it in years until I saw this post

[@nanrandomungjavel9738]

Please we need more fatal frame lore videos, these are so good 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dragonlass8707]

Love your videos!

[@domalom9476]

I played this game decades ago and you have opened up the nostalgia part of my brain so thank you kindly! Love your channel can't wait for more game lore.

[@errantnightao3]

You should definitely play 2-4!

[@domalom9476]

@@errantnightao3 I wish I could but don't know which console they're still on, so I may have to watch them on KZbin

[@errantnightao3]

@Domalom94 1-3 are on Playstation 2 for discs and PS3 digitally. 4 and 5 are on all current consoles and PC but 5... I'd play it last. It's not the best, kind of messes up Miku's entire story.

[@Herzburg]

"And then this character met a fairie, but it wasn't a fairie, it was a pirate. And that pirate was secretly the head of the Dutch royal family, and they new the real truth which was that dinosaurs invented the moon"

[@Herzburg]

Tldr this story lost me

[@rileytimes]

Oh my gosh what an amazing video

[@damiancrowley569]

I have almost every single one, I love this franchise

[@fuchsfarben]

I love Fatal Frame but never had the mental capacity or really time to thoroughly piece together the story, so this video is super neat :)

[@tonysack-a-titanite7497]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@YueNekoTsubasa]

HECK YEAH, I'M HERE FOR THIS

[@elizabethlovett4318]

This is a wonderful video on one of my favorite video games. Thank you so much for the time and work you've put into it. Just to warn readers this isn't a rant, but rambling ponderings on one point stated in the video I was unaware of despite the many times I've played and explored this game. I genuinely appreciate this video and I'm sure I'll enjoy viewing other videos on this channel. There's one thing that's bothering me and I don't even know if this is about myself or your video, I'm going with it somehow being on my end. I've played Fatal Frame 1 extensively, but not once have I ever come across anything that said or implied that Kirie herself sabotaged the holy mirror. Playing the game, it was strongly implied the mirror broke either because the ropes weren't strong enough due to Kirie forming an attachment to the world or the malice itself tried to destroy the mirror but was only able to break it into pieces and even broken the pieces of the holy mirror still held power over the malice. Whether or not the power of the mirror weakened after being broken is unclear to me and it certainly seems to fully regain its power if it was weakened once Miku brought all the pieces together. Where or what was the source of info was that concludes Kirie sabotaged the holy mirror before the ritual? Surely, I misunderstood something in texts or something else in game. And if I simply missed it entirely, where could it have been? It would make sense for Kirie to sabotage the mirror since we see her spirit say she doesn't want to die as she wept in her room.

[@Athlynne]

This video is blowing me away. Can I ask where you learned all this information? I played Fatal Frame dozens of times, and you're going into a level of detail I've never known. Brilliantly done!

[@errantnightao3]

Reading every single scrap of paper and book definitely helps, and playing the third game gets you more info on the Himuro mansion rituals, same as with the ones from Minakami village. There are some untranslated comics and things as well as a really... really... bad Fatal Frame 1 novel that should just be swept under the rug.

[@joshcims6616]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THANK YOU FOR THIS I LOVE THIS GAME

[@yokai333]

Yay! More of the queen of lore

[@gilraen2907]

Would love to see Lore for the other games in this series!

[@HeatherHolt]

The one with the sisters is the best FF to me ❤ loved these games when they originally released many… many… many years ago lol

[@CheddarGoblin]

Clearly, self preservation and common sense doesn't run in the Hinasaki family 😂

[@finn-vq7we]

I know my weekend gonna be good

[@shinigami4242]

PLEASE tell me you’ll be doing the other games!! OMG probably the most enjoyable lore walkthrough I’ve ever heard!!!

[@tylercharles4587]

Oh.... I love your narration....

[@schronkfire]

Feels good to be a member (and patron!)

[@loewenalia]

Loved the video! Are you going to do the rest of the series? What sources did you use for the video? There was one or two small details that I didn't recognize from the game.

[@Perceptionreflection]

Oh I hope so much you do the second game!

[@Parietal-Polymath]

Never got a chance to play, this is pretty good.

[@jessethecomet4423]

Happy to be the 1,000th like on this video! I love Fatal Frame.

[@TheTisticTastyFrootloop]

I know im late but when uou mentioned we dont know what the head of the himuro family was like in life but we actually do. The mask he wears is called the "mask of reflection" and looks like a normal human faced mask but when worn changed its appearance to match the true nature of its wearer. Since the mask has the reflection of an "Oni" or "demon" it shows that he always had a wicked heart.

[@TerryB01]

Don’t know a lot about this game. This should be good.

[@moonmun]

I've never really fully read/understood the Fatal Frame's lore and my God that was horrifyingly tragic. Thank you for sharing the lore along w/ your funny snappy takes 🤣

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Wow...that is dark. Good stuff.

[@kadsoukui13]

Each enemy ghost that you encounter (not just the novel trio) also have they're own stories. Personal favorites are "Broken Neck" and "Long arms."

[@Zoniex]

HORROR HAS RETURNED !!!!!!!!

[@hopecaulfield]

begging you to make a lore video on fatal frame 3,4 and 5 !!

[@DeathDustDespair]

I missed you, Ms. Tiptoe! Your Remnant: From The Ashes video is my favorite and how I discovered your channel.

[@mikerivera2437]

I would love to finish this video but my air freshener fell off the wall and I know a "Nope" situation when I feel it.

[@ralfxephon1]

I just suscribed, greetings from México

[@Neku628]

I wish we got to see more of the Himura Mansion that were mentioned in some article in game.

[@AFoxInFlames]

These games are all do underrated idk how but they are, and Siren, the original 2 with the Japanese dub, they're scary too.

[@GenAqua]

I'll be excited when The Lady Of Lore does the rest of the games.

[@dragonspen.trading4589]

I love the whole series I own 1 through 3. I plan to get 4 and 5 for switch. My favorite so far is Fatal frameb2 crimson butterfly

[@specialnewb9821]

I have always cultivated spiritual density. That is the exact opposite of being open. I have worked to make myself dull and closed so spirits cannot interact with me. I don't even believe in spirits, this is just in case

[@crunchyfresco]

Better ending would had been to find a better solution for that process. Since there is no more of the ritual she will have to be tied forever 😢 It is after all a horror video game and not all of them have to have a happy ending for everyone

[@Lh0000]

The weird thing about fatal frame to me is how oddly contained all the evil cursed hellgates are (unusually)… like if the protagonists just hadn’t just walked into the evil mansion/whatever of doom they’d just have been fine and nothing would have come of it…

[@AathielVaDaath]

It's just another Tuesday for some of us.... I love the lore and style of the ff series. Didn't enjoy the actual playing of the games, so it's great to see you cover then and save me from having to dust off the PS3 controllers.

[@okami6399]

I never really knew what Fatal Frame was aside from a horror game with a camera, the closest I came to it was the assist trophy in Smash Bros Ultimate (I think that’s Miku, I don’t know if there’s different protagonists between games) and I always thought it was a neat concept but never thought too much about it. But wow, this game just does everything right in my eyes. The gameplay seems fun, the environments are nice and creepy especially for their age and the lore is so dark and twisted. There’s a special place in my heart for horror which revolves around ancient rituals gone wrong, as odd as it may sound, and Fatal Frame really captures that feeling. I need to look into this series, from what I can tell it might have been an X Box exclusive so as someone who has a PC and a Switch I’ll need to see what’s available for me because yeah. I need to try this!

[@shpookee]

I loved these games, i friend from russia that let me borrow them. The second one was my favorite. Great video ^_^ thanks for putting one out there about them. And also for making it a good one.

[@Vertrucio]

Ah wonderful, I missed the first game and Crimson Butterfly was my first Fatal Frame game.

[@stormtrooper2425]

Please do 2 and 3 ❤

[@dianneb.7873]

Can you also do a Lore for Fatal Frame 2, 3, 4 and 5?

[@Mikhailnoise]

TAXES TRAFFIC GRANDMA

[@TheLegendaryTashy]

I zoned out for a minute and got Grandma-jumscared