Why Perfect Blue is Terrifying

[@omniarch8078]

Perfect blue was way before it's time and its deserves more credit

[@journeybeyondthesea]

Omar Dugee I agree

[@leahbelardo7696]

Where can I watch this?

[@hybirdbeast9324]

@@leahbelardo7696 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5u8Y5t_qtWVeLM

[@eunyou03]

I would dare say it is way before our time right now.

[@indridcold8433]

Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis has a similar feel to this Perfect Blue. I question if Black Swan may have been inspired by Perfect Blue.

[@issrxseftw6819]

"Everyone is an audience and everyone is a performer" That one moment when i thought of how scary u can describe reality with one sentence.

[@user-hb4zz4gh5e]

There’s post modernism for ya

[@diavolodoppio4196]

Teachers be like: yeah I’m used to it man

[@Scarshadow666]

Oof yes! 0_0

[@calumbasilva868]

Lmao same

[@adrianazashen]

Social media life

[@prnn_cess7548]

This reminds me of how actors/actresses sometimes need therapy after playing certain characters.

[@lauryns9497]

Like Shelley Duvall from The Shining

[@TheOnlyDamien]

@@lauryns9497 Wow I am not the only one who though of Shelley Duvall while watching this, especially hearing lately of her ongoing intense mental struggles.

[@アリス-h9t]

@@lauryns9497 that was mainly for how she was treated on set though, mima was treated quite well and actors apologised to her for certain scenes

[@giselletorres4156]

@@アリス-h9t Even then, having to act an intense situation such a rape scene can seriously harm and traumatize the actors involved even though "it's just acting"I. I went to study acting in college and things as intense as fight, sex, murder and rape we're ALWAYS advocating to have a fight and intimacy coordinator on set to prepare the actors as well as aftercare to make sure the actors and crew members are okay after recording. Some people will argue that that kind of preparation takes away the authenticity of the scene but really, there's no fucking reason to subject your actors to mental abuse for the sake of horror or for the sake of art.

[@giselletorres4156]

@@アリス-h9t I guess that's why that scene made me cry and normally I don't cry while watching movies. I felt Rumi's pain while having to witness that. The industry throws young women into doing such horrifying scenes without a care about their mental well being and at worse they threaten their careers and livelihoods if they don't comply. That should no longer be normalized in the industry. The idea that suffering makes good art should be abolished entirely.

[@MyDearKyoKun]

"Perfect Blue is not a puzzle to be solved, but a story to be experienced" - this quote could be applied to all my favourite movies.

[@codyfarkas7673]

It reminds me of one of my favorite poems Introduction To Poetry - Billy Collins

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

I'm really scared to watch this film, as I have PTSD from when I've was psychologically abused by my peers in High School. They used my Autism as a scapegoat to gaslight me into thinking that my mental disorder was making me hallucinate their abuse. Whenever they would call me a "retard", beat me up, or steal my possessions, or even sexually assault me...they claimed it never happened, that my mind was making me see things that were never there, or that which was there, my mind was simply making it seem like something else. In a few instances, they even went so far as to use the staff's own mental illnesses to their advantage to set me up to get into trouble with them. And when the adults did nothing to help me, no matter how much I cried to them for help, I thought I was going completely insane. Is it okay to feel scared of this movie? Sometimes I can't help but feel weak...

[@mountainhorse9419]

​@@hawkeyenextgen7117 Media is made to make us feel. But sometimes we've already experienced those emotions in our lives and we don't want to be subjected to them again. That's okay. It's not weak. Choosing to experience something painful for yourself solely to prove to yourself you're strong isn't necessary. It's okay to not want to relive past pains, especially when it's not limiting your goals. It's okay to be kind to yourself. Perfect Blue can be a painful movie to watch, and there's no shame in not watching it. I did watch it and I'm not sure it was the right decision, even though it was artistically impressive. It reinvigorated memories I would have preferred stay dormant. Be well, and surround yourself with people who are kind!

[@sor3999]

I wish I could tell that to every pretentious "film" snob.

[@Vixen237]

'Now everyone is an audience and everyone is a performer' - the greatest line that summed up today's reality.

[@journeybeyondthesea]

Klonówa yes! 👏🏾

[@MelonMafia1]

That's literally how it has been for hundreds of years, it's just now we can communicate without meeting face to face

[@shardinhand1243]

the trend of hiding who you are in crafted fake names and profiles is amussing as i seek only to show myself to the internet, in all my hateful irratinal and perverted missery... along with my compesion and interests... though i have been trying to lessen my nastier outbursts online... i remain shardinhand everywere online... from youtube and twitter, to deviantart and steam... and every porn site in between... love me or hate me, i yield who i am for no-one.

[@Elandil5]

@@shardinhand1243 perfect *claps*

[@shardinhand1243]

@@Elandil5 i am what i am. regardless of if i like it or not. though change is possable, it is very hard when you have nothing to change for.

[@weston8400]

Perfect Blue almost hurts to watch at some points, not just because of things like screwdriver body horror. At the moments when Mima is undergoing something dramatic or threatening you feel all the more anxious because it's hard to tell if she's actually in danger.

[@samuelluisdelespiritusanto7343]

I got paranoid of her since the letter bomb scene..

[@ameera.abubakr]

what happens with the screwdriver

[@Cat-vp8vt]

@@ameera.abubakr idk :(

[@laughingseagull000]

@@ameera.abubakr Eye and abdomen stab

[@mayasommer1865]

i think she stabbed her coworker in eye and body multiple times, but i honestly dont know if was rumi me-mania or just a dream of hers lmao

[@Anonymous19951]

The music of perfect blue is the most terrifying part honestly. Gives me chills

[@WavyMac]

Shit scares the fuck out of me lol brilliant

[@hehsuna4889]

This is legit and no one talks about it, like every scene was 10x scarier bcuz of that damn music

[@anuragchowdhury4101]

That Music is giving me nightmares.

[@oschong6928]

The music was sooooo unsettling!!! Even tho the scenes weren’t disturbing, the music was just scaring the living shit out of me.

[@nicoledelgado3709]

YES!!

[@nini-he8uy]

my dumb ass was really saying in the beginning of the movie “omg i like rumi she makes me feel so safe when she’s on screen” LMAOO

[@wellajoysocorin6905]

no cause i literally felt the same way LMAOOO

[@dirtsoop1143]

Where can I watch it?

[@djungelskog132]

@@dirtsoop1143 I think it’s on KZbin

[@wildbrokedawg23]

Alexa play Curb your enthusiasm

[@weirttrashpanda]

FOR FRIGGEN REAL my guy killed errbody

[@nembutsu1045]

That elevator murder was terrifying

[@margaridacastro6397]

Right? RIGHT?! I was chill watching the movie and then that music started and stuff and I got chills

[@ahadadil786]

Please elaborate that scene

[@nembutsu1045]

@@ahadadil786 I don't remember all details, but basically a man drives into a car park, gets out and hears a song. He is alone in the area and calls whoever is there, obviously he's confused and wants to know who it is. But then the music stops. So he thinks "oh yeah I guess it's fine" and goes to take the elevator when the music starts again. And it's a rather happy pop song if I I remember correctly so that makes it even weirder. So the elevator arrives and when the doors open there is a recorder on the ground playing the song. Then it cuts to an upper floor, it's a rather wide shot showing the whole wall with the elevator at the end of a hallway I think. The doors open and there is the man sitting on the ground with his eyes stabbed out. His face is covered in blood and there are only two black holes left. He slowly starts falling to the side and it's over. There is no person in sight during all of this and it's also evening/night. There might be clips of it on KZbin

[@ahadadil786]

@@nembutsu1045 i know that much just wondered what happened, did the radio explode or person being psychologically twisted committed suicide etc?

[@nembutsu1045]

@@ahadadil786I guess it's that weird stalker of the protagonist, he tried to stab her with a screwdriver once and killed the other guy with it too so maybe it was him. We don't know what happens inside the elevator so maybe the murderer entered at a different floor, killed him, left him there and sent the elevator up. Idk it's creepy nonetheless

[@gwomenazai4486]

Adding more to the color scheme theory: In scenes where Mima is alone in her apartment, or when she’s living out her daily life, we can see that warm colors are being used more frequently compared to cool colors(as stated in the video). However, in scenes where she’s performing as an idol or shooting for her tv show, a lot of cool colors are seen being used, especially blue. This tells that the color blue is being used to portray a idol/actress with a seemingly perfect life or just simply the world people surround themselves in . And compared to the over saturated colors in the much darker scenes, the shade of blue is much more pleasant to the eye, showing that the public is keen of seeing a perfectly crafted world that the idols portray, like in the film. No wonder the film is called “perfect blue”

[@mashollings]

WOAH

[@moonxness4502]

Sweety Lwin You ma’am/sir, have a very keen eye.

[@LM-ix7pk]

Your mind, it amazes me.

[@mayawilliams35]

I got chills just from reading that

[@asphyxia7784]

Ooh. Great point. Love your analysis of this

[@youknowyoulloveme]

Me at the beginning of the movie: aight, imma watch this. Me at the end of the movie: w h a t

[@bxdvibes6746]

I was so confused by the movie tbh

[@youknowyoulloveme]

BxD ViBeS oof same. I was like “tf is happening” THE WHOLE DAMN TIME-

[@jyeviolegrace2143]

@@youknowyoulloveme same wth. Then they like aight the sister wants to be me wtff😩😩

[@Bookwormxox]

@@jyeviolegrace2143 RIGHT?? LMFAO I WAS LIKE HUH WHO DIS RAT AGAIN ☠️☠️😭

[@jyeviolegrace2143]

@@Bookwormxox Lmao 😂😂🙏

[@loloahmed4024]

If the stalker was hot and amazing there will be sickos who would ship the both of them.

[@darkw0rld140]

Omg truee

[@pinkmockingjay88]

Literally bruh

[@Scarshadow666]

Oof! Sadly true... 0_0

[@Duckyletsplay]

There's no way- *looks at the killing stalking fanbase* Ok yeah maybe

[@alperalyanak9627]

@@Duckyletsplay the faq is that

[@anuragchowdhury4101]

Forget the movie, the sound track was terrifying and creepy af.

[@7l7b8g]

mmmmmmmmmMMmM MMM

[@gianinamorales8597]

It was... Especially the wailing in the 'You're tarnished! Filthy!' scene. Masterful, honestly.

[@xyellowcoffeexfatrat7923]

Yea, especially at the last shot

[@kiryokazooma]

Still can't beat giygas theme lol

[@BudgetFilms5714]

Ikr screw the movie

[@evasingh9223]

the fact that black swan is given so much credit and the lead even won an oscar just shows us how japanese media is so often underappreciated.

[@TheAntManChannel]

The awards Hollywood like to give themselves are meaningless.

[@rumorsaretrue9415]

YES

[@gonkdroidincarnate4237]

@@TheAntManChannel ikr

[@faye7119]

In the words of Bong Joon Ho, it’s not a big deal, the oscars are not an international film festival, they’re local. Lol

[@black_horse_lover2655]

It’s mostly a local award show, that could have something to do with it. Also completely meaningless.

[@bv1228]

When she kept waking up I felt so bad for her, she was totally living through hell

[@amany247]

No god but Allah Islam way for peace and real monotheist Search about the truth with honest heart

[@emmaelson6770]

Layered dreaming

[@utsukushii-]

@@amany247stop shoving your ideology in other peoples face. Support your religion and move on. Live and let live.

[@johnmang2659]

​@@amany247Wrong place wrong time.

[@mariomat1999]

"Never meet your idols, they'll only disappoint you."

[@Ruru-vb1cn]

Don't have idols in the first place in my opinion it's unhealthy for you and then

[@shardinhand1243]

irelevent, they have no need to impress their fans, only to impact them.

[@wellthen5301]

I think it's fine to have idols and to idolize people but when it impacts your daily life then it's a problem. There's no problem in liking, for an example, a pop star but when you daily indulge your free time consuming their content then it's a problem.

[@wellthen5301]

@@amazingjay3957 Yup, as long as you don't use EVERY single free time obsessing over them

[@noorasrte6068]

Yeah, if you see them as an idol and don't expect to meet an actual person in the process of meeting them

[@everydaydreamer1]

I am kinda suprised by how... Everyone is focused on that stalker... But doesn't see the closer picture of Mima's manager totally playing with her mind... By posting things from her private life online.. And sending emails to the stalker.. Actually the manager was so obsessed by the Mima-rin idol character she went as far as killing the producer photograph and sending the stalker to actually go and rape Mima and then also tried to kill her as well... She was the mastermind behind the whole thing and she basically wanted Mima's life...

[@allison8250]

everydaydreamer1 yeah I was looking through the comments trying to see if anyone would mention the manager, but maybe it was out of respect to those who hadn’t seen the movie and didn’t want to spoil the end?

[@PrunelleLeroux]

This character really impact people, because the manager seem to be an excuse for the scenario, unlike the stalker. He seem to be so real, so *disgusting*

[@theacondeify]

Actually whan i saw the rape scene and Rumi was crying,i already had a glimpse of how much she wanted Mima to remain as a singer.She's taking care of Mima because she wanted to be MIma.She even made her room as identical as Mima's!She was an ex-idol but they didnt got big so she wanted Mima as what she wanted her to be.SHe was against Mima being an actress and those nude photoshoot doesnt suit on how she wanted Mima to be.Its like MIma is her reflection.

[@anubis7457]

Rumi didn't want the rape, she just wanted him to kill her. What purpose would rape serve? The goal was to replace Mima.

[@rinitutu_162]

@@allison8250 This is why I came to this video. I did not understand the ending at all. Thanks for the explanation.

[@Domino365]

The scene that got me the most was the fake rape scene. When it's revealed to be staged and the director stops it, one of the actors playing a rapist actually apologizes and asks Mima if she's okay. She assures that everything is fine, and then they start filming again. The dissonance is severely jarring.

[@ella-gy2kw]

@J6REMIAH dude?

[@bambi3886]

It was staged ????

[@Domino365]

@Poppy He exists, that's what.

[@Domino365]

@@bambi3886 It was a scene in a movie she was filming.

[@bambi3886]

@@Domino365 owh, i alrd knew it was a scene but what do you mean it was staged? Was it the writer? Did he insert the rape scene to "test" her ?????

[@night_snake6560]

The line, "we're going back to mimas room" is fucking terrifying

[@jadetheshade]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE - when i caught onto it, i was like WAIT A MINUTE

[@aisharaelynn]

i heard that and was like ????

[@skzstaybtsbulletprooftoget3693]

wait-what does that mean?

[@Habibi-ex1ig]

@@skzstaybtsbulletprooftoget3693 rumi is not actually taking mima back to her own house, but to "the real" mima's house (i.e. rumi's own house since she believes she is the real mima)

[@kireeti1120]

Man I thought it was subtitles fck up goddamn

[@expensivegurl1112]

Mima: 👁👄👁 The antagonists: 👁 👄 👁

[@leinslimes2792]

This is irrelevant but YOUR NAME AND PROFILE PIC

[@cocoroach_ok]

Spoiler!!!

[@adamkrzeslak4326]

It took me some time to understand it but after i did i couldn't stop laughing

[@Nabil_Khori]

Hahaha Mima:👁️ 👄 👁️ Rumi:👁️ 👄 👁️ The guy:👁️ 👄 👁️

[@adamkrzeslak4326]

@@Nabil_Khori. i would say that guy was more like: 👁️ 👁️ 👄

[@pepipepipepipepipep]

The most terrifying thing abt this movie for me is how scarily accurate it got psychosis. I've experienced psychosis, and the blending of reality and your mind is so similar to how the movie shows it. The questioning of if you or your experiences are real and the mistaking real things for fantasy and vise versa. Absolutley terrifying shit for people who've never had it and for people who have.

[@Kaivey]

this

[@HououMinamino]

I had a psychotic break while in the ICU back in 2016, when complications of Crohn's Disease caused me to go septic. Actually, I think it was after they treated the sepsis and sent me back home without discovering the root cause, causing me to have to return because my health continued to decline. Turns out, I had a fistula and abscess that had been missed for MONTHS. It was horrible not being able to trust my own brain. To this day, I still don't know what was real and what I hallucinated during that time. It started with hearing movie gangster voices coming out of my IV machine, making me think there was some sort of electronic malfunction, but when no one else heard it, it scared me. Then it progressed to hallucinating full Looney Tunes cartoons, apparently from memory, as the TV wasn't on a cartoon station. I became convinced at one point that the nurses and even my parents were in on a plot to drive me insane. Stuff would appear on the whiteboard that wasn't actually there, like poems. It was so weird. @_@ I have no other history of psychosis, and it's believed that it happened because of either a medication I was given or because I was so sick that my mind deteriorated along with my body. Hopefully, I never have such an experience ever again.

[@treyarika7655]

This movie almost cause a derealization episode for me. The movie did such a great job, I was questioning if what I was experiencing was real

[@gupzygupz]

@@HououMinamino damn I'm so glad you got out of it. For real. This hits close to home... keep on being strong ❤️ same goes for all the people in the comments that have experienced derealization.

[@Retr0ver4]

I had psychosis when I was 15 and got sent to hospital. I didn't know what was real or fake, I couldn't keep track of time, I didn't know if it was day or night as I was put in a room with no windows as I had a broken a mirror in my room. The room had padding so that I didn't kill myself. I wrote my experiences and crazy ideas of what was happening to me in a journal, to the point where I genuinely believed I had super powers, telekinetic/psychic abilities. When they let me go, it was snowing and I thought I was controlling the weather. The mind is a powerful thing. I'm okay now though.

[@thehermit8618]

"Give a man a mask and he'll show you his true face" -Oscar Wilde That is exactly what this new era of social media and interconnection has made: a means to grant us the perfect mask to present ourselves to others and to use it so effortlessly that we often question which one is the true essence of our being and which one is the persona we made for ourselves

[@tylerlackey1175]

I've been on the internet for over a decade (not that long in comparison to some people) And I can say with absolute confidence that social media sites (twitter) are some of the most inhumane weapons of mass destruction concocted by humanity. They've caused societal damage to such a degree that literally do not think we can recover from it

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

My favorite mask is the Black Death doctor's mask, what does that say about me

[@Scarshadow666]

Very true, though I would say this kind of societal mask may have been an issue long before the Internet was made, possibly throughout human history (considering that some of the similar themes in things such as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or The Invisible Man movie series).

[@imagine_it_stories6672]

So basically...now we have to wear mask in real life nowadays because of Corona but would it affect the humane nature in any way? Like will people become more secretive and vulnerable or more hazardous?

[@Scarshadow666]

@@imagine_it_stories6672 There's a lot to speculate on that (especially considering how humanity has handled viruses and plagues over the centuries and comparing to what we have then and now). My personal experiences seem to be general heightened anxiety due to a lot of varying information on the virus, though it's hard exactly to see how heightened it is since general society comes with some form of anxiety by its nature (I'm just speaking from my own observation though, so there may be more to it than that).

[@kelsey1406]

What always strikes me about the opening sequence is that at the Cham concert, you don't see moms with their pre-teen and teenage daughters, you don't see women in their 20s, you see a bunch of men that are drawn to actually look pretty scary.

[@captainflappyarms8277]

Irl thee probably are some of those types of guys mixed in tbh

[@veevv]

thats the fandom of girl groups on a nutshell. you just need to look for their fansigns, just a bunch of dudes in their 30s/40s...

[@creatureoflight8121]

I've notice most of us watched perfect blue before sleep

[@Fan-wj9mx]

The question is... did any of us ever wake up?

[@bepisplsno.1]

crap.. yeah. why is that??

[@Nguyen2-t9p]

I have watched it, it's 2:40 am here, i can't sleep, what a movie!

[@macbook8738]

Wow I watched it 3 days ago before sleeping what a coincidence

[@4_athallahtsanysatriyaji423]

What the fuck ???? I watched it at 1:30 am before i go to sleep

[@deffonotdio6751]

I'm just sad the fish tank broke

[@kendallclark8101]

Its ok lol the fish already died before it broke

[@ThisIsTaco1]

@@kendallclark8101 That was Mima's imagination, the fish tank that broke had plastic fish in it, because it was in Rumi's room

[@bxyhxyh]

@@ThisIsTaco1 What? Thy were plastic?

[@ThisIsTaco1]

@@bxyhxyh in a couple of scenes you can see her fish are fake. It's later revealed that those fake fish were part of Mima's room decoration.

[@psyc8407]

ThisIsTaco1 And yet she thought they were real... See how this all adds up?

[@pixelpudding3914]

8:54 There’s another part to this scene that I love. The reason Mima doesn’t stay in his hand is because someone in the audience threw a can at her. Mima when she dodged the can, made it look as if it was part of the choreography. She is so used to people throwing stuff at her to the point she can make it look intentional.

[@bread5414]

She started off at a young age right? So it makes sense, good observation!

[@Nabil_Khori]

There's 2 can at here,the can🥫 and the literally can lol

[@antoniojr6666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZuVgZmNoKyWaLc hi, i did a perfect blue review video in french, inspired in eyepatch wolf, i d like him to see it

[@iamgonnagocryagain1401]

I don't see it 😂😂

[@kittencutie7074]

@@iamgonnagocryagain1401 it's in the scene from the anime. It's not included in this video

[@youranimewaifuu]

it was so hard to distinguish of whether Mima was actually just seeing things like she has multiple personality disorder, or the Idol Mima was just a coping mechanism for her, or someone is indeed trying to be her. I thought she was also just hallucinating that Ruri was the one trying to be her. I wonder though how Ruri pulled off looking and acting like she was Mima and that Mima was completely in trance and believed Ruri was her other personality. There have got to be some physical differences to them right? This movie was really gold.

[@TheTopDog]

Yea the Multiple personality disorder and coping mechanisms reality is the most likely and very true to real life , just what makes this film so good is how open ended it was left

[@shubham9456]

When she woke up everyday confused as if it's real or dream, it means she used to read that fan account which told what she does everyday and that how she killed the photographer. So she thought that she was the one who killed her by reading the fan page.

[@joefernandez8008]

The scene where Mima’s character is “gang raped” is so hard to watch.

[@lolafontana2295]

For real even tho it was acting I almost started crying

[@DarkOminigiri]

Sauce?

[@qeyshaagdiany7558]

@@DarkOminigiri its on youtube, kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4iwk2tjaNGhnqs

[@KayceeJonesCKiwas]

I know right!!!!!

[@minxmino]

I agree!

[@CyndraMystic]

Rewatching this anime movie reminded me of Korean popstars or idols. Not everybody notices it, but they are not people anymore, their products used by the company to sell music. In every idol group you find, theres at least one of them admitting or breaking down in social media or video about how nobody sees them as persons. And yes, creepy fans do sneak up on stage and attempt to kidnap them, before security pulls them out.

[@raseed5658]

Cherry Lasting Hmmm very interesting comment kinda reminds me of the recent lost of Kim Jong-hyun (Rest In Peace young soul) Unfortunately we have all have been pushed to mask ourselves in an effort to meet the standards of society I am very guilty of this and often feel ashamed of faking my authenticity but I find what really helps is having at least one person you can share your 'true self' with or at least a portion of that hidden self to release some of our darker emotions that are often suppressed in fear of judgement from the rest of the world who more or less goes through the same crisis but prefers to deny it and instead ridicule and label those who do step forward and admit "Yes I am not what you want me to pretend to be"as crazy,weak or weird because deep down they lacked to courage to do so because of the need in us all to be accepted and appear normal From my experience coming out of the shadows and allowing others to accept your 'ugliness' as oppose to the alter-ego you portray yourself to be in the public's eye is a healthier alternative than choosing to repress your inner feelings which often leads to being trapped in a state of deep loneliness, depression and withdrawal,thinking that no one else in the world can understand/know the real you when in reality many of them can (we're not as different as we imagine ourselves to be ). I was shocked by how much empathy was shown to towards me when I did this,of course some persons rejected me for it,many being my friends and family who were suppose to be those 'closest' to me but I soon grew to value quality other quantity, loving myself and those who still saw value in me when I was at my lowest moments and appreciating me for it, revealing themselves to me in return But it would seem addressing this issue is made much more difficult for celebs and in general,anyone who is constantly pushed into the spotlight. It's as if they are always expected to be almost barbie or machine-like at all times displaying near perfect behaviour with hardly any room allowed to be human in order to indulge the illusionary fantasies and dreams of the masses at the expense of their own reality It's like the industries only see them as money-making robot/puppets/slaves as soon as they reach a certain level of stardom much like how our governments tend to only see the population as a source of expendable income, raising and working us like "cattle" so to speak in an effort to keep the economy afloat often suffocating citizens who show signs of thinking or acting outside the conventional norms established by our matrix It's definitely tragic that many of our celebs/entertainers that give us so much joy and memories are forced into this troubling position both by us (the fans and media) and by their seniors (the managers, record label owners etc) What saddens me as well is that they don't appear to have many people in their life if any at all that they feel they can genuinely reach out to for help

[@trashydumbsht7334]

This is truly sad :'( It's a tragedy, that these idols are treated like this!

[@sys5438]

Oh gosh, I watched it today and yes, that's the first thing I realised too!

[@Smashingpumpins]

trueeeeeeeee

[@alfianfahmi5430]

Being an idol brings toxic people to be your fans and that could lead you to the downward spiral that we have in this movie.

[@fatimakifayat9354]

Perfect blue makes me feel genuinely upset for pop idols or anyone who has made it big in the spotlight :(

[@antoniojr6666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZuVgZmNoKyWaLc hi, i did a perfect blue review video in french, inspired in eyepatch wolf, i d like him to see it

[@Ienvyou_07]

👁 👄 👁

[@ghofranelaouar1164]

Kpop idols in a nutshell..

[@antoniojr6666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWGtaYKrrb-MsMk i did in english also

[@alias4795]

Not just k pop, that's just idol culture in general.

[@c.c.541]

This is why I love Japanese writers and manga creators. Nobody does magical realism better than them. They seem to have an acute understanding of human psyche and how to play around with it.

[@_YESIMHIGH]

Uminekoooo

[@nicocee2431]

Probably because they're so suppressed emotionaly by their culture so art is the only way to express themselves

[@franciscobrosfilms3524]

@@nicocee2431 My personal favourite works from Japanese Animated films are Spirited Away and Grave of the fireflies, yet to watch perfect blue.

[@raefinoh1172]

Latin America is the king of magical realism

[@kimirakash999]

@@nicocee2431 wow that’s deep

[@omoriomorikurokuro]

the unsettling feeling of the rape scene. literally wanted to fight somebody. it hurts to watch that scene.

[@daisha9029]

Same like I was just there shook I had a headache after it was so sad like

[@twentyonetortas5921]

wait you mean to tell me one of the main characters in this film gets abused like that what? I know that the girl wants to be an actress and all but was it part of a scene she was filming in as part of her career or did it actually happen to her?

[@sauvikgoel591]

@@twentyonetortas5921 it was part of the film, and the rape scene was just a shooting for the film, but still it looks way too real and terrifying, especially if we see through Mima and Rumi's perspective!!

[@twentyonetortas5921]

@@sauvikgoel591 oh jeez. I heard about how old animated films from Japan like this is good yet they also tend to be grim. thank you for answering though.

[@sauvikgoel591]

@@twentyonetortas5921 but I still think, that scene is somewhat mandatory as it's from where the things started changing, bith for Mima and Rumi... In a way, this whole rape scene triggered them!!

[@EhCanadianGamer]

Gotta give it to the Japanese. They really have a way with horror.

[@cici-tb4ml]

Yep

[@censorious_]

r/guro

[@olivedraws9594]

I was gonna like your comment but then I saw that you have 666 likes, and I wouldn't want to ruin that

[@Un1234l]

Koreans are pretty close... kinda.

[@TheYoshi115]

Eh, Canadian Gamer must've been a side effect of the radiation

[@ej2314]

i swear to god when i watched the film i always thought it was a little odd how the stalker and the manager looked a little similar

[@rachel-zo2iq]

yeah i noticed that too. they're the only ones with eyes that far from each other

[@moocake057]

Oh wow now I see it

[@pgallbladder]

brEh

[@anakinvader521]

This movie was made in the 90s ...hard to believe

[@jisun2695]

90s - 00s anime is so good. Neon genesis, cowboy bepop, paranoia agent, perfect blue are just a few that are masterpieces

[@mehgemenymhge8566]

@@jisun2695 don't forget Akira, that movie was super good tbh

[@jisun2695]

@@mehgemenymhge8566 I tried watching but I remember my phone died and I forgot about it

[@mehgemenymhge8566]

@@jisun2695 LOL that happened to me too but I didn't forget about the film because I made a note about it

[@tommyblade8093]

@@mehgemenymhge8566 what happened in the second part of the story tho

[@chimes023]

Now this. This is my type of horror. Not jumpscares, not ghosts... just psychological terror. Mm, love it

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

It is rare to find Movies animated or not in this form of Horror more so for Video games these days

[@prismancy7182]

jumpscares are hardly even horror

[@DRUMCANJONES22]

@@prismancy7182 ikr

[@arsonorkal1749]

Technically Mina's ghost is here but I get you 😉

[@keylia000]

I think hereditary is a phycological thriller type movie. So you should watch it I guess.

[@IsabelGarcia-nl3mi]

Mima: 👁️👄👁️ Rumi: 👁️ 👄 👁️ Me-mania: 👁️ 👄

[@djaz1453]

Delete this

[@IsabelGarcia-nl3mi]

@@djaz1453 No

[@djaz1453]

*Yes* xd

[@IsabelGarcia-nl3mi]

@@djaz1453 ok puñetas

[@user-xq9cx9ky9m]

Me-mania really said: 👁️ 👃⚫ 👄

[@OwlEye2010]

There needs to me more animated movies like Perfect Blue. It's phenomenal proof that adult-orientated animation can be so much more than just South Park-esque comedy. EDIT: Wow...this is my most liked comment ever (so far)! Thanks a ton, everyone. :)

[@KaiDecadence]

I agree. There are so many settings today that could make for some great psychological symbolism.

[@nidohime6233]

But no, they prefer to make crap shows.

[@DeadKraken]

Unfortunately there is this concept of "animation=funny time for kids or comedy time for adults" in our society, that prevents companies(also many japanese ones) from founding more serious animation projects. Animation is a fantastic media that can express much more than a live action movie, exaclty like comics and mangas can express much more than books, but it's not taken seriously enough for now, especially in western countries like US and Europe. I really hope that this general "light" view on animation will change one day.

[@akhandpathi7461]

LadyKraken yup exactly my thoughts. We people are privileged to not be like those other people and get to experience such wonderful and evocative pieces of art. Who cares what the medium (animated or live action) is as long as it is great. Personally I feel animation has more potential than real people and real settings.

[@Ironsvillage]

Not only movies but series. Like Monster for example.

[@plutonix5792]

While I was watching Perfect Blue, I first thought: "Yeah. I know what's going on. I can follow." As the story progressed and things got more confusing, I lost more and more trust in my judgement and had to question if every scene was real or not. Even when the movie ended, I questioned if the ending was even real.

[@carlosgabriel2801]

SAME

[@maryanellen158]

ME TOO!!

[@SussyRobloxianXD]

I got confused because it was two entirely different plots like the stalker guy and the pop star going through a change in a career, and I just thought that the stalker was only some side character

[@deadskid5445]

Is it just me or does the stalker look like a fish?

[@lavenderhuman]

Amukiii I called him Quasimodo throughout the film lol

[@delilah6687]

HE LOOKED MORE OF A HORSE TO ME BUT YOURE RIGHT

[@faithyuna1458]

No he looks like a damn beetle

[@maven9504]

I thought he looked like Sid, from ice age

[@roch3802]

i thought he looked like Michael jackson 👁👄👁

[@Brian-rp7dj]

Satoshi Kon's life was cut tragically short, this man was making 10/10s on a consistent basis. Imagine what else he could have done if he had more time.

[@kuroshinko427]

His last movie, The Dream Machine is still in development hell.

[@emabanana6545]

Kuro Shinko+ I honestly hope that it's going to be finished someday.

[@guillermosarabia1205]

Paprika is not awful, is a really great movie on it's own with the themes it evoques, it's simbolism at it's pure extension, to me as a psychologist it's a great movie, though not all people would agree because not all are aware of the inner proccess we all have.

[@Brian-rp7dj]

Paprika is the Mulholand Drive of anime, it is anything but awful lol

[@Brian-rp7dj]

Have you read the Yasutaka Tsutsui novel the film is adapted from? I don't see how you can say Chiba and Tokita are one dimensional characters, what makes them one dimensional for you?

[@yourstruly144]

" If you take away someone's identify then what's left?" This sentence makes me question everything I do and my existence.

[@princereyes2094]

Every day as a high school student and I think about this a lot.

[@Hugex97]

Identity is just the carcass. If they take ur identity and u still can clarify your existence, then u can say u truly exist as yourself

[@thomasevanko8434]

An empty shell, still going around. That's why my favourite K-pop idol is and always has been Shedinja

[@unusualsky2300]

I literally read this comment 1 second after he said it

[@praisethelordgriffith8338]

@@Hugex97 Hmm, you mean if perhaps society or religion or parents or the media or something like that bereaves your identity, if you still have a purpose then you're really living?

[@sahilsatishpandit4083]

Man The Rape scene was kinda sad. I mean I knew they were acting but I can feel the regret in her choice. Such a good movie. Way ahead of it's time

[@orkoskang7967]

Was the rape scene in the movie real or scripted like wrestling? I never saw the movie. I just saw this video.

[@Strein86]

@@orkoskang7967 It was scripted but even then you could see she regretted it.

[@bentvk2248]

It was done so well too. Like they even add the part where the guy apologizes to Mima when they pause during the scene and she insists it's fine, but when the scene continues, it is still extremely uncomfortable to watch. The scene also acts as a transition into the next act of the movie since that scene is what really started to deteriorate Rumi's image of Mima and led to her beginning her murder spree. The trauma of the scene also helped lead to Mima's own mental instability afterwards (along with Rumi's influence too of course).

[@TheAnimeMan]

You really deserve way more subscribers, dude.

[@subpar7404]

The Anime Man has spoken.

[@servillian2363]

Aayeeeeee papa joey

[@omnitricks29]

The Anime Man In the words of the Weebcast, Subscriber count < View count

[@helko1]

The Anime Man Thoughtful critique is an acquired taste, you could give him all of your subs but 90% will find this boring. (Even though it isn't)

[@ranger12YX]

Maybe if there was less people creating cringe content that makes anime fans look like weirdos and retards, they would maybe be more people willing to check out good content.

[@zw3in]

So I went ahead and watched perfect blue before this video, thinking it's gonna be a normal horror and holy shit my hands are shaking right now.

[@hihello8771]

cringed tbh

[@MaeArt725]

The movie was just insane, especially during the chase scene with rumi, I was so tense during it.

[@zzzgyu]

how did it go

[@Leafeon-gd5en]

Literally same. This was genuinely the most disturbing piece of media I have ever seen

[@Bluevids-y4g]

Why is everyone so freaked out by this movie? It was really interesting and kept me hooked but it wasn't that scary tbh.

[@dazzle3264]

One thing I noticed that might sound stupid is that they had these strange shots of the outside of her apartment just showing her lit window. It’s almost like someone was watching her and we are seeing from their perspective. It’s probably just me that sees that but when I thought of that I got really creeped out...

[@seokiology]

I think that was the director purpose ! When you view mima it’s from someone else perspective not her own. It was suppose to Show how truly objectified we r

[@likesc00b59]

That was definitely on purpose and it’s a popular move-but I love that touch. I believe they used shots like that in The Bodyguard, too, which is a similar movie.

[@kllrnooooova]

No I was noticing that too. Idk why, but those shots were soo creepy to me. And I don't live in an apartment!

[@xinofox]

So she goes through psychosis while being stalked and the main woman she trusted was stealing her identity too? Wtf

[@theregenedmoogles741]

sigh....no. wikipedia it.

[@ahoy_m8y]

It is much more complicated, I suggest watching it

[@sapphic.flower]

Damn, the story of an actual lunatic fan is terrifying... when it comes to being a fan of anybody, we should be aware that they will never be the same person off camera as they are on camera, no matter how genuine they are. Setting up expectations of them and thinking their inclined to be the image you fantasized is just setting yourself up for disappointment.

[@littenfire3563]

Depends on who they are. I've personally spoken to my favorite band and have seen them for years to the point they got to know me as a person, and I got to know them. If you treat your favorite musician as just a person and just talk to them, you can get to know them

[@sapphic.flower]

@@littenfire3563 I think even then, you're lucky that you're friends with them. For the most part, celebrities and fans have a parasocial relationship. Even if you treat them like every day people, that doesn't mean they'll be inclined to befriend you.

[@pessien8474]

What your saying here is probably something similar to a crush isn't it? This crush will leave once the image that crush was formed on gets shattered. Like when your school crush falls down in an embarrassing way and you suddenly lose interest. Simple as that. When your crush or in this context, idol, change. That image shatters, and it's up to you, or the idol's fan to get that shattered image, and piece it back together. How that image once again repairs itself will depend on you, will it be fixed cheaply using gum and duct tape? Or will you take care of it as you turn this new information into molten glass and mold that image into something new, and something you can accept. And for acceptance, that depends, on you. And of course, there is also obsession like this stalker guy mentioned here, he created a world with the idol image as a foundation. And when that foundation started to crumble, he did his best to fix it.

[@mayuravirus6134]

@@sapphic.flower Not for me tho every time i see a local artist i'm not fanatic like hey that is famous artist i'm just gonna be like ohhh

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

This is why people need to break the fourth wall constantly, so the psychopathic schizos cant jerk off to you to the point of becoming infatuated

[@ibm777p2]

If your goal is to make the viewer to feel with horrified vibe with no real horror graphics in this video, mission accomplished. Great Job.

[@brendaluv2017]

he is right you know

[@omo8629]

.

[@cathrynfernandez7010]

I feel more fucked up than the time I watched Friday the 13

[@mrdankhimself]

I saw this film for the first time tonight. What’s truly chilling is how easily the exact same story could be told in the context of today’s Internet as opposed to that of the late 90s.

[@DetectorCliche]

I saw it for the first time then as well. Miraculously I was able to fall asleep that night.

[@benny5299]

its always the same story, just the technology advanced

[@danielpadilla7601]

Did you watch it in the movie theatre? O:

[@bandanagurumayum1628]

@Andrew Diaz yeah

[@PIMKAMINA2]

Maybe someone will try a perfect blue remake in modern times, i think the themes will be much more effective now that instead of "hey, maybe dont do this to idols" it now means "hey, this can happen to you and theres nothing you can do to stop how others precieve you in their own head"

[@treasureyourlove]

How she looks: 👁️👄👁️ How her stalker looks: 👁️ 👄 👁️

[@sirrivet9557]

Nah her stalker looks more like this 👁 👄

[@fragiledoll3681]

Nah her stalker looks like this:🐟

[@treasureyourlove]

@@fragiledoll3681 LOL🤣

[@Nabil_Khori]

@@fragiledoll3681 wtff hahaha

[@jofx4051]

A FISH???

[@princessbubblegum5043]

dude this movie is literally what life as a celebrity is like. its not an exaggeration or an analogy, its actually like this. a total hell nightmare at all times.

[@princessbubblegum5043]

this movie is so relatable man

[@grasstastesbad]

you’re a celebrity?

[@Idonotknowofname]

​@@grasstastesbadShe's Princess Bubblegum of course she's a celebrity

[@mushu6928]

perfect blue is like a much more freakier version of the kpop industry

[@mingming8678]

It is the Kpop industry.

[@luhanhehe]

"much creepier" lmao it's actually an accurate representation of kpop :))

[@mushu6928]

that’s chilling 😰

[@bridesheaddeserted]

K P ikr

[@justinsalvatierra5476]

Not just exclusively the K-Pop industry, rather the things a celebrity, especially a starting one, has to endure to reach the fame they want.

[@paula.m.4996]

I really think social media is going to be part of our downfall as a society. It’s crazy that a movie from like 20 years ago can help convey that so well.

[@foozito]

wow I just realized that 1997 was 21 years ago '-' I wasn't even born at that year, but I feel like it was like 10 years ago (22 now)

[@warmac88]

Yes, it's so sad! :)

[@yuzuu36]

I think social media for common interest is fine (I.e. pages to share information on favourite books etc.) but not as a place to showcase yourself to the public and to portray yourself in a certain light

[@janejohn6473]

Scary how my govt professor tells me that

[@journeybeyondthesea]

Paul A. M. Exactly

[@KaeMcSpadden]

Another reason why Perfect Blue is terrifying is because it is a bit of a real scenerio. Mima is dealing with EVERY celebrity's wrost nightmare, a crazy obsessed fan who is not mentally well. look at examples like Rebecca Schaeffer, Jodie Foster, Theresa Saldana, or Christina Grimmie.

[@KaiDecadence]

Don't forget Latin Pop star Selena who got killed by a super fan

[@KaeMcSpadden]

Right. In the scene where Mima agrees to the rape scene, the producer even references Jodie Foster's oscar winning role in The Accused. Foster was referenced because her obsessed stalker, John Hinkley, was so desperate to get her attention, he tried to assassinate then US president, Ronald Regan.

[@BknMoonStudios]

Wow, what the fuck!? I never heard of that. Granted, I'm Mexican and we're taught very little about world politics in school, but that shit seems really big. How come I never hear it mentioned?

[@KaeMcSpadden]

Yes, Foster was attending college at Yale, Hinkley enrolled in a class there so he could stalk her. But every time he would try to get together with her, she refused. So he tried to kill the US president at the time, to try to impress her. But yeah, I never found out why he tried to kill Regan until I was in college and saw the Family Guy episode "The Road to the Multiverse" where they reference him. Hinkley was just released last year after serving 35 years in a mental hospital.

[@De_La_Soto]

And Dimebag Darrell as well

[@honeyedboba]

"It's not a struggle of heroes and villains, but a conflict of attackers and victims." literal chills. that quote is so scarily accurate.

[@daichisawamura20yearsago64]

"Anime is for children" Perfect Blue: hold my screwdriver-

[@BenDover-bk5on]

yo 20 years ago??

[@daichisawamura20yearsago64]

@@BenDover-bk5on yessirr

[@mayuravirus6134]

@@BenDover-bk5on 22 years ago

[@daniellakaran5760]

Akira, Midori, and Belladonna of Sadness.

[@2-d_in_a_bag]

@@BenDover-bk5on HA!

[@ninazheng8708]

SPOILER: ok so when I watched the movie I didn't really focus much on the stalker but Rumi. It was because I thought it was kind of weird why she kept butting into Mima's life and why she cared so much. I knew that it was her job as the manager but I kept thinking about it. Why did she prevent Mima from becoming a actress? Why did she cry so much when Mima's "perfect idol picture" was ruined by the rape scene. Of course it pieces all together at the end when it reveals her disorder but in movies like these you have to keep questioning about the tiniest details because they can lead you to the final answer

[@nojam6212]

I didn't really interpret it like that. I thought she just had a motherly care for Mima so I was really shocked when at the end, it turned out that she was the culprit for Mima's psychosis to progress.

[@BretteBaker]

it’s so weird how they made they manager look like a good guy on the surface. At first i thought she cried because the rape scene was traumatizing, but now it’s because her perfect, innocent, idol is gone? wow

[@chelsea2080]

I was thinking the same thing. When Rumi was crying during Mima's rape scene I thought it was because she cared about Mima's career but when I thought about it more I figured out that she wasn't crying because she cared about Mima's career, she was crying because the rape scene would ruin her career because she saw herself as Mima.

[@heejinsnose2027]

@@chelsea2080 It does fit the pattern though as why Rumi look like she doesn’t care at first but then when Mima got rapped. She started to cry and I was like “Oh, she care about Mima.” This made me want to rewatch the movie again...

[@amairanyhernandez3805]

@Heejin's Nose but what does the scene where after she gets raped she gets into the car and her other agent goes to drive her and she asks, “where is rumi” and he looks nervous saying, “she’s busy” is that 8mportant?

[@hypan0vaULTRA]

The rape scene is really hard to watch. But the thing that makes it worse is that clearly none of the actors really "want" to do it. The male actor pinning her down even says "I'm really sorry" before the scene starts.

[@evan9506]

So why did they do it I didn’t really understand

[@titel9870]

@@evan9506 because they're actors. It's their job to act a scene, no matter how messed up.

[@evan9506]

titel so was she actually being raped or was it just a scene

[@titel9870]

@@evan9506 It was just a scene.

[@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver]

@@titel9870 I mean they don't really have to do it. If they really didn't want to do it so badly, they wouldn't.

[@_amoonstrucktraveller4303]

it makes even more sense when you realize rumi’s name is r - u - mi (are you me)

[@riya3930]

What the fuck

[@elitsagospodinova7241]

but how does this play out in japanese?

[@yorikarai]

bruhhhhhh

[@skullknight6584]

Dude sounds like an Illuminati theorist

[@darkw0rld140]

omg are u kidding me jfbsjdjsjwkw

[@platinumhawke]

"I just turned 12 when I saw the film." YOUWHAT

[@mociiru5463]

I was 12 when I saw it too.

[@hafniirdina3600]

im not even born yet

[@Tyrenexg]

I was 12 when I saw too jsjs

[@amengi2633]

i was 9-10 lmao

[@sal4538]

I was 12 too and I was horrified by the rape scene

[@umbaupause]

The part where he shows his script made me lose my freaking mind for a second. Cause it had... errors. And I realized that you'd never ever ever know if he didn't have shown it. I don't even know how this guy writes! AAAA

[@Schlafmutze-faye]

Same thoughts actually

[@salj.5459]

Hadn’t shown*

[@tylerwerner291]

@@ashleyliu1255 "Avitar" triggered me and I don't like being that guy.

[@neddyclay7780]

Imagine being such a grammar Nazi

[@GloomGaiGar]

when it's only for you, you tend to not care about grammar when it will only be in audio anyway

[@Myah6core]

I just seen the perfect blue yesterday and boi it was a ride.

[@msquaredj9780]

Fax

[@caspeepeepoopoo]

Where can you watch it?

[@caspeepeepoopoo]

Ldybug oh, do you have the link?

[@caspeepeepoopoo]

Ldybug oh yeah I did, thank you. The movie is way more terrifying than what I was expecting.

[@antoniojr6666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZuVgZmNoKyWaLc hi, i did a perfect blue review video in french, inspired in eyepatch wolf, i d like him to see it

[@_elevenofspades]

I just watched “Perfect Blue” for the first time without knowing anything about it. Also, “Black Swan” is one of my favorite movies. Both films are excellent but I feel like “Perfect Blue” is much more unsettling than “Black Swan” because, rather than subjecting a viewer to watch a person descend into madness, it actively makes you feel like you’re losing your sense of reality as the story progresses. You have no aspect of realism to cling onto as you watch Mima lose her mind: everything we see has the potential to be an illusion. The setting, the events, the characters, etc. We have nothing to hold onto. In “Black Swan” we had direct references of reality that made us aware of Nina’s hyperbolic views on the world: the ballet show is real, we know for a fact; we know that Lily is not sabotaging Nina; we know that Nina’s boss is a creep who needs to be avoided; etc. We are aware of these things, but Nina isn’t. That’s why you feel wary of her behavior. With Mima, though… you ARE her. You have no idea what is happening, you are as lost as she is, and by the end, you don’t know what to think. You don’t know whether to be glad, or afraid, or shocked. You’re so disconnected from the events transpiring that you don’t know how to feel about it when the credits roll. It’s terrifying.

[@LittleKittyCat]

I've seen the Black Swan a while back, I don't understand why it has gotten so much attention. There are far better films that have never received much attention. It's silly to compare this film to the Black Swan.

[@danijelaleksi7130]

You explained this so well!! Thank you for your input

[@starandeath4735]

First off. You should watch the director of black swans interview. He clearly was inspired by perfect blue but is too much of a prick to say it. He bought the rights to replicate perfect blues bathroom scene. Put in in black swan but didn’t want to admit he copied perfect blue.

[@gasslighterr]

@@starandeath4735 darren aronofsky literally said that the bath tub scene from requiem for a dream is directly influenced by perfect blue. He has no shame in admitting he took from the animated film.

[@gasslighterr]

@@LittleKittyCat Black swan is far superior to perfect blue, the ending of perfect blue is not good. The manager wanted to be like her so she emailed some random guy to try and kill her is a boring conclusion to a good film. Although I like perfect blue, black swan is far superior.

[@CelestialOtter9]

You nailed it... but you also barely talked about Rumi, so at the same time, you really missed the entire point of the movie. The stalker was important, but he was only a tool that Rumi was using to achieve her goals. The movie is definitely about the power of a persona, but it is more so about Rumi wishing to become Mima, and Mima's spiral into madness is entirely due to Rumi's influences.

[@Hikari96Heart]

He did It on purpose..this is the twist of the movie and he didn't want to spoil ;)

[@kcyusi7030]

YES

[@TequilaToothpick]

He didn't want to spoil the plot....

[@workingtitle7049]

Yeah but that spoils the entire film that twist was fucking outstanding

[@poritodoggo]

@@workingtitle7049 What part was so great about it? It fell pretty short imo, I want to know how someone else feels about it.

[@jacquelinefarley4084]

Another case that Perfect Blue really reminds me of is the 1995 murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the Grammy award-winning singer, by Yolanda Saldívar, who was the president of her fan club... I imagine that the production of Perfect Blue began before that, seeing that it came out in 1997 and would have taken more than two years time to make, but the parallel is really kinda eerie!

[@bunnygkrad879]

Jacqueline Farley not as scary because she was shot. She wasn't raped or anything, but she was murdered in the valley which is rare coming from the fact I live near where she died. It can't really compare though..

[@namedate3437]

@@bunnygkrad879 yeah by her best friend it's still a bad thing, just because other bad things didn't happen leading up to her death doesn't mean it's not important (btw don't get mad just saying)

[@kemycake]

OMG I REMEMBER THAT!

[@vincentscott661]

Tbh I got lost while watching the movie only by getting to the end of the movie did it all piece together perfectly. I was more focused on the stalker then the manager.

[@Catsincradle]

That was a twist dude

[@NexenTriz]

I didn’t really get it.

[@namedate3437]

NexenTriz it was the manager that was losing touch with reality thinking that she was a pop idol and because of it she would stalk and then later on in the movie attack mimi

[@yomiyomi1874]

idk but i always knew it was her. at the beginning it was made clear that mima was called a traitor. rumi also acted weird at that time when the letter exploded. but the stalker and his weird antics did mess with my mind as the movie progresses. 😅

[@ghofranelaouar1164]

@dim mor exactly, mima was struggling mentally

[@suzuyahaise401]

I didn't find this movie scary, but I did feel very uncomfortable. It was so unsettling. (I'm used to this kind of movies/series) I loved it.

[@danielleiri]

I was so uncomfortable 😭 I stopped watching it when that scene happened is it rlly a r@p3d?? 😭

[@suzuyahaise401]

@@danielleiri that scene was the weirdest and the hardest to watch tbh. The rest was fine tho.

[@sagardoesntexist]

Bro if you are used to this kind of movies and series , plz recommend me some movies or series Plz plz plz 😊😊😊

[@serenitysubs933]

My nearly 14 year old cousin watched it with me and I was 16. A website told us it was a 15+ anime and we were like. "Oh we've watched the promised never land! We can handle some anime horror!" WHAT. THE. FU

[@suzuyahaise401]

@@serenitysubs933 I'm sorry but the Promised Neverland is not even horror in my opinion

[@melware1372]

I feel like this movie wouldn't be as impactful if it were live-action

[@zorinize9881]

they actually made a live-action on perfect blue

[@pgallbladder]

Black Swan is good as well, but Perfect Blue is better in my opinion.

[@AswathReacher]

It would definitely be impactful

[@gasslighterr]

@@pgallbladder i disagree, I don't think you can compare the two

[@MP-cv6if]

Same Animation has that "extra"

[@gregariouslyme9492]

There is also the Christina Grimmie case where the stalker fan actually succeeded in his perverted murder-suicide plan. This kind of stuff is truly terrifying.

[@ianluca2342]

SnowPhoniex He planned it. He was obsessed.

[@mfbond13]

The Dreamer wait,what? Most killers have a high IQ of 145?!? where did you hear this from?!?

[@Sheishi_Games]

psychopaths are highly intelligent people who lose their way because of various reasons like depression and social anxiety. just because they are criminals doesn't mean they are dumb.

[@LadyAlainna]

Psychopaths don't experience depression or social anxiety. They're also not killers. Don't spread things like that.

[@rob4ctwo]

+The Dreamer No... Psychopaths have emotions and sometimes are even impulsive. What psychopaths don't have is innate sense of compassion and empathy. It's because parts of their brain called amygdalae are not very active and it's something you are born with. Upbringing can lessen the effects if a child is taught compassion at a young age but it's a birth defect, not something that happens to you because of some sort of event. What you are describing is probably some sort of trauma, not psychopathy. Please don't spread misinformation.

[@deathbunnix2197]

What I find so genius about this movie is that it's about duality, and mistaking fiction for reality, making one question their own memory. And the main plot of the entire movie is that the main protagonist, Mima, wanted to be an actress. The creators put the viewers in Mima's shoes by creating jump cuts from a scene where she's acting to a scene where she's experiencing the real world. Having an actress arc and at the same time having a character who can't differentiate between fiction and reality is...Brilliant

[@kevinhernandez1159]

you could also notice how her room was a mirror of her psyche as her room gets dirtier and dirtier throughout the movie and by the end, she confronts Mima in her room coming to the realization of who she really is accepting her new self

[@durnolog6617]

I think that how when she was in Rumi's room, she had even more fish than she started with, which is a cool way of showing how rumi is trying to take the role of the 'perfect' Mima. I might also just be misremembering though.

[@shalaylex1842]

Holy crap the stalker part scared the mess out of me.

[@RayWave]

Me too, especially the last clip

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

Before I got to that part, I thought you were referring to the Perfect Blue stalker rather than the real guy. Holy shit that caught me off guard.

[@noahkirkland5844]

The stalker in perfect blue looks like a nice huggable guy compared to the real guy in the last clip I'm not getting any sleep tonight because of that

[@adriimsp9623]

bruh I had to turn my fucking lights on

[@natsumenatsume8708]

The worst thing is Bjork in real life is a lovely and sweet person.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

Dude, 12 is too young to first see this movie. I'd have ended up traumatized.

[@fish3977]

I guess it depends. I was a bit older when I first saw it and rather enjoyed but after rewatching it as an adult I actually was scared, or more like spent the rest of the night all anxious

[@katyanims9822]

Arturo Stojanoff I'm 12 and when I just watched it... Man I am traumatized just like those other Physiological Horror. Why do I keep accepting my brother's requests on watching together with them...

[@Grace-iv1ho]

I watched it at 11 lmao

[@yeahoh2222]

I've seen it when I was 10 v':

[@TypicalHibiscus]

Arturo Stojanoff I’m 12 and watched it, I didn’t even find it that scary it was just sad.

[@IsaaqAttack]

That's my picture at 0:48 seconds. Thanks Eyepatch!!!

[@HxH2011DRA]

Mohamed Isaaq Oh shit waddup!

[@IsaaqAttack]

What up playa!!!!!

[@liquidpebbles7475]

Mohamed Isaaq was just thinking if any one of the people he showed would watch the video hahah

[@IsaaqAttack]

I subbed to Eyepatch when he had only 1 video. This man dropped a 50 minute analysis video of HxH and expected me not to sub lol. I'm a film student who wants to become a filmmaker and make my own American anime in 5 years or so. So Eyepatch was a big help in my writing.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Mohamed Isaaq A hxh fan AND he plans to make his own American anime? You're a cool cat

[@delphinerosez333]

As someone who also cannot differentiate between dreams and reality sometimes.And the way Mima questions everything is so eerily accurate.The scenes bleeding into each other is haunting for me.

[@hrmoneyy]

this reminds me of what happened to seungri this week because we (fans) thought we knew who he was, we thought he was a happy innocent person who could do no harm but then we discovered that he was a disgusting person we never knew about. We were so disappointed that the idol we thought we knew so well turned out to be a disgusting person who used women. The image of him we had in our head was different from who he was irl

[@tope7252]

lovely.hyunjinnie this is so true

[@iowa3044]

Yea

[@seikergunner9184]

Wait I knew a scandal happened, but what exactly happened with Seungri? Was he trafficking women or something like that?

[@hrmoneyy]

@@seikergunner9184 yea he and he was providing women for a club

[@seikergunner9184]

@@hrmoneyy so for he was pimping women en mass ... wow, what a disgusting guy, this is why I'm careful with most kpop idols

[@averysadwoodworm]

So that stalker clip of him with the red face is probably the most horrifying atmosphere I've felt in a while, i had to close the window of how unsettled i was.

[@deeelmore4560]

A Very Sad Hyena I A L M O S T *P O O P E D*

[@alexy2824]

Jen Anderson it’s paint. If you watch the whole thing, he explains that. It’s saddening what mental illness can do to a person.

[@ciruja-chan]

My heart stopped when I saw that..

[@yoongigavemechlamydia4365]

my entire body went cold and my ears started ringing i was HORRIFIED

[@nessaboo340]

Where?

[@MilanNikolic96]

I'd just finished the movie, then turned to this video. Gonna need some Lucky Star before bed boys

[@nekoandkopi]

Omg i totally can relate

[@augusteskuleviciute9276]

gay

[@Val17282]

@@augusteskuleviciute9276 I'm gay

[@maricruzmartinez3930]

I watched the tale of princess kaguya afterwards cause I thought it would cheer me up but it just gave me deppresion and terror in one night

[@supermanprime1281]

Same bro

[@ProdArbitrary]

I loved this movie, a lot. I think that you’re supposed to be like “what the fuck is going on” but your brain just can’t figure out if what she’s seeing is actually in her head. The eerie nature that this movie is able to convey is actually unreal.

[@ForceDeth76]

I feel movies such as Perfect Blue, The Shining and The Babadook are movies that you can watch every now and then and still get the chills. We need more psychological horror films like these, rather than the so-called "horror" movies with stupid jumpscares.

[@ajaxtv8172]

ForceDeth76 agree this kind of movie leave you with a deep strong feeling after you finish them

[@ntfrmhr]

im sure there are a lot similar films out there

[@elgamer3003]

Well said Gattsu!

[@black91ize]

Black swan is one of my favorites! And it discusses the same kind of themes

[@israelip]

Watch Hush. Its great

[@ThisAccountIsNoLongerActive000]

10:26 NOPE. His intention was not to kill Bjork, but have her suffer with her disfigurement (ie; maim her), where Lopez killed himself not so that he and Bjork can be together, but to avoid jailtime. I've seen all diaries, he's never mentioned wanting his plan involved with being together with her. He started to hate her instead.

[@MrHoodie]

Absolutely correct!

[@SickVapeTricks]

Gabe's Channel alright chill out, no need to be condescending.

[@skullofrebellion6653]

@@SickVapeTricks ..how is that condescending?

[@SickVapeTricks]

Skullof Rebellion He started off with NOPE! Then went on a tirade about how he knows all of it and the video creator is wrong and not as smart as him. Pretty fucking condescending lol

[@afrollamma]

@@SickVapeTricks where does he say eyepatch wolf isnt as smart as him, I'm assuming he didnt mean for it to come across as such. Idk maybe the all caps nope wasnt necessary, but hey, we all came out of it a bit more knowledgeable.

[@greendayfecer]

that rape scene messed me up. I don't mean literally, I mean metaphorically? when her PR and agent were watching her do that scene over and over. It started feeling more and more real. I have watched a lot of animated movies and psychological anime. But that moment still shook my core. At that moment it was like the scene wasn't for a TV show but something that was happening repeatedly from different angles? I haven't watched the film since I first watched it. I don't know if it was because of the ending? or maybe her hallucination of her fish being dead? Or like I mentioned above the rape scene? But man this film was the first inception. That was made in the 90's like serial lain. what did these creators experience that inspired them so heavily to create what they did?

[@WordsofIvory]

greendayfecer The 80s and early 90s were a very different time. The whole world was disillusioned. A generation that embraced peace and love tried hard, but ultimately succeeded in changed nothing. Wars, violence and drug abuse were running rampant, increasingly with every year. There was very little happiness to be found in the world back then. Movies like these was a response to that sense of disillusionment we felt, I think. We were tired of pretending humanity was this beautiful, prim, proper and pristine thing. We took our capacity for creativity and used it to expose all the ugliness that was festers inside our species every single day.

[@sayanbiswas7364]

BUt at least they acknowledged their misery - today people live in complete denial of it, lulled in the satisfaction of narrow social strata and consumeristic gluttony.

[@mistahchad220]

I agree with you on the rape scene. It unnerves and horrifies me without fail every time I rewatch Perfect Blue-- but that goes to show that Satoshi Kon greatly succeeded in what he was trying to portray in that scene. Even though it's (debatably) just acting for a TV show and no actual assault is being committed, the experience of Mima's "innocent" reputation being unwillingly "defiled" is shown to be traumatizing to her. Thus just witnessing the scene is enough to make you on edge. (Also while I know not everything is set in stone for a story like Perfect Blue, I believe Mima's fish ARE dead. The live fish you're alluding to are replicas, because she wasn't in her apartment. She was in Rumi's.)

[@wolfJack-qp6si]

greendayfecer it fuck me up to just fucking distributing

[@AlessaParker]

That particular scene along with the violence and the themes in this film are exactly why I get a bit ticked off whenever someone says "all anime/animated films are just for kids." Perfect Blue is a very good film and I would recommend it to people who can deal with the subject matter presented but it's not something I want to rewatch. Or maybe I will if I just skip over the simulated rape scene.

[@blankisfornerds]

my favourite part about this film was the final scene, where “mima” winks in her car mirror. the thing is, which mima is it? and that’s terrifying. this movie toys with us and makes us question whats real and whats not, thats why its scary.

[@blor]

ok but why is mr mimana's eyes so far apart LMAFAO

[@DemBigOlEyes]

I think its a stylistic choice to show how different he was from his idol. Mima is almost perfect in terms of design compared to almost everyone else featured in the film that weren't main characters. So to have the antagonist look as much of the opposite as the protagonist is a good choice to visually showcase the gap between them.

[@blor]

What Is This?! i wasnt entirely bothered about the actual theory im just stunned by how someone could design someones eyes so far apart

[@flyingfranky]

blair lmaoo

[@elenaguerrier9411]

👁 👄 👁

[@flyingfranky]

Elena Guerrier LMAO

[@dnwalkingoneggshells]

A friend of mine is pseudo famous on instagram and she couldnt disassociate herself from her online persona and it really warped her perception of reality. she would call me from time to time having an excesstiatial crisis (loneliness, pressure to project an unobtainable image, to much concern of vanity, never ending praise or criticism from her online audience). However, when she was asked by random people about her job, she would make it seem like it was the best thing that has ever happened to her. when i would confront her about it, she would say "life has high and lows". i would pressure her more and say "you were telling me how lonely and under pressure you are and that you went to bed around 7 most nights just to end the day. do you mean to tell me tell me this is all worth it? to be someone who your not?" then she would reverse the conversation and say "is everyday at your job perfect? how dare you bring up my lowest points to make me feel bad." not everyones jobs are "perfect". I mean, i work as a vet tech and there have been numerous days that have been terrible, but i know that i can leave, and be with friends and family and forget about the day. My job is not who i am, but to her, her job is who she is because shes basically selling herself. its a 24/7 type of gig, and it must be exhausting to pretend to be happy, or not be yourself all the time. her highs were to high, and her lows were to low and her job had no apparent substance. What was she really producing? it really disturbed me, and it made me feel like i had no idea who she really was.

[@RKNELIAS]

Really interesting comment, thanks for sharing it. It really made me think.

[@chbend]

Any development?

[@thomasevanko8434]

That's gotta be terrible. Stage performers at least get a break, Slash is Slash for an hour and a half a night, then he can go back to being Saul Hudson but social media people, geez, man. Had I any talent, I would have loved to be a metal guitarist but I never could be an influencer

[@queenelizabee7246]

Drop this friend

[@noahkirkland5844]

I think another thing that the 4 minute long song with just Mima in her room does well is having a upskirt shot, not because it's fan service but because it feels like we're invading her privacy watching her in her own home and every time it showed her naked I never had a sense of arousal but of disgust afterwards

[@akarshvhebbar6110]

When Mima takes off her glasses and throws a short gaze at us the viewers in the end through the Rear View mirror and says "No I'm real", I got chills down my spine man. Made me question if anything is real for a second. What a masterpiece! Even though it was Rumi I was convinced that it was mima "the real one" - I myself was blending into the fabric of what was the character's reality and her fantasy, that's what makes perfect blue so bone chilling and magnificently pure as an anime/manga. It truly is a mesmerizing piece of artistic vision. That's why her trauma in the movie feels so real that you suffer as well. *take a bow Satoshi Kon🙌**

[@whitelotus8960]

2:19 WTF THAT'S TERRIFYING

[@deeelmore4560]

White Lotus definitely the scariest part of the video.

[@seignee]

White Lotus ikr

[@Emily-cl2jl]

What's funny is that's what a lot of generic anime/manga art looked like back in the late 90s/early 2000s. Terrible anatomy and everything. The gigantic alien eyes are a dead giveaway for the time period lol.

[@mav4102]

Jump scare

[@GoldenDLion]

White Lotus how is that scary yeah he’s ugly ass shit but it’s not that scary

[@serenezain2988]

I think.. old Anime really has a BIG meaning of life.

[@ΗαηηατΗεβαηαηαβαηαηα]

Oyasumi punpun

[@dylanjordan4747]

this sentence makes no sense

[@654jimbob654]

I finally got around to watching Perfect Blue and wow, that film made me very uncomfortable. The rape scene and the photo shoot were incredibly degrading for the main character and come across even worse in this post-Weinstein era. Then the film starts to blur the line between fiction and reality and it becomes increasingly difficult to tell what's real and what isn't, which is jarring for the viewer. I felt the ending was kind of weak but overall, Perfect Blue is a very good film. ...But I'm not in a hurry to watch it again.

[@jackofhearts5542]

Asa Phillips I'd recommend Dub, which is how I watched it but honestly both versions are good. It's just that in this movie, visual cues and etc. are important and something to pay attention to- which is easier to do in Dub.

[@narizota]

Dino City when I saw that scene I was like, god the author got rlly inspired by the accused huh....

[@damnitimp8269]

h

[@rishimehta4486]

@Vicente Hamel Wtf? Is your mind alright?

[@streeTkiDwannaBe]

I don't recommend the dub in the fact it has a significant change in the ending. The dub has Mima's English voice actress speaking the last line when Mima is looking in the rear view mirror while the original Japanese has Rumi's VA speaking the line.

[@Benheartsart]

As a Bjork fan, I already knew the story. But I seriously didn’t expect her to be mentioned here! Huge surprise, and a welcome one, though the events surrounding are terrible.

[@cait2123]

People: Anime is for kids Perfect Blue: yeah about that-

[@suavecito6114]

So funny man .

[@1LERS1]

There is more of an adult, philosophical, or deep anime out there, you just need to find it.

[@tintedcherry]

Raiko Seria can you recommend some more? I’m mostly not into anime but psychologically thriller kind of movies

[@sirrivet9557]

People say cartoons are kids not so much anime

[@1LERS1]

@@tintedcherry I don't know about thriller, but I can suggest some psychological\philosophical. Evangelion, Paprika, Paranoia agent, Texhnolize, Ergo proxy, Lain.

[@dargonmasterman27]

im not watching you at night anymore

[@MagillanicaLouM]

GameBuster not a bad idea...

[@Avboyyy]

GameBuster IKR! I saw this movie tonight at 12 am and I'm terrified

[@Unsupervisedcat]

i agree with yall im doin it at 420

[@jellybeanjustin82]

GameBuster it's 11:40 PM send help

[@freshavocado6528]

GameBuster its 6 am lmao

[@TheCJ9080]

Imagine watching this when you're high. The trip would be unimaginable especially when second half of the film comes.

[@Thalor]

Nah

[@julixnnaa3763]

I watched it baked asf last night at 2 am and it was trippy asf it was first time watching it too😭

[@sweetpotatoes9530]

I did this not knowing what I was getting into... I had to pause a couple times during the second half, my mind was in a complete freefall

[@moonxness4502]

Kathie Tee yeesh I’d prolly start wondering if I’m real or not lol

[@jazminebautista4582]

I actually watched this on acid

[@Alex-ok9jd]

perfect blue describes perfectly how i feel sometimes. i’m a classical musician and my parents want me to get really famous. the first time i felt like i was losing myself was when i was shooting a documentary about one of the professional music videos i made some while back - i wanted to say what i personally thought about it and tell people the things i got through while shooting…but there was a script i had to follow and every emotion and every thought that was not written in the script..was like it never existed, never told, wrong…it was so scary, it was like i wasnt allowed to have a mind of my own but be someone that someone else wants me to be. the second time was this year…i was doing so good- good grades, good guitar skills. my parents sat me down that day and told me i was doing horrible, that i was just being delusional about doing well and being well, that i wasn’t doing enough and that they want so much more…i lost myself then, i completely lost it- everything that i had known or thought i knew broke into pieces. the perception i had of reality was gone. i began to dissociate often, not knowing what was real and what wasn’t. it was like there was no reality and that was the scariest thing ive ever gotten through. perfect blue really shows what its like to lose yourself to the character you’ve built/the character others want you to be. i hope this never happens to any of you.

[@BakaSama24]

hope you're feeling better now. stay well!✨

[@ND-kh5yw]

That's BS for them to say that to you. So many parents just spew shit that is so so unhelpful. Don't let their crazy high standards drag you down. Don't do it for them do it for yourself!

[@sghuntress.mp4]

I hope you're in a better place now :( Are you still making music?

[@faye7119]

People want to overlook the fact that it’s not about the kpop industry only but in general industries that create celebrities, idols, figures, to worship. How their relationship with a fan are and what happens when certain walls become invisible to one side. I liked the movie overall for the effect it has, that scene especially where mima jumps over streetlights, to this day, I still feel like I watched my own dreams become a nightmare on film. Gaah

[@seokiology]

It’s cause kpop legit takes it to the extreme. The way the present idols is as someone who is their potential significant other. For example idols will say “oh my fans r my bfs/gfs” or companies will ban them from dating for a couple years. In fact one fo the biggest scandals a kpop idol can get into is dating! For example exo fans want Chen to leave exo bc he decided to marry and have kids. They even went far to stage protests and create petitions Ofc this idea of idol worship does apply to western celebs but it’s not as extreme as kpop celebs. Iirc zayn of one direction (one of the biggest boy band in the world) was engaged during the start of 1D and most fans were supportive. No one made petitions or protest for him to leave. It’s cause in western celebs they set boundaries between fan and artists where kpop they encourage you to cross that line

[@Scarshadow666]

And it's not just on an industrial level too! With shows like Netflix's You series as an example, it can be applied to most interpersonal relationships too, even if someone isn't high profile/famous (though this may vary depending on the relationship and if it's a truly troubling/disturbing one), and part of why witness protection programs and restraining orders are part of most institutions.

[@Unknown-vx6qm]

@@Scarshadow666 nice profile picture 😁

[@Scarshadow666]

@@Unknown-vx6qm Thanks! It's from Paranoia Agent (another great Satoshi Kon anime that is really good)! ^^ I change my pfp each month for variety/fun and have been rewatching a lot of Satoshi Kon anime this month.

[@Unknown-vx6qm]

@@Scarshadow666 ya i just finished watching paranoia agent today and its rlly gud!! I'm also trying to watch other anime by Satoshi Kon!

[@l.o.v.edrive3466]

I kinda feel bad for kpop idols and other famous people. Kpop idols mostly are the one's who have far more stalkers,crazy fanbase,and always on camera. Just go to the kpop fanbase or a video and you can see how crazy they are. They are basically worshipping them and over sexualizing them. It might look cute,but it's scary once you start thinking. And yes I do listen to kpop(Only Nu'est and Bts) ,but I'm not obsessed. I just listen and move on lol

[@orbitonces_3639]

Mini Wolf I thought the same too. The reality in kpop industry is just fucked up man. Some kpop fans are really creepy and obsessive that they wont let their idol date to someone and be happy. Once an idol date every sasaengs would freak out , some of them send death threats like its not a normal thing to date someone. What a fucking psychos.

[@GraceLum]

yeah its so scary, there was an indonesian rapper who over sexualized Lisa of BP and I heard that blinks actually beated him up... people are crazy

[@parkchimmin7913]

Grace Lum Actually, that was a hoax. He was never beaten up.

[@parkchimmin7913]

OVER DIACKKK True. Every fandom has bad apples. But those bad apples shouldn’t stop you from enjoying it.

[@namedate3437]

@OVER DIACKKK yeah but there is a large majority that do this. If you check out the music videos you see comments like "Omg at 4:25 you can see blah blah blah twerking for half a millisecond " like how do you see that if you weren't creepily seeing the video. If that's not enough they also say things that are sexualized towards them. It's sad because if they were talked to like that they wouldn't enjoy it one bit

[@beautyof7443]

OKAY HEAR ME OUT the last scene broo got me confused. Mima said :"I'm real" In Rumi's voice?? Just when I thought i figured it out, everything is turned upside down. What if... we're looking at the wrong person? what if the real main character is Rumi? Like the actress said, illusion posseses someone.. Rumi moved to Tokyo with her hopes up and tried to become an idol, that didn't work out and she herself was raped etc. and more things. Well, fast forwards in time, she is now older and everything is triggered by her obsession with a real life idol ( Rumi = horse man, but she believes she' s this random idol's manager) . When actually, when she sees this idol perform, she sees herself and she creates a persona "Mima" in that other idol that she has to protect, and from there the story flows. Rumi can't fathom what happened to herself, so she pretends it all happened in a movie (Double Bind), and thus that translates to the story of "Mima" she created, where Mima wanted to become actress and then all went downhill. Rumi, who believes she is "Mima's" manager and is avenging her, kills all these people who ruined "Mima", but in reality she is avenging herself and killing the people who led to her own downfall. So, "Mima" doesn't exist and we're seeing it all from Rumi's mind and memory. In the fight, we see "Mima" running away from Rumi/Idol Mima but Mima is actually younger Rumi and Idol Mima is this idiolization of the real life idol older Rumi adores - So older Rumi wants her younger self to so badly become this succesful Idol and not become "an actress", so as to warn her for whats coming (in Double Bind, aka her future life). But Rumi loses and "Mima" wins, and the illusion of her basically comes to life. Rumi is in a mental hospital and not chasing the illusion "Mima" , who has now become reality (which explakns why she said"I'm real" in the end) anymore - so Mima is now free, and "a succesful actress" which wouldnt have happened if Rumi was still after her (Mima literally said it was bc of Rumi that she became this). In essence, allthe wrong that happened to young Rumi she blamed on her not being an idol, and she became obsessed with being one, but if focuses on putting her life back together and get through, she can become a succesful "actress" (aka be a succesful "actress" in her own life) . So... actually this theory has a good ending bc Rumi's is dead. But...since "Mima" won is..Mima now real and Rumi an illusion in the last moments of the film?? - damm even my own theory messes me up lol But..what a mindfuck and masterpiece. of a movie. loved it.

[@cindyh.6011]

wow

[@catpaws1913]

I'm crying cuz I'm traumatized while reading this

[@sanchitgoyal2745]

then what was the point of being saved by Mima (the illusion), why did the illusion bothered to save the idol Mima/Rumi

[@kcyusi7030]

Well I think the same way too

[@animalblundetto6510]

How much lsd have you done? lol (Love your theory btw)

[@bananaboatcharlie]

Having never seen this movie, I cannot convey how much raw terror the phrase " _that_ screwdriver scene " put into my bones