The Anime That Was Too Disturbing For The Internet

[@willmueller4984]

Watching this from your shower

[@Geto_Suguru_JJK-lol]

I'm watching this in my bathroom

[@joann_642]

Watching this while taking a 💩

[@Soroosh.S83]

Stalker

[@RealBillyFanword]

Can you turn the light off? I'm at work and I'm trying to save on my (our) electricity bill.

[@Yoshikage_kira10]

Edging on this video

[@lovearion]

Honestly I feel like the animation really amplified the uncanny valley feeling the series is supposed to make you feel. You're supposed to feel scared and uncomfortable, which the animation does incredibly well. If this was animated in the traditional anime style it wouldn't have hit the same way imo. The animation is straight up the best part of this series, it gave the show such a unique feel to it which was a design choice that was sadly probably way ahead of its time.

[@just_iblue]

It's the Rotoscopy aspect of the animation

[@keniasus]

@@just_iblue The drama was Rotoscoped I'm pretty sure

[@jimmcneal5292]

I don't

[@Etrius10]

Rotoscoping is an archaic form of animation, I wouldn't call it ahead of its time.

[@headhalfliving]

@@Etrius10when was the last time you saw a rotoscoped anime though

[@TheMightyPika]

I can't imagine how lame and dull this would have been in traditional anime animation

[@Figerlin]

Manga version art is different

[@thatguyfromjojogoldenwind2081]

would've been actually watchable

[@godspeed4225]

@@thatguyfromjojogoldenwind2081 Watch it again once you've grown up a bit

[@AmbiguousMan724]

​​@@thatguyfromjojogoldenwind2081It's the modern weeb style that's unwatchable, Anime artstyles are tiresomely conformist and ugly these days. It's why I don't watch it anymore, it stopped being cool and artistic when it got mainstreamed. Now it's just a formulaic product.

[@MissShinyLemon]

@@AmbiguousMan724 Yeah I partially agree. I continue to watch anime but only for certain shows. Now, most art is more focused on keeping the watcher's attention with quickly moving scenes, bright colors, etc. Things that keep the brain stimulated. :/

[@infinityspin6537]

In the manga the main girl is supposed to be creepy or hideous but is drawn attractive

[@letmedie4524]

Bruh its Japanese beauty standards, their standards are so high they seem normal to people outside of Japan.

[@sk3tchinatortv733]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

[@itstruethough604]

i mean she’s drawn just like any other girl in that manga? lmao I think it has more to do with the author’s lack of artistic ability and thus can only draw generic anime female characters. also the only really disturbing thing about this adaptation is the terrible decision of making it fully rotoscoped. there’s a reason it works well for horror games like Faith lmao

[@AhmedMalaki]

So a predator ?

[@classiccuneyt]

@@itstruethough604 she’s drawn ugly to me lol 😂 did we read different mangas.

[@vj7248]

so many people complained about how 'ugly' it was to have real human rotoscoping and that it 'ruined' their 'qt yandere waifu'.... without even thinking for a hot second why a creepy manga would get a creepy adaptation. im glad the director working on the Uzumaki adaptation.

[@SessmaruKusanagiGaming]

I KNEW IT. I love the rotoscoping! IT'S SO GOOD.

[@jimmcneal5292]

You're wrong. It would be ok if characters in manga were ugly too, but this way it's just makes anime u watchable

[@Baddiejoker]

​@@jimmcneal5292 it makes it u watchable?

[@martindang7333]

they re mad because they realized how fucked up their waifu really is and that they liked her solely for being cute

[@Luci-kun]

@@martindang7333 exactly this.

[@skullcrusade3436]

Rotoscoping doesn't have to look like this though, for anyone wondering, the effect is one hundred percent intentional. Try watching some of the old animations like Fire and Ice, beautifully made like this anime, but none of the anxious feeling, because it didn't intend it to have it. Rotoscoping is just like any other way to animate, just a medium that artists can manipulate to get their results, and it's awesome.

[@RealBillyFanword]

A Scanner Darkly is another insane example. It's free on KZbin right now.

[@owlofblood]

SERIOUSLY. there's tons of rotoscoped animation out there.

[@isimioyekunlemarktaiwo3643]

The issue is that everyone has been blinded by the superficial of human looks in anime..it is because they look like an average Japanese person and not the "always" beautiful people in media. And I believe that what makes it even better..this art style makes the story more believable

[@nickeni3050]

​@@isimioyekunlemarktaiwo3643 they're just pissed that now that their crazy waifu isn't pretty, they're forced to face the kind of person she actually is and acknowledge that they only ever really liked her for her looks from the start. It's like how a pretty girl committed murder in japan and people(guys) kept trying to defend her, saying that she was "too pretty to have killed someone". However if she were ugly, they'd be forced to look beyond her face and see her for the horrible person that she is

[@valeriaswanne]

Bakshi is a genius

[@jeremystanley9395]

They actually look like real Japanese people instead of cartoon characters well done animation

[@Nilinili-i2y]

Its rotoscope

[@sebastianuglyrat]

Because it’s traced over footage of real people.

[@Rosie_bloomm]

It looks like they traced real Japanese people

[@jagoz7465]

Tfw when no hypersexualised kindergarten kids with magic powers 🤬😡

[@justadummy8076]

Well, yeah, it’s rotoscoped. That means they traced over real people when drawing it

[@Lichenroc]

Rotoscoping is perfect for horror themes in my opinion.

[@whact]

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity is a great example of that

[@egg5823]

Uzumaki (first ep only)

[@YaYa-m7b]

The Motion capture Animation is giving vibes from that one smilling Friends episode

[@NoHardFeelings0]

Haha I remember that too

[@sweaterburger]

rotoscoping

[@sebastianuglyrat]

Don’t say that ever again

[@FemboyMakeMeHappy]

Say that again

[@forgottenlegend9672]

😂😂😂

[@Wnick1996]

Honestly, given how much work was given into the animation, I'm shocked that it didn't get more attention than it did

[@slvyc]

Ppl just have mid taste

[@JT93641]

​​@@slvyc or people always forgot how to share it(luckily this vid uploaded and showed up in my recommendation.)

[@slvyc]

@@JT93641 Nah I've argued with pp who think it's bad cuz of the animation style lol It would've gotten a season 2 as well if it didn't do as badly as it did

[@nocomments5029]

People don’t want to look at the shadow of self and society much like homelessness and killers. It’s swept under the rug

[@tactical_pizzas3660]

​@@slvyc People have common sense, you mean

[@ARStudios2000]

Rotoscoping is such an underappreciated animation form for today in my opinion. We owe a lot to it for revolutionizing animation to what it is today. Snow White used rotoscoping animation, and that was one of, if not, THE most influential animated works of all times. Its why movies like the Ralph Bakshi Lord of th Rings have stuck in my mind even after 20 years when I first saw it as a kid; something about it sticks with you. A shame that the people this show was aimed at aren't nearly as open to that kind of stuff unfortunately.

[@todhold2673]

Bro.... WTF are you gonna do with someone's gym clothes? That's lowkey kinda gross.

[@halodatboi9326]

that book musta been freaky

[@couchpotato1546]

Some people are just that built different

[@magdalenas.4]

Japanese people even have a machine where you can **buy** used underwear like cola cans, so I heard. 😅😂

[@igagyatt]

I mean....I would like to sniff bro's clothes because I love him...maybe that's just me

[@radiosuitcase1]

he just like me fr

[@Kuffkuff62]

Wait, i think i read this comic randomly years ago 😭 i was the same age as the kids when i read this, and yeah being pretty isolated or feeling out of place i embarassingly related to it

[@okok-tf8rr]

tf did you relate to??

[@Kuffkuff62]

@@okok-tf8rr the sexual perversion mainly

[@NelsonStJames]

Shūzō Oshimi writes a lot from personal experience -- which is obvious when you read his afterwards to each edition of his work. His stuff, as weird and twisted as it is, is meant to be relatable on some level. People are so used to a superficial online world where everyone fakes their relatability that they feign this exaggerated shocked, or "how could someone do that" response when a person has an honest emotion, does something impulsive, or simply admits to having a problem ( unless that problem is the problem of the moment that everyone suddenly has because it gets them likes and views ).

[@GalxZ-]

I love rotoscoping because the stylised anime style makes everything look attractive, this is like a reminder that not everyone in existence looks like an idol 😭 And also no-one can justify what a character does just because of their looks, I love it.

[@theguyishere249]

Not bit always the case with the style. But I know what you mean.

[@Ghostvface]

Just finish watching this show. It was awsome. it is so much to unpack. The ending was confusing but it’s only part 1 anime adaption, I’ll keep reading it on the manga. Thanks for making me discover this

[@NoHardFeelings0]

You are in for a wild ride

[@r-yv5uz]

@@NoHardFeelings0 you sound like you're selling fleshlights

[@mynde8633]

There is also a 2019 live action adaptation that goes beyond the anime. It not only covers the main story but it acts as a sequel to the anime.

[@depravedsouls9975]

Oh wow is it equally as fucked up?​@@mynde8633

[@WRLDOfSad]

What's it called?

[@vjbd2757]

I don't know if their decision to do this weird rotoscoping made the anime much more creepy but boy did it work.

[@edcellent_019]

Gives that Lord of the rings 1970 animation vibes.

[@crnchi]

I think the artstyle is what most people complain about (from what I've heard), but I actually think it's pretty unique and cool. What is not cool, however, is the MC. Bro is actually the most stupid character out of any piece of media I've consumed. Dude was with the girl he liked and didn't have psycho girl's threats looming over him anymore after he confessed, and yet he still ran back to that torment. Maybe it's supposed to be deep, but to me I think he deserved whatever dark ending awaited him. Honestly though, I had forgotten about the walking scene. If you ignore the fact that his situation is stupid and completely avoidable, that scene really hit hard.

[@NoHardFeelings0]

Spoilers if you haven’t seen the show: He 100 percent deserved it, but it’s something he secretly wanted. The whole point is that he didn’t feel like he belonged in normal society after reading Charles Baudelaire’s book. Even when he was given the perfect chance to have a normal relationship and life, he threw it all away because he still felt like nakamura was the only person that he could identify with and understand him as a human being.

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

ooh boooy wait till you meet "Gift" from the "Gift of Poison" manga, good thing it's a short manga so you can finish it in one sitting HAHA!

[@chinoy9698]

Rotoscoping?

[@Neuvillete4.6]

hes not a harem or issekai protag so i see worst

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

Me when High Schoolers act like actual High Schoolers

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

This is actually pretty tame by Shuzo Oshimi’s usual standards. He’s incredible at psychological horror.

[@idk-rl4he]

Thank you for showing me something i regret looking into

[@NoHardFeelings0]

I'm sorry

[@CrocloBootworks]

@@NoHardFeelings0your usertag is so real

[@JT93641]

​@@NoHardFeelings0this ain't bad than that one hanime that is brutal for rap3 and harassm3nts with a bunch of video tapes ☠️☠️☠️

[@alexicon2006]

​@@JT93641Dawg that is an Hanime. It isnt supposed to be taken seriously. This one is. Thats the difference I feel. Its the same as adult content on adult sites versus Redo of Healer on tv for younger people to watch. But except the fact that Flower of Evil isnt made to be for younger audiences so it isnt manipulating anyone.

[@JatPhenshllem]

@@JT93641 Which one? You've tickled my curiosity

[@Justpuresugaaa]

I actually found this anime's trailer when I was searching for Akuno Hana as in a Mothy song.. I was shocked as a 7 year old child when I clicked on it lmao, I was so disgusted I clicked right off immediately after just a few minutes of looking at the chase scene at the start of the trailer, if it weren't for for the art style I would've saw most likely something worst.😦 (I was exposed to the internet at such a young age that I already knew the disgusting reality out there.)

[@ancamorar9370]

A James Charles jumpscare wasn't on this month's anime bingo card but here we are

[@EggrollDance]

Holy crap, I completely forgot about this anime. What a fever dream. I think I watched it around when it first came out. I never did finish it. It was so bizarre in the most uncomfortable way.

[@untitled5847]

I remember watching some episodes and what really put me off was the faces. I stopped watching out of boredom but at least the ending song is dope as hell.

[@berenice9000]

OMG I did a double take when this showed up on my feed because no one ever talks about this anime. I really love the directing choices. I read and enjoyed the manga, but I also love how this anime interpreted it. I think it was just made too early for its time. I think more people would appreciate it now. So happy that the director is getting a big new chance working on the Uzumaki anime, which also uses rotoscoping! Im sure the uncanny animation will finally get its flowers this time around ❤

[@NoobPro-cd2fz]

Why the fck this dude giving light yagami famous stare vibe in thumbnail bruh ☠️

[@NoHardFeelings0]

@@NoobPro-cd2fz it’s a girl ☠️

[@NoobPro-cd2fz]

@@NoHardFeelings0 bruh☠️

[@NoHardFeelings0]

@@NoobPro-cd2fz 🤣

[@NoobPro-cd2fz]

@@NoHardFeelings0 I mean you could look at the face it's giving light's vibes idk why

[@cryingdoggus]

this manga reminds me of another called onani master kurosawa and the protag looks really similar to light lol

[@ihavestds394]

I think the problem might be the faces, there's just not as much expression in the anime's facial expressions as in the manga, the intricacies just aren't there which is probably why a lot hated it

[@NoHardFeelings0]

That’s a good point. Live action acting requires you to see subtle changes in body language and facial expressions to understand character emotions but a lot of that detail is lost when you trace over it in rotoscoping.

[@10ui]

For me waiting for each episode was special. This was so off of mainstream that catched my attention immediately. Story, art style it defo looked like series which had idea what it wants to be.

[@inception445]

"the event that would ruin his life forever..." *ad plays*

[@uno9453]

The one most important thing that can make an anime creepy for me will always be the animation. The unsettling and uncanny vibe you get the first time you lay your eyes upon a show that can really make you go, “Well, shit- I'm not watching this it's too scary” (yet still continuing to do so anyways, because you know you'll be in for a ride). Which is why this caught my interest and I might consider watching this if I want to experience horror again. Sadly, plenty ‘creepy’ or ‘scary’ shows and animes forget that nowadays and try too hard to be scary to the point it just isn't even close to being one💀 In my honest opinion, ‘scary’ is what the eye first perceives rather than what the ear hears (if that's even making any sense lmao).

[@Gingabread-bw6xj]

I watched this when it came out and I don’t think this was supposed to be scary at all lol. I think people misunderstood why it’s so slow paced or why the MC is “dumb”. They forget that this is about teenagers, doing dumb shit (as teens do) and how it feels like everything is such a big deal. Like yeah, he could have fixed the situation early on, but he’s a teen, with amplified feelings on top of feeling alienated. It made people uncomfortable that it’s reflecting real life emotions and had rotoscoping. Was this even classified as a horror at the time? I remember it being slice of life 😂, just a different flavour than what we typically see. But then again, most of what I saw was (in my opinion) unfair criticism. It’s one thing to say they didn’t like the art style or story overall, quite another to dismiss the themes and say it’s boring. I’m glad to see it finally found and audience though.

[@QuantumPurple]

That thumbnail brought back some memories 😭 I had completely forgot this even existed

[@retropulse03]

How many times can Anime go mainstream "For the first time"? Akira and DBZ both boasted that claim, and now AoT. The bar of "Mainstream" can't keep moving.

[@RogueKing191]

Was literally thinking the same thing. Not even 10 seconds in and I'm like "Huh? What is this guy on?"

[@SinisterF.]

anime's gonna go mainstream for the first time in 2050 guys I believe it could happen this time

[@nxthing.]

The animation is perfect 🗿.

[@WholeMilk808]

bro fucked with it lowkey

[@eternally.mourning]

0:40 THIS ANGLE IS KILLING ME DUDE

[@aslanaskar4575]

New steam pfp

[@LongTran-kp3kz]

Oh! 'Flowers of Evil'. I never watched the anime, but I did read the manga ages ago. Yeah, it was pretty fucked, but.... I don't think the anime goes into the second half.

[@NoHardFeelings0]

It doesn’t sadly. Not enough funding because the anime did so poorly.

[@mrarcher3007]

its funny cause from what ive read so far this might be the authors most least fucked story

[@user-ow5lk7tx3e]

i think alot of it was probably finished too cus the preview at the end of the last episode.

[@xoafallen6239]

I read the author of this mangas other book. "Blood on the tracks" and it utterly destroyed me to an extent and I still think about it. Flowers of evil I tried to get into but its not quite my interest and I cant relate to it at all ive heard good things though.

[@hotlinemiammary]

That manga was messed up but it didn’t hit me like it hit everyone else. Probably because of knowing people who went through similar things.

[@hotlinemiammary]

Unfortunately cases like Blood on the Tracks happen more often than what people want to believe.

[@isitlyda]

i`m so glad you brought this gem of an anime. it`s been 4 years as i discovered and absolutely loved it. also your delivery is so entertaining ahaha. it`s a shame you have so little followers

[@jackiemoffitt6780]

Haven't watched it but I think the rotoscoping looks actually kinda beautiful and surreal

[@draquela96]

It was tbh, it was perfect for the genre

[@judesantelices2944]

dude, this guy's work is just amazing. inside mari, blood on the tracks, happiness. I wish more anime or manga like this are appreciated more the same way the other genre gets.

[@NelsonStJames]

Agreed. Actually "Flowers of Evil" was the first of his work I read, and few manga have made me as nervous, or anxious as well as feel a bit "tainted" while reading it. Yet his stuff never goes where you expect it to. The guy's amazing, but I don't think he's for the typical manga reader; he deals with real human problems and there aren't any magical, deus ex-machina solutions* Well he did do that one Vampire series, but even that was different than any vampire story I've ever read.

[@DAngeloDaley]

the 0:14 part needs to have the GET OUT sound

[@TheActualStrangeOne]

sound effect* ☝🤓

[@behlockaetheking7062]

2:00 my man needs some doki doki lit club

[@power_shile]

I'm one of those people who watched this show when it aired and had to defend it the whole time, the rotoscoping animation was just beautiful and the scene of them in the classroom while the girl was dancing is one of the best things I've ever seen in animation, it's great to see that 11 years later someone brought back this forgotten and little understood little gem.

[@camwom]

"anime that is too disturbing" bruh the way you presented it makes it just seem like it's about some highschoolers doing some weird shit like most hormonal teenagers do when they're young. Then I come to the comment section expecting someone to be talking about something genuinely dark that happened in the show and it's all just about the art style. was the main takeaway from this video just supposed to be that people weren't used to rotoscoping in 2013? really??

[@soare279]

I got bullied for saying I liked the show back when it aired 😂

[@gf5075]

The rotoscoping was a super cool and risky animation choice for a story that was supposed to be about bottled up dark feelings, corruption, everything turning to complete fucking chaos. It’s about a very “human” and uncomfortable topic. And not a fun one. I think it worked so well, but it was also made in a time when anime and especially artistic shows were not respected internationally. They used some controversial choices for the OP as well using the vocalist from Midori who is crazy and experimental, and noko from shinsei kamattechan who is also considered to be a bold choice (and people finally started to like his music when iseyama used him for the AoT op/end.. big anime can pull this off)

[@mimispring95]

I remembered this anime. I actually hated it bc of how unsettling and uncomfortable the characters made me feel. It reminded me how disturbing some people are. I was 17/18 when the anime came out, no older than some of these students so it was even more unsettling to think young people my age can be like this.

[@SocialVibing-Karr83]

7:58 that dog caught me off guard 😂😂😂

[@shinigamiii23]

Good for you to recap this one the right way , no one yet has been able to explain in such a short time 👍

[@XITIJTHOOL]

name of the anime "Flowers of Evil"

[@GOTTA_RUN]

I found out about the manga when I searched up "Mangas similar to homunculus". Not only was it not really that similar but I thought it kinda sucked. The second half was alright though, but the ending was extremely anticlimatic

[@NelsonStJames]

General readers say that a lot about all of Shūzō Oshimi's work.

[@ydaak]

I read this in elementary school never really understood some parts of the manga but after rereading recently due to this video. Its a great read,

[@NoHardFeelings0]

Elementary school is insane.

[@ydaak]

@@NoHardFeelings0 good read nonetheless

[@NelsonStJames]

You were definitely too young to have been reading this if you were in elementary school. It would be scary and a bit troubling if you had understood it all then.

[@alisonjones5175]

Bro I was working in Gunma and turns out: I was living in the town this series is inspired by☠️ I r a n out of there.

[@NoHardFeelings0]

Wow lmaoo

[@cheese-and-ricemooney7487]

This kinda reminds me of Kuuchu Buranko with the animation (often they have full on anime scenes, half anime half realistic like this Anime or fully human) also the girl genuinely creeped me out at the start. I just watched two seconds and it's already creeping me out so I won't keep watching the video, but I hope she didn't rape him and that she does get the punishment she deserves for her actions. Of course I don't know what she does or doesn't do, but it's obvious she's a creep that most likely deserve jail. Edit: I see some people, content creator himself blaming the victim and that's messed up. The comments had a summary of the general video and I have to say this: I feel like even if he "wanted it" he didn't deserve it. For whatever reason all of this happened, if it was a woman with the same identical mentality of the male MC you wouldn't say she deserved the outcome. Going by the description given he had most likely some issue psychologically speaking that wanted him to receive that outcome. Saying he deserved it to a victim, even if they "wanted it" is messed up. It doesn't take a lot to understand whatever his reason is, it's all psychological. It's like saying an abused partner is asking for it because they don't leave/when they leave they come back. It's not easy. This is what is happening to the MC. He might be dumb but he didn't ask for this just because he self sabotaged his chance to have a normal life. It's obviously psychological related and saying he wanted or asked for it when he clearly have issues that needed to be addressed is messed up and insensitive. This Manga/Anime from what I understand is psychological, meaning he DOES NOT want this. He's a victim. It's easy to call him dumb or say he deserved it when you aren't the one going through the psychological issue yourself. I am studying in psychology and for how dumb the MC might be this is still a victim, he's not doing it for fun. NO ONE goes to a toxic person for fun. It's because they need help and it's not easy to escape that alone.

[@NelsonStJames]

Read the manga. Shūzō Oshimi writes complex characters, and adapting a story like that is difficult because in the manga we know what a character is thinking, or at least the protagonist. People judging a character in a film where the actions they take don't make logical sense, are only making judgments on what is presented to them.

[@Nyasahi]

I liked the rotoscoping, she was cuter in this than the manga. Not that it matters since all of Oshimi's works start off with really cool premises and then go into the toilet with his bad twists and fetish writing.

[@fumpus3714]

She’s not supposed to be cute bro 😭😭🙏

[@XXAnimeLover-AceXX]

6:04 am i the only one who likes the artstyle- 😀

[@killerbean2258]

Nah it's kinda tuff if you get where the artist was tryna do

[@XXAnimeLover-AceXX]

@@killerbean2258 aight :D

[@YinYang333]

@@XXAnimeLover-AceXXaight is so out of place in this context you sound weird fr. stop using aave.

[@XXAnimeLover-AceXX]

@@YinYang333 i struggle with socialising and i dont understand how to respond mostthe time-

[@YinYang333]

@@XXAnimeLover-AceXX aw man my fault bro thank you for explaining yourself so well. it’s all cool i’d recommend saying without thinking too hard, and you’ll find a confident speaking pattern beautifully unique to yourself. just called u out cuz of the rampant racism being excused these days, even micro aggressions aren’t allowed under my watch (oooOooOh mY Watch) anyways have a good whatever time of day it is! love u

[@RyanBigSmelly123]

For a reason I couldn't understand, even knowing I was at the lowest point in my life when I first watched the anime, I found this show to be oddly therapeutic, why though? I always tend to think of the reason due to it being since for nostalgic reasons, but even so, why did I start to rewatch it from time to time? Was it chance that brought me here? as time went on, despite not relating to the actions that occurred in the show, I actually empathised and related to THAT psychological distress the main character went through and into, the depression, the hopelessness, to the distraught, until I actually figured out that those feelings he was experiencing, so too was I. It was a sudden GIFT, feeling the loneliness realising that how depressed I was, to then oddly finding comfort to that loneliness when watching the show. It really comforted me to that new unusual, complicated emotions I was going through. Then add to all this comfort, I remember those lonely, empty scenes being played with a instrumental, knowing that weird atmosphere constantly being showed to me on the screen in front of my eyes, listening to the OST's, most loved being "Sabita Kumo", those scenes played, added a layer of bliss to that hindering emotion I was feeling, almost as if it was, an elegant feel to it, such emotions hitting me left right, and centre, even if where those emotions become overwhelmingly intense; having that OST's being played eased me into figuring out what I should conclude from all of this, which there it was! it taught just that: the conclusion to make that journey, to arrive at that conclusion, for you to then conclude that end. This show has a special place in my heart because it exposed me to confront that emotion which I thought wasn't confrontational at all, thinking it was endless continuation of misery, but I chose to conclude that journey and begin anew.

[@thenormalguy5643]

I almost spat out my Orange juice at the dog emoji barking 🤣

[@smol_angr_void7224]

I heard that Hollow Knight music at 6:10! I like hearing a good overview of this unsettling show, and I was delighted to hear that extra little treat.

[@moni6120]

this is always my top recomendation when it come to someone ask what my favorite anime was! it's a nice shot that you reviewing this

[@yeahjv]

She is built like Tina from bob's burger

[@vickyvale711]

That’s not fair to Tina lololol

[@funicon3689]

they used rotoscoping for the Chika dance from Kaguya-sama... to a different effect

[@Deflamed_Sphere]

2:01 on point showing those two

[@alynacasket9400]

this show became one of my favs right away when i finally watched it a month or so ago, its been living in my head since. the same night i finished it i binged the manga to see the ending. this story overall left me feeling a void, its absolutely not for everyone but its something thatll stick with me for a very long time if not forever. glad to see someone shining light on it

[@cryse2138]

i am so happy someone talked about this show i thought it was a fever dream. I watched the anime first and i actually couldnt go through the manga because it just didnt feel the same and didnt have that uneasiness to it

[@jonmiller4361]

Rodoscope/rotoscope (whatever) killed this anime, but it makes it even more unsettling. Absolutely love it and the manga

[@goldencooler9994]

First of all: What the fuck. Second of all: What the fuck? Third of all: WHAT THE FUCK!?

[@tsukasa6364]

This manga was a trip I read it awhile back randomly and it made me really uncomfortable lmfao. I thought the end was really beautiful though, this author writes really fascinating stuff. I recommend checking out all his work!

[@mrs.surstarwberry2247]

Can you tell me what was then ending and what happened please cays I can’t really find it

[@mrs.surstarwberry2247]

*because

[@tsukasa6364]

@mrs.surstarwberry2247 in high school kasuga meets a girl who's a writer and she helps him heal and fall in love with literature again. They end up looking for Nakamura who is living with her aunt and she's doing much better, then they play together in the water at the beach. The last chapter shows nakamura's point of view meeting Kasuga. Everyone is blurry until she sees him be weird with the clothes, where she can finally view him clearly because it's the first time she relates to someone.

[@suoh_tamaki]

was watching this while drifting off to sleep and then got jumpscared awake by james charles at 4:18

[@theshopislocal]

LOVED THIS ONE because it was so offputting. I read the manga and loved it because it was one of those downward spiral, enlarging snowball stories.. unrealistic behavior depicted in a way that really rings true. The anime i liked even more because of the rotoscoping and creepy music. I only wish it had a season 2 😢

[@theshopislocal]

If youre here im sure youve already heard of these but its right next to punpun, monster, berserk, made in abyss, mononoke, and the summer hikaru died in my heart

[@Blank-s]

Any anime or manga with flowers as a theme is creepy or fucked up.

[@luckyoldkid13]

"wait not that last one"

[@-Raylight]

A breath of fresh air to watch this anime when it aired. Feels like watching dorama+anime Shame people really hate it. It's so unique for its time

[@hornmonk3zit]

I read the manga way back but never watched the show. As a casual cinematography dork I can agree with everything you said, the direction of all the shots I've seen so far are a master class in capturing the nauseating mundane horror vibe of the story. It's really an uncomfortable read, it takes growing up and makes it scary. Like you feel all the anxiety and discomfort of adolescence condensed into a rollercoaster ride of sexual deviance and abuse and twisting it almost into a love story. It actually kinda reminds me of my favorite parts of the book Until They Bring The Streetcars Back that I had to read back in high school, which is wild because that's set in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1949. I don't know, maybe that says something about the universal human experience but you'd need a smarter guy than me to really put it into words. They shoulda let that author cook, that book could've been pretty rad if it wasn't written to be appropriate for high school English classes but I'll stop rambling.

[@EvanMilledge]

This video is so awesome!!!!

[@trrachel7102]

That fucking “HI SISTERS” literally jumpscared the shit outta me & I never get jumpscared bro😭But this anime really intrigues me, it’s so weird & reminds me of a messed up music video I saw when I was a kid, but it also had a message, like this show does. I’d be interested to watch this.

[@Goth.Dov3]

Finally, aku no hana actually getting some recognition.

[@boomgirlbucko]

Just listen to the ending theme and you'll get all the experience ya need

[@HelenMaxwellfan]

Hmm. Yeah this anime is not for me. I'll stick with Perfect Blue, Junji Ito manga, and Attack on Titan.

[@avatarwarmech]

*The Skank* 1:13 is crazy work 😂

[@euphania]

I feel like this would be a lot more comfortable to watch if the characters were shaded a bit instead of one solid colour. One simple hard shadow and light would do-

[@strawhaaton]

I liked this anime so much I decided to read the manga afterward. I can only say that about five anime ever

[@krysc96]

I really liked the use of the Chrono Trigger song at the end of the 👌

[@mistyurgf]

i really like the artstyle though 😭

[@anvithaa_]

This is so disturbing, but on another note, that "HI SISTERS!!!" genuinely scared the shit out of me

[@KidBakz]

The manga was probably disturbing I agree, but the anime version was pretty good

[@jeremywinston1]

good and disturbing are not opposites. the anime was both.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

The rotoscoping is giving me a lot of Ralph Bakshi Lord Of The Rings vibes.

[@SluiceKing]

Saying attack on titan brought anime in to the mainstream for the first time is the coldest take fucking ever

[@NelsonStJames]

Also the perfect way to say "I'm new to anime and haven't watched a lot" without really saying it.

[@SluiceKing]

@@NelsonStJames the equivalent of saying iron man brought comics into the mainstream.

[@nitinnishant7783]

Subbed for life. Thanks for reminding of this forgotten masterpiece. And that freaking ending song...

[@blissy_boyy]

Fuck it, I'm gonna watch it. Fuck watching high-quality animes that bring me joy. Oshi No Ko s2 can wait

[@cardinalcar]

Sometimes I feel like the only person alive who actually likes the way rotoscoping looks. A Scanner Darkly used this technique as well and I loved that movie too I know I not the only one but I rarely interact with people who appreciate it too

[@IcuJustKon]

Jesus this unlocked deep memories. I watched this when i was way too young

[@EggrollDance]

Same

[@BeastRedAsh]

To me this is the most well executed psychological horror in anime, especially due to artistic choices they made. At first it's off putting, of course, even when other anime use rotoscoping (Monogatari series, for example) - it's not as in your face noticeable, as in Aku no Hana. But once you are one episode in, it's no longer that distracting, imo. Most painful thing in this anime is not the cringe of main character's life falling apart, but the fact, that this anime adaptation never been continued, despite season 2 being worked on (according to the teaser at the end of anime). And man it hurts

[@jeremybiggs8413]

Aku no Hana is a bonafide masterpiece of atmosphere. It’s criminal it wasn’t more appreciated when it aired. A rare, mature series in a sea of infantilised moe garbage. One of the best anime’s since the 1990’s boom.

[@VTWS]

The manga is designed to look gorgeous in every panel, and the anime does too but only after you get used to the exotic artstyle. I felt the anime was unwatchable back then but nowadays I find it beautiful. Might be just that I got older, too.

[@boomgirlbucko]

I watched Aku No Hana a few years ago when AnimeMan talked about it

[@persomiissleepy]

The fact that this is one of the few and I'm pretty sure only anime that uses rotoscoping is amazing. And it's absolutely fitting to sell just how uncomfortable the atmosphere is.

[@kylehansom2807]

When you mention Rotoscoping I can't help but think about the Keanu Reeves Movie: A Scanner Darkly!

[@bebrasmachnayq5691]

Rotoscope is when u have time but not enough mind power to draw yourself

[@metalgear6531]

Normally I'm kind of weak about stories like what you're describing. But you've got me genuinely interested in watching this one. It sounds like it's fucked up in a genuinely fascinating way and not just a torture porn way.

[@bryguytyguy]

You telling me not to watch it makes me feel like this will be a Beau is Afraid situation, no satisfying end just left feeling like everything is pointless, even though the art was technically good

[@wiwisi8709]

I am 3 episodes in because of this video. It is SO peak, the art style doesn't bother me at all. It is very intriguing, chilling and yet sometimes "relatable"? Thank you for informing me of this anime. Its really something different, something I have been yearning for, its a shame that there is no season 2.