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| Gentle Goodbye might be the best story so far |
| Well the 2nd story is the best, and it really have a REAL ending. |
| The first story, the neighbour window, was interesting, and how end the window next to the young window...finally we know if the young boy was rapped by the "pretty" monster!!! kekeke The second was a very nice story, and finally, the young girl understood that she was death!!! :/ Sad!!! |
| That plot twist. Holy shit, I wasn't expecting this. Best episode so far. And this wasn't even a horror story. Maybe they should have just picked Ito's simple supernatural works rather than the bloody ot creepy horror ones, because they cearly can't adapt those normally. But this one was great. |
| I loved these in the manga! The first story is creepy in the obvious sense at having your privacy almost invaded by an aggressive stranger that comes at night - which whom might murder you, or something else. While the second story is creepy in the sense that you might just be a "ghost" that's going to fade away within short time. I think they're both horror in their own sense. |
| First one I really liked. The lady's design was over-the-top and the colour palette was a bit off in my opinion, but the story has quite some chill-value to it. Honestly, a similair story messed me up as a kid; it was Roald Dahl's Witches. A teacher read it to us in early primary school and while it was a kid's book a part of it disturbed me quite a bit; a kid is up in his treehouse and a lady (who happens to be a witch) starts offering him candy from below, meanwhile the kid notices the lady has a snake up her sleeve. The kid is stuck in the tree until his grandma, who is all woke about witches comes to shoo the lady away. Despite forgetting the book, the scene stuck with me and I was schocked, when it all came back to me, when watching the more light-hearted movie adaptation. Talk about a good way to learn about "stranger danger". With the story time out of the way; the second segment didn't resonate with me. I recently read Fragments of Horror, where it's featured and it's the least interesting in the otherwise really good book. Immediately gave me a bit of a Sixth Sense-wibe and I knew exactly, what we would find out in the end. |
MistLiigh said: So, the first part felt very unresolved... But holy hell that second part. Best story this show has given us yet, I'm flat-out impressed! A brilliant idea and fantastic execution! Not related to this thread, but just wanted to say I love the Juuni Taisen reference in your signature |
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| The after images part was honestly more sad - not scary at all - which is not what I really expected from this show. |
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J_LEE_C said: MistLiigh said: So, the first part felt very unresolved... But holy hell that second part. Best story this show has given us yet, I'm flat-out impressed! A brilliant idea and fantastic execution! Not related to this thread, but just wanted to say I love the Juuni Taisen reference in your signature Haha, thanks! I just really enjoyed them putting that at the end of every episode preview, and for awhile I was putting it at the end of all my forum posts in the show's episode discussions, until I decided it would be easier to just make it a signature. |
| "EVERYBODY, CLAP YOUR HANDS!" "PLUS ULTRA!" |
| Damn it, I came here for freaky shit, not for feels ._. |
| The first story didn't lack resolution. That hideous beast made it into his bedroom, raped him, and then ate him. That second story made me angry. I don't like how he chose to move on when it was his fault that she became an after-image in the first place. I felt really sad for her, though. |
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TheDoggoneGirl said: I haven't read the previous manga, but goddamn that first part ended in cliffhanger and I want to see what's gonna happen to him the next night. Does anybody know if it was shown in the manga? That shit creeped me out. The second part was so sad, though, and that reveal that she's been dead for 10 years. Jeez. It still pisses me off that her so-called husband decided to remarry again despite making her believe that she's been living with him for 10 years. Hahaha. Fuck that second half. The first part really scared the fuck outta me. Waaah. 5/5. Well I just wonder if the Fashion model and the woman in this story are of the same kind. |
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| Well. At this time, this anime is really umpedictable with the stories. But maybe I am not overthinking while watching, so thats why I am saying this. All thisabout the second story. |
You mean they're going out of the house? Did his parents at least witness that horrendous woman? Hahaha. |
     "Maybe he's trying to take a shit, but the shit just won't come out." Captain Levi, 2014 (／^-^)／☆♪  ♪☆＼(^０^＼) |
| Dude, the first one was scary as fuck. |
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TheDoggoneGirl said: You mean they're going out of the house? Did his parents at least witness that horrendous woman? Hahaha. Maybe.So i guess they believed their son or saw that house coming close to their son's room and decided to shift as early as possible. |
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| Loved the second story when I read it in the manga and loved it here too. I really wish they could stick to these stories with more dialogues and storytelling, since they clearly can't animate more "dense" scenes properly. I hope to see Thing That Drifted Ashore next. Also, I liked how the first story didn't showed the boy saying they were going to Makes you wonder if the lady ever reached the boy. |
Kaidu-Feb 12, 2018 9:36 PM
| This 2nd story is so sad. Poor Riko. ;; |
 "Please stop talking about math when I'm eating." |
Junji Ito's stories are mostly a weird mix of comedy and drama imo but he's still good. |
"Please stop talking about math when I'm eating." |
Sh0g0Mak1sh1ma said: I never realized how creepy Frieza's voice was until i heard it on that old lady in the first story This goddamn Freeza voice. I was sure I knew it, but could not find anything to prove me right.This uncertainty made my feeling of disturbance even bigger. For a person who love privacy this was really unnerving. There was no need for resolution. What does the lady wants from the boy? NOTHING GOOD. It is quiet obvious. The second story was magnificent. I was a little reluctant to it, because the start was kinda boring, but it escalated quickly. What I loved the most, was the airy, ethereal feeling despite the heavy-hitting thema. The story was written in the similair fashion to the story about Eternal Dream and boy this is really good drama out there. It was pretty straightforward in its plot development. Why is anyone questioning the fact that some "after-images" talked and some did not is beyond me. It was so simple that I would feel ashamed to ask it. Even not knowing this, there is not a single reason why it would lower any of the dramatic effect. Swim_Swim said: zarish said: Hey, the second part is only one excellent story from Ito's collection, isn't it?) Too bad it had nothing to do with horror... This show feels more like a weird mix of comedy and drama, we need more horror Not counting this story and Souichi`s there are a lot of horror stories. For example the first story from this Episode, the stories from EP 3-4 and even the dream story was friggin creepy - to have to dream a nightmare for hundreds of years... |
tearofmankindFeb 16, 2018 7:12 PM
| Creepy old lady... I was hoping for a twist to make it less laughable, but I guess the window moving is all it turned out to be. The 2nd part was more touching than horror. |
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Inukanura said: the first one really lack some resolution, i really want to know what happen with this ugly neigbour, what will she do?, how the hell the window is gerting closer?, i guess that’s Junji Ito for you. the second one is very sad, i found this to be the most lighthearted story from Junji Ito. it’s sad to see that she always afraid of her father’s dead, but she’s already left earlier than him, kind of ironic. i love the idea of creating an after image of a dead relative, wish i can though, there’s so much that i want to say to may grandma. Vagueness can be it's own brand of horrifying. An unknown ending allows you to fill in the blanks with a million horrors, whereas a definite ending leaves you with just one. |
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| The lady from the window next door was fucking creepy in the manga and was also creepy in the Anime. However, even if you read the manga, there's no real conclusion. To me, the lady is like some kind of cougar who fancies the handsome, young Hiroshi since she's ugly as fuck. The second story hurt my heart so much. It was touching and it crushed me a bit. I knew there had to be a twist in there somewhere. I'm so glad she went home to her father in the end. I loved my late father so much that we spent his last years together, I never moved out and took care of him until his death. It's been about ten years since his death. This episode really moved me. |
| 臭い- |
| Finally and episode I founded to be great. Didn't happen since episode 2. Though, I'm a bit disappointed with the end of the first half. What happened? What did the creepy neighbour even wanted to do in the end? I was really liking this part all along, but the end felt a bit flat. Second half was so touching. I couldn't help crying. I feel like the stories that make you reflect on life (like the second half of episode 2) truly are the best ones in that show. |
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| What was with that creepy cougar woman? Did she want that guy's D or something? First part was so scary. Second part had such an interesting, yet sad story. This was easily one of the best episodes, and so much better than the previous Souchi story. |
| First story was kinda terrible xD if her window came that close and kinda grew in, wouldnt outsiders be able to spot it? And its been told that she's been avoiding contact with people, so it would be awful for her to get caught there. Also i guess she targets males, or young maels in particular while they are alone. And by saying that she wants to see his face, i guess she is just a horny female xD I still will never understand one thing and it happens in japanese horrors the most. When they live in very awful conditions just like that one when a creepy lady calls on you and tries to move closer to you. WHY dont you just sleep somewhere else? even on the floor in your bathroom LOl I didnt like second story at all nor did i feel sad or emotional, i feel jealous of all the other people who did :v At first it was cool, dreaming of the death of your father and him telling her, he is not gonna die (phew and he actually didnt, SOMEHOW HE MANAGED TO DODGE THAT MANY FLAGS THROWN AT HIM) I thought he was definitely done for when she said she wants to make an after image of him, phewww. Anyway help me understand what was the point of seeing her father die and setting up so many death flags? |
| Wasn't exactly a good idea to watch the first half while having dinner Second half was strange, could have been better |
LanzFeb 25, 2018 12:26 AM
| And what happened in the window? The old lady got the boy? Second half had a surprising end. |
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Cut a bit out of Adjacent Window where he swaps rooms with his parents, so it didn't flow as well. One of the weaker stories anyway. Three years since I read Lingering Farewell, no wonder I could only partially remember it. Works out well since it wasn't until just before the reveal that it hit me. |
ReaperCreeperMar 1, 2018 5:39 AM
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| seriously love this author's works. so glad he created the souichi character, added some comedy to the otherwise dark atmosphere |
| First segment was creepy af. The man should've taken a long stick and smacked the b*tch upside the head. The second segment was really sad, some sixth sense stuff going on there. The ceremony was hilarious though. |
| Oh god it's that window hag again. She wasn't as detailed as in the manga but it was still creepy. She's gotta teach me about her DYI house extensions lmao That feel when you worry about somebody so much about something that hasn't happened yet and you didn't realize that one thing happened to you. The feels... |
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| The Window Next Door was just bad. The story was rushed and didn't flow well at all, and they just put stills of the woman next door rather than actually animate any part of her, making it feel incredibly awkward and not really all that scary. Pretty disappointing. I did, however, enjoy the Gentle Goodbye story. The twist was interesting and left off on an unusually sad note that Junji Ito usually doesn't do. It was refreshing. Though again, there were distracting animation errors where the proportions of the characters faces would change in different scenes. The animation of this show is getting irritating now. |
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| Wow, i did NOT excepted a sad story for the 2nd part... I had to hold back my tears when the husband revealed she was an after-image, i was thinking : "what about her father ?". |
| So she was dead all the time... the story was great |
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| Wow, didn't see the plot twist coming in the 2nd part. Not really a horror though, just sad and felt really bad for Riko. |
| Oh wow.. I loved the second story. She was always afraid that her father would die first but in the end she died first. I'm glad she's living and spending time with her father again. |
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| Dang bruh did you really have to slap her. |
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| the second part broke me ngl |
| "he has it big as a cactus but he won't let go of my head and I puke on his cock bitch" - Boy by Fishball |
| The Window Next Door remains decent as a horror, but seeing it come to life in animation was fairly entertaining. The overall tone with the voice acting, soundtrack, sfx was solid in execution in creeping me out like how I felt from the manga. The bit of (text through narration) his parents finally believing in him and letting him sleep with them was excluded in the anime, but no matter, this was a very good adaption. Even though her repeated dialogue is dull, her voice is great. 6/10. As for, Gentle Goodbye As a One-Shot, if not overall, it may be the very or at least one of Junji Itou's top very best works. 9/10. Flawless excellent adaptation to this astounding story. A family that can produce a "living" after-image of someone who's deceased by meditating as a group with conviction about them, with the after-image lasting for around twenty years so the living can have years to grieve is amazing. Let alone the epic twist of the little sister being an after-image- even better, like the wife is! Only learning of it after she catches her husband "cheating". Followed by her leaving her new family who never accepted her, back to her father who she's always feared his death, when ironically she died in an accident before she got married. ... I never understood what the meaning is to her fearful dreams of her father's death though. |
| First story was creepy but ended with cliffhanger. Damn second story was just sad 😢 WILL POWER was hilarious though lol |
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| Best episode till now. It was really sad. And at last she said "Papa, I'm back" hit hard. |
| WISHED I COULD ALSO GET TRANSPORTED TO A WORLD FULL OF MAGIC And DUNGEONS, please take me there too if you could ( ◜‿◝ )♡ |
| The first story is quite terrifying and the second one is very sad... |
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