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| Was I the only one who was creeped out by the MC's girl in the second part coz of her stalking rather than the plot this episode? |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| Getting better and better each week. I pity the people who dropped it after the wierd first episode. |
| These two stories made a nice combo actually, might be the best episode so far. |
| That was awesome. I was legimately creeped out. |
| My trypophobia kicked in this episode. and it wasn't pleasant ;_; Ugh, I had to make sure that I was watching the first half of the episode in a small window XD |
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| Best episode so far. Leaps and bounds better than the first eps. Let's hope this upward trend in quality continues! |
| Best episode that we've had so far. Seeing Hideo move around and talk made the holes in his body look more ghoulish than the original drawings in Shiver and the janky animation as well using Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy for the ballet puppets greatly enhanced the atmosphere of the House of the Marionettes story. A few story cuts here and there, but nothing that negatively affected episode quality. Solid 5/5 episode. |
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| The puppet one made no sense, but I like the concept. |
 Three things cannot be long hidden.. ...the s u n, the m oo n, and the tr u th. |
| I have a feeling I'm one of the only people who's yet to find any episode truly scary or creepy. And I'm usually a massive wuss when it comes to horror. Probably the only story to unsettle me was the slug girl one but even then I got over it quickly. The most interesting so far was the crossroads pretty boy but it's ending was too lackluster (yes I know they all have open-endings and are meant to but it still seemed too 'meh'). I'll continue to watch as it is entertaining and the stories are interesting but I am disappointed it's failed to give me any sense of the unease or suspense I was expecting. |
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| I have borderline Trypophobia and the first part had me shivering :( The second one was not that scary, but I loved it. Too bad the girl had to die just because she shoved him in the first place :D |
 "No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself." -- Murakami Haruki |
| Definitely my favorite episode so far. Feels like the animation got better too, not like it was bad or anything previously but still. |
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| Best anime of the season, each anthology is interesting with no lull time. Won't do well because it's horror still amazing though |
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| The best episode so far. First story was simply good, but the second was pretty perfect when it comes to horror. Do not mess with the puppets. I will never understand why some people want to mess with those scary dolls. |
| The holes thing was creepy. The puppet thing went about as expected. |
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| About the first story: nooooooooo I need to know what happened after this about the 2nd: Jean Piere you bitch! That's why you should not trust any of the dolls. |
 "Please stop talking about math when I'm eating." |
| I actually don't think I can watch this one. I'm only 10 minutes in and I'm actually sick to my stomach. I actually don't get grossed out easily but holes are something I just cannot stand. Especially in the human body that's disgusting. That's just nasty. I'm going to try to finish it but I honestly don't know if it's worth it. If it's gonna make me physically sick than it would be stupid to watch it. I love junji ito so much but this is just too much for me. I love horror and his stories but this one is the only one I don't think I could handle. I think I'm gonna go ahead and skip to the next one which makes me feel terrible because I definitely don't want to skip it. I was super excited about this series. But ugh. Really liked the second story especially since my favorite kind of horror stories are ones with dolls! Just felt really short and like there was a lot missing. Haven't read this one yet but I definitely have to now! So far none of my favorite stories have been animated but I'm still really excited about this series. |
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| First half was damn gross. Second half was quite creative |
| The first story about the holes was horrific!!! The second, the puppeteer controlled by the puppet, was cool too!!! |
| AAAAHHHHHH. I hate puppets/dolls coming to life! Scary stuff. |
| I knew Hideo's voice actor was Tomokazu Sugita! His voice is really distinct and easy to recognize. Damn, Hideo was fucking stupid. At least his stupidity saved Rina-chan. That curse is a trypophobiac's nightmare. lol The puppet segment was pretty creepy but not totally scary. It's better in the manga but poor Kinuko. I hate puppets the most so it creeped me out. |
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| Very nice episode, creepy and good haha Jean-Pierre killing the girlfriend was sad... |
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| The jade doesn't give you hives, it turns you into one~ The puppet certainly was in control after all. Jean Pierre looked horrid. |
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| Probably my favorite episode so far. Both stories were unsettling and had good payoffs and adapted the stories pretty good. However I wouldn't say that many of the episodes up until this point have been super impactful. They may be unsettling in the moment, but they fail to leave any real sense of horror afterwards like most of Junji Ito's work does. Again as well, I'm starting to notice a very noticeable lack of quality in the animation department. There are some very awkward moments where the character will be screaming, however the intensity of their expression doesn't match the screech escaping the character. Most of the animated segments are very stilted and rigid. It feels very lazy. I hope this gets better as the show goes on, however I have a feeling it won't. |
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| Damn the last story was really disturbing |
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| Shiver is decent even though it's fairly interesting for a jade stone to curse people with holes in their body, while a doctor searches any owner to kill them. I don't remember what, but I think they cut out a bit of content to the grandpa's research and who the doctor is. As hoped from imagining it through the manga, the girl's screams were great. 6/10. House of Puppets is one of my favorites. Again, like most of this anime it seems, the adaption was slightly condensed with some insight to the romantic feelings from Haruhiko and Kinuko, and a bit more insight to their lives of puppetry and their father's and brother's mentality was cut. Although, nonetheless, great adaption from one of my top favorite short stories from Junji Itou in House of Puppets. 8/10. The fact that the living Puppet Jean-Pierre is controlling his father to then the older brother, and how the younger siblings are reintroduced to their older brother and his family in a house of them being held by strings like puppets, to then Jean-Pierre's revenge against Kinuko in killing her and the ending twist of the older brother and his family possibly always or after Jean-Pierre was killed... having turned into puppets... Amazing. The soundtrack, the moments of natural ambience, voice acting and overall tone is very well done. |
| omg the first part "Shiver" was hard to watch. RIP people with trypophobia. House of Puppets, the idea of yourself become a puppet already terrifying. damn that ending was brutal. after finished watching the episode my body still having a goosebumps.. wtf |
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| That doll really something else... |
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