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| Wow.............. I did not see that coming. |
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| I liked how the twist played out. Still wish I have could an equally satisfying twist without her death there. |
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| So either the stayed with him and took Mizuki's form, or Mizuki came back as another spider girl....I would have liked that cleared up. In any case, I did like how it played out. Many creatures from legend were predatory despite how they acted at times. |
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| I think it has a brilliant ending! Its unexpected, shocking and ironic at the same time. The Geppou guy tried to save Suzuri, despite the fact that he knew exactly how it will end, because he himself fell in the same trap with that slime-friend of his. This story is more of a fable then a fairy tale. And of course the animation of the movement of the characters is extraordinary and refreshing. Really hope it would be the new trend in the anime industry. |
Eudaimonia said: A false sense of security with all the comedic bits, concealing the danger these mystical creatures pose for humans. Just like in most traditional tales about a human bonding with a supernatural creature, it's all fun and games until someone is threatening to break this connection. Fronzel said: It's become the norm in anime that cute supernatural creatures get treated as children or girlfriends and everything turns out fine as long as you're nice to them and any fear is misplaced so I rather like seeing one that is as callous and dangerous as mythical monsters are in the actual tales. COUNTER-MOE. Totally agree with these points, the ending is what made me like this short. A happy ending would be so boring. And as these guys said, it's refreshing to see a story showing that dealing with "monster girls" is a dangerous trip and not just some erotic fantasies or moe fairytales with happy endings for everyone. 8/10 |
| YO WHERE IS THE HORROR TAG IN THE GENRES WHAT THE FUCK. The latter half had crazy angles and creepy music... CHILLS. Anyway, that was very dynamic. It went from mild comedy to intense creepiness in a matter of minutes. It was done well. I would have scored this higher but my mind hurts from watching this.. 7/10 Lemonaded said: This just confirms my hate for spiders. Can't fool me with your moe moe shit, I know you're evil. Even during the comedic scenes. I actually thought those were the creepiest. ^ |
| Holy shit. Why would they do that?! |
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| I also think it should bear the "Horror" tag. It was definitely effective in this respect. |
| I definitely did not see that ending coming. ._.;;; |
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| That was... really creepy. Liked it. I think it deserve an ''horror'' tag, creeped me out more than a lot of them who bear that tag... I found it disturbing that he replaced the other girl by the spider, especially when we think about the fact that she saved him... The myth was well writen and moving. The comedy was also well balanced. ''So, he's a lolicon?'' made me laugh :P The ending was a bit random (the white thing behind the old man. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| did not expect that end at all, but the follow up with the other book seller at the end was cool |
"Urushibara Ruka. The mannerisms and voice of a woman... No... More feminine than any woman. But he's a guy. Taller than Mayuri, but so very thin... But he's a guy. Looks great in a miko outfit... But he's a guy. It's already twilight And yet, it's so hot. The cicadas are crying. But... He's a guy." |
| Aside from what happened to the girl, I'd say the ending was a happy one. |
| My god... wtf... was not expecting that kind of ending. Nice ova. |
| Ok the girl die and there is another monster >_> |
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| Whao, hace tiempo que no me quedaba con cara de no creer lo que veía. Fue un gran final. Leyendo los comentarios, estoy llegando a una teoría. Shu podría ser la reencarnación del "Monje" que protegió a la Araña en el pasado. En el momento en el que Shu vió a la Araña viendo la Luna y "recordó" la imagen de la misma Araña en el pasado, su vida pasada tomó el control de Shu y quería acercarse a la Araña, pero se detuvo cuando la vió con esos ojos, como en el recuerdo donde estaba comiéndose a una persona en su casa. Cuando llegan a la bifurcación de caminos, creo que la parte del Monje le dice a dónde debe ir, por eso no sigue ninguno de los 2 caminos y comienza a subir. Logra tomar el control cuando ve a Mizuki lastimada. Tal vez recuerda todo lo que vivió como Monje en el pasado y acepta esos recuerdos y decide seguir viviendo con la Araña. Para mí, Mizuki murió cuando cayó de la telaraña, en ese momento me quedé mudo. La tarea de la Araña parece que era alimentar a su Madre. Creo que cuando Shu voltea y ve que Mizuki cayó, reacciona como reaccionó el Monje cuando vió a la Araña comiéndose a esa persona en su casa en el pasado, con esa mirada y esa risa, aunque no lo vemos en este episodio. Creo que la forma en la que toma su pata en ese momento tiene algo que ver con el Monje. Creo que la Araña tomara la forma de Mizuki, además de la secuencia final en el ED donde Mizuki se "convierte" en la Araña. |
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| Did they just fucking kill off that girl and finish like nothing ever happened? Are we supposed to be happy?? The mood they finished with was WRONG. It's a tragedy, but they don't make it seem like it. The FUCK |
| Quite fuckedup ending if you ask me but damn I sure liked this to be honest! Really had quite an impact and interesting story in general! |
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| WTF the ENDING how can you end it with such a ohh yeah "a lot happened" holy shit |
| BURN! BURN! |
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| was a really good story until they kill the girl poor thing ==" |
| The "monster" who brought out the tea during the last scene sounded like Mizuki to me |
Flower gleam and glow. Let your power shine.  |
| I'm not sure what to think of that ending. What the fuck was that? |
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| I was like "holy shit o.o" when the poor girl fell down. That was very disturbing ending. Spiders are evil and creepy, no matter what form they posses. |
Mine neither. The confused run through the castle was the best part for the animation. |
| This short has motivated me to watch all the Young Animator Project shorts. I've only seen Oujisan no Lamp, which is one of the best shorts I've every seen including those made in West. This short is also an amazing portrayal of the "Siren" type of monster. The one that lures someone into loving her, and then eating the lover when he drops his guard. I bet many viewer had developed some feelings for the Li'l Spider Girl, and a few would have rooted for her. And anyone who as caught off guard by the ending means that you got played into the storyteller's/animator's hand. You don't see this kind of genius very often. Still confused about another spider creature at old man's house serving tea. Was that suppose to represent irony? Anyways, RIP beautifully animated high school girl. It was fun having you around, but Spider girl wasn't impressed. |
| Nice animation, nice thematic, nice soundtrack, nice ending. Neat. |
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| Loli spider wins. |
| A lot of wimps don't like the ending. I thought it was brilliant. You don't expect someone to be sacrificed? This was a great short. 8/10 for me. I only wish it was full-length. |
| Woooooooow I felt so fucking trolled by that ending that I'm not even sure how to cope. I was just so pissed/stunned/surprised that my mouth was just hanging open at the end. - Guy is under the spell of the spider's influence, is about ready to throw himself at them. - Girl who has seen all of the artwork of evil spider monsters ends up saving him and he's back to normal. - Building falls apart and they get caught on a giant floating web. - Spider girl goes mama, and see a giant, kind beautiful spider woman in the lake...oh! Those pictures must've been folklore. Turns out the spider people are attractive and actually ni-................*SNIP!!!!!!!!!!* She just falls and dies in silence OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE. Plot. Fucking. Twist. - Then the guy is completely controlled by the spider girl and is in love with her. Flash forward and he's now with the spider girl more grown up and is returning that scroll. While you're still sitting there trying to get your brain to accept the fact that the girl just got fucking murdered and eaten...THE OLD MAN IN THE BOOKSTORE HAS A SLIME MONSTER OF HIS OWN! And they play it off in a fucking comedic fashion with the way the MC just looked at him like "I didn't see anything". I got totally mindfucked by the way they went from that horror moment, to that dry, cheesy fucking comedy like it was nothing all in the span of a minute. |
| WTF was that ending?! Like.. Oh c'mon! Seriously WTF?! That whole scene..  |
| 10/10 ending laughed hard. |
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| Well, it's quite obvious: the guy got charmed by the loli-spider and in the end said loli-spider took him as her slave, while the girl was dropped by loli into the lake where the big spider resided (obviously it was also responsible for the village being deserted). The guy was totaly uninterested in the girl's demise as he was completely enchanted by the cute little spider. The book owner warned the girl about the danger, I don't see how he might be luring her into a trap, but the girl still wanted to save the guy not seeing how he was not even willing to be saved. That cynical ending is not realy a happy one (except for the loli-spider) but it tells of a truth that japanese men are fetishists and lolicon and that a guy would prefer a cute loli-spider to an ordinary schoolgirl. Book owner is revealed to have a yokai-girl of his own as shown by that tentacle-slimy thing, so he kinda gets the guy's situation. And there may be others like that, of course. The guy was just ordinary and he corruped realy easily, that's not your normal anime hero, but that's not an excuse to hate the ending. Not all anime have good endings, this one here is at least realistic. |
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. |
| Well it was quite interesting and cute in the beginning but became dark and tragic towards the end. |
| That was fucked up I had just wanted to watch somehing short and cute... this was not it |
| That ending was fucking twisted, damn it! Really nice OVA though, props to the staffs behind this OVA, it was brilliant. I loved the setting, the adventure, I've always longed for an adventure in the wild, strolling down the pathway in a desolated village, etc. OST didn't stand out too much, but it was really pleasant which I love as well. The ending is pure wicked, even worse when they pretty much treated like it never happened. I wonder if the grandpa of the dead girl is going to make a fuss out of it, or is this spider disguising as the dead girl now? Would've been really nice to get a full blown series out of this story. P.S. I honestly still can't get over the ending.. edit: the art is also right up my alley, it was beautiful. |
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| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| fucking spiders ew |
The dearer you hold a memory the more painful it becomes. |
| Wow...when the girl fell my jaw just dropped. 8/10 |
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| So the girl spider killed Mizuki, what a surprise and sudden. She definitely wasn't adorable at all, she was creepy even when she was supposed to be cute. I hate and am afraid of spiders, they creepy and have those eyes & legs. I still don't know if Suzuri was controlled or he was the reincarnation of the onmyouji in the book, the way he reacted when the girl spider fed Mizuki to the mother spider was cold and numb. But either it wasn't bad, only touch ups there and there. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| That was interesting, but the ending was... weird. Didn't really like it too much. |
| My mouth still open. To be fair the girl was the one who removed the seal. |
| what the f that end caught me off of guard |
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