Comments on: Ayakashi ~ Japanese Classic Horror - 09 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-2935 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:46:25 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-2935 Hmm, I'm not sure whether the cat's purpose has been fulfilled once he's slayed by the Mononoke. It also keeps killing everyone it meets, so I think it wants revenge on the whole family, instead of just these three characters. I personally think that the Mononoke smiled because spirit of the cat and the woman were finally able to leave to heaven. And now I understand the meaning of the title of the upcoming Mononoke-anime, which basically features this Mononoke against more ghosts and demons. Keep an eye out for it. :) Hmm, I’m not sure whether the cat’s purpose has been fulfilled once he’s slayed by the Mononoke. It also keeps killing everyone it meets, so I think it wants revenge on the whole family, instead of just these three characters. I personally think that the Mononoke smiled because spirit of the cat and the woman were finally able to leave to heaven.

And now I understand the meaning of the title of the upcoming Mononoke-anime, which basically features this Mononoke against more ghosts and demons. Keep an eye out for it. :)

]]> by: Marazul http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-2933 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:01:20 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-2933 Note: I used the japanese word Mononoke with the meaning of Shaman. However the medicine man is more of a mononoke; an Elemental or spirit but definitively something which travels the human world but is not human. Note: I used the japanese word Mononoke with the meaning of Shaman. However the medicine man is more of a mononoke; an Elemental or spirit but definitively something which travels the human world but is not human.

]]> by: Marazul http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-2932 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:42:27 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-2932 I just watched Ayashi - bakeneko in Japanese. My Japanese is not perfect, but from what I heard and saw, the story goes on something like this: 30 years ago, a young bride was robbed from her bridal caravan by a samurai. He took her home and tried to win her good will, but she only desired to go back home. He gives her a kitten. Her devotion to the kitten while remaining inaccessible to him infuriates him. He stops treating her like a human. He sets a beautiful cage in a decorated room and keeps her prisoner in the cage, a sex slave: he only lifts the cage to rape her. The small cat becomes her "freedom" as it is the only kind contact she has. The cat grows up watching the brutalities inflicted on her, till one day the cat attacks the samurai. It is implied that she asks the cat to run back "to the world" but the samurai kills it. During the years of imprisonment, the samurai's son witnessed his father's brutality, but he dared not to interfere. The mature woman in the family has a couple scenes where she'd go to the cage to mock the prostrated sex slave. I think that's only to explain the cat's aim to these three specific peoples. That's for the cat's story. Back to the present timeline, the mononoke (the medicine-seller) learns all this story through his battle with the phantom cat, who reveals the past to him through a series of visions during their battle. Finally, the mononoke comes to understand the truth and once the cat perceives this, it fulfills its reason to exist and finally dies. The mononoke does not accuse anyone, but the truth has been revealed and the samurai family must accept and deal. He says their way to atone is not his business. As the mononoke leaves the household, the spirit of the robbed bride with her kitten follow him to "the world" (aka, outside) free from her imprisonment in the house. They disappear in happiness. The mononoke guy smiles at this and the story ends. I just watched Ayashi - bakeneko in Japanese. My Japanese is not perfect, but from what I heard and saw, the story goes on something like this: 30 years ago, a young bride was robbed from her bridal caravan by a samurai. He took her home and tried to win her good will, but she only desired to go back home. He gives her a kitten. Her devotion to the kitten while remaining inaccessible to him infuriates him. He stops treating her like a human. He sets a beautiful cage in a decorated room and keeps her prisoner in the cage, a sex slave: he only lifts the cage to rape her. The small cat becomes her “freedom” as it is the only kind contact she has. The cat grows up watching the brutalities inflicted on her, till one day the cat attacks the samurai. It is implied that she asks the cat to run back “to the world” but the samurai kills it.

During the years of imprisonment, the samurai’s son witnessed his father’s brutality, but he dared not to interfere. The mature woman in the family has a couple scenes where she’d go to the cage to mock the prostrated sex slave. I think that’s only to explain the cat’s aim to these three specific peoples.

That’s for the cat’s story. Back to the present timeline, the mononoke (the medicine-seller) learns all this story through his battle with the phantom cat, who reveals the past to him through a series of visions during their battle. Finally, the mononoke comes to understand the truth and once the cat perceives this, it fulfills its reason to exist and finally dies. The mononoke does not accuse anyone, but the truth has been revealed and the samurai family must accept and deal. He says their way to atone is not his business. As the mononoke leaves the household, the spirit of the robbed bride with her kitten follow him to “the world” (aka, outside) free from her imprisonment in the house. They disappear in happiness. The mononoke guy smiles at this and the story ends.

]]> by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-127 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:40:28 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-127 Pretty women were indeed deformed into demon-like creatures, killing and eating people. You're indeed right about that. To make it horror, however, it would take much more than that. Horror is meant to scare people, though I never found the second story scary, or anything that comes close. Pretty women were indeed deformed into demon-like creatures, killing and eating people. You’re indeed right about that. To make it horror, however, it would take much more than that. Horror is meant to scare people, though I never found the second story scary, or anything that comes close.

]]> by: robin http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-126 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:59:31 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-126 I saw this and got me interested in seeing it. Only you and one other is blogging it. I liked this story. Reminds me more of Hundred Stories (aka. Requiem from the Darkness). I even went back and watched the previous story, which I liked alot. FYI: In case you missed it, the "horror" part of that last story arc has to do with the fact those pretty women were deforming into grotesque demon-like creatures KILLING & "EATING" PEOPLE!!! Duh! I saw this and got me interested in seeing it. Only you and one other is blogging it. I liked this story. Reminds me more of Hundred Stories (aka. Requiem from the Darkness). I even went back and watched the previous story, which I liked alot.

FYI: In case you missed it, the “horror” part of that last story arc has to do with the fact those pretty women were deforming into grotesque demon-like creatures KILLING & “EATING” PEOPLE!!! Duh!

]]> by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-123 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:54:05 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-123 Indeed, The Count of Monte Christo has the closest resemblance to the art style, but even then the two are totally different. My guess is that the second episode will be about Makoto, the third about Kotowari, so that the fourth can be focused on killing Bake Neko. Indeed, The Count of Monte Christo has the closest resemblance to the art style, but even then the two are totally different.

My guess is that the second episode will be about Makoto, the third about Kotowari, so that the fourth can be focused on killing Bake Neko.

]]> by: Hopeless http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-122 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:50:33 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/04/25/ayakashi-japanese-classic-horror-09/#comment-122 While the first too stories did not have that much depth to them, this one seems rather promsing. I just love the art style - I can think of nothing like it in anime. It conveys the idea of the story being a series of exquistite wallpaintings. The characters are also interesting this time around. I do wonder if the concept can be stretched another three episodes, though. While the first too stories did not have that much depth to them, this one seems rather promsing. I just love the art style - I can think of nothing like it in anime. It conveys the idea of the story being a series of exquistite wallpaintings. The characters are also interesting this time around. I do wonder if the concept can be stretched another three episodes, though.

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