@@metallicsnake. Thank you for the inspiration. I have decided that I will continue to exist and not burn every single piece of evidence that proves I am a thing.
there’s something so darkly hilarious in the way the teacher is referred to as “The One Who Sells The Children”. Lovecraftian in a way worthy of a story where a child is sold to a moomin.
I agree with the sentiment, but Lovecraft would have given the lady a name like “Gizzum Chink” and told us to be afraid of it with no additional context 🙄 People gotta stop praising the guy if they haven’t actually read him.
@@AnkhAnanku this is a joke comment on a bad anime, not a literary comparison to an old fiction writer who was scared of air conditioners. It is *not* that deep, my dude.
@@AnkhAnanku Lovecraft wrote well, but whether you appreciate what he wrote is another story You cannot deny his ability, but you can choose to not like it
@@AnkhAnanku He's a solid writer as far as pure horror goes, but his importance to fiction is that he's probably the first major writer in human history to NOT place humans as the center of the universe, and indeed, regard them as tiny, inconsequential specks in the vast emptiness of the cosmos populated by unspeakable horrors that probably wouldn't even give mankind a second thought.
"This is 16-year-old Tamorihinoa, in two and a half minutes, he will be married to a Moomin" That literally broke me. I made a noise that could be felt physically and mentally, I am less okay than I was before, and that was already bad enough.
And yet, somehow.... They have a year anniversary before his next birthday.. I'm confused, but quite honestly, at this point... what does any of this matter?
@@kris.p.bacon1361 yeah, I got that. But if you're going to write a child grooming story, at least get birthdays and anniversaries straight. I mean, god... timelines are super basic.
Honestly, that was me throughout the entire video. Like WTF is a moomin!!!! Does anyone know if they ever explain it? I don’t think I have it in me watch the show to find out. 😅
@@jaccat4336Moomins are fictional creatures created by finno-swedish author Tove Jansson in the 40s. They featured in her - sometimes oddly philosophical children's books and a comic strips that skews towards a slightly older audience. The Moomins are extremely wholesome and have nothing in common with the Wretched Kanenogi, exceot for unfortunately looking quite a lot like him, which - given that the Moomins are extremely popular and Japan and their stories got two anime adaptations, probably isn't a coincidence. (Not saying the creators were plagiarizing, the Wretched Kanenogi looks different enough not to be a rip off, but they certainly were inspired)
Every time he cuts himself off mid word to exclaim "WHAT ARE YOU?!" At the worm thing in the background brings me one step closer to god and I am grateful.
This could be a cool horror concept where you find yourself in a town where everyone acts like monters that recently appeared and are abducting children is normal and just go on with thier lives
@@rustycrowbar4250 I mean, I feel like a little editing and a change of music would make it feel like a horror show in no time. Just linger on various facial expressions, apply some minimal effects maybe if you wanna go that extra mile, honestly I feel like if you made this an abridged series and changed the music you’d be golden
It's interesting philosophically because it's like some kinda weird glimpse into a different civilization entirely where the things considered "normal" is just plain freaky to us. It weirdly evokes a certain feeling for me that's probably like what Columbus felt when he first landed in the Americas.
The reveal about the ex-wife who isn’t even an ex-wife had me _sobbing into my pillow_ for about 3 minutes, this manga is the definition of surrealist horror and I’m truly scared 😭💀
I appreciate that there was no victim-blaming aimed at the child wives. They are helpless against the forces that compell them to be sold to (literal) monsters who perversely use them for shampooing and hugging
It's kind of weird that the only monster that has precedent to do and get away with this is the misfortune eating shrine snake god thing, since it wouldn't be surprising for it to demand some sort of spousal sacrifice in exchange for good fortune and services. Every other monster has zero precedent to get away with this since they all seem to do nothing, provide nothing, and have no leeway to get away with their childnapping. This actually would have been a very interesting story if all of the monsters were minor gods who are providing some sort of benefit to society in exchange for spouses to serve as a fictionalized social commentary on power dynamics conflicting with moral values...but the vast majority of the monsters are just walking, pointless jokes.
All the other wives were picked but from this videos synopsis [never actually watched it] Sitka (Spelling might be wrong but bandage moomin) seemed like they were forced by their child bride.
This is like something you would read on the SCP wiki. A town umder a cognito-hazard where bizarre creatures arrive, go to the local high school, demand one of the kids marry it.. and everyone is fine with this. Even the bride him/herself is fine with it.
Dear god... you have cracked the code!!! But not only that, the record of such an event is its own cognitohazard... but what effects I cannot yet determine, except that it is messing with my mind!!
The creatures seem to have some sort of effect on the minds of their victims, immediately brainwashing them into being their "wife" As of yet there is no known reason as to why they do this, as they don't seem to need to procreate, but... I don't want to imagine such horrors. Get Dr. Bright with the chainsaw cannon ASAP
I've read this (don't ask) and the worst part is that everyone is Obsessed with the giant snake to the point where his wife is jealous. Something isnt right here.
This video is so fucking funny. The delivery, the jokes stacking on top of each other like a precarious tower of books going up to the ceiling, the building hysteria every time the snake showed up in the anime, the increasing resignation to events as the episode recaps continue... I kept having to pause to giggle and then immediately choke on more laughter at the very next sentence when I unpaused. Maybe my new favorite TH-cam video.
This video was sent to me by a dear friend in what I can only assume was an assassination attempt. Do not drink water while watching. I laughed until I cried, I cried until I choked, I choked until I nearly vomited, then drank water and went back to choking. I swear my life flashed before my eyes. "The wretched Kanenogi" has become a permanent crack in my armor. Simply hearing it uttered causes me to cackle. Well done sir. Your delivery and intonation were incredible.
i actually remember watching this back in highschool. i thought it was really wholesome... because i was 16 or 17 and didnt realize the implications. its so sad, it could really be this weird cute miniseries if not for the age gap, which, for such a weird premise, youd think would be the least of the worries, but here we are....
@@ok472 not that I know of but because the boys are in high school the implications are kinda sketchy, intended or not. i feel like it would have worked better with like college students
I think what disturbs me the most about this is that a teacher/random woman (idk anymore I think it switched mid-video lol) sold them off, and their parents (if they even have any) did nothing to even stop this I also find it funny how the more this goes on, the more exasperated you sound, and I can feel your pain because it is most likely how everyone feels about this
Most people especially within the targeted audience (people that watch fiction animated stories for entertainment reasons and not to get offended by every little thing) don't take this seriously.
this was conceptualized, illustrated, noticed and approved, signed off by an executive, animated, and presumably passed through a few more sets of eyes beyond that. the contents of this slice-of-life high school drama demon-pedo-boywife-arranged-marriage-show were, if not actively constructed by all involved, tacitly endorsed by a lot of people. it makes me feel like i'm missing something.
It's sorta based off of folk lore (I think commonly japanese) where mythical creatures seem to demand brides as payment or for safety, so I think that aspect of it sorta makes it kinda interesting, and not a completely random idea.
I call myself a fan of horror with cute exteriors. It is my favourite thing. But I don't think I've ever seen something where they refuse so stubbornly to ever address the horror in-universe. It's surreal that even when it gets creepier, the characters still don't wise up. This ends up becoming a layer of horror in itself, and I really hope that this series goes on to inspire others. There is so much room for seriously good cute dark stories if the writer is willing to keep the protagonists unaware all the way through. I'm tired of the creepypasta approach where things go from 0-100 and rather than blend cute and horror, they just switch them. It's so lazy. And I've sadly become so used to it in my starved search for creepy cute content. I've forgiven way too many bad attempts. Seeing this show, makes it clear that we should be getting better. That there's still so much untapped potential! Thank you for sharing this with us.
minor fact: 16 is legal marriage age in japan. So in Japan where i assume this is happening none of them are child brides. Still sold into marriage tho, but socially more acceptable. I assume if the author was for example American or something the characters would be 18 minimum.
I know I saw a series like this that was genuinely made to be a horror where none of the characters are scared and the whole thing is played off as normal. For the life of me I can't remember what it was but I know it had body horror and it was more about exploring what normal is.
The ominous intro punctuated by sentences like "in two and a half minutes... he will be married to a moomin" followed by an ever distressed tone is so entertaining. I particularly like how you described watching sick anime almost as a pandemic which you happen to have brought to US.
17:43 - For serious, though, that _is_ a bit disturbing. Like, imagine if a bunch of alien beings just show up, immediately integrate in human society and start enforcing bizarre customs for poorly understood reasons, and _nobody finds it strange or worrying._ To the point where even people who entertain the thought that maybe these creatures are literal demons only do so jokingly. Almost as if their subconscious is trying to warn them about it but _something_ doesn't allow them to take it seriously.
The sentence I'm says that there are A LOT of them recently, not that they only showed up recently. Given Lauchen is regarded as a local deity, creatures of this sort have been around for a while(legal framework existing for them is proof of this), but the population has suddenly increased as of the time the story begins.
I've never felt so...distraught and yet invested. the way you explain this is so funny and yet I feel empty inside, my stomach dropped and yet I laughed. I simply don't know how to feel
@@dirtiestdan4756 The bizarreness and absurdity of it, the way the story plays it off as completely normal, the reactions it gets out of people who are themselves so asdured in their sense of how the world works, the way it plays with our sense of "normal", there's a lot of reasons to like it really. It's creative and fun, and a good reminder that our idea of normal isn't the one way everything has to be to have a mostly peaceful, happy society. If aliens ever did visit Earth in a diplomatic sense, we'd inevitably be in for a lot of culture shock. They could run society in a way that is so counter to our own ideas of what is right or wrong, but their society may thrive far more than our own with more satisfied and content citizens, less political strife, no war, etc. I love that it's the kind of series that leaves you with more questions than it answers, the not knowing can be just as exciting and enjoyable as knowing. Also, I find odd eccentricities and odd creatures rather charming.
Eh, the only problem I could really judge is the underage and incest aspect. Other than that, it’s just creature-human romance, which is already a trope.
I love Ichiya and Poor Tsukitsuka more than any other pairing that's been introduced to us. Their relationship is actually consensual, and they appear to be of the same age. Also, Poor Tsukitsuka is just adorable.
One day, I was bored, so I pressed the "random" button on Crunchyroll a few times and watched the first episode of each thing that came up. The fifth or so time I clicked that button, this show appeared. With trepidation, I watched the first episode, like I had with so many before. I was horrified, and yet compelled. It's the only show that I watched in its entirety that day; like a five car pileup, I had to know what happened, even if seeing it cursed me with this knowledge
crazy right i randomly ended up watching this as a kid and didn't think much of it. back then I had no taste so I would watch anything no matter what it was.
Your jokes are golden (Especially "Tsukitsuka seems happy") but the show refering to that one guy as "Unnecessarily tall" is what made me choke on my tea
I just had a thought, if Tomory becomes 17 after their anniversary then that means he became 16 after they were married which means…. Tomory was forced to marry at 15
...I am now left to wonder if an influx of non-humans seeking brides is what caused Japan to consider raising the age of consent. Was it to prevent situations like this from occurring? Wretched Kanenogi is among us as we speak!
well I mean if you look into japans folklore and myths with the youkai , (I assume they are all here youkai) youkai x humans were always a thing . always also to think they are late-teens here not like 12 years old which would indeed (isn't like it?) in japan or asian countries not even be classed as child. I think that's more of a western thing. I thought the whole anime was more a parody like nichijou for some reason
I liked the part where The Wretched Kanenogi said “it’s Moomin time” and then he Moomined all over The Poor Tamori. Truly, one of the anime that happened. I shall now go wash my eyes in penance.
I saw the title and thought it would be a wholesome, if slightly weird anime. Heard the intro and the dead-inside voice of disbelief and thought "Surely it can't get THAT weird!". I was wrong. This story tries to sell itself as wholesome, if slightly weird, and is instead the horror you rightly label it. This was like a car accident, horrible and yet I can't look away. I am terrified to try to engage with the source material, for it will surely lull me into a false sense of wholesomeness and make me forget about the horrifying nature of it all.
This made me realize there's a inversely proportional scale of viewer's acceptance of the morality shown in media and weirdness. The weirdest it gets, the less I care as I'm too confused to analyze the morals shown in screen. Anyways great video, I'll show it to my family when they need to know what anime can be about.
Yeah, and that fenomena has been used for good actually. A lot of topics has been discussed openly in fantasy media when it was too controversial to talk about it in realistic media. Racism, LGBT issues, etc etc are way more palatable trough aliens and vampires, so authors said what they wanted avoiding censorship and consumers absorbed it with less resistance. This, however, is the extreme of the spectrum, the scale is broken now.
I remember watching this a long time ago and thinking “its kind of not good he doesn’t have a choice in the matter..” “but its a giant capybara thing so..”
I think this is why, to me at least, Tsuchikiyose is the most concerning, because it kinda just seems like he married two preteen girls, which is horrifying and also not in any way outside the realm of real-world possibility.
@@Magmafrost13 i mean, they’re demons, for all we know all the monsters are like 5 years old. The only difference is that they have the appearance of being somewhat human.
Your presentation of this cursed story was very entertaining - it sounds like you had a lot of fun making it. Felt like you could have started laughing at more than a few points. I am not sure if the existence of this story has made my life more enjoyable... but listening to the way you describe it certainly has! Your articulation was a treat, as always. Thanks fam.
Im not going to lie this anime is weird but the commentary this man makes allows the show to be soooo much better and actually really funny, *metaphorically* of course
I actually found the show pretty funny, despite the messed up premise, but I think taking this and playing it for horror would also be great- Sora’s thing about “the first time [he’s] been picked” leaves some room for dealing with the whole “neglected kids are super easy to groom” thing, although with this it’s more of a matter of internalizing a messed up cultural thing
I’ve watched this several times and I can never stop laughing, calling that one guy “poor gigachad tsuchikiyose tetsushi” every time got me each time. Reacting to the snake moomin and like “wait what is that thin-“ got me good, cracking up at just how exasperated you are at the moomins ex male child bride brother and all his nonsense. I love this video so much
The way you narrate this is hilarious, "Underage incestuous moomin infidelity" sure is a line I didn't expect to hear but made me cackle so hard. I'm glad algorithm picked this up.
There's two ways this show can be made slightly more wholesome. 1: the arranged marriage thing is still there but all the characters are 18+, avoiding the creepy child bride stuff. 2: there is no arranged marriage, and the monsters are teenagers like the humans and are simply their boyfriends.
i can easily imagine an alternative version of this in which creatures are normal to pass by in regular human society, but for some reason the government is very into them coupling with humans, maybe they give some mystical good fortune or supernatural favors, so they promote a lot the concept of people accepting these marriages like here by giving housing and stuff, that way it can keep the silliness of "surprise marriage" since the adult can at first chose this for the benefits but grow to love their monster husband
This weird story is based on a practice in shinto religion. A shrine maiden or shrine priestess doesn't have to marry because she is considered the bride of the kami (or god with a small g) of the shrine. While the god translation implies that kami are mega powerfull or a big deal in a society they are in effect any yokai(mirage or spirit creature) that is enshrined and worshipped. For example a kappa a turtle river spirit that drowns children can be appeased and worshipped into a kami that prevents drowning. The example in the show that vaguelly shows one of the beings behaving like a kami is the size changing snake that brings luck that seems like a snake kami depiction. There is certainly intresting worldbuilding and stories that can be made around the concept of children being the (potentially arrenged) brides or grooms to local kami to ensure that the kami remains content and helpfull but this story seems to really gloss over alot of details in the setting. This might be a little less weird in japanese culture since they atleast know what the beings are like if it was a western story where children where married away to fairies. It would be weird but we would atleast know what the husband was and have an idea of why society might agree to marry them away. So it would be helpfull if we where shown more of why it would be a boon for society to marry away people to these yokai instead of just glossing over the how and why of it like in the story.
@@simonwahlen7150 so basically like nuns and priest in the church. Only the west could/would never be able to make a cartoon where God actually marries due to Abrahamic religions God is a single being and modern christianity's monogamy
The authors learned about "male wife" and never looked back So I went to watch it right after this vid and honestly, if you look past the weirdness of it all it's actually a very cute anime lol
Yeah, I remember coming across this manga, read about 3 chapters, went "why is everyone just accepting this?" and "is there supposed to be some point at which this creature redeems itself as an ideal partner? and not just the kid liking it for no goddamn reason?" and just ended up dropping it. It is to my massive relief that your video allowed me to be completely entertained while revealing that I had, in fact, made the right decision. I think this is supposed to be some sort of koan, to make us question the entire concept of arranging child brides for marriage. Also I watched this at 2.5x speed and it made the entire experience even more amazing. "What are you-WAIT THERE ARE GIRLS AT THIS SCHOOL!"
I swear to all that is holy that I do not know what I will do if it was not a diatribe on child marriage in a severely insular and emotionally disconnected culture...
Maybe it's a koan. The other possibility is that it's the author's weird embarrassing fantasy about being dommed by Moomin. The latter seems more likely to me.
and the more questions is WHY IS THIS GREENLIGHT INTO PUBLIC WHY?!?! like AT LEAST somekind of manga you get from underground society i understand BUT THIS?!?
@@kumirapau-chan9880 - but... it's not funny. It doesn't even manage entertaining, and really at most manages "well this has to have some sort of significance or underlying story behind it that will wind up being interesting, right? (anakin/padme star wars meme) right?
So uh… I went on Crunchyroll to check this show out only to see that it’s already in my recently watched section on the final episode. I share my account with a lot of people so I start asking my friends and they knew nothing about it. The only person left was my mom so I asked her and she was like like “oh yeah that show is really really cute :)” 😭😭😭😭
@@runeanonymous9760 it's actually pretty cute, i really didn't thought that deep about it, i just enjoyed the whole anime and comedy on it. It is not supposed to be serious, ppl really need to come to real life sometimes and see that anime is just anime in the end of the day.
@@PrimaYuurinTM well yeah! It is just a silly cute thing! I don’t think anyone REALLY takes it that seriously. The video is just a jokey retelling of what happens in it.
@@BunnyLove5763 fr. This video is just to make content, not to really make you think because if you do, then start doing it for every anime you watch and you'll see that every single one is disturbing. But everyone here didn't catch the spirit of the vid
16:40, I love how he's just yelling the story as if it is some outrage (it is), but then he just stops MID SENTENCE to yell " *WHAT ARE YOU* " . In such an accusatory tone, I love it.
This intro reads like a foreword to some book I read a few years back. Extremely dramatic, yet when you actually attempt to read it out loud, you can’t help but do so in the most monotone and exhausted voice imaginable. Basically, I absolutely love it. In other news, I can feel myself losing my grip on my physical body and am about to fade into the warm embrace of nonexistence any second now.
The utterly baffling premise, combined with the unsettling undertones is peak anime. I think we may need to call Protagonist Protective Services to come liberate the child brides, regardless of how sweet their husband's character designs are.
why couldn't the premise have simply been monsters adopting human best friends...? it could still keep some romantic undertones, because anime has to have romantic undertones
@@MoriMementa it sort of does make sense since these are high schooler characters though. Besides the only reason teenage marriage is not consider holistic in the now is that this modern era is that a average teenager can not afford a high payable life with having there own house and having a child to raise. back then a 13-14 year old guy or girl could easily afford their own house since every thing was cheaper back then in America but also other countries as well.in1920-1940 there are some people who were 13-14 years of age who got married to people who were in their 20's years of age. in the early 1900's a house costs somewhere around 200-300$ dollors.it was even cheaper to keep rent and a month . some times you would find a house that's cost 150-170$ back then too.even back then before the 1900's this was possible in the 1800's since things were even cheaper. Due to downsides of the concept of pedophiles or in this case rapists this relationship is considered bad now but could easily be misconception by modern people like our selves. For example i know some one told me that their grandmother married a 14-year old guy in the 1900's when she was 21-years old but she died at the age of 84 years old but the guy she married at the age of 14-years at that point was in his late age 60's when she died.today to many rapists exists for this relationship to be consider safe now.but that does not mean it could be feasible.brand name monopoly and governmental monopoly are the reasons why things are so expansive now yet back then a 13-14 year old could easily pay for their own house and everything that goes in the house was even cheaper back then.times have changed social wise and relationship wise.
This is awful (I’m very desensitized tho) but the part that kills me is how cute the fucking moomin is. I LOVE that character design so much it’s adorable and reminds me of totoro. But why, just why did it have to be marriage? It could’ve been a buddy slice of slice show that was super sweet and adorable. And yet here we are, with the fucking groomins…
Ah yes, the anime where a pedophilic moomin clone stalks and harasses children- and it is presented as a charming romcom instead of a horrifying diatribe on the obsession with youth in japan. never change, japan, never change.
...or maybe that's the point. It's presented as normal, but the truth is its horrifying and that's the experience you are supposed to take away from it.
@@ScoutGreen11 is that why there was a line about the pink thing having hair growth solution rubbed into it daily?? like some freaky old dude who bathes constantly with his groomed, traumatic past child bride?
The constant emphasis that they're children in a learning facility is just so fucking hilarious I've never seen the anime but I'm sure it's not nearly as entertaining as this video
the sheer, distilled, compelte and total disbeleif that GIRLS exist in this setting in your voice was incredible (as was your cosntant woondering of who the fuck the giant snake thing is)
I think I can kind of understand. When I was a high schooler the idea idea of just any non threatening humanoid thing being really into me and us being in a relationship that was physical but not overtly sexual would be a really appealing fantasy. I think the fact they don’t really talk or act like a normal person takes away the pressure to meet normal human social standards and expectations and just be yourself exploring something that was going to feel weird the first time even if it was with a regular person. The fact that they’re soft and cuddly and kind of cute can help something that can feel kind of scary and adult feel more approachable. Idk this feels less like someone fantasizing about having a teen sold to them and more about exploring the desire for a relationship at a young age with all the scary stuff (or stuff that can be scary for someone new to relationships) like having to interact with another human body or pressure to impress someone and not be awkward or any expectation of being sexual beyond just being physical taken away which I can totally see the appeal of. I think even the fact that they’re sold into the relationship against their will actual caters to the want of not having to put yourself out there or risk rejection or communicate confidence that you want a relationship and rather be able to have a relationship while still being passive. I don’t want to tmi strangers on TH-cam but when I was really little in middle school and stuff I had a lot of fantasies, romantic and otherwise, that involved me not having a lot of choice or agency just because that stuff was kind of scary and someone ignoring that was a way of feeling secure that they definitely wanted you if that makes sense. Also the fact that it’s a unique creature kind of makes it extra special that they’re into you. Like the same way it’s kind of special in inyuyasha to have a wolf demon boy friend instead of just a regular guy. Could totally be over reading into this but every element of the show that feels weird and off (just based off this video) feels like it does server a specific purpose in appealing to a specific kind of fantasy I can imagine a lot of awkward high schoolers or others having and in that lens if feels more like a weird quirk of how we enjoy the idea of being involved romantically with others than it is creepy imo. Love the video though it’s super funny srry if my comment sounded to critical or anything that’s not my intention.
This is exactly it. It's basically a twist on BL manga that further removes the "threat" of sexuality and allows the viewer to project whatever personality they like on what are essentially animate dakimakura. It doesn't really take away from the creepiness factor of arranged child marriage and the awkwardness of the enforced gender roles, but that's fujoshi fantasy fulfillment for you. (I say this as a fujoshi myself.)
I mean there're plenty wattapad fanfics written by like middle school girls about being sold into slavery/forcefully married to/kidnapped/etc by like one direction or edward cullen or whoever. I think it is a way for them to explore, but there's a little difference when we're talking about an anime that was written and produced by adults. Its rhetoric is legitimised by the fact that it's 'officialy' on tv and in print. This could've been a cute sort of romance-ish comforting anime that explores these sort of safe dynamics without there being childbrides that are sold by their teachers lol And there definetely are anime and manga like this, too! Also from what I can gather from this video, this story isn't entirely devoid of sexuality, either, obvi not in an overt explicit or mature way, but the mc clearly does have some feelings of this sort, which would be totally fine if it didn't seem like his spouse is an adult(?)
The trope of the romance story where the woman is suddenly kidnapped/sold into slavery/marriage to an actually loving man is literally centuries old. Since the forced aspect removed all culpability and responsibility from them, they can't be blamed for getting into a romance with the handsome stranger after all, allowing them to enjoy it without guilt. No surprise if some gay boys enjoy similar fantasies, they are after all also discouraged from wanting these sorts of relationships.
@@ebbiebean9385 It's super fair to feel that way but I also think taking out the forced marriage would make it less fulfilling for the core audience it's going for if that makes sense
honestly the monster designs are pretty cool and a great improvement over the "monster girl" stuff you usually see, if only the Wretched Kananogi cared about the age of consent, or consent in general
I love how the narration has the same tense tone that one would expect from someone who went through a Twilight Zone kind of Eldritch Horror as they try to recount what they saw.
what is this style of narration called. the deadpan tone of voice clashing with flowery, verbose descriptors. the wretched kanenogi. ive seen one other youtuber talk like this and it was great there too. i love it so much
I am shocked and perplexed that I happened to read 14 chapters of this manga at the ripe age of 12 utterly unaware of the consequences I am now facing as I have acquired the fully realized truth. My small naive child self was curious when I saw the creature among the many free stories there was to offer and chose it, spent time reading it, and dropped it because it was boring. yet, during the time I spent reading it, I actually tried to enjoy it, that was my fatal mistake. I could've been left without this information but here I sit now knowing that I believed this was cute and purposefully told a story when it's actually fuel for someone's weird monster fetish and I get to regret that small portion of my life.
I'm sad too that you have read it. I wish no person would ever watch or read manga/anime that thinks a work of fiction has to only portray conventional stuff that's purely based on realism and that people that actually find it entertaining have some sorta fetish. I'll tell you what, if the author wanted it to be a work to satisfy someone's monster fetish then it would've been an R-rated work or just plain hentai. And there are many examples of exactly that and they're quite popular too, so maybe you and mindlike people just should stop watching anime altogether - since you're clearly not only not the targeted audience but your only contribution is to bring people enjoying or creating fiction work like that down
As my first experience with this channel ever, I am unable to express what I feel. I just know that your delivery was so funny I didn't fully comprehend the existence of this media until the video was already over. This was hilarious, but I'm very disturbed. Will watch more videos for hopefully as funny content. "What ARE you?!"
Knowledge of this anime and its manga made me feel like I look like a Chargeman Ken insane person, it gave me a headache. The delivery is accurate suffice to say
"It's because they reproduced last night." sent me into a laughing fit that sent me into a coughing fit that left me on the floor with tears in my eyes. Congratulations Mr. !, your wit is so sharp that you have successfully dealt real world damage to my mortal frame.
@@kristianhughes3746 like many other anime it seems? because it was started as a satire against those type of stories? (but tbh I dont read mangas so maybe it was a false info)
I have watched this video dozens of times. I have shared it with everyone I know. I have a note with the script copied in it so I can pull it out at a moments notice and quote it. This video is my life. Thank you.
I came across this manga in a Japanese secondhand book store thinking it would be a cute slice of life story about a weird creature befriending your standard Japanese school boy, so I bought it and read it with the help of google translate. I gotta say, the roller coaster of emotions I experienced as I had to slowly process what was happening and the conversation I had with my friend about it was more interesting and memorable than if it was a regular old story
This video in my mind is how it feels to go insane. I feel like this is what happened to the Hunter in Bloodborne during the course of the night. What’s likely most disturbing is my lack of reaction. As another Bloodborne reference, I’ve gained so many eyes this does not phase me
@@WaningLoon Nah, it's more likely just something made up because the author was bored and didn't know what kind of story to do for their editor so they just propose whatever. There is many stories like that happening with little mangaka
Yeah, like, if this started out as some Japanese lady's satirical response to serieses like The Animagus' (?) Bride where the child bride is usually female (and so she made the child bride male to have the inherent horror of it stick out to people who take girls getting married in these shows for granted), then it would honestly be kinda brilliant, but if it's meant to be taken at face value as a fun, romantic story, then there are some BIG issues
All I hear is you describing and absolute masterpiece which i will definitely read alongside the manhwa where a skeleton purchaces a baby thinking that it's a cat. 100%
This was such an experience. I have never felt so sorry for existing in my entire life.
Don't give up one day your find moomin
@@metallicsnake. Thank you for the inspiration. I have decided that I will continue to exist and not burn every single piece of evidence that proves I am a thing.
same
I feel like I'm missing part of the joke here. This was a cute show.
@@Clawdragoons Four words: Underage Incestuous Moomin Infidelity
The consistent "poor" in front if the kids names and "wretched" in front of the Moomins name is killing me
Don't forget the one gigachad
Tsukitsuka seems happy.
Is there a more appropriate way to refer to these… things
My favorite is the woman at the school referred to as “the one who sells the children”
@@Sh12pen poor gigachad
As a finnish person, i must specify that this is not a moomin but a close relative of the moomins, called the groomins.
Best comment.
The legendary groomer moomin
Groomer Moomin who eats Hoomins
perkele...
11:37 and that sperm-shaped thing is called a coomin
"No longer is poor tamori a moomin 16 year old child bride, he is now a moomin 17 year old child bride"
The truth
The truth is the new normal
I think it's the "voice tinged with mild concern and barely-contained horror while sounding ambiguously tired" that really sells the insanity of this.
“Viewer beware… you’re in for a scare”
It's the classic ambiguousamphibian voice when he gets upset about something and just spends half an episode writing depressing poetry.
"hell hath no furry like a former male child bride scorned by a banana bear"
made me fall out of my chair laughing
"Underage Incestuous Moomin Infidelity" was even better XD
It earned a sub from me.
He had me at " wait whats that? THERE ARE GIRLS AT THIS SCHOOL!?"
"A bear babushka... Bearbushka."
there’s something so darkly hilarious in the way the teacher is referred to as “The One Who Sells The Children”. Lovecraftian in a way worthy of a story where a child is sold to a moomin.
I agree with the sentiment, but Lovecraft would have given the lady a name like “Gizzum Chink” and told us to be afraid of it with no additional context 🙄
People gotta stop praising the guy if they haven’t actually read him.
@@AnkhAnanku this is a joke comment on a bad anime, not a literary comparison to an old fiction writer who was scared of air conditioners. It is *not* that deep, my dude.
@@AnkhAnanku Lovecraft wrote well, but whether you appreciate what he wrote is another story
You cannot deny his ability, but you can choose to not like it
"I smoke meth, but I'm NOT a degenerate." -Lovecraft, our lord and savior
@@AnkhAnanku He's a solid writer as far as pure horror goes, but his importance to fiction is that he's probably the first major writer in human history to NOT place humans as the center of the universe, and indeed, regard them as tiny, inconsequential specks in the vast emptiness of the cosmos populated by unspeakable horrors that probably wouldn't even give mankind a second thought.
"This is 16-year-old Tamorihinoa, in two and a half minutes, he will be married to a Moomin"
That literally broke me. I made a noise that could be felt physically and mentally, I am less okay than I was before, and that was already bad enough.
And yet, somehow.... They have a year anniversary before his next birthday.. I'm confused, but quite honestly, at this point... what does any of this matter?
@@cameronjadewallaceall you need to know is the moomin is grooming a child
@@kris.p.bacon1361 yeah, I got that. But if you're going to write a child grooming story, at least get birthdays and anniversaries straight. I mean, god... timelines are super basic.
This is nothing new to animes besides that it's usually a little girl getting married
@@kris.p.bacon1361Every.Anime.Somewhat
"Hell hath no fury like a former male child bride scorned by a banana bear" had me physically chocking. I almost died 😂😂😂
I actually had my life flash before my eyes as I choked on water because of that line
The line “underage incestuous moomin infidelity” made me immediately suffer 5d6 psychic damage
shit thats a lot
And they were all a 6
@@Muriuki34 And now I have disadvantage on all checks and saves
@@connorwalters9223 Not to mention that you're vulnerable to psychic damages
The more he explained the plot behind that, the more I felt like I was just getting consecutively punched.
Respectfully, your horror is the correct response to this child bride situation. But it was absolutely hilarious.
Wouldn't they be grooms, not brides because they're men?
@@panayiotianavas3380 Don't question anime logic...
@@panayiotianavas3380 it's anime
@@panayiotianavas3380 no, they're brides
It's anime, not to be taken that seriously obviously 😂
i love how he refers to them all by full name and doesnt stop calling him ‘gigachad tsuchikiyose tetsushi’
or how he calls the moomin wretched kanenogi. it's hilarious.
"Poor gigachad tsuchikiyose tetsushi"
And the main char is always prefixed with "poor" 😂
Gigachad Tsuchikiyose Tetsushi got the hottest wives, I mean, husbands or whatever.
@@samhg3658all of the wives are
The "WHAT ARE YOU??" at the occasional appearance of the snake thing made my laugh so hard
I started waiting for it
Me too!
same
Honestly, that was me throughout the entire video. Like WTF is a moomin!!!! Does anyone know if they ever explain it? I don’t think I have it in me watch the show to find out. 😅
@@jaccat4336Moomins are fictional creatures created by finno-swedish author Tove Jansson in the 40s. They featured in her - sometimes oddly philosophical children's books and a comic strips that skews towards a slightly older audience.
The Moomins are extremely wholesome and have nothing in common with the Wretched Kanenogi, exceot for unfortunately looking quite a lot like him, which - given that the Moomins are extremely popular and Japan and their stories got two anime adaptations, probably isn't a coincidence. (Not saying the creators were plagiarizing, the Wretched Kanenogi looks different enough not to be a rip off, but they certainly were inspired)
I keep rewatching this video like a toddler high on Cocomelon. The intonation. The slowly growing despair. The wretched Kanenogi. It is a masterpiece.
its enough for just the words "wretched kanenogi" to send me into an awful fit of laughter. send help
Oh I am so glad to know I am not the only one rewatching this video for the exact same reason.
I read this in Explanation Point's voice
Every time he cuts himself off mid word to exclaim "WHAT ARE YOU?!" At the worm thing in the background brings me one step closer to god and I am grateful.
There's a flu! 🤧
There's a WIFE! 👰
There's a m o o m i n. 🐮🍌🐻❄️👀
This whole anime is basically just gaslighting the audience into thinking everything happening is normal and okay, and yet I can’t look away
This could be a cool horror concept where you find yourself in a town where everyone acts like monters that recently appeared and are abducting children is normal and just go on with thier lives
@@rustycrowbar4250 I mean, I feel like a little editing and a change of music would make it feel like a horror show in no time. Just linger on various facial expressions, apply some minimal effects maybe if you wanna go that extra mile, honestly I feel like if you made this an abridged series and changed the music you’d be golden
Mhm, even some of the things without the context their child brides are a little- odd
@@rustycrowbar4250 starving anonmyous but the 2nd part.
It's interesting philosophically because it's like some kinda weird glimpse into a different civilization entirely where the things considered "normal" is just plain freaky to us. It weirdly evokes a certain feeling for me that's probably like what Columbus felt when he first landed in the Americas.
The reveal about the ex-wife who isn’t even an ex-wife had me _sobbing into my pillow_ for about 3 minutes, this manga is the definition of surrealist horror and I’m truly scared 😭💀
Underage incestuous moomin infidelity that line is just too stupid
@@SomeoneNews stupidly accurate
i love how when prompted to verify that they are married, they throw a wedding rather than just show a marriage certificate lol
Fr i thought they signed a non consentual marriage certificate at first (it would have make more sense)
"Kichka seems happy. It's because they reproduced last night."
Not sure if those sentences made me want to laugh or want to die.
They didn’t actually, those were just some kind of charm. Fuwai and Sora made one as well
@@runeanonymous9760 The Redhead Boy and the Invisible Man made teru teru bozus. It would be counted as reproducing in their situation.
I die laughing each time i hear "Tsukitsuka is happy" 🤣
both?
LMAO the rain dolls
I appreciate that there was no victim-blaming aimed at the child wives. They are helpless against the forces that compell them to be sold to (literal) monsters who perversely use them for shampooing and hugging
It's kind of weird that the only monster that has precedent to do and get away with this is the misfortune eating shrine snake god thing, since it wouldn't be surprising for it to demand some sort of spousal sacrifice in exchange for good fortune and services. Every other monster has zero precedent to get away with this since they all seem to do nothing, provide nothing, and have no leeway to get away with their childnapping. This actually would have been a very interesting story if all of the monsters were minor gods who are providing some sort of benefit to society in exchange for spouses to serve as a fictionalized social commentary on power dynamics conflicting with moral values...but the vast majority of the monsters are just walking, pointless jokes.
@@joshuakim5240 now I want a fanfiction based on your idea
All the other wives were picked but from this videos synopsis [never actually watched it] Sitka (Spelling might be wrong but bandage moomin) seemed like they were forced by their child bride.
16 is actually the minimum legal age for men to get married in Japan.
@@Ikajo that means nothing when their parents still dictate who they marry in any age
IM GOING TO CRY
They could’ve made a series about a bunch of kids getting strange pets, or roommates. BUT MARRIAGE IM SORRY WHAT?
Why the hell are the humans referred to as brides
@@reptile1687 fujoshis
How to take care of a mummy. That’s what you’re describing.
@@TheMewtata what do you mean
@@TheMewtata What kind of Mummies did you watch?
This could have been a lot more acceptable if you just... replace "wife" and "husband" with "Roommate" or "Familiar"
Honestly if they did it would just be a chill and nice show instead of THE NIGHTMARE
This is like something you would read on the SCP wiki. A town umder a cognito-hazard where bizarre creatures arrive, go to the local high school, demand one of the kids marry it.. and everyone is fine with this. Even the bride him/herself is fine with it.
Dear god... you have cracked the code!!! But not only that, the record of such an event is its own cognitohazard... but what effects I cannot yet determine, except that it is messing with my mind!!
Headquarters, we need an MTF on the ground and enough class A amnestics for a town!
This reminds me of one particular scp.
instead of a moomin it was a kind non-pedo tree
The creatures seem to have some sort of effect on the minds of their victims, immediately brainwashing them into being their "wife"
As of yet there is no known reason as to why they do this, as they don't seem to need to procreate, but... I don't want to imagine such horrors. Get Dr. Bright with the chainsaw cannon ASAP
This sounds like something Children of the Scarlet King would do
"The wretched Kanenogi" is officially part of my lexicon. Thank you for that.
Like "The Loathsome, DUNG-Eater"
The poor gigachad sachikiyose tetsushi
I wish I could like this more
😂😂😂 my brother and I quote this video all the time. That’s the favorite line for suuure!
"Who are you?!" Had me laughing harder then I want to admit.
Timestamp 12:16
12:16
XD
16:43 Lol
I've read this (don't ask) and the worst part is that everyone is Obsessed with the giant snake to the point where his wife is jealous. Something isnt right here.
@@GlassGuts snake obsession, huh?
XD
This video is so fucking funny. The delivery, the jokes stacking on top of each other like a precarious tower of books going up to the ceiling, the building hysteria every time the snake showed up in the anime, the increasing resignation to events as the episode recaps continue... I kept having to pause to giggle and then immediately choke on more laughter at the very next sentence when I unpaused. Maybe my new favorite TH-cam video.
I read this in Explanation Point's voice
This video was sent to me by a dear friend in what I can only assume was an assassination attempt. Do not drink water while watching. I laughed until I cried, I cried until I choked, I choked until I nearly vomited, then drank water and went back to choking. I swear my life flashed before my eyes.
"The wretched Kanenogi" has become a permanent crack in my armor. Simply hearing it uttered causes me to cackle. Well done sir. Your delivery and intonation were incredible.
Concrete.
I read this and heard his despairing voice read off "I laughed until I cried, I cried until I choked, I choked until I nearly vomited"
@@waluigi-8576 das conk creet bay bee
oh. this explains a lot about how my friend sent me this.
@@c.leslie4233Same lmao this comment probably inspired my friend to send it to me too. Oh, the horrors akdbkabd
The worst part of this is that an anniversary occurs before a character ages up a year. Wretched Kanenogi warps time, apparently.
oh my god... so my assumption that they could warp minds and reality was true?!
wait what does that mean?! do they stay young? forget how much time has passed?
maybe Michael Jackson was a moomin
@@kristianhughes3746 these things DEFINITELY have some form of mind control, at the very least.
i actually remember watching this back in highschool. i thought it was really wholesome... because i was 16 or 17 and didnt realize the implications. its so sad, it could really be this weird cute miniseries if not for the age gap, which, for such a weird premise, youd think would be the least of the worries, but here we are....
Hlw you didn't realised its very weird?
is the age of the monsters ever revealed
@@ok472 not that I know of but because the boys are in high school the implications are kinda sketchy, intended or not. i feel like it would have worked better with like college students
@@kaitov5 true
I think what disturbs me the most about this is that a teacher/random woman (idk anymore I think it switched mid-video lol) sold them off, and their parents (if they even have any) did nothing to even stop this
I also find it funny how the more this goes on, the more exasperated you sound, and I can feel your pain because it is most likely how everyone feels about this
I’ve just realised that none of these kid’s parents seem to be in the picture at all. Were…were they chosen _because_ of a lack of support network??
Most people especially within the targeted audience (people that watch fiction animated stories for entertainment reasons and not to get offended by every little thing) don't take this seriously.
@@CuteCabbageMonster yeah but it’s funny to over analyze it
Perhaps theyr involved with a child trafficking ring and didn't like they're kids
Agreed, I mean some moments are wholesome (I guess?)
this was conceptualized, illustrated, noticed and approved, signed off by an executive, animated, and presumably passed through a few more sets of eyes beyond that. the contents of this slice-of-life high school drama demon-pedo-boywife-arranged-marriage-show were, if not actively constructed by all involved, tacitly endorsed by a lot of people. it makes me feel like i'm missing something.
It's fiction, so that's a start. Also, way worse anime. Especially if you start going towards a certain 18+ area.
@@bimates2690 a fiction that is by text book definition A Fetish? AND IT'S PUBLIC?!?! now i know why Thanos exist 😭😭
It's a story using the genre of absurd humor. It's *meant* to not follow common sense, be weird, and leave you wondering if it was all a fever dream.
Simple, it's a joke.
It's sorta based off of folk lore (I think commonly japanese) where mythical creatures seem to demand brides as payment or for safety, so I think that aspect of it sorta makes it kinda interesting, and not a completely random idea.
I call myself a fan of horror with cute exteriors. It is my favourite thing. But I don't think I've ever seen something where they refuse so stubbornly to ever address the horror in-universe. It's surreal that even when it gets creepier, the characters still don't wise up. This ends up becoming a layer of horror in itself, and I really hope that this series goes on to inspire others. There is so much room for seriously good cute dark stories if the writer is willing to keep the protagonists unaware all the way through. I'm tired of the creepypasta approach where things go from 0-100 and rather than blend cute and horror, they just switch them. It's so lazy. And I've sadly become so used to it in my starved search for creepy cute content. I've forgiven way too many bad attempts. Seeing this show, makes it clear that we should be getting better. That there's still so much untapped potential! Thank you for sharing this with us.
unfortunately i highly doubt it was a horror series to the creator 😔
minor fact: 16 is legal marriage age in japan. So in Japan where i assume this is happening none of them are child brides. Still sold into marriage tho, but socially more acceptable. I assume if the author was for example American or something the characters would be 18 minimum.
I know I saw a series like this that was genuinely made to be a horror where none of the characters are scared and the whole thing is played off as normal. For the life of me I can't remember what it was but I know it had body horror and it was more about exploring what normal is.
Do you have any recommendations of such a genre? I can only think of happy sugar life or surviving romance :')
They sudden appear to claim children and everyone is like "ok, yeah"... Definite mind control.
5:49 "a boy described as gloomy, sinister, and unnecessarily tall..." WHY, OF ALL THE LINES, IS THIS WHAT BROKE ME FIRST
The ominous intro punctuated by sentences like "in two and a half minutes... he will be married to a moomin" followed by an ever distressed tone is so entertaining.
I particularly like how you described watching sick anime almost as a pandemic which you happen to have brought to US.
17:43 - For serious, though, that _is_ a bit disturbing. Like, imagine if a bunch of alien beings just show up, immediately integrate in human society and start enforcing bizarre customs for poorly understood reasons, and _nobody finds it strange or worrying._ To the point where even people who entertain the thought that maybe these creatures are literal demons only do so jokingly. Almost as if their subconscious is trying to warn them about it but _something_ doesn't allow them to take it seriously.
This is some Night Vale level horror.
I am convinced that they can warp minds and reality
Sound like Colonialism
My honest reaction to people (i have not been hurt yet they must be good)
The sentence I'm says that there are A LOT of them recently, not that they only showed up recently. Given Lauchen is regarded as a local deity, creatures of this sort have been around for a while(legal framework existing for them is proof of this), but the population has suddenly increased as of the time the story begins.
UNDERAGE INCESTUOUS MOOMIN INFEDELITY is a phrase I hope to keep with me until I am old and on my deathbed.
I'm sure when you whisper it on said deathbed, it will become your grandchildren's "Rosebud"
Leave it in the Will.
Lmao, keep it. We don't want it back.
LMAOO
The perfect thing to yell as your final words
I love the use of Homeric epithets. It really elevates the work in that I could not stop laughing and nearly died.
I've never felt so...distraught and yet invested. the way you explain this is so funny and yet I feel empty inside, my stomach dropped and yet I laughed. I simply don't know how to feel
If you wanna watch it don't overthink it.
@@Ghostofmydignity I would recommend two bottles of vodka and three cans of beer.
@@miroslavzima8856 I legally can't drink and even if I could it's best I don't!
@@Ghostofmydignity And you shouldnt even start with it. I totally approve it
fr. sadly i was... kind of interested?
This seems like it appeals to maybe the most niche market of kinks possible, and honestly I kinda have to respect it for being so utterly unashamed.
Me, it appeals to me!
@@1tylerq127 what about it though
@@dirtiestdan4756 The bizarreness and absurdity of it, the way the story plays it off as completely normal, the reactions it gets out of people who are themselves so asdured in their sense of how the world works, the way it plays with our sense of "normal", there's a lot of reasons to like it really.
It's creative and fun, and a good reminder that our idea of normal isn't the one way everything has to be to have a mostly peaceful, happy society. If aliens ever did visit Earth in a diplomatic sense, we'd inevitably be in for a lot of culture shock. They could run society in a way that is so counter to our own ideas of what is right or wrong, but their society may thrive far more than our own with more satisfied and content citizens, less political strife, no war, etc.
I love that it's the kind of series that leaves you with more questions than it answers, the not knowing can be just as exciting and enjoyable as knowing. Also, I find odd eccentricities and odd creatures rather charming.
@@1tylerq127 u want to fuck the moomin, guess what buddy that doesn’t make you special.
Because I would too.
Eh, the only problem I could really judge is the underage and incest aspect. Other than that, it’s just creature-human romance, which is already a trope.
“The Wretched Kanenogi” nearly every time without fail made me cackle. This is a masterpiece.
Its this and "at least Tsukitsuka is happy" that gets me everytime 🤣
“Viewer beware, you’re in for a scare” sends me into hysterics every time
Poor tamori 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Also describing all the wives as “poor ___” 😭💀
@@anerrorhasoccurred8727 "Poor Gigachad Tsuchikiyose Tetsushi"
I love Ichiya and Poor Tsukitsuka more than any other pairing that's been introduced to us. Their relationship is actually consensual, and they appear to be of the same age. Also, Poor Tsukitsuka is just adorable.
Tsukitsuka also seems happy
They're outliers in this fucked up world
YES omg the best OTP in this fever dream of a show
@@theworldmushroom2581 It also helps that, excluding Roku and Nana, Tsukitsuka looks the most like an actual human and not some strange animal.
@@kookiesandcream5930 and he can actually talk!! (Sorta)
I do not overstate when I say this video is a fucking masterpiece. Bold. Iconic. The peak of moomin content.
One day, I was bored, so I pressed the "random" button on Crunchyroll a few times and watched the first episode of each thing that came up.
The fifth or so time I clicked that button, this show appeared. With trepidation, I watched the first episode, like I had with so many before.
I was horrified, and yet compelled. It's the only show that I watched in its entirety that day; like a five car pileup, I had to know what happened, even if seeing it cursed me with this knowledge
God have mercy on your eyes 👀
crazy right i randomly ended up watching this as a kid and didn't think much of it. back then I had no taste so I would watch anything no matter what it was.
"No longer is he a moomin 16-year-old child bride. He's now a moomin 17 year old child bride. I love a character arc." 🤣🤣
WHAT ARE YOU
The fact that the teacher just sold the kids is something I can't comprehend
She must. She's the one that sells the children
"it's cold now, There's a flu, there's a wife, there's a moomin"
These words are the true pinnacle of literature
Your jokes are golden (Especially "Tsukitsuka seems happy") but the show refering to that one guy as "Unnecessarily tall" is what made me choke on my tea
Yeah, at this point you're just rubbing it in! How tall do you have to be?
I just had a thought, if Tomory becomes 17 after their anniversary then that means he became 16 after they were married which means…. Tomory was forced to marry at 15
Also Sora and Fuwai got married when Sora was still in middle school
18:47 Kanenogi-san understands that marriage may be temporary and obfuscatingly for tax purposes, but the drip is ETERNAL.
16:43
"we love a character arc-WHAT ARE YOU"
That's really not the only dialogue I love here, this guy's narration is fucking fire
I'm sure that thing married a girl which is surprisingly surprising.
My favorite part
“Moomin schlong”
So the moomin, pink Pikatchu, the invisible one and two-eyes are the main husbands, but in reality we know that Loch Ness is better than all of them.
if only because it could correctly identify a female
Nessie is best girl in all media franchises
mothman is also a nice contender.
@@kristianhughes3746 im confused
Yeah but, he’s always tryin to bum $3.50 off everyone.
...I am now left to wonder if an influx of non-humans seeking brides is what caused Japan to consider raising the age of consent. Was it to prevent situations like this from occurring?
Wretched Kanenogi is among us as we speak!
well I mean if you look into japans folklore and myths with the youkai , (I assume they are all here youkai) youkai x humans were always a thing . always also to think they are late-teens here not like 12 years old which would indeed (isn't like it?) in japan or asian countries not even be classed as child. I think that's more of a western thing.
I thought the whole anime was more a parody like nichijou for some reason
@@glasperle77yo, I need to read the literature about those marriages my dude.
amogus
I liked the part where The Wretched Kanenogi said “it’s Moomin time” and then he Moomined all over The Poor Tamori.
Truly, one of the anime that happened. I shall now go wash my eyes in penance.
I saw the title and thought it would be a wholesome, if slightly weird anime. Heard the intro and the dead-inside voice of disbelief and thought "Surely it can't get THAT weird!". I was wrong. This story tries to sell itself as wholesome, if slightly weird, and is instead the horror you rightly label it. This was like a car accident, horrible and yet I can't look away. I am terrified to try to engage with the source material, for it will surely lull me into a false sense of wholesomeness and make me forget about the horrifying nature of it all.
the creatures must be able to warp minds, and their reach is not confined to pages and screens that seemingly contain them
@@kristianhughes3746 y e s
Nffhmdgbg SAME-
This made me realize there's a inversely proportional scale of viewer's acceptance of the morality shown in media and weirdness. The weirdest it gets, the less I care as I'm too confused to analyze the morals shown in screen.
Anyways great video, I'll show it to my family when they need to know what anime can be about.
moomin mind control device sending radio waves to make young adults fall in love with concrete eating monsters
Yeah, and that fenomena has been used for good actually. A lot of topics has been discussed openly in fantasy media when it was too controversial to talk about it in realistic media. Racism, LGBT issues, etc etc are way more palatable trough aliens and vampires, so authors said what they wanted avoiding censorship and consumers absorbed it with less resistance. This, however, is the extreme of the spectrum, the scale is broken now.
I remember watching this a long time ago and thinking “its kind of not good he doesn’t have a choice in the matter..” “but its a giant capybara thing so..”
I think this is why, to me at least, Tsuchikiyose is the most concerning, because it kinda just seems like he married two preteen girls, which is horrifying and also not in any way outside the realm of real-world possibility.
@@Magmafrost13 i mean, they’re demons, for all we know all the monsters are like 5 years old. The only difference is that they have the appearance of being somewhat human.
Your presentation of this cursed story was very entertaining - it sounds like you had a lot of fun making it. Felt like you could have started laughing at more than a few points.
I am not sure if the existence of this story has made my life more enjoyable... but listening to the way you describe it certainly has! Your articulation was a treat, as always. Thanks fam.
what he said
*signed
Exactly the way I feel man
13:04 feels like my man almost laughed, almost, for the wretched kanenogi is no laughing matter
Im not going to lie this anime is weird but the commentary this man makes allows the show to be soooo much better and actually really funny, *metaphorically* of course
I actually found the show pretty funny, despite the messed up premise, but I think taking this and playing it for horror would also be great- Sora’s thing about “the first time [he’s] been picked” leaves some room for dealing with the whole “neglected kids are super easy to groom” thing, although with this it’s more of a matter of internalizing a messed up cultural thing
I’ve watched this several times and I can never stop laughing, calling that one guy “poor gigachad tsuchikiyose tetsushi” every time got me each time. Reacting to the snake moomin and like “wait what is that thin-“ got me good, cracking up at just how exasperated you are at the moomins ex male child bride brother and all his nonsense. I love this video so much
The way you narrate this is hilarious, "Underage incestuous moomin infidelity" sure is a line I didn't expect to hear but made me cackle so hard. I'm glad algorithm picked this up.
I just love the wavering tone of his voice. Like despair that hasn't finished setting in. Of the madness and sheer weirdness of this.
There's two ways this show can be made slightly more wholesome.
1: the arranged marriage thing is still there but all the characters are 18+, avoiding the creepy child bride stuff.
2: there is no arranged marriage, and the monsters are teenagers like the humans and are simply their boyfriends.
Or just remove the marriage stuff and turn it into a "weird but cute pet" story
@@Deniska_UKR Nah, they should at least keep the weird monster romance element 'cuz its funny.
i can easily imagine an alternative version of this in which creatures are normal to pass by in regular human society, but for some reason the government is very into them coupling with humans, maybe they give some mystical good fortune or supernatural favors, so they promote a lot the concept of people accepting these marriages like here by giving housing and stuff, that way it can keep the silliness of "surprise marriage" since the adult can at first chose this for the benefits but grow to love their monster husband
This weird story is based on a practice in shinto religion. A shrine maiden or shrine priestess doesn't have to marry because she is considered the bride of the kami (or god with a small g) of the shrine. While the god translation implies that kami are mega powerfull or a big deal in a society they are in effect any yokai(mirage or spirit creature) that is enshrined and worshipped. For example a kappa a turtle river spirit that drowns children can be appeased and worshipped into a kami that prevents drowning. The example in the show that vaguelly shows one of the beings behaving like a kami is the size changing snake that brings luck that seems like a snake kami depiction.
There is certainly intresting worldbuilding and stories that can be made around the concept of children being the (potentially arrenged) brides or grooms to local kami to ensure that the kami remains content and helpfull but this story seems to really gloss over alot of details in the setting. This might be a little less weird in japanese culture since they atleast know what the beings are like if it was a western story where children where married away to fairies. It would be weird but we would atleast know what the husband was and have an idea of why society might agree to marry them away.
So it would be helpfull if we where shown more of why it would be a boon for society to marry away people to these yokai instead of just glossing over the how and why of it like in the story.
@@simonwahlen7150 so basically like nuns and priest in the church. Only the west could/would never be able to make a cartoon where God actually marries due to Abrahamic religions God is a single being and modern christianity's monogamy
it’s such a small detail but the delivery of “they like his glasses” leaves me in pieces every single time
This guy deserves an Oscar for his narrative skills 😂
Agreed an oscar for the best comedic narrative 🤣
"And now a character ar- WHAT ARE YOU-"
so am I the only one who had to enjoy the video _in spite_ of ExPo reading every line like a sentence that went on for longer than originally planned?
it's a metaphor
The authors learned about "male wife" and never looked back
So I went to watch it right after this vid and honestly, if you look past the weirdness of it all it's actually a very cute anime lol
Yeah, I remember coming across this manga, read about 3 chapters, went "why is everyone just accepting this?" and "is there supposed to be some point at which this creature redeems itself as an ideal partner? and not just the kid liking it for no goddamn reason?" and just ended up dropping it. It is to my massive relief that your video allowed me to be completely entertained while revealing that I had, in fact, made the right decision.
I think this is supposed to be some sort of koan, to make us question the entire concept of arranging child brides for marriage.
Also I watched this at 2.5x speed and it made the entire experience even more amazing. "What are you-WAIT THERE ARE GIRLS AT THIS SCHOOL!"
I swear to all that is holy that I do not know what I will do if it was not a diatribe on child marriage in a severely insular and emotionally disconnected culture...
Maybe it's a koan. The other possibility is that it's the author's weird embarrassing fantasy about being dommed by Moomin. The latter seems more likely to me.
and the more questions is WHY IS THIS GREENLIGHT INTO PUBLIC WHY?!?! like AT LEAST somekind of manga you get from underground society i understand BUT THIS?!?
... It's just a story using the genre of absurd humor. It's *meant* to not follow common sense. You're reading waaaay too much into it.
@@kumirapau-chan9880 - but... it's not funny. It doesn't even manage entertaining, and really at most manages "well this has to have some sort of significance or underlying story behind it that will wind up being interesting, right? (anakin/padme star wars meme) right?
So uh… I went on Crunchyroll to check this show out only to see that it’s already in my recently watched section on the final episode. I share my account with a lot of people so I start asking my friends and they knew nothing about it. The only person left was my mom so I asked her and she was like like “oh yeah that show is really really cute :)”
😭😭😭😭
It is, if you don’t bother to think about it
@@runeanonymous9760 it's actually pretty cute, i really didn't thought that deep about it, i just enjoyed the whole anime and comedy on it. It is not supposed to be serious, ppl really need to come to real life sometimes and see that anime is just anime in the end of the day.
@@PrimaYuurinTM well yeah! It is just a silly cute thing! I don’t think anyone REALLY takes it that seriously. The video is just a jokey retelling of what happens in it.
for fuck sake RUN BEFORE YOUR MOTHER SELLS YOU AS A CHILD BRIDE TO A GRIZZLY BEAR OR SOMETHING!
@@BunnyLove5763 fr. This video is just to make content, not to really make you think because if you do, then start doing it for every anime you watch and you'll see that every single one is disturbing. But everyone here didn't catch the spirit of the vid
16:40, I love how he's just yelling the story as if it is some outrage (it is), but then he just stops MID SENTENCE to yell " *WHAT ARE YOU* " . In such an accusatory tone, I love it.
This intro reads like a foreword to some book I read a few years back.
Extremely dramatic, yet when you actually attempt to read it out loud, you can’t help but do so in the most monotone and exhausted voice imaginable.
Basically, I absolutely love it.
In other news, I can feel myself losing my grip on my physical body and am about to fade into the warm embrace of nonexistence any second now.
You know this would actually be a very cute romantic comedy if THEY WERE NOT CHILD BRIDES!
It would also help if they weren't forced into 1 sided marriage without their consent
It's Japan lolicon and shotacon aren't really seen as serious problem.
@@Toastcat890 [citation needed]
@Nny nah that was fake but there are other cursed things in japan for sure
My mind has been cursed with the burden of knowing this.
The utterly baffling premise, combined with the unsettling undertones is peak anime. I think we may need to call Protagonist Protective Services to come liberate the child brides, regardless of how sweet their husband's character designs are.
why couldn't the premise have simply been monsters adopting human best friends...? it could still keep some romantic undertones, because anime has to have romantic undertones
@@kristianhughes3746 That would have been so much better!
@@MoriMementa it sort of does make sense since these are high schooler characters though. Besides the only reason teenage marriage is not consider holistic in the now is that this modern era is that a average teenager can not afford a high payable life with having there own house and having a child to raise. back then a 13-14 year old guy or girl could easily afford their own house since every thing was cheaper back then in America but also other countries as well.in1920-1940 there are some people who were 13-14 years of age who got married to people who were in their 20's years of age. in the early 1900's a house costs somewhere around 200-300$ dollors.it was even cheaper to keep rent and a month . some times you would find a house that's cost 150-170$ back then too.even back then before the 1900's this was possible in the 1800's since things were even cheaper. Due to downsides of the concept of pedophiles or in this case rapists this relationship is considered bad now but could easily be misconception by modern people like our selves. For example i know some one told me that their grandmother married a 14-year old guy in the 1900's when she was 21-years old but she died at the age of 84 years old but the guy she married at the age of 14-years at that point was in his late age 60's when she died.today to many rapists exists for this relationship to be consider safe now.but that does not mean it could be feasible.brand name monopoly and governmental monopoly are the reasons why things are so expansive now yet back then a 13-14 year old could easily pay for their own house and everything that goes in the house was even cheaper back then.times have changed social wise and relationship wise.
@@1BadAssArchAngelvs14 please summarize. For I am a mere layman, and don't understand what you are trying to express with this college essay.
@@1BadAssArchAngelvs14 pls touch grass.
"In two and a half minutes, he will be married to a moomin."
I'm already dead, I don't think I can handle this one 😂
This is awful (I’m very desensitized tho) but the part that kills me is how cute the fucking moomin is. I LOVE that character design so much it’s adorable and reminds me of totoro. But why, just why did it have to be marriage? It could’ve been a buddy slice of slice show that was super sweet and adorable. And yet here we are, with the fucking groomins…
Ah yes, the anime where a pedophilic moomin clone stalks and harasses children- and it is presented as a charming romcom instead of a horrifying diatribe on the obsession with youth in japan.
never change, japan, never change.
...or maybe that's the point. It's presented as normal, but the truth is its horrifying and that's the experience you are supposed to take away from it.
@@ScoutGreen11 is that why there was a line about the pink thing having hair growth solution rubbed into it daily?? like some freaky old dude who bathes constantly with his groomed, traumatic past child bride?
@@kristianhughes3746 Is that the only situation you find comparable?
@@chaotixthefox is it really that necessary to consider more?
@@kristianhughes3746 I would argue it is.
“The wretched kanenogi” sent me into giggles every time
and all the child brides getting a "poor" suffix lol
@@bisma1352 prefix
The constant emphasis that they're children in a learning facility is just so fucking hilarious I've never seen the anime but I'm sure it's not nearly as entertaining as this video
“In 2 and a half minutes he’ll be married to a moomin” laughed so hard I nearly vomited, well done
the sheer, distilled, compelte and total disbeleif that GIRLS exist in this setting in your voice was incredible (as was your cosntant woondering of who the fuck the giant snake thing is)
"underage incestuous moomin infidelity" is not a phrase i expected to hear ever in my lifetime and yet here we are. and i am glad(?) for it.
I hope this line gets reinvented in the far future
the logical terminus of "My mom sold me to 1Direction" fanfiction.
That is... Very oddly specific.
@@ashmoleproductions5407 it was common back in the day.... ;-;
Omfg I remember those, the were alllll over Wattpad 🤣🤣🤣
I think I can kind of understand. When I was a high schooler the idea idea of just any non threatening humanoid thing being really into me and us being in a relationship that was physical but not overtly sexual would be a really appealing fantasy. I think the fact they don’t really talk or act like a normal person takes away the pressure to meet normal human social standards and expectations and just be yourself exploring something that was going to feel weird the first time even if it was with a regular person. The fact that they’re soft and cuddly and kind of cute can help something that can feel kind of scary and adult feel more approachable. Idk this feels less like someone fantasizing about having a teen sold to them and more about exploring the desire for a relationship at a young age with all the scary stuff (or stuff that can be scary for someone new to relationships) like having to interact with another human body or pressure to impress someone and not be awkward or any expectation of being sexual beyond just being physical taken away which I can totally see the appeal of. I think even the fact that they’re sold into the relationship against their will actual caters to the want of not having to put yourself out there or risk rejection or communicate confidence that you want a relationship and rather be able to have a relationship while still being passive. I don’t want to tmi strangers on TH-cam but when I was really little in middle school and stuff I had a lot of fantasies, romantic and otherwise, that involved me not having a lot of choice or agency just because that stuff was kind of scary and someone ignoring that was a way of feeling secure that they definitely wanted you if that makes sense. Also the fact that it’s a unique creature kind of makes it extra special that they’re into you. Like the same way it’s kind of special in inyuyasha to have a wolf demon boy friend instead of just a regular guy. Could totally be over reading into this but every element of the show that feels weird and off (just based off this video) feels like it does server a specific purpose in appealing to a specific kind of fantasy I can imagine a lot of awkward high schoolers or others having and in that lens if feels more like a weird quirk of how we enjoy the idea of being involved romantically with others than it is creepy imo. Love the video though it’s super funny srry if my comment sounded to critical or anything that’s not my intention.
This is exactly it. It's basically a twist on BL manga that further removes the "threat" of sexuality and allows the viewer to project whatever personality they like on what are essentially animate dakimakura.
It doesn't really take away from the creepiness factor of arranged child marriage and the awkwardness of the enforced gender roles, but that's fujoshi fantasy fulfillment for you. (I say this as a fujoshi myself.)
I mean there're plenty wattapad fanfics written by like middle school girls about being sold into slavery/forcefully married to/kidnapped/etc by like one direction or edward cullen or whoever. I think it is a way for them to explore, but there's a little difference when we're talking about an anime that was written and produced by adults. Its rhetoric is legitimised by the fact that it's 'officialy' on tv and in print. This could've been a cute sort of romance-ish comforting anime that explores these sort of safe dynamics without there being childbrides that are sold by their teachers lol And there definetely are anime and manga like this, too! Also from what I can gather from this video, this story isn't entirely devoid of sexuality, either, obvi not in an overt explicit or mature way, but the mc clearly does have some feelings of this sort, which would be totally fine if it didn't seem like his spouse is an adult(?)
The trope of the romance story where the woman is suddenly kidnapped/sold into slavery/marriage to an actually loving man is literally centuries old. Since the forced aspect removed all culpability and responsibility from them, they can't be blamed for getting into a romance with the handsome stranger after all, allowing them to enjoy it without guilt.
No surprise if some gay boys enjoy similar fantasies, they are after all also discouraged from wanting these sorts of relationships.
Would’ve been a cool concept if they weren’t forced into marriage
@@ebbiebean9385 It's super fair to feel that way but I also think taking out the forced marriage would make it less fulfilling for the core audience it's going for if that makes sense
honestly the monster designs are pretty cool and a great improvement over the "monster girl" stuff you usually see, if only the Wretched Kananogi cared about the age of consent, or consent in general
Even MGirl’s are more tolerable than…THE WRETCHED MOOMIN
The tone that continues through the whole video unchanging even as he says “bearbushka” and “giga chad” is truly incredible
I love how the narration has the same tense tone that one would expect from someone who went through a Twilight Zone kind of Eldritch Horror as they try to recount what they saw.
He did reference At The Mountains Of Maddness by H.P Lovecraft in the beginning lol
Because that's pretty much exactly what it is
I mean thats not inaccurate, right? xD
what is this style of narration called. the deadpan tone of voice clashing with flowery, verbose descriptors. the wretched kanenogi. ive seen one other youtuber talk like this and it was great there too. i love it so much
The “poor gigachad tsuchikiyo tetsushi” every time he’s on screen kills me.
I actually started crying when you started explaining the plot. I've never been more disturbed.
I am shocked and perplexed that I happened to read 14 chapters of this manga at the ripe age of 12 utterly unaware of the consequences I am now facing as I have acquired the fully realized truth. My small naive child self was curious when I saw the creature among the many free stories there was to offer and chose it, spent time reading it, and dropped it because it was boring. yet, during the time I spent reading it, I actually tried to enjoy it, that was my fatal mistake. I could've been left without this information but here I sit now knowing that I believed this was cute and purposefully told a story when it's actually fuel for someone's weird monster fetish and I get to regret that small portion of my life.
I'm sad too that you have read it. I wish no person would ever watch or read manga/anime that thinks a work of fiction has to only portray conventional stuff that's purely based on realism and that people that actually find it entertaining have some sorta fetish. I'll tell you what, if the author wanted it to be a work to satisfy someone's monster fetish then it would've been an R-rated work or just plain hentai. And there are many examples of exactly that and they're quite popular too, so maybe you and mindlike people just should stop watching anime altogether - since you're clearly not only not the targeted audience but your only contribution is to bring people enjoying or creating fiction work like that down
@@CuteCabbageMonster very true I was not the target audience but I will still continue watching anime and reading manga.
@契約
Oh no, it's entertainment police.
I'm sorry sir people aren't enjoying the piece of work.
The way you want them to.
I love his obsession with the background snake monster that’s only explained in the manga
As my first experience with this channel ever, I am unable to express what I feel. I just know that your delivery was so funny I didn't fully comprehend the existence of this media until the video was already over. This was hilarious, but I'm very disturbed. Will watch more videos for hopefully as funny content.
"What ARE you?!"
Most of his videos have less of a horror vibe to them, but you won't be disappointed in the comedy.
Oh good it’s not just me
Same
This is also my introduction to this channel
Knowledge of this anime and its manga made me feel like I look like a Chargeman Ken insane person, it gave me a headache.
The delivery is accurate suffice to say
"It's because they reproduced last night." sent me into a laughing fit that sent me into a coughing fit that left me on the floor with tears in my eyes. Congratulations Mr. !, your wit is so sharp that you have successfully dealt real world damage to my mortal frame.
This would have been cute and wholesome…IF THEY WERENT CHILDREN BEING MARRIED AGAINST THEIR WILL
so many other directions could have been taken... but no, they just had to travel the forbidden forest
@@kristianhughes3746 like many other anime it seems? because it was started as a satire against those type of stories? (but tbh I dont read mangas so maybe it was a false info)
@@ShinyShilla is fair enough i hear a lot of anime sub-genres were initially started by a satire or some form of critique of the parent genre
@@ShinyShilla not this one this one's literally the text book definition of fetishs become reality/reimagined
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I have watched this video dozens of times. I have shared it with everyone I know. I have a note with the script copied in it so I can pull it out at a moments notice and quote it. This video is my life. Thank you.
I came across this manga in a Japanese secondhand book store thinking it would be a cute slice of life story about a weird creature befriending your standard Japanese school boy, so I bought it and read it with the help of google translate. I gotta say, the roller coaster of emotions I experienced as I had to slowly process what was happening and the conversation I had with my friend about it was more interesting and memorable than if it was a regular old story
THIS ANIME SHOULD BE CATEGORISED AS PSYCLOGICAL HORROR, PROVE ME WRONG.
5:11
"Daily poor Tomori will make dinner for the concrete eating freak-"
This line made me laugh so hard
The wretched Kanenogi does not eat the dinner. He eats concrete.
This video in my mind is how it feels to go insane. I feel like this is what happened to the Hunter in Bloodborne during the course of the night.
What’s likely most disturbing is my lack of reaction. As another Bloodborne reference, I’ve gained so many eyes this does not phase me
You know, I could see this coming from a Japanese woman’s point of view of how gross the pressure to marry is.
haven't watched the anime but if this is supposed to be the takeaway then it does a really bad job of presenting it
@@WaningLoon Nah, it's more likely just something made up because the author was bored and didn't know what kind of story to do for their editor so they just propose whatever. There is many stories like that happening with little mangaka
@@narudayo5053 pretty much tbh
Yeah, like, if this started out as some Japanese lady's satirical response to serieses like The Animagus' (?) Bride where the child bride is usually female (and so she made the child bride male to have the inherent horror of it stick out to people who take girls getting married in these shows for granted), then it would honestly be kinda brilliant, but if it's meant to be taken at face value as a fun, romantic story, then there are some BIG issues
@@doefarris2189 Nah, it's fictional. It can be as fun, romantic, etc. as the author desires.
I adore the shellshocked horror you portrayed here, but the apex of the comedy (for me at least) was "Phillip Pullman would be proud!"
All I hear is you describing and absolute masterpiece which i will definitely read alongside the manhwa where a skeleton purchaces a baby thinking that it's a cat. 100%
Dude please tell me what it’s called that sounds hilarious!!!
im sorry what
@@zUJ7EjVD and it is so god damn ADORABLE
That's.. wow. That's a plot line.
are there any other anime i need to here about.
I love the "slimes of love" being repeated often it is only trumped by the "WHAT ARE YOU" every time the snake Moomin shows up