I love the implication here that the yokai don't realize it, but the foundation is working to save them, as the foundation believes the anomalous to be a part of normalcy
This has been my favorite path so far, not only due to my love of Japanese folklore, but also because of how vivid it was. I had such a clear image in my mind of what was happening the whole time.
@@timbusfahrer3172 I mean granted, it isn't as wild as the previous ones and relatively more tame, which is... fine, I guess. But hey, to each their own.
and here, I love the aesthetic of this story, of an SCP agent feeling extremely out of place in this Buddhist priest defending a mountain shrine from a yokai, while that image also feels out of place in the universe we know. It sets a tone and at the same time a knowledge that what is going on is happening to EVERY part of this universe, not just what we feel is every part of the universe.
@@LittleCrowYT Oh god please not more of this. I am a big fan of the earlier horrors skips and really dislike the more fantastical SPC-Tales like this one. I don't want the Website to turn into an Anime Fan Fic with stupid OC-Self inserts everywhere. Apotheosis, the Young Adult X-Men ripoff was already badly written and a pain to sit through, so please just stop with this Anime and High-Fantasy Nonsense
@@timbusfahrer3172 uh, good for you, why are you here, then? I just said I want SCPs to pull from other countries. America isn't the only one with horror stories, urban Legends, creepy pastas, and similar.
This part 3 right here just proves again why the exploring series is the best in SCP stories... this is simply awesome 👍🏾 once again the exploring Series has the crown 👑
As someone who was raised a Buddhist. It's always interesting how Shinto assimilated into Buddhism. The Yokai and Oni or gods/devils are not something to be worshipped or fear within the Buddhist scriptures, but. Due to Buddhism's flexibility it allows god/gods devil/ evil spirit or any native customs to be incorporated into it, while acknowledging god/gods existence. It's not necessarily to worship them, humanity have the freedom to forge their own path through the cycle of life and death and karma, you're not condemned to eternal damnation if you don't worship a certain god.
Let me just say, your choice of music is absolutely astonishing and so fitting for the videos you make. Made me get into dark ambiance. All in all, fantastic work and keep it up!😤
Agree. I was so pleasantly surprised when I heard the music during one of his videos and thought that sounded familiar. Checked the details and yes he's playing cryochamber mixes in the background. Love me some dark ambient.
@Doc It really isn't. This entire tale has hardly anything to do with the SCP Universe and might as well just be a generic Anime. I literally cringed when the priest fought against the Oni because it was so bad and clichee
this has been a great series so far, from someone who was reading this when it was originally coming out , the artwork and the music and just the overall vibe of it is immaculate, great work maang excited for the rest!!
I'm getting vibes of a D&D one off.. These are the back stories each player came up with to explain how they each have a weapon of power to fight the Big Bad. And I LOVE IT!!
Since the Path of the Thief is a D-11424 tale: As the anomalous world is dying, in an attempt to save it, the Foundation sends in our favorite D-Class to recover the Mouleur Foci, an item that controls entropy, rot and degradation. Will they survive this latest adventure like usual, or will they die in this venture, putting an end to the Legend?
@@jongyon7192p D-11424 is a D-Class who had appeared in the current version of SCP-2385 (replacing D-02894 as the human explorer), the main explorer of 3379 (a portal that leads to an interdimensional meat market), 3689 (aka the Kraken. a sandwich that sends you on a pirate adventure), 4479 (a doorknob that turns anything into a door), and 5317 (A tower with floors resembling places of worship of 7 religious GOIs), got tested on with a magic mime (3247) and a living fat suit (4849), they're the D-Class who got beheaded and died later in the End of Death canon. Basically they're the go-to D-Class SCP authors use as the explorer who survives dangerous adventures and sometimes the lucky D-Class who survive the experiments with no ill effects aside from the End of Death canon.
Just to be clear, Kaito doesn’t really believe this... he’s just frustrated at the violence... there are a handful of moments he breaks his “professional chill” demeanor and this is one of them (as maybe I was a little too vague... I have changed the story to clearly note that it was an outburst and he did not mean it)
I hadn't realized it until the ending, but this part feels like it belongs in The Secret World. Using ancient magic and modern weapons in conjunction to deal not just with monsters, but with the unfolding of the universe into a new era.
You have one of the only channels I’ve ever seen that every comment is praise or a positive message. Just shows how good you are at your craft. Many thanks for what you do. 🤘🏻
God I love your content man. Its part of my daily ruteen to unwind. And I look forward to every one of your videos. ESPECIALLY THE LONG ONES!! I have gotten to explore HP LOVE CRAFT BECAUSE OF YOU!!! So friggen awesome! CATHULU PATEL! Erlie!
This series might be my favorite so far. I'm tempted to go read the article, but I'm enjoying your telling of the tale so much I'll resist the urge. Keep up the good work, sir.
I’ve watched damn near every SCP video you’ve ever put up and this one is instantly one of my favorites. Imagine an animated adaptation? That would be so amazing.
You did a great job as always with your narration. As a Japanese American, I often cringe in depictions of Japanese mythology. But this, felt very good! Each beast felt formidable. Honestly I've only heard of these beasts as a child in fairy tales. This was very mature and never heard it with the level of a super hero story. Thank you for doing this!
I always simultaneously sympathize with the people who get mad at the Foundation for locking up anomalies, but also get annoyed when they don't recognize the problems with not doing so. Just as there are things like SCP-3916 that should have been destroyed once their anomaly was more-or-less understood or SCP-2256 that the Foundation shouldn't have been trying so hard to research, there's also things like SCP-682 that simply can't be handled in any way other than locking it in a box and desperately trying to keep it there, and SCP-1609 that groups like the GOC never should have tried to destroy since it only made them worse. Of course, with the lack of official canon, I suppose many of these universes may be separate from one another and in each one only one of the responses is actually appropriate. But still, kinda annoying. Of course, not as annoying as the "normalcy" stuff. If magic and anomalies really did exist, it would be 1000x more helpful for society to just be able to accept and maybe take advantage of them.
Finally! hey! just wanted to say thank you for these, i not only sleep well, but dream amazing stories after finding this channel, very small voice here. but personal gush aside. thanks man. thanks a f*** ton 😊
Exploring Series, you should really do a video on scp 6013! It's another really good sarkic scp and has has a ton of substance just like scp 6500. It really took me a while to read through the whole thing and you could easily make another multi part series out of it.
Welp, we've gone full anime, weebs. The heavy use of cliches aside, this is probably the best of the three paths yet, since it is the only one that feels coherent, like a single story written by a single author, instead of a confused work produced by a squabbling committe's barely-acceptable compromises among their differing visions.
I love the implication here that the yokai don't realize it, but the foundation is working to save them, as the foundation believes the anomalous to be a part of normalcy
Holy shit touhou but real
the anomalous themselves aren’t normal, just the lack of their existence would be abnormal
This has been my favorite path so far, not only due to my love of Japanese folklore, but also because of how vivid it was. I had such a clear image in my mind of what was happening the whole time.
Thank you ♥️
Its the only path so far that reads like normal story and not a meta story about story telling.
@@generaluser8291 It reads like generic Naruto fanfiction
@@timbusfahrer3172 I mean granted, it isn't as wild as the previous ones and relatively more tame, which is... fine, I guess. But hey, to each their own.
@@timbusfahrer3172 Oh man we get it, you don't like anime because anime bad, we get it lmao.
and here, I love the aesthetic of this story, of an SCP agent feeling extremely out of place in this Buddhist priest defending a mountain shrine from a yokai, while that image also feels out of place in the universe we know. It sets a tone and at the same time a knowledge that what is going on is happening to EVERY part of this universe, not just what we feel is every part of the universe.
I wish there were just more stories like this!
@@burakc9673 same. SCP, understandably, has a very US/Euro-centric focus, but as this entry shows, there's so much more going on in the world.
Really glad you enjoyed it!
@@LittleCrowYT Oh god please not more of this. I am a big fan of the earlier horrors skips and really dislike the more fantastical SPC-Tales like this one. I don't want the Website to turn into an Anime Fan Fic with stupid OC-Self inserts everywhere. Apotheosis, the Young Adult X-Men ripoff was already badly written and a pain to sit through, so please just stop with this Anime and High-Fantasy Nonsense
@@timbusfahrer3172 uh, good for you, why are you here, then?
I just said I want SCPs to pull from other countries. America isn't the only one with horror stories, urban Legends, creepy pastas, and similar.
This part 3 right here just proves again why the exploring series is the best in SCP stories... this is simply awesome 👍🏾 once again the exploring Series has the crown 👑
As someone who was raised a Buddhist. It's always interesting how Shinto assimilated into Buddhism. The Yokai and Oni or gods/devils are not something to be worshipped or fear within the Buddhist scriptures, but. Due to Buddhism's flexibility it allows god/gods devil/ evil spirit or any native customs to be incorporated into it, while acknowledging god/gods existence. It's not necessarily to worship them, humanity have the freedom to forge their own path through the cycle of life and death and karma, you're not condemned to eternal damnation if you don't worship a certain god.
Way better than Christanity that's for sure.
@@pixelcount350 maybe, but. In the end, i turned Atheist and later on Anti-Theist anyway.
@@ApatheticNonbuynary may I ask you why exactly?
@@burningbronze7555 about?
@@ApatheticNonbuynary the change of belief as knowing how faith dies says a lot about it, and I seek to be able to understand faith?
The path of the Cleric required an actual cleric 😂
Just as the warriors path required a warrior
And the mages path required a mage
Let me just say, your choice of music is absolutely astonishing and so fitting for the videos you make. Made me get into dark ambiance. All in all, fantastic work and keep it up!😤
Agree. I was so pleasantly surprised when I heard the music during one of his videos and thought that sounded familiar. Checked the details and yes he's playing cryochamber mixes in the background. Love me some dark ambient.
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@@LupinTelegar Your comment just found me a shiny new pleasure. Thank you 🎼
@@windmillsofhatred I'm so glad for you. This music has become a major part of what I listen to these days.
Ah, Japanese folklore and SCPs. A beautiful combo
...when done correctly
_[Happy Weeb Noises]_
@Doc It really isn't. This entire tale has hardly anything to do with the SCP Universe and might as well just be a generic Anime. I literally cringed when the priest fought against the Oni because it was so bad and clichee
@Doc Cringe Anime fanboy
@@timbusfahrer3172 This SCP-6500 is literally "magic"
one of the most Japanese folklores and novels ever!
this has been a great series so far, from someone who was reading this when it was originally coming out , the artwork and the music and just the overall vibe of it is immaculate, great work maang excited for the rest!!
Glad you liked it my pleasure
I agree that the artwork is good, but there isn't any music in these videos.
I'm getting vibes of a D&D one off.. These are the back stories each player came up with to explain how they each have a weapon of power to fight the Big Bad. And I LOVE IT!!
Since the Path of the Thief is a D-11424 tale: As the anomalous world is dying, in an attempt to save it, the Foundation sends in our favorite D-Class to recover the Mouleur Foci, an item that controls entropy, rot and degradation. Will they survive this latest adventure like usual, or will they die in this venture, putting an end to the Legend?
Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z!
@@dillasoul2228 same bat time, same bat channel.
whois 11424?
@@jongyon7192p D-11424 is a D-Class who had appeared in the current version of SCP-2385 (replacing D-02894 as the human explorer), the main explorer of 3379 (a portal that leads to an interdimensional meat market), 3689 (aka the Kraken. a sandwich that sends you on a pirate adventure), 4479 (a doorknob that turns anything into a door), and 5317 (A tower with floors resembling places of worship of 7 religious GOIs), got tested on with a magic mime (3247) and a living fat suit (4849), they're the D-Class who got beheaded and died later in the End of Death canon. Basically they're the go-to D-Class SCP authors use as the explorer who survives dangerous adventures and sometimes the lucky D-Class who survive the experiments with no ill effects aside from the End of Death canon.
@@triplebshow1258 he's giving Connor a run for his money
My man was a badass. Made the SCP foundation sit back while he took care of business. This story was amazing!
Part 1,2 and 3 in less than 2 weeks + the audiobook. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar
"You should have let it kill you because you will reincarnate and it won't." is not an argument that works for me.
didn't much work for Fumiko either
It would be like a religious nut using the same logic for children being pure and innocent and would go to heaven....
Just to be clear, Kaito doesn’t really believe this... he’s just frustrated at the violence... there are a handful of moments he breaks his “professional chill” demeanor and this is one of them (as maybe I was a little too vague... I have changed the story to clearly note that it was an outburst and he did not mean it)
@@rebeccaconlon9743 as someone bred and indoctrinated in Eastern Washington, this damn comment feels like Reach...
@@seand.g423 really? Self sacrifice your own soul to spare the pure from corruption?
So the cleric is a Japanese demon slayer? Someone call doomguy, we found his long lost Japanese brother
Demon Slayer from, well, Demon Slayer: "Hey, what about... nevermind."
tanjiro
Sigh. You missed the chance
You've just invited comments on that cringy shippuden
reimu the yokai executioner though
What impeccable timing, as always, good friend
Thanks again for another lovely tale, spun by the hairiest spiders, into webs of cacophonous fantasy
I hadn't realized it until the ending, but this part feels like it belongs in The Secret World. Using ancient magic and modern weapons in conjunction to deal not just with monsters, but with the unfolding of the universe into a new era.
You have one of the only channels I’ve ever seen that every comment is praise or a positive message. Just shows how good you are at your craft. Many thanks for what you do. 🤘🏻
If this anime were any more 90's, it would be 80's. I love it.
These videos are amazing I hope you do a compilation of them all once they are finished like the Ouroboros cycle
I wasn't expecting an SCP adaptation of Bleach, but this was epic
Me, a weeb: _My time has come_
Lol
ehehe, right on, let's go
Ugh, hate the anime.
@@michaelandreipalon359 weakkkk
God I love your content man. Its part of my daily ruteen to unwind. And I look forward to every one of your videos. ESPECIALLY THE LONG ONES!! I have gotten to explore HP LOVE CRAFT BECAUSE OF YOU!!! So friggen awesome! CATHULU PATEL! Erlie!
HorrorBabble has some great readings of the Cthulhu Mythos
This series might be my favorite so far. I'm tempted to go read the article, but I'm enjoying your telling of the tale so much I'll resist the urge. Keep up the good work, sir.
I’ve watched damn near every SCP video you’ve ever put up and this one is instantly one of my favorites. Imagine an animated adaptation? That would be so amazing.
This SCP should be a movie. It's grabs your attention and doesn't let go.
We are so spoiled this week 🥺 Thank you Exploring Series 😭
You did a great job as always with your narration.
As a Japanese American, I often cringe in depictions of Japanese mythology. But this, felt very good! Each beast felt formidable. Honestly I've only heard of these beasts as a child in fairy tales. This was very mature and never heard it with the level of a super hero story. Thank you for doing this!
A Knight, A Mage, A Monk and next is a Thief... This is a DND campaign
All we need now is a bard!
Took you this long to realise?
That’s the joke/central concept at play... but then in the second half it deviates
@@grigorikarpin I mean, they're already splitting the fucking party before anyone meets _anyone,_ so...
@@seand.g423 HAHAHA I know
"so tall the oni's head would have brushed against any country house"
to be fair, in japan that would have been like 6 feet
I've been loving this one so far! Can't wait for the next part, and then the actual article itself!!!
Seriously feel spoiled with the amount of quality content you put out!
We are not worthy!
Here I thought the first 2 paths were fantastic in nature..
This was AMAZING.
I'm so glad that I know enough about all of this to be able to envision.
His name is Shuten Douji
FGO fans: "If only it was she"
2:07 "multi-generational lin eej" lol I still love you and everything you give us ❤
Whenever I see this channel do another installment of these series I get unreasonably giddy. Wake n bake + this = A1
Perfect timing, just finishes parts 1 and 2
This is turning out really good so far
I always simultaneously sympathize with the people who get mad at the Foundation for locking up anomalies, but also get annoyed when they don't recognize the problems with not doing so. Just as there are things like SCP-3916 that should have been destroyed once their anomaly was more-or-less understood or SCP-2256 that the Foundation shouldn't have been trying so hard to research, there's also things like SCP-682 that simply can't be handled in any way other than locking it in a box and desperately trying to keep it there, and SCP-1609 that groups like the GOC never should have tried to destroy since it only made them worse. Of course, with the lack of official canon, I suppose many of these universes may be separate from one another and in each one only one of the responses is actually appropriate. But still, kinda annoying.
Of course, not as annoying as the "normalcy" stuff. If magic and anomalies really did exist, it would be 1000x more helpful for society to just be able to accept and maybe take advantage of them.
Thank you Nioh and anime for not needing explanations for the Japanese terms.
And just like that Kaito Senpai is now one of my favorite characters in any canon
A particularly good rendition! I always look forward to these posts (a great voice for this kind of narration!)
*OH BOY! IT’S 3AM!!*
This series has been fantastic. The music and art choices are amazing as always.
I am loving these! I feel like these could be made in the movies! Keep up the great work!
Finally! hey! just wanted to say thank you for these, i not only sleep well, but dream amazing stories after finding this channel, very small voice here. but personal gush aside. thanks man. thanks a f*** ton 😊
This is the best scp story by far.
This is the best channel for scp's and audio books love your hp Lovecraft series
This was... Inevitable. - Purple man with golden glove, probably.
I love this. I just wanted to say that every word of the Tengu fight sounded like someone was describing an anime😂
Yokai: Magic is faltering. The realms are fading. 😢
Dragons: First time? 😒
Too soon man, too soon 😭
Oni: We will do whatever it takes to ensure the survival of our people!
Giants: Good luck with that, mate.
@@plamenminchev6563 bruh, _forever_ too damn soon
You and the dark somnium are the best story narrator ever to exist
Goodnight depression, hello dopamine! Perfect timing.
"this is a four part series of quests-'. TH-cam: *Recommends Preston Garvey telling me a settlement needs my help*
Your rendering of the source material is truly engaging. Bravo !!
Glad I randomly woke up at 2am, now I get brand new Exploring series 👌
See a doctor that is unhealthy
If anyone wants spellings of two of the youkai, it's "Yamachichi/Yamajijii" and "Shuten-doji" respectively.
Meanwhile, in Japan, shit's gone _full anime._
"No stories of the Yokai's might..." *stares loudly at Gaijin Goombah*
That could possibly be the best 3rd of 4 in an intro series.
Let continue along the path towards............
The best one so far! I love the mysticism and SCP together.
Glad you liked it!
Exploring Series, you should really do a video on scp 6013! It's another really good sarkic scp and has has a ton of substance just like scp 6500. It really took me a while to read through the whole thing and you could easily make another multi part series out of it.
This is the best scp channel hands down
imagine being a swat team and having to change to sandles or someone is going to be yelling wabaki at you!
I'm having flashbacks of "Inuyasha". And that's not a bad thing.
Whom ever is writing these stories. I applaud you.
babe wake up, new exploring series 6500 video just dropped
You guys think My Name is Byf watches The Exploring series?
I think these two men are very much alike, I wonder if we could ever see a collab?
Idk why but every creepy pasta just sounds like an anime now
I've come to truly love SCP videos, and yours are some of the very very best. Ty for your work.
Welp, we've gone full anime, weebs. The heavy use of cliches aside, this is probably the best of the three paths yet, since it is the only one that feels coherent, like a single story written by a single author, instead of a confused work produced by a squabbling committe's barely-acceptable compromises among their differing visions.
Everytime an Anomaly report takes us to Japan I know its going to be a damn good one!
One or two parts left. Hooray.
That's cool the writer included the Amitaba Sutra. Person knew a bit of Japanese Buddhism, or at least researched it. Very cool! :)
Love that this path is just full-blown anime
This is really giving me PTSD from Nioh 2 strangely
Wow i was just looking for somthing as filler for part 3 wild
This is basically a 90s anime OVA. Possibly directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, probably with a Manga Entertainment dub full of gratuitous swearing.
I think this is my favorite part of the story thus far 😁
If you stand on a tanaka your technically standing in the middle of a rice field
Did anyone else get deja vu during the last half of the shuten doji fight? Something about it was really familiar.
Good point, but even I don't know the answer.
new Exploring Series just dropped😳😳😳
Good choices on the music man. You know what your doing.
yoooo tyberius? THE SCP-●●|●●●●●|●●|●? can i get your autograph?
The only take away I got from this is don't mess with the guy with the Faith build. Other than that loving this tale can't wait for the next one.
OHMYGOD the 6500 event is an analogy for climate change. The “realms fading” are parts of the world becoming uninhabitable and displacing the people
Yes! Part 3!
This channel rocks ur nailing it I listen to it every night 🤘
Yeeesss. Love the 2 am uploads
I wish they were just more stories like these!!!
Apotheosis, Ourberorus cycle, Friendly neighbor hood Keter...
Fantastic video! Keep it up! Great work on this one I love this series.
this and the Ouroboros cycle would be hell of a serial, or a game.
This kind of feels like an SCP foundation and touhou project crossover and I'm all for it.
Time to get my weekly dose of calmly read scp content 👌 😌
That staff sounds like the staff in the movie crossworlds.
Beautiful man
Thank you so much
Utterly Sublime Japanese 🇯🇵 & Shinto ⛩ touch. Highly discriptive in all it beauty and easy to follow up. A truly lovely piece.
I absolutely love pretty much everything that you narrate oh my God keep it up dude 💕💕💕💕💕
A tengu… oh god Ivan ooze is at it again. 😂
Well that’s certainly not the Shuten-Douji I know 😂
God, this is even longer than Ouroboros.