The Most Painful Death Ever (VIEWER DISCRETION)

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  • @meme-madeproductions1959
    @meme-madeproductions1959 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12021

    the fact that people blame the doctors and family, BUT NOT the management at the facility who were actually responsible, is astounding and awful

    • @GloomGaiGar
      @GloomGaiGar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +397

      These "people" applying their own twisted spins on the story for clicks, views and a quick buck are the truly evil ones.

    • @sarahni
      @sarahni 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +163

      Edit: I hadn't finished the video when I made the comment
      It's still appalling that at no point the people in charge thought it would be best to let him rest. There were multiple clear points of no return for his recovery, where even if he somehow pulled through, there was no way he would be able to live a normal, or even a comfortable life.

    • @salamantics
      @salamantics 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

      @@floron7777 iirc the media mainly focused on the "look how hard these doctors are trying to keep this dying man alive" aspect. Correct me if i'm wrong.

    • @speedmaster001
      @speedmaster001 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      It is the same thing in the corporate word. Many so called management experts always blames the result or the people who were charged with delivering the result but never the root cause especially if the plan is already faulty at the get go.

    • @aidanmatthewgalea7761
      @aidanmatthewgalea7761 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      I'm convinced the people in the comments didn't watch anything other than reddit TTS videos on the matter and nothing else. not even the NIH paper on the matter

  • @cadedonnghail9317
    @cadedonnghail9317 ปีที่แล้ว +6960

    "The family is not evil for wanting to save him. And the doctors are not evil for trying to."
    This is the bit that broke me. What a horrifying way to go.

    • @colinwalker4824
      @colinwalker4824 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +202

      I think the bucket was the true evil all along.

    • @Senjamin
      @Senjamin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +455

      this is the only video on this subject that discussed how much they continued to humanize him through treatment. there's this idea they were using him as a guinea pig but all of them wanted him to walk out of there again. Telling him the weather and news while he couldn't speak, just. This shit got me tearing up at work I had to finish listening at home

    • @reasorlloyd1
      @reasorlloyd1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

      @@colinwalker4824
      Nah, the true evil is the arrogance of man thinking THE HAND MIXING OF URANIUM WAS SAFE!!!

    • @Royalname31
      @Royalname31 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +342

      ​@@reasorlloyd1 More like the arrogance of a company trying to save a few bucks and didn't bother to manage their progress

    • @awetistic5295
      @awetistic5295 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +190

      Honestly, I think the medical staff became hyper-attached to him in a way, more like he was a friend or relative rather than a patient. It might have very well clouded their judgment, but can you blame them? They saw how kind he was, what he endured to stay alive for his family. Their days cycled around him. They were close to his family, his very loving wife, his little son. Maybe at a certain point they refused to believe that all the treatment and suffering would be for nothing. You could see in later interviews that they were heartbroken about his death.

  • @UncensoredGunEnthusiast
    @UncensoredGunEnthusiast 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1483

    His body rotting as he was still alive and potentially conscious sounds like something directly out of a horror film, I couldn't imagine the pain he went through.

    • @chiefbeef9905
      @chiefbeef9905 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      Ngl this is a real case of "truth is more terrifying than fiction". I can't think of any horror film that goes to the depth and detail of pain and suffering he probably experienced, I don't think our brains can even comprehend or imagine what he went through, its one of those things that's simply so off the scale that we can't even imagine it, let alone put it to film/media.

    • @x_voxelle_x
      @x_voxelle_x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The thing I can't help but wonder is at what point before he was officially pronounced dead did he actually die? With the intensity of bleeding he had, there's no way his body could still be alive from that, right? I would think mass and fatal hypoxia would set in at some point before then.

    • @Cy-Fi
      @Cy-Fi หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@chiefbeef9905The closest thing in the world that I think would come close to this is with stuff like Cordyceps. The bug is still conscious as its body deteriorates and becomes food for the Cordyceps. Even then, that entire thing doesn't last almost 3 MONTHS and their organs aren't literally melting.

    • @tippsish
      @tippsish หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@chiefbeef9905 Have you ever seen the house of wax? They were basically turned into mannequins while still alive. The skin peeling off made me think of that movie.

    • @vigdisthorolfsdottir8177
      @vigdisthorolfsdottir8177 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its basically zombies without the eating people and being consious

  • @drakeno4273
    @drakeno4273 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4033

    The fact the doctors were working around the clock with the meeting schedules and such that wendigoon explained almost makes it sound like the story is going to have a happy ending, That many doctors working so hard for a single man for as long as they did is honestly insipring

    • @Hippida
      @Hippida 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

      If nothing else, it's a testament to the horrors of radiation sickness, and the massive amounts of resources needed to help a patient

    • @y2bgenie438
      @y2bgenie438 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@metalmusicspedupmoron.

    • @palindrom8369
      @palindrom8369 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@metalmusicspedup
      he was their experiment.

    • @joseguadalupemartineztorre9702
      @joseguadalupemartineztorre9702 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

      ​@@metalmusicspedupif the patient is willing to experience Hell in order to see tomorrow. The most we can do is make it feel less like Hell- the doctors helping my friend suffering through her body shutting down at age 8 that wanted to make it through New Years Eve.

    • @mozarkozark
      @mozarkozark 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      He was a living science experiment for them. They had never seen such a crazy thing before. They wanted to learn all that they could from it.

  • @Meekmillan
    @Meekmillan ปีที่แล้ว +4505

    His wife is an absolute gangster.
    Not crying once while he was alive while everyone else is breaking down so he doesn’t lose hope is one of the most deeply romantic & powerful things I’ve heard.

    • @wishingwell_333
      @wishingwell_333 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      it's really sweet and sad but yeah she's a real one for that

    • @olapinme408
      @olapinme408 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      The wife ?the sister she was always game and willing to do anything to save her brother since she was a match to he’s body ,you can tell she loved him so much ,my respects to the sister and the rest of he’s family ,may he rest in peace 🙏🏻

    • @TTWDTOML
      @TTWDTOML ปีที่แล้ว +138

      Gangster is such a cringe word to describe a wife not crying in front of her dying husband

    • @wishingwell_333
      @wishingwell_333 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@TTWDTOML this is kinda real too lmao

    • @kaorii10
      @kaorii10 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      She was stoic; a tenet of Japanese society.

  • @reasorlloyd1
    @reasorlloyd1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6888

    “Conscious decomposition” now replaces my fear of Rabies as the number one horror to go through before death.

    • @ethandoesmusic
      @ethandoesmusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Same

    • @owenleal
      @owenleal 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +278

      It doesnt quite beat out Alzheimers for my number 1 spot, but it definitely made the top three.

    • @AriaPersia
      @AriaPersia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

      ​@@owenlealat least only if you're not aware you have that condition :/

    • @hannahelorie2527
      @hannahelorie2527 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Totally agree

    • @TiredEyes
      @TiredEyes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Honestly it's gotta be at least one of the top fears for anyone who's heard of this story

  • @emerginglobster2075
    @emerginglobster2075 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +498

    It's so sad how he was in such high spirits thanking the staff and blushing while being bathed by nurses while being in agonizing pain and on the brink of death. Hopefully he's at peace now.

    • @elmo7455
      @elmo7455 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      i believe that when he was bathed he felt like 0,1% of the pain he felt in the last days

  • @kalkuttadrop6371
    @kalkuttadrop6371 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1108

    Also, the burn victim in 'that' picture? He lived. Imagine HIS story

    • @joemogley
      @joemogley 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      He lived????

    • @westonsgenericchannel
      @westonsgenericchannel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      You got a link?

    • @themosaicshow
      @themosaicshow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      hang on run that back. are you fr??

    • @bitchmochi
      @bitchmochi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      do you know his name?

    • @myspleenisbursting4825
      @myspleenisbursting4825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Elaborate

  • @horrorspirit
    @horrorspirit ปีที่แล้ว +21530

    The fact that his heart was one of the few things that were okay is weirdly poetic

    • @samoriab5999
      @samoriab5999 ปีที่แล้ว +1035

      Heart and brain kept in tact for the torture..

    • @TheBfutgreg
      @TheBfutgreg ปีที่แล้ว +858

      @@samoriab5999 It's like a "survivorship bias" kind of thing...you can't live without either....if you didn't leave them alive you'd be dead before the rest of you died

    • @packopocky
      @packopocky ปีที่แล้ว +406

      i like to think it stayed like that was the love from his family 🥺

    • @Kapik1081
      @Kapik1081 ปีที่แล้ว +622

      The cardiac muscle cells and neurons are actually pretty resistant to radiation, so it's not suprising. For one, they are deep inside the body and second, unlike most cells, they never get replaced. So if damage to the DNA of these cells makes mitosis impossible, as long as the DNA is intact enought to sustain basic funtions of these cells, it won't really degrade the functionality of the heart or nervous system.

    • @samoriab5999
      @samoriab5999 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      @@Kapik1081 thats great your heart and nervous system remains intact while the rest of your body rots so you feel everything...

  • @skelehedron3070
    @skelehedron3070 ปีที่แล้ว +11542

    I think the saddest part of the story is that he was the least deserving person of something like this. This happened because he wanted to be helpful. His boss never asked him to take the funnel, but he did because he wanted to be helpful, and his being helpful killed him.

    • @LordMephilis
      @LordMephilis ปีที่แล้ว +1033

      That, and the horrible practices around radioactive materials.

    • @__-be1gk
      @__-be1gk ปีที่แล้ว +254

      Goes to show, never be helpful.

    • @lagunkaz
      @lagunkaz ปีที่แล้ว +800

      @@__-be1gk It's so true. Being helpful at work has only ever gotten me roped into more bullshit that I would've never had to deal with if I just kept my mouth shut lol.

    • @vahlen5281
      @vahlen5281 ปีที่แล้ว +512

      @@lagunkaz There is a saying in my country that roughly translates to "The work goes where it is done.". People who are too helpful in their job or never learned to say "No" will get screwed eventually, be it mentally, physically or both.

    • @MothOnWall
      @MothOnWall ปีที่แล้ว +281

      ​@@Dwight_Lee Or don't be complacent. Better yet, know when to say no to unsafe work.
      But OSHA, OH&S, and Japan's equivalent are sadly written in the blood of accident victims.

  • @Mike-official
    @Mike-official 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +753

    It baffles me that someone could think these doctors were the ones at fault. My jaw was dropped at the lengths they went to try to save this man, it was legitimately one bad thing after another and yet they continued to treat him the best they could.

    • @jordanholla5599
      @jordanholla5599 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      But the primary issue it seems is that the victim did not want to be saved, he did not want to go through this extent of medical procedures, just to crawl back to life. he wished for death and the doctors that tried so desperately to save him delayed it as long as they could at every possible moment, he lived in a perpetual hell for months… And that is on the doctors. Don’t get me wrong. The doctors had noble intentions, but they should’ve listened to their patient. They should’ve granted his wishes rather than do what they thought was best.

    • @Mike-official
      @Mike-official 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@jordanholla5599 I haven't watched the video since then again, but didn't he want to try to live throughout the whole time he could communicate?

    • @ravenprincess3243
      @ravenprincess3243 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@jordanholla5599I may have missed it in the video but where did he say he wanted to die?

    • @addison_v_ertisement1678
      @addison_v_ertisement1678 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jordanholla5599Come back here, and tell us where he said he wanted to die.

    • @pseudoruu
      @pseudoruu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@jordanholla5599 i don't think you watched the video lmao

  • @bencrawford7640
    @bencrawford7640 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +277

    This story is far scarier than any supernatural horror story could ever be. The man literally rotted away in his own body because of a split second accident

  • @purplecody3299
    @purplecody3299 ปีที่แล้ว +11476

    The comment about his wife refusing to cry while in the room made me tear up. What a strong woman showing love for her spouse.

    • @yahia5476
      @yahia5476 ปีที่แล้ว +519

      Seriously, what a wonderful woman. I hope her the best in her life

    • @rel4998
      @rel4998 ปีที่แล้ว +784

      Also the fact that she refused to let her son watch his dad's deteriorating condition. That kind of thing would traumatize anyone, especially a kid. I was amazed at how strong she was

    • @sir_ridley3886
      @sir_ridley3886 ปีที่แล้ว +456

      The part where she finally allows herself to cry. That got me.

    • @jakdaxter6033
      @jakdaxter6033 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      I really do hope she's had a good life after this whole ordeal. She's a queen.

    • @meganfaith4052
      @meganfaith4052 ปีที่แล้ว +290

      And the way she always emphasized how strong and handsome he was! What a loving wife

  • @idk_whatimdoing_1384
    @idk_whatimdoing_1384 ปีที่แล้ว +9448

    For those who don't know, the reason his family members were likely making so many origami cranes comes from a common Japanese superstition, where if you make 1000 you will get a wish, commonly associated with a book where a girl with leukemia following ww2 attempts this in order to survive.

    • @OfficialBizz77
      @OfficialBizz77 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      What’s this book called , I read this in like 3 rd grade but can’t remember

    • @idk_whatimdoing_1384
      @idk_whatimdoing_1384 ปีที่แล้ว +409

      @@OfficialBizz77 lol same, and the reason I didn't say it on the original comment was cus I was too lazy to try to find it, but I looked into it and it's called Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

    • @keyu1290
      @keyu1290 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@idk_whatimdoing_1384 thanks for the book rec

    • @clintjanes3784
      @clintjanes3784 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      I remember reading this book in fourth grade. It was a sad read for sure.

    • @SilenceIsGolden4
      @SilenceIsGolden4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Oh wow. That's really interesting (and really Japanese as we are often superstitious and traditional). I didn't know that. I remember making origami cranes with my great aunt when I was 5 while my grandma was in the hospital thankfully recovering from a stroke. As a kid I understood it was something to do while we were waiting for her, but reading this now at 20 years old makes even more sense and is beautiful and very sad at the same time. Like still smiling even when faced with serious illness and death.

  • @raec8218
    @raec8218 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    imagine how quiet the room must’ve been when all the machines were off. deathly quiet.

    • @ofthetekvariety.
      @ofthetekvariety. 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      if i were a doctor on that ward, i think that would have been worse than anything else. the utter silence, and the full awareness of mr. ouchi's absence. that would break me, i think.

  • @tay2922
    @tay2922 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    I love how Wendigoon makes sure to not paint the picture in a way, that other youtubers do: in this case and The toxic Woman one. I also love how Wendigoon explains confusing things, like chemical reactions and Why they happened, in a very easily understandable way, with metaphors. Also horrifying story, i cannot imagine the PAIN in everyones part.

  • @mangowolf2706
    @mangowolf2706 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4321

    These kinds of videos make me hyper aware of just how complicated and insane human biology is. The fact he managed to stay alive that long has to be a display of sheer human will.

    • @blackosprey2219
      @blackosprey2219 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +151

      Right? We don't even think about the trillions of little chemical processes happening every day, or the trillions of cells and symbiotic bacteria that sustain us.

    • @xAudiolith
      @xAudiolith 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Really freaky. Wonder if I'll be alive until we finally have the full picture of how things work inside us.

    • @mongrel_97
      @mongrel_97 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      the human body is so stupid. we can survive in conditions like this for an insane amount of time literally rotting to death but we can also fall awkwardly in our own shower, bump our head in the wrong way, and be stone cold dead in an hour

    • @aidanmatthewgalea7761
      @aidanmatthewgalea7761 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@mongrel_97 *instantly

    • @crappyanimations9992
      @crappyanimations9992 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Mainly just how amazing our brains are, that we can understand our bodies to the degree that we can save each other from death for so long.

  • @ahuman3393
    @ahuman3393 ปีที่แล้ว +25506

    “Hopefully he did experience enough brain damage” will never stop being an absolutely chilling statement.

    • @Noa-g1ex
      @Noa-g1ex ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Truly gut wrenching, cannot imagine the pain he must of felt… i had thoughts of “when will the family and doctor agree on a merciful death” at MULTIPLE points in the video and it only gets worse. And even if he had brain damage, we could only hope that it was enough to become somewhat painless for him

    • @strongbadman2
      @strongbadman2 ปีที่แล้ว +1728

      Yeah I kinda winced when he said it even though I agreed lol

    • @smoothbrained4channer976
      @smoothbrained4channer976 ปีที่แล้ว +487

      i read this just as he said that

    • @freedfg6694
      @freedfg6694 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "god I hope he was practically dead" is just a harrowing thought. The thought of blood being manually pumped, air being forced into and out of the lungs and skin being replaced daily. You can only wish in hindsight that his brain stopped processing.

    • @EShirako
      @EShirako ปีที่แล้ว +509

      There are worse fates than death...with luck, we (each of us!) won't discover our own special one at any point in our lives. Remember to take a moment in our day to be grateful for what we have...even if what we have maybe kinda sucks for the moment, at least it's not THAT poor man's fate! Oy.
      I do totally see why the staff and family were so hopeful. I almost agree that his body was the 'crystallized representation of his will' for having lived as long as he did, or whatever that nice nurse said. That fellow was a polite badass, and I totally accept her explanation as at LEAST being the 'metaphorical reason' for his extended survival. A 'proper will to live' can truly help us to live through things that might otherwise kill us, so there really is 'something' to 'surviving because he *decided* he would survive'. Sadly, his determination and spirit weren't /quite/ up to the task of living through a nuclear flash at such short, PERSONAL ranges...but frankly, 'just living as long as he did' really says he was a determined, powerful spirit anyway. Not surviving was "Reality not being able to be overcome by his will alone", and is nothing like 'he didn't try to live'. I mean...he all but 'did magic to himself' to survive as long as he did, but he needed REALLY serious, far-reaching magics that were just NOT available to overcome the wounds he had been dealt.
      I mean...remember/realize that radiation is a "3D sunburn". Not just the upper layer burns, it goes /all/ the way through us/. That was truly a LOT to ask for him to recover from. I remain very impressed by the strength of his spirit. Should I find my own life at risk, I hope I can summon even HALF as much spiritual strength to help see me through my danger!

  • @rebeccaseymour5551
    @rebeccaseymour5551 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +203

    What's crazy is that in the past when I've heard mention of this story, it had been twisted to them exposing him to radiation on purpose so that they could experiment on him. I'm very glad to hear the real story, as heart breaking as it is.

    • @CapCutEditorXX
      @CapCutEditorXX หลายเดือนก่อน

      Another story is that the doctors kept him alive against his will to experiment on his body and torture him and revived over 100 times
      (Total bs)

    • @alicly
      @alicly 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      me too! heard the exact same thing. i also used to believe the photo they spread around was him 😕 bless tho ❤

  • @MDrightGaming
    @MDrightGaming 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +324

    Despite all the horrors Hisashi’s body went through I think it’s amazing how much our body can recover and regenerate itself, from the new skin, mucus membranes, lymphocytes and white blood cells

    • @linkeddevices
      @linkeddevices 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      That's the sad part--they were wrong. His body wasn't regenerating and the "new tissue" was basically cancer and served no vital function.

    • @MDrightGaming
      @MDrightGaming หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@linkeddevices Oh…damn. So it was false hope

    • @livdempsey8015
      @livdempsey8015 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@linkeddevices fr they were torturing this man

  • @kyin9377
    @kyin9377 ปีที่แล้ว +7033

    The paper cranes made be burst out in tears on the spot. Basically, for those who dont know, There was a girl in japan that was affected by the bombing of world war two, and had radiation sickness because of it. She spent the last years of her life in the hospital folding cranes everyday, and she said her goal was to fold one thousand of them. One thousand paper cranes is something you can do to make a wish come true, and her wish was to get better. It also symbolizes longevity. Unfortunately, she died before she finish all one thousand. So the friends and family around her finished her project after her passing. There is now a statue in her memory, along with the one thousand paper cranes hung in the hospital she was at. So seeing the connection of her story and his, and the meaning of the 1000 paper cranes destroyed me.

    • @MissSimone02
      @MissSimone02 ปีที่แล้ว +351

      Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Read the book in grade school.

    • @pegasBaO23
      @pegasBaO23 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      the family folded 10 000 cranes

    • @Chris_Cross
      @Chris_Cross ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Imagine if she folded 999.

    • @TrishaElric7
      @TrishaElric7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I instantly got what the cranes were for and yeah, it got me too…. ❤️

    • @SuperSunnyB210
      @SuperSunnyB210 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same

  • @jarbincks6715
    @jarbincks6715 ปีที่แล้ว +3922

    "Hishashi is not Hishahi, he is a body controlled by other things." Absolutely terrifying sentence

    • @justinsinger2505
      @justinsinger2505 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Sounds like something out of Gemani home entertainment

    • @Godyeater
      @Godyeater ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@justinsinger2505 couldn’t have said it better myself.

    • @punyama5902
      @punyama5902 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      This reminds me of Kite from Hunter x Hunter after he becomes a corpse training dummy, by Neferpitou. Gon really does hope to save him, but he's beyond saving then.

    • @lowhc
      @lowhc ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@punyama5902 i love hxh

    • @thatrogersmith
      @thatrogersmith ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I witnessed exactly that when my father-in-law had a massive brain aneurysm that left him brain dead. Machines and medication kept his body going for organ donation purposes. It was weird to watch his chest rise and fall as if he were still “alive”/breathing on his own.

  • @LordBathtub
    @LordBathtub 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    For anyone curious Propofol (one of the drugs he was given) is used in veterinary medicine to prepare an animal for anaesthesia. Also it was what Michael Jackson was given every night to help him sleep (illegally by his doctor), ended up killing him too

    • @stansman5461
      @stansman5461 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Just to be clear, cause your comment phrasing might give people the wrong idea, but propofol is also used to prepare humans for anaesthesia. It's a very common drug used for surgery in humans as well. It's not some extreme drug only for animals

    • @LordBathtub
      @LordBathtub 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @stansman5461 thanks for clarity, I wasn't sure how common its use still was in human medicine so I didn't mention it

  • @BuckingRachel
    @BuckingRachel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    I never saw this as squeamish or gross. Instead of feeling nauseous I just teared up hearing how painful and terrible it must have been. He is so amazing for going through all of that just for his family.

    • @janerecluse4344
      @janerecluse4344 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Por que no los dos? You can think, "yuck" and "oh, you poor bastard 😢" at the same time.

  • @caec.lan_is_tired
    @caec.lan_is_tired ปีที่แล้ว +4628

    The fact that Hisashi's family folded all those paper cranes is very sweet. I know there's a myth that if you fold a thousand paper cranes in a year, you can make a wish and it will be granted. I imagine they were wishing for Hisashi to recover. The fact that the nurse refused to take them down is equally heartwarming.

    • @notbilly7498
      @notbilly7498 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +257

      The paper cranes broke my heart because of that myth, especially after reading that story of the girl with leukemia trying to fold all the paper cranes and dying before she could finish

    • @briahwelch7256
      @briahwelch7256 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      i thought this same thing i literally cried

    • @briahwelch7256
      @briahwelch7256 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@notbilly7498YES 😢 tears in my eyes. fantastic book but so sad

    • @ilyulia_
      @ilyulia_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ​@@notbilly7498 that book was so sad :(

    • @kathleenwendy7835
      @kathleenwendy7835 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I cried so hard at that. Simply heartbreaking.

  • @yeziasky7591
    @yeziasky7591 ปีที่แล้ว +10735

    Im just happy that there's finally a video on here about Hisashi that isn't portrayed in a "ghost story" kinda way. He was a real man, with a real family, who went through something no human should have to go through and his story gets treated like a plot to a movie. This is the first video where I seen someone talk about him with empathy and compassion.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon ปีที่แล้ว +311

      I didn't expect this to be so heartbreaking, I'm glad that it didn't go the "ghost story" route. The way that he treated them the real people that they are makes this video so much better

    • @pedrofelipefreitas2666
      @pedrofelipefreitas2666 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      The story is enough by itself, no need to try and make it "spooky"

    • @yeziasky7591
      @yeziasky7591 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      @@pedrofelipefreitas2666 exactly, what happened is already horrific enough

    • @Ballad0fFallenAngels
      @Ballad0fFallenAngels ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Mr. Ballen covered this story years ago and was extremely compassionate, respectful and empathetic about it, but you may not have seen that. However, I love how in-depth this guy is about all of the details and the length he goes to explain things like the way you're supposed to handle uranium etc. So kudos to him, awesome job!

    • @TheRealSantaGaming
      @TheRealSantaGaming ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I imagine that there are a few videos that take the same tone as a JCS clone video. “You don’t believe how painful this man’s death was!”

  • @thecarnew5334
    @thecarnew5334 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    If anyone is questioning about how ouchis heart was so resistant to the radiation, its because human heart cells are different from muscle and are incredibly resistant to becoming cancerous and can prioritize energy supply.

  • @aleckonkel3018
    @aleckonkel3018 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    I am reminded while watching this of the words of Blaise Pascal...
    "...Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapour, a drop of water is enough to kill him. but even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows none of this."

    • @shefalihirani4004
      @shefalihirani4004 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thank you for writing this. I wouldn't have come across it otherwise. I think this just made me think beyond myself and I'm so glad you wrote this comment.

  • @Mophony
    @Mophony ปีที่แล้ว +1948

    "His arm is melting, and it's poisoning his whole body."
    That's a terrifying statement in and of itself, but the fact that this was one of the more mild problems Hisashi faced, is mind numbing to think about.

    • @txawjuaheev8053
      @txawjuaheev8053 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the Russian expert was right, just that what he really said was "STUPIDS! That Arm Should Had Been Amputated In The Beginning!" Russians Don't waste time and lolly gag like most... ACTION ACTION ACTION! The expert here just threw up his arm is defeat! "IDIOTS!" "Vat Vere Zu All Doing? Did Da Vadiation Make-a-you all Zelepping?"

  • @Rinyann_
    @Rinyann_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3417

    The saddest part about this video is the fact that the doctors tried so hard, to keep Hisashi alive, and Hisashi himself fought harder than anyone thought was possible, to stay alive. But in the end it's just too much for someone's body to handle. This incredible man died 3 times before finally giving out. The dedication of the doctors, and Hisashi's powerful spirit, is incredibly inspiring. I hope that in his final moments, he knew that everything that he endured shows just how strong humans in the worst of conditions can fight through. A true legend.
    Rest in peace Hisashi.
    And to Masato, who may get overlooked due to his case not being as rare as Hisashi's case, lasting 200 days is truly an incredible accomplishment.
    Rest in peace Masato.

    • @VG-fk6nk
      @VG-fk6nk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      They tried so hard, and got so far. But in the end, it didn't even matter.

    • @CRYCITIZED
      @CRYCITIZED 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      @@VG-fk6nkWasn’t funny 💀

    • @VG-fk6nk
      @VG-fk6nk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      @@CRYCITIZED That one thing... I don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard I try...

    • @jogrant3851
      @jogrant3851 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      As Hisashi himself stated, he is not a guinea pig. They didn't listen.

    • @flammable7961
      @flammable7961 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

      @@jogrant3851someone didn’t watch the video

  • @jessicosper1580
    @jessicosper1580 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    Even if he’d come out of the damage alive, can you imagine the trauma that man would have?

    • @j0e3o77
      @j0e3o77 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Even if he would have managed to survive through everything (which was already next to impossible in and of itself), the psychological shock and trauma still probably would’ve been too overwhelming and killed him anyways.

    • @ofthetekvariety.
      @ofthetekvariety. 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      it's entirely plausible (and in fact, quite probable) that even if he'd survived, he would have been left extremely disabled. he would have suffered extreme brain damage, potentially would have required a feeding tube until his digestive system rebuilt itself, and may have had sensory loss considering we don't know whether his nervous system was intact. even if his body survived and healed, his brain may never have recovered. and, all that aside, you're right, if he'd happened to live through that and make a full recovery, the trauma of what he experienced would have permanently changed him. poor guy didn't deserve any of this. i fear he may have been doomed from the start, though i applaud the doctors for doing their best. rip, hisashi.

  • @thefifer7053
    @thefifer7053 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    “Conscious decomposition” those two words are pure nightmare fuel.
    59:45

  • @mel.santia
    @mel.santia ปีที่แล้ว +4729

    "I think people try to make this scary rather than tragic" is such a true statement. I love seeing you cover stories like this so respectfully and with facts instead of turning it into a horror tale for clout.

    • @wolfgirl850
      @wolfgirl850 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Yes! This comment just right, it’s so sad that people use this story and tout the “picture” as a scary story and not this story of tragedy, love, humanity, and more. It’s heartbreaking.

    • @shinyhoarder
      @shinyhoarder ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Precisely. He really humanizes these stories that we so often read about as "creepy tales." It's easy to forget that the subjects of these stories are people who suffered.

    • @xx-fz2ll
      @xx-fz2ll ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@shinyhoarder yeah turning literal murders and tragedies into aesthetics or making it "creepy" makes me lose faith in humanity

    • @wereallveryloud
      @wereallveryloud ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This is the one case where a horror tale fits. This could be the worst thing that ever happened to a person in human history

    • @mel.santia
      @mel.santia ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@wereallveryloud Agreed, but i mean horror tale in the sense that some people make it seem almost like a fictional novel. Wendigoon does a great job at keeping everything real and true rather than amping up a story for more attention.

  • @SplendidCoffee0
    @SplendidCoffee0 ปีที่แล้ว +21561

    I love how these dark videos are always softened with your cheery Hawaiian aesthetic. It’s the only way I can really digest this stuff anymore.

    • @DRGEngineer
      @DRGEngineer ปีที่แล้ว +715

      "Hawaiian aesthetic" 2023 in a nutshell

    • @caspay21
      @caspay21 ปีที่แล้ว +379

      You present a huge market potential for Tiki BDSM bars

    • @Aluttuh
      @Aluttuh ปีที่แล้ว +79

      boog

    • @ronaldeliascorderocalles
      @ronaldeliascorderocalles ปีที่แล้ว +385

      It feels like when your dad talks about his stories from the army: Sometimes disturbing, but it feels safe when he is telling them.

    • @samuelrichards5521
      @samuelrichards5521 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      I always chuckle to myself when I realize there are viewers of Wendigoon who don't know

  • @ssg25uret6
    @ssg25uret6 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +159

    Knowing this will piss a lot of people off, but were it me as soon as they knew I was hopeless and going to die. Just put me down. Nobody should have to endure what this man did.

    • @davidicke2415
      @davidicke2415 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I would check out before the end of the first week when skin started to come off, even earlier if they told me about the chromosome damage... This really is one of the cruelest science experiments to ever take place.

    • @ssg25uret6
      @ssg25uret6 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@davidicke2415 yeah, I mean I get wanting to save a life and doing your absolute best work. But, personally I think they forgot to weigh the Do no harm part of the oath with that. For me, I would save my family and myself the torture of this experience.

    • @MusicalLoveAMV
      @MusicalLoveAMV 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@ssg25uret6 Honestly, i agree. That was very intense stuff, and if it were me i would've never kept going long enough to let it get that far. Even if i had to convince them or my family didn't like it, the end flag was slowly already set in stone once things went "very" downhill...especially considering how much the family cared enough to stay there in order to keep an eye on things. It may not be the sweetest thing to do, but i would rather them put me down then continue in such a tormented level of degrees in the name of hope.

    • @Texaslife98
      @Texaslife98 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Exactly, I would never want a patient of mine to go through this - especially when you know he will not survive.

    • @mawithaxdd
      @mawithaxdd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@ssg25uret6Do no harm means providing life-saving medical procedures when a person in the hospital needs them, unless they signed a DNR. They kept him alive because they were legally required to. Letting him die or killing him is against the law.

  • @Livvia2204
    @Livvia2204 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Thank you Wendigoon for explaining this case. I’ve only heard the versions full of misconceptions. So this was very enlightening to hear the case as it happened. Rest in peace, Hisashi and Misato. My prayers go out to their families and the medical staff.

  • @ciderwater1284
    @ciderwater1284 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2595

    i love the way he humanizes Hisashi in this retelling of the events. jts easy to listen to stories like this and never actually realise it was a real person who had family and friends, who had emotions and a personality, who had a whole life ahead of him. im so glad wendigoon respected everyone jn this story.

    • @manifestgtr
      @manifestgtr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      That’s sort of the problem with “victims”, in general. They tend to be entirely defined, by the greater culture, as people who suffered misfortune as opposed to PEOPLE…people with childhood memories, a favorite color and a family around them. It’s a similar problem when people die in great numbers…millions in Germany, Russia, China, Turkey, all over the Americas. Statistics allow us overlook the *humanity* that’s erased when terrible things happen. It might be a defense mechanism…a way to protect ourselves from the horrible truth that victims of such existential madness are people, just like us…

    • @cuneytunsal5422
      @cuneytunsal5422 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      'never actually realise it was a real person who had family and friends' if you really do this, i mean, you are kind of pscyho. ofc they are humans and lived a life. what where u expecting?

    • @manifestgtr
      @manifestgtr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@cuneytunsal5422
      Not really…the story kind of gets drilled into your head and it becomes that person’s entire existence from your perspective. I try to think past that stuff but I understand why it doesn’t occur to some people. It’s a consequence of the overwhelming narrative that surrounds the defining moment in someone’s life.

    • @tobywood9156
      @tobywood9156 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@cuneytunsal5422 heres a way to imagine it. you hear about a shooting victim on the news. you know they had a life, family, friends, but you probably dont shed a tear for them. if you did, youd be emotionally exhausted after the 100th shooting. now imagine that shooting victim was a friend from highschool. you havent spoken to them for years, sure, but you KNEW them. you remember their smile, their quirks, their voice. youd feel crushed at the very least.
      humanizing victims, especially when the death count of an incident is in the thousands or millions, is really difficult for people. like people have already said, its a defense mechanism, because you can only care so much

    • @Frthowhy
      @Frthowhy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@cuneytunsal5422 think of when you hear about a shooting on the news or a car crash; it’s easy to just hear that stuff and think “oh, that’s awful” but not cry over it. In the end, you don’t know those people, so it’s easy to not get upset over people you never knew. I used to always do that, up until just a few weeks ago when my sister got in a car crash. It’s something you hear about all the time, but don’t feel the pain from it until it happens to someone close to you.

  • @nyademattos7808
    @nyademattos7808 ปีที่แล้ว +4474

    the lengths his sister went to save her brother really warms and breaks my heart what a lovely human being she has a huge heart

    • @missbrowniejay
      @missbrowniejay ปีที่แล้ว +130

      I know. My brothers would be like "good luck"

    • @joshuadavis5899
      @joshuadavis5899 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I think if this happened to someone I love I would end it for them

    • @ImaginaryAlchemist
      @ImaginaryAlchemist ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Hisashi's whole family sounds wonderful. They're definitely a big part of why he survived as long as he did, just through the moral support alone

    • @VsAngeel
      @VsAngeel ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah.

    • @redred222
      @redred222 ปีที่แล้ว

      his family caused him to have one of the worst deaths you could have, if they just let die, instead them and the doctors made his death way worse would you like to die like that and sit in a bed getting worse and worse because there is no cure or medical care you can have he had more if he was in a town where a nuke dropped he still wouldnt get the same level of radiation that he was exposed too

  • @cinnamonjellyfish3432
    @cinnamonjellyfish3432 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I think the worst part of this story is the beginning when you know everything is about to get leagues worse and he keeps going 'this guy was bright and friendly and helpful and it seemed to be getting better' my stomach started churning at that point looking at the title and comments while hearing that

  • @BStoxy
    @BStoxy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    That man went through hell, but think of information that was learned and medicine that was created because of his rare case. His demise could very well have saved someone else’s life

  • @bitteralmonds666
    @bitteralmonds666 ปีที่แล้ว +3941

    I knew of this story. It’s not the doctors I thought were “evil.” It’s the corporation Hisashi worked for that always gave me the impression as being evil. Turns out, the corporation was a combination of evil and stupid.

    • @hentaisailor5951
      @hentaisailor5951 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      Really that is the true evil here. As if they hadn't been so careless with how they treated probably one of the most dangerous substances currently known to man, this wouldn't have happened but instead, they were behind and wanted to rush the process for profit and the results were catastrophic.

    • @FauZhee
      @FauZhee ปีที่แล้ว +187

      THIS. People's been blaming either the doctors or the family (who wished him to survive).
      BUT the actual evil is the corporation he worked for, they failed the safety measurements/protocol, the first reason of Hisashi & his co-workers' death by radiation.

    • @dominicbrunsmeier
      @dominicbrunsmeier ปีที่แล้ว +70

      ​@@FauZhee who in their mind would even blame the doctor for doing their work? Also data they collected may help them develop new ways or improve current ways of treatment to potentially save future victims of such incidents.

    • @angusmcmillain
      @angusmcmillain ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Most evil can be described that way.

    • @icankickflipok
      @icankickflipok ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I think it was just negligence born from laziness. Calling it “evil” to me implies intent.

  • @ikilledsav
    @ikilledsav 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2451

    It's not just physical pain but mental and sensory details. Imagine having to smell your own fluids, see the damage, and hearing the extent of the damage.

    • @chingqing0504
      @chingqing0504 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

      Hearing and seeing the machines and feeling medicine flow through...

    • @vitoc8454
      @vitoc8454 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      In the spy-novel Shibumi, there's a scene where a character was strapped to a chair and tortured.
      (Warning: grievous bodily injury description)
      The torturers gave him some drugs that ended up numbing the pain, and he was horrified that he could *hear* his bones cracking despite not really "feeling" it.

    • @Guywithaclub
      @Guywithaclub 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it was all horrible

    • @4nn4h
      @4nn4h 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@chingqing0504you don't feel medicine flow through you, for the most part. Some medicines are cold, and you'll feel that in your arm, but otherwise nah, not really. Injection sites sting as the medicine dissipates, but again, you don't feel it flow throughout your body.

    • @sarah60010
      @sarah60010 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      At least with the smell he likely wouldn’t have been able to by the time stuff got really bad. Smell is mainly reliant on the mucous membranes. If they are destroyed so would your sense of smell.

  • @bencarlson4300
    @bencarlson4300 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    I think this case kind of encapsulates my feelings on the medical philosophy of “keep the patient alive at all costs”. I completely get that doctors and nurses are trained to save and help people, but when every cell of a man’s body is dying… or if a heart attack victim codes and is resuscitated dozens of times a day for extended periods of time… we’re not helping anyone, we’re just prolonging unnecessary suffering. Sometimes letting go is best for everyone involved, and I think that holds true for this case in particular where this man was being actively held together by every possible resource despite his body’s resistance. Everyone did the best they could, but when the best is nowhere near enough, sometimes the best course is to stop.

    • @stormbornapostle5188
      @stormbornapostle5188 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      "Sometimes, dead is better." ---Pet Sematary

    • @helmiyoussef3741
      @helmiyoussef3741 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The problem that you don’t know when it’s better to let a soul go because in very rare cases a miracle happen and that’s why they try till the end

    • @janerecluse4344
      @janerecluse4344 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@stormbornapostle5188 Yo, quoted that elsewhere in this comment section, because holy shit is it relevant.
      Seriously, though. All of us are going to die, no matter what we or anyone else do. Sometimes it's really, really not worth it to argue.

    • @janerecluse4344
      @janerecluse4344 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@helmiyoussef3741This man saw a Chernokov light. There are no miracles at that level of radiation exposure.

    • @mexa_t6534
      @mexa_t6534 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      these doctors tried to keep him alive and were villanized, but if they had put him down beforehand, they would have also been villanized. In situations like these, there really are no right choices or courses of action.

  • @sarsarl5792
    @sarsarl5792 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Woah! So educational and explained in layman's terms. I have often seen that photo, and the evil docs/selfish family. I am so glad you have set the record straight. Thank you.

  • @RangerAce
    @RangerAce ปีที่แล้ว +14381

    I've never seen anyone cover Hisashi's story with this level of empathy and care. It's truly heart wrenching.

    • @kristanricketts5028
      @kristanricketts5028 ปีที่แล้ว +483

      Right?! He has such a gift. He had me tear up hearing him describe the wife finally released the tears

    • @Jayyy667
      @Jayyy667 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was a guinea pig

    • @madmonty4761
      @madmonty4761 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@kristanricketts5028at least he helped with cancer research

    • @Level.2.Gigapod
      @Level.2.Gigapod ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I’d rather the video be 2 minutes long

    • @LocseryuOfficial
      @LocseryuOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@Level.2.Gigapod Why?

  • @sal6695
    @sal6695 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2081

    To me, the diarrhea part is probably personally the most disturbing. Imagine having constant diarrhea, with your anus being completely deatroyed as the mucus lining is gone, constant unimaginable pain, and on top of that the knowledge that the thing youre shitting out is your own liquified organs. Horrifying beyond imagination.

    • @sal6695
      @sal6695 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@l..l_ i guess

    • @myspleenisbursting4825
      @myspleenisbursting4825 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Sal? It's you? I'm Plant

    • @sal6695
      @sal6695 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@myspleenisbursting4825 no fuckin way, i just saw nhloki the other day on a vid too

    • @myspleenisbursting4825
      @myspleenisbursting4825 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@sal6695 Lmao

    • @jakemarlony3407
      @jakemarlony3407 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      @@sal6695what is the lore here behind you and plant

  • @raec8218
    @raec8218 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    i recently had all four of my wisdom teeth removed, i’m 18 years old. i swore it was the worst pain i’d ever felt and i cried from the pain and was horribly depressed that i couldn’t eat or breathe without pain. this is simply unimaginable. even if we tried to sympathize, the worst pain anyone has ever felt in one single place couldn’t compare to the pain he was feeling on EVERY inch of his body. rest his soul & i hope the family was able to find peace within themselves. thank you wendi for another informative video.

  • @dudeamazing7458
    @dudeamazing7458 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I just looked up an image of his skin. Just his full name and skin right after, and jesus…truly the most painful way to pass. No other person’s soul or will could comprehend just what this man went through, for nearly 3 months.

    • @themosaicshow
      @themosaicshow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      thank you for disclosing the search keywords, time to see terrible things

  • @steaky6523
    @steaky6523 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3056

    As horrid and painful this is. You have to take a moment to appreciate how incredible the human body is. Rebuilding itself from scratch to try and fight the radiation. I hope Hisashi rests well knowing how brave he is and what an impact he had on the world.

    • @John_Gillman
      @John_Gillman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

      i think he was in the "walking ghost" phase, which means that his body recieved so much radiation that it completley neutralized the system that produces new cells. since cells always die, that means that your cell count would continue to lower without increasing, which is just horrifying to imagine

    • @Manigeitora
      @Manigeitora 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +224

      @@John_Gillman Literally decomposing as you're alive. I know the joke of "as soon as you're born you start dying" but this man's body was going through what happens AFTER death, but he was still alive.

    • @txawjuaheev8053
      @txawjuaheev8053 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean the attempt to regenerate itself and/or repair the damages done by the radiation? I mean all human beings are works of miracles from inside out. The body, the conscious mind to the sub-conscious and un-conscious; you name it! The majority of us overlook what miracles are...Many would define it as something science can't explain the what why where etc... and all the time it's a good result of something that's doubte by all. Now reverse that and what do we get? will it still be considered as a miracle?

    • @DatsWhatHeSaid
      @DatsWhatHeSaid 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

      @@John_Gillman But, despite his chromosomes being completely and utterly obliterated into irrecognizable blobs under the micrograph, the doctors documented he _did_ have these tiny white spots of regrowing skin on his bare flesh, and the endoscopy photo shown when he started bleeding internally showed -- to the eye -- pretty big round spots of regrowing mucus membrane, compared to the skin spots!
      Absolutely amazing how that was even possible, however horrifying his overall fate was.. 🙄

    • @20chocsaday
      @20chocsaday 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      The various types of flesh/tissue are always growing and dyeing, just look at your fingernails.
      They mostly do it at different rates, you can grow muscle faster than the bones they move.
      That's why children should have plenty exercise. Before it is too late for them to catch up.
      Let them use their bodies for their own excitement and benefit.

  • @EnderMagpie
    @EnderMagpie ปีที่แล้ว +4310

    It’s actually very comforting to learn that Hisashi wasn’t treated as an experiment. That all of this suffering wasn’t because of some sick fascination but because the doctors genuinely thought if they got him through this he could recover. That they were willing to work 24/7 and push aside doubts because they told this man and his family they would try as long as they could. That says something about humanities compassion, so did the questions on wether the suffering Hisashi was facing was worth it in the end.

    • @ultrahevybeat
      @ultrahevybeat ปีที่แล้ว +290

      Yeah from what I've heard before this whole thing sounded like it was some crazy doctor doing it for "science"

    • @randalthor6872
      @randalthor6872 ปีที่แล้ว

      meh. I think that was just a cover story. The japanese are known for using humans in unspeakable experiments. Ever heard of "Unit 731" in WW2? The things they did........... it's worse than anything you read the Germans did : (

    • @kalisurf5644
      @kalisurf5644 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      this was really significant for the medical and scientific community. im sure it has impacted how radiation is applied to the body in medical situations and more specifically how to best treat those procedures.

    • @joyboy6752
      @joyboy6752 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I really hope this was the truth.

    • @haleyh3242
      @haleyh3242 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      YES! I heard it was experimental at one point and going into this video i wasn't expecting the amount of work and compassion that went into trying to save this man. I'm happy his family was with him 😢

  • @MiscellaneousMaZ
    @MiscellaneousMaZ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Truely a tragic story. I can't believe some people find the need to come up with some sort of villain while the real ones were the management of the nuclear facility.
    Thank you for another.... informitive video.

  • @ShowWithNoName
    @ShowWithNoName 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    After the Chernobyl disaster nobody has any excuse to be this careless with radioactive material. The fact that arguably the most gruesome death in the history of humanity was 100% preventable and did not need to happen is infuriating.

  • @iristhorne6521
    @iristhorne6521 ปีที่แล้ว +2098

    The 10,000 paper cranes part was what really drove it home for me, because of the old legend that anyone who folds 1,000 paper cranes will be granted one wish. They weren’t just folding them to pass the time or as a little familial ritual, they were folding their wishes for their father, their husband, their brother, their son. That he could have the strength to live just one more day, and maybe he would make it out alive. Or maybe that his pain would stop and he could still be with them. It’s harrowing to imagine sitting in that quiet waiting room, after you’ve realized that nothing that you or anyone else could do would ever save his life, still folding your wishes into the forms of little paper cranes.

    • @insaneirishimmigrant3052
      @insaneirishimmigrant3052 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      If you read “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” it shows how the cranes are believed to work from the perspective of a Japanese person.

    • @lucie1520
      @lucie1520 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      yes this is what i was thinking of. if really hit for me too

    • @Geidi174
      @Geidi174 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey can I get a TLDR on this

    • @MishKoz
      @MishKoz ปีที่แล้ว +42

      ​@@Geidi174
      It's a single paragraph

    • @insaneirishimmigrant3052
      @insaneirishimmigrant3052 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Geidi174 if you fold 1,000 paper cranes you get one wish. But for the story a Japanese girl who lived in Hiroshima or Nagasaki got leukemia from the radiation and her family helped her fold the cranes.

  • @mariewilliams485
    @mariewilliams485 ปีที่แล้ว +2601

    The real anger needs to be directed at the company’s absolutely criminal negligence. May whoever profited off this man’s suffering, suffer the same fate

    • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache
      @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache ปีที่แล้ว +108

      The boss only got 3 Sieverts compared to Hisashi's 20 unfortunately. At least they got imprisoned for it.

    • @nyom6378
      @nyom6378 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      it's truly surprising how, with any fatal accident (especially nuclear ones), people never seem to blame the company's negligence that led to that point. Its somehow always the workers fault, the family's or the doctor's fault, but never the executives that were guilty of the accident happening in the first place.

    • @impermanence4300
      @impermanence4300 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      ​@@nyom6378 It's sick. People are always like: well why did you do it unsafely in the first place? What, you never been at work and been pressured to do something an unsafe or incorrect time for time and cost reasons? Do you work at some absolute utopia because everywhere I've worked has pressured me to do things in incorrect and unsafe ways for time and cost reasons.

    • @nifynitm
      @nifynitm ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustachehe’s just referring to the common worker in ouchi’s place being pressured into doing something unsafe is *super* common and should be the higher ups responsibility

    • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache
      @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@nifynitm Yeah that's also what I said. That boss sucks

  • @doomdoomtv316
    @doomdoomtv316 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Well done. This video is so well thought out and respectful to Hisashi and everyone involved in his treatment and care. I like to think that with the news of Hisashi growing new skin and membranes that this ordeal put us one step closer to a future where radiation related deaths are a thing of the past.

  • @CepellinGluglu
    @CepellinGluglu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you for making this video without misinformation. The pain the family must've felt makes me wanna cry. I couldn't imagine my younger brother in this situation. If any of my family needed it, I would give any part of myself for them.

  • @matheuss886
    @matheuss886 ปีที่แล้ว +3120

    Hearing about how Hisashi's wife would never ever cry in front of him in order to cheer him up and make him have hope and give strength made me cry myself. That's such a beautiful and yet tragic story.

    • @daipovs
      @daipovs ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Truly. I cried a few times through this video but when Wendigoon mentioned she didn't cry to stay strong for him I had to pause and let it out. I could only hope to be an ounce as strong as she was.

    • @LEWIS_sanders_9
      @LEWIS_sanders_9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why are you subscribed to shoeonhead and sargon of akkad? The internet is supposed to be polarized

    • @matheuss886
      @matheuss886 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@LEWIS_sanders_9 it's always good to keep your mind clear of bias and to understand as many points of view as possible, or to just treat everyone as humans beings with rights to their opinions and merits of their own...

    • @matheuss886
      @matheuss886 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@daipovs Indeed, I hope I could be as strong as her, with a faith and a love as relentless as hers. She's a role model to every human being.

    • @LEWIS_sanders_9
      @LEWIS_sanders_9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@matheuss886 centrist

  • @tylertheguy3160
    @tylertheguy3160 ปีที่แล้ว +3087

    His wife's courage, the paper cranes still being there, the thin gauze covering his face... this story is full of details that are emotionally shattering. This poor man. I genuinely, genuinely hope that wherever he is now he's happy and he knows that people empathize with him.

    • @MaiaEmpyrean
      @MaiaEmpyrean ปีที่แล้ว +93

      I don't want to sound goopy but I'm positive that man's soul is in heaven.

    • @Pieguy223
      @Pieguy223 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      no matter what you believe, we can say with certainty that he'll never be in pain again

    • @psychotropicstate
      @psychotropicstate ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ​@@MaiaEmpyreanHe sounded like a good man before the incident, if any of us deserve bliss it seems he does. He served his share of Hell

    • @MaiaEmpyrean
      @MaiaEmpyrean ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@psychotropicstate True. Jesus definitely understood his suffering.

    • @nokiot9
      @nokiot9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There is a legend in Japan that a thousand paper cranes folded would grant any wish. 😢

  • @MrTubeStuck
    @MrTubeStuck 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    There is a saying in IT that the weakness of the any highend security is the human factor. This story is another example of it.
    Thanks you for spending the time to research everything and putting it into a video. You've done everyone that has put everything into hoping he could come out of it proper Justice

  • @HiroiSekai
    @HiroiSekai 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    An excellent telling of Hisashi's story, he endured so much and deserves to be remembered.
    To add context for everyone:
    In Japan, it is an old tale that the mythical crane would live for 1000 years. If someone you loved was in the hospital, the idea was that by folding 1000 paper cranes, the person you folded for would start to get better. There's a more common idea that families also do this to give anxious family members something to occupy their mind; by the time they had folded that many cranes, the illness would have passed. It's also a beautiful representation of dedicating oneself to the idea of that person; even with experience, I'd say folding one takes at least 5 minutes. 1000 cranes is at least over 80 hours of dedication to a single repetitive task. You only really put that kind of effort in if you actually care about someone.

  • @skeetboopbo
    @skeetboopbo ปีที่แล้ว +3304

    Actually there's a reason that Hisashi's family was always folding the cranes! In Japan, there's a belief that if you fold 1,000 paper cranes, you can have a wish come true. And honestly knowing that made what Wendigoon thought was a cute little fact so..genuinely heartbreaking

    • @baileyellison642
      @baileyellison642 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      I knew about that from the book about the girl who was doing the same thing after she got sick from the Hiroshima bomb radiation (I forget it’s name). When he said about the cranes my heart broke.
      Edit: not remembering the title of the book was really bugging me so I found it. It’s called “Sadako and the thousand paper cranes” by Eleanor Coerr. It’s based on a true story too

    • @SuV33358
      @SuV33358 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That was on an ER episode

    • @Spiritwolf145
      @Spiritwolf145 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@baileyellison642I remember reading it back in 4th grade, while the cranes themselves have stuck in my mind I don't remember most of the details - I really oughta re-read it after this video.

    • @GreenAppelPie
      @GreenAppelPie ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I thought everyone knew this

    • @dixenherize6969
      @dixenherize6969 ปีที่แล้ว

      Way to copy the same comment for the most part someone already posted that's at the very top.... Be original and stop seeking attention and likes from strangers online to the point where you will say the same thing someone with lots of likes said. It's just like all the other attention seeking clowns like a bunch of bottom feeders that are all throughout social media

  • @renoldojeffrey4653
    @renoldojeffrey4653 ปีที่แล้ว +7154

    You don’t exploit, you tell the entire story. It is very rare to hear of a tragedy dealt with in a genuine and human way. You don’t detach from it or sensationalize it in a true crime way, you allow us to be there with the family. Thank you for your cautiousness with the event

    • @simplifiedspike9702
      @simplifiedspike9702 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I'd argue this was exploited with a pro life angle. I guess it's to be expected, but the clear bias is disappointing.

    • @sawyersauces
      @sawyersauces ปีที่แล้ว +271

      ​​@@simplifiedspike9702 you can argue that, but you would be wrong (edit spelling mistake)

    • @TheDawnlegend
      @TheDawnlegend ปีที่แล้ว +80

      I completely respect Wendigoon’s telling of the story

    • @your_dad_on_vacation
      @your_dad_on_vacation ปีที่แล้ว +187

      @@TheLuckyDime but there comes a point where it needs to stop, when it becomes too much for the person caring for the victim and the victim themself. To decide if this persons suffering is worth it or not.
      That's why when someone runs over an animal on the road, they kill it so it doesn't suffer.
      Personally, if I was Hisashi I would want to die, so then my family didn't have to see me become worse and watch me suffer and doctors didn't have to work as hard as they did.
      But I would also want to live through it. So that scientists and doctors would be able to treat others if they had a similar condition.

    • @Special_Tactics_Force_Unit
      @Special_Tactics_Force_Unit ปีที่แล้ว

      It's still explotation. Just own up to it. There's nothing wrong with it, but that is what it is. And no amount of copium will change that.

  • @thegentleman1447
    @thegentleman1447 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is a beautiful, tragic tale, the compassion of the family and doctors made me bawl my eyes out, to think people would dedicate so much of their times, clinging to the slightest hope that he could survive, just so midia would turn shit upside down. The strength, both the wife's and Hasashi, to be there every single day, to fight through the pain, his fucking heart being the only part of the body "intact", it is trully a shame it endeed how it did. It is, in all that matters, a story that encapsulates all sides of humanity, hope to despair, fear to bravery, greed to solidarity... Thank you so much for sharing this story in such a nuance, humane way, a beautiful and tragic tale indeed

  • @mackenzieonyx7586
    @mackenzieonyx7586 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    wow
    so well done.
    you carried yourself so neutrally and NOT annoying! thank you for not overrr-sensationalizing (or sensationalizing at all tbh!)- ur right. this story does. not. need. it.
    also. thanks for citing that book! i really appreciate you sharing that citation with us ^_^
    anyhow
    tremendous presentation!!🙂 thank you 😌

  • @SaberNezumi
    @SaberNezumi ปีที่แล้ว +5417

    I have never heard this story with this level of empathy and respect for everyone involved. It really brings out the level of morbidity and sensationalism that has surrounded it over the years. This and the murder of Junko Furuta have always been stories that are handled without the respect they deserve. This is a good example that you can touch these subjects with the required level of care.

    • @Silvermoon424
      @Silvermoon424 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      So true, I never really realized how sensationalized this case is until I heard Wendigoon treat it so somberly (while also giving respect to the doctors and family).

    • @renoldojeffrey4653
      @renoldojeffrey4653 ปีที่แล้ว +385

      Junko deserves so much more respect then she’s ever gotten. It’s bad enough the perpetrators barely received any jail time, and one of their mothers destroyed her grave. People need to remember these individuals suffered unnecessarily and incomprehensibly

    • @sundewfundew
      @sundewfundew ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Came here to second this comment. The most respectful and truth honoring coverings of this story I’ve heard told

    • @Official_Zim
      @Official_Zim ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed I’m in aeiou

    • @hylwicks
      @hylwicks ปีที่แล้ว +176

      i cant stand people who fetishize junko's death, disgusting, unempathetic human beings.

  • @PotatoKing219
    @PotatoKing219 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1990

    “Safety Regulations are written in blood.” - Rest easy Hisashi, you join the ranks of the unlucky few that have saved millions.

    • @rewiwwiosius
      @rewiwwiosius 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

      @ANIMALSEMEN-lm4jk i don't know what you're trying to do here but that was not funny at all

    • @iamafuckingfailure
      @iamafuckingfailure 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      ​@ANIMALSEMEN-lm4jk
      from your comment to your name, to your personality to your way of thinking, i ponder, who let you exist

    • @sauroe4231
      @sauroe4231 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      ​@ANIMALSEMEN-lm4jkbrothers gonna look back on these comments in a few years and have so much shame

    • @Thousine
      @Thousine 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ANIMALSEMEN-lm4jk imagine being such a loser

    • @jonahdzitrie9615
      @jonahdzitrie9615 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@ANIMALSEMEN-lm4jkYou must be so sad and discontent in life, that you've gone unhinged, going down the path countless other armchair edgelords have gone, random, heartless comments for shock value, for attention. Like a crackhead, it is a drug for you. Attention keeps you happy, serving to detach you from your harsh reality. Because, in reality, you are very sad.

  • @dixiederivatives
    @dixiederivatives 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    God Bless this man, I hope he is a better place! I hope his family was well compensated for their suffering as well!

  • @robynwilkerson3253
    @robynwilkerson3253 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    As this story is horrible and unfortunate I just want to say you did a marvelous job! Your expertise and compassion is to be commended. I look forward to more of your work!! Good job!!!

  • @isaiahmoralez6642
    @isaiahmoralez6642 ปีที่แล้ว +2291

    Hearing that the wife stayed strong and didn’t cry until he died got me crying. The strength she held for him is truly remarkable and heartbreaking. I can only imagine the pain she felt when she knew he was gone is a pain I fear for my wife. Truly a soul crushing story, filled with nothing but hope in a hopeless situation

    • @Rose-hh7mk
      @Rose-hh7mk ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Before my mum passed, I had hope that she would get through it. It wasn't until her last breath that I broke down crying, realising what had happened.

    • @bordy9476
      @bordy9476 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      yeah i just cried hearing that part

    • @wolfeyes555
      @wolfeyes555 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same. When she finally cried when seeing his body, that broke me.

    • @Nosferopathy
      @Nosferopathy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh i cried too. had to take breaks from it. I lost my fiance in 2019 so i know grief but i feel like this story really was just horrible. For him, his wife, kids and family. I just can’t even imagine.

    • @vadimnimarov8796
      @vadimnimarov8796 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      shes a horrendously selfish woman for making him endure that.

  • @TitanOf_Earth
    @TitanOf_Earth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2376

    Thank you for clarifying the misinformation around Hisashi's death! I fell victim to believing that photo of the burn victim was him, as well as thinking the doctors were practically doing experiments on him, so I appreciate the clarification. Rest in peace, Hisashi. You fought harder than anyone else, you deserve the peace that comes. 🕊

    • @patchouliskunk
      @patchouliskunk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      If this "human taffy" photo wasn't this man... who was it???

    • @ReiAnikaAyanami
      @ReiAnikaAyanami 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      ​@@patchouliskunkhe says it in the video, it's a picture of a burn victim from a medical text book.

    • @FC01
      @FC01 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@patchouliskunka unnamed burn victim, wich made a full recovery afterwards.

  • @rooplespooples
    @rooplespooples 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've just found your channel, and this video: thank you. I heard this story very differently, and I am glad that those lies have been disproven. Thank you for talking about the efforts of the medical staff, and about his loving family.

  • @user-eq3ug3tx7v
    @user-eq3ug3tx7v 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for clearing up alot of misconceptions I had, such as the pic of the burned man in the bed . That was horrific. 😢

  • @akalawada
    @akalawada 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2903

    Found myself getting emotional hearing about Hisashi’s wife never crying in his presence and always reminiscing about the good times. She had every right to be devastated; no one would blame her for weeping for her husband… what an amazing woman.

    • @darkembers1
      @darkembers1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

      Japanese people dont tend to show emotion to each other in that way. so yes its horrific and that poor woman deserves to have broken down, she must have so many times when she was away from him, and the strength she showed was beyond human, its part of Japanese culture not to show these feelings publicly. The trauma every single one of the people involved went through is beyond imagining

    • @zadarasimoleons1019
      @zadarasimoleons1019 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      How brave, I hope her strength helped him in his final hours

    • @Darkshadows9776
      @Darkshadows9776 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      First Wendigoon video to make me cry, for real

    • @Oh-fr2nv
      @Oh-fr2nv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@darkembers1 dude you’re not an expert on japanese culture. wtf are you talking about.

    • @luesCow
      @luesCow 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same

  • @debrabarber3483
    @debrabarber3483 ปีที่แล้ว +1744

    That shot of his chromosomes is one of the scariest things that I've ever seen. Got some education in that area, so as soon as I saw that I knew what would happen. For some context, either having too many or too few is devastating. He didn't have a single normal one left and some fused. I feel so bad for him, his family and the medical staff. They did what they could, but it was over for him before he even made it to hospital

    • @Senjamin
      @Senjamin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

      honestly it like, that's the part that made me sick to my stomach. the way the body still fought so hard to keep going and heal through that... amazing.

    • @reasorlloyd1
      @reasorlloyd1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The man had such a wrecked amount of genetic material that whatever new “skin” grew was most certainly cancerous. Cancerous being relative to damage, not spread. Dead cells, obviously, can’t propagate, nor sustain, cancer.
      What an entombed horror his body became. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

    • @Darker7
      @Darker7 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      As someone who doesn't have more than a general education on chromosomes, but actually cared to understand it, my reaction to that shot was: "Oh. They're gone."
      Like, there's obviously no structure left there, how could anyone think that that's not catastrophic damage… :Ü™

    • @debrabarber3483
      @debrabarber3483 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      @Darker7 catastrophic is an understatement. I don't think there's many other examples of chromosomes getting destroyed so hard they literally fused together

    • @alexevasic8411
      @alexevasic8411 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@debrabarber3483 catastrophic is a pretty fucking dramatic word. Catastrophic means it's over. What the fuck

  • @ctrl_altesc
    @ctrl_altesc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    This one was hard to listen to, not going to lie. Poor guy, and his family, and all the doctors that tried to save him. Truly unimaginable, true body horror in every way.
    On a brighter note, thank you Wendigoon for teaching me that Godzilla glowing blue when he is about to use his atomic breath is based in science!

  • @TFHS420
    @TFHS420 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    That was really a tragic incident. To have endured that makes everything else going on seem more than microscopic. I hope his family are doing well now. It’ll be 25 years this year. Thank you for telling his story. It can’t have been a more honest telling.

  • @Solararisa
    @Solararisa ปีที่แล้ว +1846

    "His body was a crystallization of his perseverance"
    That part finally broke me down, that single line is so profound. This entire video is so respectfully done, like I have never seen before with other CCs covering Hisashi's horrible pain.

    • @elibap2892
      @elibap2892 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It fits your Username

    • @alejandrocastillolopez6268
      @alejandrocastillolopez6268 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Respectfully done, I mean aside from the shameless sponsorship at the start, just after introducing the story of the victim

    • @thedoggo6618
      @thedoggo6618 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      ​@@alejandrocastillolopez6268 grrrrr how dare he want to make money from his career grrrrr

    • @alejandrocastillolopez6268
      @alejandrocastillolopez6268 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@thedoggo6618 no, I mean the sponsorship would be fine, but the way he did it in this specific video is super tasteless. Like he says "We'll talk about the tragic story of a man who survived a lethal dose of radiation, and how his agony lasted 81 days... BUT FIRST LET'S SAY A WORD ABOUT MY SPONSOR"

    • @thedoggo6618
      @thedoggo6618 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@alejandrocastillolopez6268 He does that in every video. It's called a hook.

  • @abeltesfaye_
    @abeltesfaye_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks so much for this breakdown, as tragic as it was. I've seen a LOT of misinformation about this and wanted to learn the truth and you did a great job - as harrowing as this is. My only question would be, did Hisashi Ouchi's wife/family file a lawsuit? Surely they'd be entitled to a HUGE amount of $$ due to this workplace FAILURE!!

  • @ofthetekvariety.
    @ofthetekvariety. 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    this comment will get lost in the endless sea of others just like it, but thank you, wendigoon, for making this video. this must be my third time watching it by now, and your video inspired me to write a dissertation of my own about this very case and the ethics surrounding it. i think you handled this case with the utmost of care and sensitivity, and i appreciate that you didn't attempt to romanticise, sensationalise or fictionalise the horrific trauma this man suffered, as i've seen others do with this case. the evidence of the extensive research you did is clear and admirable. i take great comfort in knowing that hisashi is at peace now, where he belongs. i'm sure his family would have taken solace in your video, with how carefully and compassionately you recounted this tragic story. rest in peace, hisashi.

    • @foreverain.
      @foreverain. 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      i’m not wendigoon, but i see your comment and i think it’s beautiful how inspired humans can get from other humans :) i completely agree how Isaiah handled this case with such respect and beautiful sensitivity, i bet ur dissertation is just as great, cheers! 🤍

    • @alltheaudios3162
      @alltheaudios3162 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@foreverain.(this is my main account, OP was a temporary account of mine) thank you. the question i'm asking is essentially whether the doctors could or should have taken a different course of action with regards to keeping him alive, and i'm strongly leaning towards no. they couldn't. they treated hisashi as best as they could. there is a myriad of evidence in support, as well as against, and i'll appreciate the opinion of anyone who thinks the doctors should have let him pass. but i think that hisashi was proud of the fact he fought until the end.

    • @alltheaudios3162
      @alltheaudios3162 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@foreverain.also, side note, his name is Isaiah? how'd i not know this, lol.

  • @YayMiko
    @YayMiko ปีที่แล้ว +901

    Those paper cranes are very meaningful! It’s a traditional Japanese belief that if you fold 1000 origami cranes, you were granted a wish. I believe they also symbolize hope and healing/recovery. It’s very sweet to learn that Ouchi’s father and son spent their time doing that!

    • @Brandon82967
      @Brandon82967 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Maybe that's what kept him alive for so long

    • @ronnieedge2236
      @ronnieedge2236 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I remember hearing about that paper crane thing in _L.A. Noire_ ironically enough.

    • @Grognack
      @Grognack ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I remember hearing about that in pre-school! I remember my art teacher had 1,000 origami cranes hanging from the ceiling.

    • @ForgieDusker
      @ForgieDusker ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm glad somebody mentioned it. My sisters went to a Japanese immersion school, and the oldest visited Japan proper and told us all sorts of cultural stories like this one.

    • @hicknopunk
      @hicknopunk ปีที่แล้ว

      The 1000 cranes is a wish to kill all Americans. When you understand that it's like 😟

  • @kateIaw
    @kateIaw ปีที่แล้ว +2695

    I’m glad this was the first video I watched on Hisashi Ouchi. It’s astonishing how much the human body can actually withstand. Hearing that his body was still trying desperately to grow new cells until the end…

    • @specialstone9153
      @specialstone9153 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I have heard that hearing can be the last thing to go (Alzheimers) but i wonder about in his case. Also people have lived a long time surprisingly with very low heart rate (even with pacemaker). Oh God help us all!

    • @justaneditygangstar
      @justaneditygangstar ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Damn straight he’s Hisashi Ouchie

    • @u4riahsc
      @u4riahsc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Look at all the drug abuse people put their bodies through.

    • @toxogandhi
      @toxogandhi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He was a warrior.

    • @3amorogamer246
      @3amorogamer246 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought the human body was really weak

  • @starlightwolfieplayz
    @starlightwolfieplayz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This case was devastating. I cried whenever I heard about all that pain Hisashi must have been going through. And I can only imagine the pain his family must have gone through. My heart goes out to the victims family. And may Hisashi and Misato rest in peace. 🕊️

  • @alayna504
    @alayna504 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is literally one of tge most informative and interesting things I've ever seen on the internet. A ...not great story, but told engagingly, without exploitation, medical information, I am hooked and will be searching more of your content. Very well done.

  • @A-Warthog-hi8ph
    @A-Warthog-hi8ph ปีที่แล้ว +37789

    From Bible study to horrors beyond human comprehension, this man has it all.

    • @vulpes7079
      @vulpes7079 ปีที่แล้ว +837

      The Bible is already pretty horrible, so it's not far

    • @thelonehussar6101
      @thelonehussar6101 ปีที่แล้ว +593

      @Vulpes at least the Bible has a happy ending lol

    • @bochafish
      @bochafish ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Like a modern day Book of Job..

    • @vulpes7079
      @vulpes7079 ปีที่แล้ว +784

      @@thelonehussar6101 the happy ending where most of the world's population either dies or is thrown into Hell?

    • @KlaxontheImpailr
      @KlaxontheImpailr ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Those are both the same thing 😂

  • @palletlover8519
    @palletlover8519 ปีที่แล้ว +952

    Finding out that his heart was the only part of him that was more or less unaffected actually made me cry

  • @kalkuttadrop6371
    @kalkuttadrop6371 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I sometimes wonder what would have happened if that set of Heart Attacks during the X-Ray window didn’t happen.
    That seems to have been the tipping point that weakened his system enough to guarantee his demise. Prior to that, while mostly bad, there were occasionally signs of improvement

  • @kevinmorris9023
    @kevinmorris9023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’ve listened to a ton of your episodes, my family and friends have had a lot of people go through medical problems. This episode made me tear up and break up hard. That poor man and his family. I pray there is a special place in heaven for people like this.

  • @ruth80809
    @ruth80809 ปีที่แล้ว +2067

    I've heard about Hisashi's story and had the impression he was kept alive only for the sake of experimentation. But after watching this, I can how wrong I was. The doctors and nurses went above and beyond for him. His family wanted him to live and were willing to do whatever it took. Like you said, even he would have been willing to endure the horrible pain just to survive. The issue of some of these channels is solely focusing on the gore. I guess I lost sight of that. I can't thank you enough, for restoring humanity and decency to Hisashi's story.

    • @trafficjon400
      @trafficjon400 ปีที่แล้ว

      No body knew at the last time if he felt alive at all or in a toomb of HELLISH AGONY.

    • @guardsmansethlee3635
      @guardsmansethlee3635 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      I am in the same boat. I honestly thought it was all about the experimenting. But this- They did everything. It's a bitter end, but every single person did their best to help.

    • @KYCDK
      @KYCDK ปีที่แล้ว +64

      there'd be nothing to experiment on. the only way you could properly study him would be an autopsy, which would require him to be dead. and also it costs money and takes resources away from other patients

    • @nextcaesargaming5469
      @nextcaesargaming5469 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Agreed. I still think keeping him alive was the wrong move, but I cannot blame them and I won't be a brainlet and say it was some government conspiracy.

    • @bzipoli
      @bzipoli ปีที่แล้ว +75

      wendigoon is the right person to tell this kind of story. i knew about the more humane side bc i've read about it first, but those channels really like to sensationalize on gore, pain and shock

  • @danem.9402
    @danem.9402 ปีที่แล้ว +2454

    Anybody that works intimately with ICU patients in a hospital setting knows there’s a time when ‘saving a life’ becomes a cruelty.

    • @zombienursern4909
      @zombienursern4909 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      @Dane M. As a registered nurse, I had to do a rotation of a burn unit in my senior year. Not my patient, I'll try to be brief. This man was 18 years old Worked in a company, ,something happened and he ended up being covered with burning hot asphalt. Third degree burns on everything except his penis. They had to put wires holding his fingers apart so that they wouldn't curl into claws and fuse together. The look in his eyes was pure terror. After school that day, I drove home thinking : I wonder if we know too much, but yet not enough. This kind of suffering still exsists in our world, and I wish we could do more, or perhaps, do better.

    • @numbersstationsarchive194
      @numbersstationsarchive194 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Some people can't let go of their loved ones.

    • @heehee7123
      @heehee7123 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@zombienursern4909 What happened to him? Did he end up surviving?

    • @andrewkim7395
      @andrewkim7395 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ​@Zombie NurseRN how is he doing now? did he at least somewhat recover?

    • @blint173
      @blint173 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zombienursern4909 what happened? Is he still alive?

  • @Franklinandme
    @Franklinandme 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The story telling skills of Mr. BALLEN AND the heart and compassion of cooper films abd i love it. Great content. Horrific story but very well done. Glad i came across you!

  • @leesex.5362
    @leesex.5362 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just found your channel and completely addicted… this story hit my heart and made my eyes wet… if nothing else, it’s a testament to the human spirit… It also needs to be remembered that this happened in the 90’s … what do we know now versus what was known then regarding medical care with these kinds of events?

  • @N0RRIE
    @N0RRIE 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1165

    "im not a guinea pig" genuinely gave me chills thats such a sad line and an unimaginable experience

    • @nightmarerex2035
      @nightmarerex2035 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      peaople need to remember that line when they keep trying to give you anothe r"Cvid" vacca. pisses me off if i want a tetnus shot but now have to figure how to get a classical tetnus shot if ever step on a nail and not a MRNA tetnus shot.

    • @JinxMarie1985
      @JinxMarie1985 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      The way they kept him alive i personally think was very inhumane and very much torturing someone....

    • @vampezz
      @vampezz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

      @@JinxMarie1985 He was also fighting, he wanted to make it so bad. Its a super devastating story, but it wasn't just the doctors, the doctors worked like dogs trying to keep him alive.

    • @N0RRIE
      @N0RRIE 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      @@JinxMarie1985 i can see this for sure but i dont think the doctors were bad people at all, they were doing their absolute best and i dont blame them

    • @paperwhite3853
      @paperwhite3853 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I don't think he ever said that imo. He didn't speak past like days 20 - 30 and his family was with him all the time.

  • @sofialima4521
    @sofialima4521 ปีที่แล้ว +1739

    Radiation stories are always so heartbreaking because the victims are almost always clueless to the danger of the situation. The scientists messing with the demon core at least knew the risks, but Hisashi didn't know any better. Thank you for covering this story with such empathy and compassion for everyone involved. I hope we never get another case like this.

    • @sofialima4521
      @sofialima4521 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@adambrownbird4347 he's not wrong about me lol but also, weird thing to keep from the entire video

    • @currynoodles4074
      @currynoodles4074 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@adambrownbird4347 It's a bit?? comedy? not serious?? hello??

    • @genericusername147
      @genericusername147 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@adambrownbird4347homeboy its called a joke

    • @habhdyst722
      @habhdyst722 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@adambrownbird4347congratulations on being a dumbass

    • @void7357
      @void7357 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@genericusername147bro is self serious

  • @blackarrow7988
    @blackarrow7988 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    1:06:33 As soon as you said that it turned this really sad story into a dark comedy lol (at least for me). You saying "the evil doctors that wouldn't let 'em die" the way you did and shaking your head back and forth honestly killed me.

  • @Val-qf1yi
    @Val-qf1yi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had to stop watching during school because I almost started crying. This story is so genuinely heartbreaking 💔 I really hope the family and doctors weren't affected by the hate, they were genuinely trying.

  • @poogissploogis
    @poogissploogis ปีที่แล้ว +2007

    Man, the strength of the wife brought a tear to my eye. That took selflessness to hold back her emotion for the sake of her husband. I bet her support kept him going, and in a poetic way, maybe that's why his heart was in perfect condition. RIP Hisashi

    • @joniii_
      @joniii_ ปีที่แล้ว +84

      I was straight up just bawling when the wife finally broke down after Ouchi had passed.

    • @devonesq.7533
      @devonesq.7533 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      i can't even imagine how much it must've pained her to keep a smile on her face while knowing that her lover wouldn't be able to pull through, but still managing to extract every single last drop of hope to maintain that smile.
      although horrifying, it takes a special kind of person to be able to endure that.

    • @MaliaMydnight
      @MaliaMydnight ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Actually, you're probably right, OP. Like. Literally. When my grandfather passed away, his doctors all said that he was literally only alive because of me and my sister. That was the only way to explain how he lived as long as he did. I'm so proud to be his granddaughter.
      And omg. I was sobbing so hard. That wife - I can't even imagine what it took to get out of bed, much less smile. That's a soul mate, for sure.

    • @georgiaamanatides4207
      @georgiaamanatides4207 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Years ago, a co worker told me of a woman whose son was dying.
      Every day she would pray in the hospital chapel, then put on a smile an enter her son's room cheerfully.
      She never shed a tear in her dying son's presence.

    • @michellepetersen6597
      @michellepetersen6597 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@charlieberry7562 different types of strength.

  • @bmouch1018
    @bmouch1018 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    It really breaks my heart to see how hard this "Ouichi was kept alive against his will by evil doctors" idea has taken hold in the public consciousness.

    • @dorkydragon5055
      @dorkydragon5055 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      There's a saying about good intentions

    • @bostonb4kedbeans
      @bostonb4kedbeans ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ouchie

    • @GregoryMcStevens
      @GregoryMcStevens ปีที่แล้ว +118

      ​@@eurofox994 no they didn't they said he had little to no chance from the beginning and restated that after the stem cell treatment failed

    • @rannnoch
      @rannnoch ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bostonb4kedbeans been saying this for years kek, now it's gonna go from no one getting it to being spammed to death

    • @JustAnotherAccount8
      @JustAnotherAccount8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@rannnoch not that original, alot who have heard this story put that pun together

  • @halesbellss
    @halesbellss 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I feel like with the knowledge we know now, this level of radiation should be immediate hospice care.

  • @manicpixie7024
    @manicpixie7024 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This story is deeply tragic, but it truly says something amazing about humans & humanity lf how much kindness the family and doctors and even Hisashi himself (when he was still able) showed to each other. . How even in that deep, dreadful darkness, there was hope, there was love, care. . How even through every single step, the amount of care and love that was shown all around. It is that, which makes me cry, not the suffering, but the kindness, and I hope Hisashi knows how loved he was, how well they did their best to care for him. I hope he knew as he passed on. & May his family, friends, loved ones, the medical team, find peace.

  • @birchwwolf
    @birchwwolf ปีที่แล้ว +1166

    36:45 for anyone unaware, in Japanese mythology the crane lives for a thousand years and is supremely powerful. Folding one thousand paper cranes will grant the folder one wish, anything they want. You can probably guess what Hisashi's family wanted with that wish.

    • @dr.stronk9857
      @dr.stronk9857 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      That’s heartwarming in a sad way, they loved him so much

    • @terifrastus
      @terifrastus ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I'm not crying, you're crying.

    • @kittypools266
      @kittypools266 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      there’s this book about this girl who developed leukemia after the Hiroshima bombing and it’s so heartbreaking, she never got to finish all the cranes

    • @i_heart_kittycats
      @i_heart_kittycats ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@kittypools266 when I heard him say they would make cranes I immediately started crying because it reminded me of that book

    • @sovietdoge.7369
      @sovietdoge.7369 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@terifrastus NO, you're crying 😥, I'm not crying ☹️