unfortunately this is very common in Japan: the notion of prioritizing work over one's individual needs. there's even terms like "karoshi" and "karojisatsu" which means death from overwork and death from suicide because of overwork respectively.
There is one probable escape from the hanging balloons, cutting the nooses off of the ropes before they can catch you. For all that I know, cutting the rope doesn't do any damage to the balloon itself. The effect of disrupting the ropes has never been confirmed, nor is it certain that the ropes would have an effect on the person at all. Could this be the solution to escape your fate in hanging balloons?
@@maedenhernandez7667 Well, until Jung Ito himself confirms it, this will be life saving strategy in the 0.0000000001% chance of this actually happening.
I think the head balloons may be an allegory for depressive suicide. The balloons are depression, while the victim is the rational part of the brain. Depression wants to end your life at all costs, but the rational part of you knows this isn't the answer. Their crazed faces also show how some depressive suicide victims experience a burst of happiness on the days prior to their planned attempt date.
It's not really happiness. It's a more of a akin to a soft manic episode, cuased by a dopamine spike you get when setting yourself a goal, working towards it and seeing the light at the end (pun not inteded, although it fits rather well.)
i cannot eat more than one scoop of ice cream, i hate dessert so i wouldn’t go. i also have lots of trust issues and i’m terrified of the chances of being kidnapped. i wouldn’t trust or care for the ice cream truck.
@@HDBMorTrucuIDK analog horror series, unofficially called crowns caused by decapitating a person using giza glass, a special type of glass created with lightning where you can still control your detached part most crowns in the grand canyon are victims of execution by a group of greco-egyptian warriors all holding giza glass swords (not sure here) they dont hang people but the place reeks of vinegar and creepy and some were rumored to be working as slaves on musk's mars base
there is a Youkai that is a man with an eye for an anus that backs out of the bushes ass first holding his cheeks open to stare at you. and yeah that's a real thing in Japanese folklore no BS. so yes what you say is correct. XD
after all, japan is the only country that has a gigantic skeleton terrorising marines and fishermen. and also a guy that has an eye as his butthole and moons you when it looks at you. freaky, right?
@@ranjira7893the real question is what is this originally from. Every myth has a small truth. What animal/thing looks like a but with an eye in the middle?
Okay, let me think… First Story: Probably would make it out, as I’m 27 and thus would not be a target. If I was taking care of kids though, I would probably not let them go with the ice cream man. Especially if I am barred from going with. Second Story: If I discovered a tunnel with legends surrounding it about people going in and not coming out, I like to think I would probably avoid it. However, if I did go in and saw the researchers and their photos about ghosts, combine that with what I already know, and I would just “NOPE” right on out of there. Third Story: Not surviving that. It’s clear that anyone in that scenario is doomed to fail. The balloons seem to always know where you are, will zero in on you first chance they get, and if you don’t give in from having your will broken, then eventually you will probably die of malnutrition, as hunkering in your house will only work for so long. Though I like to think if my head balloon tried to tell me to give in, I would give it a hearty “screw you”, though don’t quote me on that. Fourth Story: Yeah, would probably survive this. Only real ghosts were the ones in the pictures and the father’s ghost, and while they were pretty terrifying, they didn’t actually hurt anyone. Besides, even if there was a risk of this family’s seance being dangerous, each siblings’… Charming demeanors would probably make me want to avoid them all like the plague.
This story actually haunted me for days because I didn't want to believe it was unbeatable. Then I found the answer one during class instead of listening. Dug a hole! If you make tunnels around the city, it would work. It will take time but people with enough resources would be able to make.
I don't get it...there's only one of the balloons that is hostile to you right...so why don't you just trap it?,seems easy enough seeing that they have literal ropes you can tie to literally anything.
The father risked his life, the boy did as well but Kesuko couldn't handle it and KILLED herself, the first suicide having a ripple effect that killed everyone
@@ninjamaster9805it showed a scene where she tide a rope to the power lines at her house and her floating head didn’t have a rope because the girl killer herself with out a head
My plan is a pyrrhic victory. I'd go to the nearest nuclear powerplant and make it go critical I won't survive anyway but with my actions those fucking air heads won't either! best to go out in a blaze of spite then just give up.
I like the open ended endings the most ironically. It makes you think about the story even after you finished reading it. I enjoy stuff that is thought provoking
What if the suicide one is an allegory on how suicide affects people and can cause others to take their own lives because of another's suicide, like one girl tried to kill herself because her brother did
People who had cars in their house-connected garages would definitely do considerably better in this apocalypse. The garage functions virtually as an airlock, while the car functions as an EVA suit. Enter the car, drive away, go to a grocery store, and with the distance you probably gained on the balloon by literally driving away from a hot air balloon, you could probably loot the store with ease. Just be careful if your balloon catches up with you; you'll probably have to use the umbrella approach to buy you some time to get whatever you got into your car and drive away. Considering that those ropes somehow have super strength (it crushed the dad's arms and it was able to hold onto him despite the awkward grasp it had on him) I don't think you would exactly be able to just grab the rope and essentially disarm the balloon entirely. Though if by some miracle you were able to untie the noose, I have a feeling that your balloon wouldn't be nearly as dangerous and instead be more like an annoyance.
Bro if I have a garage connected to my house with my car in it yes I have a better chance at living but I’m not parking my car outside of the store no no no I’m driving through the window and park my car in the store and either live there now or just take my time looting then get back in my car that is within the store then drive home into my garage connected to my house but at the end of the day my head balloon would be like This motherf**ker
maybe the rope is also magic and would tie itself back up even if you untie it. probably best to lure it into a large garage or warehouse, and then lock it inside like someone else said, tho if it had super strength then it wouldnt work
@@TheRealLTO wuh oh, now you gotta worry about a gaping hole in the store. Those balloons can reach inside of things they can't get into so it's basically a danger zone over there. Plus your head might just pop itself on all the broken glass from the window while struggling to get inside. But true, the "this mfer" statement would be accurate as hell lmao
@@fj094t58qjf I'm sure they have strength but if they had super strength, hiding in your house wouldn't do you much of a favor. Locking them in a warehouse is one of the best ideas I've heard of. You just gotta make sure to 'balloon proof' the warehouse to A, make sure it doesn't pop itself, and B, make sure it couldn't use its limited intelligence to somehow open up an exit.
Out of all the Junji Ito works I've encountered so far, the Hanging Balloons is probably the one that terrified me the most. Something about the imagery of the entire city dangling from their own heads is so despairing and has so much staying power.
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Second strategy, get two giant carpets, rub them together with a big industrial machine and attach them to a device to patrol across the city. All the balloons will be stopped in no time
I feel like the best way to manage the hanging balloon scenario would be to make your neck and shoulders a shape less easily roped. You'd have to have clothing that makes a straight line from the edge of your shoulders to the top of your head. If there are no neck features for a noose to hook under, theres no easy way for you to get yoinked. Then again, this is junji ito we're dealing with. It's more than possible that this would just piss the heads off and we'd see them start outright strangling people.
Maybe going to work is the right answer, go to a metal shop and make a bigass cone on wheels, then use that to traverse the city, only exiting the cone when indoors. Maybe making the cone out of something similar to chain link, then putting thin sheet metal around that to give a smooth, non ropable surface?
You'd need a cloak without sleeves in that situation. Your arms would still be caught even if the shirt didn't have shoulders. Hoisted up by your sleeves. Best bet is to wear a cloak or general cover, but you'd need to do what the dad did or you'll just be hanging in that cloak. I'm not sure what the repercussions would be, though, because of what happened to the brother
balloon head is simple. Get a hook, some steel cable and a wench. Hook the noose as it comes at you then reel it in. Once secure burry the wench in concrete. The balloon head is stuck in place.
for the balloon head story you could just go on the floor with a box that will covering your body and put oil on the box so that the rope can't get on it
or move into the underground subway, if you can find a place that is above ground and connected but closed off like a store or mall then you can use it to grow food, the bigger problem would be able to find a clean water source
@@moonwabbit8262dehydration is avoidable easily because the ballons seem to be a city-wide threat but to avoid starvation then you need to prepare before it happens and worse that most people who grow edible plant put them outside and mostly exposed.
@@thedifferenceincolour7341i wonder what happens if you catch the ballon like with a big net and then tied it down? Starvation would take secerall weeks to kick in. Even if no food is at home. And since the water system seems to work i dont think that dehydration is that big of an issue
In the balloon story it seems only your balloon wants to kill you so a way to survive would be to somehow capture your balloon in a garage or warehouse and then immobile it with a net and weights if you can. Could also try and catch the noose with a rope then tie it off. Long as the baloon cannot get free or hurt itself you should be fine then to go about your business. Also why would you not be shooting down balloons that have already caught their targets?
A and B: you’ve got a point. C, however, is not so simple. By shooting the balloon, the corresponding person dies. But the balloon will de-aggro when they’ve caught said corresponding person. So I think by shooting the balloon would either be useless if they’ve already killed their human counterpart, or stupid, as you kill the person you tried to save.
@@Oliver-Thyellabut if you shoot the one with the people, it would look less daunting. Also there is no way there is only that many people in the city with that place. Some people have to not have balloons
@@guffthebir72 I have to agree with the shooting part. Imagine a scenario where let's say half of the population of that city is still alive,you have to take into account the psychological effect on their bodies ,seeing the immense number of floating balloons ,some even hanging people. Because the big number of balloons ,some like the final girl would just give up hope and let themselves kill.Thus ,I think taking down the balloons that fulfilled their purpose will have a positive effect on the survivors , considering that there are not so many dangerous balloons out there
@@fj094t58qjfthe rope may correspond to the organs or the body below the neck in general. If you cut the noose or do any damage to it, it’s *possible* it can also damage your own body
@@guffthebir72anything that's operated by human that would eventually disappear they really is no escape outside of maybe building a whole underground tunnel network and I'm not even sure if that would work
The only thing that kinda puts the hole in that analogy is how the death of the girl that had her balloon popped occurs. What is that in place of? The father choosing work despite the danger is overworking, the mother losing hope is self explanatory, you can make an argument for the son dying by taking up chores and a role he wasnt meant for and the girls death at the end was of losing everyone. But what would the girl with glasses death represent?
Literally everything about this is crazy also seriously letting your children have a fun ride with a complete stranger seriously this is a new kind of kidnapping
I’d defo make out the ice cream one, it’s literally the easiest to survive in. As long as you have common sense, logic and a proper mind, you’d survive. I’d say no person in their right minds would trust a guy driving a goofy-ah looking ice cream truck and walk into it for an entire afternoon drive. I know dang well our parents taught us to not trust strangers 😭 😭 if my kid ever said what his son said to him I’ll make sure to whoop his ass to last thursday 😂
well that was terrifying and disturbing x.X I watched this after seeing a clip of the floating balloons and wanted to see how it ended thinking that at least some people would survive, solve the mystery and put an end to the horror BUT NOPE! xD
Basically, we're watching horror, and the demons are manipulating us because of how good horror movies are. Well, it's our own opinion, tho. I really like watching these types of anime.
So it’s a lot of short stories, animated? That’s a cool concept. Instead of extremely long stories, you get short campfire stories that scared the crap out of you 😂
I mean first, no this isn't the first series with a bad ending. Second , this is a poor adaptation of the work of Junji Ito, they turned his mastery of horror into a cheap farce. Personally I don't care, I watch cheap horror movies from time to time but this is just straight up disrespect for Ito.
Oh so this is Junji Ito… I’m pretty good fan to horror stuff so a bunch of friends recommended me to watch his stuff but I haven’t taken the time to do so yet, I guess I’ll probably start it soon
@@clauro6153 I haven’t even started watching it yet😅… But thanks for the suggestion so I’ll definitely do it side by side to get more immersed into his whole schtick
It would be difficult, but the best soluation to survive the hanging balloons is tie the rops unto a tree or a fence so it can't anywhere. But the hard part is the strength of the balloon heads are stong enough to carry people with ease. They only target 1 person so having free hands would be a big help but where are you going to find free hands?
Yeah, the concept of horror is really good, but the summarised video took away every single part of the execution in story building, and the animation just removed the really detailed art works.
I can survive the balloon heads Me - *stays in my house forever like Corona* The heads - go out Me - heck naur i a'nt gunna get cOrOnA vIrUs!!! The heads - ... *trys to break in* Me - heheheh i have 2 doors 1 gate and 1 door
But unlike corona, you can’t go outside without the constant and almost guaranteed change of being hung. The balloons can manipulate and talk to people, and probably outsmart them, judging by the girl’s brother and the umbrella
If that is taking place in the SCP universe, then the foundation & goc (global occult coalition) would definitely have a field day Hmm... I wonder if there's an mtf specifically dealing with balloon heads nicknamed as "party poppers"?
Honestly, I would have thrived in the Balloon head world, first order of business is to capture my balloon and stuff it in a padded room that it can never escape from. I will play it some Barney music to keep it company.. next? Either aid the Balloons of my enemies or pop them- whichever causes them the most mental anguish.
As a kid I always had a fear of balloons all because I thought if they deflated near me, I would deflate next. Seeing the story of the hanging balloons? Now that's HORRIFYING. That's the story that scares me the most out of the four of these. It would be my worst nightmare EVER, and honestly? I'd probably just end myself if I had to live through this story, but even if I didn't, I'd still die possibly the worst death in my opinion, but at least if I do end myself in that story, I wouldn't have to suffer being hanged or have my head deflated...right...? As for the rest of the stories I'm not sure which one of the three I'll survive.
The rope was ripped when it got tangled from a cable so It think it possible i mean, the first flaoting head never shown to regrow a rope so as if possible you can cut it off and you should be fine.
The balloons don't seem like they'd be that difficult to deal with. Don't run out there like an idiot screaming "Come and get me!" Use your head. Locate your balloon before heading out and keep your eyes on it. They aren't moving that fast, they appear to do sweeping runs down at you. If you can't find it right away from a vantage point of your house's windows, see if a mirror will help you find it for view points you normally wouldn't have. See if you can blind the balloons with lights or mace. They're clearly intelligent and due to the fact that the brother balloon assisted the sister balloon, they have some level of care for one another. Threaten to kill it's family members and see what effect that would have. Threaten to kill the balloons around it (Especially the ones that have already caught their victims) and see what level of psychological warfare you can wage. When running to your vehicle, wear a fake limb, so if you find yourself in a scenario where you can't avoid the noose, jam the fake limb into the noose. Buy you some time. It may be worth it to wear a helmet, like a motorcycle helmet. The noose may not be able to fit around it. Wearing items of clothing to conceal your identity may also have an effect. Bring with you a bar. A broom, baseball bat, something that's long and thin. If you hold said item at head level and hold it horizontal, logically, that noose can't get around your neck. Period. As long as you keep your eyes on that balloon and keep a level head. Personally, I think your best bet is blinding them. As long as you don't use something that can actually damage the balloon itself. Something with heat. Try a laser pointer or one of those flashlights that are bright enough to turn night into day. Though, you may want to experiment on someone else's balloon first, preferably one that's already caught it's victim. You don't want to accidentally kill yourself or someone who still has a chance. Lastly, carry a knife and a method of balloon popping. A knife to in case you're caught. If you're caught, wrap the noose rope around your arm and (If you can) pull yourself up, bring a foot up to wrap the rope around that as well, to give you time to cut the rope and in the final scenario where none of this works, kill your balloon out of stubborn fuck you-itude. Though, I believe the best way to say fuck you to these balloons is to not give them what they want. Die inside where they can't reach you. They are intelligent, capable of thinking. I believe they have some level of emotion as well, as shown by the noose-less head wandering about in the very beginning . Since her human had already died, it had nothing to do but wander about sorrowfully. They have some level of self preservation as shown when that one girl's balloon got shot by a crossbow, her expression changed to fear. I think it'd be worth it to threaten, show you're level of danger by killing the balloons around it and if you're good at it and convincing, you may be able to get your balloon to back off enough to try and strategize against you rather than blindly flying at you like a psycho, giving you wiggle room. But, if nothing else, killing yourself indoors to give your balloon a meaningless existence where it can never complete it's literal only job in life.
With the balloons I have two ideas 1. What happens if you cut the rope instead of the ballon? I mean the first girl’s rope broke off with no issue to the balloon itself so I wonder 2. What happens if you die not tied to the ballon because honestly if your fate is tethered to the balloon then shouldn’t the ballon’s be tethered to your’s I would just let myself starve and hope that the balloon dies a horrible painful death and to add insult to injury I’m probably going to heaven that thing is DEFINITELY not so I’d rather die on my terms than give that thing the satisfaction of killing me
@@atomic747 thats what you think but seeng how they follow you with their eyes and notice you , i mean the least you can try is hide you face and see if they will follow you
There are thousands of scary balloons that are abducting people, what should I do?
*"Go to work."*
unfortunately this is very common in Japan: the notion of prioritizing work over one's individual needs. there's even terms like "karoshi" and "karojisatsu" which means death from overwork and death from suicide because of overwork respectively.
We basically saw this initially happen in 2020
@@OniyunYun death from overwork is quite different to a ballon try to hang you :V and you said it " very common " lol get out of here
That is Japan in a nutshell
@@OniyunYun doesn't matter,he was still dumb and deserved everything that happened to him
As someone who’s lived in Japan for 10 years, that is the most Japanese thing ever. Got to get to work regardless of the situation.
LMFAOOOO
Same I'm a half Japanese and lived there for 8 and half years and I can say that it's pretty much a common Japanese story ever
lmao
Shein don't let people take days off
Reporter: There are scary floating balloon heads that will hang you outside.
The father: Anyway it's time to go to work
The reporter :Lets stream this Live by going in open.
Surprised the news reporter isn’t dead
@@YureiMyBeloved wait he isnt??
@@indianspartan724 ok well, they are, but in that one scene where they were out in the open and didn’t die on camera 💀 bro was invincible that time
I think he goes to work because he sees it as a problem that doesn’t concern him, because he hasn’t seen a balloon of himself?
There is one probable escape from the hanging balloons, cutting the nooses off of the ropes before they can catch you. For all that I know, cutting the rope doesn't do any damage to the balloon itself. The effect of disrupting the ropes has never been confirmed, nor is it certain that the ropes would have an effect on the person at all.
Could this be the solution to escape your fate in hanging balloons?
they could probably make it longer and make a knot bc it's part of their body meaning they can control it
@@maedenhernandez7667 Well, until Jung Ito himself confirms it, this will be life saving strategy in the 0.0000000001% chance of this actually happening.
I love Junji Ito's artwork but his plotlines...well let's just say there's a lot of holes
@@fuckhandles1233 Shiver Holes.
The ropes is hard like steel but worth a try
I think the head balloons may be an allegory for depressive suicide. The balloons are depression, while the victim is the rational part of the brain. Depression wants to end your life at all costs, but the rational part of you knows this isn't the answer.
Their crazed faces also show how some depressive suicide victims experience a burst of happiness on the days prior to their planned attempt date.
Great analysis. I really see what you mean
It's not really happiness. It's a more of a akin to a soft manic episode, cuased by a dopamine spike you get when setting yourself a goal, working towards it and seeing the light at the end (pun not inteded, although it fits rather well.)
I like it.
Most people are just floating heads.
@@MugenTJ ah shyte me fokken body's gone again.
I’d probably make it out alive in the ice cream story lol
lol me too, just don't trust the ice cream man
Yeah me too tbh
Hey, parents did teach us to never trust strangers so follow that advice!
i cannot eat more than one scoop of ice cream, i hate dessert so i wouldn’t go. i also have lots of trust issues and i’m terrified of the chances of being kidnapped. i wouldn’t trust or care for the ice cream truck.
I wouldn't join the kids
The only possible way to survive the balloons is for humanity to live underground. As far as I know they never land or squeeze into anything tight
Or become too heavy for the ballon
Or just capture the balloons with a net and drag them into a warehouse?
AA systems
@@jakegordon1575 is this a Monument Mythos reference?
well there knots can be very long to reach the victims
Ngl, The Hanging Balloons are analog horror worthy.
There is a analogue horror series with something like that
The arg is Monument Mythos and the floating heads is related to a weird and sharp af glass or something like that.
@@HDBMorTrucuIDK analog horror series, unofficially called crowns
caused by decapitating a person using giza glass, a special type of glass created with lightning where you can still control your detached part
most crowns in the grand canyon are victims of execution by a group of greco-egyptian warriors all holding giza glass swords (not sure here)
they dont hang people but the place reeks of vinegar and creepy and some were rumored to be working as slaves on musk's mars base
That would ruin the original manga, like this anime ruined it
This junji ito guy is really something , I think only Japan can make something outlandishly freaky and weird into something watchable
there is a Youkai that is a man with an eye for an anus that backs out of the bushes ass first holding his cheeks open to stare at you. and yeah that's a real thing in Japanese folklore no BS. so yes what you say is correct. XD
Unlike his manga, Junji Ito is quite a soft and wholesome guys ngl xD
after all, japan is the only country that has a gigantic skeleton terrorising marines and fishermen. and also a guy that has an eye as his butthole and moons you when it looks at you. freaky, right?
@@ranjira7893Japan was on the zaza when making a lot of these stories
@@ranjira7893the real question is what is this originally from. Every myth has a small truth. What animal/thing looks like a but with an eye in the middle?
Stephen King: "I've made balloons scary!"
Junji Ito: "Hold my loose."
*noose
@spino-manohio is so 2022 man
@spino-man ohhh the balloon incident where they released 1.5m balloons or i forgot how many
@spino-man im pretty sure they were doing it for some fundraiser
Okay, let me think…
First Story: Probably would make it out, as I’m 27 and thus would not be a target. If I was taking care of kids though, I would probably not let them go with the ice cream man. Especially if I am barred from going with.
Second Story: If I discovered a tunnel with legends surrounding it about people going in and not coming out, I like to think I would probably avoid it. However, if I did go in and saw the researchers and their photos about ghosts, combine that with what I already know, and I would just “NOPE” right on out of there.
Third Story: Not surviving that. It’s clear that anyone in that scenario is doomed to fail. The balloons seem to always know where you are, will zero in on you first chance they get, and if you don’t give in from having your will broken, then eventually you will probably die of malnutrition, as hunkering in your house will only work for so long. Though I like to think if my head balloon tried to tell me to give in, I would give it a hearty “screw you”, though don’t quote me on that.
Fourth Story: Yeah, would probably survive this. Only real ghosts were the ones in the pictures and the father’s ghost, and while they were pretty terrifying, they didn’t actually hurt anyone. Besides, even if there was a risk of this family’s seance being dangerous, each siblings’… Charming demeanors would probably make me want to avoid them all like the plague.
Bro really wrote an entire essay.💀
This story actually haunted me for days because I didn't want to believe it was unbeatable. Then I found the answer one during class instead of listening. Dug a hole! If you make tunnels around the city, it would work. It will take time but people with enough resources would be able to make.
@@onuhrita5009 Definitely would take a concentrated effort, but that could work.
I don't get it...there's only one of the balloons that is hostile to you right...so why don't you just trap it?,seems easy enough seeing that they have literal ropes you can tie to literally anything.
Tie the rope to a rock
The father risked his life, the boy did as well but Kesuko couldn't handle it and KILLED herself, the first suicide having a ripple effect that killed everyone
Maybe she got killed by a balloon too.
The father chose the grind over safety
@@ninjamaster9805it showed a scene where she tide a rope to the power lines at her house and her floating head didn’t have a rope because the girl killer herself with out a head
I don’t understand why do not cut the ropes
@@America85584im assuming damaging the rope has the same effect as damaging the balloon… it probably kills the person bound to it
That balloon head scared me, they're too OP no one can escape it 😆
I gotta stop touching grass in that kind of situation
@Chengcheng -de- gamer Some people would do that, too. Your supplies won't last long and you guys will go out eventually. Hahaha
for the balloon one what if you cut the rope? because the first balloon that was shown did not have a rope
@Chengcheng -de- gamer same I’m still a kid💀😭
My plan is a pyrrhic victory. I'd go to the nearest nuclear powerplant and make it go critical I won't survive anyway but with my actions those fucking air heads won't either! best to go out in a blaze of spite then just give up.
I feel like the little sister in the last story was possessed to begin with lol
Yeah, Misako feels like a demon in human skin. The only sane person out of the six is Narumi, the second daughter.
Junji Ito Has the most scariest stories that bring chills in my spine!
Like a Japanese Twilight Zone or Tales from the Crypt but more unique cuz some of his tales are eithrt terrifying, gross or bizarre or all 3
Ikr! It was so scary lol XD
If you watch junji ito's collection dont ever expect that you've got happy ending about the stories
One thing I don't like about the anime is the open-ended endings. Some stories feel incomplete.
@Pedro Leonardo where can I watch junji ito anyway
@@mehchocolate1257 Netflix
This is one of the reasons why Junji Ito's work is so interesting and eerie
@@Ieatchildren1881 episode 1 was fuckin awesome when they have a seance to summon their dead parents
I like the open ended endings the most ironically. It makes you think about the story even after you finished reading it. I enjoy stuff that is thought provoking
I love this series. I really hope we get a season 2. The head balloons is my favorite one.
Frrrrrrrrrrr
Not me
@@itscorn9694 why?
@@segastars9802 it reminds me how ugly my big sister is.
@@itscorn9694 lmfao
Ice cream story: ....
Kids with diabetes: OH HELL NAHH
I have diabetes, and yes I would eat the ice cream, I'm not a ice cream fan so
@@Alex_FnF u don’t like ice cream but u would eat ice cream?
@@Novasobright yea but only small amounts, cause I'm kinda allergic to milk Soo...
@@Alex_FnF oh that makes since, aren’t there like diary free ice creams?
@@Novasobright yea there is, but I'm pretty sure most ice cream trucks don't sell that
What if the suicide one is an allegory on how suicide affects people and can cause others to take their own lives because of another's suicide, like one girl tried to kill herself because her brother did
Ma'am its supposed to be head balloons scary scary
Technically yes, but then again it's Junji Ito. Don't take the story too seriously or it will affect your mental health.
You are right🧡 Those are not just silly empty stories they are from the good ones I can tell👍👍👍👍
@@peagames2002This is good advice, since he made a spine-tingling story about *spirals*.
So your saying all these people commit suicide because 1 pop star killed herself?
To be honest I would simply capture my ballon. And make him watch “paint drying special edition” on repeat forever.
I feel like the balloon story isnt as scary as people make it
People who had cars in their house-connected garages would definitely do considerably better in this apocalypse. The garage functions virtually as an airlock, while the car functions as an EVA suit. Enter the car, drive away, go to a grocery store, and with the distance you probably gained on the balloon by literally driving away from a hot air balloon, you could probably loot the store with ease. Just be careful if your balloon catches up with you; you'll probably have to use the umbrella approach to buy you some time to get whatever you got into your car and drive away. Considering that those ropes somehow have super strength (it crushed the dad's arms and it was able to hold onto him despite the awkward grasp it had on him) I don't think you would exactly be able to just grab the rope and essentially disarm the balloon entirely. Though if by some miracle you were able to untie the noose, I have a feeling that your balloon wouldn't be nearly as dangerous and instead be more like an annoyance.
Bro if I have a garage connected to my house with my car in it yes I have a better chance at living but I’m not parking my car outside of the store no no no I’m driving through the window and park my car in the store and either live there now or just take my time looting then get back in my car that is within the store then drive home into my garage connected to my house but at the end of the day my head balloon would be like
This motherf**ker
maybe the rope is also magic and would tie itself back up even if you untie it.
probably best to lure it into a large garage or warehouse, and then lock it inside like someone else said, tho if it had super strength then it wouldnt work
@@TheRealLTO wuh oh, now you gotta worry about a gaping hole in the store. Those balloons can reach inside of things they can't get into so it's basically a danger zone over there. Plus your head might just pop itself on all the broken glass from the window while struggling to get inside. But true, the "this mfer" statement would be accurate as hell lmao
@@fj094t58qjf I'm sure they have strength but if they had super strength, hiding in your house wouldn't do you much of a favor. Locking them in a warehouse is one of the best ideas I've heard of. You just gotta make sure to 'balloon proof' the warehouse to A, make sure it doesn't pop itself, and B, make sure it couldn't use its limited intelligence to somehow open up an exit.
@@squidin9347 yeah
Imagine you manage to survive the baloons, only to yours end up bursting itself with a tree branch by accident.
The hanging balloons was probably just a metaphor on the high suicidal rates in Japan
Out of all the Junji Ito works I've encountered so far, the Hanging Balloons is probably the one that terrified me the most. Something about the imagery of the entire city dangling from their own heads is so despairing and has so much staying power.
that hanging balloons one is terrifying, it's literally a lose lose situation
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@@kipechawolfeortiz8791 scissors really wouldn't help
It’s a lose noose situation
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be a windmill worker
flying head? the wind gust or the blades are gonna tear them apart
Every junji ito films somehow ends in the same manner. Where the mc suddenly went into a trance and surrendered to their fate.
Tutorial how to survive the balloon heads
Step1 grab scissors
if your implying to cut the rope but what if the rope is too strong?
Second strategy, get two giant carpets, rub them together with a big industrial machine and attach them to a device to patrol across the city. All the balloons will be stopped in no time
*wears a very spiky and sharp choker*
Third strategy, use SAMs
Hide inside a vehicle and spam SPAAGs and SAM sites, coupled with Manpads and shit.
I laughed so freaking hard when the balloons were kissing did you see my dude ragdolling
I feel like the best way to manage the hanging balloon scenario would be to make your neck and shoulders a shape less easily roped. You'd have to have clothing that makes a straight line from the edge of your shoulders to the top of your head. If there are no neck features for a noose to hook under, theres no easy way for you to get yoinked.
Then again, this is junji ito we're dealing with. It's more than possible that this would just piss the heads off and we'd see them start outright strangling people.
Well, the dad got caught by his arms and chest, so I guess you should just give up in that scenario.
Maybe going to work is the right answer, go to a metal shop and make a bigass cone on wheels, then use that to traverse the city, only exiting the cone when indoors. Maybe making the cone out of something similar to chain link, then putting thin sheet metal around that to give a smooth, non ropable surface?
You'd need a cloak without sleeves in that situation. Your arms would still be caught even if the shirt didn't have shoulders. Hoisted up by your sleeves. Best bet is to wear a cloak or general cover, but you'd need to do what the dad did or you'll just be hanging in that cloak. I'm not sure what the repercussions would be, though, because of what happened to the brother
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@@scepticalhyenas5750😱
balloon head is simple. Get a hook, some steel cable and a wench. Hook the noose as it comes at you then reel it in. Once secure burry the wench in concrete. The balloon head is stuck in place.
What if it has strength 🥺
Yeah it carries people around easily so you must have some super strength to pull them in
0:08 idk why but i always laugh when that other balloon head flies away when the other one get deflated 😂😭
for the balloon head story you could just go on the floor with a box that will covering your body and put oil on the box so that the rope can't get on it
or move into the underground subway, if you can find a place that is above ground and connected but closed off like a store or mall then you can use it to grow food, the bigger problem would be able to find a clean water source
The guy was captured by the elbow… if they can’t get your head they will get your body parts instead.
I think the rope is strong enough to easily crush a cardboard box.
@@AiuraTheQtwhat if they can’t at all? Then you’d be pretty lucky alive still.
Head balloon trick is to just stay inside basically
But you can’t for the rest your life tho, that’s what happens sin the comic I think they start to need food
Have you ever heard of starvation and dehydration?
@@moonwabbit8262dehydration is avoidable easily because the ballons seem to be a city-wide threat but to avoid starvation then you need to prepare before it happens and worse that most people who grow edible plant put them outside and mostly exposed.
@@thedifferenceincolour7341i wonder what happens if you catch the ballon like with a big net and then tied it down?
Starvation would take secerall weeks to kick in. Even if no food is at home. And since the water system seems to work i dont think that dehydration is that big of an issue
What if they put tape on the place of their face where they’ll pop their corresponding balloon to prevent their own face being deflated?
Fucking damn your genius,worth a try.
flextape it lmao
The tape won’t work. It might just go for the skin and not the tape at all
I swear if i woke up and open the blindfolts and just sees a huge *ss head outside my window im ganna become doom slayer in a real life way
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This is why I absolutely love Ito's stories. No explanations, no deep lore, no reasoning, just pure terror
In the balloon story it seems only your balloon wants to kill you so a way to survive would be to somehow capture your balloon in a garage or warehouse and then immobile it with a net and weights if you can.
Could also try and catch the noose with a rope then tie it off. Long as the baloon cannot get free or hurt itself you should be fine then to go about your business.
Also why would you not be shooting down balloons that have already caught their targets?
A and B: you’ve got a point.
C, however, is not so simple.
By shooting the balloon, the corresponding person dies. But the balloon will de-aggro when they’ve caught said corresponding person. So I think by shooting the balloon would either be useless if they’ve already killed their human counterpart, or stupid, as you kill the person you tried to save.
@@Oliver-Thyellabut if you shoot the one with the people, it would look less daunting. Also there is no way there is only that many people in the city with that place. Some people have to not have balloons
@@guffthebir72 I have to agree with the shooting part. Imagine a scenario where let's say half of the population of that city is still alive,you have to take into account the psychological effect on their bodies ,seeing the immense number of floating balloons ,some even hanging people.
Because the big number of balloons ,some like the final girl would just give up hope and let themselves kill.Thus ,I think taking down the balloons that fulfilled their purpose will have a positive effect on the survivors , considering that there are not so many dangerous balloons out there
have they tried to just cut the rope or capture the balloons with something?
@@fj094t58qjfthe rope may correspond to the organs or the body below the neck in general. If you cut the noose or do any damage to it, it’s *possible* it can also damage your own body
That last one is most probably the safest one to survive 👀
Felt more of a cliffhanger than anything else for me.
Ice cream guy: hey kid wanna get I-
Kid: STRANGER DANGER (kicks him in the balls causing him to break his neck on the ice cream window thing
I think we can survive story 4 since I saw the woman declined the mans request another night.
Hell even if she came again she would be safe since the ghost never hurtled anyone
I would most likely survive the one with the floating heads because I don't leave the house anyway-💀
What about food though
@@nanunamu7630tesco can deliver it to your house
@@guffthebir72 wut if they get captured
@@guffthebir72anything that's operated by human that would eventually disappear they really is no escape outside of maybe building a whole underground tunnel network and I'm not even sure if that would work
Dark fact: Hanging ballons is based off the rate of suicide in Japan.
The only thing that kinda puts the hole in that analogy is how the death of the girl that had her balloon popped occurs. What is that in place of?
The father choosing work despite the danger is overworking, the mother losing hope is self explanatory, you can make an argument for the son dying by taking up chores and a role he wasnt meant for and the girls death at the end was of losing everyone. But what would the girl with glasses death represent?
This could be a stretch, but assault cases against women are rarely taken seriously or not seriously enough. Maybe there could be a connection there?
Literally everything about this is crazy also seriously letting your children have a fun ride with a complete stranger seriously this is a new kind of kidnapping
The balloons one sounds like a fun original apocalypse to survive in.
Oh I love japanese tales it's like 1 of my favorite things on Netflix right now I need to start watching it again
I’d defo make out the ice cream one, it’s literally the easiest to survive in. As long as you have common sense, logic and a proper mind, you’d survive. I’d say no person in their right minds would trust a guy driving a goofy-ah looking ice cream truck and walk into it for an entire afternoon drive. I know dang well our parents taught us to not trust strangers 😭 😭 if my kid ever said what his son said to him I’ll make sure to whoop his ass to last thursday 😂
Wtf is that pfp
Junji Ito's writing process can be summed up with, "I made this cool drawing, what random a** story can I make fit it?".
well that was terrifying and disturbing x.X I watched this after seeing a clip of the floating balloons and wanted to see how it ended thinking that at least some people would survive, solve the mystery and put an end to the horror BUT NOPE! xD
first time a good series recap and because of your recap I will watch the series myself and also read through the manga
Nice
Should've thought twice before watching this at 12AM and in a dark room all alone 💀
Basically, we're watching horror, and the demons are manipulating us because of how good horror movies are. Well, it's our own opinion, tho. I really like watching these types of anime.
So it’s a lot of short stories, animated? That’s a cool concept. Instead of extremely long stories, you get short campfire stories that scared the crap out of you 😂
This is the only series where there is no good ending, and also proves why whenever theres a villan, there's a hero too
I mean first, no this isn't the first series with a bad ending. Second , this is a poor adaptation of the work of Junji Ito, they turned his mastery of horror into a cheap farce. Personally I don't care, I watch cheap horror movies from time to time but this is just straight up disrespect for Ito.
Villain
Wait they actually made all those comics into animations recently?
Yeah i only know the balloon from a manga i seen by my friend he said he was searching for mangas and got the ballon and a one piece mangas
Yeah but if you ask me the anime kind of sucks
Junji Ito Is really a masterpiece
What if we just cut the rope of the balloons unless we still get affected
The balloons would be a trippy Live Action horror film. Especially with Too Tier VFX and practical FX 😯
Oh so this is Junji Ito…
I’m pretty good fan to horror stuff so a bunch of friends recommended me to watch his stuff but I haven’t taken the time to do so yet, I guess I’ll probably start it soon
i would recomend read instead.Some of his adptations can't translate his art style and lose some impact
@@clauro6153 I haven’t even started watching it yet😅…
But thanks for the suggestion so I’ll definitely do it side by side to get more immersed into his whole schtick
The algorithm freaks me out - I never looked any of this up, but I was thinking about the balloons a couple of days ago.
I defenitly would not survive the ballon one
But i think I might survive the tunnel or seance one
13:38 Gworl really said “open da noor”
I will survive ice cream one-but not the Balloon one if it was real I will probably be dead dead
Being lactose intolerant in the ice cream story be like...
Time to start digging tunnels in that hanging balloons scenario...
Bro the news reporter and father has balls stronger than diamonds to go out for their jobs
It would be difficult, but the best soluation to survive the hanging balloons is tie the rops unto a tree or a fence so it can't anywhere. But the hard part is the strength of the balloon heads are stong enough to carry people with ease. They only target 1 person so having free hands would be a big help but where are you going to find free hands?
Bruh, I actually had a legit nightmare about the head shaped balloons
this traumatized me so badly i keep looking outside to see if there are floating balloon heads 💀💀💀💀💀💀
REAL
Somehow turning into ice cream is the less creepy outcome of a bunch of children getting into a mysterious van
In manga it looks more scarier
Edit: talking about the balloon one
I agree. It gave me the creeps when I first saw it.
Yeah, the concept of horror is really good, but the summarised video took away every single part of the execution in story building, and the animation just removed the really detailed art works.
I can survive the balloon heads
Me - *stays in my house forever like Corona*
The heads - go out
Me - heck naur i a'nt gunna get cOrOnA vIrUs!!!
The heads - ... *trys to break in*
Me - heheheh i have 2 doors 1 gate and 1 door
But you would eventually run out of food
What did I just witness
But unlike corona, you can’t go outside without the constant and almost guaranteed change of being hung.
The balloons can manipulate and talk to people, and probably outsmart them, judging by the girl’s brother and the umbrella
Any of these can be easily survived except for the balloons ofc. The tunnel is debatable because as long as you don't enter it you shouls be fine
The head balloons give a whole new meaning to "you'll float too".
The balloons and the ice cream thing I think that I can just survive easily on those stories 😊
American horror: *ahhhhh scary knife man* Japanese horror: **very weird and demented stuff**
I would survive the ice cream story xd
I might just hide kr go with a team on the hanging balloon ;_;
The man is in a balloon monster apocalypse and still decide to still go to work.
I would not be dead if I didn't enter the tunnel for sure
The balloon story is horrifying-
I feel so bad for Hitoshi in the last story 😢
"The Mysterious Tunnel" MORE LIKE THE PORTAL TO THE BACKROOMS
If that is taking place in the SCP universe, then the foundation & goc (global occult coalition) would definitely have a field day
Hmm... I wonder if there's an mtf specifically dealing with balloon heads nicknamed as "party poppers"?
Can you write about Party Poppers Special Containment Procedure & Description.
@@yasminmoore6638 will take some time but will do
Can't believe they would remove the best episode on the series.
Honestly, I would have thrived in the Balloon head world, first order of business is to capture my balloon and stuff it in a padded room that it can never escape from. I will play it some Barney music to keep it company.. next? Either aid the Balloons of my enemies or pop them- whichever causes them the most mental anguish.
Am I the only one who is absolutely horrified by all of this?
That's quite literally the whole purpose of these stories, why tf would you be the only one???
NOPE lol 😂but its the type of strange shit i like
What if you killed the balloons after they got their victim. Could that bring the body back to life?
They would fall and die
Or maybe they BOTH DIE SINCE THE PERSON SUFFERS THE SAME FATE OF THE BALLOON?
Then pray for god to stop this apocalypse 🗿
Junji Ito is best author Japan has ever produced
I know for a fact I would have just said ok come here balloon head I’m ready to go XD
As a kid I always had a fear of balloons all because I thought if they deflated near me, I would deflate next. Seeing the story of the hanging balloons? Now that's HORRIFYING. That's the story that scares me the most out of the four of these. It would be my worst nightmare EVER, and honestly? I'd probably just end myself if I had to live through this story, but even if I didn't, I'd still die possibly the worst death in my opinion, but at least if I do end myself in that story, I wouldn't have to suffer being hanged or have my head deflated...right...? As for the rest of the stories I'm not sure which one of the three I'll survive.
for the balloon one what if you cut the rope? because the first balloon that was shown did not have a rope
Sounds doable, have like 7 people in a big circle with big gardening shears. Or just pick stock and airblast them away
The rope was ripped when it got tangled from a cable so It think it possible i mean, the first flaoting head never shown to regrow a rope so as if possible you can cut it off and you should be fine.
I imagine the rope can be magically replaced or is a place holder for the neck
@@crystallightwings8520But they were a head of a already dead one
The balloons don't seem like they'd be that difficult to deal with. Don't run out there like an idiot screaming "Come and get me!" Use your head. Locate your balloon before heading out and keep your eyes on it. They aren't moving that fast, they appear to do sweeping runs down at you. If you can't find it right away from a vantage point of your house's windows, see if a mirror will help you find it for view points you normally wouldn't have. See if you can blind the balloons with lights or mace. They're clearly intelligent and due to the fact that the brother balloon assisted the sister balloon, they have some level of care for one another. Threaten to kill it's family members and see what effect that would have. Threaten to kill the balloons around it (Especially the ones that have already caught their victims) and see what level of psychological warfare you can wage.
When running to your vehicle, wear a fake limb, so if you find yourself in a scenario where you can't avoid the noose, jam the fake limb into the noose. Buy you some time. It may be worth it to wear a helmet, like a motorcycle helmet. The noose may not be able to fit around it. Wearing items of clothing to conceal your identity may also have an effect.
Bring with you a bar. A broom, baseball bat, something that's long and thin. If you hold said item at head level and hold it horizontal, logically, that noose can't get around your neck. Period. As long as you keep your eyes on that balloon and keep a level head.
Personally, I think your best bet is blinding them. As long as you don't use something that can actually damage the balloon itself. Something with heat. Try a laser pointer or one of those flashlights that are bright enough to turn night into day. Though, you may want to experiment on someone else's balloon first, preferably one that's already caught it's victim. You don't want to accidentally kill yourself or someone who still has a chance.
Lastly, carry a knife and a method of balloon popping. A knife to in case you're caught. If you're caught, wrap the noose rope around your arm and (If you can) pull yourself up, bring a foot up to wrap the rope around that as well, to give you time to cut the rope and in the final scenario where none of this works, kill your balloon out of stubborn fuck you-itude.
Though, I believe the best way to say fuck you to these balloons is to not give them what they want. Die inside where they can't reach you. They are intelligent, capable of thinking. I believe they have some level of emotion as well, as shown by the noose-less head wandering about in the very beginning . Since her human had already died, it had nothing to do but wander about sorrowfully. They have some level of self preservation as shown when that one girl's balloon got shot by a crossbow, her expression changed to fear. I think it'd be worth it to threaten, show you're level of danger by killing the balloons around it and if you're good at it and convincing, you may be able to get your balloon to back off enough to try and strategize against you rather than blindly flying at you like a psycho, giving you wiggle room. But, if nothing else, killing yourself indoors to give your balloon a meaningless existence where it can never complete it's literal only job in life.
With the balloons I have two ideas
1. What happens if you cut the rope instead of the ballon? I mean the first girl’s rope broke off with no issue to the balloon itself so I wonder
2. What happens if you die not tied to the ballon because honestly if your fate is tethered to the balloon then shouldn’t the ballon’s be tethered to your’s I would just let myself starve and hope that the balloon dies a horrible painful death and to add insult to injury I’m probably going to heaven that thing is DEFINITELY not so I’d rather die on my terms than give that thing the satisfaction of killing me
I believe that the balloon pops if the charater dies before the balloon get them
"Thousands of scary balloons hanging people."
My supervisor: So you're coming to work?
Why the ending of strange hiruziki is so funny for me😂
"What would you do if there is a Balloon-Headed Guy?"
The Monkey thing that pops balloons: "Hold my phone."
Its so dumb that no one was thinking about hiding his face from the baloom with a mask so they dont get recognized...how dump is that
Nah they will find you
I mean the balloon heads already know where you live and stuff. so I don't think hiding your face will work.
@@atomic747 thats what you think but seeng how they follow you with their eyes and notice you , i mean the least you can try is hide you face and see if they will follow you
@@MinhHoangNguyen-wd1uy we cant know until we try and in their case they really didnt
The last story sounds like the easiest to survive
Other than that, you shouldn't trust man with an ice cream van. If you watched Spawn, you know