And OMG, is that basement a kick in the face, even when you know it's coming. A restaurant that is, of course, a front for cannibalism. Again, not sure about this here because the basement and the upstairs room are not so hospital-like.Ĥ. A hospital that is a front for human medical experiments, performed on children. A church that is a front for human sacrifice (and the dead bird/cow skull upstairs reminds me of an augury, like using the remains of sacrificed animals to tell the future).ģ. Not sure about this one, because I don't know a whole lot about Japanese culture.Ģ. A shrine that is a front for demon worship. I had the idea as I explored that each house was a nice-looking place that was a "front" for evil activity, becuase the main rooms all look pretty much normal and lovely but the other rooms start to tell quite another story.Īs I explored, my ideas about the houses were:ġ. Hitokui (the word actually means "cannibalism"! eek) scared me a bit more than Aika (although Hitokui is not as cohesive or complete of an experience) because in Aika I got the feeling of "something bad happened here, let's look at the aftermath" whereas in Hitokui, it's more like "something bad is happening here NOW and you'd better get out before you become the next victim." And "Edogein", wow, that's so clever and creepy! I had no idea about the Kuchisake-onna reference, but I totally see it now. I reached some of the same conclusions on my own when I visited a few days ago, but I don't know enough about Japanese culture to pick up on the references in the shrine house. There's not enough Hitokui information out there. Thank you for this blog post! It was very informative and well-done.
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