Scary Book 1
Posted: February 13, 2006 Filed under: Scary Books Leave a comment »I didn’t read the last shorter story, but I did read the main one. I don’t know what to think, actually. I honestly prefer my horror physical rather than mental, which is the genre Umezu seems to deal with based on this and Orochi.
It was pretty good all the same. Having your reflection come out of the mirror and take over your life while ostracizing you is certainly terrifying, and I’m glad it went on the way it did. I thought it would end with the reflection coming out of the mirror and successfully taking over, but that was not the case, and it was very interesting. Also interesting is the fact that she figured out a way to beat the reflection, which I didn’t think was a possibility.
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I wonder if the handwriting thing was more effective in Japan? Writing in English looks like backwards writing, but I wonder if Kanjii look like sloppy Kanjii when written backwards. I noticed the backward writing when the teacher was upset about it at first, and I thought it was kind of weird she didn’t comment on it being backwards or there wasn’t any comment on it… very weird. I suspect that was a subtle hint in the Japanese version if backwards Kanjii isn’t read as such, but backwards English with no comment is just sort of weird. I thought maybe she was the only one that saw it was backwards even though her teacher said it was messy.
