/jp/ - Otaku Culture

If you saw an umbrella with an eye and mouth hopping around irl you'd be pretty creeped.

Why is this supposed to be scary?

>>11747724
>A guy trying to kill you vs an umbrella

>>11747704
I'd stick a finger in it's eye.
Seriously, a big, glaring weakspot that also work as your primary mean to sense things around you is too much of a tempting target to not hit for the hell of it-

>>11747747
an umbrella isn't supposed to try and kill you

>>11747758
Some of them have 2 eyes though, sometimes 2 legs and arms

The "scary" part of these things was that they snuck into your kitchen at night and made a mess out of your pots and pans, or leaned over your bed until you woke up to a direct view of a giant slimy umbrella eyeball. They aren't going to kill you or drive you mad, they just exist to be total assholes.

>>11747772
>2 eyes 2 legs 2 arms

Then i'd stick something else in

Why is this supposed to be scary?

>>11747785
Daleks are supposed to be scary?
I thought they were just pepper shakers that print money for the BBC.

I always wondered why japanese people think a flying blue sphere of fire is scary. Something like pic related.

>>11747836
Do you realize that this thing is even in European folklore for pretty much the same reason (since they're caused by the same condition)?
St. Elmo's fire and Will 'o whisps...

ITT: americans living in sheltered big cities have not ever felt fear in their lives
holy shit guys, your self preservation instincts are totally fucked. no wonder all your soldiers end up to the shrink

>>11747836

It can burn your hair, thats pretty scary.

>>11747941
I bet you're one of those JAPAN IS BETTER THAN MY OWN HERITAGE I WISH I WAS JAPANESE fags.

Face it, you're not a ching chong.

FUCKING RETARDED WAPANESE FANS

>>11747877
>St. Elmo's fire

Weren't they cases of Ball Lightning though?

>>11747941
What hardships and fear have you experienced in your life?

>>11747941
>big cities
>not ever felt fear

Big cities are the most scary and dangerous place in America! You have a lot of a certain ethnicity and gangs and whatnot.

>>11748315
Yeah, he should have replaced big cities with suburbs.

>>11747941

It's the opposite for a good amount of people on /jp/, think about it. How many of us do you think are comfortable in crowded places, out in public? In a constant state of fear in situations like that, even though it's actually safer than being alone (when in public). Afraid, even though that there's probably little to be afraid of.

Perhaps I'm projecting, or maybe I'm just especially paranoid. All I know is, people scare me more than the thought of a monster. I'm not ignorant of the statistics, and I know that most people aren't out to get me and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference.

>>11747782

N-nobody knew I was 傘化け on the internet
so I thought I could be less alone
and I feel less alone
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>>11747763
where do you live that a dead guy trying to do the same is normal

>>11747704

I see an umbrella and raise you a frog man.

>>11752315
that;s a turtle

>>11752315

kappapa

>>11752422
You;re a turtle.

sadly when it comes to the horror genre, too many people expect scream out loud/ gross out antics which just doesn't describe the genre at all.

>>11747704
The ghost name is Karakasa Obake (からかさおばけ)
It is very famous ghost in Japan.

>>11747836
they appear in graveyards and look eerie and when you approach them, they vanish.

pretty spooky.

>>11747704
They travel in packs, drag you to their den, and kill you.
These things are pretty gruesome, as well.

This is now a Yokai thread instead of "I'mu a silly ironic OP with a silly question I didn't really think through" thread.

So I haven't been able to find anything on a real ape like evil creature lurking in Japan except for this image, which is Japanese. Before someone claims that this yokai is the same thing as Oni or the racist portrayls of either white Russian foreigners or the Ainu/Emshi, STOP, because they're not and I am not talking about the same concept here.

>>11752460
Shut up.

I am fucking tired of idiots who don't understand Japanese culture coming to this board.

>>11754905
Than post real yokai and make it a great thread!

>>11763472
Cuuuuuute!!

>>11763493
Thanks