#like it def has comedic elements but not classifying it as a horror show is doing it a disservice

[cheswirls]

watching jshk back in 2020 truly did change my perspective on horror n im still so sad i haven't found anything quite like it when it comes to animated media. the horror that is not full of jump scares or scary creatures or concepts like possession, murder, etc that is so incessantly popular in american horror, but instead a concept of horror where you're constantly filled w dread for smth you cannot see. a fear of the unknown. not outright 'in your face' scary but terrifying in concept. something that leaves the scare factor up to your imagination. i want to experience smth like that again

#god there were such real moments in hanakokun where i felt my heart stop #like it def has comedic elements but not classifying it as a horror show is doing it a disservice #it carries the weight of dread and consequences of failure so very very well #some moments are genuinely so spine chilling in the most subtle way imaginable #so the scene gets less tense and only then do you realize you haven't been breathing #i want more existential horror anime instead of person-with-knife for the 1000000 time #i want more 'something is deeply wrong here but i can't put my finger on it' #jshk also does a great job of making normal-looking chars so menacing when they come on screen #without revealing the reason why you're supposed to regard them this way #like huge scaly multi-eyed monster blob thing ok i might be uncomfortable #but normal looking middle school kid???? and the intensity shoots thru the roof??? #i want more 'i am deeply afraid but i do not know why' that kind of horror