So, it’s been awhile since I did an ऐनीमे review… again. I think I’ve only done, at the most, three. And that’s only on the चोटी, शीर्ष of my head. I do want to review और at a later time, including ones like Midori, which I have heard is very, very hard to stomach. Perfect for this series. But, for now, I’ve got something just has hard to face. Maybe. Let’s just say that, throughout the ऐनीमे I have seen, blood and gore hasn’t been a major factor in these shows. Was there blood and gore, yes. But it was either very minimal या was in the background the entire time and was not the main focus of horror in this series. But today, I introduce आप to an ऐनीमे that I think went from tame to extreme real fast. I introduce आप to the four episode series, Corpse Party: Tortured Souls.



Corpse Party: Tortured Souls, from the शीर्षक alone, already sounds like it’s gonna be a swell time. But no, seriously, let’s get into what this series is about. So Corpse Party is based on a video game of the same name. I’ve never played it, but thankfully, my Filipino friend, Alinah_09 कहा that it was boring. She didn’t enjoy the gameplay, and she felt like it was filled with just constantly going back and forth. I’ve heard that the PSP version was batter and और of a graphic novel, but… Come on, who really owns a PSP? What’s next, a version for the Vita? Anyway, आप thankfully don’t have to know anything about the game to understand what is going on in the anime, because it gives आप everything आप need to know in the first few minutes. The opening starts द्वारा दिखा रहा है the characters going about their daily lives in some happy, slice-of-life दिखाना before cutting VERY briefly to some darker scenes. But आप barely see anything besides character reactions, so आप don’t know what आप are in for. Most of the opening is just these characters, enjoying life and just in general being happy. Now, I want आप to remember this opening. It’s gonna come up later on why I really like the horror in this anime. So, let us talk about the characters in this series. First let’s talk about our two lead characters. Satoshi is a cowardly dumbass who is easily scared of things and has a crush on the large chested girl with short hair. He reminds me of me. All the और reason to hate him. The और interesting protagonist is Naomi, a the large chested short haired girl I mentioned who goes through some psychological stuff…………………… Kinda like Silent Hill- Okay, I’m gonna stop now. And then आप got the rest. Ayumi is a girl who really likes scaring people like a creep. Reminds me of someone… Anyway, Seiko is a lesbian… Just a big lesbian. Not even a subtle one. Yuka is the little sister of Satoshi who likes him…. A little too much. Like an uncomfortable amount too much. Yoshiki is just the typical bad boy with heart. Mayu is just the typical लोकप्रिय girl. Sakutaro is a guy who doesn’t really get interesting until he goes bludgeoning crazy later on, something I got a real psycho fanboyism over when I first watched the series. I still regret it to this day. Yui is a responsible teacher. Yeah, as आप can tell, the और characters we look into, the और bland their personalities get. And with a four episode series, there isn’t exactly a lot of room to develop most of them. Unless you're part of the main characters, expect to just be as interesting as cardboard, because you're most likely going to be killed. But I almost forgot about one character. Sachiko, the ghost girl. And… Well… I’ll save her for later. That’s a whole other story I want to get into. For now, let’s actually get to the plot.



The plot of Corpse Party is as follows. A group of फ्रेंड्स have gathered in their school overnight to tell ghost stories, one of them being about a cursed elementary school called Heavenly Host Elementary, where children were kidnapped and killed द्वारा having their tongues and eyes cut out, in graphic detail. On that night, the characters decide to perform a ritual involving a paper doll in order to gain good luck. Everyone involved must grab the paper doll and repeat a phrase a certain number of times, and no one must miscount, either द्वारा not counting enough या counting too much. After which, they must rip the doll and take a piece. Failure to do so… Well, I think आप know what happens here. And of course, being the stupid bunch of kids they are, they fuck up the thing and are sent to the very Heavenly Host Academy where the kids were murdered. Here, the group run into ghosts, Scooby-Doo style, and now they must do what they can to just not die. That goes as well as you’d expect. As आप may have heard from the game या the anime, Corpse Party lives up to the name Corpse Party. From the title, आप would expect this to be filled with violence and gore… And yeah… it is.



I’ve seen Elfen Lied. I’ve seen Hellsing Ultimate. I’ve seen Another (And before आप ask, yes, I plan to review all of those). But those were tame. या at least, in comparison to Corpse Party, they were tame. Because Corpse Party… Wow. For an OVA series that probably had a smaller budget, they were… very detailed with the violence. If आप ever wanted to see kids eyes get ripped from their skulls, people sliced in half, girls getting smashed into walls until they are turned into a literal pile of flesh, and some of the most detailed looking stabbings that आप can see in a Japanese animation, then oh boy, आप sick fuck, this ऐनीमे sure as shit delivers. I won’t lie, I’ve seen this ऐनीमे once and that was enough for me. I’m not one to be freaked out द्वारा gore, but my god, they really knew how to make it disturbing to look at. But I don’t think it was the gore itself. I think it was how the actors were. Now, there is no English dub for Corpse Party, and with how long it’s been, I doubt there will ever be one, but from what I have heard from the Japanese voice actors, they did a really good job of portraying someone in the worst possible pain. Let me tell you, those screams sound too realistic. It gets under your skin, and just seeing the characters getting violently murdered just makes it worse. But hell, आप don’t even need to look at the screen to be freaked out. Just hearing it on it’s own is enough to make things hard to stomach. I heard that there was too much gore, and yeah, I can see that as being the case, but at least it isn’t just one big gorefest like your typical slasher film. It manages to have a very disturbing story…. Just with lots of dead bodies.



So, now that I’ve held out on this character long enough, let’s get to actually talking about the character Sachiko. Sachiko is the main antagonist of the entire anime. A ghost girl with nothing but a pair of rusted scissors, she and the other ghost children, all disfigured in their own ways, hunt down the group of students and try to kill them, to trap them within the cursed school that they are trapped in. Sachiko is probably one of the best entities in a horror anime. And she’s a ghost. And I am sick of ghost… anything. I don’t know how, but Sachiko manages to make ghosts interesting. I mean, I’m not gonna watch the ten thousand Paranormal Activity movies, but I may look into The Grudge sometime… Maybe… but doubtfully. Sachiko manages to be both scary and as well, tragic, with her backstory that… I really want to get into. I mean I really want to get into why she is a very tragic character in a horror anime, but I don’t want to spoil it. But that could alienate a lot of people who are turned off द्वारा the extreme gore and avoid such good character story. Oh, I don’t know what to do… I just want to say that it is a story आप would not expect from a child and आप can clearly see why she has become a vengeful spirit. It makes आप really feel bad for her… Despite her being a murderous ghost girl. But it’s still very good, and I urge आप to try your best to get through the violence to see it. When I think about it, saving her for later was kinda pointless, really… Shit… Uh… Hey, how about that opening?



As I कहा before, this opening is very tragic indeed. First off, the happiness and the joyful tone of it is nothing और than lies and betrayal, as… Well, आप can guess. But I कहा before that this opening is very और hard hitting when आप better understand the lore of Corpse Party. So, after catching up on my lore, I noticed that this opening isn’t just creepy, it’s depressing. This is actually और of a पूर्व दिखा रहा है of the things they have done, before entering Heavenly Host Elementary. Before they started getting killed द्वारा crazy ghost children. And now, things have changed completely. This ain’t no Persona school, kids. This is Corpse Party, and in it, people die and they don’t come back. There’s your happy ऐनीमे opening. It really makes आप want to play the games in hopes of getting the best possible ending so that everyone can live. Sadly, people in that game have to die, या so I’ve heard. So, all आप can do is just try and get the most people to live, and even then, it’s a depressing ending, no matter what. And I think that really hits घर in the ending of Tortured Souls. It really hits आप in the gut, and ends with giving आप one last final scissor to the gut. An extra fuck आप right before it ends. And that’s what I प्यार about Corpse Party, in a screwed up, masochistic way.



Corpse Party is known as being one of the most shocking, violent, and most disturbing… things ever… And yeah, आप heard right. I think that the violence helped keep this ऐनीमे from getting English voice actors. All this murder happening to children. It’s a very taboo thing here in the States. But it’s a very good fucked up piece of work. It manages to tell a very creepy backstory, have an interesting environment and have some of the best use of gore I’ve seen in a horror story, which says a lot. The characters aren’t the most flushed out, but आप still want to see them get out of this place in hopes of living their lives, even when आप know that is just not gonna happen. And as much as it kills me that I can’t describe Sachiko in anyway without spoiling the story, आप have to trust me when I say she is one of the best. If आप can stomach some of the most intense violence ever to be shown in… anything, I urge आप to give this one a look. Just remember that this series is far from tame… Also Naomi gets groped द्वारा a shadow monster and we get to see panty shots. 10/10 . Would get creepy rape ghost fetish again.



But seriously, this is screwed up. Take care.