If You Don't Like What I Have To Say, Don't Freaking Read This

I watched the whole entire thing in just two days and it turns out... THAT I LOVED IT! WTF, right?! HAHA! Anyways, just a recap of the story. This guy named Yuta who has been alive for over 500 years because he gained immortality from eating mermaid flesh, rescues a human girl named Mana from a village composed of mermaids that had been raising her in order to eat her and regain their youth. In order for the whole 'youth revival' thing to work, they had to kill one of their own and feed some of her flesh to Mana, thus making her immortal (to be eaten, mind you). I won't say anymore because you HAVE TO WATCH IT! Go to: http://www.animeratio.com/anime/mermaid-forest/episode-1.php

Its only thirteen episodes long, but I must warn that its for a more mature audience, since there's some scenes that are bloody, rather disturbing and there's even some near rape scenes tossed in there. The thirdteenth episode was said to be so strong that it couldn't be aired on Japanese television (I watched it and it was indeed very graphic and bloody), so it was sold only on video. At least ALL of the episodes are on animeratio so people won't have to go site hopping in order to watch the whole series, including the infamous 'bloody episode 13'.

I expected it to be full of sappyness, but I was thrilled to see that it wasn't a 'regular mermaid story'. The socalled beautiful mermaids were actually quite ugly with deformed fishlike faces that had mouths full of huge teeth (they like biting a lot too).

There was also some tragedy behind the consumption of the immortalizing 'mermaid flesh'; it could either on very rare occasions grant immortality (until said person's head gets chopped off); a painful death; or make them into a 'lost soul' or 'deformed one'; an ugly humanoid fishlike monster that kills and eats everything they can get their claws on.

To tell the truth, everytime a mermaid showed up in the anime, I got freaked out because I knew it couldn't be good. This anime made me SCARED of them. I will never see 'The Little Mermaid' the same way again! LOL

Rumiko Takahashi did a banged up job of making the cutesy mermaid myth into a horror story. I mean I've heard that legend before. Shit in fact, where I come from there's some legends as well...

The eating of mermaid flesh grants immortality; mermaids lure men into the ocean to drown and eat them; mermaids mascerade as mortal women in order to be impregnated by human men; mermaids aren't as beautiful as in fairytales (according to ancient 'encounters' of fishermen facing them, these 'creatures' were often described as being more like a humanoid fish, with really deformed features and jagged teeth and talons); seeing a mermaid signals bad weather like sea storms and hurricanes; mermaids are usually wary of people but do become violent if they need to.

This anime, I think, really followed all of the un-fairytalelike aspects of the mermaid myth. It really went into the negative side, making mermaids seem more like deceptive heartless animals that were not only victimizers, but on many occasions victims themselves (for the whole 'immortal mermaid flesh' thing).

Why the freak was I so scared of watching this anime?! I feel so stupid now. Every time someone told me to watch it, I was like: A mermaid story? Fuck no! I don't want to see something as dorky as that. But I enjoyed it. It's a damned shame there isn't more... *sniffle* I thought the only scary mermaid stories I've seen was that cheap Sci-Fi movie 'She-Creature' (did I even get the title right?) and that one episode of Pet Shop of Horrors called 'Delicious'. I think Speed-grapher had an episode with a mermaid as well. She killed people by luring them into the water with her I think. She was a hired assasin of some sort.

Anywho! What will I watch next, I wonder! (probably will give Higurashi: When They Cry another shot, ne?)

Since I've been bored, I've started rewatching GhostHunt. It's a pretty good creepy anime. Not the usual mushy kind, but more of the type of anime that deals with ghost hunting investigations. (you know the whole temp gadgets, nightcams and priests/priestess/monk exorcism.) The background stories are pretty cool too. It's a lot better than it sounds, so if people are retarded enough in expecting a scary anime with monsters and swords to be the only good thing, then you need your head examined.

This anime far exceeds the expectations of what a creepy anime with suspenseful ambience and unpredictability SHOULD be.

High-school student Mai Taniyama, a girl who loves telling ghost stories, finds a job working for Kazuya Shibuya, a psychic investigator and owner of Shibuya Psychic Research. They, together with a Catholic priest, a Buddhist monk, a dubiously-skilled priestess, and a famous spiritual medium investigate all manner of supernatural activity, from curses to hauntings. Really, the setting isn't much different from what you'd expect to see on one of those live-action 'ghost hunter' shows. Except, you know, the houses are actually haunted in Ghost Hunt.

To watch the entire anime for free, go here:  Ghost-Hunt

You can just call me, your friendly free anime supplier! Yes! I dish out anime for those that don't know much about it! YAY!

Yet another anime suggested by a buddy that has been dying for me to do a Ichimoku Ren/OC fic (apparently there's not enough fanfiction for this fandom which is shocking considering that its three seasons long and it's a pretty unusual and interesting story).

I'll admit to snaking around this anime for awhile, without giving it much thought, but I'm glad that I gave it a chance after continuos nagging.

To give the basics, I'll just start by saying that the anime is about a site that people can access just at midnight.

It's to seek revenge. The person that accesses said site puts the name of the person they want sent to hell and alas, Jigoku Shoujo (Enma Ai) shows up offering a straw doll with a red string. If the person pulls the red string, the revenge will be dealt with, but at a price... The person who seeks revenge will go to hell themselves when they eventually die as payment for Enma Ai's aid. Usually the revenge scenes are rather nightmarish; involving the cursed person being questioned about their 'sins' and being psychologically tortured with illusions until at the last moment, Enma Ai does a little chant that ends with 'Do you want to try dying this once?'. After that is said, she rows a ferry carrying the cursed person through the gates of hell (sort of like the legend of River Stix).

Did I make much sense when I explained that? LOL Anyways, she also has three helpers that assist her during these 'revenges'. That explains why the Ichimoku Ren fic that was requested of me (I'll do it after I do more research to write it perfectly. I'm a bit of freak for detail).

Ichimoku Ren is one of Enma Ai's helpers. I won't say much about him since I'd be giving spoilers to the series, but let's just say that he's a young good looking guy that has his left eye covered with long black bangs. He's a bit of a narcisist, but not exageratedly so (the guy knows he looks good and isn't afraid to admit it. I've also noticed that he can be a bit callous in saying some things; perhaps due to him not being 'human'.) It took me a while to get 'used' to his character, since I'm more into redheads (a little fetish of mine) and he's a brunette, but in the end, I have a weakness for hot anime guys. Darn you, Celeste for nagging me for months! You know that Mills requested 'The Solitary Twin' and now lots of people are counting on me!

I might write the first chapter after careful diligent brainstorming, but in the meantime I'll work on the next chap for 'The Solitary Twin'. I will no longer take requests because sometimes it's really tough keeping up with them. I have a old Sesshomaru/OC request pending for over the last couple of years (I might never get it done. I have a knack for rarely seen anime)

To see this wonderful anime for FREE go to these links:

Hell Girl Season 1

Hell Girl Season 3 

And yes people, these links are free-to-watch anime. I wouldn't suggest something you have to pull out a credit card for. If I suggest an anime/manga, it's because it can be seen for free in a site. I like to help people enjoy it without a price and there's so many great sites that dish it out to us. I really hope that anyone that sees Hell Girl enjoys it as much as I did. =)