1980s Japan!! - Hollow Cocoon 

Grandmother in the hospital. Okay. Evil entity is chasing me. Okay. It broke the telephone and took out the lights. Okay. I'm finding out about a seriously shady family history. Okay. I have to dig into the toilet to get out a secret key. This is the *worst* day of my life.

seeing evelyn read the japanese that isn't translated for us will never get old. i LOVE it!

19:00 there's actually an "easter egg" in the game where you can find a phone number (in town I think) and when you call it's from Mary. She tells you she's by the dumpster and if you go back into town you can find the doll. She'll call you several times from different places.

Awesome video, Gab! To address some things that were sort of missed; I’m uncertain what exactly happened, but it’s implied within the notes that Master Kyubei, their father, was fed to Ayano by Kino. Kyubei became engrossed in the idea of returning his daughter back to her former human state by using a “Cocoon” to cure her “Princess Possession.” In her notes, Kino dislikes their father’s ideal, stating that Ayano is just as beautiful as ever. Following on the heels of Kyubei’s dive into his search for the “Cocoon” cure, he goes missing. In other notes, it is stated that Ayano can no longer recognize her father, having forgotten him seemingly completely. In yet another note, there is a description of a man who seems to somewhat resemble the same characteristics attributed to Kyubei… fed to Ayano, by Kino. In terms of what exactly happened to Ayano, she likely passed away on that cold mountain the same day or so that she was abandoned (considering everything about her was kept pristine, from her hair to her kimono). In the mountains of Japan, there’s numerous ayakashi (spirits), oni or akuma (demons), and kami (gods) that can be found. Take into consideration the red talismans and their stated purpose of warding off “demons.” They ward off Ayano, thereby stating her to be a demon. At some point from her last breaths to her return one month from abandonment (Nov. 23rd to Dec. 23rd), a demon likely found her and chose to revive her either to consume her body and claim it as their own, or to share a “home” with their host. aka share a body. They gain mutual benefit, revival and a physical form.) The “her/she” that Ayano refers to, the one who continues to eat her memories, is likely this very same demon.

The second he crawled into the closet I had to pause because my anxiety went 'oh no it's one of THOSE games'

I love the like ‘pallet cleanser’ idea in the middle of a horror situation, of just playing like a fun little pinball machine such a clever way to reset the brain.

I love how names always have interesting foreshadowing when it comes to Japanese media, Princess Mayu literally means Princess Cocoon , Kinu means silk, Ayano can mean: "Weaving a pattern with silk", Yui can mean elegant cloth, it's just such a cool trope.

Turns out grandma was just trying to feed you by leaving that chicken head by the door 😂

1:55:52 I like how you hide while she's literally just behind you then she goes peeking inside like: 'Are you serious?'

SPOILER WARNING I was giving the benefit of the doubt on the Grandma for doing what she did like not going to the funeral 'cause maybe she had her reasons. Turns out she was just a b*tch 🤣

i see gab. i see a japanese horror game. i click.

So Grandma is in the hospital possibly with the chance of coming back home, and this guy's first thought is to steal all of her money and pain meds. If Grandma doesn't die in hospital she might kill her grandson when she sees that he just straight up robbed her 😂

"Stop it! Get some help!" = best reaction to being attacked by an enemy 😅

Crazy how the monster isn't the evil being in this game

I can't get over how enormous Kinu's house is

The whole beginning of this game, exploring the family home, reminds me of What Remains of Edith Finch

theres two bonus secret endings. I think you have yo win the machine and use the ticket to get them, one is the cocoon phase they speak of and another is more for comedy relief if you ever replay fingers crossed you can unlock those endings.

I LOVE the beginning of the game where she was just really enjoyin every bit of the house because i share the same sentiment - it looks sooo pretty and so nice. almost shame that it's a horror game and that everything's gonna go to shit soon :"

i actually love Japan’s fashion style in 80’s tbh. my grandma and auntie showed me a few photos of them in the 80’s and 90’s in Japan lol it was nice.

idk why but when he walked out the house and the lady was just eating that chicken raw I said "nah. nah, this ain't it." horror games don't usually get me but something about this one just snatched my soul. might be the fact that the main character is in a house made of paper

The first ending: THAT'S why there's two "dinners" mentioned. The level of detail is insane!

Yay! You and your editor did salvage the video despite not being able to record on live. I watched your live and I know this game is spooky and I'm gonna watch it again.

庭には二羽鳥がいる got a lot of giggles early in our Japanese learning classes🐔 At 36:40, you said the sound of the talisman reminded you of something. I think it was in Ghostwire: Tokyo. I can't find any information about the voice actors but I think the main character was voice acted by the same person who did the main character in Ghostwire. They sound very similar to me. Maybe someone can let me know if I'm wrong.

Gab + Japanese Horror Game = HAPPY ME!!

not sure what it is, if its a haircut or something but Evelien's hair looks so nice here

Omg the house looks sooooo cozy in the beginning! I don’t want it to turn into a horror game! 😂

By the way, this game is based on a Japanese folk tale. Ayano encountered an alien called konjiki hime in the mountains. According to an old Japanese legend, sericulture was brought to Japan by konjiki hime.

this game is so good omg i'm so happy you played it!!❤ i feel so bad for ayano, marriage in those times must've been scary for young girls, even though her fiance seemed like a nice guy i don't think she would've survived having to leave the home she grew up in and the sister she was closest to... it's understandable why she didn't want it >< it's such a shame her sister was so blinded by jealousy that she was completely oblivious to how her sister was hurting... despite everything they did end up staying together till the very end. so bittersweet

Does anyone else love when\how Gab speaks and explains not only the Japanese, but all the asian horror games she plays? Cause I do, I would love for her to give me Japanese, Chinese or Korean classes.

I am living for the back to back Japanese horror from Gab.

Me, screaming at Gab to close the door behind her. Also me, terrified of the consequences of undoing the backyard door bolt

New to watching Gab's videos and after watching a good handful of them, I've noticed something kinda cute. Compared to Jacksepticeye/Sean, Gab is definitely more chill (not loud), but this video confirms that she definitely operates on a similar wavelength to Jack at times.

That was great, I really liked the way the story unfolded, he historical setting, the way the characters all had depth even though there were barely any speaking characters. Very well done.

I know this is supposed to be scary, but it’s hard not to think of a giant white walking raisin creeping around the house

1:30:23 The way I also paused the video LMFAOAOO Gab's reaction had me cracking up

How do you know when you found a comfort streamer? You put on one of the horror videos before bed 😂

Gab is such a wonderful youtuber with the pacing of each video just to her mellow vibe 😊❤

This game has me craving more Japanese horror! Can you please do a re-play of one of your favorite fatal frame games or something similar soon? I love watching you play those because you know them so well, I somehow feel less terrified, haha.

12:00 “are you taking off your shoes? DUDE. Well I guess I don’t have feet…” 😂

This story was so captivated I watched it all the way through in one sitting! So many questions though. (Spoilers if you haven't watched the video) What happened to Ayano in the mountain? Was there a demon there that infected her and somehow also impregnated her? Or did she simply duplicate herself. How come Yui never transformed like she did? And in the ending when you choose to kill Ayano, I expected she would've transformed into some kind of moth considering the cocoon but then you see her appearing entirely the same. So many questions!

There are six endings that I know of kill, spare, restore her, Mary, Chicken Attack, Alien Abduction Spoiler: watch the video or go play the game first Kill Ending: Minato kills Ayano with the rock, Later he comes to Kinu's grave to say his final words and he did went back to get rid of Ayano's body but as Mayu's story said instead of a body there was a cocoon with silk worms in it. As he's leaving he sees Ayano in the distance and vows to live as a human. Also the Dam will be built. Spare Ending: Minato spares Ayano and becomes the Ayano's new caretaker replacing Kinu, he cuts of all his connection to other people and is slowly going senile. Also the Dam is not being built. Restore Ending: Minato finds a way to restore Ayano back to her human form and it works later Minato goes to greet a human Ayano who has emerged from her cocoon. It seems well at first but suddenly its revealed though Ayano now looks Human she still has her bloodlust and Attacks Minato. Mary Ending: This ending is before the main game begins, Minato finds a pink piece of paper with a heart and a number written in it her goes back to Kinu's house to dial the number and it essentially does the Mary phone call thing Garbage Dump swings, tobacco, the tower, entrance and lastly behind you you can actually go and find her in those first four places looking away and looking back will have her looking at you. Chicken Attack Ending: This again takes place before the main game, you kill all the chickens and then a giant chicken comes and kills you. Alien Abduction Ending: There is one hiding place with with another door on the back a strange on it there is some stuff you must do first but then if you hide in that place that door with the symbol on it will glow you go through it wearing your tin foil hat and Minato will find circles and then shouts he has found those Alien circles and it be great of their occult club and then an UFO comes and takes him away with Ayano waving him goodbye while also wearing a tin foil hat.

The vibes here are VERY Fatal Frame, for reasons other than just being Japanese horror. By the time I got to "Why did I let go of her hand?" I was 99% sure that there had to be some direct inspiration. I love it so much. Gonna add it to my wishlist when I get home.

That feel when the scene first appears on screen, and Evelyn has played so many Japanese games on her channel that my first thought is, "Oh look, it's _those_ assets again." I admit, I hadn't even thought of the monster attacking Kinu, I thought it was the dam construction company trying to persuade her to abandon her property as cheaply as possible. 1:56:28 YAY IT'S BB! (END) That was a great story, ending either way. Thank you for sharing.

I love how Gabs celebrates after the 10 yen game and then says, "why did I play that" lol

everyone say thank you to gab for giving us hour-long videos this consistently 🙏🙏

I watched you play the first ten minutes, but I want to play this game as well, so I had to stop so I wouldn't spoil it. Thank you for the video! I wanted to say that if you ever wanted to post a video that was like an "Introduction to Japanese" video (not like you teaching, unless you would want to, but giving tips and tricks that helped you to beginners who might like to study the language - where to start, a sort of direction to follow while studying it, etc.), I would absolutely LOVE that. I'm not sure how many of your subs would be interested in the subject of Japanese, but I know a lot of people would love to hear you talk about how you studied and what you learned from it. Just wanted to throw this out there! I love to hear you speak it and love the passion you've aways had for it. ❤ Thank you for all you do! I hope you are well.

I watched this game on your last INDIE HORROR DAY stream video like 10 times already 😭 it’s SO GOOD!! I’ve been watching that whole video before bed almost every night since it came out, it’s comforting for me lol

I bet you Ayano holds absolutely no grudge against you for trying to kill her. She probably appreciated you for trying to give her what she wanted

Caught your most recent YT stream for this game! The story is really well written with Hollow Cocoon's other aspe, cts (Music, at, and all the many small details present through tthe gamemosphere, voice-acting, environmental design, all the many small details present through the game) are all winners in my book.

I LOVE how you can read the posters for us!

The ‘yolo’ part got me 😂 I be saying the same thing when my anxiety is high but I need to push through it

Been hearing about this game a lot, excited to see you play as curious about it. Not even half way through, im cuddled up in bed in the dark and already scared 😂

I can't believe I knew the story about the Mary doll because it was one of the Ghost Stories episodes (the dubbed version specifically)💀

I heard this game was inspired by Kuon. the girl who looks like the main characters mother/ ayano. do you remember utsuki from Kuon. If it is true I wonder if they used her look as inspiration. kinda like what they did with jodie foister for rosemary in remothered tormented fathers.

1:42:01 this is probably the the scariest things in a game I’ve seen in a long time, super well done!

Literally just finished watching the latest Chilla's art playthrough, was wondering what to watch next, thank you Gabs!

this is the first horror game in ages that actually had me anxious and a lil scurred, great find Gabs!!! ❤

If I had a nickel for every time a horror game had silkworms and their life cycle be used as a horror element, I would have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

Yes!! I found and wishlisted this on Steam before it came out and I instantly thought, "...This seems like a Gab game!" So excited to watch you play!

This playthrough was so much fun, and the game is stunning. It left me sad though. I felt so bad for Ayano.

the atmosphere of this game reminds me of Resi 8! it’s so beautiful and spooky~ i love seeing all these fun new games with great potential

It's nice seeing a newer game that does the stalker enemy well. She shows up just often enough to stay threatening, without over-impeding progression to the point of being annoying. EDIT: 2:00:06 "Forget it. This is way too gross. Who would would even think of doing something so disgusting?"

We need more indiedevelopers like the ones of this game to exist, such a breath of fresh air seeing a really good horror game

1:15:40 omg yep he's infected with some demon. The talisman glows red and he said he feels sick by it. Yea...I know I'm late to the party lol

I think this is the most ''Japanese'' Japanese horror game You have ever played. The devs got this down to a science HAHA. That is saying a lot, cause you've played many Japanese horror games. I love the opening the most, absolutely beautiful. It's that calm before the storm, where you don't want to the calm to end lol.

So Ayano stayed locked up with her hair brushed, lips painted and nails done for decades 💅🏻👄💅🏻

I really like Japanese names, but for some reason, names starting with M hit different: Minato, Mamoru, Makoto🩵 especially Mamoru, protect😢❤

Just strolling into grandma's house and stealing her pills and money

Not me trying to lean around the corners to see if the yokai lady is there 😂

Gab coming in hot 🔥 making work go by faster

"The plot chickens!" Being super thirsty is also a system of diabetes, iirc.

YES!!!!!! I waited for Gab to play this! The story is very interesting

Me: Yes, I'd like a nice, relaxing game to watch at work. Me, at the 40min mark: Ah, nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope.

Maybe i am too rational thinking for this but i truly don't get why people go visit creepy places, knowingly haunted spots and buildings and then scream when they are being chased by a killer or vengefull spirit xD i would NOT have stayed at this haunted house!!! D: AAAAAAHHH!!!!!

This game is just too short. The ambience whether it's daylight or nighttime is really good. I understand this game resemblance fatal frame series, but my Lord I really do miss them. And Gab is none like others, watching those japanese gameplay by her are really enjoyable experience.

Does anyone know who is the voice actor for the main character? His voice reminds me of someone but I'm not sure if it's him

This game looks awesome! I might have to play it too.

The fact that the entity is there right at the start of the game is wickkeeed. No other gamers saw that coming?

数ヶ月前にトレーラーを見たけどかくれんぼのホラー別に好き。今ビデオで楽しめる(≧ω≦。)

"Giving me Siren vibes" God... Imagine a high-budget Forbidden Siren remake with 1st person view, like Resident Evil 7... MY MONEY... TAKE IT.

LOL, Resident Evil 4 reference there, Leon saying this after surviving the village "Where's everyone going? Bingo?"😂 IMO, new Resident Evil 4 'remake' felt like every playable character was drunk or half drunk, didn't like. Also didn't like how the knives kept breaking, really wished Capcom would've just remastered and left the gaming mechanics and story alone, but they had to change WAY TOO MUCH the game, more a reboot/remake than just a re-skin or remaster.

@1:30:26: "To be continued..." meme

The environment here reminds me of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. A very small rural town that's run down and slipping into the past as the world moves ahead.

ew so (I haven't finished the video yet so I may be wrong), but did Saichi have a baby with Ayano then? Even though he says he always wanted to touch her skin and hair, but then could never even get to touch her fingertips after she turned, which makes me think he didn't. But then Kinu divulges that the first and last time she ever touched Saichi was when she murdered him, so it can't be her kid, as well as Yui inheriting the demon shit most likely from Ayano. So the poor girl Ayano, didn't want to go into the arranged marriage she was being groomed to eventually participate in, had a shit evil sister who bullied her and then left her on a mountain top where she roamed lost for a month, turned into a demon and got locked up, and then had a :/ baby with Saichi :(... Good on her for (I assume) murdering her sister, she sucked. (edit: I am wrong, thank god. But woah, I actually love this story. It took a much more ghastly beautiful turn than I expected, with the codependent relationship between the sisters written in such a twisted yet beautiful way with the parallels to the silk worm concept. Very interesting, and subverted my expectations. The narrative actually turned out to be more of a gothic murder noir centred around the self destructive love the sisters shared more than anything. It's a horror for the girlies.)

39:51 in and bricking it. Anxiety through the roof. Gab's composure keeping me going

If you had a grenade I bet those crows would have dropped a bunch of 10 yen coins 😉

Such an impressive game! It's too scary for me to play myself but I enjoyed watching Gab play. Loved the lore, very well written with mysteries being slowly revealed. Sometimes indie games just blow you away with their quality.

what a cool game, the visuals are nice and the story intriguing (though it is a bit too easy to piece things together early on). I wish they would build upon this world and dive more into the creature and the "she", I wish to know more about this affliction and what happened on the mountain.

You do these games so well....obviously with your love and Japanese language connection. 🏯⛩ And the graphics in this one were stunning. Thank you ❤🇬🇧

I know Gab said the dam in the village and the clinic reminds her of Fatal Frame 2 and 3 but the silkworm? And the 'cacoon' in the title? Immediately makes me remembered about the game, Kuon

Caps in coming- ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE IVE HAD A LETS PLAY MAKE ME PAUSE EVERY FEW SECONDS. IM ONLY 40 MINUTES IN!😫

I was awoken at 4 am by a nightmare and decided it was a good idea to watch this. 😅

Gab + hollow cocoon + Japanese horror game = spooky vibes👻

Have you played Kara no shoujo? If not, you really should! It's a visual novel game where you play as a PI trying to solve murders around an all girl academy. Highly recommend!!

imagine being in an actual haunted house, being thrown around like a rag doll, and still rummaging around for dimes 😭🤣

他のエンディングもいつかやってみて下さい😀あとAyanoを猫の声に変更できるんですが、面白いですよｗ見た目も面白く変更できます

First comment! I love your videos so much I really appreciate everything you do for the RU-vid community and when I see a new video it just makes my day!❤

Jesus! Stop. Get some help. Is the best and most understated part of this adventure.

Didn’t she played it before ? 😅 or am I having a de ja vu ? 😮😮

Your horror game playthroughs are my favorite, and I definitely appreciate the insight you bring to Japanese things. Thanks for another banger. Also, the music during that boss fight was really really good!