Jack pausing at the very beginning of a horror game to check if a tanuki has "massive balls" just tells you that the game play is going to be that much better
alot of tanuki statues in japan have comically large balls because they symbolise prosperity, and in yokai culture, they are believed to be able to strecth their balls to the size of eight tatami mats! there's a ghibli movie called "pompoko" about these types of tanuki/raccoons :D
@@BangerContent Bold words for someone so unoriginal they have to both steal the content of other creators and copy Jimmy Donaldson's Logo just for a full 80 subs wow
I have to disagree. While I admire the drive to be better every time, and they are definitely talented, the whole “I’m a girl being stalked” premise while is genuinely terrifying and is a very real issue, it got old for me about 6 games ago. I’m excited for this one tho if it’s different.
Some symbolism in the game: - Although the Tanuki statue has been seen as bringing fortune and luck to one self in current time, back in folklore, they are sometimes seen as bad omens as the Tanuki, or bakedanuki, are yokai that likes to play trick on humans by shapeshifting itself to humans or other things. - In a lot of Asian cultures, crows that surround a house means that someone in the house has died or a warning that someone will die. - Cutting one's fingernails or toenails at night is considered a bad omen in old Japanese folklore as it means they will curse their parents to death. -In Japanese culture, the Koi fish is a symbol of luck, prosperity, and good fortune. Killing it, more specifically, beheading it, will render it powerless and thus no longer effective.
Ah the wonderful world of Japanese homonyms. Jisatsu (自撮) = Selfie pic 😁 Jisatsu (自殺) = Self-deletion 💀 I'll admit, when I first saw the thumbnail, Chilla's Art game, and the title (without reading the Kanji), I immediately thought it was the latter.
Hi! Sorry to bother, but can you give me a source for that? I can’t find anything about the first meaning selfie anywhere, at least not with that reading? Closest I can come is 自撮り(じどり). Is it wordplay based on furigana?
Yeah it's . . . Just write it the same way, guys it'll be fine Like chips, chips, chips, chips, chips, chips, chips, chips, chips and chips They're all different
My favorite part of chillasart games is that they reference actual problems prevalent in Japanese society, such as overworking, suicide epidemics, toxicity in family dynamics covered up or going unreported due to social pressures, parasocialism and the darker parts of the entertainment industry, etc. Parasocial was one of the first Chillasart games I saw, and I got chills at how real it was, especially since Oshi No Ko, which also dealt with the dark side of show biz, came out not long before. These social issues aren't just a problem in Japan tho and I'm glad media is tackling these issues.
Since watching Evelyn’s playthrough of this game, I’ve been have trouble finding the real world problem turned cautionary tale. Because you’re right all the other ones are like that. If anyone understands this one I would appreciate being enlightened.
@@Allie3000-uu6jc oh, sorry, this was before I finished the video and I assumed that this game would have a real world problem it was addressing like The Kidnap and Parasocial - maybe toxic office standards/asking too much for an interesting story, because the Boss didn't seem to care about sending the protag to a suspicious abandoned house and brushed it off when he vanished. All the same, this isn't an unwelcome change that it isn't based on real world events. I like Chillasart's willingness to tackle heavy issues, but every game developer needs to have at least some variety or the bit goes stale, as Jack said at the end. Sorry for the wall of text.
@kylajenson1957 not a problem. Just wanted to make sure if there was something I missed. In rewatching I’m getting Mandela Catalog vibes as well as the religious short from Sean’s most recent compilation. So reimagined religious themes. I do see the work culture influences. Unlike other indie horror, there is no option to leave early for an alternate ending. It could be a subtle way to say the employee does not believe their self preservation is worth more than workplace expectations.
I dont know if anyone else noticed, but the first time Jack noticed what looked like a foot in the cupboard/closet matches the creepy guys foot so dude was litterally hiding in that closet while Jack grabbed an item next to him
The guy that was chassing you, killed you, fed you to the demon and that showed up in the locker at the end WAS the kid from the original video, Jack. He never stopped serving the demon.
@@youtubeuser6725 yes, but then after the credits when he showed up in the locker jack said "i just saw him dead on the ground and then saw that" implying he confused him for the worker coming back to kill his boss
@angiemartinez5871 shean meant the dead coworker, who the boss was speaking with at the end. You can see him dead on the floor for a split of the second
The thing is, they're usually NOT "so high quality", but I think that helps it. I mean, honestly, Chilla's Art games look like a janky mess at least 2/3 of the time, the animations are iffy, transitions are sometimes weird (like any time the camera was picked up in this). But....the fact that they're not trying to make the game look and feel like a high budget AAA game, means they can focus on more important stuff, like the actual plot of the game, the atmosphere, and the scares. And it means less work, so more game releases. It also helps that their setting and plots are usually just...normal stuff, but usually with a twist. So it feels more "real" than it does when it turns out to just be yet another ghost or demon. And the setting's just a real ass looking place. Grocery stores, a cafe, a normal average apartment, a small town. Like, you're not in Silent Hill with the world turning all creepy every 5 minutes, and literal monsters around. You're a person, in a real looking normal place, and creepy real life normal things happen. It gets under your skin a lot more because it feels way more real than actual demons and stuff.
i think also it genuinely feels like the games are made with love for the craft. not a cash grab, not for the edgyness, not for the fame of being like "hey i made this super cool and good looking game". just feels like there's actual love for horror and understanding for what makes the genre good. i hope it stays like this 🙏@@TXFDA
@@poppyfox3261 Yes, Sean was talking about how his girlfriend (if i remember correctly) told him that the game's title was a play on words for suicide.
I think what makes Japanese horror so different from western horror is that it doesn't just invoke a feeling of being in danger, it invokes a feeling that something is wrong.
What sort of world is the west such that the horror may have danger, but there's not a feeling of something wrong? Have you normalised danger? Is it a daily occurrence? Now that's horrifying.
also weatern horror usually provides a possible solution, regardless of how realsitic it is-- the idea of kill it or survive to sunrise or whatever possible goal. asian and especially japanese and korean horror are often invoking things with no solution even if you live through X scenario.
my pants were pissed seeing the eyes coming out of the window of the shack when jack went over to investigate, surely one of the most unsettling chilla's art games
@@marinascott5481 13:39 Focus on the little window with bars and you'll see the eyes of something big looking at you. It's a bit hard to see because Jack kinda rushes through things as usual. They're more visible if the player shines their flashlight at them.
Normally I wouldn't recommend another let's play in a comment section, but since it's Jack's girlfriend, I'm sure he won't mind. 😊 For a more thorough playthrough I'd recommend checking out Gab Smolders' playthrough! She knows Japanese too so she comments on texts/dialogue/esthetics as well as being more slow and methodical, plus she always has nice chill vibes, which helps when it comes to horror games. 😅
I was just looking to see if anyone mentioned it the comments lol I'm sure he doesn't remember, but he was so "meh" about the last supernatural one that it stuck out in my mind how said they should stick to more realistic horror. Because of that i was a little worried he wouldn't like this one as good but a nice surprise i guess lol Edit: Although he did mention that he got more accustomed to the other when he was introduced to it back to back, so i guess he just likes a little spice in his life now and then lol
I was thinking the same thing, that he's always been going on about how much he loves the more realistic Chilla's Art games, and now he misses the ghosts. I like it when Chilla does a mix of both, his works set in the city with a mix of both are my favorite.
He literally explained it though at the end. It was that there were too many realistic ones back to back. So basically he wants them to flip flop because too many of the same spook style gets stale, and he's right.
Chilla's Art and Fears to Fathom are by far my favourite series on the channel, I wish Chilla's Art would go back to the more real life scenarios, I don't think it's ever been funnier than the coffee house one but I love all of these.
Most people like the realistic ones more from chilla's, but for me the supernatural ones are just unmatched in terms of horror and scariness as well as the plot, like the bathhouse, night security, caregiver and radio station.
The Japanese word for 'dawdling' is ぐずぐず' (guzu guzu), and he definitely did not say that. However, when translators translate Japanese, they often use context clues in a sentence to translate what's being said in a smooth, contextually appropriate fashion. So ultimately, the sentence utilizing 'dawdling' was really just translated in a way that flowed smoothly and likely with a bit of translation flare from the translator. I hope this helps anyone curious!
ooo the title is interesting - "自殺" reads as jisatsu which is japanese for self-kill or suicide - however the title for the game is "自撮" also said as jisatsu but the "撮" means photo, not kill; so the title is not suicide but "selfie"! Very clever play on words from Chilla's art!
I also remembered the short film that Sean mentioned at the start: the guy that was looping around his grandparents house as it gets scarier and scarier (also, this house is the same model as Chilla's “The Caretaker”-which is also about a granpa)
This game reminded me of Mandela Catalog, by the religious imagery, the censor black panel and how the image of Maria glitched when you were watching Tv, just to remind you that you may not be alone, that just gives me chills. An amazing combination !
this really does feel like that scary video you showed us a couple years ago!! i think it's called "my house" or something similar, but the looping tour of the dilapidated japanese home -- i still think about it to this day, it was so eerie and unsettling
This was really interesting, I like the combo of reality and paranormal horror. I think what was going on was there was some kind of demon, obviously, as we saw it needed sacrifices, obviously, and either the grandparents died of age, or the kid killed them, which would explain the blood, and many years later he lost his precious camera, so once he was an adult and claimed his victim, he took that camera as a subsitute for his own. Still in an endless cycle of carying out tasks for the devil.
i like the censor boxes, that's a cool meta idea that's really creepy. i didn't expect to see this type or horror and i like how varied chillas art games are
This new trend to explore abandoned houses seems pretty spooky! Especially in rural Asian villages where there is a constant belief in the existence of dark arts and evil spirits. Even if someone offers me a million dollars I would never dare to do this challenge!
I love watching Jack and Gab play Chilla’s Art games. Gab for her translations and explainations of Japanese culture (plus it’s cute when she gets excited to see a design that reminds of her of when she lived in Japan). Jack for his reactions and commentary. I love both of their appreciation for this game studio and their genuine happiness when a new game comes out. ❤
If any of you are curious as to what video jack was referring to at the start of the vid, it was somewhere in the first few episodes of "Scariest Videos on the Internet" The resemblance of that short horror japanese film and the start of this game is basically on point. I wouldnt be surprised if it was actually used as an inspiration for this game.
i feel like chillas art each game is in the same timeline and in universe i feel like chillas art should be a netflix horror series like real storys like fears to fathom i think chillas art needs a movie and there own book series
i think Chilla's Art should get a manga instead of a book specifically because i want it to be illustrated by Junji Ito i think if the two of them ever collaborated in some way my heart would explode from both joy and fear at the same time lol
this game is a very much more obscure and complex storyline that i feel hard fo follow compared to the other games that they've created but nonetheless, still creepy as hell and i think that this is by far their creepiest and most ominous game. I love it.
Does anyone else feel like this looks like the house from the one Japanese house tour where its a dude walking in circles around a house after a hurricane and theres like the spirits of his grandparents- bc this shit is exactly like that
yeah the grandpa in the tub, the doll shrine, the manequins. they gotta be inspired by that. wish they gave him some credits tho, that video was so well-made
If that's the case, chilla's have indeed reused and utilised assets which is completely fine and probably a factor of how they make and release games so quickly.
This has to be one of my favourites from Chilla’s Art, as jack said I enjoyed the change of pace and felt like this story really needed that supernatural element, something about the kid just blindly following instructions with seemly no motivation like he’s on auto pilot is eerie, along with those rural Japanese vibes making it feel completely isolated never fails to be terrifying!
Love it every time jack uploads a chilla’s art game, it’s just so comforting and entertaining watching him play and I get another video to end up going to sleep to at night
Omg I'm not the only one like this!!😂 This is my third time watching this video as I fell asleep twice before. I'm the type of odd person who finds horror comforting as real life sucks and can be disempowering when you can't change what's happening but in horror you can either fight back or witness people surviving stuff that makes life feel less lonely.
@@LunaBeth97 I find Jack comforting 😂 I’ve been watching him for years and he’s the RU-vid that makes me feel safe and calms me while also making me laugh some, and that makes sense why you like horror!
I was just going through Jacks scariest videos on the internet, and in episode 6 he watches a video where a guy goes through a house that looks exactly like this one, same layout, same looking bathroom the guy even says that one room was grandmas room.
General trivia (**spoiler warning for the whole video**): 0:18 Yeah, the title of the game is jisatsu/自撮 (which has the same kanji as jidori/自撮り, meaning "taking a picture or video of oneself; selfie; video selfie"), but it's pronounced in the same way as jisatsu/自殺 (meaning "suicide"). It's an interesting wordplay, since the boy/killer's grandfather committed suicide in the bathtub (see 31:08). 0:47 The boss said botto(suru)/ぼっとする, which translates to "in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; abstractedly; blankly; idly" (that's the corresponding word for "dawdling" in the subtitles). 1:46 The city and prefecture weren't mentioned in Japanese either, so those was probably left out on purpose. 2:40 Tanuki (statues) are a symbol of fortune (large belly), prosperity, but also playful trickery (because of their shapeshifting ability). 5:14 That painting is Christ Crowned with Thorns, by Antonello da Messina. Christianity is rare in Japan, and "Catholic Christians were harshly persecuted during the Edo period (the early 1600s) and driven underground out of fear that Japanese peasants and samurai would feel more loyal to a foreign Pope than their own lord". If the game happened during such persecutions, that would explain why so many Christian symbols were hidden underground (at 36:28). There were also many graves, which indicates people had previously died in the house. 9:15, 9:54 The two lines readable on the right-hand side of the newspaper say "(This) edited footage has been circulating around. The hidden parts..." (in Japanese: "編集された映像が出回る.隠された部分..."). This seems to suggest the censor boxes we see in the video might have been added by the film company who found the original tapes. 9:44 The grandmother was whispering "Why?" (何でなの?) and "How?" (どうして?), but she apparently also said (according to the Japanese youtuber @DreamYroaD ) "How did this happen? It was not supposed to be like this" (どうしてこんなことになってしまったのか。こんなはずじゃなかった). It seems the grandmother was not only lamenting the death of the kid's parents, but she might even know what caused them (and be involved with it). 11:58 "Okay satan, you got it" Funny you said that, since if you concatenate all of the binary codes from the game's Steam achievements and decode them to text, you get "satan/サタン" (I'm not kidding). For anyone who wants to double check it, the binary code is "11100011 10000010 10110101 11100011 10000010 10111111 11100011 10000011 10110011 00001010". 14:55 In Japan, the koi carp (nishikigoi) are kept for decorative/ornamental purposes (they symbolize strength, courage, patience, and success through perseverance). That's why the grandparents reacted negatively to you picking up one of them. 17:54 In Christianity, the fish symbol (Ichthys) represents Jesus Christ, so maybe (given the religious setting) you could interpret the head of the carp as Christ's head. 19:26 The tape says "Jesus" backwards ("suh-sej"). Maybe that chanting is what summons the demon. 22:45 "Adorning the effigy with a lock of the grandmother's hair" might be a reference to Okiku, the haunted Japanese doll that grows human hair. The doll intially belonged to a girl named Okiku, who loved it but suddenly died at the age of 3. Her family noticed that the hair on Okiku's doll had begun to grow, and concluded the restless spirit of Okiku was now inside her beloved doll. 29:48 Japanese superstitions say that crows cawing can be either a good or bad omen, but it's a bad omen (potentially including death) if the crows sound bad or if it happens at night. 31:22 Another Japanese superstition says that cutting fingernails or toenails at night is bad luck, and "if one does so, it is believed that they will not be with their parents at their deathbed". 36:58 Inverted crosses were intially associated with the martyrdom of Peter the Apostle (he requested his cross to be upside down, as he felt unworthy of being crucified in the same manner as Jesus), but they can also be anti-Christian/satanic symbols. 41:03 The painting is The Christ Pantocrator ("ruler of all") of St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai. The male sculpture was probably supposed to be Joseph holding baby Jesus, but it actually seems (considering the hair) to be St. Anthony of Padua (also holding baby Jesus). The female sculpture is probably (the Virgin) Mary. 45:02 Japan has quite a few "haunted tunnel" stories (like the Kiyotaki Tunnel, the Inukane Pass Tunnel, and the Isegami Tunnel), so that's probably where the horror story trope came from. 48:16 Yeah, it's implied that the killer at the end is the grown-up kid from the tapes (now completely possessed by the demon).
One of the great things about watching Gab play thru the chillas-art games first and then watching you play, is that I can pick up on all the subtle things I missed in the first playthrough, now that I know the plot. Also watching Gab first works out cuz she translates all the japanese text for us lmao
I scrolled through the comments looking for a jumpscare list (as I am a massive scaredy cat) and realized that this game is just too goddamn tense and eerie from start to finish for it to even matter. 😅😭 Thank Sean for his intermittent jokes to save my poor heart.
I took this as the child having undiagnosed schizophrenia because when you go to the hole, you find that there's nothing there. It was all in his mind the entire time.
It’s supernatural, just because they didn’t see anything doesn’t mean nothing was there. Especially when things kept moving and popping up out of nowhere. They wouldn’t both have schizophrenia.
Chilla's art does not get nearly enough attention they deserve so so so SO much more their games are wonderful fun frightening and beautiful I think I'll be a fan of them forever
Passed the Jacksepticeye Test! Saw a new Jack gameplay, saw CHILLA’S ART, and told everybody I needed an hour to myself this morning because A NEW CHILLAS ART GAME LET’S GOOOOOOO
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought Dio Brando was the Boss, it really feels like a plot that Dio sends you into an abandoned house to turn you into one if his thrawls
This just made my day. I've binged all your CA playthroughs again this month. They're my favorite ❤!. This is exactly what I needed to snuggle up to after work😮💨🥰
17:45 To be fair this is actually the proper way to use this type of saw. The teeth only go one direction and applying pressure on the back side of the teeth will dull/damage them much faster than through single stroke sawing.
This is my new favorite Chilla's game. Phenomenal atmosphere, a genuinely scary setting and story, practically no jump scares. Just a terrifying experience
Oh yes absolutely this one completely shows off their skill in developing a total gem of an indie horror game. This has so many good moments and the atmosphere they created is just UGH it’s so good. I wish it got as much love as Closing Shift but it’s great Chilla’s is gaining its own little fanbase.
GOD something about this one is so much scarier than any other Chilla's Art game I've seen so far. I'm only half way through the video but *jesus* I keep having to pause and take a breath.
Literally every chillas art game makes me feel SO MANY THINGS! Its beautiful, and i love the spooks and the art. So good 10/10 everytime , i always freak out
I dunno if I spelled right but apparently "sashi" is japanese for hole. Which knowing that makes it less scary. I mean a demon chanting sashi is way more horrifying than one going "hole. Hole. Hole"
At 20:00 you mentioned a foot behind the boxes and then i though the radio said ''SACI'' 😂 Saci is a brazilian folklore creature consisting of a male human-like creature of dark toned skin, with a red cap that resembles Link's, has only one leg, and is usually smoking a pipe. It likes to prank families by wreaking havoc on houses and then fleeing in a whirlwind.
HELL YEAH BABY LET'S GOOO!! Been waiting for this! This, and Fears To Fathom. Also love those vintage, ps2 looking, VHS, first person type short horror games that are legitimately kind of scary or freaky/different and unique. :)
this was just fantastic, really enjoyed this love this style and setting and so glad they went back to a bit of supernatural stuff again, this was so creepy, looking forward to seeing what they do next
Every Chilla’s Art game has hit me hard with the deeper meaning of the game. The fact that it keeps hitting me to this day is impressive. Well done game creators.
Loooove Chilla's Art games. This was so friggin awesome too! I really love how they touch upon different kinds of scares too. Keep it up Chilla! And the same goes for you too Jack. Never fail to put a smile on my face. Thank you
This was EXCELLENCT. So creepy. The atmosphere completely reminded me of that scary video you watched previously, I wonder if they took inspiration from that. That was so well done though.
