May 12, 2024
Tonari no Youkai-san Ep.06
This show continues to surprise, mainly due to the mixed-bag of plot threads in it. Some are healing, some are sad, and some are downright spooky.
There are some interesting little details, like the difference between the time the Manga is written and the show is made, which the producers decided to remain faithful to. For example, Buchio's new driver's license is shown, which says he was reborn and the license issued in 2017, and it expires in 2020.
The scary story at the end had a twist. Some of the boys in class are telling one of the school's ghost stories: That the taxidermied tanuki in the science room is actually a bakedanuki who was killed by someone who mistook it for a regular tanuki, and now it wanders the halls after hours looking for revenge on whoever killed it. Now, given how much supernatural stuff is real in this world, it seems kind of dumb to go looking for this kind of stuff, but they do. Forunately before they can get into too much trouble, they get interrupted in their quest by a couple of the girls, who quite sensibly suggest they ask Yusuke-kun about it.
If anyone would know, he would... because he's the science room's anatomic model, who has come to life. He tells them that it's just a regular tanuki, but warns them about kotodama, the spiritual energy in words, and how repeating rumors can make them true if they gather enough to form a spirit. He points to himself as an example of this.
As the kids walk home from school, they suddenly realize that one of their number is gone, a kid with a buzz cut that none of them remembers knowing. Who was he? Nobody even knows his name!
And back in the science room, Yusuke-kun notices a green light flow into the tanuki's eyes, and intones, "There's nothing as scary as a dangerous rumor."
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