0:00 Intro 1:15 Part 1 (The Game) 4:19 Game Story Recap 17:19 Part 2 (The Anime) 19:22 (Episode 1) 22:32 (Episode 2) 27:07 (Episode 3) 32:10 (Episode 4) 40:45 Conclusion
Not the biggest fan of the anime, but I have to say, that final scene of Shinozaki and Naomi holding Satoshi's severed arms is a pretty effective image. Really made my stomach drop when I saw it.
@@raineblackstar3522 Full of minors and adults mingling and with a NSFW channel moments before it's raided? Yeah. No. That's the real creepy part of the pasta.
The anime is kind of a mess, but man that ending is great. The two girls holding Satoshi's arms, and Naomi staring into space in her bedroom, completely traumatized, is a very unsettling final image. Corpse Party isn't really "scary" but Tortured Souls ending is pretty close. I also think Ms. Yui was underused in general. She's cute and really sweet, and how much she loved her students was really heartwarming. In fact, there is a manga adaptation where Ms. Yui survives until the very end of the story, when she decides to give Ayumi (who loses her paper) her own paper scrap for the ritual, willingly sacrificing her life so her student can go home.
I’m a huge fan of the series and can help explain the ending of the anime. You were right that Satoshi uses Kizami’s paper instead of Yuka’s, but they didn’t need to do the ritual in the same room as Sachiko’s body. In the manga adaptation they actually do the ritual outside the school and still make it back okay. Where they went wrong was the paper. It’s never confirmed if Satoshi’s body went to Kizami’s high school or not, but a lot of fans like that interpretation instead of him being stuck and dying (thus trapping his soul) in Heavenly Host.
@@jadeharley7190 Yeah everyone who does in Heavenly Host are doomed to cease to exist out in the real world while trapped for all eternity in The school feeling the same thing at the moment of their death forever.
@@jadeharley7190 yeah that’s what the canon says, but this headcanon suggests that he survives, just to the other kids high school (and without arms), which is why I’m saying it wouldn’t make sense.
While the anime isn’t the best representation of the franchise, I still have really fond memories of finding it with friends in high school. We wanted some spooky fun, but two hours later we sat there, silently traumatized. Great bonding moment!
Never heard the idea of Satoshi being warped to another school. Could you imagine him in an unfamiliar place missing both arms. Maybe no one around to even help him.
Have I played Corpse Party? No. Do I have a PSP? No. Do I even like horror? No. Did I still enjoy the hell out of this video? Yes, yes and yes! Loving your content so far dude. Instant subscribe!
I was completely fine with most of the adaptation, but I was pretty upset that they did Yoshiki dirty, while not showing everybody else's descent. He was a vital part to the group effort, and my favorite character. The bad ending showed that everybody needed each other. Yoshiki was the lynch pin that kept Shinozaki sane. And that gave her room to be the brains for the entire group. It was largely thanks to the 2 of them that the good ending was possible. And the bad ending showed that even though Shinozaki was the brains, she needed Yoshiki. And then Yoshiki going dark showed that he needed her just as badly. Keeping her going kept him sane as well. But the anime just made it look like he was a selfish prick. And that it was all because of him that everything went bad. Which I think was a disservice to Yoshiki as a character, and to the dynamic and bond that everyone (but Shinozaki and Yoshiki especially) had formed. Honestly, I wouldn't have minded if they just cut Yui altogether, and then give her screen time to Yoshiki and Shinozaki. That way you could give more time to do the bad end properly (showing Shinozaki, Naomi, and Yoshiki losing it) or use that screen time to try and pull off the good ending.
What bothered me about the anime was it felt like the rapid piling up of bodies wasn't meant to convey an intense and desperate situation, but to trim plot threads so they could get it over with quickly.
Yep, the kink is called omorashi. Here's the definition from Wikipedia: "Omorashi, sometimes abbreviated as simply omo, is a form of fetish subculture originating and predominately recognized in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or wetting themselves, wearing a diaper, or from seeing someone else experiencing a full bladder or wetting themselves." Quite disturbing that they chose to focus specifically on Yuka's full bladder for so long and having her eventually wet herself though... She's just 14 and looks/acts even younger. Definitely something the game could've gone without.
Kizamis story and encountering him gave me chills in the game that I still have to this day. The sound design is godlike because I can still remember the music and sound effects that is from the game.
I'm no stranger to horror and gore but corpse party blood covered sat with me in a way that other horror series just didn't. The ideas this game presented, like the idea of your soul being trapped in the pain your body died in forever, in horrifying enough on it's own but then to top everything off all this is happening to almost exclusively children. I definitely hold the first one up as one the scariest games of all time.
How long have you wanted to make videos before you started man? Your content is inspired. I've never seen a channel with less than 1000 subs make things as polished as 100k+ sub channels. Definitely keep it up.
I’m glad you mentioned the darkest ending in the game (in my opinion). Things go bad SO fast the moment one of the classmates is left alone, even moreso because it’s Ayumi of all people. The one question I always have is what specifically screws over Yoshiki so hard, but it’s probably his guilt and negative thoughts towards himself becoming too much. Great video. Glad people still talk about this series.
The whole anatomical model thing is explained a little more in depth in the manga and lightly implied in the game's events as well. But basically Sachiko thought Kizami would be a useful spirit and sent in Yoshikazu to go after him specifically, it's why Kizami kind of just "disappears" after getting caught at the end of the Yuka chase
I watched my uncle play the original Corpse Party in the late 90s, when I was about 10. He was a certified early adopter of weeb culture. Between the visuals and his commentary, I got the picture, and it haunted my nightmares for years. The anime is far less subtle than the game, but it reflected how I had imagined everything in my mind really well, at least visually. I still get a little tingle of fear when I rewatch it, despite being pretty desensitized to gore now that I'm an adult. I think that childhood fear adds an extra level- something psychological it might not otherwise have for me. Anyways, I really loved revisiting it again through your video.
Corpse party has an interesting story and solid characters but what gets me is the writer's/artist's barely disguised fetish throughout the series. The whole thing with Yuka finding a bathroom, her peeing herself & getting her period later on in the game is just a very strange concept considering most of her dialogue is about her going to the bathroom. Also, in a stressful environment with a lack of hydration & nutrients, menstruation is more likely to be off than on. A simple google search can show that information. Not only that, the way the female characters die in this game is disturbing as well (ex: panty shots during death, them peeing themselves) it just comes off as fetish-y and strange considering most of the cast are children. I have this problem with Higurashi as well and why I can't finish it because of how both of these medias draw young girls, write their personalities, and how they're killed off is disgusting. You can say it's an "anime thing" but no, it's a creepy person writing for other creepy people to get off on this stuff. Corpse party has a solid story but at the end of the day, this is a huge problem that is dominant in the whole series.
From what I've seen the sexualized deaths only happen in the anime. The manga/original VN didn't sexualize them. Also fetish-y deaths in higurashi? Unless you have a gore fetish, what deaths are you talking about in higurashi? All the characters in both the anime and game died in brutal ways that weren't sexualized at all. What they did with the characters while they were alive is a whole different can of worms, but the deaths themselves weren't.
Uh....not really fetish, if you don't know, upon death a person's body will release any waste if they have any in them out. So they will pee or crap or both when they due.
@@astrograph7875 not sexualized? corpse party musume (which was written by makoto kedouin btw) ends with a horde of zombies assaulting and killing naomi, plus the whole manga is borderline porn, so it isn't really a surprise that you can trace fetish-y content to his earlier works because its pretty clear
Tbh the pee thing seems kinda understandable. Like I sure in a situation like that many would pee from fear alone but yeah everything else is not explainable
It is a real challenge of only making an adapation in 4 episodes. As someone mentioned it felt like they were mostly just there to show the death's in more details. Hell even giving certain characters new deaths, like Yui, Morishige, and Yoshiaki. The issue comes from losing the subtly and the character development and growth that really cements it. Saying this though, Tortured Souls does have a few geninue highights. One is having the game cast back to reprise their roles, this cast is absolute brilliant when they do any of these games. (Yes even the later one). They really capture the tension and fear the characters are going through perfectly, and whilst I'm in no way a "Sub Snob", I honestly don't think any English cast would feel the same. Two I have to give the ending some credit for being an original ending, yes I would actually love it more if it had been the wrong ending mentioned in the video. Seeing as I think that is the best Wrong End in the game, but saying that I give this ending a pass for the clever build up and foreshadowing, as you see Naomi looking for a scrap of paper with another corpse earlier. To Satoshi handing Naomi his piece, to the reveal of Yuya's student ID, suddenly making you realise what happened. Then the silent reveal is done so well, this ending was used again in the live action movie, but they have a flashback with Naomi and Satoshi preparing for the festival, before cutting to Naomi saying how they made it, only for Ayumi to ask why? Then reveal Satoshi isn't there. I feel the silent reveal works better, plus I like the tie into Book of Shadows at the end too. Three it is animated nicely, the visual are all very impressive and cetain new scenes are really well detailed. That is all though, the pacing is still way too fast, important details are rushed over. Hell we don't even see Naomi lose her ID here, not to mention we don't know Yuka didn't have her scrap (Yes it works for the ending) but still. Also certain scenes just work better in the games, like you mentioned with the torture scene. Character's growth is non exsistent and Yui was wasted entirely here. Hell even the live action film, which granted kills her first still shows her, protecting her students. If you want a good adapation, which is different enough from the games, but still keeps the main story and spirit alive with it. I highly recommend the manga. I got this after I feel in love with the game last year, and the manga is so damn good. The character dynamics are done so well, they do more with the relationships of the characters. Ayumi becoming more twisted with the darkening. Yui is done so much better here, and is even there until the very end. And even the reveal with Naomi and Seiko is done differently, yet so well that I may even say in places the Manga is better then the game. Ok I will leave off with this. Tortured Souls really should have been longer, but given what we got it could have been a lot worse. I see people calling this the worst anime or adapation ever, but I disagree. It isn't perfect and I do wish it was done better, but I can still find some enjoyment in it, and I like a different take on the ending. As for the other games, I still recommend Book of Shadows, yeah it is more of a point and click visual novel style, but what it shows with saying wrong endings may even be canon, and the extra development of characters that got very little in the original game, like Morishige is worth checking out that game for these reasons. Sweet Sachiko you have to accept it is a comedy game with horror in it, and it is full on visual novel to accept it, but it is amusing and Blood Drive, yeah it isn't good but if you want to see the conclusion of the Heavenly Host saga you have to play it. As for DP, I don't know I refuse to play it, due to it being incomplete.
28:38 I do want to correct you here, this is actually originally one of the bad endings you can get from failing to save Yuka. I actually got this ending on my first playthrough of the game because of a glitch where kizami went through the door and caught yuka the moment I started loading to go into the other room. And I didn't immediately load my save because I figured that was just part of a cutscene and was supposed to happen. This scene actually happens as an early indicator you recieved the bad end, since this bad end actually is pretty long. Esentially what happens is Ayumi and Yoshiki get in an arguement over returning, Yoshiki claims she only wants to go back because she loves satoshi and doesn't care about anybody else, and gets upset with Ayumi because he actually loves her and confesses it then and there. Ayumi comes back to heavenly host and starts showing signs of posession, instead of returning naomi's wallet with her charm in it, she instead steals it so that naomi is guarenteed to die, and then ends up losing her own and needing it to survive anyway. They discover Yuka died and Satoshi give's Yuka's charm to Naomi so she can survive. The ending basically ends with everybody besides ayumi dying because of ayumi's possesion and then ayumi herself dying. (I might be wrong on some parts of the ending so feel free to correct me but this was glaring at me while I was watching this video.) edit : I just realized you mention this bad end later on, the way you mentioned it here made it seem like you didn't know about the bad end, i'm sorry haha.
Ohh yes, I was there when Corpse Party was being played by lets-players, I watched Manly play the game and I also watched the anime - twice even 😭 The first time, I watched it alone and then I watched it with my brother and a girl from my grandmother’s school. I don’t even like horror that much but something about Corpse Party makes me feel nostalgic. I really enjoyed watching this video, thank you! 😊
Now personally I was rather torn when I saw them kill off Yuka, it was quite sad as the feelings of sibling love she and her brother had was one of the bits of character development that we got to see in the anime. Also for the teacher, I don't know if they really could've crammed in more time for her in the anime, but at the very least I think the way she died could've been handled differently. Maybe the earthquake was starting to visibly break things down, and the teacher seeing a bit from the ceiling starting to break, decides to push her student out of the way of the falling bits of ceiling. Essentially the way she dies is mostly the same, but with that one small change you really drive home that she cares for her students and would sacrifice herself to protect them. Now I do think if this anime was a bit longer they might have been able to get more character development in. Still I do think what we got was a very decent adaptation of the game, it could've been better, but it also could've been much worse. It really drives home some of the horrific things from the game in a different way. The scenes are downright brutal and I think they do a good job when compared to the game, which while more limited art style wise, did make good work of sound and text to convey things. Though seeing it, might be more brutal for some, or less brutal for others.
I know the guy is like, a horrible dude or smth, but I still remember being a youngin watching Cryotic's LP of Corpse Party soley because his fucking laugh at the Ass Cream bit will forever live rent free in my head. It's one of those perfectly comedic laughs, just the right amount of pause after reading out the line, the (Probably overblown) hysterical laugh that he does, you can see the gears twisting in his head before it clicks what he just read and he doesn't even have a webcam on, it's perfect. It has effectively the same vibes as Elijah Wood's laugh to the "When will you wear wigs?" Interview prank, just the brief pause of "Huh?" before exploding in hysterical laughter
I love to get bad ends in games because more often than not it makes me feel like I’m earning the happy ending (and sometimes the bad ends have a more interesting feel to them), my best friend knew that so she pitched this game to me as “If you have characters running around checking every nook and cranny you can drive them insane, the bad ends also have their own story”, I played this on my old 2DS (played my friends 3DS and it gave me a headache so I chose the 2D one) from the eshop and I loved every second of it! Honestly, I’ve heard a lot of people say nothing but crap about the anime so I’ve never watched it but damn! That shot of Naomi and Shinozaki holding Satoshi’s arms! Bold move that works perfectly considering the medium it has, using shots to build up what’s actually happening and leaving the audience with a gut punch you’d never see coming but the shots showing it’s not going to work out.
the lack of bad ends in Blood Drive really ruined the trilogy for me. Actually a lot of things ruined Blood Drive for me. The cannibal diary twist, or the one where Shinozaki kills Naomi, only to learn Satoshi has fallen to darkness are such great gut-punches.
I remember having a hard time not laughing inappropriately during certain parts of this anime because the only pieces of solid gore the animators drew were chunks of large intestine, even when characters were injured in the chest or head.
Ended up watching the anime because of this video and I enjoyed it. I do feel like you definitely need to go in already familiar with Corpse Party to help a bit with the whiplash. If I was a blind viewer I can only imagine how jarring everything would be. Morishige's breakdown was easily my favorite element of the anime. That and the entire sequence with him and Yuka was so tense and unnerving. And his VA does an awesome job in the sub. Overall, I enjoyed it well enough. They definitely did as well of a job as they were able to.
The anime just felt so bad. If you never saw the games you'd have no shits to give to the characters. Recently watched it and saw it as a huge turn off. Glad the game is much more coherent.
Imo the live action was the worst version. Not only Ms. Yui was killed quickly upfront, but *they removed Kizami and Naho.* Why would you remove the most well-known antagonist alongside the one character that moves the plot forward?! Condensation was no excuse for that!
The anime was the one that got me into the series, without knowing of the original material, it's a pretty okay adaptation. I also like how they end with the prologue to Book Of Shadows, and how they hint at it likewise in the special OVA I liked it that you mentioned the opening of the anime being good, as it was sung by the VA of Ayumi, Asami Imai, who also made the openings for the games and most endings too, her work is amazing, but Shangri-La and Hoshizuku No Ringu definitively are my top picks
I watched the anime recently and I felt like maybe when the scene shifted into a ditch angle it meant something about what was happening. Like maybe it meant they were switching dimensions or getting influenced or something… As it went on though there wasn’t any other indication of that.
I love this series so much..I wish it could get a new anime adaptation with multiple seasons covering Blood Covered, Book of Shadows (just the needed parts, otherwise it would be almost the same as Blood Covered), and Blood Drive. Sachiko's Birthday Bash isn't really needed from what I recall but could be done as a spinoff.
I played the game back in the game all the way through, getting all the endings including every last bad one.Kizumi is a chilling antagonist, the build up with all that great music truly haunts me to this day. I just don't know how you didn't know he was the model, I figured it out while playing the game. He right around where Kizumi disappears at and they are built the same. A new thing would just pop up in Heavenly Host, it had to be someone already there and just recently dead.
11 years after the corpse party anime release and it still bogles my mind why the studio only gave them 4 episodes to adapt the entire plot. Did no one object to that when they first gave them that? Like if I were working on it, I'd suggest either making a side story with new characters or background characters from the game. You could also adapt part of the game's story and leave the rest for a second season/anime. Not adapting the ENTIRE STORY in 4 episodes and the anime really suffers for it with a break neck speed to help newcomers understand what's going on. It just makes me bitter knowing we got a product that attempts to fill two roles but fails on both. Trying to appease and fill in newcomers at ludicrous speeds and no character development whatsoever. While also trying to appease to new fans with the new scenes, animation, and the ending, but suffering from all the time needed for a plot we already know, , unneccesary panty shots that weren't in the original game, and some characters getting completely shafted in the anime.
Fantastic video! Legit, I was so confused after watching the anime, and this cleared up every single one of my questions. - - I went into this anime knowing about the game, but not having any experience with it. As such, there were a ton of moments that left me scratching my head. For Example: - When (and how) did they get all the tongues and put the kid's spirits to rest? [It happened off camera... alright...] - How would the blogger know about needing to trick others into using the wrong ritual while she was alive (as in, before getting trapped in the ghost school) and able to actually write her blog? [Actually... I still don't get this one. But now knowing that the black/purple smoke ghost was her, I feel every so slightly less confused.] - Who knocked out the teacher? - Who knocked out the psycho student? - Who knocked out the protagonist? [The principle on all accounts... still not sure why, but at least hes consistent... At least, until he murders the blonde dude.] - What was the point of the teacher? [There really wasn't one; she totally could have been cut.] - What happened to the psycho student's body to disappear half his skin? [Uh... I guess the Principal did it? Maybe? Well, at least you're also confused about it.] - How was the principal both stuck committing suicide AND killing people with scissors? [These are two different principles, each linked to a different crime; father and son.] - How did the evil little girl (already forgot her name) able to be the 'first victim' if she was also the killer? [Her murder turned her into an Onryo (or adjacent) that then manipulated the second Principle (the son) into kidnapping the victims for her. And then in killing them, created the pocket dimension that trapped them all.] - Who's diary was that, and how does it have so much info of events that no one could know about while still alive? [It was written post-death by the mother's ghost, who is never seen or referenced...] - Why is protag-kun so calm after having his sister die in his arms just a few minutes prior? [Perhaps a ton of time has passed?] - And just the entire post credit scene in general. [They never brought up the 'forgetting the dead' caveat in the show.] And I'm sure there were more, but those are just off the top of my head. Seriously, I legit thought I had missed an episode or two; especially considering the lack of scenes involving the teacher, and the entire missing Arc of putting the spirits to rest. All in all, it really doesn't feel like a standalone experience, requiring the watcher to first either play the game themselves (or watch someone else play it, I suppose) or watch this video. And yes, this video did make me want to give the game a try. Though, I am a little put off by the idea of already having my game be over without actually knowing it. That seems annoying. - - Would you consider a more detailed breakdown of the (first) game's story? One that delves into the different game overs and the implications and therein? And what about the sequels? At the end you suggest that they aren't worth getting into. So... to me, it sounds like you're in a prime position to spare us a drawn out and unenjoyable playthrough.
Corpse party as a game was very nice. I remember that my first encounter with it was a gameplay by Cryotic. And it freaking entranced me. After that I read the mangas and even managed to play the game myself. I kind of wish that the anime project had been bigger. Though the original story truly did catch my attention too.
I thought I was the only one but I'm so grateful there was someone out there experiencing the same thing as me 😭🤣🤣 But unfortunately, the anime turned me into a sadist after that-
Great work here, gonna watch more of your videos now. Love this series overall, the anime did its best with so few OVAs and is honestly one of my favorite OVA series because of it, rarely is it this coherent with so little runtime. Some changes are even for the better, and the choice to go with a mix of the good and wrong ends was really great, and sets up the sequel game as well. Probably the best choice they could've made IMO. Honestly my biggest change I'd wish for is Ms. Yui dying in the same way, but at least pushing Shinozaki out of the way of the falling rubble instead to show her commitment to helping her students. I understand they couldn't include more of her story, but that small edit would have preserved her character and made her... well, not a basically pointless inclusion. They honestly could have cut her entirely and the only difference would be fans complaining she didn't appear.
I was able to watch that around 2017 but once I turned older, that video was gone and I desperately searched for it unless I had to watch the people who reacted to it. There's a chance you might see them unlisted or being posted to different sites (I tend to see them unexpectedly)
I've been meaning to check out your channel, and I'm so glad I found the time today when you appeared on my feed! Instantly subscribed, you really put a lot of thought and effort into your videos, looking forward to watching them all 🙏💕
I really didn't like the anime, in part because Yoshiki was my favourite and I didn't like him having to die. However, I thought that the reason why Satoshi didn't return was because a piece belonging to someone dead wouldn't work. The Kizami theory is good too though
Amazing video dude, love this and the school days video. I'm subscribed and enjoyed it. Will you ever go over the mangas? I don't know much about the manga but I would enjoy seeing you talk about it. Keep up the great work man
I LOVE Corpse Party, sadly never played the game, but for those who may not be familiar; the Manga Series is VERY much the same to the game :D and I do like the Manga a bit more, but I’ve rewatched the Anime several times, very cool
One thing I did like is the ending, I prefer the ending of the anime than the one in the original game, it's a much more realistic outcome than the happy ending we saw in the original version
I'm here from your Goodbye PunPun video because I love Corpse Party and wow, you're extremely underrated. I'm definitely going to purchase Goodbye PunPun and binge watch your videos ♥
Having been introduced to corpse party via the anime, i have to say it is an absolute shit adaptation! But i do like it for what it is, altho having finished the game 100% i changed my opinion on it 😂 I mean it's good for a movie night but that's it. When i got the game on PS4 i honestly had the time of my life playing it, shit was honestly really immersive and honestly i wish i could re experience my 1st playthrough! This was the 1st game that actually scared me, when i read that 1 victim memoir about the cannibal thingy i honestly almost threw up. Shit was so disgusting! Having 100%ted the Bloodcovered Repeated Fear in terms of all trophy's, endings and name tags, i've got to say that honestly this was worth every piece of the 20 bucks i spent on it! Had such a unique experience playing this game! Corpse Party will always have a special place in my heart as 1 of if not my favourite piece horror media! I'd say this and Higurashi no naku koro ni are the 2 pieces of anime horror that i absolutley love! Still gotta finish blooddrive on switch. Definitely refusing to play book of shadows, shit's uhm well yeah something.... But anyways! This video was great! Keep it up man!
maybe im remembering wrong but the manga feel like it has more character development with everyone. if you could you should definitly read it, the only problem is the 4th novel is a rare print and stuff idk
This series holds a special place in my heart, so I'm kind of sad to see how it all went with Blood Drive as its finale. I didn't even know it had an anime till a few years after I saw the game, but I found it to be far too rushed and it butchers the original story. I feel like it's one of these series that just can't be adapted into other media mainly due it its lenght, story and how descriptive the writing can be, so it leaves much more to an audiences imagination which can make a scenario or death much more terrifying. This is just my opinion however, so do take this with a grain of salt.
I really liked the PSP game but I was unsure of watching the anime since I don't think I can handle watching actual gore , so I really appreciate this comparison!
So what are your thoughts on the remaster/remake/whatever it is they are doing? Once you mentioned that they left the sequel for dead I can't help but wonder what it is they exactly want to do with this series.
I think they understand how important Repeated Fear is to the series, which is why they've decided to remaster it. Now that it's finished, I'd imagine they would continue the series again, but it's hard to say. Either the remaster was done in an attempt to bring new fans in while they continue work on new entries, or it was a cash grab, polishing up a beloved game to get what they can out of it. Time will tell, here's hoping for the best.
@@lexaand I know I am beyond late to this, as well as the video as a whole, but I'd just like to say that they most likely will end up returning to Dead Patient eventually. They added an Extra Chapter involving Miku Shirayume to the 2021 version, and Miku's promotial bio explicitly namedrops Amare Patriarcha Crucis Hospital as well as mentioning the fact that she visits regularly due to an unspecified lung condition. They wouldn't do all that to reference Dead Patient for no actual reason, it wouldn't make any sense. On an unrelated note: if and when they do get back to development for Dead Patient, I honestly really just want to see whether it's connected to the "Ghost Therapy - Heart Surgery Ward" found in Naho's notes. I know hospitals are a fairly standard horror setting, but it sorta just sticks out to me that one of Naho's notes on supernatural activity has a description invoking a relation to medical practices and then the game intended to mark the story after the Heavenly Host saga just happens to take place inside a hospital. It's almost like we're moving on from Heavenly Host, something else that was documented in her notes, and pivoting to another thing she had her eye on to investigate.
@@pxlpancakes If what you say is true, then it's about time for this series to move on from Heavenly Host. They need to make sequels while making connections to previous entries, perhaps with character cameos from those who survived a previous ordeal.
I just wanted to say, I really like your videos man, you are very talented at this type of documentary style videos. I just watched both this video and the one on School days and they are both very high quality. Keep up the good work!
great video, you did a good job comparing these two adaptations of the same story! however i have to disagree with you in a single case, i believe morishige's arc was portrayed in an awful way (warning this is gonna be a long comment lol) i'm not sure if you've played book of shadows since this spin-off tackles his character and explains his complex personality, almost none of which is applied in blood covered. his death by suicide grimly fits his character, considering out of the extended main cast only him and touko end up taking their own lives. sachiko found morishige amusing, the ghosts of children and yoshikazu weren't hunting him down - so technically he could've as well returned back to the real world with the other survivors. the main curse he was plagued with was intense darkening and as we know, it twists one's character and awakens the worst, most deeply hidden parts of them (such as naomi's selfishness, ayumi's wrath and jealousy), additionally characters that are more emotional or fragile are more susceptible to the darkening. in morishige's case, it amplified his interest in grim topics such as death, shadenfreude and contempt for other people. we learn that he wasn't even searching for mayu because he thought she was incapable of surviving without him, but because he knew he wouldn't survive without her, not even willing to admit he had feelings for her. making morishige go on a rampage after finding out the truth about the splattered corpse butchers his character and makes his encounter with kizami something akin to freddy vs jason instead of two deeply messed up individuals who cope with their emotions in horrible yet very different ways. i'm not exactly blaming the crew behind tortured souls for skipping all character development/showcase since they had mere two hours to tell the story but the liberty taken with morishige's death (and lack of tetsuya kakihara's brilliant voice acting when he started screaming, hitting his head against the wall and ultimately jumped out of the window) just really irked me
Not a fan of the anime, but I did love how extremely gory and psychotic they made it. Especially the ghost kids and Sachiko. It was also very sad to see Yoshiki die brutally since he’s one of my favorite characters, and it had the most WTF endings with Satoshi. However, I was very happy watching Yuka get murdered. Call me crazy, but that baby-talking, brother-festish 14 year old was the most annoying out of all of them.
i know this video is like a year old now and you probably already know it, but the scenes in the anime wasn't just made up for the anime. Well... most of them weren't. They are actually in the game as well but down different endings on the game (this is coming from some who went down every single ending just for the fun of it trying to find the "true" ending)
Adding 1 extra episode wouldn't have been enough. This anime should've been made into a 12-13 episode series, then they could've added in much more backstories & character development. Also, it's a shame Book of Shadows didn't get an anime, as it explains more thoroughly about the Haunted School "Nexus" & why it was so hard for anyone to escape from there.
I really enjoyed your recap of the story and it's perfect for me to share it with my friends who hate horror and thus refuse to play this masterpiece. Can you do a recap of the other Corpse Party games too, so I can share the FULL story with them? At least the important bits of Book of Shadows, and then Blood Drive?
It's wild to see what happens in the future Corpse Party Games, like the two worlds combing into one in the 3rd game and causing essentially the end of world, is all a result of one man who was too horny at work
I enjoy the series despite its flaws but one thing I think we can all agree on how the actual fuck did a 10 year old (ghost girl or not) cut a kids head off from the jaw up WITH NORMAL SCISSORS thats always something that got me lol
I honestly don't really like the anime there are way too many weird angles that show the pantys of the girls like when I think Mayu was smashed into the wall the camera was place between her legs and it was just really weird.
@transcendentsacredcourage What do you mean? English isn't my first language, and I'm kinda bad with sayings. If you're implying I liked it, I want to inform you that I stopped watching after the beginning of episode 2 because it was too disgusting for me.
Corpse party has been my biggest special interest since 2013 when I found pewdiepie’s let’s play. Can’t believe it’s been nearly a decade and I still cant get enough of this franchise. I mean, last hanukkah I spent $300 on Japanese copies of all the spin offs and manga series I could find of it. In 2015 I found ericvanwilderman’s let’s play on it and have been rewatching it over and over since then (with some breaks in between when I find other interests). I seriously love this series with a fiery passion. I remember the day I first met my step family I was watching evw’s let’s play while being babysat by my step sister. Now here I am 6 years later, now living with my step family and my step sister going to college and I’m still rewatching it. I wholeheartedly believe if you were to cut corpse party out of my life I would not be the same person.
literally same, are we the same person lol? while i do have other interests by now, it was still one of my biggest and im always going back to it. even when i write, i find corpse party's writing style heavily influencing my own haha.
I watched the anime before i knew anything about the games. Real spooky from someone who had no idea what she was walking into, and i think the condensed story of the anime was decent.
the series has many games to its saga and so MANY details that arent in the anime can come from there games too besides their own interpretation and liberties taked otherwise love the video :D! also thing i wanna say here , in the first game and in corpse of shadows who have more diffrent bad endings then the first one so you could think there is more route to it ? yes and no , sadly no matter what you do you CANT save seiko or mayu because their are meant to die for plot sake so yes its very frustrating :/ for yui sensei i think you could save her in the first game and the other ones but im not sure but i dont think she is plot death planned as the two others so yeah beside all of this in the first game for sure if you do the right choices you can save EVERYONE besides mayu and seiko once again.
The anime does suck but i love how unapologetic and in your face it is with the violence. It takes advantage of the platform it's on like what the game does. If only it was like 8 hours long so they could flesh everything out Edit: Yoshiki's decline to go back to heavenly host is in the game too. It happens around the start of chapter 5 and if you decline you trigger a wrong end which pretty much spans for the entire length of the chapter. And Kizami does get turnt into the Anatomical model in game, it's in the normal ending when you manage to escape him and go to the science lab as ayumi and yoshiki, you'll find his name tag outside and inside the anatomical model which is kizami
This series always gave me such complicated feelings. I'm a big fan of the PSP remake, but everything else just feels like they're trying too hard. Idk, I genuinely just feel Corpse Party should have only had the one entry. I guess the anime works too but only if you've played the game already. Really not a fan of Blood Drive and it alongside everything else just kinda muddied the reputation of the series in my opinion. But yeah, another great video 🙏🏾
I haven’t really played many horror games in my life, but I especially remember Dino Crisis on the PS2, it was so scary as a kid and looking back it was the atmosphere to do the job. I had a 4 MBs memory card and not knowing what “overwriting saved data” meant, I always had to restart from the same checkpoint fearing I would lose my progress when instead by overwriting I would have actually gone on. Come on, who uses that word anyway? It was a thing even in Pokemon ahah. I don’t think I’ve seen this game ever, not even on Pewds’ channel but I would play it for sure and the anime sounds fun to watch if you don’t pay too much attention. Also I spotted Hollow Knight in the beginning of the video, I love that game, actually my first metroidvania if I spelled it correctly… and megaman, I loved that cartoon
I remember playing Dino Crisis for the first time maybe 3 years ago and thought it was awesome. At least you eventually figured out the save mechanic haha. Hollow Knight is also an amazing experience that I'm glad I got to experience. Generally I prefer action horror games, but Corpse Party is one of those exceptions that creates an interesting atmosphere you can't help but want to explore. The anime may be flawed, but it still tries, and I can appreciate that.
@@lexaand you must have played Outlast then? Im just assuming, I played it at a friends house and it was frightening! I loved watching Alien Isolation too, the play throughs and oh hollow knight was just beautiful
0:00 Intro
1:15 Part 1 (The Game)
4:19 Game Story Recap
17:19 Part 2 (The Anime)
19:22 (Episode 1)
22:32 (Episode 2)
27:07 (Episode 3)
32:10 (Episode 4)
40:45 Conclusion
Not the biggest fan of the anime, but I have to say, that final scene of Shinozaki and Naomi holding Satoshi's severed arms is a pretty effective image. Really made my stomach drop when I saw it.
Naomi's reaction at the very end is the icing on the cake.
RIGHT like the rest of the anime is just... meh. but that scene. oh man. that scene
Yeah, that alone has given me the resolve go play the games
That was the one thing I didn't expect the anime to do tbh, it really shocked me when I 1st watched it
I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt that, and I'm on my dad's account.
OK but can we just mention that CP is *NOT* a good shortened name for the series 💀
@Joseíto Hirose oh yeah that's right. Everyone should google it so they can play club penguin again
Creepypasta also enjoys that abbreviation.
@@raineblackstar3522 I have never seen it abbreviated like that. Most I see is GM aka Grimdark.
@@Topdoggie7 then you probably never been in a creepypasta rp server- 😬
@@raineblackstar3522 Full of minors and adults mingling and with a NSFW channel moments before it's raided? Yeah. No. That's the real creepy part of the pasta.
“I’m a CP fan-“ no you’re not you’re a Corpse party fan 😭 please don’t shorten Corpse party to that 💀💀
Cell phone fan
Glad I'm not the only one who hates that abbreviation of Corpse Party. CPBC and CPBCRF work a lot better imo. :)
yea it would just be a confusion with us who are Cheese Pizza fans
@@portela132 say it louder homeboy!
@@portela132 "Club Penguin"
The anime is kind of a mess, but man that ending is great. The two girls holding Satoshi's arms, and Naomi staring into space in her bedroom, completely traumatized, is a very unsettling final image.
Corpse Party isn't really "scary" but Tortured Souls ending is pretty close.
I also think Ms. Yui was underused in general. She's cute and really sweet, and how much she loved her students was really heartwarming. In fact, there is a manga adaptation where Ms. Yui survives until the very end of the story, when she decides to give Ayumi (who loses her paper) her own paper scrap for the ritual, willingly sacrificing her life so her student can go home.
I'm sorry but if my highschool friends were stuck in basically hell and I got out no WAY I'm heading back there.
I’m a huge fan of the series and can help explain the ending of the anime. You were right that Satoshi uses Kizami’s paper instead of Yuka’s, but they didn’t need to do the ritual in the same room as Sachiko’s body. In the manga adaptation they actually do the ritual outside the school and still make it back okay. Where they went wrong was the paper. It’s never confirmed if Satoshi’s body went to Kizami’s high school or not, but a lot of fans like that interpretation instead of him being stuck and dying (thus trapping his soul) in Heavenly Host.
If satoshi just went to a other high school why would his identity be forgotten at the end?
@@serentique yeah that’s the part that the head cannon doesn’t explain
@@serentique because satisfied died right? Doesn’t everyone who dies in Heavenly Hist get forgotten by the regular world?
@@jadeharley7190 Yeah everyone who does in Heavenly Host are doomed to cease to exist out in the real world while trapped for all eternity in The school feeling the same thing at the moment of their death forever.
@@jadeharley7190 yeah that’s what the canon says, but this headcanon suggests that he survives, just to the other kids high school (and without arms), which is why I’m saying it wouldn’t make sense.
While the anime isn’t the best representation of the franchise, I still have really fond memories of finding it with friends in high school. We wanted some spooky fun, but two hours later we sat there, silently traumatized. Great bonding moment!
You trauma bonded your friends???
@@Topdoggie7 You _don't_ trauma bond your friends?
@@systemoverrider4270 It's not recommended to do.
Lol, I was 12 or 13 at the time I saw a lets play. I liked the game back then too
@@Topdoggie7 Trauma bond is a real serious term, so even though it sounds suitable, it is not xD
Never heard the idea of Satoshi being warped to another school. Could you imagine him in an unfamiliar place missing both arms. Maybe no one around to even help him.
Have I played Corpse Party? No. Do I have a PSP? No. Do I even like horror? No. Did I still enjoy the hell out of this video? Yes, yes and yes! Loving your content so far dude. Instant subscribe!
Thanks so much!
U don’t need a psp, the best version of the game is on all modern platforms playstation 4, Xbox, switch and pc
I played the first one and book of shadows. I still need to play the others.
@@julianmartinez4719 all the games including sachiko birthday are on steam and are on sale as part of steam winter sale
I was completely fine with most of the adaptation, but I was pretty upset that they did Yoshiki dirty, while not showing everybody else's descent. He was a vital part to the group effort, and my favorite character. The bad ending showed that everybody needed each other. Yoshiki was the lynch pin that kept Shinozaki sane. And that gave her room to be the brains for the entire group. It was largely thanks to the 2 of them that the good ending was possible. And the bad ending showed that even though Shinozaki was the brains, she needed Yoshiki. And then Yoshiki going dark showed that he needed her just as badly. Keeping her going kept him sane as well. But the anime just made it look like he was a selfish prick. And that it was all because of him that everything went bad. Which I think was a disservice to Yoshiki as a character, and to the dynamic and bond that everyone (but Shinozaki and Yoshiki especially) had formed.
Honestly, I wouldn't have minded if they just cut Yui altogether, and then give her screen time to Yoshiki and Shinozaki. That way you could give more time to do the bad end properly (showing Shinozaki, Naomi, and Yoshiki losing it) or use that screen time to try and pull off the good ending.
What bothered me about the anime was it felt like the rapid piling up of bodies wasn't meant to convey an intense and desperate situation, but to trim plot threads so they could get it over with quickly.
The creators of Corpse Party must really have a pee kink because it comes up a LOT.
Especially in the mangas.
I feel like they have many kinks and they are really bad at keeping it out of their storyline. Especially piss.
Can't have Corpse party without watersports🫠
Yep, the kink is called omorashi. Here's the definition from Wikipedia:
"Omorashi, sometimes abbreviated as simply omo, is a form of fetish subculture originating and predominately recognized in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or wetting themselves, wearing a diaper, or from seeing someone else experiencing a full bladder or wetting themselves."
Quite disturbing that they chose to focus specifically on Yuka's full bladder for so long and having her eventually wet herself though... She's just 14 and looks/acts even younger. Definitely something the game could've gone without.
Guro, watersports, and omorashi.
we never did find out who filled that bucket 😕
Kizamis story and encountering him gave me chills in the game that I still have to this day.
The sound design is godlike because I can still remember the music and sound effects that is from the game.
I'm no stranger to horror and gore but corpse party blood covered sat with me in a way that other horror series just didn't. The ideas this game presented, like the idea of your soul being trapped in the pain your body died in forever, in horrifying enough on it's own but then to top everything off all this is happening to almost exclusively children. I definitely hold the first one up as one the scariest games of all time.
How long have you wanted to make videos before you started man? Your content is inspired. I've never seen a channel with less than 1000 subs make things as polished as 100k+ sub channels. Definitely keep it up.
Thank you very much, that means a lot. I'd say I took around a year before deciding to jump into the channel. I'll definitely keep at it!
I’m glad you mentioned the darkest ending in the game (in my opinion). Things go bad SO fast the moment one of the classmates is left alone, even moreso because it’s Ayumi of all people. The one question I always have is what specifically screws over Yoshiki so hard, but it’s probably his guilt and negative thoughts towards himself becoming too much. Great video. Glad people still talk about this series.
The whole anatomical model thing is explained a little more in depth in the manga and lightly implied in the game's events as well. But basically Sachiko thought Kizami would be a useful spirit and sent in Yoshikazu to go after him specifically, it's why Kizami kind of just "disappears" after getting caught at the end of the Yuka chase
I watched my uncle play the original Corpse Party in the late 90s, when I was about 10. He was a certified early adopter of weeb culture. Between the visuals and his commentary, I got the picture, and it haunted my nightmares for years. The anime is far less subtle than the game, but it reflected how I had imagined everything in my mind really well, at least visually. I still get a little tingle of fear when I rewatch it, despite being pretty desensitized to gore now that I'm an adult. I think that childhood fear adds an extra level- something psychological it might not otherwise have for me. Anyways, I really loved revisiting it again through your video.
Corpse party has an interesting story and solid characters but what gets me is the writer's/artist's barely disguised fetish throughout the series. The whole thing with Yuka finding a bathroom, her peeing herself & getting her period later on in the game is just a very strange concept considering most of her dialogue is about her going to the bathroom. Also, in a stressful environment with a lack of hydration & nutrients, menstruation is more likely to be off than on. A simple google search can show that information.
Not only that, the way the female characters die in this game is disturbing as well (ex: panty shots during death, them peeing themselves) it just comes off as fetish-y and strange considering most of the cast are children. I have this problem with Higurashi as well and why I can't finish it because of how both of these medias draw young girls, write their personalities, and how they're killed off is disgusting. You can say it's an "anime thing" but no, it's a creepy person writing for other creepy people to get off on this stuff. Corpse party has a solid story but at the end of the day, this is a huge problem that is dominant in the whole series.
From what I've seen the sexualized deaths only happen in the anime. The manga/original VN didn't sexualize them. Also fetish-y deaths in higurashi? Unless you have a gore fetish, what deaths are you talking about in higurashi? All the characters in both the anime and game died in brutal ways that weren't sexualized at all. What they did with the characters while they were alive is a whole different can of worms, but the deaths themselves weren't.
Uh....not really fetish, if you don't know, upon death a person's body will release any waste if they have any in them out.
So they will pee or crap or both when they due.
@@astrograph7875 not sexualized? corpse party musume (which was written by makoto kedouin btw) ends with a horde of zombies assaulting and killing naomi, plus the whole manga is borderline porn, so it isn't really a surprise that you can trace fetish-y content to his earlier works because its pretty clear
@@ripedroxx Just a look at the cover of the mangas says everything, why are these high and middle schoolersdoing suggestive poses?? bleaghhh
Tbh the pee thing seems kinda understandable. Like I sure in a situation like that many would pee from fear alone but yeah everything else is not explainable
It is a real challenge of only making an adapation in 4 episodes. As someone mentioned it felt like they were mostly just there to show the death's in more details. Hell even giving certain characters new deaths, like Yui, Morishige, and Yoshiaki. The issue comes from losing the subtly and the character development and growth that really cements it.
Saying this though, Tortured Souls does have a few geninue highights. One is having the game cast back to reprise their roles, this cast is absolute brilliant when they do any of these games. (Yes even the later one). They really capture the tension and fear the characters are going through perfectly, and whilst I'm in no way a "Sub Snob", I honestly don't think any English cast would feel the same.
Two I have to give the ending some credit for being an original ending, yes I would actually love it more if it had been the wrong ending mentioned in the video. Seeing as I think that is the best Wrong End in the game, but saying that I give this ending a pass for the clever build up and foreshadowing, as you see Naomi looking for a scrap of paper with another corpse earlier. To Satoshi handing Naomi his piece, to the reveal of Yuya's student ID, suddenly making you realise what happened. Then the silent reveal is done so well, this ending was used again in the live action movie, but they have a flashback with Naomi and Satoshi preparing for the festival, before cutting to Naomi saying how they made it, only for Ayumi to ask why? Then reveal Satoshi isn't there. I feel the silent reveal works better, plus I like the tie into Book of Shadows at the end too.
Three it is animated nicely, the visual are all very impressive and cetain new scenes are really well detailed.
That is all though, the pacing is still way too fast, important details are rushed over. Hell we don't even see Naomi lose her ID here, not to mention we don't know Yuka didn't have her scrap (Yes it works for the ending) but still. Also certain scenes just work better in the games, like you mentioned with the torture scene. Character's growth is non exsistent and Yui was wasted entirely here. Hell even the live action film, which granted kills her first still shows her, protecting her students.
If you want a good adapation, which is different enough from the games, but still keeps the main story and spirit alive with it. I highly recommend the manga. I got this after I feel in love with the game last year, and the manga is so damn good. The character dynamics are done so well, they do more with the relationships of the characters. Ayumi becoming more twisted with the darkening. Yui is done so much better here, and is even there until the very end. And even the reveal with Naomi and Seiko is done differently, yet so well that I may even say in places the Manga is better then the game.
Ok I will leave off with this. Tortured Souls really should have been longer, but given what we got it could have been a lot worse. I see people calling this the worst anime or adapation ever, but I disagree. It isn't perfect and I do wish it was done better, but I can still find some enjoyment in it, and I like a different take on the ending. As for the other games, I still recommend Book of Shadows, yeah it is more of a point and click visual novel style, but what it shows with saying wrong endings may even be canon, and the extra development of characters that got very little in the original game, like Morishige is worth checking out that game for these reasons.
Sweet Sachiko you have to accept it is a comedy game with horror in it, and it is full on visual novel to accept it, but it is amusing and Blood Drive, yeah it isn't good but if you want to see the conclusion of the Heavenly Host saga you have to play it.
As for DP, I don't know I refuse to play it, due to it being incomplete.
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I do want to correct you here, this is actually originally one of the bad endings you can get from failing to save Yuka. I actually got this ending on my first playthrough of the game because of a glitch where kizami went through the door and caught yuka the moment I started loading to go into the other room. And I didn't immediately load my save because I figured that was just part of a cutscene and was supposed to happen. This scene actually happens as an early indicator you recieved the bad end, since this bad end actually is pretty long. Esentially what happens is Ayumi and Yoshiki get in an arguement over returning, Yoshiki claims she only wants to go back because she loves satoshi and doesn't care about anybody else, and gets upset with Ayumi because he actually loves her and confesses it then and there. Ayumi comes back to heavenly host and starts showing signs of posession, instead of returning naomi's wallet with her charm in it, she instead steals it so that naomi is guarenteed to die, and then ends up losing her own and needing it to survive anyway. They discover Yuka died and Satoshi give's Yuka's charm to Naomi so she can survive. The ending basically ends with everybody besides ayumi dying because of ayumi's possesion and then ayumi herself dying.
(I might be wrong on some parts of the ending so feel free to correct me but this was glaring at me while I was watching this video.)
edit : I just realized you mention this bad end later on, the way you mentioned it here made it seem like you didn't know about the bad end, i'm sorry haha.
Ohh yes, I was there when Corpse Party was being played by lets-players, I watched Manly play the game and I also watched the anime - twice even 😭 The first time, I watched it alone and then I watched it with my brother and a girl from my grandmother’s school. I don’t even like horror that much but something about Corpse Party makes me feel nostalgic. I really enjoyed watching this video, thank you! 😊
Now personally I was rather torn when I saw them kill off Yuka, it was quite sad as the feelings of sibling love she and her brother had was one of the bits of character development that we got to see in the anime. Also for the teacher, I don't know if they really could've crammed in more time for her in the anime, but at the very least I think the way she died could've been handled differently. Maybe the earthquake was starting to visibly break things down, and the teacher seeing a bit from the ceiling starting to break, decides to push her student out of the way of the falling bits of ceiling. Essentially the way she dies is mostly the same, but with that one small change you really drive home that she cares for her students and would sacrifice herself to protect them.
Now I do think if this anime was a bit longer they might have been able to get more character development in. Still I do think what we got was a very decent adaptation of the game, it could've been better, but it also could've been much worse. It really drives home some of the horrific things from the game in a different way. The scenes are downright brutal and I think they do a good job when compared to the game, which while more limited art style wise, did make good work of sound and text to convey things. Though seeing it, might be more brutal for some, or less brutal for others.
I know the guy is like, a horrible dude or smth, but I still remember being a youngin watching Cryotic's LP of Corpse Party soley because his fucking laugh at the Ass Cream bit will forever live rent free in my head. It's one of those perfectly comedic laughs, just the right amount of pause after reading out the line, the (Probably overblown) hysterical laugh that he does, you can see the gears twisting in his head before it clicks what he just read and he doesn't even have a webcam on, it's perfect. It has effectively the same vibes as Elijah Wood's laugh to the "When will you wear wigs?" Interview prank, just the brief pause of "Huh?" before exploding in hysterical laughter
I love to get bad ends in games because more often than not it makes me feel like I’m earning the happy ending (and sometimes the bad ends have a more interesting feel to them), my best friend knew that so she pitched this game to me as “If you have characters running around checking every nook and cranny you can drive them insane, the bad ends also have their own story”, I played this on my old 2DS (played my friends 3DS and it gave me a headache so I chose the 2D one) from the eshop and I loved every second of it! Honestly, I’ve heard a lot of people say nothing but crap about the anime so I’ve never watched it but damn! That shot of Naomi and Shinozaki holding Satoshi’s arms! Bold move that works perfectly considering the medium it has, using shots to build up what’s actually happening and leaving the audience with a gut punch you’d never see coming but the shots showing it’s not going to work out.
the lack of bad ends in Blood Drive really ruined the trilogy for me. Actually a lot of things ruined Blood Drive for me. The cannibal diary twist, or the one where Shinozaki kills Naomi, only to learn Satoshi has fallen to darkness are such great gut-punches.
Naomi: "This amount of seals isn't normal."
And exactly how many, pray tell, is the normal amount of seals to have in a principal's office?
I remember having a hard time not laughing inappropriately during certain parts of this anime because the only pieces of solid gore the animators drew were chunks of large intestine, even when characters were injured in the chest or head.
I feel the corpse party anime was more or less there to show all of the deaths animated. Hence the lack of proper story telling.
Ended up watching the anime because of this video and I enjoyed it. I do feel like you definitely need to go in already familiar with Corpse Party to help a bit with the whiplash. If I was a blind viewer I can only imagine how jarring everything would be. Morishige's breakdown was easily my favorite element of the anime. That and the entire sequence with him and Yuka was so tense and unnerving. And his VA does an awesome job in the sub. Overall, I enjoyed it well enough. They definitely did as well of a job as they were able to.
Morishige was about to whoop Yuka's ass. 😂 Dude was on one.
The anime just felt so bad. If you never saw the games you'd have no shits to give to the characters. Recently watched it and saw it as a huge turn off. Glad the game is much more coherent.
It really does help to have the games as a framework since there's almost no time for development in the show.
Imo the live action was the worst version. Not only Ms. Yui was killed quickly upfront, but *they removed Kizami and Naho.*
Why would you remove the most well-known antagonist alongside the one character that moves the plot forward?! Condensation was no excuse for that!
The anime was the one that got me into the series, without knowing of the original material, it's a pretty okay adaptation. I also like how they end with the prologue to Book Of Shadows, and how they hint at it likewise in the special OVA
I liked it that you mentioned the opening of the anime being good, as it was sung by the VA of Ayumi, Asami Imai, who also made the openings for the games and most endings too, her work is amazing, but Shangri-La and Hoshizuku No Ringu definitively are my top picks
This was so well made
Really great work put into this video! I thoroughly enjoyed it and through this video I've been watching some of your other work! Great job 🥳
Thank you very much, glad to hear you've been liking the content!
I watched the anime recently and I felt like maybe when the scene shifted into a ditch angle it meant something about what was happening. Like maybe it meant they were switching dimensions or getting influenced or something…
As it went on though there wasn’t any other indication of that.
God I love Corpse Party. And this is the game that somehow ables me to sleep alone lol. The OST this game has is just too good
1:39 I remember watching PewDiePie's let's play, that was my exposure to the franchise
I love this series so much..I wish it could get a new anime adaptation with multiple seasons covering Blood Covered, Book of Shadows (just the needed parts, otherwise it would be almost the same as Blood Covered), and Blood Drive. Sachiko's Birthday Bash isn't really needed from what I recall but could be done as a spinoff.
I played the game back in the game all the way through, getting all the endings including every last bad one.Kizumi is a chilling antagonist, the build up with all that great music truly haunts me to this day. I just don't know how you didn't know he was the model, I figured it out while playing the game. He right around where Kizumi disappears at and they are built the same. A new thing would just pop up in Heavenly Host, it had to be someone already there and just recently dead.
11 years after the corpse party anime release and it still bogles my mind why the studio only gave them 4 episodes to adapt the entire plot. Did no one object to that when they first gave them that? Like if I were working on it, I'd suggest either making a side story with new characters or background characters from the game. You could also adapt part of the game's story and leave the rest for a second season/anime. Not adapting the ENTIRE STORY in 4 episodes and the anime really suffers for it with a break neck speed to help newcomers understand what's going on. It just makes me bitter knowing we got a product that attempts to fill two roles but fails on both. Trying to appease and fill in newcomers at ludicrous speeds and no character development whatsoever. While also trying to appease to new fans with the new scenes, animation, and the ending, but suffering from all the time needed for a plot we already know, , unneccesary panty shots that weren't in the original game, and some characters getting completely shafted in the anime.
Fantastic video!
Legit, I was so confused after watching the anime, and this cleared up every single one of my questions.
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I went into this anime knowing about the game, but not having any experience with it.
As such, there were a ton of moments that left me scratching my head.
For Example:
- When (and how) did they get all the tongues and put the kid's spirits to rest?
[It happened off camera... alright...]
- How would the blogger know about needing to trick others into using the wrong ritual while she was alive (as in, before getting trapped in the ghost school) and able to actually write her blog?
[Actually... I still don't get this one. But now knowing that the black/purple smoke ghost was her, I feel every so slightly less confused.]
- Who knocked out the teacher?
- Who knocked out the psycho student?
- Who knocked out the protagonist?
[The principle on all accounts... still not sure why, but at least hes consistent... At least, until he murders the blonde dude.]
- What was the point of the teacher?
[There really wasn't one; she totally could have been cut.]
- What happened to the psycho student's body to disappear half his skin?
[Uh... I guess the Principal did it? Maybe?
Well, at least you're also confused about it.]
- How was the principal both stuck committing suicide AND killing people with scissors?
[These are two different principles, each linked to a different crime; father and son.]
- How did the evil little girl (already forgot her name) able to be the 'first victim' if she was also the killer?
[Her murder turned her into an Onryo (or adjacent) that then manipulated the second Principle (the son) into kidnapping the victims for her. And then in killing them, created the pocket dimension that trapped them all.]
- Who's diary was that, and how does it have so much info of events that no one could know about while still alive?
[It was written post-death by the mother's ghost, who is never seen or referenced...]
- Why is protag-kun so calm after having his sister die in his arms just a few minutes prior?
[Perhaps a ton of time has passed?]
- And just the entire post credit scene in general.
[They never brought up the 'forgetting the dead' caveat in the show.]
And I'm sure there were more, but those are just off the top of my head.
Seriously, I legit thought I had missed an episode or two; especially considering the lack of scenes involving the teacher, and the entire missing Arc of putting the spirits to rest.
All in all, it really doesn't feel like a standalone experience, requiring the watcher to first either play the game themselves (or watch someone else play it, I suppose) or watch this video.
And yes, this video did make me want to give the game a try. Though, I am a little put off by the idea of already having my game be over without actually knowing it. That seems annoying.
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Would you consider a more detailed breakdown of the (first) game's story?
One that delves into the different game overs and the implications and therein?
And what about the sequels?
At the end you suggest that they aren't worth getting into.
So... to me, it sounds like you're in a prime position to spare us a drawn out and unenjoyable playthrough.
Corpse party as a game was very nice. I remember that my first encounter with it was a gameplay by Cryotic. And it freaking entranced me. After that I read the mangas and even managed to play the game myself. I kind of wish that the anime project had been bigger. Though the original story truly did catch my attention too.
I remember watching the corpse party anime at 11 years old and i was TRAUMATIZED lmaooo
I thought I was the only one but I'm so grateful there was someone out there experiencing the same thing as me 😭🤣🤣
But unfortunately, the anime turned me into a sadist after that-
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Damn. Not a sadist. 😂
Great work here, gonna watch more of your videos now. Love this series overall, the anime did its best with so few OVAs and is honestly one of my favorite OVA series because of it, rarely is it this coherent with so little runtime. Some changes are even for the better, and the choice to go with a mix of the good and wrong ends was really great, and sets up the sequel game as well. Probably the best choice they could've made IMO.
Honestly my biggest change I'd wish for is Ms. Yui dying in the same way, but at least pushing Shinozaki out of the way of the falling rubble instead to show her commitment to helping her students. I understand they couldn't include more of her story, but that small edit would have preserved her character and made her... well, not a basically pointless inclusion. They honestly could have cut her entirely and the only difference would be fans complaining she didn't appear.
there was this abridged one-shot that perfectly summed up the story of anime
it's gone now for some reason
I was able to watch that around 2017 but once I turned older, that video was gone and I desperately searched for it unless I had to watch the people who reacted to it.
There's a chance you might see them unlisted or being posted to different sites (I tend to see them unexpectedly)
I love so much your videos, I've been binging on them for quite a few days and they're so well done and interesting! Thank you.
I've been meaning to check out your channel, and I'm so glad I found the time today when you appeared on my feed! Instantly subscribed, you really put a lot of thought and effort into your videos, looking forward to watching them all 🙏💕
Watching your recent corpse party video and going back to this video 3 years ago you sound so different, it's crazy to hear.
I really didn't like the anime, in part because Yoshiki was my favourite and I didn't like him having to die.
However, I thought that the reason why Satoshi didn't return was because a piece belonging to someone dead wouldn't work. The Kizami theory is good too though
But wasn't Yuka dead tho ?
Great video going over the changes in adaptation for the anime!
i discovered you yt channel today & i absolutely love your videos. i can tell how much time & effort it takes :) thnk u
Another hidden gem of a channel found. Subbed :)
Amazing video dude, love this and the school days video. I'm subscribed and enjoyed it. Will you ever go over the mangas? I don't know much about the manga but I would enjoy seeing you talk about it. Keep up the great work man
I've been curious about the mangas myself, I'd definitely like to talk about them at some point 🤔
@@lexaand Awesome and appreciate the thoughts. I'll definitely watch and look forward to it. Happy Holidays my dude
Glad to have found your channel!
I LOVE Corpse Party, sadly never played the game, but for those who may not be familiar; the Manga Series is VERY much the same to the game :D and I do like the Manga a bit more, but I’ve rewatched the Anime several times, very cool
Keep up the good work and keep pushing i love youre work
One thing I did like is the ending, I prefer the ending of the anime than the one in the original game, it's a much more realistic outcome than the happy ending we saw in the original version
Well, I'd not say that an happy ending like 4 of your people are dead and trapped in that place worse than hell.
There's potentially more corpse party stuff coming out in the future, I really hope so
It'd be nice to have an entire revamp of book of shadows + a new anime series some day
Keep these up man, really lo9vng them!
Thanks Val, will do!
these videos are amazing bro
I'm here from your Goodbye PunPun video because I love Corpse Party and wow, you're extremely underrated. I'm definitely going to purchase Goodbye PunPun and binge watch your videos ♥
Whew did I love playing this game, it was such a chore to get the best possible ending in the og game. Never played Book of shadows or Blood Drive.
Honestly any adaptation where pissbaby brother-lover Yuka dies is a good one to me.
Goddamn it! 😂😂😂 That's so cold! ❄️
Having been introduced to corpse party via the anime, i have to say it is an absolute shit adaptation! But i do like it for what it is, altho having finished the game 100% i changed my opinion on it 😂 I mean it's good for a movie night but that's it. When i got the game on PS4 i honestly had the time of my life playing it, shit was honestly really immersive and honestly i wish i could re experience my 1st playthrough! This was the 1st game that actually scared me, when i read that 1 victim memoir about the cannibal thingy i honestly almost threw up. Shit was so disgusting! Having 100%ted the Bloodcovered Repeated Fear in terms of all trophy's, endings and name tags, i've got to say that honestly this was worth every piece of the 20 bucks i spent on it! Had such a unique experience playing this game! Corpse Party will always have a special place in my heart as 1 of if not my favourite piece horror media! I'd say this and Higurashi no naku koro ni are the 2 pieces of anime horror that i absolutley love! Still gotta finish blooddrive on switch. Definitely refusing to play book of shadows, shit's uhm well yeah something....
But anyways! This video was great! Keep it up man!
maybe im remembering wrong but the manga feel like it has more character development with everyone. if you could you should definitly read it, the only problem is the 4th novel is a rare print and stuff idk
This series holds a special place in my heart, so I'm kind of sad to see how it all went with Blood Drive as its finale. I didn't even know it had an anime till a few years after I saw the game, but I found it to be far too rushed and it butchers the original story. I feel like it's one of these series that just can't be adapted into other media mainly due it its lenght, story and how descriptive the writing can be, so it leaves much more to an audiences imagination which can make a scenario or death much more terrifying. This is just my opinion however, so do take this with a grain of salt.
I really liked the PSP game but I was unsure of watching the anime since I don't think I can handle watching actual gore , so I really appreciate this comparison!
Yooo! your content is amazing! You totally deserve more subs!
Really appreciate that, thanks!
Hell yeah, here's to more views
So what are your thoughts on the remaster/remake/whatever it is they are doing? Once you mentioned that they left the sequel for dead I can't help but wonder what it is they exactly want to do with this series.
I think they understand how important Repeated Fear is to the series, which is why they've decided to remaster it. Now that it's finished, I'd imagine they would continue the series again, but it's hard to say. Either the remaster was done in an attempt to bring new fans in while they continue work on new entries, or it was a cash grab, polishing up a beloved game to get what they can out of it. Time will tell, here's hoping for the best.
@@lexaand I know I am beyond late to this, as well as the video as a whole, but I'd just like to say that they most likely will end up returning to Dead Patient eventually.
They added an Extra Chapter involving Miku Shirayume to the 2021 version, and Miku's promotial bio explicitly namedrops Amare Patriarcha Crucis Hospital as well as mentioning the fact that she visits regularly due to an unspecified lung condition. They wouldn't do all that to reference Dead Patient for no actual reason, it wouldn't make any sense.
On an unrelated note: if and when they do get back to development for Dead Patient, I honestly really just want to see whether it's connected to the "Ghost Therapy - Heart Surgery Ward" found in Naho's notes. I know hospitals are a fairly standard horror setting, but it sorta just sticks out to me that one of Naho's notes on supernatural activity has a description invoking a relation to medical practices and then the game intended to mark the story after the Heavenly Host saga just happens to take place inside a hospital.
It's almost like we're moving on from Heavenly Host, something else that was documented in her notes, and pivoting to another thing she had her eye on to investigate.
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If what you say is true, then it's about time for this series to move on from Heavenly Host. They need to make sequels while making connections to previous entries, perhaps with character cameos from those who survived a previous ordeal.
I just wanted to say, I really like your videos man, you are very talented at this type of documentary style videos. I just watched both this video and the one on School days and they are both very high quality. Keep up the good work!
great video, you did a good job comparing these two adaptations of the same story! however i have to disagree with you in a single case, i believe morishige's arc was portrayed in an awful way (warning this is gonna be a long comment lol)
i'm not sure if you've played book of shadows since this spin-off tackles his character and explains his complex personality, almost none of which is applied in blood covered. his death by suicide grimly fits his character, considering out of the extended main cast only him and touko end up taking their own lives. sachiko found morishige amusing, the ghosts of children and yoshikazu weren't hunting him down - so technically he could've as well returned back to the real world with the other survivors. the main curse he was plagued with was intense darkening and as we know, it twists one's character and awakens the worst, most deeply hidden parts of them (such as naomi's selfishness, ayumi's wrath and jealousy), additionally characters that are more emotional or fragile are more susceptible to the darkening. in morishige's case, it amplified his interest in grim topics such as death, shadenfreude and contempt for other people. we learn that he wasn't even searching for mayu because he thought she was incapable of surviving without him, but because he knew he wouldn't survive without her, not even willing to admit he had feelings for her. making morishige go on a rampage after finding out the truth about the splattered corpse butchers his character and makes his encounter with kizami something akin to freddy vs jason instead of two deeply messed up individuals who cope with their emotions in horrible yet very different ways.
i'm not exactly blaming the crew behind tortured souls for skipping all character development/showcase since they had mere two hours to tell the story but the liberty taken with morishige's death (and lack of tetsuya kakihara's brilliant voice acting when he started screaming, hitting his head against the wall and ultimately jumped out of the window) just really irked me
Not a fan of the anime, but I did love how extremely gory and psychotic they made it. Especially the ghost kids and Sachiko. It was also very sad to see Yoshiki die brutally since he’s one of my favorite characters, and it had the most WTF endings with Satoshi. However, I was very happy watching Yuka get murdered. Call me crazy, but that baby-talking, brother-festish 14 year old was the most annoying out of all of them.
Yuka was definitely annoying in the animation and game, but the way she died was brutal.
i know this video is like a year old now and you probably already know it, but the scenes in the anime wasn't just made up for the anime. Well... most of them weren't. They are actually in the game as well but down different endings on the game (this is coming from some who went down every single ending just for the fun of it trying to find the "true" ending)
amazing content ! i wish you had talked about the mangas as well though😔
Adding 1 extra episode wouldn't have been enough. This anime should've been made into a 12-13 episode series, then they could've added in much more backstories & character development. Also, it's a shame Book of Shadows didn't get an anime, as it explains more thoroughly about the Haunted School "Nexus" & why it was so hard for anyone to escape from there.
I really enjoyed your recap of the story and it's perfect for me to share it with my friends who hate horror and thus refuse to play this masterpiece. Can you do a recap of the other Corpse Party games too, so I can share the FULL story with them? At least the important bits of Book of Shadows, and then Blood Drive?
It's wild to see what happens in the future Corpse Party Games, like the two worlds combing into one in the 3rd game and causing essentially the end of world, is all a result of one man who was too horny at work
No one can fight "The Horny", not even Big Bubba can fight it. 😂😂😂
The following games are heart wrenching
CP is so good! I loved watching it every day back then. Nice video
corpse party was one of my fav games when it was first localised~ now i have the feeling ima hyperfixate on it again
cool video dude!
How come only his arms came back?
I enjoy the series despite its flaws but one thing I think we can all agree on how the actual fuck did a 10 year old (ghost girl or not) cut a kids head off from the jaw up WITH NORMAL SCISSORS thats always something that got me lol
Sachiko is supernatural, as a result, her strength is abnormal in comparison to a live human's.
I finished the first PSP game but I failed to complete the list of students. I have one corpse missing.
The ending for the anime gave me chills
I honestly don't really like the anime there are way too many weird angles that show the pantys of the girls like when I think Mayu was smashed into the wall the camera was place between her legs and it was just really weird.
Speak for yourself. It was erotic.
@transcendentsacredcourage What do you mean? English isn't my first language, and I'm kinda bad with sayings. If you're implying I liked it, I want to inform you that I stopped watching after the beginning of episode 2 because it was too disgusting for me.
Corpse party has been my biggest special interest since 2013 when I found pewdiepie’s let’s play. Can’t believe it’s been nearly a decade and I still cant get enough of this franchise. I mean, last hanukkah I spent $300 on Japanese copies of all the spin offs and manga series I could find of it. In 2015 I found ericvanwilderman’s let’s play on it and have been rewatching it over and over since then (with some breaks in between when I find other interests). I seriously love this series with a fiery passion. I remember the day I first met my step family I was watching evw’s let’s play while being babysat by my step sister. Now here I am 6 years later, now living with my step family and my step sister going to college and I’m still rewatching it. I wholeheartedly believe if you were to cut corpse party out of my life I would not be the same person.
literally same, are we the same person lol?
while i do have other interests by now, it was still one of my biggest and im always going back to it. even when i write, i find corpse party's writing style heavily influencing my own haha.
damn, it’s one of my biggest ongoing fixations as well!
How's the fixation going ten months later
learned of corpse party through this, played it, (eventually finished it) and now im back
The ending of tortured Souls mimics the love action movie that i've seen on UA-cam,
I watched the anime before i knew anything about the games. Real spooky from someone who had no idea what she was walking into, and i think the condensed story of the anime was decent.
the series has many games to its saga and so MANY details that arent in the anime can come from there games too besides their own interpretation and liberties taked otherwise love the video :D! also thing i wanna say here , in the first game and in corpse of shadows who have more diffrent bad endings then the first one so you could think there is more route to it ? yes and no , sadly no matter what you do you CANT save seiko or mayu because their are meant to die for plot sake so yes its very frustrating :/ for yui sensei i think you could save her in the first game and the other ones but im not sure but i dont think she is plot death planned as the two others so yeah beside all of this in the first game for sure if you do the right choices you can save EVERYONE besides mayu and seiko once again.
Idk something about this series makes my stomach turn in a way that not much other stuff has done (stomach turn as in makes me feel sick)
The anime does suck but i love how unapologetic and in your face it is with the violence. It takes advantage of the platform it's on like what the game does. If only it was like 8 hours long so they could flesh everything out
Edit: Yoshiki's decline to go back to heavenly host is in the game too. It happens around the start of chapter 5 and if you decline you trigger a wrong end which pretty much spans for the entire length of the chapter. And Kizami does get turnt into the Anatomical model in game, it's in the normal ending when you manage to escape him and go to the science lab as ayumi and yoshiki, you'll find his name tag outside and inside the anatomical model which is kizami
I bought the ps5 corpse party but havent gotten around to continuing it
This series always gave me such complicated feelings. I'm a big fan of the PSP remake, but everything else just feels like they're trying too hard. Idk, I genuinely just feel Corpse Party should have only had the one entry. I guess the anime works too but only if you've played the game already. Really not a fan of Blood Drive and it alongside everything else just kinda muddied the reputation of the series in my opinion. But yeah, another great video 🙏🏾
Always been curious about this series but never had a chance to sit down and watch it. After this I think I'll settle for an LP instead
This was my childhood
I haven’t really played many horror games in my life, but I especially remember Dino Crisis on the PS2, it was so scary as a kid and looking back it was the atmosphere to do the job. I had a 4 MBs memory card and not knowing what “overwriting saved data” meant, I always had to restart from the same checkpoint fearing I would lose my progress when instead by overwriting I would have actually gone on. Come on, who uses that word anyway? It was a thing even in Pokemon ahah.
I don’t think I’ve seen this game ever, not even on Pewds’ channel but I would play it for sure and the anime sounds fun to watch if you don’t pay too much attention. Also I spotted Hollow Knight in the beginning of the video, I love that game, actually my first metroidvania if I spelled it correctly… and megaman, I loved that cartoon
I remember playing Dino Crisis for the first time maybe 3 years ago and thought it was awesome. At least you eventually figured out the save mechanic haha. Hollow Knight is also an amazing experience that I'm glad I got to experience. Generally I prefer action horror games, but Corpse Party is one of those exceptions that creates an interesting atmosphere you can't help but want to explore. The anime may be flawed, but it still tries, and I can appreciate that.
@@lexaand you must have played Outlast then? Im just assuming, I played it at a friends house and it was frightening! I loved watching Alien Isolation too, the play throughs and oh hollow knight was just beautiful
I remember playing Outlast back when it first came out, was an interesting experience for sure