Mayoiga Episode 2: The village of dreams

The moving parts of this “creepy tune” are pretty standard for a horror movie, but the long synthesizer parts are really annoying.

Fair point…though I would have just stuck with “it’s way too foggy outside” rather than using the unlit road as an excuse (you have headlights for a reason).

Translation: “I was only created as a character to add tension to the group, so I need you guys to hate me as much as possible”.

“Flickering lights in a horror series” cliche.

This entire conversation was meant to really hammer home the idea that they’re giving their old lives up to start over in the village, but it doesn’t seem right. Even if you add up the cash on hand for all of these people, would it really be enough to reimburse the cost of leaving a bus stranded out here? I mean…they’ll have to replace the bus, right?

Why even give him money if you’re just going to blackmail him like this?

One of two things happens here: either 1) the bus driver is the first victim and he dies here or 2) the bus driver sees something that frightens him enough to join the group. My guess is the second one because the group probably isn’t going back to find his dead body unless he randomly screams in the next scene.

I’m surprised the feminist character lets this line slide.

Don’t people normally say “speak English” instead of “talk in English”? I wasn’t sure if this was done purposely because they’re kids.

Uhh…what?

I don’t care if there’s a footprint. There’s no way only one person would have noticed a giant bear. You would hear something before anyone saw it.

Hey, this is a common horror series trope too. “Watching the main cast from the eyes of the stalking creature/murderer/whatever hiding at a distance”.

Haha nice joke, Lion. Totally no way that’s true, right? DON’T BE ABSURD!

Anyway, this entire scene is meant to illustrate that they expected a bustling village when they arrived, which begs the question. Did they really think the villagers would just take them in? I mean…an insulated village like this would probably be wary of outsiders, right?

I mean…it was pretty obviously rust, right? Someone just established that this village has been abandoned for a year. Why would you make it ambiguous by saying it was “stained red”? You’re basically asking for the misinterpretation.

Yup, totally agreed.

“Time to do something bad” face.

…he actually says this to her…

Also, it sucks to be Maimai, right? If the protagonist isn’t in love with you, it must mean you’re going to be one of the earlier victims!

So he’s just not going to mention what he saw in his bus? I mean, I’m not too surprised, but it’s still annoying. Either he’s going to give a silly reason later like “I was embarrassed that I got scared” or he’s THE CULPRIT (or something like that).

Yeah, totally! Wait, what?

The black guy’s really going to die first in the horror story? They’re really hitting all of the points on the horror story checklist, are they?

Next week is when all of the fun begins, right?

Mayoiga First Impressions (1): Not a bad start

This guy’s attitude does not match the symbolism of the vehicle driving down the dark road in the rain. That either means something bad is about to happen or it’s some dude watching a video on his phone. Also, the applause that keeps happening sounds fake to a stupid level…

Okay, doing introductions like this is always annoying. It’s a long list of names that I’m definitely not remembering…that being said, there’s no way I’m forgetting “Soy Latte”.

While this whole “our online handles are the same” scene is a good way to point out that all of the names we’ve seen so far are just usernames, this does beg the question of how these people were gathered together. If they’re so attached to their online names that they’re using them as an introduction, then they must have found out about the bus online. If so, doesn’t that mean they would have to be on the same site/forum/whatever? That would require a unique username, so why not use that instead of arguing over a name like “Yuuna”? Some of you might be thinking “well, what if they’re email addresses with different domain names?”, which is a good thought, but if the username really is so popular, then you’d think that this isn’t the first time these three have run into this conflict.

In order to protect my real identity, I’m on this bus using a fake identity! Makes sense…

Main thing I’m getting from the OP animation is that these two are our main characters. They’re the main ones getting solo focus in the OP on a regular basis.

Song-wise, I was pretty disappointed. The music is decent, but the vocals just sound…bad.

This guy goes on Reddit.

It’s sad to say, but the voicing for this song actually sounds better than the opening song’s vocals.

I’m just going to take note of what is said in this song just in case it’s foreshadowing.

Monday – born to fanfare
Tuesday – was an ace student
Wednesday – got a pretty wife
Thursday – fell ill
Friday – deathly ill
Saturday – dead
Sunday – put in a grave

The last four days all seem pretty similar, so it might just be nothing, but I want to remember just in case. Also, the guy on the left (Hayato?) asks Mitsumune how he knows this song, but then proceeds to sing along with it…for some reason.

Sadly, I know what it’s like to have an overprotective mother like this…

From the first shot, I was honestly thinking that this girl was just carsick, which explained why she was in tears holding a handkerchief to her mouth on the bus…but apparently she’s the psychic of the group?

Thank you for calling him out on that, Lion.

Wait…they all wrote suicide notes as part of coming here? That’s not suspicious at all…

Wow, I like this bus driver already. He straight-up tells these kids off for running away from their lives instead of facing their hardships like everyone else.

Well, that blew over quickly…screw this guy.

“Someone finally complimented me” face.

Yeah, she’s not suspicious at all, right?

We’re going to love this guy.

Getting a little lazy with the ED, huh? It’s alright…I’m sure no one pays attention to the ED animation, right? Also, this song is much better than the OP song.

I’m definitely intrigued by the show so far. The first episode tried pretty hard to be creepy, so hopefully the series keeps it going and doesn’t devolve into “nothingness”. We could have a nice horror/mystery on our hands.

Next week, the village is introduced? Time for tragedy to start happening or the calm before the storm?