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Strange Pictures
by Uketsu
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was something. It started very normally but then we learned about characters morals and their motives. Definitely a worth reading.
So let’s get started with the characters.
Kurihara and Sasaki were both students obsessed with paranormal activites and they tried to make sense of strange drawings, tried to explain them. Kurihara tipped Sasaki off to a blog— named Oh no, not Raku! —. Blog seemed normal enough, however it was not.
Raku (the pen name) started updating blog, four or five times a week. Raku had a wife named Yuki (this is important and i will talk about this later on). Yuki was pregnant and Raku updated about her pregnancy time to time. It was all sunshine, until it wasn’t. After the midpoint of the pregnancy they had bad news, they had a breech baby (when a baby is positioned head up, feet down).
After a while Yuki started to change, she suddenly broke down crying and after a day she was in high spirits (like nothing happened). Yuki was a former illustrator and she drew five pictures.
Let’s talk about the pictures. First picture was a baby, in it’s mother’s womb. Second picture was a old woman who wears medical equipment. Third picture is a woman stands still, head turned sideways and arms look stiff. Fourth picture is a boy, and the Fifth picture is a grown man. You might say what’s wrong with these pictures? well there’s a lot.
It turns out that Yuki layered these pictures. In order to solve this riddle, you need to have first, second and third picture. When u layer them up and look at them with a help of sunlight you will see a disturbing pattern.
Suddenly Raku stopped updating the blog, but he didn’t actually do that. He was writing every day but for some reason he deleted some of his posts. Last post said:
‘To the one I love most’ 11/28/2012
So let’s get started with the characters.
Kurihara and Sasaki were both students obsessed with paranormal activites and they tried to make sense of strange drawings, tried to explain them. Kurihara tipped Sasaki off to a blog— named Oh no, not Raku! —. Blog seemed normal enough, however it was not.
Raku (the pen name) started updating blog, four or five times a week. Raku had a wife named Yuki (this is important and i will talk about this later on). Yuki was pregnant and Raku updated about her pregnancy time to time. It was all sunshine, until it wasn’t. After the midpoint of the pregnancy they had bad news, they had a breech baby (when a baby is positioned head up, feet down).
After a while Yuki started to change, she suddenly broke down crying and after a day she was in high spirits (like nothing happened). Yuki was a former illustrator and she drew five pictures.
Let’s talk about the pictures. First picture was a baby, in it’s mother’s womb. Second picture was a old woman who wears medical equipment. Third picture is a woman stands still, head turned sideways and arms look stiff. Fourth picture is a boy, and the Fifth picture is a grown man. You might say what’s wrong with these pictures? well there’s a lot.
It turns out that Yuki layered these pictures. In order to solve this riddle, you need to have first, second and third picture. When u layer them up and look at them with a help of sunlight you will see a disturbing pattern.
Suddenly Raku stopped updating the blog, but he didn’t actually do that. He was writing every day but for some reason he deleted some of his posts. Last post said:
‘To the one I love most’ 11/28/2012
I am going to stop updating this blog today.
I’ve finally figured out the secret of those three drawings.
I can’t imagine the kind of pain you must have been suffering.
Nor can I understand the depths of whatever sin you committed.
I cannot forgive you. But even so, I will always love you.
Raku
Turns out Raku’s name was Haruto Konno, he is Naomi Konno’s and Mr. Miura’s son (this is important). And Naomi is a little bit obsessed with his son, almost like incest you can say.
In order to “protect” his son, Naomi done bad things, committed sins and crimes. She killed her husband, her husband’s old students and a guy named Toyokawa. She killed her husband and Iwata in the same way, place and date. She killed Toyokawa but made it look like a suicide. And the other student was Yuki, she killed her by giving her salt — which is a bad thing to eat in pregnancy — and she died in the surgery.
But in the end Kumai found everything, it all made sense and did a gig to catch Naomi. He succeeded.
This was thrilling and mind boggling at the same time.
In order to “protect” his son, Naomi done bad things, committed sins and crimes. She killed her husband, her husband’s old students and a guy named Toyokawa. She killed her husband and Iwata in the same way, place and date. She killed Toyokawa but made it look like a suicide. And the other student was Yuki, she killed her by giving her salt — which is a bad thing to eat in pregnancy — and she died in the surgery.
But in the end Kumai found everything, it all made sense and did a gig to catch Naomi. He succeeded.
This was thrilling and mind boggling at the same time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder