When I saw them pull out red thread for the spider, I thought "oh, like one-man hide and seek"?
Exactly yes, it turns out. Fun seeing a more modern urban legend pulled into a traditional horror like this.
Oooh, that's how Junpei is going to avoid the wrath of ayako oikawa! Just don't go back to Japan!
.... That means dealing with US immigration though. I'd rather get skinned alive than do that again
thinks back to how much ayako spent on sponsoring him to the YAGP and transport plus the year of scholarships
oh they are def getting skinned alive once back in japan.