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I looked on twitter, and other people seem confused as well.
One interpretation that was posted, is that the kid's been possessed by something, hence why the picture shows as black.
I couldn't find anything on Somegi, but the kanji used are 染鬼, which probably has an implied meaning of, "Stained Demon".
Hope this was helpful.
One interpretation that was posted, is that the kid's been possessed by something, hence why the picture shows as black.
I couldn't find anything on Somegi, but the kanji used are 染鬼, which probably has an implied meaning of, "Stained Demon".
Hope this was helpful.
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That was my guessIs this about implied MC's mom abusing him at home?
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Guessing this is some kind of babadook situation.
I'm not too clear on what this is supposed to be either, but there are a few details that narrowed the possibilities down a bit. The horrific details seem to only appear to the boy, hence the classmates still laughing and the teacher being unfazed. When the Somegi appeared, there was an emphasis on stabbing and slicing, like someone being murdered with a knife, along with the phrases "don't run away" and "don't look away" being in the same text box as what seemed to be the victim pleading for their life. The subject matter of the story also seems somewhat interesting, with it being overly emphasizing tragedies befalling a monkey (the closest animal to a human) because said monkey was "mean". The teacher's seriousness when Takeru talked to her was also a bit interesting to me, especially after she was shown to be completely careless to the contents of the story. With those details in mind, I thought about a few possibilities.
1. The boy has trauma due to witnessing a horrific event, what I presume to be a murder by knife carried out by his mother against someone else, possibly his father but there's nothing solid on that front. I say father though, because of the authoritative tone of the monkey when it goes from pleading for its life to commanding the reader directly, probably just Takeru due to him being the only one reacting, it comes off more like a parent, and his mind came up with the phrases "don't run away" and "don't look away" to justify him being unable to do anything at the time. The reason the teacher is relieved and says it'll be alright is because Takeru can't remember the specifics, likely due to details being locked away in his brain to protect him from the truth, meaning that because he can't remember it being his mother, that means he won't have to experience the resurgence of trauma when the metaphorical dam breaks in his mind and he recalls the events in full. However, this also leaves him with a punishment complex, especially if his parents are now nowhere to be seen and he has no clue why, coming wrongly to the conclusion that it was because of him being "mean" to them, hence why the story had begun to shake him.
2. The monster details did call out to me even though I leaned more towards the trauma route, so it could also be that a creature known as a Somegi had begun taking control of his mother at home, and the possession was showing itself through her skin being slowly coated in a viscous black substance not unlike ink. It's possible that the murder did still occur, but it could be that the creature had separated from the mother, possibly to kill her and finish taking on her form through absorption of her corpse, something it would be incapable of while she was still alive and capable of resistance. It's even possible that Takeru was the one who killed, that he had taken on the Somegi before it could fully take on his mother's form, and afterwards, he was brought to a school to recover and get used to normal life again, with the teacher being familiar with the monster perhaps due to cases like his in the past.
3. Going away from the trauma angle, I also considered it from the classical horror perspective. Instead of his mother being possessed, it's possible that Takeru himself is under the possession of the Somegi, with it not being a physical monster, but a monster contained within his mind, corrupting his world and slowly driving him away from sanity. The reason the text boxes didn't change despite the 'monkey' going from a character's voice to one directed at Takeru is possibly because it was the Somegi using the teachers voice to tell the altered story, and when Takeru began to look away in discomfort, the Somegi chastised him, trying to force the boy to look at the horrors it had concocted possibly to give itself a way to take over the boy's mind. The teacher's words at the end could also be the Somegi gaslighting Takeru into thinking there was nothing wrong while further scaring him with details of a monster, but it could also be the case that it was actually her talking to him, and because the Somegi was formless, she somehow knew that it was a weaker monster incapable of manipulation through taking on other peoples forms.
There aren't really enough details to come to a proper conclusion, but these three general ideas made the most sense to me.
1. The boy has trauma due to witnessing a horrific event, what I presume to be a murder by knife carried out by his mother against someone else, possibly his father but there's nothing solid on that front. I say father though, because of the authoritative tone of the monkey when it goes from pleading for its life to commanding the reader directly, probably just Takeru due to him being the only one reacting, it comes off more like a parent, and his mind came up with the phrases "don't run away" and "don't look away" to justify him being unable to do anything at the time. The reason the teacher is relieved and says it'll be alright is because Takeru can't remember the specifics, likely due to details being locked away in his brain to protect him from the truth, meaning that because he can't remember it being his mother, that means he won't have to experience the resurgence of trauma when the metaphorical dam breaks in his mind and he recalls the events in full. However, this also leaves him with a punishment complex, especially if his parents are now nowhere to be seen and he has no clue why, coming wrongly to the conclusion that it was because of him being "mean" to them, hence why the story had begun to shake him.
2. The monster details did call out to me even though I leaned more towards the trauma route, so it could also be that a creature known as a Somegi had begun taking control of his mother at home, and the possession was showing itself through her skin being slowly coated in a viscous black substance not unlike ink. It's possible that the murder did still occur, but it could be that the creature had separated from the mother, possibly to kill her and finish taking on her form through absorption of her corpse, something it would be incapable of while she was still alive and capable of resistance. It's even possible that Takeru was the one who killed, that he had taken on the Somegi before it could fully take on his mother's form, and afterwards, he was brought to a school to recover and get used to normal life again, with the teacher being familiar with the monster perhaps due to cases like his in the past.
3. Going away from the trauma angle, I also considered it from the classical horror perspective. Instead of his mother being possessed, it's possible that Takeru himself is under the possession of the Somegi, with it not being a physical monster, but a monster contained within his mind, corrupting his world and slowly driving him away from sanity. The reason the text boxes didn't change despite the 'monkey' going from a character's voice to one directed at Takeru is possibly because it was the Somegi using the teachers voice to tell the altered story, and when Takeru began to look away in discomfort, the Somegi chastised him, trying to force the boy to look at the horrors it had concocted possibly to give itself a way to take over the boy's mind. The teacher's words at the end could also be the Somegi gaslighting Takeru into thinking there was nothing wrong while further scaring him with details of a monster, but it could also be the case that it was actually her talking to him, and because the Somegi was formless, she somehow knew that it was a weaker monster incapable of manipulation through taking on other peoples forms.
There aren't really enough details to come to a proper conclusion, but these three general ideas made the most sense to me.
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It's possible that everyone is reading more into this than there really is. He says he saw the monster as an all black monster, and the last panel shows that darkness is encroaching as the teacher consoles him. It might have been nothing more than a bizarre 'teacher reads creepy book, creepy thing from book is real oh no' story.
If that is the case, the author goofed up and didn't realise how unintelligible their story is coming across, because it does feel like there's something more to this, but that is up in the air.
I honestly thought it was going to be the kid being the only 'normal' person in a classroom full of people enjoying this murder book.
If that is the case, the author goofed up and didn't realise how unintelligible their story is coming across, because it does feel like there's something more to this, but that is up in the air.
I honestly thought it was going to be the kid being the only 'normal' person in a classroom full of people enjoying this murder book.
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Just noticed something for the 2nd re-read on 3rd page 1st panel, wonder if that's supposed to be the "somegi", that's a face and 2 hands isn't it?
I don't think this is author's lack of expertise in writing. This is p much a standard fare for kishotenketsu storytelling structure (literal google tl: intro, development, turn, conclusion).
Intro, natural evolution from that intro (added complexity), a plot twist (a literal turn of a heel, a somersault plot twist it will caught you by surprise), then a resolution. In this one, we have the 4-parter as: intro of the teacher and the young boy, the story of the monke getting more and more bad luck, surprise creepypasta bad luck, then story ends with a friendly crab. The added ominous ending with the teacher and the young boy interaction is a bonus outside of the structure.
You can contrast this with western horror where the tension across the story goes natural from low - high - low; it always resolve as either the gang is winning, or the slasher wins. Whereas in eastern horrors, they tend to go low - ??? - high - (optional) low; there is some sort of strange, alien component mixed in to the story to heighten its tension, giving it an element of unpredictability instead of the usual gang is winning/slasher is winning.
I think Adam Millard (Architect of Games channel) had a video essay about Mario Odissey and how its level mechanics are structured with kishotenketsu.
p.s. It was actually Mark's GMTK. Eurogamer link here: https://www.eurogamer.net/how-nintendos-best-mario-levels-were-structured-using-chinese-poetry
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Like others said, the other kids seem to be enjoying the story. So it is def. all in his head.
No idea why the teacher asked those specific questions if it was not a known monster in that universe (or at least monsters bearing names that are words that don't exists are common enough that it could've been inferred to be one), and the questions she asked was to ascertain against known monsters that end poorly. So I don't think the trauma angle others theorized really holds up here.
Uncertain if her hesitation in saying all would be fine (alongside darkness in last panel) was meant to signify that she was lying though.
As for what "somegi" means, it apparently means "dyeing". So it seems it is re-dyeing all text-bubbles for him, as well as the picture book. And when it finally arrives through that book, it dyed the entire page black. So this suggests that it arrived through the book (dyeing it in the process in the eyes of the one perceiving it/its target) and possessed him, slowly dyeing his world in ink/darkness. So imo does not seem like he will be fine.
From a doylist perspective, I agree with what others said. This was just confusing and author failed to convey their idea/intentions properly. Since we do not know if it is meant to be supernatural in the first place (if not, then it really failed to convey its idea), and if it is it still did not make it clear why she would ask those things in particular, nor whether she is truly authorative on the subject of him being fine, or merely blustering (or even outright lying).
No idea why the teacher asked those specific questions if it was not a known monster in that universe (or at least monsters bearing names that are words that don't exists are common enough that it could've been inferred to be one), and the questions she asked was to ascertain against known monsters that end poorly. So I don't think the trauma angle others theorized really holds up here.
Uncertain if her hesitation in saying all would be fine (alongside darkness in last panel) was meant to signify that she was lying though.
As for what "somegi" means, it apparently means "dyeing". So it seems it is re-dyeing all text-bubbles for him, as well as the picture book. And when it finally arrives through that book, it dyed the entire page black. So this suggests that it arrived through the book (dyeing it in the process in the eyes of the one perceiving it/its target) and possessed him, slowly dyeing his world in ink/darkness. So imo does not seem like he will be fine.
From a doylist perspective, I agree with what others said. This was just confusing and author failed to convey their idea/intentions properly. Since we do not know if it is meant to be supernatural in the first place (if not, then it really failed to convey its idea), and if it is it still did not make it clear why she would ask those things in particular, nor whether she is truly authorative on the subject of him being fine, or merely blustering (or even outright lying).
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Somegi (): A Rare and Elusive Japanese Youkai
Somegi () is a lesser-known type of Japanese youkai, often referred to as a “strange apparition” or “supernatural creature.” It is characterized by its ability to transform into various forms, including animals, objects, or even mist.
Appearance and Behavior: Somegi are said to appear as a faint, glowing mist or a wispy figure with an amorphous shape. They are known to be mischievous and playful, often causing minor disturbances or pranks. However, they are not typically malevolent and are not known to harm humans.
Habitat: Somegi are believed to inhabit rural areas, forests, and mountains, where they can blend in with the natural environment. They are thought to be attracted to areas with high spiritual energy or ancient historical significance.
Associations: Somegi are sometimes linked to the god of the forest, Inari Okami, and are believed to be his messengers or servants. They are also associated with the concept of “yūgen” (), a profound and mysterious sense of the beauty of the world, often described as a feeling of sadness or longing.
Examples and Variations: While Somegi is a distinct type of youkai, there are variations and regional differences in its depiction. For instance, in some areas, Somegi is described as a fox-like creature with nine tails, while in others, it is depicted as a humanoid figure with a mist-like body.
Conclusion: Somegi is a fascinating and enigmatic youkai, embodying the mysterious and often inexplicable aspects of Japanese folklore. Its ability to transform and adapt to different environments and situations reflects the complex and nuanced nature of Japanese mythology.
Somegi () is a lesser-known type of Japanese youkai, often referred to as a “strange apparition” or “supernatural creature.” It is characterized by its ability to transform into various forms, including animals, objects, or even mist.
Appearance and Behavior: Somegi are said to appear as a faint, glowing mist or a wispy figure with an amorphous shape. They are known to be mischievous and playful, often causing minor disturbances or pranks. However, they are not typically malevolent and are not known to harm humans.
Habitat: Somegi are believed to inhabit rural areas, forests, and mountains, where they can blend in with the natural environment. They are thought to be attracted to areas with high spiritual energy or ancient historical significance.
Associations: Somegi are sometimes linked to the god of the forest, Inari Okami, and are believed to be his messengers or servants. They are also associated with the concept of “yūgen” (), a profound and mysterious sense of the beauty of the world, often described as a feeling of sadness or longing.
Examples and Variations: While Somegi is a distinct type of youkai, there are variations and regional differences in its depiction. For instance, in some areas, Somegi is described as a fox-like creature with nine tails, while in others, it is depicted as a humanoid figure with a mist-like body.
Conclusion: Somegi is a fascinating and enigmatic youkai, embodying the mysterious and often inexplicable aspects of Japanese folklore. Its ability to transform and adapt to different environments and situations reflects the complex and nuanced nature of Japanese mythology.
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