s01e04 — "Four x Four Walls" "The Sandman’s Lair"

Name: "Four x Four Walls" "The Sandman’s Lair"
Released: 2023-01-19
Rating: 3.77

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre — s01e04 — "Four x Four Walls" "The Sandman’s Lair"

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Duration:	24 min.
Released:	19.01.2023^{19.01.2023 15:00}
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trxye_ts

20 Jan 2023, 18:05 #

I really love stories about Soichi, but what an impossible child, how they tolerate him

Scheusalwirt

21 Jan 2023, 17:32 #

In the story about the alter ego from dreams, there was not enough continuation about the heroes in the dream world)

kimhanbabo

22 Jan 2023, 16:40 #

God, how I hate Soichi, why doesn't he choke on these nails, which are always some kind of devil in his mouth.

The second part was already creepy, no worse than in the manga. Probably my favorite episode from this film adaptation so far.

shapkanevedimka

22 Jan 2023, 19:42 #

@kimhanbabo: his cousin once broke into him so that the nails came out of his mouth, so it won't teach him anything anyway:D

Bairum

23 Jan 2023, 02:58 #

Dear connoisseurs of Ito's work, what is the joke of the villainous boy? Judging only by the novel, I would say that he is the ghost of a dead child, and the older brother is gnawing at a sense of guilt, perhaps because he is somehow responsible for his death. However, I started Googling, and there is nothing even close to it. As a result, is it "just" a boy who knows black magic, crushes nails (it is written that he fights anemia this way) and behaves like the hero of a "Difficult child"?

In general, there is not enough time for plots. Stories follow each other too quickly, and there is not even a moment to feel something between the first and second blocks.

shapkanevedimka

23 Jan 2023, 05:43 #

@Bairum: that's all about the dead child, only it wasn't Soichi who died, but his twin brother still in the womb (by the way, there are two of them in the ending, a funny detail). There is a story where they told about Soichi's infancy and his grandmother, who knew that there were two of them, even before Soichi was born, and after his birth she coddled him the most, while behaving as if she was babysitting two children. There is also a plot where the ghost of a twin was shown, who almost killed the offender Soichi. In fact, they say in black and white that he has special abilities, but at the same time Ito himself says that he is just messing around, and not trying to curse someone, but Ito generally says a lot of things, cough.

In general, it was specially invented as an element of comedy and no more in Ito's stories. They all end up about the same way with the fact that his pranks do not roll and everyone turns out to be alive and well.

Bairum

23 Jan 2023, 15:29 #

@shapkanevedimka: thanks for the detailed answer. I also managed to find out about my twin brother. In general, this is a joke from the author. You don't have to worry too much)

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25 Jan 2023, 06:15 #

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Amiko_Novich

20 Feb 2023, 17:56 #

Something is getting weaker with each episode (Oh, and how many hopes there were for this film adaptation...

УродливыйДалек

04 Mar 2023, 03:21 #

I love Soichi, you idiot, but what an active idiot! His energy, but in a useful way, there would be no price for the kid)

albinka_

13 Apr 2023, 13:50 #

My brother could have gone to any other place to study without warning Soichi, even if he had sat like a fool for half a day and whistled into the void :D

Мася

14 Apr 2023, 07:35 #

The first novel about four walls reminded me of one episode of the Simpsons, where Flanders built a house with a curve, it kind of narrowed inside. It's a funny moment.
It was creepy about the sandman, of course, but it was worthy of the horror genre. On the fifth episode.

Visper_Rina

24 May 2023, 23:27 #

I hate stories about Soichi, I liked the second story🌝what rating should I give the series?🤣

freddie_dark

21 Sep 2023, 20:38 #

I love Soichi ahaha
, however, in the manga I like them much more, and in the Collection the stories were not so unfinished, usually he always got hurt for his antics, sometimes karmically) and it was more fun.
I notice that this series always seems to lack a final point...

karaspunk

23 Jan 07:39 #

The series is a claustrophobic nightmare :)

Diamond_Joe

10 Aug 23:53 #

both stories are irritated by the stupidity of the characters. Soichi just basically pisses me off, and the little girl should have tied her hands like a friend asked, and not come up with

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s01e04 — "Four x Four Walls" "The Sandman’s Lair"

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