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* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from Creator/SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out with a baseball bat if life is getting a little bit much for you.
* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, we are treated to a view of his new outlook on life. A technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces that all suspect him of being Li'l Slugger, and the only clear image in it is Ichi himself and the actual Li'l Slugger - gliding towards him with his bat held high, all while Ichi's theme "Jouken Douji" or "Condition Boy" plays.

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* A grade school kid Ichi, a young boy, being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting who suspect him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, we are treated to a view of his new outlook on life. A technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces that all suspect him of being Li'l Slugger, and the only clear image in it is Ichi himself and the actual Li'l Slugger - gliding towards him with his bat held high, all while Ichi's theme "Jouken Douji" or "Condition Boy" plays.

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* A woman with disassociative identity disorder waking up to recorded messages from her other personality on her cellphone, that become gradually more threatening.

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* A woman with disassociative dissociative identity disorder waking up to recorded messages from her other personality on her cellphone, that become gradually more threatening.threatening.
** Harumi Chono's state by the time Lil' Slugger gets to her. In her mind, she's being violently dragged down the street by Maria. In real life? She's wandering the streets with her body jerking erratically, while wearing Maria's wig and [[NightmareFace with makeup smeared all over her face]].
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* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from Creator/SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out if life is getting a little bit much for you.

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* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from Creator/SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out with a baseball bat if life is getting a little bit much for you.
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* [[GainaxEnding The ending]]: After Sagi takes responsibility for the death of her puppy Maromi (which lead to the creation of the mascot Maromi) and stops the reign of terror of the Black goo, the show cuts to two years later with Tokyo recovering and some of the characters recovering now (Ikari still working as a security guard and such), and yet we see Maniwa who's become similar to The Old Man, solving a complex math question. ''[[HereWeGoAgain And then he gasps]]''.

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* [[GainaxEnding The ending]]: After Sagi takes responsibility for the death of her puppy Maromi (which lead led to the creation of the mascot Maromi) and stops the reign of terror of the Black goo, the show cuts to two years later with Tokyo recovering and some of the characters recovering now (Ikari still working as a security guard and such), and yet we see Maniwa who's become similar to The Old Man, solving a complex math question. ''[[HereWeGoAgain And then he gasps]]''.
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* The SoundtrackDissonance of the TitleSequence's happy-go-lucky music accompanied by images of the laughing characters in various sad or scary backgrounds.

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* The SoundtrackDissonance of the TitleSequence's happy-go-lucky music accompanied by images of the laughing characters in various sad or scary backgrounds.backgrounds, which makes it worse when you take into account they're all ''having a mental breakdown''.

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* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, we are treated to a view of his new outlook on life. A technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces that all suspect him of beng Li'l Slugger, and the only clear image in it is Ichi himself and the actual Li'l Slugger - gliding towards him with his bat held high, all while Ichi's theme "Jouken Douji" or "Condition Boy" plays.

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* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, we are treated to a view of his new outlook on life. A technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces that all suspect him of beng being Li'l Slugger, and the only clear image in it is Ichi himself and the actual Li'l Slugger - gliding towards him with his bat held high, all while Ichi's theme "Jouken Douji" or "Condition Boy" plays.



* That goddamn [[{{ThisLoserIsYou}} Otaku]] and his dolls, even if they were [[spoiler: helping "Radar Man"]].

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* That goddamn [[{{ThisLoserIsYou}} Otaku]] and his dolls, even if they were [[spoiler: helping "Radar Man"]].Man".



* Watch ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', then go back and watch the final two episodes of this series. Good luck not being extra creeped out by [[spoiler: the 2D world]]. Its disjointed animation and the DespairEventHorizon trigger are very much like [[spoiler: a Witch's Labryinth]]. Episode 13 becomes oddly similar to [[spoiler: the battles between Homura and Walpurgis Night]].
* [[GainaxEnding The ending]]: [[spoiler: After Sagi takes responsibility for the death of her puppy Maromi (which lead to the creation of the mascot Maromi) and stops the reign of terror of the Black goo, the show cuts to two years later with Tokyo recovering and some of the characters recovering now (Ikari still working as a security guard and such), and yet we see Maniwa who's become similar to The Old Man, solving a complex math question. ''[[HereWeGoAgain And then he gasps]]'']].
** Add more that [[spoiler: the show fully closes with another "Prophetic Vision" with Maniwa who's fully taken the place of the Old Man and in a sense, invites the viewers to watch the show again with a bigger understanding now]]. All seems normal and good until you realize [[spoiler: ''the entire show is basically a ViciousCycle'']].
** Or it's lessened/debated that [[spoiler: he's keeping watch over another entity like Lil Slugger]]. That doesn't make it '''better''' since [[spoiler: [[HumansAreFlawed humans are known to do the same things Sagi have done]], which means.. [[FridgeHorror oh dear.]]]].

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* Watch ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', then go back and watch the final two episodes of this series. Good luck not being extra creeped out by [[spoiler: the 2D world]]. world. Its disjointed animation and the DespairEventHorizon trigger are very much like [[spoiler: a Witch's Labryinth]]. Labryinth. Episode 13 becomes oddly similar to [[spoiler: the battles between Homura and Walpurgis Night]].
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* [[GainaxEnding The ending]]: [[spoiler: After Sagi takes responsibility for the death of her puppy Maromi (which lead to the creation of the mascot Maromi) and stops the reign of terror of the Black goo, the show cuts to two years later with Tokyo recovering and some of the characters recovering now (Ikari still working as a security guard and such), and yet we see Maniwa who's become similar to The Old Man, solving a complex math question. ''[[HereWeGoAgain And then he gasps]]'']].
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** Add more that [[spoiler: the show fully closes with another "Prophetic Vision" with Maniwa who's fully taken the place of the Old Man and in a sense, invites the viewers to watch the show again with a bigger understanding now]]. now. All seems normal and good until you realize [[spoiler: ''the entire show is basically a ViciousCycle'']].ViciousCycle''.
** Or it's lessened/debated that [[spoiler: he's keeping watch over another entity like Lil Slugger]]. Slugger. That doesn't make it '''better''' since [[spoiler: [[HumansAreFlawed humans are known to do the same things Sagi have done]], which means.. [[FridgeHorror oh dear.]]]].]].

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* [[GainaxEnding The ending]]: [[spoiler: After Sagi takes responsibility for the death of her puppy Maromi (which lead to the creation of her creation of Maromi) and stops the reign of terror of the Black goo, the show cuts to two years later with Tokyo recovering and some of the characters recovering now (Ikari still working as a security guard and such), and yet we see Maniwa who's become similar to The Old Man, solving a complex math question. ''[[HereWeGoAgain And then he gasps]]'']].

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* [[GainaxEnding The ending]]: [[spoiler: After Sagi takes responsibility for the death of her puppy Maromi (which lead to the creation of her creation of the mascot Maromi) and stops the reign of terror of the Black goo, the show cuts to two years later with Tokyo recovering and some of the characters recovering now (Ikari still working as a security guard and such), and yet we see Maniwa who's become similar to The Old Man, solving a complex math question. ''[[HereWeGoAgain And then he gasps]]'']].


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** Or it's lessened/debated that [[spoiler: he's keeping watch over another entity like Lil Slugger]]. That doesn't make it '''better''' since [[spoiler: [[HumansAreFlawed humans are known to do the same things Sagi have done]], which means.. [[FridgeHorror oh dear.]]]].
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* [[GainaxEnding The ending]]: [[spoiler: After Sagi takes responsibility for the death of her puppy Maromi (which lead to the creation of her creation of Maromi) and stops the reign of terror of the Black goo, the show cuts to two years later with Tokyo recovering and some of the characters recovering now (Ikari still working as a security guard and such), and yet we see Maniwa who's become similar to The Old Man, solving a complex math question. ''[[HereWeGoAgain And then he gasps]]'']].
** Add more that [[spoiler: the show fully closes with another "Prophetic Vision" with Maniwa who's fully taken the place of the Old Man and in a sense, invites the viewers to watch the show again with a bigger understanding now]]. All seems normal and good until you realize [[spoiler: ''the entire show is basically a ViciousCycle'']].
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** How fast his "friends" and most of "supporters" turn against him is nightmarish by itself. The kid did nothing (except resemble someone), and, over night, all of the people who cheered him at school begin spreading rumors, ostracizing him, and leaving threatening notes in his locker. He didn't even know why this happened at first.
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* A teenaged girl finding the hidden camera her father has been using to take pictures of her undressing.

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* A teenaged girl finding the hidden camera her father [[PervertDad father]] has been using to take pictures of her undressing.
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* [[spoilers: Maniwa losing his grip on reality throughout the 7th episode, including thoughts tinged with static and creepy hallucinations of the old man and Lil' Slugger]].
* [[Spoiler: Maniwa and Ikari seeing who they think is Kozuka in the shadows outside his cell. Until they see the bat dripping with blood and inhuman golden eyes]].

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* [[spoilers: * When Maniwa starts losing his grip on reality throughout the 7th episode, including thoughts tinged with static and creepy hallucinations of the old man and Lil' Slugger]].
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* [[Spoiler: Maniwa and Ikari seeing who they think is Kozuka in the shadows outside his cell. Until And then they realize who it really is when they see the bat dripping with blood and inhuman golden eyes]].eyes.
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* A teenaged girl finding the hidden camera her father has been using to take pictures of her undressing.
* [[spoilers: Maniwa losing his grip on reality throughout the 7th episode, including thoughts tinged with static and creepy hallucinations of the old man and Lil' Slugger]].
* [[Spoiler: Maniwa and Ikari seeing who they think is Kozuka in the shadows outside his cell. Until they see the bat dripping with blood and inhuman golden eyes]].
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** The producer. He seems like a stern yet reasonable fellow at first but then the attacks happen and you can see the stress building up. By the time the animation is finish, the editor is slumped dead on the computer console. But the producer just grabs the tape from his hand, happy that it's finally done. Oooookay.

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** The producer. He seems like a stern yet reasonable fellow at first but then the attacks happen and you can see the stress building up. By the time the animation is finish, finished, the editor is slumped dead on the computer console. But the producer just grabs the tape from his hand, happy that it's finally done. Oooookay.
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** The producer. He seems like a stern yet reasonable fellow at first but then the attacks happen and you can see the stress building up. By the time the animation is finish, the editor is slumped dead on the computer console. But the producer just happyily grabs the tape from his hand, content that its finished. Oooookay.

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** The producer. He seems like a stern yet reasonable fellow at first but then the attacks happen and you can see the stress building up. By the time the animation is finish, the editor is slumped dead on the computer console. But the producer just happyily grabs the tape from his hand, content hand, happy that its finished.it's finally done. Oooookay.
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* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, we are treated to a view of his new outlook on life. A technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces that all suspect him of beng Li'l Slugger, and the only clear image in is Ichi himself and Li'l Slugger - gliding towards him with his bat held high, all while Ichi's theme "Jouken Douji" or "Condition Boy" plays.

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* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, we are treated to a view of his new outlook on life. A technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces that all suspect him of beng Li'l Slugger, and the only clear image in it is Ichi himself and the actual Li'l Slugger - gliding towards him with his bat held high, all while Ichi's theme "Jouken Douji" or "Condition Boy" plays.
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* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, his life becomes a technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces, and in the centre of it all is Shounen Bat himself - gliding towards him with his bat held high.

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* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, we are treated to a view of his life becomes a new outlook on life. A technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces, faces that all suspect him of beng Li'l Slugger, and in the centre of it all only clear image in is Shounen Bat Ichi himself and Li'l Slugger - gliding towards him with his bat held high.high, all while Ichi's theme "Jouken Douji" or "Condition Boy" plays.
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** It's focusing around a production manager who is the only surviving member of his team at an animation studio, who have been picked off by Shounen Bat one by one. He drifts off several times into increasingly nightmarish flashbacks - only to wake up back in his car, plagued with the suspicion that Shounen Bat is right behind him. Of course, he is. At one point during a car scene, Shounen Bat can be seen skating leisurely along in the rear view mirror - with no fanfare calling his appearance whatsoever.

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** It's focusing around a production manager who is the only surviving member of his team at an animation studio, who have been picked off by Shounen Bat having killed them one by one. He drifts off several times into increasingly nightmarish flashbacks - only to wake up back in his car, plagued with the suspicion that Shounen Bat is right behind him. Of course, he is. At one point during a car scene, Shounen Bat can be seen skating leisurely along in the rear view mirror - with no fanfare calling his appearance whatsoever.

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Given the subtext of the series, who knows?


** LazyArtist?


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** One of them is a goddamn ''mushroom cloud''.
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* The happy-go-lucky music of the opening sequence accompanied by the image of the laughing characters in various background.
* Watch PuellaMagiMadoka, then go back and watch the final two episodes of this series. Good luck not being extra creeped out by [[spoiler: the 2D world]]. Its disjointed animation and the DespairEventHorizon trigger are very much like [[spoiler: a Witch's Labryinth]]. Episode 13 becomes oddly similar to [[spoiler: the battles between Homura and Walpurgis Night]].

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* The SoundtrackDissonance of the TitleSequence's happy-go-lucky music of the opening sequence accompanied by the image images of the laughing characters in various background.
sad or scary backgrounds.
* Watch PuellaMagiMadoka, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', then go back and watch the final two episodes of this series. Good luck not being extra creeped out by [[spoiler: the 2D world]]. Its disjointed animation and the DespairEventHorizon trigger are very much like [[spoiler: a Witch's Labryinth]]. Episode 13 becomes oddly similar to [[spoiler: the battles between Homura and Walpurgis Night]].
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* Watch PuellaMagiMadoka, then go back and watch the final two episodes of this series. Good luck not being extra creeped out by [[spoiler: the 2D world]]. Its disjointed animation and the DespairEventHorizon trigger are very much like [[spoiler: a Witch's Labryinth]]. Episode 13 becomes oddly similar to [[spoiler: the battles between Homura and Walpurgis Night]].
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* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out if life is getting a little bit much for you.

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* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from SatoshiKon.Creator/SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out if life is getting a little bit much for you.
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*** The OffscreenTeleportation just gets ridiculous here. The manager drives the car at over 120 mph? Lil' Slugger gets ahead of him and knocks on the window. Rams Lil' Slugger away? ''He just appears in the goddamn backseat.'' Yes, even if you're in a speeding car, ''you can't escape him,''

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*** The OffscreenTeleportation just gets ridiculous here. The manager drives the car at over 120 mph? Lil' Slugger gets ahead of him and knocks on the window. Rams Lil' Slugger away? ''He just appears in the goddamn backseat.'' Yes, even if you're in a speeding car, ''you can't escape him,''him.''
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** LazyArtist?
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*** The OffscreenTeleportation just gets ridiculous here. The manager drives the car at over 120 mph? Lil' Slugger gets ahead of him and knocks on the window. Rams Lil' Slugger away? ''He just appears in the goddamn backseat.'' Yes, even if you're in a speeding car, ''you can't escape him,''
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* After he nearly succumbs to TalkingTheMonsterToDeath, Lil' Slugger turns into a hulking monster with jagged teeth and blank white eyes, and begins chasing Sagi down. At one point his arm is attacked, showing the bat to literally be a part of him, and then it grows back.

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* After he nearly succumbs to TalkingTheMonsterToDeath, Lil' Slugger turns into a hulking monster with jagged teeth and blank white eyes, BlankWhiteEyes, and begins chasing Sagi down. At one point his arm is attacked, showing the bat to literally be a part of him, and then it grows back.
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narcolepsy is a medical condition, not a laziness issue.


** It's focusing around a production manager who is the only surviving member of his team at an animation studio, who have been picked off by Shounen Bat one by one. Lazy to the point of narcolepsy, he drifts off several times into increasingly nightmarish flashbacks - only to wake up back in his car, plagued with the suspicion that Shounen Bat is right behind him. Of course, he is. At one point during a car scene, Shounen Bat can be seen skating leisurely along in the rear view mirror - with no fanfare calling his appearance whatsoever.

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** It's focusing around a production manager who is the only surviving member of his team at an animation studio, who have been picked off by Shounen Bat one by one. Lazy to the point of narcolepsy, he He drifts off several times into increasingly nightmarish flashbacks - only to wake up back in his car, plagued with the suspicion that Shounen Bat is right behind him. Of course, he is. At one point during a car scene, Shounen Bat can be seen skating leisurely along in the rear view mirror - with no fanfare calling his appearance whatsoever.
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* ''ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out if life is getting a little bit much for you.

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* ''ParanoiaAgent'' ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out if life is getting a little bit much for you.
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* The end of the credits sequence with everyone lying unconscious? dead? around a giant Maromi is freaky.

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* The At first glance, the end of the credits sequence with credits, which show everyone lying unconscious? dead? sleeping with a faint smile around a giant Maromi in a empty grass field, seems kind of blissful. That is, until you realize not a single person there is freaky.breathing.

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* ''ParanoiaAgent'' is a series from SatoshiKon. Its premise is a kid on rollerblades skating up to knock you out if life is getting a little bit much for you.
* A grade school kid being driven to assault and then insanity by his classmates suspecting him of being Shounen Bat/Li'l Slugger. As he turns insane, his life becomes a technicolour nightmare of floating people with distorted faces, and in the centre of it all is Shounen Bat himself - gliding towards him with his bat held high.
* A woman with disassociative identity disorder waking up to recorded messages from her other personality on her cellphone, that become gradually more threatening.
* The "Mellow Maromi" episode.
** It's focusing around a production manager who is the only surviving member of his team at an animation studio, who have been picked off by Shounen Bat one by one. Lazy to the point of narcolepsy, he drifts off several times into increasingly nightmarish flashbacks - only to wake up back in his car, plagued with the suspicion that Shounen Bat is right behind him. Of course, he is. At one point during a car scene, Shounen Bat can be seen skating leisurely along in the rear view mirror - with no fanfare calling his appearance whatsoever.
** The producer. He seems like a stern yet reasonable fellow at first but then the attacks happen and you can see the stress building up. By the time the animation is finish, the editor is slumped dead on the computer console. But the producer just happyily grabs the tape from his hand, content that its finished. Oooookay.
* That goddamn [[{{ThisLoserIsYou}} Otaku]] and his dolls, even if they were [[spoiler: helping "Radar Man"]].
* "Call me Daddy".
* Some of the stories made up by the GossipyHens are pretty freaky to watch, particularly the stressed-out student who suddenly ''vomits'' all of his knowledge onto the floor in a wave of black text. Then, at the end of the episode, the newbie gossiper comes home to find Lil' Slugger has nearly killed her husband, and she just starts shaking him while demanding in a psychotic tone of voice that he give her all the details.
* After he nearly succumbs to TalkingTheMonsterToDeath, Lil' Slugger turns into a hulking monster with jagged teeth and blank white eyes, and begins chasing Sagi down. At one point his arm is attacked, showing the bat to literally be a part of him, and then it grows back.
* The end of the credits sequence with everyone lying unconscious? dead? around a giant Maromi is freaky.
* The happy-go-lucky music of the opening sequence accompanied by the image of the laughing characters in various background.
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