History NightmareFuel / TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault

* It's likely that his hole ''wasn't'' misshapen by the earthquake, which brings up an even more horrifying possibility. Each of the tunnels probably changes slowly, causing the person descending through it to feel enormous pain as they're compelled to move forward by claustrophobic panic, desperately seeking an exit that they're not sure is even there. For the tunnels to function, it has to be impossible for the people moving through them to die or retreat, so when they get stuck, they just have to force themselves to go deeper anyway.

Warning: do not read if don't want to be spoiled or if you are easily scared or claustrophobic.

* Once all is said and done, the story never offers a clear explanation for how the holes ever came to be or why they have their hypnotic powers. Is Amigara possessed? Were those holes man-made or not? If they were, who did them and how did it knew the shape of those who would come there? Not knowing [[NothingIsScarier can sometimes make a thing scarier.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:That's probably gonna leave a mark.]]
It's a work made by Creator/JunjiIto. What else could you [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant expect from him?]] (Warning: do not read if don't want to be spoiled or if you are easily scared or claustrophobic.)

* The ending of the story and what happens to those who entered the holes. Let's just say that what happens after you go all the way isn't pretty: as you progress deeper, the holes, which start off matching the person's body perfectly, start to gradually become more and more twisted, causing the person's body to be similarly deformed as they're forced to advance into a gap they shouldn't be able to fit into. By the time they reach the other side of the mountain, their body has become completely squashed and contorted, [[http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara/Gyo%20v02%20c09%20pg204.png barely even looking human anymore]]. You can't help but feel bad for the poor bastard.

* Soon after the holes in the mountainside are discovered, Nakagaki slides into one that's exactly his shape. In a nightmare Owaki has, he's Nakagaki and the hole is slightly deformed deep inside the mountain due to the earthquake and he cannot proceed. [[AndIMustScream The last shot of the nightmare is him hundreds of meters inside the hole, completely unable to move, in absolute darkness, screaming for help that will never come]]. And the worst part? [[CruelAndUnusualDeath It's presumed that he died of dehydration as the result]].

* Soon after the holes in the mountainside are discovered, Nakagaki slides into one that's exactly his shape. In a nightmare Owaki has, he's Nakagaki and the hole is slightly deformed deep inside the mountain due to the earthquake and he cannot proceed. [[AndIMustScream The last shot of the nightmare is him hundreds of meters inside the hole, completely unable to move, in absolute darkness, screaming for help that will never come]].

** At one point, Owaki seems to have found [[HopeSpot a solution for the problem:]] filling the holes with stones to prevent people from going in. IT DOESN'T WORK.
* Let's just say, if you suffer from claustrophobia, this comic is not very pleasing. And if you don't suffer it, this might as well cause you to. Because guess what? THE HOLES GET SMALLER AS YOU GO DEEPER.

* The ending of the story and what happens to those who entered the holes. Let's just say that what happens after you go all the way isn't pretty: as you progress deeper, the holes, which start off matching the person's body perfectly, start to gradually become more and more twisted, causing the person's body to be similarly deformed as they're forced to advance into a gap they shouldn't be able to fit into. By the time they reach the other side of the mountain, their body has become completely squashed and contorted, [[http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara/Gyo%20v02%20c09%20pg204.png barely even looking human anymore]].

* The story begins by explaining the origin of the fault: a powerful earthquake in which, as the manga explains, "several towns and villages were devastated". Even if it's Japan, and earthquakes are commonplace there, [[InferredHolocaust how much do you want to bet there were casualties in those towns?]]

* Just how many holes are there? And how come [[AdultFear that some of them seem to be made for children?]]

* There's something about the way people get inside the holes that seems just...[[UncannyValley off.]] People shouldn't be able to move at all in such narrow spaces, and yet they manage to go all the way inside of them for more than 30 meters (or 97 feet, give or take). [[WildMassGuessing Almost as if the holes were absorbing them...]]

* Once all is said and done, the story never offers a clear explanation for how the holes ever came to be or why they have their hypnotic powers. Is Amigara possessed? Were those holes man-made or not? If they were, who did them and how did it knew the shape of those who would come there? YMMV, but not knowing [[NothingIsScarier can sometimes make a thing scarier.]]
* The ending of the story and what happens to those who entered the holes. Let's just say that what happens after you go all the way [[BodyHorror isn't]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath at]] [[EldritchAbomination all]] [[http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara/Gyo%20v02%20c09%20pg204.png ...PRETTY.]]

* Soon after the holes in the mountainside are discovered, [[spoiler:Nakagaki slides into one that's exactly his shape. In a nightmare Owaki has, he's Nakagaki and the hole is slightly deformed deep inside the mountain due to the earthquake and he cannot proceed. [[AndIMustScream The last shot of the nightmare is him hundreds of meters inside the hole, completely unable to move, in absolute darkness, screaming for help that will never come]]]].

** [[spoiler:At one point, Owaki seems to have found [[HopeSpot a solution for the problem:]] filling the holes with stones to prevent people from going in. IT DOESN'T WORK.]]

* Let's just say, if you suffer from claustrophobia, this comic is not very pleasing. And if you don't suffer it, this might as well cause you to. Because guess what? [[spoiler:THE HOLES GET SMALLER AS YOU GO DEEPER.]]
* [[spoiler: Once all is said and done, the story never offers a clear explanation for how the holes ever came to be or why they have their hypnotic powers. Is Amigara possessed? Were those holes man-made or not? If they were, who did them and how did it knew the shape of those who would come there? YMMV, but not knowing [[NothingIsScarier can sometimes make a thing scarier.]]]]
* [[spoiler:The ending of the story and what happens to those who entered the holes. Let's just say that what happens after you go all the way [[BodyHorror isn't]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath at]] [[EldritchAbomination all]] [[http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara/Gyo%20v02%20c09%20pg204.png ...PRETTY.]]]]

It's a work made by Creator/JunjiIto. What else could you [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant expect from him?]] (Warning: do not read if don't want to be spoiled or if you are easily scared or claustrophobic)

* [[ArtifactOfAttraction Not only do the holes have hypnotic properties,]] they're also [[TailorMadePrison tailor-made for a certain person.]] Those who see their hole, even for a brief second, become immediately obsessed with finding it and going in, [[PsychicAssistedSuicide even when they know it will most likely mean their demise.]] Even worse, by showing images of the fault all across the world thanks to TV, the news reporters might have inadvertedly caused [[MassHypnosis thousands of people to go there.]]
** Its effects also include causing nightmares on the protagonist, but are those actually nightmares, [[OrWasItADream or are the events Owaki sees in them another form of telepathic messages from the fault?]]

* [[spoiler: Once all is said and done, the story never offers a clear explanation for how the holes ever came to be or why do they have their hypnotic powers. Is Amigara possessed? Were those holes man-made or not? If they were, who did them and how did it knew the shape of those who would come there? YMMV, but not knowing this [[NothingIsScarier can sometimes make the thing scarier.]]]]
* [[spoiler: The ending of the story and what happens to those who entered the holes. Let's just say that what happens after you go all the way [[BodyHorror isn't]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath at]] [[EldritchAbomination all]] [[http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara/Gyo%20v02%20c09%20pg204.png ...PRETTY.]]]]

* Soon after the holes in the mountainside are discovered, [[spoiler:one of the characters slides into one that's exactly his shape. In a nightmare Owaki has, he's that character and the hole is slightly deformed deep inside the mountain due to the earthquake and he cannot proceed. [[AndIMustScream The last shot of the nightmare is him hundreds of meters inside the hole, completely unable to move, in absolute darkness, screaming for help that will never come]]]].

* Soon after the holes in the mountainside are discovered, [[spoiler:one of the characters slides into one that's exactly his shape, but because of an earthquake, the hole is slightly deformed deep inside the mountain and he cannot proceed. [[AndIMustScream The last shot of him we see is him hundreds of meters inside the hole, completely unable to move, in absolute darkness, screaming for help that will never come]]]].

* Let's just say, if you suffer from claustrophobia, this comic is not very pleasing. And if you don't suffer it, this might as well cause you to. Because guess what? [[spoiler:THE HOLES GET SMALLER AS YOU GO DEEPER]]
* [[spoiler: Once all is said and done, the story never offers a clear explanation for how the holes ever came to be or why do they have their hypnotic powers. Is Amigara possessed? Were those holes man-made or not? If they were, who did them and how did it knew the shape of those who would come there? YMMV, but notknowing this [[NothingIsScarier can sometimes make the thing scarier.]]]]
* [[spoiler: The ending of the story and what happens to those who entered the holes. Let's just say that what happens after you go all the way [[BodyHorror isn't]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath at]] [[EldritchAbomination all]] [[http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara/Gyo%20v02%20c09%20pg204.png ...PRETTY.]]]]

It's a work made by Creator/JunjiIto. What else could you [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant expect from him?]]

* ''The Enigma of Amigara Fault'', a one-off manga that you should ''never, ever read'' unless you really like horrible nightmares. [[spoiler:You will never look at the NoodlePeople trope the same way again.]]
** ''Forget'' the ending. The scene in the middle wherein (warning: do not read if you are easily scared or claustrophobic) [[spoiler:one of the characters slides into a hole in the mountainside that's exactly his shape, but because of an earthquake, the hole is slightly deformed deep inside the mountain and he cannot proceed. [[AndIMustScream The last shot of him we see is him hundreds of meters inside the hole, completely unable to move, in absolute darkness, screaming for help that will never come]]]].
*** Well, this was actually a dream sequence, [[spoiler: so he might actually have made it to the other side as just another NoodlePeople. Really, he might have been better off that way.]]
** That guy who gets stuck might be better off considering... [[spoiler: Several months later, scientists find another cliff face with holes that may connect to the original. They are distorted into barely human shapes. When one man looks inside he sees a ''shape'' coming towards him, reshaped by the tunnel.]] It was very not cute. There's a hole for EVERYONE.
*** Or maybe he's not. [[spoiler:Considering the hole keeps the victim alive throughout the months-long process, he could theoretically be stuck there FOREVER. [[AndIMustScream At least the warp-ees get to leave the hole eventually]].]]
*** Not EVERYONE, or else the people who made rescue attempts would have found and entered their holes, as well. The story seemed to more imply that only certain people had holes. Of course, since this is Creator/JunjiIto we're talking about, [[ParanoiaFuel there may be holes buried in other places, just waiting to be found...]]
*** Moderately tamed by a certain ImageBoard indulging in MemeticMutation. "[[{{Narm}} It's very slowly coming this way!]]"

''The Enigma of Amigara Fault'', a one-off manga that you should ''never, ever read'' unless you really like horrible nightmares. [[spoiler:You will never look at the NoodlePeople trope the same way again.]]