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* ''Anime/PsychoPass'': By about the 22nd century, people's minds can be [[MindReading quantified]] by [[BigBrotherIsWatching the all-seeing authorities]], which means they can detect "criminal tendencies" in ''everyone's'' mind. Perhaps even yours. [[spoiler:If you're rated as a "latent criminal" but lucky, you might have an opportunity as a special police officer tasked with tracking down criminals. If you're unlucky, you're summarily executed by a futuristic gun that turns you into a PinkMist. ButWaitTheresMore! People's criminal tendencies ''can transfer to other people as well!'' So if, say, you're a woman and get raped by someone, your contact with him may get you eligible to be "misted" as well!]]
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* ''Anime/PsychoPass'': By about the 22nd century, people's minds can be [[MindReading [[{{Telepathy}} quantified]] by [[BigBrotherIsWatching the all-seeing authorities]], which means they can detect "criminal tendencies" in ''everyone's'' mind. Perhaps even yours. [[spoiler:If you're rated as a "latent criminal" but lucky, you might have an opportunity as a special police officer tasked with tracking down criminals. If you're unlucky, you're summarily executed by a futuristic gun that turns you into a PinkMist. ButWaitTheresMore! People's criminal tendencies ''can transfer to other people as well!'' So if, say, you're a woman and get raped by someone, your contact with him may get you eligible to be "misted" as well!]]
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* For a show that usually dealt in 30-foot vacuum cleaners with angry eyes and bald guys in off-color Piccolo costumes, ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' sure threw in some creepiness from the villains. Kiriya infiltrating the school was bad enough, and Poisony's various disguises earned her a special place in Cartoon Hell (particularly when she impersonated Honoka ''very'' effectively, and was foiled only because she ''slightly'' misspoke and Nagisa caught it), but the worst of all--and the king of Paranoia Fuel -- would have to be the three Seeds. The scenes of them remembering their real identities are quite disturbing, and serve to underscore the idea that, until that point, they thought they were ordinary people. Translated to kid language: Forget being attacked by monsters -- you might ''be'' a monster.
* ''Film/TheThing1982'' is disturbing. ''Film/TheyLive'' is disturbing. ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' mixes the two and manages to be a reservoir of high-octane Paranoia Fuel. Basically, the entire series is full of cannibalistic parasites that can eat the brain of whoever they invade and impersonate them near-perfectly, given enough time. They can change their bodies (ie. part of their hair becoming a whip capable of decapitating someone) to whatever they want, and they're notoriously difficult to kill, and they could be ANYONE you know.
* ''Film/TheThing1982'' is disturbing. ''Film/TheyLive'' is disturbing. ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' mixes the two and manages to be a reservoir of high-octane Paranoia Fuel. Basically, the entire series is full of cannibalistic parasites that can eat the brain of whoever they invade and impersonate them near-perfectly, given enough time. They can change their bodies (ie. part of their hair becoming a whip capable of decapitating someone) to whatever they want, and they're notoriously difficult to kill, and they could be ANYONE you know.
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* ''Film/TheThing1982'' is disturbing. ''Film/TheyLive'' is disturbing. ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' mixes the two and manages to be a reservoir of high-octane Paranoia Fuel. Basically, the entire series is full of cannibalistic parasites that can eat the brain of whoever they invade and impersonate them near-perfectly, given enough time. They can change their bodies (ie. part of their hair becoming a whip capable of decapitating someone) to whatever they want, and they're notoriously difficult to kill, and they could be ANYONE you know.
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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': has this in the form of [[spoiler:Himiko Toga]], whose quirk allows her to take the shape of anyone she ingest the blood of. It's implied that she was able to live another person's life for about three days, hanging out with her family and friends with no one realizing anything. [[spoiler:To make matters worse, by the end of the Hero License Exam, she has the blood of [[GenkiGirl Uraraka]] and [[TheParagon Midoriya]], and could very well harm Class 1-A while looking like one of their best friends]]. This is all worsened due to the FridgeHorror of the revelation. [[spoiler:And if that's not bad enough, she awakens the ability to ''copy the quirk'' of whoever blood she drinks as long as she knows their quirk well enough. Even testing her by making her use her victim's quirk might not be enough to unmask her]].
* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'':
** ''Serial Experiments Lain'' is one of those {{mind screw}}s involving your computer, the government, and REALITY AS WE KNOW IT being out to get you.
** During the title sequence, we see Lain being watched on television by people. She's staring back at them. Those people are ''you''. ''She can see you''. [[FromBadToWorse It Gets Worse]] if you're watching the episodes on TheInternet, say, via Website/YouTube... But then it crosses into TearJerker territory when you realize the people may not actually be paying attention to her, so she is just there staring with this sad look in her eyes.
* ''Anime/HellGirl'' definitely deserves a mention. You can be sent to Hell at any time, just because someone wished it. Like a good, caring nurse who gets sent to Hell by a junkie for no reason.
* In ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'':
* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'':
** ''Serial Experiments Lain'' is one of those {{mind screw}}s involving your computer, the government, and REALITY AS WE KNOW IT being out to get you.
** During the title sequence, we see Lain being watched on television by people. She's staring back at them. Those people are ''you''. ''She can see you''. [[FromBadToWorse It Gets Worse]] if you're watching the episodes on TheInternet, say, via Website/YouTube... But then it crosses into TearJerker territory when you realize the people may not actually be paying attention to her, so she is just there staring with this sad look in her eyes.
* ''Anime/HellGirl'' definitely deserves a mention. You can be sent to Hell at any time, just because someone wished it. Like a good, caring nurse who gets sent to Hell by a junkie for no reason.
* In ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'':
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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': has this in the form of [[spoiler:Himiko Toga]], whose quirk allows her to ''Literature/{{Another}}'': You can't run, you can't hide. [[ElevatorFailure You can't take the shape of anyone she ingest elevator]], [[StaircaseTumble you can't take the blood of. It's implied stairs]]. Because [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every little thing could quite possibly kill you]], no matter what you do. The anime's oppressive atmosphere does not help this matter at all. Even worse is that she was able the curse is not limited to live another person's life for about three days, hanging out with her the students of Class 3A but to family members related by two degrees of separation, so even if you make it out through the day w/o any incident you could make it home to find out that your parent or sibling has died or get a phone call saying one of them has been in an accident.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Say you live in a walled city. Outside are a race of man-eating giants who want nothing more than to exterminate all of humanity. But good thing the wall’s over three times higher than any known Titan... until one day the Colossal titan (''even taller than the wall'') arrives and smashes a hole in one of the perimeter walls. Titans flood in and wreck havoc. Okay, so you’ve escaped the massacre with your two best friendswith no one realizing anything. [[spoiler:To make matters worse, by and the end three of you are now training in the Hero License Exam, she has the blood of [[GenkiGirl Uraraka]] and [[TheParagon Midoriya]], and could very well harm Class 1-A while looking like one of their best friends]]. This is all worsened due military. You’re going to the FridgeHorror of the revelation. [[spoiler:And if that's not bad enough, she awakens the ability to ''copy the quirk'' of whoever blood she drinks as long as she knows their quirk well enough. Even testing her by making her use her victim's quirk might not be enough to unmask her]].
* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'':
** ''Serial Experiments Lain'' iskill every last one of those {{mind screw}}s involving titans... [[spoiler: only, wait, what? There’s ''spies''? Okay, but you trust your computer, squad, right? No way any of them could betray you, right? Yes, they can. Think you can spot them? Well, unless you feel like accusing [[TheMentor your mentor]], the government, resident ExtremeDoormat, and REALITY AS WE KNOW IT being the ''friggin' TeamDad''...]]
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', everything is out to getyou.
you it seems. EVERYTHING. Nobody is on your side, because you know what? Even your best friend will sell you out, so you really can't trust ''anybody'': your friends, your family, your lover, even your [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks goddamned congregation wants to do something to you!]] And whenever something bad happens to you, it was MEANT to happen to you, because you know what else? [[spoiler: GodIsEvil.]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo And it said so.]]
**During In the title sequence, we see Lain being watched on television by people. She's staring back at them. Those people case of the behelits and the sacrificial ceremony, you aren't sacrificed because you are ''you''. ''She can see you''. [[FromBadToWorse It Gets Worse]] if detested or hated (at least not entirely): you're watching the episodes on TheInternet, say, via Website/YouTube... But then it crosses into TearJerker territory when you realize the people may not actually be paying attention to her, so she is just there staring with this sad look in her eyes.
* ''Anime/HellGirl'' definitely deserves a mention. You can be sent to Hell at any time, justsacrificed because someone wished it. Like a good, caring nurse who gets sent you are considered to Hell by be the most beloved and cherished person to the behelit owner. The whole sacrificial rite can pretty much be summed up as the powers of [[PowerOfLove love]] and [[PowerOfFriendship friendship]] being drunk on terror.
*** And just to top it off, even after ajunkie for no reason.
person sacrifices one beloved person and becomes a nigh-invulnerable apostle, there might come a time where they are weakened and must renew their lives again with ''another'' sacrifice. So if your new BFF has [[ArtifactOfDoom this weird]] [[EggMacGuffin egg-shaped stone]] [[ClingyMacGuffin laying around]], our best advice: '''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere RUN.]]'''
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Say you live in a walled city. Outside are a race of man-eating giants who want nothing more than to exterminate all of humanity. But good thing the wall’s over three times higher than any known Titan... until one day the Colossal titan (''even taller than the wall'') arrives and smashes a hole in one of the perimeter walls. Titans flood in and wreck havoc. Okay, so you’ve escaped the massacre with your two best friends
* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'':
** ''Serial Experiments Lain'' is
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', everything is out to get
**
* ''Anime/HellGirl'' definitely deserves a mention. You can be sent to Hell at any time, just
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*** [[MemeticMutation EVERYTHING is part of]] part]] of [[EvilPlan Aizen's plan.]]
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* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** The sheer ComplexityAddiction exhibited by practically every murderer shown in the series makes it so that were it not for the apparent abundance of [[BatDeduction implausibly]] [[GreatDetective clever detectives]] in the setting, the vast majority of the murders would go completely unsolved. In this world, OccamsRazor is a ''major handicap for a criminal investigator''. It's worse when there's a specific another suspect who was intended as TheScapegoat ''on purpose''.
** The [[MagnificentBastard creativity]] and [[BestServedCold patience]] of many murderers adds an element of this for the eventual victims. Imagine [[FalseFriend a friend]], [[BigScrewedUpFamily a]] [[CainAndAbel family]] [[SelfMadeOrphan member]], or a colleague whom [[FarmerAndTheViper you thought you've known for years]] suddenly coming for your head. It is only then that you find out they were actually very close to another person whom you'd wronged years ago, leading to that person's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]].
*** The creepiest part is when the reason why the eventual murderer takes years to get into the victim's good graces is simply so that they can learn the victim's specific habits and tics, ones that nobody else would normally pay any attention to. Do you have an uncommon way of drinking tea? One day, the cup you were drinking from was poisoned on [[BatmanGambit the very spot where you rest your thumb]].
*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyone you ever meet".
* ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'': Your parents, your siblings, your best friend who you've known forever, that guy/girl you secretly have a crush on...they could all be disguised Youma and you wouldn't even be able to tell until five seconds after it starts eating you.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** ''Code Geass'' provides Paranoia Fuel in the form of Mao, an insane [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reader]] with the [[MoralMyopia moral sensibilities]] of a [[PsychopathicManchild six-year-old boy]]. He's not good with people, but if he takes any interest in you, he ''will'' dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees ''anything'' he doesn't approve of, he'll MindRape and kill you. ''Anytime he wants!'' ''Everybody'' has unpleasant thoughts or urges they may not even notice (including you). And if you have any ''real'' skeletons in your closet, may God help you! And if he ''does'' like you? You're not much better off. Because once Mao finds you, you'll see that ''[[ChainsawGood he loves his chainsaw]]''. And he'll try to ''[[AxCrazy make you compact]]''.
** How about the idea that your classmate is a terrorist that can make you do anything he wants, even if ''its against your very nature.''
** The sheer ComplexityAddiction exhibited by practically every murderer shown in the series makes it so that were it not for the apparent abundance of [[BatDeduction implausibly]] [[GreatDetective clever detectives]] in the setting, the vast majority of the murders would go completely unsolved. In this world, OccamsRazor is a ''major handicap for a criminal investigator''. It's worse when there's a specific another suspect who was intended as TheScapegoat ''on purpose''.
** The [[MagnificentBastard creativity]] and [[BestServedCold patience]] of many murderers adds an element of this for the eventual victims. Imagine [[FalseFriend a friend]], [[BigScrewedUpFamily a]] [[CainAndAbel family]] [[SelfMadeOrphan member]], or a colleague whom [[FarmerAndTheViper you thought you've known for years]] suddenly coming for your head. It is only then that you find out they were actually very close to another person whom you'd wronged years ago, leading to that person's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]].
*** The creepiest part is when the reason why the eventual murderer takes years to get into the victim's good graces is simply so that they can learn the victim's specific habits and tics, ones that nobody else would normally pay any attention to. Do you have an uncommon way of drinking tea? One day, the cup you were drinking from was poisoned on [[BatmanGambit the very spot where you rest your thumb]].
*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyone you ever meet".
* ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'': Your parents, your siblings, your best friend who you've known forever, that guy/girl you secretly have a crush on...they could all be disguised Youma and you wouldn't even be able to tell until five seconds after it starts eating you.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** ''Code Geass'' provides Paranoia Fuel in the form of Mao, an insane [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reader]] with the [[MoralMyopia moral sensibilities]] of a [[PsychopathicManchild six-year-old boy]]. He's not good with people, but if he takes any interest in you, he ''will'' dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees ''anything'' he doesn't approve of, he'll MindRape and kill you. ''Anytime he wants!'' ''Everybody'' has unpleasant thoughts or urges they may not even notice (including you). And if you have any ''real'' skeletons in your closet, may God help you! And if he ''does'' like you? You're not much better off. Because once Mao finds you, you'll see that ''[[ChainsawGood he loves his chainsaw]]''. And he'll try to ''[[AxCrazy make you compact]]''.
** How about the idea that your classmate is a terrorist that can make you do anything he wants, even if ''its against your very nature.''
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* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'': enjoy the thought that many of your memories and experiences could actually be elaborate delusions.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** One of the symptoms of going crazy in Hinamizawa is an overpowering, irrational sense of paranoia, so this theme pops up ''a lot'' in the series.
** ''Any'' of your friends could be suddenly possessed by the village's ancient death god and be overcome with a single-minded desire to kill you. [[spoiler: Or worse, you could have a parasite that drives you insane, and forces you to kill your friends before doing yourself in.]] Oh, and is your throat itching? And that's just ''Onikakushi-hen''.
** ''Watanagashi-hen'' is even worse. Here we have the main character [[spoiler:perform an act that is considered a grievous crime against the local deity (sneaking into the Shrine's Tool Shed) by the townspeople. This is a day after finding out about a mysterious chain of deaths that have been happening annually for four years - which always occur on the very same night he is sneaking into the shrine (which, by the way, is stuffed to the brim with grotesque torture tools)]]. This gets even worse towards the end of the arc; [[spoiler:the perpetrator has been having conversations with someone he believes to be the girl who entered the Shrine with him... except she went missing the day after the crime was committed, and it was actually her twin sister (who he has reason to believe is behind the chain of deaths) he was talking to the whole time]]. The manga tops this royal MindScrew off with [[http://www.mangareader.net/568-31098-22/higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-watanagashi/chapter-10.html this image]].
** The chain of mysterious deaths? Turns out it's a [[spoiler:literal conspiracy by a secret society composed of some of the richest and most influential people in Japan.]]
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** One of the symptoms of going crazy in Hinamizawa is an overpowering, irrational sense of paranoia, so this theme pops up ''a lot'' in the series.
** ''Any'' of your friends could be suddenly possessed by the village's ancient death god and be overcome with a single-minded desire to kill you. [[spoiler: Or worse, you could have a parasite that drives you insane, and forces you to kill your friends before doing yourself in.]] Oh, and is your throat itching? And that's just ''Onikakushi-hen''.
** ''Watanagashi-hen'' is even worse. Here we have the main character [[spoiler:perform an act that is considered a grievous crime against the local deity (sneaking into the Shrine's Tool Shed) by the townspeople. This is a day after finding out about a mysterious chain of deaths that have been happening annually for four years - which always occur on the very same night he is sneaking into the shrine (which, by the way, is stuffed to the brim with grotesque torture tools)]]. This gets even worse towards the end of the arc; [[spoiler:the perpetrator has been having conversations with someone he believes to be the girl who entered the Shrine with him... except she went missing the day after the crime was committed, and it was actually her twin sister (who he has reason to believe is behind the chain of deaths) he was talking to the whole time]]. The manga tops this royal MindScrew off with [[http://www.mangareader.net/568-31098-22/higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-watanagashi/chapter-10.html this image]].
** The chain of mysterious deaths? Turns out it's a [[spoiler:literal conspiracy by a secret society composed of some of the richest and most influential people in Japan.]]
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* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'': enjoy ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': You've been flawlessly framed for mass-murder, to the thought point that many your girlfriend's father, whom you've known for your whole life, has to be restrained from beating you to death on the spot to avenge her death. Ditto for the parents of your other 28 classmates. You're the only surviving witness to the crime, and no one believes you. Your lawyer is part of the frame-up. In prison, you are forced to fight for your life with the guards actively trying to kill you, while you have to earn enough money to buy medicated candies every three days to counteract the poison they're pumping into your neck, and they're not cheap, so you have no choice but to volunteer for deadly competitions in order to come up with the money. Your new girlfriend is a ForgottenChildhoodFriend- forgotten because you repressed the memories and experiences could actually be elaborate delusions.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** Oneof the symptoms of going crazy in Hinamizawa cruel experiments you saw performed on her, but the truly horrifying part is an overpowering, irrational sense of paranoia, so that while this theme pops up ''a lot'' in the series.
** ''Any'' ofgirl keeps saving your friends could be suddenly possessed by the village's ancient death god and be overcome with a single-minded desire to kill you. life, [[spoiler: Or worse, you could have a parasite that drives you insane, and forces you to kill your friends before doing yourself in.]] Oh, and is your throat itching? And that's just ''Onikakushi-hen''.
** ''Watanagashi-hen'' is even worse. Here we have the main character [[spoiler:perform an act that is considered a grievous crime against the local deity (sneaking into the Shrine's Tool Shed) by the townspeople. This is a day after finding out about a mysterious chain of deaths that have been happening annually for four years - which always occur on the very same night he is sneaking into the shrine (which, by the way, is stuffed to the brim with grotesque torture tools)]]. This gets even worse towards the end of the arc; [[spoiler:the perpetrator has been having conversations with someone he believes to be the girl who entered the Shrine with him... exceptshe went missing the day after the crime was committed, and it was is actually her twin sister (who he has reason to believe is behind the chain of deaths) he was talking to one who committed the whole time]]. The manga tops this royal MindScrew off with [[http://www.mangareader.net/568-31098-22/higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-watanagashi/chapter-10.html this image]].
** The chain of mysterious deaths? Turns out it's a [[spoiler:literal conspiracy by a secret society composed of some of the richest and most influential people in Japan.mass-murder you were framed for.]]
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
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** ''Watanagashi-hen'' is even worse. Here we have the main character [[spoiler:perform an act that is considered a grievous crime against the local deity (sneaking into the Shrine's Tool Shed) by the townspeople. This is a day after finding out about a mysterious chain of deaths that have been happening annually for four years - which always occur on the very same night he is sneaking into the shrine (which, by the way, is stuffed to the brim with grotesque torture tools)]]. This gets even worse towards the end of the arc; [[spoiler:the perpetrator has been having conversations with someone he believes to be the girl who entered the Shrine with him... except
** The chain of mysterious deaths? Turns out it's a [[spoiler:literal conspiracy by a secret society composed of some of the richest and most influential people in Japan.
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* ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'', anyone? In the room you are in right now, there are at least ten [[TheVirus spirals]] ... wait, one in each ear, at least twenty on your fingers and toes, and ''untold billions'' in your DNA (plus the fact that you live on the edge of a galaxy-sized one)... Your brain is ''full'' of the things. Meaning that the [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination of the work]] could erase or outright control your mind at will. And it could, theoretically, do so without you or anyone else even noticing.
* ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'': Your parents, your siblings, your best friend who you've known forever, that guy/girl you secretly have a crush on...they could all be disguised Youma and you wouldn't even be able to tell until five seconds after it starts eating you.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** The [[FightingSpirit Stands]] have a lot of Paranoia Fuel potential. First off, they're invisible to [[{{Muggles}} non-Stand Users]] if they're not bound to something physical, so anyone without one is helpless. Second, a number of them have some truly paranoia-inducing abilities.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Make sure to be careful around reflective surfaces. J. Giel could be readying [[MirrorMonster Hanged Man]] for an attack in any of them. Mirrors, water, steel, ''[[ReflectiveEyes corneas]]''...
*** There's a reason [[BigBad DIO]] and [[TimeStandsStill The World]] are so heavily feared by all the other characters. You could be going about your business, when all of sudden, without any time having passed, everyone around you is dead, ''including yourself''.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter, don't go picking up any folded pieces of paper you find lying around, there could be a loaded gun ready to go off in one...
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
*** Imagine if, one by one, all your friends disappeared, with no one knowing what the heck in happening. Mario Zucchero may be hiding somewhere, waiting for the perfect opportunity to use Soft Machine to take you out.
*** Don't go near any body of water, ''especially'' if it's a big one. Squalo may have planted [[ThreateningShark Clash]] in it.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura may be targeting you with [[BlowYouAway Born Th]][[AnIcePerson is Way]], and is very much ready to ambush you.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': At any point in the past, you may have been killed and eaten by a crazy evil hellspawn and replaced with a placeholder. A placeholder that will eventually run out of power. And when it does, [[RetGone no one will even remember that you existed]].
* Even ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' wasn't exempt from this:
** So there are all these really creepy villains drawn in this weird realistic style that want to steal your life force... and they can look ''just like anybody''. To a 6-year-old, that is ''terrifying''.
** Watch the ''S'' or the ''Stars'' seasons of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], which are chock full of creepy scenes and Paranoia Fuel, especially Kaolinite's Daimons, which make ''inanimate objects'' turn against you and ''rip your heart (crystal) out of your chest'', and you'll understand.
** The Infinity Arc of the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] notes that and retaliates with its daimons that can hide/be incubated in any living thing (from cats to humans) without anyone noticing, and burst out said host as a boneless hideously misshappen thing with ''fangs as long as your hand''.
* If you watched Episode 2 of ''Anime/ThrillerRestaurant'', you better think twice before you order flounder for dinner again.
* ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'': Your parents, your siblings, your best friend who you've known forever, that guy/girl you secretly have a crush on...they could all be disguised Youma and you wouldn't even be able to tell until five seconds after it starts eating you.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** The [[FightingSpirit Stands]] have a lot of Paranoia Fuel potential. First off, they're invisible to [[{{Muggles}} non-Stand Users]] if they're not bound to something physical, so anyone without one is helpless. Second, a number of them have some truly paranoia-inducing abilities.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Make sure to be careful around reflective surfaces. J. Giel could be readying [[MirrorMonster Hanged Man]] for an attack in any of them. Mirrors, water, steel, ''[[ReflectiveEyes corneas]]''...
*** There's a reason [[BigBad DIO]] and [[TimeStandsStill The World]] are so heavily feared by all the other characters. You could be going about your business, when all of sudden, without any time having passed, everyone around you is dead, ''including yourself''.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter, don't go picking up any folded pieces of paper you find lying around, there could be a loaded gun ready to go off in one...
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
*** Imagine if, one by one, all your friends disappeared, with no one knowing what the heck in happening. Mario Zucchero may be hiding somewhere, waiting for the perfect opportunity to use Soft Machine to take you out.
*** Don't go near any body of water, ''especially'' if it's a big one. Squalo may have planted [[ThreateningShark Clash]] in it.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura may be targeting you with [[BlowYouAway Born Th]][[AnIcePerson is Way]], and is very much ready to ambush you.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': At any point in the past, you may have been killed and eaten by a crazy evil hellspawn and replaced with a placeholder. A placeholder that will eventually run out of power. And when it does, [[RetGone no one will even remember that you existed]].
* Even ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' wasn't exempt from this:
** So there are all these really creepy villains drawn in this weird realistic style that want to steal your life force... and they can look ''just like anybody''. To a 6-year-old, that is ''terrifying''.
** Watch the ''S'' or the ''Stars'' seasons of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], which are chock full of creepy scenes and Paranoia Fuel, especially Kaolinite's Daimons, which make ''inanimate objects'' turn against you and ''rip your heart (crystal) out of your chest'', and you'll understand.
** The Infinity Arc of the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] notes that and retaliates with its daimons that can hide/be incubated in any living thing (from cats to humans) without anyone noticing, and burst out said host as a boneless hideously misshappen thing with ''fangs as long as your hand''.
* If you watched Episode 2 of ''Anime/ThrillerRestaurant'', you better think twice before you order flounder for dinner again.
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* ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'', anyone? In the room you are in right now, there are at least ten [[TheVirus spirals]] ... wait, one in each ear, at least twenty on your fingers and toes, and ''untold billions'' in your DNA (plus the fact ''Manga/DragonBallZ'': Trunks tells Goku that you live on the edge in 3 years time, a couple of a galaxy-sized one)... Your brain is ''full'' of the things. Meaning that the [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination of the work]] could erase or outright control your mind at will. And it could, theoretically, do so without you or anyone else even noticing.
* ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'': Your parents, your siblings, your best friend who you've known forever, that guy/girl you secretly have a crush on...they could all be disguised Youmakiller cyborgs more powerful than he and you wouldn't even be able to tell until five seconds after it starts eating you.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** The [[FightingSpirit Stands]] have a lot of Paranoia Fuel potential. First off, they're invisible to [[{{Muggles}} non-Stand Users]] if they're not bound to something physical, so anyone without one is helpless. Second, a number of them have some truly paranoia-inducing abilities.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Make sure to be careful around reflective surfaces. J. Giel could be readying [[MirrorMonster Hanged Man]] for an attack in any of them. Mirrors, water, steel, ''[[ReflectiveEyes corneas]]''...
*** There's a reason [[BigBad DIO]] and [[TimeStandsStill The World]] are so heavily feared by allthe other characters. You could be going about your business, Z Fighters will appear and kill them all. They spend the next 3 years training and when all of sudden, without any time having passed, everyone around you is dead, ''including yourself''.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter,the day arrives, they realize they don't go picking up any folded pieces of paper you find lying around, there could be a loaded gun ready to go off in one...
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
*** Imagine if, one by one, all your friends disappeared, with no one knowingeven know what the heck in happening. Mario Zucchero may be hiding somewhere, waiting cyborgs look like! The Z Fighters split up and search the city for the perfect opportunity to use Soft Machine to take you out.
*** Don't go near any body of water, ''especially'' if it's a big one. Squalo may have planted [[ThreateningShark Clash]] in it.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura maythem, but there's another problem; being cyborgs, they can't be targeting you with [[BlowYouAway Born Th]][[AnIcePerson is Way]], detected by sense and is very much ready to ambush you.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': At any pointcould literally be anybody in the past, sprawling metroplois. And then before he knows it, poor Yamcha has Android 20's hand round his mouth...
* ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault''. Human-shaped holes in the wall could unexpectedly and (for unexplained reasons) just show up one day on a cliffside after an earthquake. Odd enough right there. But, now youmay have been killed and eaten can't help but be utterly fascinated by a crazy evil hellspawn and replaced with a placeholder. A placeholder that will eventually run out of power. And when it does, [[RetGone no one will even remember that you existed]].
* Even ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' wasn't exempt from this:
** So there are allthese really creepy villains drawn in this weird realistic style human-shaped holes. And, then you see one that looks ''exactly'' like you... And, you can't help but want to steal your life force... and they can look ''just like anybody''. To a 6-year-old, that is ''terrifying''.
** Watch the ''S'' or the ''Stars'' seasons of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], which are chock full of creepy scenes and Paranoia Fuel, especially Kaolinite's Daimons, which make ''inanimate objects'' turn againstsee what happens if you and ''rip your heart (crystal) out of your chest'', and you'll understand.
** The Infinity Arc of the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] notes that and retaliates with its daimons that can hide/be incubated in any living thing (from cats to humans) without anyone noticing, and burst out said host as a boneless hideously misshappen thing with ''fangs as long as your hand''.
* If you watched Episode 2 of ''Anime/ThrillerRestaurant'', you better think twice before you order flounder for dinner again.walk inside. [[spoiler:Drr...Drr...]]
* ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'': Your parents, your siblings, your best friend who you've known forever, that guy/girl you secretly have a crush on...they could all be disguised Youma
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** The [[FightingSpirit Stands]] have a lot of Paranoia Fuel potential. First off, they're invisible to [[{{Muggles}} non-Stand Users]] if they're not bound to something physical, so anyone without one is helpless. Second, a number of them have some truly paranoia-inducing abilities.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Make sure to be careful around reflective surfaces. J. Giel could be readying [[MirrorMonster Hanged Man]] for an attack in any of them. Mirrors, water, steel, ''[[ReflectiveEyes corneas]]''...
*** There's a reason [[BigBad DIO]] and [[TimeStandsStill The World]] are so heavily feared by all
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter,
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
*** Imagine if, one by one, all your friends disappeared, with no one knowing
*** Don't go near any body of water, ''especially'' if it's a big one. Squalo may have planted [[ThreateningShark Clash]] in it.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura may
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': At any point
* ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault''. Human-shaped holes in the wall could unexpectedly and (for unexplained reasons) just show up one day on a cliffside after an earthquake. Odd enough right there. But, now you
* Even ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' wasn't exempt from this:
** So there are all
** Watch the ''S'' or the ''Stars'' seasons of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], which are chock full of creepy scenes and Paranoia Fuel, especially Kaolinite's Daimons, which make ''inanimate objects'' turn against
** The Infinity Arc of the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] notes that and retaliates with its daimons that can hide/be incubated in any living thing (from cats to humans) without anyone noticing, and burst out said host as a boneless hideously misshappen thing with ''fangs as long as your hand''.
* If you watched Episode 2 of ''Anime/ThrillerRestaurant'', you better think twice before you order flounder for dinner again.
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* There's a manga series called ''The Horror Mansion'' that's a big anthology of short horror stories. After reading the story "Cursed Water," you will never want to scratch an itch ''ever'' again.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** ''Code Geass'' provides Paranoia Fuel in the form of Mao, an insane [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reader]] with the [[MoralMyopia moral sensibilities]] of a [[PsychopathicManchild six-year-old boy]]. He's not good with people, but if he takes any interest in you, he ''will'' dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees ''anything'' he doesn't approve of, he'll MindRape and kill you. ''Anytime he wants!'' ''Everybody'' has unpleasant thoughts or urges they may not even notice (including you). And if you have any ''real'' skeletons in your closet, may God help you! And if he ''does'' like you? You're not much better off. Because once Mao finds you, you'll see that ''[[ChainsawGood he loves his chainsaw]]''. And he'll try to ''[[AxCrazy make you compact]]''.
** How about the idea that your classmate is a terrorist that can make you do anything he wants, even if ''its against your very nature.''
* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'':
** [[ManEatingPlant Zetsu]] can fuse with any natural surface and emerge from anywhere, completely untraceable, which means any place outdoors is dangerous. Later it turns out he can [[spoiler:release a bunch of undetectable spores which grow into freakish duplicates of himself by clinging to people's bodies and leeching off their LifeEnergy]] and [[spoiler:transform himself or one of his copies into an almost perfect copy of ''anyone'' he touches.]]
** Uchiha Shisui's hypnotic abilities were so overpowered that he could guide your thoughts and actions without eye contact or even having the eye open, and would never even noticing you were being manipulated. The only way to tell anything was happening was to be a sensor type that could feel the chakra trying to affect you, and even then it wasn't a given thing. But he was a Leaf Loyalist and didn't abuse his power for his own gain.... [[spoiler: and then Danzo ripped his eye out while he was still alive and then Itachi killed him. They never go into detail what all Danzo actually DID with the eye beyond what we saw in the present, and there is a long list of things that COULD have been done with the eye. Why wasn't Sasuke given and adult guardian and just left on his own after his clan was killed, which doing to an emotionally unstable child and making him not have proper guidance could only lead to problems later on, and DID? Was the Third Hokage's delay in picking a successor really his own choice? Did the council and Hokage really make the hard choice of killing the Uchiha clan on their own volition? Was it really Shisui's idea to go to Itachi to commit SuicideByCop so that Itachi could get the Mangekyo Sharingan, specially since the chances of him escaping someone as thorough as Danzo are incredibly low and Shisui was never said to be immune to his own power, when he could have gone public to the Hokage and put a stop to Danzo? And the last thing Shisui planned to do before Danzo took his eye was to use his powers against the warmongers in his own family to pacify them and prevent the coup. Did Danzo know this? And if he did, did he do what he did so that nothing would stop him from getting rid of the Uchiha clan?]]
* ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault''. Human-shaped holes in the wall could unexpectedly and (for unexplained reasons) just show up one day on a cliffside after an earthquake. Odd enough right there. But, now you can't help but be utterly fascinated by these human-shaped holes. And, then you see one that looks ''exactly'' like you...And, you can't help but want to see what happens if you walk inside. [[spoiler:Drr...Drr...]]
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** ''Code Geass'' provides Paranoia Fuel in the form of Mao, an insane [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reader]] with the [[MoralMyopia moral sensibilities]] of a [[PsychopathicManchild six-year-old boy]]. He's not good with people, but if he takes any interest in you, he ''will'' dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees ''anything'' he doesn't approve of, he'll MindRape and kill you. ''Anytime he wants!'' ''Everybody'' has unpleasant thoughts or urges they may not even notice (including you). And if you have any ''real'' skeletons in your closet, may God help you! And if he ''does'' like you? You're not much better off. Because once Mao finds you, you'll see that ''[[ChainsawGood he loves his chainsaw]]''. And he'll try to ''[[AxCrazy make you compact]]''.
** How about the idea that your classmate is a terrorist that can make you do anything he wants, even if ''its against your very nature.''
* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'':
** [[ManEatingPlant Zetsu]] can fuse with any natural surface and emerge from anywhere, completely untraceable, which means any place outdoors is dangerous. Later it turns out he can [[spoiler:release a bunch of undetectable spores which grow into freakish duplicates of himself by clinging to people's bodies and leeching off their LifeEnergy]] and [[spoiler:transform himself or one of his copies into an almost perfect copy of ''anyone'' he touches.]]
** Uchiha Shisui's hypnotic abilities were so overpowered that he could guide your thoughts and actions without eye contact or even having the eye open, and would never even noticing you were being manipulated. The only way to tell anything was happening was to be a sensor type that could feel the chakra trying to affect you, and even then it wasn't a given thing. But he was a Leaf Loyalist and didn't abuse his power for his own gain.... [[spoiler: and then Danzo ripped his eye out while he was still alive and then Itachi killed him. They never go into detail what all Danzo actually DID with the eye beyond what we saw in the present, and there is a long list of things that COULD have been done with the eye. Why wasn't Sasuke given and adult guardian and just left on his own after his clan was killed, which doing to an emotionally unstable child and making him not have proper guidance could only lead to problems later on, and DID? Was the Third Hokage's delay in picking a successor really his own choice? Did the council and Hokage really make the hard choice of killing the Uchiha clan on their own volition? Was it really Shisui's idea to go to Itachi to commit SuicideByCop so that Itachi could get the Mangekyo Sharingan, specially since the chances of him escaping someone as thorough as Danzo are incredibly low and Shisui was never said to be immune to his own power, when he could have gone public to the Hokage and put a stop to Danzo? And the last thing Shisui planned to do before Danzo took his eye was to use his powers against the warmongers in his own family to pacify them and prevent the coup. Did Danzo know this? And if he did, did he do what he did so that nothing would stop him from getting rid of the Uchiha clan?]]
* ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault''. Human-shaped holes in the wall could unexpectedly and (for unexplained reasons) just show up one day on a cliffside after an earthquake. Odd enough right there. But, now you can't help but be utterly fascinated by these human-shaped holes. And, then you see one that looks ''exactly'' like you...And, you can't help but want to see what happens if you walk inside. [[spoiler:Drr...Drr...]]
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* There's For a manga series called ''The Horror Mansion'' that's a big anthology of short horror stories. After reading show that usually dealt in 30-foot vacuum cleaners with angry eyes and bald guys in off-color Piccolo costumes, ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' sure threw in some creepiness from the story "Cursed Water," you will never want to scratch an itch ''ever'' again.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** ''Code Geass'' providesvillains. Kiriya infiltrating the school was bad enough, and Poisony's various disguises earned her a special place in Cartoon Hell (particularly when she impersonated Honoka ''very'' effectively, and was foiled only because she ''slightly'' misspoke and Nagisa caught it), but the worst of all--and the king of Paranoia Fuel in the form of Mao, an insane [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reader]] with the [[MoralMyopia moral sensibilities]] of a [[PsychopathicManchild six-year-old boy]]. He's not good with people, but if he takes any interest in you, he ''will'' dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees ''anything'' he doesn't approve of, he'll MindRape and kill you. ''Anytime he wants!'' ''Everybody'' has unpleasant thoughts or urges they may not even notice (including you). And if you -- would have any ''real'' skeletons in your closet, may God help you! And if he ''does'' like you? You're not much better off. Because once Mao finds you, you'll see that ''[[ChainsawGood he loves his chainsaw]]''. And he'll try to ''[[AxCrazy make you compact]]''.
** How aboutbe the three Seeds. The scenes of them remembering their real identities are quite disturbing, and serve to underscore the idea that, until that your classmate is point, they thought they were ordinary people. Translated to kid language: Forget being attacked by monsters -- you might ''be'' a terrorist that monster.
* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' a talented hacker canmake you do hack peoples brains. What this means is they can control anything he wants, your brain controls; your muscles, your sensory organs, even if ''its against your very nature.''
* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'':
** [[ManEatingPlant Zetsu]] can fuse with any natural surfacememories. So imagine going about your daily business and emerge from anywhere, completely untraceable, which means any place outdoors is dangerous. Later it turns finding out he can [[spoiler:release a bunch of undetectable spores which grow into freakish duplicates of himself by clinging to people's bodies and leeching off their LifeEnergy]] and [[spoiler:transform himself or one of his copies into an almost perfect copy of ''anyone'' he touches.]]
** Uchiha Shisui's hypnotic abilities were so overpoweredthat he could guide your thoughts wife and actions without eye contact or even having the eye open, and would kid you loved so much never even noticing you were being manipulated. The only way to tell anything was happening was to be a sensor type existed, or that could feel the chakra trying to affect you, government agents or terrorists are spying on you using your own eyes and even then it wasn't a given thing. But he was a Leaf Loyalist and didn't abuse his power for his own gain.... [[spoiler: and then Danzo ripped his eye out while he was still alive and then Itachi killed him. They never go into detail what all Danzo actually DID with the eye beyond what we saw in the present, and there is a long list of things that COULD have been done with the eye. Why wasn't Sasuke given and adult guardian and just left on his own after his clan was killed, which doing to an emotionally unstable child and making him not have proper guidance could only lead to problems later on, and DID? Was the Third Hokage's delay in picking a successor really his own choice? Did the council and Hokage really make the hard choice of killing the Uchiha clan on their own volition? Was it really Shisui's idea to go to Itachi to commit SuicideByCop so that Itachi could get the Mangekyo Sharingan, specially since the chances of him escaping someone as thorough as Danzo are incredibly low and Shisui was never said to be immune to his own power, when he could have gone public to the Hokage and put a stop to Danzo? And the last thing Shisui planned to do before Danzo took his eye was to use his powers against the warmongers in his own family to pacify them and prevent the coup. Did Danzo know this? And if he did, did he do what he did so that nothing would stop him from getting rid of the Uchiha clan?]]
* ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault''. Human-shaped holes in the wall could unexpectedly and (for unexplained reasons) just show up one day on a cliffside after an earthquake. Odd enough right there. But, now you can't help but be utterly fascinated by these human-shaped holes. And, then you see one that looks ''exactly'' like you...And, you can't help but want to see what happens if you walk inside. [[spoiler:Drr...Drr...]]ears.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** ''Code Geass'' provides
** How about
* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' a talented hacker can
* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'':
** [[ManEatingPlant Zetsu]] can fuse with any natural surface
** Uchiha Shisui's hypnotic abilities were so overpowered
* ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault''. Human-shaped holes in the wall could unexpectedly and (for unexplained reasons) just show up one day on a cliffside after an earthquake. Odd enough right there. But, now you can't help but be utterly fascinated by these human-shaped holes. And, then you see one that looks ''exactly'' like you...And, you can't help but want to see what happens if you walk inside. [[spoiler:Drr...Drr...]]
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* In ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'', the occupations of the Evil doji masters are startling. Among them are a music producer, a cute little girl, an ''elementary school teacher'', a [[{{MemeticMutation}} pro golfer]], and [[TheHero the hero's]] best friend. They all look pretty normal, but they control supremely destructive robots that can blow up the entire world.
** The pure good robot, Ultimo himself, is a fair source of it as well. He's probably just as destructive as the bad guys.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Designed to produce as much of this fuel as possible, both in-universe and real life. [[UrbanLegend Lil'Slugger]] is a fictional character that a girl blames her assault on. He turns out not to be real, but people keep using him as an excuse anyway. Just by believing in him, Lil' Slugger becomes real, and he feeds off excuses. Got a problem? Lil' Slugger will help, you wanted your head smashed in, right? Also, he can appear anywhere, at any time, and you can't stop him because he's not technically real.
** The pure good robot, Ultimo himself, is a fair source of it as well. He's probably just as destructive as the bad guys.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Designed to produce as much of this fuel as possible, both in-universe and real life. [[UrbanLegend Lil'Slugger]] is a fictional character that a girl blames her assault on. He turns out not to be real, but people keep using him as an excuse anyway. Just by believing in him, Lil' Slugger becomes real, and he feeds off excuses. Got a problem? Lil' Slugger will help, you wanted your head smashed in, right? Also, he can appear anywhere, at any time, and you can't stop him because he's not technically real.
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* In ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'', the occupations ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'': The ghosts themselves, especially [[{{Muggle}} for people like Kadotake.]]
** Think about it: They're everywhere. Yet, [[InvisibleMonsters he can't see them]] even if they're right there in front ofthe Evil doji masters are startling. Among him. The only way he can tell if one's present, is by watching [[MagneticMedium Misaki's]] [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/66 reaction.]] Then he has to ''hope'' she can handle it, because many of them are hostile. With some being so malevolent that they can potentially kill a music producer, medium [[TheGift as talented as she is]], or [[MeatPuppet completely take over her body]], [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/101 if she isn't careful.]] And it can happen at anytime they're [[ParanormalInvestigation on assignment.]] It's no wonder [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/65 he's terrified.]]
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' is acute series about the Italian government creating a team of cyborg assassins from little girl, girls to deal with a terrorist emergency. To an ''elementary school teacher'', Italian this is ''terrifying'', as Italy ''did'' go through [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy) a [[{{MemeticMutation}} pro golfer]], terrifying terrorist emergency]] that [[GodzillaThreshold the Italian government would have done just that and [[TheHero the hero's]] best friend. They all look pretty normal, but worse to stop it if they control supremely destructive robots could have]]... An emergency that suddenly started to decline, with Italian police forces enjoying a 100% success rate against terrorists ever since 2003.
* ''Anime/HellGirl'' definitely deserves a mention. You canblow up the entire world.
** The pure good robot, Ultimo himself, is a fair source of it as well. He's probably just as destructive as the bad guys.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Designedbe sent to produce as much of this fuel as possible, both in-universe and real life. [[UrbanLegend Lil'Slugger]] is a fictional character that a girl blames her assault on. He turns out not to be real, but people keep using him as an excuse anyway. Just by believing in him, Lil' Slugger becomes real, and he feeds off excuses. Got a problem? Lil' Slugger will help, you wanted your head smashed in, right? Also, he can appear anywhere, Hell at any time, and you can't stop him just because he's not technically real. someone wished it. Like a good, caring nurse who gets sent to Hell by a junkie for no reason.
** Think about it: They're everywhere. Yet, [[InvisibleMonsters he can't see them]] even if they're right there in front of
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' is a
* ''Anime/HellGirl'' definitely deserves a mention. You can
** The pure good robot, Ultimo himself, is a fair source of it as well. He's probably just as destructive as the bad guys.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Designed
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** The titular Hellsing organisation is surprisingly less paranoia-inducing, as their operations appear to be limited in Great Britain, but the sole fact that they can send someone like [[BloodKnight Alucard]] anywhere is quite scary.
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** The titular Hellsing organisation is surprisingly less paranoia-inducing, as their operations appear to be limited in Great Britain, but the sole fact that they can send someone like [[BloodKnight [[EldritchAbomination Alucard]] anywhere is quite scary.
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* What [[spoiler:Albert Maverick did to Barnaby]] in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' is pure ParanoiaFuel for anyone who has ever been raised by foster parents. The people who (apparently) loved and cared for you? They're [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative bastards]] who only ever saw you as a tool to fulfill their own agendas. And while people in RealLife ''probably'' don't [[spoiler:have PsychicPowers that rewrite memories, there are still plenty of ways to manipulate a child.]]
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* What [[spoiler:Albert Maverick did ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** One of the symptoms of going crazy in Hinamizawa is an overpowering, irrational sense of paranoia, so this theme pops up ''a lot'' in the series.
** ''Any'' of your friends could be suddenly possessed by the village's ancient death god and be overcome with a single-minded desire toBarnaby]] in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' kill you. [[spoiler: Or worse, you could have a parasite that drives you insane, and forces you to kill your friends before doing yourself in.]] Oh, and is pure ParanoiaFuel for anyone who has ever your throat itching? And that's just ''Onikakushi-hen''.
** ''Watanagashi-hen'' is even worse. Here we have the main character [[spoiler:perform an act that is considered a grievous crime against the local deity (sneaking into the Shrine's Tool Shed) by the townspeople. This is a day after finding out about a mysterious chain of deaths that have beenraised happening annually for four years - which always occur on the very same night he is sneaking into the shrine (which, by foster parents. the way, is stuffed to the brim with grotesque torture tools)]]. This gets even worse towards the end of the arc; [[spoiler:the perpetrator has been having conversations with someone he believes to be the girl who entered the Shrine with him... except she went missing the day after the crime was committed, and it was actually her twin sister (who he has reason to believe is behind the chain of deaths) he was talking to the whole time]]. The people who (apparently) loved manga tops this royal MindScrew off with [[http://www.mangareader.net/568-31098-22/higurashi-no-naku-koro-ni-watanagashi/chapter-10.html this image]].
** The chain of mysterious deaths? Turns out it's a [[spoiler:literal conspiracy by a secret society composed of some of the richest andcared for you? They're [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative bastards]] who only ever saw you as a tool to fulfill their own agendas. And while most influential people in RealLife ''probably'' Japan.]]
* There's a manga series called ''The Horror Mansion'' that's a big anthology of short horror stories. After reading the story "Cursed Water," you will never want to scratch an itch ''ever'' again.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** The [[FightingSpirit Stands]] have a lot of Paranoia Fuel potential. First off, they're invisible to [[{{Muggles}} non-Stand Users]] if they're not bound to something physical, so anyone without one is helpless. Second, a number of them have some truly paranoia-inducing abilities.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Make sure to be careful around reflective surfaces. J. Giel could be readying [[MirrorMonster Hanged Man]] for an attack in any of them. Mirrors, water, steel, ''[[ReflectiveEyes corneas]]''...
*** There's a reason [[BigBad DIO]] and [[TimeStandsStill The World]] are so heavily feared by all the other characters. You could be going about your business, when all of sudden, without any time having passed, everyone around you is dead, ''including yourself''.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter, don't[[spoiler:have PsychicPowers that rewrite memories, go picking up any folded pieces of paper you find lying around, there could be a loaded gun ready to go off in one...
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
*** Imagine if, one by one, all your friends disappeared, with no one knowing what the heck in happening. Mario Zucchero may be hiding somewhere, waiting for the perfect opportunity to use Soft Machine to take you out.
*** Don't go near any body of water, ''especially'' if it's a big one. Squalo may have planted [[ThreateningShark Clash]] in it.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura may be targeting you with [[BlowYouAway Born Th]][[AnIcePerson is Way]], and is very much ready to ambush you.
* In ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'', the occupations of the Evil doji masters arestill plenty startling. Among them are a music producer, a cute little girl, an ''elementary school teacher'', a [[{{MemeticMutation}} pro golfer]], and [[TheHero the hero's]] best friend. They all look pretty normal, but they control supremely destructive robots that can blow up the entire world.
** The pure good robot, Ultimo himself, is a fair source ofways it as well. He's probably just as destructive as the bad guys.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': has this in the form of [[spoiler:Himiko Toga]], whose quirk allows her tomanipulate a child.]]take the shape of anyone she ingest the blood of. It's implied that she was able to live another person's life for about three days, hanging out with her family and friends with no one realizing anything. [[spoiler:To make matters worse, by the end of the Hero License Exam, she has the blood of [[GenkiGirl Uraraka]] and [[TheParagon Midoriya]], and could very well harm Class 1-A while looking like one of their best friends]]. This is all worsened due to the FridgeHorror of the revelation. [[spoiler:And if that's not bad enough, she awakens the ability to ''copy the quirk'' of whoever blood she drinks as long as she knows their quirk well enough. Even testing her by making her use her victim's quirk might not be enough to unmask her]].
** One of the symptoms of going crazy in Hinamizawa is an overpowering, irrational sense of paranoia, so this theme pops up ''a lot'' in the series.
** ''Any'' of your friends could be suddenly possessed by the village's ancient death god and be overcome with a single-minded desire to
** ''Watanagashi-hen'' is even worse. Here we have the main character [[spoiler:perform an act that is considered a grievous crime against the local deity (sneaking into the Shrine's Tool Shed) by the townspeople. This is a day after finding out about a mysterious chain of deaths that have been
** The chain of mysterious deaths? Turns out it's a [[spoiler:literal conspiracy by a secret society composed of some of the richest and
* There's a manga series called ''The Horror Mansion'' that's a big anthology of short horror stories. After reading the story "Cursed Water," you will never want to scratch an itch ''ever'' again.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** The [[FightingSpirit Stands]] have a lot of Paranoia Fuel potential. First off, they're invisible to [[{{Muggles}} non-Stand Users]] if they're not bound to something physical, so anyone without one is helpless. Second, a number of them have some truly paranoia-inducing abilities.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
*** Make sure to be careful around reflective surfaces. J. Giel could be readying [[MirrorMonster Hanged Man]] for an attack in any of them. Mirrors, water, steel, ''[[ReflectiveEyes corneas]]''...
*** There's a reason [[BigBad DIO]] and [[TimeStandsStill The World]] are so heavily feared by all the other characters. You could be going about your business, when all of sudden, without any time having passed, everyone around you is dead, ''including yourself''.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter, don't
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
*** Imagine if, one by one, all your friends disappeared, with no one knowing what the heck in happening. Mario Zucchero may be hiding somewhere, waiting for the perfect opportunity to use Soft Machine to take you out.
*** Don't go near any body of water, ''especially'' if it's a big one. Squalo may have planted [[ThreateningShark Clash]] in it.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura may be targeting you with [[BlowYouAway Born Th]][[AnIcePerson is Way]], and is very much ready to ambush you.
* In ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'', the occupations of the Evil doji masters are
** The pure good robot, Ultimo himself, is a fair source of
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': has this in the form of [[spoiler:Himiko Toga]], whose quirk allows her to
* ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'':
** [[ManEatingPlant Zetsu]] can fuse with any natural surface and emerge from anywhere, completely untraceable, which means any place outdoors is dangerous. Later it turns out he can [[spoiler:release a bunch of undetectable spores which grow into freakish duplicates of himself by clinging to people's bodies and leeching off their LifeEnergy]] and [[spoiler:transform himself or one of his copies into an almost perfect copy of ''anyone'' he touches.]]
** Uchiha Shisui's hypnotic abilities were so overpowered that he could guide your thoughts and actions without eye contact or even having the eye open, and would never even noticing you were being manipulated. The only way to tell anything was happening was to be a sensor type that could feel the chakra trying to affect you, and even then it wasn't a given thing. But he was a Leaf Loyalist and didn't abuse his power for his own gain.... [[spoiler: and then Danzo ripped his eye out while he was still alive and then Itachi killed him. They never go into detail what all Danzo actually DID with the eye beyond what we saw in the present, and there is a long list of things that COULD have been done with the eye. Why wasn't Sasuke given and adult guardian and just left on his own after his clan was killed, which doing to an emotionally unstable child and making him not have proper guidance could only lead to problems later on, and DID? Was the Third Hokage's delay in picking a successor really his own choice? Did the council and Hokage really make the hard choice of killing the Uchiha clan on their own volition? Was it really Shisui's idea to go to Itachi to commit SuicideByCop so that Itachi could get the Mangekyo Sharingan, specially since the chances of him escaping someone as thorough as Danzo are incredibly low and Shisui was never said to be immune to his own power, when he could have gone public to the Hokage and put a stop to Danzo? And the last thing Shisui planned to do before Danzo took his eye was to use his powers against the warmongers in his own family to pacify them and prevent the coup. Did Danzo know this? And if he did, did he do what he did so that nothing would stop him from getting rid of the Uchiha clan?]]
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Designed to produce as much of this fuel as possible, both in-universe and real life. [[UrbanLegend Lil'Slugger]] is a fictional character that a girl blames her assault on. He turns out not to be real, but people keep using him as an excuse anyway. Just by believing in him, Lil' Slugger becomes real, and he feeds off excuses. Got a problem? Lil' Slugger will help, you wanted your head smashed in, right? Also, he can appear anywhere, at any time, and you can't stop him because he's not technically real.
* ''Film/TheThing1982'' is disturbing. ''Film/TheyLive'' is disturbing. ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' mixes the two and manages to be a reservoir of high-octane Paranoia Fuel. Basically, the entire series is full of cannibalistic parasites that can eat the brain of whoever they invade and impersonate them near-perfectly, given enough time. They can change their bodies (ie. part of their hair becoming a whip capable of decapitating someone) to whatever they want, and they're notoriously difficult to kill, and they could be ANYONE you know.
* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'': enjoy the thought that many of your memories and experiences could actually be elaborate delusions.
* ''Anime/PsychoPass'': By about the 22nd century, people's minds can be [[MindReading quantified]] by [[BigBrotherIsWatching the all-seeing authorities]], which means they can detect "criminal tendencies" in ''everyone's'' mind. Perhaps even yours. [[spoiler:If you're rated as a "latent criminal" but lucky, you might have an opportunity as a special police officer tasked with tracking down criminals. If you're unlucky, you're summarily executed by a futuristic gun that turns you into a PinkMist. ButWaitTheresMore! People's criminal tendencies ''can transfer to other people as well!'' So if, say, you're a woman and get raped by someone, your contact with him may get you eligible to be "misted" as well!]]
** [[ManEatingPlant Zetsu]] can fuse with any natural surface and emerge from anywhere, completely untraceable, which means any place outdoors is dangerous. Later it turns out he can [[spoiler:release a bunch of undetectable spores which grow into freakish duplicates of himself by clinging to people's bodies and leeching off their LifeEnergy]] and [[spoiler:transform himself or one of his copies into an almost perfect copy of ''anyone'' he touches.]]
** Uchiha Shisui's hypnotic abilities were so overpowered that he could guide your thoughts and actions without eye contact or even having the eye open, and would never even noticing you were being manipulated. The only way to tell anything was happening was to be a sensor type that could feel the chakra trying to affect you, and even then it wasn't a given thing. But he was a Leaf Loyalist and didn't abuse his power for his own gain.... [[spoiler: and then Danzo ripped his eye out while he was still alive and then Itachi killed him. They never go into detail what all Danzo actually DID with the eye beyond what we saw in the present, and there is a long list of things that COULD have been done with the eye. Why wasn't Sasuke given and adult guardian and just left on his own after his clan was killed, which doing to an emotionally unstable child and making him not have proper guidance could only lead to problems later on, and DID? Was the Third Hokage's delay in picking a successor really his own choice? Did the council and Hokage really make the hard choice of killing the Uchiha clan on their own volition? Was it really Shisui's idea to go to Itachi to commit SuicideByCop so that Itachi could get the Mangekyo Sharingan, specially since the chances of him escaping someone as thorough as Danzo are incredibly low and Shisui was never said to be immune to his own power, when he could have gone public to the Hokage and put a stop to Danzo? And the last thing Shisui planned to do before Danzo took his eye was to use his powers against the warmongers in his own family to pacify them and prevent the coup. Did Danzo know this? And if he did, did he do what he did so that nothing would stop him from getting rid of the Uchiha clan?]]
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Designed to produce as much of this fuel as possible, both in-universe and real life. [[UrbanLegend Lil'Slugger]] is a fictional character that a girl blames her assault on. He turns out not to be real, but people keep using him as an excuse anyway. Just by believing in him, Lil' Slugger becomes real, and he feeds off excuses. Got a problem? Lil' Slugger will help, you wanted your head smashed in, right? Also, he can appear anywhere, at any time, and you can't stop him because he's not technically real.
* ''Film/TheThing1982'' is disturbing. ''Film/TheyLive'' is disturbing. ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' mixes the two and manages to be a reservoir of high-octane Paranoia Fuel. Basically, the entire series is full of cannibalistic parasites that can eat the brain of whoever they invade and impersonate them near-perfectly, given enough time. They can change their bodies (ie. part of their hair becoming a whip capable of decapitating someone) to whatever they want, and they're notoriously difficult to kill, and they could be ANYONE you know.
* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'': enjoy the thought that many of your memories and experiences could actually be elaborate delusions.
* ''Anime/PsychoPass'': By about the 22nd century, people's minds can be [[MindReading quantified]] by [[BigBrotherIsWatching the all-seeing authorities]], which means they can detect "criminal tendencies" in ''everyone's'' mind. Perhaps even yours. [[spoiler:If you're rated as a "latent criminal" but lucky, you might have an opportunity as a special police officer tasked with tracking down criminals. If you're unlucky, you're summarily executed by a futuristic gun that turns you into a PinkMist. ButWaitTheresMore! People's criminal tendencies ''can transfer to other people as well!'' So if, say, you're a woman and get raped by someone, your contact with him may get you eligible to be "misted" as well!]]
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* Creator/GenUrobuchi's follow-up work, ''Anime/PsychoPass'' is not much better in terms of safety. By about the 22nd century, people's minds can be [[MindReading quantified]] by [[BigBrotherIsWatching the all-seeing authorities]], which means they can detect "criminal tendencies" in ''everyone's'' mind. Perhaps even yours. [[spoiler:If you're rated as a "latent criminal" but lucky, you might have an opportunity as a special police officer tasked with tracking down criminals. If you're unlucky, you're summarily executed by a futuristic gun that turns you into a PinkMist. ButWaitTheresMore! People's criminal tendencies ''can transfer to other people as well!'' So if, say, you're a woman and get raped by someone, your contact with him may get you eligible to be "misted" as well!]]
* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' a talented hacker can hack peoples brains. What this means is they can control anything your brain controls; your muscles, your sensory organs, even your memories. So imagine going about your daily business and finding out that wife and kid you loved so much never existed, or that government agents or terrorists are spying on you using your own eyes and ears.
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', everything is out to get you it seems. EVERYTHING. Nobody is on your side, because you know what? Even your best friend will sell you out, so you really can't trust ''anybody'': your friends, your family, your lover, even your [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks goddamned congregation wants to do something to you!]] And whenever something bad happens to you, it was MEANT to happen to you, because you know what else? [[spoiler: GodIsEvil.]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo And it said so.]]
** In the case of the behelits and the sacrificial ceremony, you aren't sacrificed because you are detested or hated (at least not entirely): you're sacrificed because you are considered to be the most beloved and cherished person to the behelit owner. The whole sacrificial rite can pretty much be summed up as the powers of [[PowerOfLove love]] and [[PowerOfFriendship friendship]] being drunk on terror.
*** And just to top it off, even after a person sacrifices one beloved person and becomes a nigh-invulnerable apostle, there might come a time where they are weakened and must renew their lives again with ''another'' sacrifice. So if your new BFF has [[ArtifactOfDoom this weird]] [[EggMacGuffin egg-shaped stone]] [[ClingyMacGuffin laying around]], our best advice: '''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere RUN.]]'''
* ''Literature/{{Another}}'': You can't run, you can't hide. [[ElevatorFailure You can't take the elevator]], [[StaircaseTumble you can't take the stairs]]. Because [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every little thing could quite possibly kill you]], no matter what you do. The anime's oppressive atmosphere does not help this matter at all. Even worse is that the curse is not limited to the students of Class 3A but to family members related by two degrees of separation, so even if you make it out through the day w/o any incident you could make it home to find out that your parent or sibling has died or get a phone call saying one of them has been in an accident.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': A friendly game with a stranger suddenly turns into a fight for your life. And god have mercy on your soul should you decide to cheat or quit.
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': You've been flawlessly framed for mass-murder, to the point that your girlfriend's father, whom you've known for your whole life, has to be restrained from beating you to death on the spot to avenge her death. Ditto for the parents of your other 28 classmates. You're the only surviving witness to the crime, and no one believes you. Your lawyer is part of the frame-up. In prison, you are forced to fight for your life with the guards actively trying to kill you, while you have to earn enough money to buy medicated candies every three days to counteract the poison they're pumping into your neck, and they're not cheap, so you have no choice but to volunteer for deadly competitions in order to come up with the money. Your new girlfriend is a ForgottenChildhoodFriend- forgotten because you repressed the memories of the cruel experiments you saw performed on her, but the truly horrifying part is that while this girl keeps saving your life, [[spoiler: she is actually the one who committed the mass-murder you were framed for.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Say you live in a walled city. Outside are a race of man-eating giants who want nothing more than to exterminate all of humanity. But good thing the wall’s over three times higher than any known Titan... until one day the Colossal titan (''even taller than the wall'') arrives and smashes a hole in one of the perimeter walls. Titans flood in and wreck havoc. Okay, so you’ve escaped the massacre with your two best friends and the three of you are now training in the military. You’re going to kill every last one of those titans... [[spoiler: only, wait, what? There’s ''spies''? Okay, but you trust your squad, right? No way any of them could betray you, right? Yes, they can. Think you can spot them? Well, unless you feel like accusing [[TheMentor your mentor]], the resident ExtremeDoormat, and the ''friggin' TeamDad''...]]
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': If the Spiral Power of humanity grows too high, [[spoiler: The [[WellIntentionedExtremist Anti-Spirals]] will [[BrainwashedAndCrazy activate the genes of a chosen person to be their messenger]] and bring about the destruction of Earth via ColonyDrop. The worst part is, it could be anyone. It could be your mom or dad, your best friend, your significant other, your class mate; it could even be ''you'', and you wouldn't even know it until you notice the glowing red circuits suddenly growing on your skin...]]
* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'': The ghosts themselves, especially [[{{Muggle}} for people like Kadotake.]]
** Think about it: They're everywhere. Yet, [[InvisibleMonsters he can't see them]] even if they're right there in front of him. The only way he can tell if one's present, is by watching [[MagneticMedium Misaki's]] [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/66 reaction.]] Then he has to ''hope'' she can handle it, because many of them are hostile. With some being so malevolent that they can potentially kill a medium [[TheGift as talented as she is]], or [[MeatPuppet completely take over her body]], [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/101 if she isn't careful.]] And it can happen at anytime they're [[ParanormalInvestigation on assignment.]] It's no wonder [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/65 he's terrified.]]
* ''Manga/DragonBallZ'': Trunks tells Goku that in 3 years time, a couple of killer cyborgs more powerful than he and the other Z Fighters will appear and kill them all. They spend the next 3 years training and when the day arrives, they realize they don't even know what the cyborgs look like! The Z Fighters split up and search the city for them, but there's another problem; being cyborgs, they can't be detected by sense and could literally be anybody in the sprawling metroplois. And then before he knows it, poor Yamcha has Android 20's hand round his mouth...
* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' a talented hacker can hack peoples brains. What this means is they can control anything your brain controls; your muscles, your sensory organs, even your memories. So imagine going about your daily business and finding out that wife and kid you loved so much never existed, or that government agents or terrorists are spying on you using your own eyes and ears.
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', everything is out to get you it seems. EVERYTHING. Nobody is on your side, because you know what? Even your best friend will sell you out, so you really can't trust ''anybody'': your friends, your family, your lover, even your [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks goddamned congregation wants to do something to you!]] And whenever something bad happens to you, it was MEANT to happen to you, because you know what else? [[spoiler: GodIsEvil.]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo And it said so.]]
** In the case of the behelits and the sacrificial ceremony, you aren't sacrificed because you are detested or hated (at least not entirely): you're sacrificed because you are considered to be the most beloved and cherished person to the behelit owner. The whole sacrificial rite can pretty much be summed up as the powers of [[PowerOfLove love]] and [[PowerOfFriendship friendship]] being drunk on terror.
*** And just to top it off, even after a person sacrifices one beloved person and becomes a nigh-invulnerable apostle, there might come a time where they are weakened and must renew their lives again with ''another'' sacrifice. So if your new BFF has [[ArtifactOfDoom this weird]] [[EggMacGuffin egg-shaped stone]] [[ClingyMacGuffin laying around]], our best advice: '''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere RUN.]]'''
* ''Literature/{{Another}}'': You can't run, you can't hide. [[ElevatorFailure You can't take the elevator]], [[StaircaseTumble you can't take the stairs]]. Because [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every little thing could quite possibly kill you]], no matter what you do. The anime's oppressive atmosphere does not help this matter at all. Even worse is that the curse is not limited to the students of Class 3A but to family members related by two degrees of separation, so even if you make it out through the day w/o any incident you could make it home to find out that your parent or sibling has died or get a phone call saying one of them has been in an accident.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': A friendly game with a stranger suddenly turns into a fight for your life. And god have mercy on your soul should you decide to cheat or quit.
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': You've been flawlessly framed for mass-murder, to the point that your girlfriend's father, whom you've known for your whole life, has to be restrained from beating you to death on the spot to avenge her death. Ditto for the parents of your other 28 classmates. You're the only surviving witness to the crime, and no one believes you. Your lawyer is part of the frame-up. In prison, you are forced to fight for your life with the guards actively trying to kill you, while you have to earn enough money to buy medicated candies every three days to counteract the poison they're pumping into your neck, and they're not cheap, so you have no choice but to volunteer for deadly competitions in order to come up with the money. Your new girlfriend is a ForgottenChildhoodFriend- forgotten because you repressed the memories of the cruel experiments you saw performed on her, but the truly horrifying part is that while this girl keeps saving your life, [[spoiler: she is actually the one who committed the mass-murder you were framed for.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Say you live in a walled city. Outside are a race of man-eating giants who want nothing more than to exterminate all of humanity. But good thing the wall’s over three times higher than any known Titan... until one day the Colossal titan (''even taller than the wall'') arrives and smashes a hole in one of the perimeter walls. Titans flood in and wreck havoc. Okay, so you’ve escaped the massacre with your two best friends and the three of you are now training in the military. You’re going to kill every last one of those titans... [[spoiler: only, wait, what? There’s ''spies''? Okay, but you trust your squad, right? No way any of them could betray you, right? Yes, they can. Think you can spot them? Well, unless you feel like accusing [[TheMentor your mentor]], the resident ExtremeDoormat, and the ''friggin' TeamDad''...]]
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': If the Spiral Power of humanity grows too high, [[spoiler: The [[WellIntentionedExtremist Anti-Spirals]] will [[BrainwashedAndCrazy activate the genes of a chosen person to be their messenger]] and bring about the destruction of Earth via ColonyDrop. The worst part is, it could be anyone. It could be your mom or dad, your best friend, your significant other, your class mate; it could even be ''you'', and you wouldn't even know it until you notice the glowing red circuits suddenly growing on your skin...]]
* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'': The ghosts themselves, especially [[{{Muggle}} for people like Kadotake.]]
** Think about it: They're everywhere. Yet, [[InvisibleMonsters he can't see them]] even if they're right there in front of him. The only way he can tell if one's present, is by watching [[MagneticMedium Misaki's]] [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/66 reaction.]] Then he has to ''hope'' she can handle it, because many of them are hostile. With some being so malevolent that they can potentially kill a medium [[TheGift as talented as she is]], or [[MeatPuppet completely take over her body]], [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/101 if she isn't careful.]] And it can happen at anytime they're [[ParanormalInvestigation on assignment.]] It's no wonder [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/65 he's terrified.]]
* ''Manga/DragonBallZ'': Trunks tells Goku that in 3 years time, a couple of killer cyborgs more powerful than he and the other Z Fighters will appear and kill them all. They spend the next 3 years training and when the day arrives, they realize they don't even know what the cyborgs look like! The Z Fighters split up and search the city for them, but there's another problem; being cyborgs, they can't be detected by sense and could literally be anybody in the sprawling metroplois. And then before he knows it, poor Yamcha has Android 20's hand round his mouth...
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* Creator/GenUrobuchi's follow-up work, ''Anime/PsychoPass'' is not much better in terms of safety. By about the 22nd century, people's minds can be [[MindReading quantified]] by [[BigBrotherIsWatching the all-seeing authorities]], which means they can detect "criminal tendencies" in ''everyone's'' mind. Perhaps even yours. [[spoiler:If you're rated as a "latent criminal" but lucky, you might have an opportunity as a special police officer tasked with tracking down criminals. If you're unlucky, you're summarily executed by a futuristic gun that turns you into a PinkMist. ButWaitTheresMore! People's criminal tendencies ''can transfer to other people as well!'' So if, say, you're a woman and get raped by someone, your contact with him may get you eligible to be "misted" as well!]]
* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' a talented hacker can hack peoples brains. What this means is they can control anything your brain controls; your muscles, your sensory organs, even your memories. So imagine going about your daily business and finding out that wife and kid you loved so much never existed, or that government agents or terrorists are spying on you using your own eyes and ears.
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', everything is out to get you it seems. EVERYTHING. Nobody is on your side, because you know what?Even your best friend will sell you out, so you ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' wasn't exempt from this:
** So there are all these reallycan't trust ''anybody'': your friends, your family, your lover, even your [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks goddamned congregation wants to do something to you!]] And whenever something bad happens to you, it was MEANT to happen to you, because you know what else? [[spoiler: GodIsEvil.]] [[BecauseDestinySaysSo And it said so.]]
** In the case of the behelits and the sacrificial ceremony, you aren't sacrificed because you are detested or hated (at least not entirely): you're sacrificed because you are considered to be the most beloved and cherished person to the behelit owner. The whole sacrificial rite can pretty much be summed up as the powers of [[PowerOfLove love]] and [[PowerOfFriendship friendship]] being drunk on terror.
*** And just to top it off, even after a person sacrifices one beloved person and becomes a nigh-invulnerable apostle, there might come a time where they are weakened and must renew their lives again with ''another'' sacrifice. So if your new BFF has [[ArtifactOfDoomcreepy villains drawn in this weird]] [[EggMacGuffin egg-shaped stone]] [[ClingyMacGuffin laying around]], our best advice: '''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere RUN.]]'''
* ''Literature/{{Another}}'': You can't run, you can't hide. [[ElevatorFailure You can't take the elevator]], [[StaircaseTumble you can't take the stairs]]. Because [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every little thing could quite possibly kill you]], no matter what you do. The anime's oppressive atmosphere does not help this matter at all. Even worse isweird realistic style that the curse is not limited want to the students of Class 3A but to family members related by two degrees of separation, so even if you make it out through the day w/o any incident you could make it home to find out that your parent or sibling has died or get a phone call saying one of them has been in an accident.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': A friendly game with a stranger suddenly turns into a fight for your life. And god have mercy on your soul should you decide to cheat or quit.
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': You've been flawlessly framed for mass-murder, to the point that your girlfriend's father, whom you've known for your whole life, has to be restrained from beating you to death on the spot to avenge her death. Ditto for the parents of your other 28 classmates. You're the only surviving witness to the crime, and no one believes you. Your lawyer is part of the frame-up. In prison, you are forced to fight forsteal your life with force... and they can look ''just like anybody''. To a 6-year-old, that is ''terrifying''.
** Watch theguards actively trying to kill you, while you have to earn enough money to buy medicated candies every three days to counteract ''S'' or the poison they're pumping into your neck, and they're not cheap, so you have no choice but to volunteer for deadly competitions in order to come up with the money. Your new girlfriend is a ForgottenChildhoodFriend- forgotten because you repressed the memories ''Stars'' seasons of the cruel experiments you saw performed on her, but the truly horrifying part is that while this girl keeps saving your life, [[spoiler: she is actually the one who committed the mass-murder you were framed for.]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Say you live in a walled city. Outside[[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], which are a race chock full of man-eating giants who want nothing more than to exterminate all of humanity. But good thing the wall’s over three times higher than any known Titan... until one day the Colossal titan (''even taller than the wall'') arrives creepy scenes and smashes a hole in one of the perimeter walls. Titans flood in and wreck havoc. Okay, so you’ve escaped the massacre with your two best friends and the three of you are now training in the military. You’re going to kill every last one of those titans... [[spoiler: only, wait, what? There’s ''spies''? Okay, but you trust your squad, right? No way any of them could betray you, right? Yes, they can. Think you can spot them? Well, unless you feel like accusing [[TheMentor your mentor]], the resident ExtremeDoormat, and the ''friggin' TeamDad''...]]
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': If the Spiral Power of humanity grows too high, [[spoiler: The [[WellIntentionedExtremist Anti-Spirals]] will [[BrainwashedAndCrazy activate the genes of a chosen person to be their messenger]] and bring about the destruction of Earth via ColonyDrop. The worst part is, it could be anyone. It could be your mom or dad, your best friend, your significant other, your class mate; it could even be ''you'', and you wouldn't even know it until you notice the glowing red circuits suddenly growing on your skin...]]
* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'': The ghosts themselves,Paranoia Fuel, especially [[{{Muggle}} for people like Kadotake.]]
Kaolinite's Daimons, which make ''inanimate objects'' turn against you and ''rip your heart (crystal) out of your chest'', and you'll understand.
**Think about it: They're everywhere. Yet, [[InvisibleMonsters he can't see them]] even if they're right there in front of him. The only way he can tell if one's present, is by watching [[MagneticMedium Misaki's]] [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/66 reaction.]] Then he has to ''hope'' she can handle it, because many Infinity Arc of them are hostile. With some being so malevolent the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] notes that they can potentially kill a medium [[TheGift as talented as she is]], or [[MeatPuppet completely take over her body]], [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/101 if she isn't careful.]] And it can happen at anytime they're [[ParanormalInvestigation on assignment.]] It's no wonder [[http://www.mangapark.com/manga/vulgar-ghost-daydream/v6/c0/65 he's terrified.]]
* ''Manga/DragonBallZ'': Trunks tells Gokuand retaliates with its daimons that can hide/be incubated in 3 years time, a couple of killer cyborgs more powerful than he any living thing (from cats to humans) without anyone noticing, and the other Z Fighters will appear and kill them all. They spend the next 3 years training and when the day arrives, they realize they don't even know what the cyborgs look like! The Z Fighters split up and search the city for them, but there's another problem; being cyborgs, they can't be detected by sense and could literally be anybody in the sprawling metroplois. And then before he knows it, poor Yamcha has Android 20's hand round his mouth...burst out said host as a boneless hideously misshappen thing with ''fangs as long as your hand''.
* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' a talented hacker can hack peoples brains. What this means is they can control anything your brain controls; your muscles, your sensory organs, even your memories. So imagine going about your daily business and finding out that wife and kid you loved so much never existed, or that government agents or terrorists are spying on you using your own eyes and ears.
* In ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', everything is out to get you it seems. EVERYTHING. Nobody is on your side, because you know what?
** So there are all these really
** In the case of the behelits and the sacrificial ceremony, you aren't sacrificed because you are detested or hated (at least not entirely): you're sacrificed because you are considered to be the most beloved and cherished person to the behelit owner. The whole sacrificial rite can pretty much be summed up as the powers of [[PowerOfLove love]] and [[PowerOfFriendship friendship]] being drunk on terror.
*** And just to top it off, even after a person sacrifices one beloved person and becomes a nigh-invulnerable apostle, there might come a time where they are weakened and must renew their lives again with ''another'' sacrifice. So if your new BFF has [[ArtifactOfDoom
* ''Literature/{{Another}}'': You can't run, you can't hide. [[ElevatorFailure You can't take the elevator]], [[StaircaseTumble you can't take the stairs]]. Because [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every little thing could quite possibly kill you]], no matter what you do. The anime's oppressive atmosphere does not help this matter at all. Even worse is
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': A friendly game with a stranger suddenly turns into a fight for your life. And god have mercy on your soul should you decide to cheat or quit.
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'': You've been flawlessly framed for mass-murder, to the point that your girlfriend's father, whom you've known for your whole life, has to be restrained from beating you to death on the spot to avenge her death. Ditto for the parents of your other 28 classmates. You're the only surviving witness to the crime, and no one believes you. Your lawyer is part of the frame-up. In prison, you are forced to fight for
** Watch the
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Say you live in a walled city. Outside
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': If the Spiral Power of humanity grows too high, [[spoiler: The [[WellIntentionedExtremist Anti-Spirals]] will [[BrainwashedAndCrazy activate the genes of a chosen person to be their messenger]] and bring about the destruction of Earth via ColonyDrop. The worst part is, it could be anyone. It could be your mom or dad, your best friend, your significant other, your class mate; it could even be ''you'', and you wouldn't even know it until you notice the glowing red circuits suddenly growing on your skin...]]
* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'': The ghosts themselves,
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' is a series about the Italian government creating a team of cyborg assassins from little girls to deal with a terrorist emergency. To an Italian this is ''terrifying'', as Italy ''did'' go through [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy) a terrifying terrorist emergency]] that [[GodzillaThreshold the Italian government would have done just that and worse to stop it if they could have]]... An emergency that suddenly started to decline, with Italian police forces enjoying a 100% success rate against terrorists ever since 2003.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** The sheer ComplexityAddiction exhibited by practically every murderer shown in the series makes it so that were it not for the apparent abundance of [[BatDeduction implausibly]] [[GreatDetective clever detectives]] in the setting, the vast majority of the murders would go completely unsolved. In this world, OccamsRazor is a ''major handicap for a criminal investigator''. It's worse when there's a specific another suspect who was intended as TheScapegoat ''on purpose''.
** The [[MagnificentBastard creativity]] and [[BestServedCold patience]] of many murderers adds an element of this for the eventual victims. Imagine [[FalseFriend a friend]], [[BigScrewedUpFamily a]] [[CainAndAbel family]] [[SelfMadeOrphan member]], or a colleague whom [[FarmerAndTheViper you thought you've known for years]] suddenly coming for your head. It is only then that you find out they were actually very close to another person whom you'd wronged years ago, leading to that person's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]].
*** The creepiest part is when the reason why the eventual murderer takes years to get into the victim's good graces is simply so that they can learn the victim's specific habits and tics, ones that nobody else would normally pay any attention to. Do you have an uncommon way of drinking tea? One day, the cup you were drinking from was poisoned on [[BatmanGambit the very spot where you rest your thumb]].
*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyone you ever meet".
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
** The sheer ComplexityAddiction exhibited by practically every murderer shown in the series makes it so that were it not for the apparent abundance of [[BatDeduction implausibly]] [[GreatDetective clever detectives]] in the setting, the vast majority of the murders would go completely unsolved. In this world, OccamsRazor is a ''major handicap for a criminal investigator''. It's worse when there's a specific another suspect who was intended as TheScapegoat ''on purpose''.
** The [[MagnificentBastard creativity]] and [[BestServedCold patience]] of many murderers adds an element of this for the eventual victims. Imagine [[FalseFriend a friend]], [[BigScrewedUpFamily a]] [[CainAndAbel family]] [[SelfMadeOrphan member]], or a colleague whom [[FarmerAndTheViper you thought you've known for years]] suddenly coming for your head. It is only then that you find out they were actually very close to another person whom you'd wronged years ago, leading to that person's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]].
*** The creepiest part is when the reason why the eventual murderer takes years to get into the victim's good graces is simply so that they can learn the victim's specific habits and tics, ones that nobody else would normally pay any attention to. Do you have an uncommon way of drinking tea? One day, the cup you were drinking from was poisoned on [[BatmanGambit the very spot where you rest your thumb]].
*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyone you ever meet".
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* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'':
** ''Serial Experiments Lain'' is one of those {{mind screw}}s involving your computer, the government, and REALITY AS WE KNOW IT being out to get you.
** During the title sequence, we see Lain being watched on television by people. She's staring back at them. Those people are ''you''. ''She can see you''. [[FromBadToWorse It Gets Worse]] if you're watching the episodes on TheInternet, say, via Website/YouTube... But then it crosses into TearJerker territory when you realize the people may not actually be paying attention to her, so she is just there staring with this sad look in her eyes.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': At any point in the past, you may have been killed and eaten by aseries crazy evil hellspawn and replaced with a placeholder. A placeholder that will eventually run out of power. And when it does, [[RetGone no one will even remember that you existed]].
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': If the Spiral Power of humanity grows too high, [[spoiler: The [[WellIntentionedExtremist Anti-Spirals]] will [[BrainwashedAndCrazy activate the genes of a chosen person to be their messenger]] and bring about theItalian government creating a team destruction of cyborg assassins from little girls to deal with a terrorist emergency. To an Italian this is ''terrifying'', as Italy ''did'' go through [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy) a terrifying terrorist emergency]] that [[GodzillaThreshold the Italian government would have done just that and worse to stop Earth via ColonyDrop. The worst part is, it if they could have]]... An emergency that be anyone. It could be your mom or dad, your best friend, your significant other, your class mate; it could even be ''you'', and you wouldn't even know it until you notice the glowing red circuits suddenly started growing on your skin...]]
* If you watched Episode 2 of ''Anime/ThrillerRestaurant'', you better think twice before you order flounder for dinner again.
* What [[spoiler:Albert Maverick did todecline, with Italian police forces enjoying a 100% success rate against terrorists Barnaby]] in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' is pure ParanoiaFuel for anyone who has ever since 2003.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
**been raised by foster parents. The sheer ComplexityAddiction exhibited by practically every murderer shown people who (apparently) loved and cared for you? They're [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative bastards]] who only ever saw you as a tool to fulfill their own agendas. And while people in the series makes it so RealLife ''probably'' don't [[spoiler:have PsychicPowers that were it not for rewrite memories, there are still plenty of ways to manipulate a child.]]
* ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'', anyone? In theapparent abundance of [[BatDeduction implausibly]] [[GreatDetective clever detectives]] room you are in right now, there are at least ten [[TheVirus spirals]] ... wait, one in each ear, at least twenty on your fingers and toes, and ''untold billions'' in your DNA (plus the setting, fact that you live on the vast majority edge of a galaxy-sized one)... Your brain is ''full'' of the murders would go completely unsolved. In this world, OccamsRazor is a ''major handicap for a criminal investigator''. It's worse when there's a specific another suspect who was intended as TheScapegoat ''on purpose''.
** The [[MagnificentBastard creativity]] and [[BestServedCold patience]] of many murderers adds an element of this forthings. Meaning that the eventual victims. Imagine [[FalseFriend a friend]], [[BigScrewedUpFamily a]] [[CainAndAbel family]] [[SelfMadeOrphan member]], [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination of the work]] could erase or a colleague whom [[FarmerAndTheViper outright control your mind at will. And it could, theoretically, do so without you thought you've known for years]] or anyone else even noticing.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': A friendly game with a stranger suddenlycoming turns into a fight for your head. It is only then that you find out they were actually very close to another person whom you'd wronged years ago, leading to that person's [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]].
*** The creepiest part is when the reason why the eventual murderer takes years to get into the victim's good graces is simply so that they can learn the victim's specific habits and tics, ones that nobody else would normally pay any attention to. Do youlife. And god have an uncommon way of drinking tea? One day, the cup you were drinking from was poisoned mercy on [[BatmanGambit the very spot where you rest your thumb]].
*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyonesoul should you ever meet".decide to cheat or quit.
** ''Serial Experiments Lain'' is one of those {{mind screw}}s involving your computer, the government, and REALITY AS WE KNOW IT being out to get you.
** During the title sequence, we see Lain being watched on television by people. She's staring back at them. Those people are ''you''. ''She can see you''. [[FromBadToWorse It Gets Worse]] if you're watching the episodes on TheInternet, say, via Website/YouTube... But then it crosses into TearJerker territory when you realize the people may not actually be paying attention to her, so she is just there staring with this sad look in her eyes.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': At any point in the past, you may have been killed and eaten by a
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': If the Spiral Power of humanity grows too high, [[spoiler: The [[WellIntentionedExtremist Anti-Spirals]] will [[BrainwashedAndCrazy activate the genes of a chosen person to be their messenger]] and bring about the
* If you watched Episode 2 of ''Anime/ThrillerRestaurant'', you better think twice before you order flounder for dinner again.
* What [[spoiler:Albert Maverick did to
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'':
**
* ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'', anyone? In the
** The [[MagnificentBastard creativity]] and [[BestServedCold patience]] of many murderers adds an element of this for
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': A friendly game with a stranger suddenly
*** The creepiest part is when the reason why the eventual murderer takes years to get into the victim's good graces is simply so that they can learn the victim's specific habits and tics, ones that nobody else would normally pay any attention to. Do you
*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyone
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** ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'':''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'':
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** In ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter, don't go picking up any folded pieces of paper you find lying around, there could be a loaded gun ready to go off in one...
** ''Manga/GoldenWind'':
** ''Manga/GoldenWind'':
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** In ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'', ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', it's in your best interest to not get scared around [[IKnowWhatYouFear Terunosuke Miyamoto]], for all you know, he could have activated [[PaperMaster Enigma]] and you're about to become a piece of paper. For that matter, don't go picking up any folded pieces of paper you find lying around, there could be a loaded gun ready to go off in one...
**''Manga/GoldenWind'':''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'':
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** In ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura may be targeting you with [[BlowYouAway Born Th]][[AnIcePerson is Way]], and is very much ready to ambush you.
* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana''- at any point in the past, you may have been killed and eaten by a crazy evil hellspawn and replaced with a placeholder. A placeholder that will eventually run out of power. And when it does, [[RetGone no one will even remember that you existed]].
* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana''- at any point in the past, you may have been killed and eaten by a crazy evil hellspawn and replaced with a placeholder. A placeholder that will eventually run out of power. And when it does, [[RetGone no one will even remember that you existed]].
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** In ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'', ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'', '''''do not''''', under any circumstance, open '''''anything'''''. Doors, notebooks, even ''cellphones'' aren't safe. For all you know, Kyo Nijimura may be targeting you with [[BlowYouAway Born Th]][[AnIcePerson is Way]], and is very much ready to ambush you.
*''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana''- at ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'': At any point in the past, you may have been killed and eaten by a crazy evil hellspawn and replaced with a placeholder. A placeholder that will eventually run out of power. And when it does, [[RetGone no one will even remember that you existed]].
*
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* ''Anime/{{Another}}'': you can't run, you can't hide. [[ElevatorFailure You can't take the elevator]], [[StaircaseTumble you can't take the stairs]]. Because [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every little thing could quite possibly kill you]], no matter what you do. The anime's oppressive atmosphere does not help this matter at all. Even worse is that the curse is not limited to the students of Class 3A but to family members related by two degrees of separation, so even if you make it out through the day w/o any incident you could make it home to find out that your parent or sibling has died or get a phone call saying one of them has been in an accident.
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* ''Anime/{{Another}}'': you ''Literature/{{Another}}'': You can't run, you can't hide. [[ElevatorFailure You can't take the elevator]], [[StaircaseTumble you can't take the stairs]]. Because [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every little thing could quite possibly kill you]], no matter what you do. The anime's oppressive atmosphere does not help this matter at all. Even worse is that the curse is not limited to the students of Class 3A but to family members related by two degrees of separation, so even if you make it out through the day w/o any incident you could make it home to find out that your parent or sibling has died or get a phone call saying one of them has been in an accident.
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*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyone you ever meet".
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*** On the other hand, for a majority of the cases in the series, the victim seemed to always [[AssholeVictim have it coming]]. In fact, usually the very reason why in so many cases EveryoneIsASuspect is that [[WhoMurderedTheAsshole the victim seemed to go out of their way to give everyone they knew a motive to murder them]]. This is why, for long-time readers of the series, the expectation is that the [[HateSink most contemptible bastard]] who shows up in a new case will be [[StartToCorpse the one to go]]. So if there's any lesson to be had, it's "don't be a dick to literally everyone you ever meet".meet".
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** ''Code Geass'' provides Paranoia Fuel in the form of Mao, an insane [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reader]] with the [[MoralMyopia moral sensibilities]] of a [[PsychopathicManchild six-year-old boy]]. He's NotGoodWithPeople, but if he takes any interest in you, he ''will'' dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees ''anything'' he doesn't approve of, he'll MindRape and kill you. ''Anytime he wants!'' ''Everybody'' has unpleasant thoughts or urges they may not even notice (including you). And if you have any ''real'' skeletons in your closet, may God help you! And if he ''does'' like you? You're not much better off. Because once Mao finds you, you'll see that ''[[ChainsawGood he loves his chainsaw]]''. And he'll try to ''[[AxCrazy make you compact]]''.
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** ''Code Geass'' provides Paranoia Fuel in the form of Mao, an insane [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reader]] with the [[MoralMyopia moral sensibilities]] of a [[PsychopathicManchild six-year-old boy]]. He's NotGoodWithPeople, not good with people, but if he takes any interest in you, he ''will'' dig through your head and read all your thoughts, and if he sees ''anything'' he doesn't approve of, he'll MindRape and kill you. ''Anytime he wants!'' ''Everybody'' has unpleasant thoughts or urges they may not even notice (including you). And if you have any ''real'' skeletons in your closet, may God help you! And if he ''does'' like you? You're not much better off. Because once Mao finds you, you'll see that ''[[ChainsawGood he loves his chainsaw]]''. And he'll try to ''[[AxCrazy make you compact]]''.
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** The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]] gives us Sloth, who can turn into water and kill people. Or spy on people. Or spy on people ''and then'' kill them.
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** The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]] ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' gives us Sloth, who can turn into water and kill people. Or spy on people. Or spy on people ''and then'' kill them.
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