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* TooDumbToLive:
** [[spoiler:Sara deciding to stay in the forest after finding Jess's tent. Yes, ''really''. And dismissing the urban legends of Yurei haunting the forest as well]].
** [[spoiler:After going into an ice cave, Sara again encounters Hoshiko who tells her she can lead her to Jess. '''She follows her''', even when Hoshiko flashes a creepy grin at her]].
** Despite the facts [[spoiler:Sara can trust Aiden, she still '''flat out believes the Forest's tricks''' and in return, ''kills Aiden'']].
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Adult Fear is now a disambig, and this is misuse which boils down to "listing all the scary stuff without context"


* AdultFear:
** Your only living family member is lost in a forest on a far away land. ThePlace she's lost in is also infamous for being a suicide destination. And ghosts.
** [[spoiler:The twins' grandmother either saw her child commit MurderSuicide or the victim of it.]]
** [[spoiler: While it's eventually subverted, the idea of being stuck on an infamous forest with someone who might be a SerialKiller or/and [[SerialRapist Rapist]] is still frightening.]]

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* FreakOut: Sara goes looking for her identical twin Jess in Japan, and stops by the school where Jess taught. The students, quite predictably, lose their shit at the sight of seeing their "dead teacher" coming back.



* RealityEnsues: Sara goes looking for her identical twin Jess in Japan, and stops by the school where Jess taught. The students, quite predictably, FreakOut.
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* IntrepidReporter: Aiden sees Sara looking for her sister in an infamous suicide forest as an opportunity to make an article. [

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* IntrepidReporter: Aiden sees Sara looking for her sister in an infamous suicide forest as an opportunity to make an article. [article, even joining her on her search. [[spoiler:He later admits that he was partially just doing this to flirt with Sara, but he was still serious about helping her.]]

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* IntrepidReporter: Aiden sees Sara looking for her sister in an infamous suicide forest as an opportunity to make an article.

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* IntrepidReporter: Aiden sees Sara looking for her sister in an infamous suicide forest as an opportunity to make an article. [


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* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:The spirits in the forest have been picking off Sara's mind throughout the movie, particularly with visions of Jess and their past, and push Sara into thinking that Aiden is a kidnapper.]]
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: [[spoiler:When Sara suspects that Aiden is a psycho behind Jess' disappearance, even though Aiden is ultimately innocent, his rather sketchy and aggressive behavior when confronted over it, doesn't do him any favors. Nor does it help that he admits that he was trying to get close to her earlier.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: [[spoiler:Aside from genuinely wanting of help Sara, Aiden soons admits that his IntrepidReporter shtick was largely trying to flirt with her. It's one of the reasons she starts loosing her trust in him.]]
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* SheepInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Towards the latter half of the film, it appears that Aiden is not who he appears to be and Sara sees a teen-aged girl claiming to be a student of Jess who tells her to not trust him, and Sara becomes suspicions of him and his intentions from there, even thinking that he's Jess' StalkerWithACrush or a even a SerialRapist. Aside from a subtle sketchy demeanor, Aiden genuinely do want to help Sara find her sister.]]

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* SheepInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Towards the latter half of the film, it appears that Aiden is not who he appears to be and Sara sees a teen-aged girl claiming to be a student of Jess who tells her to not trust him, and Sara becomes suspicions of him and his intentions from there, even thinking that he's Jess' StalkerWithACrush or a even a SerialRapist. Aside from a subtle sketchy demeanor, behaviour, Aiden genuinely do did want to help Sara find her sister.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Well, at least [[spoiler: Jess]] is safe.

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* BittersweetEnding: Well, Sara and Aiden are dead and Michi's fate at the end is uncertain but at least [[spoiler: Jess]] is safe.
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** [[spoiler:Aiden genuinely do want to help Sara find her missing sister. But she succumbs to paranoia and ultimately kills him.]]

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** [[spoiler:Aiden genuinely do did want to help Sara find her missing sister. But she succumbs to paranoia and ultimately kills him.]]



* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler:Jesse is wearing a white shirt when Sara kills him.]]

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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler:Jesse [[spoiler: Aiden is wearing a white shirt when Sara kills him.]]

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Replaced it witha more appopriate trope


* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The marketing claims that the film is BasedOnATrueStory, even though there hasn't even been a story of a white woman dying in Aokigahara under mysterious circumstances. What the filmmakers '''actually''' meant was that they were inspired by a Wikipedia article to make the movie ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes really]]).



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The marketing even went as far as to say the film was BasedOnATrueStory, even though there hasn't even been a story of a white woman dying in the forest under mysterious circumstances. What the filmmakers '''actually''' meant was that they were inspired by a Wikipedia article to make the movie ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes really]]).
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* HotScoop: Aiden is a TallDarkAndHandsome reporter.
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Myth.Japanese Mythology is not a trope.


* JapaneseMythology: The film relies on this, specifically the myth surrounding the titular Aokigahara forest being inhabited by ghosts (or in Japan known as yūrei) and it being an infamous destination for people wanting to commit suicide.

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* JapaneseMythology: %%* Myth/JapaneseMythology: The film relies on this, specifically the myth surrounding the titular Aokigahara forest being inhabited by ghosts (or in Japan known as yūrei) and it being an infamous destination for people wanting to commit suicide.
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* ForeignQueasine: after Sara arrives in Japan, she goes to a sushi restaurant for dinner and gets both parts of a jumbo shrimp cut in half. It's still moving.
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* DyingAlone: This is Sara's worse-case scenario in case she fails to find Jess. [[spoiler:[[DeathByIrony Ironically]], this is what ended up happening to her.]]

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* DyingAlone: This is Sara's worse-case scenario regarding Jess in case she fails to find Jess. her. [[spoiler:[[DeathByIrony Ironically]], this is what ended up happening to her.Sara herself.]]



** [[spoiler:Aiden went out of his way to help Sara find her missing sister only for to suffer SanitySlippage and accuse her of nasty things, ultimately killing him.]]

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** [[spoiler:Aiden went out of his way to help Sara find her missing sister only for her to suffer SanitySlippage and accuse her him of nasty things, ultimately culminating with her killing him.]]

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* DyingAlone: This is Sara's worse-case scenario in case she fails to find Jess. [[spoiler:[[DeathByIrony Ironically]], this is what ended up happening to her.]]



* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:The twins' surname is price. Sara goes to Aokigahara in Japan to save her missing sister, which she does at the cost of her own life.]]

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* MeaningfulName: MeaningfulName:
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[[spoiler:The twins' surname is price. Sara goes to Aokigahara in Japan to save her missing sister, which she does at the cost of her own life.]] ]]
** Aiden means Son God in Celt. In Irish it means little fire. He's the one in-charge of creating the camp fire.
** Michi means guide in Japanese.

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