History NightmareFuel / DescendantsOfDarkness

* The St. Michael's School arc, which was so horribly full of NightmareFuel and {{Squick}} that the author made the next arc as an apology.
** To elaborate, a boy feels so guilt-ridden over [[{{Gayngst}} engaging in gay sex with his teacher]] that he [[spoiler: self-mutilates - cutting off his fingers and burning his genitals, to name a bit of what he does to himself - until he ''dies'', and is thrown into the ocean]]. His classmate finds out about this and threatens to out the teacher, so what does the teacher do? [[spoiler: Sleep with him, and then brutally murder him mid-coitus]]. The first boy's [[spoiler: reanimated corpse, now possessed by a demon, reappears and - bearing in mind that this is a ''corpse'' that has spent a lot of time in the water, and thus is extremely decomposed - seduces the teacher, kissing him even though half his face is falling off. And then he sucks the guy's organs out]]. It's about as disgusting as you can imagine.

** To clarify: [[spoiler:Hisoka's father Nagare made [[DealWithTheDevil a deal with a freaky snake god]] and every night the thing tentacle rapes him. Not everything is shown, but it's pretty goddamn obvious. Cue the BrainBleach.]] It's depicted as graphically as possible without getting an R-18 rating.
*** Actually... It's worse than that. [[spoiler: Nagare didn't make a deal with Yatonokami. His ancestor wasn't strong enough to kill the god, and instead imprisoned it in his own body. To keep it from escaping and murdering everyone in the village, the god has been passed down from father to son for generations, each clan head bearing it - and taking the brunt of the rape. ''This is what would have awaited Hisoka, had he not been killed.'']] Woooooow.
** And let's not forget that [[spoiler: Hisoka's mother was forcibly impregnated by the same demon that constantly rapes Nagare, and Rui's pregnancy with Gods-know-what kind of hellspawn has lasted for at least two years. '''In story.''']]
*** [[spoiler:It's not a demon, it's a (vengeful) ''god''.]] Whether that makes it better or worse is up to you.
*** Since Rui is implied to be pregnant with a vessel for Yatonokami, and both she and Nagare are as much Hisoka's parents as they are the current child's, it's reasonable to assume that [[spoiler:Hisoka actually is ''not'' entirely human and his empathic powers are a side effect of that.]]
* Alongside the above, everything about the Kurosaki clan in general. Literally '''everything'''.
** [[spoiler:Ritualistic sacrifice?]] Check. [[spoiler:Severe child abuse, implied to have plagued more than one generation?]] Check. [[spoiler:Infanticide?]] Check.

* Muraki in general. Murderer, rapist, driving everyone around him insane, manipulative, CompleteMonster, a doctor (which, yes, should terrify you) and many who see him (he dresses in white, is pale, has pale eyes and hair) think of him as an angel.

* Muraki in general. Murderer, rapist, driving everyone around him insane, manipulative, MagnificentBastard, a doctor (which, yes, should terrify you) and many who see him (he dresses in white, is pale, has pale eyes and hair) think of him as an angel.

* Doubling as a TearJerker, the fate of poor Mariko from the Kyoto arc. For starters, she witnesses Muraki summoning a group of {{Hell Hound}}s to [[EatenAlive maul her best friend Maki to death]], with Muraki manipulating her into thinking that the shinigami are evil and out to get her and later everyone starts ostracizing her, assuming her to be responsible for Maki's death. The stress and paranoia starts to eat at her and later she's injured. While Tsuzuki is looking after her, Muraki arrives and slips a couple of [[CreepyCentipedes centipedes]] into her hospital room before ''merging her with them'', turning her into a BodyHorror monstrosity that proceeds to try and kill Tsuzuki. Tsuzuki, already reeling from the deaths of [[spoiler:Maria, Kazusa and Tsubaki]], refuses to fight her...and in response, [[spoiler:Suzaku more or less summons herself for him and incinerates Mariko in a misguided effort to protect her master]]. To make matters worse, [[spoiler:Tsuzuki can hear the girl ''screaming in agony'' as Suzaku burns her alive]]. No wonder he ends up going insane immediately after. Oh, and just in case you're wondering, ''this'' is what Mariko is screaming as she dies, in the anime version:

* Doubling as a TearJerker, the fate of that poor schoolgirl from the Kyoto arc. For starters, she witnesses Muraki summoning a group of {{Hell Hound}}s to [[EatenAlive maul her best friend to death]], with Muraki manipulating her into thinking that the shinigami are evil and out to get her. The stress and paranoia starts to eat at her and later she's injured. While Tsuzuki is looking after her, Muraki arrives and slips a couple of [[CreepyCentipedes centipedes]] into her hospital room before ''merging her with them'', turning her into a BodyHorror monstrosity that proceeds to try and kill Tsuzuki. Tsuzuki, already reeling from the deaths of [[spoiler:Maria, Kazusa and Tsubaki]], refuses to fight her...and in response, [[spoiler:Suzaku more or less summons herself for him and incinerates the poor girl in a misguided effort to protect her master]]. To make matters worse, [[spoiler:Tsuzuki can hear the girl ''screaming in agony'' as Suzaku burns her alive]]. No wonder he ends up going insane immediately after. Oh, and just in case you're wondering, ''this'' is what the girl is screaming as she dies, in the anime version:
-->"IT HURTS! I CAN'T BREATHE! SOMEONE HELP ME! ''[[AndIMustScream LET ME OUT!]]"''

* Doubling as a TearJerker, the fate of that poor schoolgirl from the Kyoto arc. For starters, she witnesses Muraki summoning a group of {{Hell Hound}}s to [[EatenAlive maul her best friend to death]], with Muraki manipulating her into thinking that the shinigami are evil and out to get her. The stress and paranoia starts to eat at her and later she's injured. While Tsuzuki is looking after her, Muraki arrives and slips a couple of [[CreepyCentipedes centipedes]] into her hospital room before ''merging her with them'', turning her into a BodyHorror monstrosity that proceeds to try and kill Tsuzuki. Tsuzuki, already reeling from the deaths of [[spoiler:Maria, Kazusa and Tsubaki]], refuses to fight her...and in response, [[spoiler:Suzaku more or less summons herself for him and incinerates the poor girl in a misguided effort to protect her master]]. To make matters worse, [[spoiler:Tsuzuki can hear the girl ''screaming in agony'' as Suzaku burns her alive]]. No wonder he ends up going insane immediately after.
** Oh, and just in case you're wondering, ''this'' is what the girl is screaming as she dies, in the anime version:

-->"IT HURTS! I CAN'T BREATHE! SOMEONE HELP ME! ''LET ME OUT!"''

*** Since Rui is implied to be pregnant with a vessel for Yatonokami, and both she and Nagare are Hisoka's parents, it's reasonable to assume that [[spoiler:Hisoka actually is ''not'' entirely human and his empathic powers are a side effect of that.]]

** This entity is [[spoiler:Enma]], which is still terrifying since this means he's [[Spoiler:a god who can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] and enter Tsuzuki's mind, manipulating him to do his bidding.]]

*** Actually... It's worse than that. [[spoiler: Nagare didn't make a deal with Yatonokami. His ancestor wasn't strong enough to kill the god, and instead imprisoned it in his own body. To keep it from escaping and murdering everyone in the village, the god has been passed down from father to son for generations, each clan head bearing it - and taking the brunt of the rape. ''This is what would have awaited Hisoka, had he not been raped and killed.'']] Woooooow.

** To clarify: [[spoiler:Hisoka's father Nagare made [[DealWithTheDevil a deal with a freaky snake god]] and every night the thing tentacle rapes him. Not everything is shown, but it's pretty goddamn obvious. Cue the BrainBleach.]]
*** Actually... It's worse than that. [[spoiler: Nagare didn't make a deal with Yatonokami. His ancestor wasn't strong enough to kill the god, and instead imprisoned it in his own body. To keep it from escaping and murdering everyone in the village the god has been passed down from father to son for generations, each clan head bearing it - and taking the brunt of the rape. ''This is what would have awaited Hisoka, had he not been raped and killed.'']] Woooooow.

*** [[spoiler:It's not a demon, it's a ''god''.]] Whether that makes it better or worse is up to you.

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[[caption-width-right:400:It's easy to forget how gruesome this series can be sometimes.]]

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[[caption-width-right:466:It's easy to forget how gruesome this series can be sometimes.]]

** To elaborate, a boy feels so guilt-ridden over [[{{Gayngst}} engaging in gay sex with his teacher]] that he [[spoiler: self-mutilates - cutting off his fingers and burning his genitals, to name a bit of what he does to himself - until he ''dies'', and is thrown into the ocean]]. His classmate finds out about this and threatens to out the teacher, so what does the teacher do? [[spoiler: Sleep with him, and then brutally murder him mid-coitus]]. The first boy's [[spoiler: reanimated corpse, now possessed by a demon, reappears and - bearing in mind that this is a ''corpse'' that has spent a lot of time in the water, and thus is extremely decomposed - seduces the teacher, kissing him even though half his face is falling off]]. It's about as disgusting as you can imagine.

** To elaborate, a boy feels so guilt-ridden over [[{{Gayngst}} engaging in gay sex with his teacher]] that he self-mutilates - cutting off his fingers and burning his genitals, to name a bit of what he does to himself - until he ''dies'', and is thrown into the ocean. His classmate finds out about this and threatens to out the teacher, so what does the teacher do? Sleep with him, and then brutally murder him mid-coitus. The first boy's reanimated corpse, now possessed by a demon, reappears and - bearing in mind that this is a ''corpse'' that has spent a lot of time in the water, and thus is extremely decomposed - seduces the teacher, kissing him even though half his face is falling off. It's about as disgusting as you can imagine.

** To elaborate, a boy feels so guilt-ridden over [[Gayngst engaging in gay sex with his teacher]] that he self-mutilates - cutting off his fingers and burning his genitals, to name a bit of what he does to himself - until he ''dies'', and is thrown into the ocean. His classmate finds out about this and threatens to out the teacher, so what does the teacher do? Sleep with him, and then brutally murder him mid-coitus. The first boy's reanimated corpse, now possessed by a demon, reappears and - bearing in mind that this is a ''corpse'' that has spent a lot of time in the water, and thus is extremely decomposed - seduces the teacher, kissing him even though half his face is falling off. It's about as disgusting as you can imagine.

** [[spoiler:Kazusa]]'s death. We don't see it happen, (though the manga shows us the--thankfully not graphically detailed--results) but we do know that [[spoiler:she [[HeroicSacrifice pushes Hijiri out of the way of a collapsing pillar]], meaning that she was ''crushed to death underneath it'']]. She gets better, but ''still''. Oh, and did we mention that she appears to be [[spoiler:''five years old'']]?

** And let's not forget that [[spoiler: Hisoka's mother was forcibly impregnated by the same demon that constantly rapes Nagare, and Mrs. Kurosaki's pregnancy with Gods-know-what kind of hellspawn has lasted for at least two years. '''In story.''']]

** [[spoiler:Kazusa]]'s death. We don't see it happen, (though the manga shows us the-thankfully not graphically detailed-results) but we do know that [[spoiler:she [[HeroicSacrifice pushes Hijiri out of the way of a collapsing pillar]], meaning that she was ''crushed to death underneath it'']]. She gets better, but ''still''. Oh, and did we mention that she appears to be [[spoiler:''five years old'']]?

* In the Kamakura arch, the evil kami/demon Yatonogami raping Hisoka's father. His wife has been pregnant for two years with God Knows What abomination.

* Volume 11 of the manga, all the way through. There's a ''reason'' it's rated M+. Wait, it's not? ''Well it should.''

*** Actually... It's worse than that. [[spoiler: Nagare didn't make a deal with Yatonokami. His ancestor wasn't strong enough to kill the god, and instead imprisoned it in his own body. To keep it from escaping and murdering everyone in the village the god has been passed down from father to son for generations, each clan head bearing it - and taking the brunt of the rape.]]
** And let's not forget that [[spoiler: Hisoka's mom was forcibly impregnated by the same demon that constantly rapes Nagare, and said pregnancy with Gods-know-what kind of hellspawn has lasted for at least two years. '''In story.''']]

* The possible EldritchAbomination that lives in Tsuzuki's head taking on [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith a face he recognizes]] - his own [[CreepyChild from the past]]. He comes complete with a simultaneous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and HannibalLecture hybrid. It's notable to mention that after he speaks to Tsuzuki, Tsuzuki proceeds to ''stab'' Muraki. The dialogue suggests it was the child that goaded (or even forced) Tsuzuki to stab Muraki.

* Hell, [[CompleteMonster Muraki]] in general. Murderer, rapist, driving everyone around him insane, manipulative, MagnificentBastard, a doctor (which, yes, should terrify you) and many who see him (he dresses in white, is pale, has pale eyes and hair) think of him as an angel.