History NightmareFuel / PerfectBlue

[[caption-width-right:300: I'm the '''''REAL''''' Mima.]]

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old... and barely anything has changed about the idol industry, other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of {{Loony Fan}}s committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and, if not that, writing [[InternetJerk vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if ContractualPurity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton gets pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJmK5SOeQBc A video by SuperEyepatchWolf]] explains how the horror of the movie is now more accessible today, due to the fact that now, everyone has an online avatar, a persona that they portray online. Where before this movie might have been more about celebrities and the persona they've created through their works, the horror of Perfect Blue can now apply to any person with an online identity.

* The website that details everything that Mima does during each day. At first, Mima laughs in amusement at how well wheoever wrote it seems to know her. Then it goes on to describe her in perfect detail, including the grocery store she went to, the food she bought there, the exact brands that she likes...

* The website that details everything that Mima does during each day.

*** And then a JumpCut reveals that [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness the fish weren't even dead in the first place]].
*** All but two or three of the fish were dead. The full tank of fish in Rumi's replica of Mima's apartment is [[SpottingTheThread what helped Mima realize she wasn't actually in her own room]].

** Of course, that's if you think that Rumi ''isn't'' in fact the real Mima. By that point in the movie, it's no longer possible to be sure.

** In the Japanese version, it's implied the Mima we see in the rear-view mirror at the end is actually Rumi, still delusional and now free to possibly kill again.
*** Or that Mima is still delusional -- now she thinks she herself is really Rumi in Mima's body. And since she ''is'' Mima, she can fake being "the real thing" ''perfectly'', with no one the wiser.

*** Mima's slow descent into madness is done so well that the audience has great difficulty in figuring out what's going on. Towards the end of the film, the amount of jumpcuts go up and Mima starts losing time -- an unfortunate real life symptom of DID -- and the repeats of her waking up in her apartment makes it feel like either days or weeks could have passed.
---> '''Mima:''' It's been a while, Rumi.\\

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJmK5SOeQBc A video by SuperEyepatchWolf]] explains how the horror of the movie is now more accessible today, due to the fact that now, everyone has an online avatar, a persona that they portray online. Where before this movie might have been more about celebrities and the persona they've created through their works, the horror of Perfect Blue can now apply to any person with an online identity.

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old... and barely anything has changed about the idol industry, other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of {{Loony Fan}}s committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and, if not that, writing [[{{GIFT}} vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if ContractualPurity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton gets pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.

*** All but two or three of the fish were dead. The full tank of fish in Rumi's replica of Mima's apartment is what helped Mima realize she wasn't actually in her own room.

** Somehow the fact that it is for a drama and supposed to be fake makes it worse. They get a ways into the scene and Mima is pinned down and screaming in character. Then they yell cut and she just stops and opens her eyes, breaking character. Then she has to lie there while they move the cameras. The repeated breaks make it seem like it just goes on forever. And with how the line between drama and reality gets blurred later on, this scene becomes even more distressing in retrospect, especially when it almost happens for real.

** Mima, coming home at the end of a particular traumatic day after filming the rape scene, finds her beloved pet fish dead, and [[FreakOut loses control for a moment, trashing her apartment]].

** The scene where she supposedly stabs Murano in the eye and then his crotch before chasing the man throughout his house and then repeatedly stabbing him to death with an vicious look on her face as he screams in terrible agony.

* Mima holds a tea cup in her hands in one scene and squeezes so hard that she breaks it. She's out of touch with reality at this point and while Rumi reacts with horror Mima simply looks at the blood with a blank look and says "This blood... Rumi, is it real?"

* If the movie itself had to be '''edited''' to receive the R-Rating in America, you '''know''' this trope is in play. [[http://movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4873 Here is the link of the comparisons.]] ([[NightmareFuel Warning!]] [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]]!)

* If the movie itself had to be '''edited''' to receive the R-Rating in America, you '''know''' this trope is in play.%% [[http://movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4873 Here is the link of the comparisons.]] ([[NightmareFuel Warning!]] [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]]!)

* If the movie itself had to be '''edited''' to receive the R-Rating you '''know''' this trope is in play.%% [[http://movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4873 Here is the link of the comparisons.]] ([[NightmareFuel Warning!]] [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]]!)

* Here's a simple analysis that makes the film even scarier [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJmK5SOeQBc]]

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old... and barely anything has changed about the idol industry, other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of {{Loony Fan}}s committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and, if not that, writing [[{{GIFT}} vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if ContractualPurity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton gets pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.

* The fax Mima receives.

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old... and barely anything has changed about the idol industry, other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of {{Loony Fan}}s committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and if not that writing [[{{GIFT}} vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if ContractualPurity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton being pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.

* Somewhere after all this ParanoiaFuel above, she looks out her window and the camera zooms out and you get a ConspicuousCG of the city and the train going by, as she senses that she isn't alone, and then the screen fades to black. It's an awesome combination of TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse and NothingIsScarier.

*** The worst part is that this appears to be a ''folie à deux'' or shared hallucination; Rumi thinks she's Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima, and Mima ''also'' sees Rumi as Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima -- once Rumi appears in the costume and wig, she can't unsee the Other Mima in Rumi's place ''even though she knows who it really is''. For once, the ''viewer'' is shown the truth, while the characters can't see it -- and ''you'' of course can't do a God damn thing about it.

* The corridor Mima walks down where she accidentally bumps into Eri, who sees her off with some rather ominous words. As Mima is about to continue walking, she spots a familiar person slowly approaching her from down the corridor...who appears to be [[OhCrap Me-Mania]]. Mima then quickly looks for Eri from the other end of the corridor, only to see that she has vanished. She then turns around...[[JumpScare and immediately comes face to face with her stalker who quickly grabs her head, which is then accompanied with the sound of a boot from a car slamming loudly]].

** The scenes where she is being photographed naked by the borderline-rapist pornographer Murano.
*** The scene where she supposedly stabs Murano in the eye and then his crotch before chasing the man throughout his house and then repeatedly stabbing him to death with an vicious look on her face as he screams in terrible agony.
*** It's kind of minor, but the sheer lack of concern her former bandmates show about Mima meeting the leery photographer. It makes the invasive nature of the media seem 'normal', and that's a message that still resonates.

*** Or that Mima is still delusional -- now she thinks she herself is Rumi believing she's Mima. And since she ''is'' Mima, she can fake being "the real thing" ''perfectly'', with no one the wiser.
* Mima holds a tea cup in her hands in one scene and squeezes so hard that she breaks it. She's out of touch with reality at this point and while Rumi reacts with horror Mima simply looks at the blood with a blank look and says "This blood... Rumi is it real?"

*** Mima's slow descent into madness is done so well that the audience has great difficulty in figuring out what's going on. Towards the end of the film, the amount of jumpcuts go up and Mima starts losing time - an unfortunate real life symptom of DID - and the repeats of her waking up in her apartment makes it feel like either days or weeks could have passed.

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old..and barely anything has changed about the idol industry other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of {{Loony Fan}}s committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and if not that writing [[{{GIFT}} vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if ContractualPurity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton being pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.

*** The worst part is that this appears to be a ''folie à deux'' or shared hallucination; Rumi thinks she's Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima, and Mima ''also'' thinks Rumi is Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima -- once Rumi appears in the costume and wig, she keeps seeing the Other Mima in Rumi's place and ''can't unsee it even though she knows it's Rumi''. For once, the ''viewer'' is shown the truth, while the characters can't see it -- and ''you'' of course can't do a God damn thing about it.

* The grotesque appearance of Mima's stalker, Me-Mania, and just Me-Mania in general. Hell, Rumi's appearance is even flinch worthy.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBxsRiG5eYU&feature=related "Virtua Mima"]]. If this song does not make you want to crawl under your bed and stay there for a while, nothing will.

* Somewhere after all this ParanoiaFuel above, she looks out her window and the camera zooms out and you get a ConspicuousCGI of the city and the train going by, as she senses that she isn't alone, and then the screen fades to black. It's an awesome combination of TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse and NothingIsScarier.

** Mima, coming home at the end of a particular traumatic day after filming the rape scene, finds her beloved pet fish dead, and [[FreakOut loses control for a moment, trashing her apartment.]]
*** And then a JumpCut reveals that [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness the fish weren't even dead in the first place.]]

*** Rumi getting [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled]] on a piece of broken glass was just as [[NauseaFuel nauseating]].

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old..and barely anything has changed about the idol industry other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of [[LoonyFan Loony Fans]] committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and if not that writing [[{{GIFT}} vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if ContractualPurity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton being pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.

*** The worst part is that this appears to be a ''folie à deux'' or shared hallucination; Rumi thinks she's Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima, and Mima ''also'' thinks Rumi is Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima -- once she sees Rumi in the costume and wig, ''she keeps seeing the Other Mima in Rumi's place''. For once, the ''viewer'' is shown the truth, while the characters can't see it -- and ''you'' of course can't do a God damn thing about it.

*** The worst part is that this appears to be a ''folie à deux'' or shared hallucination; Rumi thinks she's Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima, and Mima ''also'' thinks Rumi is Super-Innocent-Magical-Avenging-Angel Mima. For once, the ''viewer'' is shown the truth, while the characters can't see it -- and ''you'' of course can't do a God damn thing about it.

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old..and barely anything has changed about the idol industry other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of Loony Fans committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and if not that writing [[{{GIFT}} vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if ContractualPurity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton being pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.

* A huge meta one that the film is over twenty years old..and barely anything has changed about the idol industry other than the overlap between seiyuu and idols thanks to {{Moe}} anime. If you look deep online you will find many horror stories of LoonyFans committing acts of violence against idol singers and/or voice actresses due to their obsession and if not that writing [[{{GIFT}} vile, misogynistic stuff on the Internet]] if Contractual Purity is broken or just the slightest BerserkButton being pushed. Warning: might make you lose faith in {{Otaku}} culture.

* Here's a simple analysis that makes the film even scarier [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJmK5SOeQBc]]

* If the movie itself had to be '''edited''' to receive the R-Rating you '''know''' this trope is in play. [[http://movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4873 Here is the link of the comparisons.]] ([[NightmareFuel Warning!]] [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]]!)

* The corridor Mima walks down where she accidentally bumps into Eri, who sees her off with some rather ominous words. As Mima is about to continue walking, she spots a familiar person slowly approaching her from down the corridor...who appears to be [[OhCrap Me-Mania]]. Mima then quickly looks for Eri from the other end of the corridor, only to see that she has vanished. She then turns around...[[JumpScare and immediately comes face to face with her stalker who quickly grabs her head, which is then accompanied with the sound of a boot from a car slamming loudly]].