I love how they have zipped mouths, implying that children never had a chance to speak up about their problems and perspective because adults would just shut them down.

Imagine not feeling anything, nothing for your whole life and then you feel pain for the first time and you laugh because it’s so different..

he laughed at the pain... because it felt good. it felt REAL and it made him feel like a REAL HUMAN

A child's laugh with crying eyes coming from a grown man or woman is The most terrifying thing to witness.

Someone can be depressed and have perfect grades. *but school systems would automatically think they’re fine*

Kid : Literally chattering and shaking and having a complete mental breakdown Teacher : BUT YOU HAVE GOOD GRADES

これ8歳くらいの時からずっとようつべでおすすめに乗るたびに観るくらい好き。よく見る風刺の単純な「こういうのはおかしい」と違って、綺麗事感なくてずっと好き。 先生に別に悪意があるわけでもないのが、簡単に悪役を作り出すものじゃなくていいなって思う。 ただ皆で暴動起こすだけだったら、一回で観るのやめてたかも。 便乗してきた子達は暴動によって解放されたところで皆同じ行動を取るけど、主人公の子は何をしたくて自由になりたかったのかが分かってて、胸にぐっとくる。

You know what I like about this? It doesn't do the usual trope of "The odd one out starts a revolution" or at least doesn't lay into it. By all accounts to the teachers, 4483 was just an ordinary, regular student like the others. Not troubled. Not strange. Not unique. His buildup was internal, quiet, until the day he finally snapped.

-a world of pollution. -a teacher masked with a smile to hide who they truly are. -stalemate/tie. -the same emotional thoughts. -becoming tired of a repeating cycle. -realization of repeating elements. -the zipper shatters to represent a student finally speaking out. -a student revolt starts. -desperate measures to change a repeating cycle. -laughter because the cycle finally broke. Truly worthy of an award.

This isn’t just about school. It’s about the endless repetition that every day brings. Sickening to the point where anything different or out of the ordinary, even if it hurts, is a relief.

絵だけは人それぞれほんの少し違うのすごい

完璧を求めて人を縛ろうとしても必ず自由を求める人が現れる。人を自由から縛りつけて、周りに目もくれず、ただただ完璧を目指すような社会は意味がない。それを知らせてくれる素晴らしい動画ですね。

This is literally "I have anxiety and depression" "B-But you have good grades!"

mom: its just school, its not that bad school:

Who is here in 2024? Time flies, that’s for sure.

After 12 years, it remains one that still inflict such heavy emotions, and one that we all can deeply relate to. That disturbing laughter, it hits so hard.

Mom: “school isn’t that bad” School:

the kid had no choice but to laugh after feeling something for the first time.

The way the smoke curved over the smokestacks made them look like gravestones

I remember seeing this when I was 9, I was binge watching all the short films on KZfaq at the time but I didn’t understand them at all. Now I’m 18 seeing this again and I fully understand and see how the world really works

Most people don’t realize that mental pain brings psychical pain , school worries about our psychical health but ignores our internal pain.

The sad part is that this "school" is sometimes better than home, felt bad for the abused children

The thing is, all the other kids still only followed the crowds. They still only opened their mouths when the first kid did, and all the windows broke one after the other as if it was a sequence. All the kids rioting seemed to be quite similar, showing that even when they do something out of the ordinary, they still only will if someone else will first.

suddenly coraline makes sense

When the child started laughing, it hits so deep as the child experienced something new for the first time.

Humans don't realize that physical and mental health are equally important.

This is very creepy but also very good. The laughing in plain really gave me the chills.

abs phenomenal stuff, this made me cry as someone who not only struggles with school but also someone who has lost their dog to a car crash

Child having mental breakdown after getting 100 on test Teacher: NANI?!!

The meaning: Everyday is the same,that is why the dog gets every day hit. They all get the same Notes. Everyone is too perfect. Everyday the same cycle. The teacher wears a mask with a smile,cause he cant smile. He needs to keep smiling,so he wont get fired. The children cant open their mouth,cause everything needs to be perfect. In sports they allways get a draw,cause it needs to be perfect. One day a child knew,that everyone lives in a perfect cycle and there is no need for a perfect cycle. So everyone began to break the perfection. The Child saw the dog and knew it cant be the same,so he saved the dog to end this cycle. That is why he laughed at the end...

I relate to this as a student so much that it scares me.

This is how you explain the situation in japan rn. Overworked citizens with unhappy children that are forced into being "normal"

So, is this how the school system doesn't care about how students feel and only their grades. And eventually it goes into a boiling point where they break the silence which the zippers represents.

I love how the animator made the teacher wear a mask with happy face.

i watched this 7 years ago and it has stuck with me since i have never forgot how it made me feel

1:52 everyone: are you serious

This shows how schools can mentally destroy kids

This story is about a world where everything is perfect, but it’s not. These kids are trapped in a life where everything is the same, they get everything perfect, they are tired of it. The dog represents the repetitiveness of their lives, when he saves the dog, he shows emotion, he is free, they are all free.

In a lesson in my school we answered questions about this animation and i was intrested in its lore so i watched it home and now that i can see it clearly MAN WHAT A TRUE DEPICTION

This video shows how the world we live looks like. Why the schools exist and why it never gonna help us. Why we work all days to the rest of our lives. Why the only reason we live is to work, make family and die on age of 75-80 years with the feeling "i dont do anything in my live,, because of that... be happy, ignore the bad stuff and smile for everything all of the bad things are only somewhere deep in your mind.

I like that the adults wear masks with smiley faces.

The laughing after he got hurt was amazing like it shows how numb we are that the pain doesn’t even hurt it’s a relief to feel something different

Every detail is so nice. They are being prepared to work in factories, mouths shut... Good grades, no fun in games, no emotion, freedom to save the cat, everyone's drawing different, teachers wearing a smile mask, no life.

まさに今の日本を風刺してるかのよう。

This doesn't only refer to school, but to society in general.

When the adults were wearing a mask, it shows that they were also a target of the school system and they are just hiding it by wearing a mask, showing a smile that they are happy.

Oh my fricking god, this is so amazing and yet absolutely brutal at the same time

Children in... *2000: Children* *2020: Prisoners* *2040: Robots* *2060:* ❌

The lesson here is that if you don’t conform, you’ll get hit by a train.

I don’t know about you but this is the most terrifying video I ever seen

A good way to show what life will be like for kids if the industrial revolution started again

this video: exists department of education: I don't see the problem here.

When I was young, this was just creepy. Now it's sad.

As a british person, this is what the weather is like

Damn! This can make someone cry. I miss this kind of animated films. Nowadays they don't have this kind of feel to them. It's all just colors and rainbows and flowers!!

Poems: exists* Teacher: write a hundred word essay about this This video: exists* Teachers: thats just a cartoon it has no deep meanings.

Moral of the video: School is bad

This is truly the best animation Imagine that I saw it years ago and never found it again And now I have found it

I was terribly frightened when he opened his mouth, but, I guess, he was tired of everything being the same. If you made it here, if you notice the video just shows how everything has to be perfect, no matter how much damage it would do to a child by repeating everything, every day.

that one kid who fights back against the teacher is a legend in every calss

This video is not disturbing infact it just shows the reality. Children are being killed not physically but mentally and emotionally. Help us!

I grew up holding all emotions in and laughed at pain whenever I felt it and even got stitches and asked to not get local anesthesia. Never realized how fkked up it was bcuz I withheld myself from simple emotions like happiness because I was insecure and didn’t want to embarrass myself. Do not be me. Do not think taking pain without emotion makes you tough. Learn to have healthy emotions and don’t depend on horrible feelings to give you a sense of relief from the mundane

That's an amazing animation... Keep up the good work

These artists deserve much much more recognition Their imagination, their perspective, their depictions, they are just toooo underrated

Children, a stage of life where you forced to learn and forced to be the best. You forced to digest something you don't like and not to improve what you like. You don't have free will to choose what your choices. Make friends that only last for a couples of years, once they're gone it's hard to go back. You forced to think about your future even though you're supposed to enjoy your childhood, playing, be happy.

Imagine feeling the same thing over and over again...

Why do I get this weird feeling whenever I watch this 👍

Who else noticed how the kids’ drawings of the factory chimneys were each slightly different? They didn’t all draw them in identical positions, each had theirs arranged slightly differently. Goes to show how they still had a little bit of creative uniqueness in them that couldn’t be taken away by their demanding society… or maybe they have a lot of it left, but they’re only able to show it through the one creative thing they get to do in school.

Child: Gets 100% Child: **Has mental breakdown** Child: Gets hit by train Child: **Demonic laughter** Edit: Just so you know I’m aware that this video has a true meaning and why he started to cry. I’m just making a joke to brighten the mood I’m sorry if anybody was offended by this, just needed to clear some things up (:

the last year was my last year in school, and my worst. it was so horrible that i think i was at the berge of depression, if i was not depressed. but now, that im out of there, i been feeling so happy, so... free. like, im myself again... i feel like, im living again.

I’m 11 years old, technically a child. Things are.. still kind of the same today (saying this because the video was made 12 years ago)

I just realized that the zippers on the kids mouths are supposed to represent how the students let their feelings bottle up inside them, and when the zippers broke, it symbolizes their breaking point. (The dog might also represent their freedom)

the meaning behind here is that they’re tired of being perfect, they’re tired of doing the same thing everyday and getting a simple clap. The dog represents the endless loop that they’re going through, and saving the dog shows that the loop is over

I watched it a few years ago and it impressed me a lot then.

Average day in Polish school.

Our language teacher played this to our class... all we did was answer questions about this short film and then we went back to normal... like it didn’t happen and she didn’t know that this is actually the reality.

Some people made the explanations already but I noticed the teacher is wearing a mask with a happy face on it. Meaning he too, like the students, are forced to be perfect. To wear a smile even if he's not even happy.

A very mysterious, philosophical and profound film

The most terrifying video and the weirdest video at the exact same time

moral of the story: straight A's looks like AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

That laugh came out of nowhere to be the most disturbing sound I’ve ever heard

Animação incrível como sempre

As a child I can confirm this is exactly how it is.

I’m from Japan and the creators of this anime is also from Japan. I think this anime shows the negative tradition of our country that adults try to educate children to become “normal” or “average” people. In Japan, if people do something different from others and have distinctive personality, they have high chance to get harassed and bullied. The child saving the dog seems happy in the end, because he could do what he wanted at stake of his life.

Child having a mental breakdown after getting 100 on a test Teacher: *VISIBLE CONFUSION*

Omg i knew this animation years ago by Early Rise, only now I'm discovering the original artist. Nice work!

This animation makes reference to what schools were like in the past and how everyone was censored without having freedom of expression

I'm late to this, but for anyone wondering, in some asian countries like Japan (probably the people that made the video, judging by the credits), this is even more accurate than anywhere else due to the impossible expectations their parents want their children to meet, causing them an insane amount of stress and in some cases depression.

Is it just me or who else got goosebumps when the kid almost died and then had that creepy laugh..

The fact this is still pretty accurate 12 years later is sad

Who else is watching this in class?

The video is telling us that the education system (in Japan, to be more specific, but it can apply to education systems all over the world) is forcing student to be perfect (to be the same). Students have numbers for names because they're just another perfect, ordinary student. The have zippers on their mouths to represent the fact that they cannot speak up due to the adults thinking that it's good if everyone is perfect, and the kids know that they won't have a change of heart no matter what and will get punished, so they don't break the zippers to do so (until the main character does so). At the beginning, it shows us that the boy sees a dog getting hit by a train everyday, meaning that everyday the same things happen over and over again. At the end, when the kids run outside of the school, the students start a riot to show the adults that they aren't satisfied with the education system. Meanwhile, the boy spots the dog about to get hit by the train. Wanting to break the cycle of his everyday life, he saves the dog, but unfortunately, he bleeds to death from the train hitting him. The boy laughs because he finally breaks the cycle by finally doing something in his life for once when the dog ran out of his arms. The train represents they need to be perfect and the dog represents the students' happiness. the same dog gets hit by the same train everyday, as the boy sees it happening whenever he goes to school. This symbolizes that all the students' happiness gets destroyed when they are forced to be perfect, it just gets boring and the kids hate it. When the boy saves the dog, it represents that he just saved his classmates from the agony of being perfect. Right before the dog runs, he looks at the train track, analyzing what had just happened, he becomes scared and runs away from the track. This foreshadows/represents that the kids might escape from the misery of being perfect.

OK WELL CRAP EVERYONE IS WRONG Here's what's going on One of the boys in the world keeps seeing the same things, over and over. The dog keeps being hit by the train, nothing changes. At school he's perfect. For getting goals he gets simple claps of congratulations. He sees his 100 on his paper and thinks 'Why do I go on like this?! What's coming out of it?! A simple clap and and pat on the back?!' The adult fails to see what's wrong, he's perfect just like the other kids. The child finally opens his mouth and shows everyone what's going on! So they open their mouths too and start doing something different. This time when he sees the dog he chooses to save it ending the loop forever. So he laughs, he finally did something different! He ended it! So he chooses to end his life by laughing

Guess who’s gonna stay up till 6am 🥲

it fits super well to have chopin funeral march constantly in the background

To summarize this story, these kids live a boring life in the future, they want to make a change so the zippers on their faces break off for them to speak up.

I found it creepy at first,but then I began to understand.This is how society is now.Having high expectations from your teachers and your parents,good grades seem to matter more than your mental health,you can't speak up about anything,and more.This really hit hard.

Have been using yt for last 5-6 years, this video is 12 years old, and yt decided to give it to me now

WHY IS LITTERALLY NO ONE REALISING THAT WHEN YOU HOVER OVER THE TIME BAR THE PICTURES ARE GREEN?

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