I love that in the Japanese version of the final cutscene when Mafuyu expresses concern for Kirie, she expresses that that expression of care would help her stay strong for many years, and that’s when he decides to stay and offer support. Very bittersweet.

26:14 “and down THE ROPE. HALLWAY.” I love the delivery of that line 😂😂😂

Dude, I cannot describe how much this series is slept on. Like, sure you ask any survival horror fanatic about this, and they'll be like "yeah, I've heard of it!" BUT HAVE YOU PLAYED IT CAUSE IT'S REALLY GOOD

I feel like its just as horrible what happens to the Blinded Maiden. You get back to normal life, totally unaware and the them pulled back for another ritual but instead of playing what you may have thought was a dumb game you get disfigured. They could have had connections and aspirations. Love this telling! Its an amazingly compelling story well told.

I have a soft spot for mystical artifacts constructed in the modern-day. It's easy to imagine the mirror having been crafted from an earlier sacred stone, and by extension, the camera becoming part of some greater machine in the future.

Glad series gets more love over the years. Also always wondered how did people who came upon that demon gate came up with that elaborate idea to keep it shut. Horror logic I guess. Though right approach would be something like: demon gate, meet tons of concrete, tons of concrete, meet demon gate.

One of the things I will always find hilarious is how this whole premise is an old superstipn of cameras stealing people souls being made literal.

Most survival horrors are comprised simply of shock and gore with very little narrative but this game had such a captivating story I was determined to finish it just to understand the whole story. I hope they make a new game from this franchise 🙏

Japanese horror. It's great how a single story can combine horror and existential dread coupled with emotional damage all in to the same package.

"Mafuyu acted as both, a father and a mother [to Miku]", Jesus that sounds a tad disturbing after Maiden of Black Water.

I'll not dare touch this even with a 10 foot pole but I'm totally eating up your snappy take on this game. Hope you've been feeling better these past week, and glad to hear from you here again.

I love the Fatal Frame series. Something I didn't really see her mention is the way time warps around the mansion. The longer Miku and Mafuyu stay, the further back in time they're pulled. Rooms with huge rotted holes in the floor are suddenly whole again, alters with broken pieces of dolls and candles are all now in their proper places and lit, the siblings see glimpses of each other seemingly unable to notice them before they vanish again. It's Mafuyu who figures out they're both being pulled backwards to the day of the calamity and leaves a note for Miku to find so she'll know he's aware she's there. (BTW, the correct pronunciation of Kirie is Key-dee-eh) What they did to poor Miku's character later in the series is an abomination. I'm still made about that.

Fatal Frame 1 and 2 are at the top of my list for favorite games of all time. You told this story so flawlessly. Please do Crimson Butterfly!

This was fabulous! I hope you do Crimson Butterfly, so terrifying!

"Noped the hot hell out" LMFAO. I love your vids Tip

This franchise is SO UNDERRATED, is a fantastic horror tale with a clever gameplay and a real scary atmosphere. Thanks! 💜

So I’d never heard of this series until KZfaq popped your video up in the recommended videos and how had I not heard of this series before. Hits all my favorites about Japanese horror. Can’t wait for you to cover the other games in the series

Such a cruel and tragic story. I can't help but feel like the family deserved their fate. They were told the woman had made a bond and right away they attempted to destroy it. The underhanded way they do this ritual to the rope maiden, basically giving her no real choice but to be willing to give up her own life in an awful way just for ten years of peace is terrible. I suppose they figured two lives over a thousand but over all those generations who knows how many suffered? How many livesended before getting the chance to begin, all coming for the result of a simple game.

Oh, but this is only the beginning of the story. The Fatal Frame series is one big cohesive narrative, and some things that are lost can be recovered. There was a beginning to some of the Mansion’s victims beyond the scope of its history, and of others there is yet more to tell. Tragedies upon tragedies, generations upon generations. All stemming from good intentions mingled with fear, duty corrupted by desires and dreams. Compassion laid aside for the common good and burdens of pain laid upon the pure and innocent. In other words, please continue lore-diving into the rest of the series!

I wish we’d get this game adapted to a book, it’s narrative is so rich, and even without the ghosts, the rituals and wrong doings of the Himuro family are terrifying, just hearing or reading about them is dreadful in the best posible way.

32:45 made me laugh way louder than it should because honestly that was my reaction to that when it happened. 😂😂😂

Your narration is amazing! Gave me shivers. It's great to see the Fatal Frame series get covered here, I love the way you make it more personal by mixing the gameplay in.

So glad your doing this game. I always wanted to know what happened

Please please please do ALL of the fatal frame games! This video was amazing!!!

I love love love the Fatal Frame series so glad it's finally getting some love

As always, absolutely love love LOVE your storytelling and the blend between lore and gameplay/game mechanics. Never stop your amazing works!

Hey, I know you can't exactly re-record this, but I wanted to let you know that Tomoe isn't pronounced tow-mow (2 syllables), but rather, "toh-moh-eh" (3 syllables). I didn't really remember many of the details for Fatal Frame so, at first, I thought you were just extending the second syllable of Tomo, but the extension on the second syllable sounded really familiar and I eventually realised why: it's the exact way people mis-pronounce my name, which is Tomoe (I even use the same kanji as the Tomoe in this game (智恵)).

I'm so glad this video got recommended to me. I love the Fatal Frame series especially because of its lore, and you did such a wonderful job of covering it. Your commentary in the third chapter really got me cackling though xD If you do ever make a t-shirt with that quote at 28:45 about things that shouldn't be tampered with, I will buy it in a heartbeat xD you've earned a follow from me!

"And then this character met a fairie, but it wasn't a fairie, it was a pirate. And that pirate was secretly the head of the Dutch royal family, and they new the real truth which was that dinosaurs invented the moon"

Not sure if anyone else noticed it but at least during the start section, where there's mention of how things were kept safe, there's a high pitched ringing noise that plays constantly. I have to stop playback every few minutes, if that, just to let my ears rest otherwise I know I'll get a headache.

Man, I was looking for this channel under my subscriptions and didn't realize the name had changed. Took me a while to find it.

Omg “the rope hallway!” Took me out!! 😂😂

Considering I’ve never had the chance to play Fatal Frame I REALLY hope you cover the other games too

"a not safe for work flashback where Kirie held the hand of a young man in a courtyard" 😂😂😂

Love how you explained all the lore and told a story! I loved this game (still do) though my only copy has cracked and is no longer playable. I highly recommend the rest of the series too XD

I really love the way you narrate lore, it's so awesome

The one with the sisters is the best FF to me ❤ loved these games when they originally released many… many… many years ago lol

Since I first played these games. Each backstory inspired me so much. The first game and third were my favorites.

One of my favorite series based off lore alone -- thanks for this refresher!

This video is blowing me away. Can I ask where you learned all this information? I played Fatal Frame dozens of times, and you're going into a level of detail I've never known. Brilliantly done!

Man all layed out like this I always have to think what the conversation was between those began the ritual. One guy goes: "Wow, this place is fucked. There is literally a hellmouth beneath our feet...maybe we should move." The next guy goes: "Nah! You know what would be dope? If we maimed, indoctronated, and sacrificed our children to it and turn ourselves into killers just to maintain our way of life on this mountain." The last guy goes: "Bet."

I'm so happy everytime I see you've uploaded a video. I usually know nothing about the games you're describing but I enjoy it nonetheless.

It's just another Tuesday for some of us.... I love the lore and style of the ff series. Didn't enjoy the actual playing of the games, so it's great to see you cover then and save me from having to dust off the PS3 controllers.

I know im late but when uou mentioned we dont know what the head of the himuro family was like in life but we actually do. The mask he wears is called the "mask of reflection" and looks like a normal human faced mask but when worn changed its appearance to match the true nature of its wearer. Since the mask has the reflection of an "Oni" or "demon" it shows that he always had a wicked heart.

I am absolutely giddy for this. Thanks for all the great work you do

Don’t know a lot about this game. This should be good.

I've never really fully read/understood the Fatal Frame's lore and my God that was horrifyingly tragic. Thank you for sharing the lore along w/ your funny snappy takes 🤣

TAXES TRAFFIC GRANDMA

Each enemy ghost that you encounter (not just the novel trio) also have they're own stories. Personal favorites are "Broken Neck" and "Long arms."

Thank you so much for covering this game!!! I cannot wait to see if you do the following games!!!

Clearly, self preservation and common sense doesn't run in the Hinasaki family 😂

I love the fatal frame series. There's so much to unpack with it! Please do more!

I have almost every single one, I love this franchise

I love Fatal Frame but never had the mental capacity or really time to thoroughly piece together the story, so this video is super neat :)

I would love to finish this video but my air freshener fell off the wall and I know a "Nope" situation when I feel it.

This is a wonderful video on one of my favorite video games. Thank you so much for the time and work you've put into it. Just to warn readers this isn't a rant, but rambling ponderings on one point stated in the video I was unaware of despite the many times I've played and explored this game. I genuinely appreciate this video and I'm sure I'll enjoy viewing other videos on this channel. There's one thing that's bothering me and I don't even know if this is about myself or your video, I'm going with it somehow being on my end. I've played Fatal Frame 1 extensively, but not once have I ever come across anything that said or implied that Kirie herself sabotaged the holy mirror. Playing the game, it was strongly implied the mirror broke either because the ropes weren't strong enough due to Kirie forming an attachment to the world or the malice itself tried to destroy the mirror but was only able to break it into pieces and even broken the pieces of the holy mirror still held power over the malice. Whether or not the power of the mirror weakened after being broken is unclear to me and it certainly seems to fully regain its power if it was weakened once Miku brought all the pieces together. Where or what was the source of info was that concludes Kirie sabotaged the holy mirror before the ritual? Surely, I misunderstood something in texts or something else in game. And if I simply missed it entirely, where could it have been? It would make sense for Kirie to sabotage the mirror since we see her spirit say she doesn't want to die as she wept in her room.

Super excited for this!!!! Absolutely love the horror content, keep up the great work!

begging you to make a lore video on fatal frame 3,4 and 5 !!

The weird thing about fatal frame to me is how oddly contained all the evil cursed hellgates are (unusually)… like if the protagonists just hadn’t just walked into the evil mansion/whatever of doom they’d just have been fine and nothing would have come of it…

I played this game decades ago and you have opened up the nostalgia part of my brain so thank you kindly! Love your channel can't wait for more game lore.

YASSSSS A SERIES I LOVE

Excellent video! You are amazing Lady! Please do the other games in the series.

Amazing video, I've wanted to watch something like this for so long. Will definitely be rewatching, fatal frame is one of my biggest inspirations

I have always cultivated spiritual density. That is the exact opposite of being open. I have worked to make myself dull and closed so spirits cannot interact with me. I don't even believe in spirits, this is just in case

Better ending would had been to find a better solution for that process. Since there is no more of the ritual she will have to be tied forever 😢 It is after all a horror video game and not all of them have to have a happy ending for everyone

This was such a great game, haven't thought of it in years until I saw this post

Never got a chance to play, this is pretty good.

As always a great job! I can't wait to potentially see you make videos about the rest of the series. These games have a special place in my heart and it's a shame that people rarely talk about them

Please we need more fatal frame lore videos, these are so good 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I hope you'll cover the other games too! I'm hoping that the release of the games onto other platforms might herald a 6th instalment.

HORROR HAS RETURNED !!!!!!!!

Can you also do a Lore for Fatal Frame 2, 3, 4 and 5?

These games are all do underrated idk how but they are, and Siren, the original 2 with the Japanese dub, they're scary too.

I missed you, Ms. Tiptoe! Your Remnant: From The Ashes video is my favorite and how I discovered your channel.

Loved hearing this in the background, if you do the other ones can't wait

28:54 I would be more confused if there was NOT a ghost dangling from the ceiling in my Fatal Frame games lmao 29:06 Also, I feel you on that one. As a completionist who wants to capture ALL of the ghosts and apparitions, these are a b**ch to capture

Oh.... I love your narration....

I know my weekend gonna be good

What in the world is that high pitched buzzing in the audio

Oh my gosh what an amazing video

I never really knew what Fatal Frame was aside from a horror game with a camera, the closest I came to it was the assist trophy in Smash Bros Ultimate (I think that’s Miku, I don’t know if there’s different protagonists between games) and I always thought it was a neat concept but never thought too much about it. But wow, this game just does everything right in my eyes. The gameplay seems fun, the environments are nice and creepy especially for their age and the lore is so dark and twisted. There’s a special place in my heart for horror which revolves around ancient rituals gone wrong, as odd as it may sound, and Fatal Frame really captures that feeling. I need to look into this series, from what I can tell it might have been an X Box exclusive so as someone who has a PC and a Switch I’ll need to see what’s available for me because yeah. I need to try this!

Hahaha just the line read of *ahem* DOWN.THE ROPE .HALLWAY Ah, let me just continue reading my script then

Feels good to be a member (and patron!)

I zoned out for a minute and got Grandma-jumscared

7:30 I didn't see anyone mentioning it but there is a high frequency sound that just makes it hard so watch. I don't know when it ends Edit: I scrolled down further and it seems at least a few people hear what I am talking about. 10:31 is where it ends I think

This was awesome. I really hope you do the other games in the Fatal Frame series as well.

THANK YOU!!!!

DOWN THE ROPE HALLWAY hehe i could feel the rage~

I loved these games, i friend from russia that let me borrow them. The second one was my favorite. Great video ^_^ thanks for putting one out there about them. And also for making it a good one.

Damn how is she not dead from not eating or drinking for more than 4 days lol

"Nothing bad happens in an attic." Ann Frank....

I love the whole series I own 1 through 3. I plan to get 4 and 5 for switch. My favorite so far is Fatal frameb2 crimson butterfly

You are awesome, thanks for all you create and share.

U could narrate The Suffering lore, both games. That would be dope :O

Would love to see Lore for the other games in this series!

PLEASE tell me you’ll be doing the other games!! OMG probably the most enjoyable lore walkthrough I’ve ever heard!!!

Demon Tag seems like a hellish version of Duck Duck Goose?

Ah wonderful, I missed the first game and Crimson Butterfly was my first Fatal Frame game.

The significance of it taking 4 nights is that the Japanese word for death "shi" is a homonym of 4 "shi". Four can be pronounced "yon" but that's the imported Chinese sound or "on yomi". Shi is the native sound or "kun yomi".

I'll be excited when The Lady Of Lore does the rest of the games.