We Still Up in This: Yamishibai Season 4: Part 2

We got a few more storytellers and more stories that are MIGHTY strange. Sit tight for these three tales in this part of Season 4 of Yamishibai.

Red High Heel Imagine, if you will, that you're heading home after a late night of work and you REALLY need a taxi to head home. You find yourself screwed because there's a long, LONG line for the taxis. Impatient, you decide to walk home, until you find a taxi willing to take you. That's what this particular salaryman (Man, salaryman get the shit end of the stick, don't they? D: ) finds himself tonight. He gets in the taxi and tells the man to drive him home, which he happily does. As he relaxes, something taps his shoe: a red high heel. When the man lets the driver know what it is, the driver...tells him to throw it out. He persists a bit, but, then, with urgency, the driver YELLS at him to throw it out. And as they're having this argument...the salaryman hears something outside the window, getting closer and closer. It turns out it's a...woman...in a red dress. And then he feels something wet on his hands and looks down. The high heel he had in his hands...wasn't red. FREAKED THE HELL OUT, he tosses it out...but let's just say it's...too little too late.

Guess Who? No, not the game... First off, there's another difference! This time, this episode is told in anime-like stills, which is an interesting art shift for this series. As for the episode itself, let's just say that: Senpai has finally noticed you. ^^ Fo real, though; this high school girl has been sort of pining at her Senpai for some time, and finally, she works up the courage to tell him at the train station. As they're sitting on the bench, waiting for their train, she tries to tell him. Then the train passes. The moment missed, for the time being, there's silence; then he smiles and goes to get a drink. Feeling embarrassed, she waits...only to see another girl on the other platform across the tracks. She's...pale...then she starts moving closer and closer to edge of the platform...as she reaches the edge, ANOTHER train passes, and she's gone. Silence again, then… “Guess Who?”

Though she knows it's her senpai, there's something...off…

...Very off...

Yeah, all of these have varying levels of unsettling about them...though, personally, Night Bus does it for me. I know the experience of having folks stare at you, unblinking, not saying anything. Their gaze seems to pierce through you, as you can do naught, but squirm and avert your eyes…

...I should know; I've done it before.

Oishimai...

--Choco (10/14/17)

Images screencapped by author from crunchyroll.com.