History Anime / Kakurenbo

** Also the [[CreepyTwins twins]].

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the [[CreepyTwins twins]]. Played Straight with the demons.

* IronicNurseryTune: Well, it's not a nursery rhyme, but what else can we put this under?

--> “Who will play hide and seek with me?” Right before [[spoiler: poor Yaimao is skewered!]]

** DyingMomentOfAwesome: As the only one to make a strong effort to kill the demons.
* [[spoiler: LivingBattery: The machines use the children they captured for this.]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the [[CreepyTwins twins]]. Played Straight with the Demons.

* SiblingTeam: The twins.
* TheSpeechless: The twins.

Children wearing [[CoolMask fox masks]] gather in an [[GhostCity abandoned city]] after dark to participate in a ritualistic game of [[DeadlyGame Hide and Seek]]. One boy has come looking for his younger sister, and a silent participant in this round sure looks a lot like her. The rules are simple -- if you lose, the demons will take you away. And, as the night wears on and the streets [[LightIsNotGood light up]], it becomes clear that the chilling rumours are not exaggerated...

-> ''In the game of O To Ko Yo, kids will disappear...''

Children wearing fox masks gather in an [[GhostCity abandoned city]] after dark to participate in a ritualistic game of [[DeadlyGame Hide and Seek]]. One boy has come looking for his younger sister, and a silent participant in this round sure looks a lot like her. The rules are simple -- if you lose, the demons will take you away. And as the night wears on and the streets [[LightIsNotGood light up]], it becomes clear that the chilling rumours are ''not'' exaggerated...

Children wearing fox masks gather in an [[GhostCity abandoned city]] after dark to participate in a ritualistic game of [[DeadlyGame Hide and Seek]] for their own reasons; one boy is looking for his younger sister, and a silent participant in this round sure looks a lot like her. The rules are simple -- if you lose, the demons will take you away. And as the night wears on and the streets [[LightIsNotGood light up]], it becomes clear that the chilling rumours are ''not'' exaggerated...

-> ''In the game of O To Ko Yo, kids will disappear.''

A 25 minute short about a game of Hide and Seek? That has to be fun for the kids, right? [[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]].

!!Tropes in ''Kakurenbo'' include:

** Also the [[CreepyTwins twins]]. They are not very cute, however.

* CreepyTwins

* DemonicPossession: What the Fifth Demon is doing.

* GhostCity

* {{Mecha}}: The demons' designs are partly based on this.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: What [[DemonicPossession It]] sounds like.
* {{Youkai}}: The demons' designs are based on traditional youkai, for instance the Fifth is meant to be a kitsune.

*** This depends on who you ask, of course. {{YMMV}}

* {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}: The twins, Inmu and Yanku, don’t speak and the viewers are never told anything about their past or lives in general and yet they are rather popular with fans.

--> “Who will play hide and seek with me?” Right before [[spoiler: poor Yaimoa is skewered!]]

* Darkhorse/{{Ensemble Darkhorse}}: The twins, Inmu and Yanku, don’t speak and the viewers are never told anything about their past or lives in general and yet they are rather popular with fans.

*** This depends on who you ask, of course. YMMV

* Ensemble Darkhorse/{{Ensemble Darkhorse}}: The twins, Inmu and Yanku, don’t speak and the viewers are never told anything about their past or lives in general and yet they are rather popular with fans.

* Ensemble Darkhorse: The twins, Inmu and Yanku, don’t speak and the viewers are never told anything about their past or lives in general and yet they are rather popular with fans.

* DemonicPossession: What the Fifth Demon is doing.

* EvilIsNotWellLit: In [[GhostCity the city]], the darkness is a constant backdrop to the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel events that take place]]. Of course, [[LightIsNotGood light isn't exactly any better...]]

-->''"Reeeaady or noooot...''''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Here I come."]]''

* ThereAreNoAdults: No adults are seen or even referred to in this short--no, no one even mentions having parents. (Early concept art shows that originally, there ''were'' going to be adults in the town, but any adult who came in to find their children was turned into [[NightmareFuelUnleaded a featureless, mindless zombie.)]]

Children wearing fox masks gather in an [[GhostCity abandoned city]] after dark to participate in a ritualistic game of [[DeadlyGame Hide and Seek]] for their own reasons; one boy is looking for his younger sister, and a silent participant in this round sure looks a lot like her. The game is simple -- if you lose, the demons will take you away. And as the night wears on and the streets [[LightIsNotGood light up]], it becomes clear that the chilling rumours are ''not'' exaggerated...

Children wearing fox masks gather in an [[GhostCity abandoned city]] after dark to participate in a ritualistic game of Hide and Seek for their own reasons; one boy is looking for his younger sister, and a silent participant in this round sure looks a lot like her. The game is simple - if you lose, the demons will take you away. And as the night wears on and the streets [[LightIsNotGood light up]], it becomes clear that the chilling rumours are ''not'' exaggerated...

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the [[CreepyTwins twins]]. Played Straight with the Demons.

* {{Youkai}}: The Demons' designs are based on traditional youkai, for instance It is meant to be a kitsune.

A 25 minute short about a game of Hide and Seek? That has to be fun for the kids, right? Wrong.

* {{Youkai}}

* EvilIsNotWellLit: In [[GhostCity the city]], the darkness is a constant backdrop to the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel events that take place]]. Of course, light isn't exactly any better...

** Not to mention '''[[DanGreen DAN GREEN]]''' as Yaimo.

* IronicNurseryTune: Well, it's not a nursery rhyme, but what else can we put this under? ''"Reeeaady or noooot...''''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Here I come."]]''

-> ''In the game of Otokoyo, kids will disappear.''

* HeyItsThatVoice: The dub contains voice actors from numerous companies, including one boy played by VeronicaTaylor. [[{{Pokemon}} No, he doesn't catch anything.]]

* LivingBattery: The machines use the children they captured for this.