Happy Halloween from japanCRUSH!
Halloween in Japan isn’t as much of a children’s holiday as it is in North America, but older people definitely make up for this with their enthusiasm! Children do sometimes dress up and get sweets (they don’t really trick or treat though), but for teens and young adults, Halloween is a major chance to indulge in a lot of the things Japanese people love: cosplaying, eating good food (especially sweets!) and totally overdoing it on the seasonal merchandising.
So here is something Halloween-themed: the awe of 2ch Netizens at pictures of a pumpkin carving competition.
From Hamusoku:
Halloween Pumpkins So Amazing You’ll Be Paralyzed With Fear!
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名無しさん：
Even better than I would have imagined!
名無しさん：
WTF!
名無しさん：
Trick or treaaaaaaaaaaa!!??? Σ(ﾟДﾟ;)
名無しさん：
I want the Nightmare before Christmas one! How do you make it?
名無しさん：
Pic 1 —Come on, I’ll pay whatever, gimme!
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名無しさん：
I didn’t see number 3 properly and thought it was Mr.Abe.
[This Mr. Abe is a character from the comic homo-erotic manga Kuso Miso Technique who started the popular “yaranaika?” meme, not to be confused with Prime Minister Abe, who does look a vaguely like that pumpkin, but who’s name is written with different K=kanji…]
名無しさん：
I had to go back and look at it again because of comment number 5.
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
I’d be proper surprised if I saw that in the middle of the night like that Σ（ﾟдﾟlll）
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ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
Scaaaaaaaaryyyy
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ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu! Fhtagn! Ia! Ia! [This is a prayer chanted to an octopus-like evil deity in the H.P. Lovecraft story “The Call of the Cthulhu”
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ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
That’s art. Amaaazing
名無しさん：
To the point where I’d actually want to go to an exhibit if there were one.
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ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
I feel the madness….
名無しさん：
You were tricked before you chose your treat ww
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
I’d have nightmares on a night like that!
That’s really Trick or Treat.
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名無しさん：
The details in the craving are amazing!
But won’t it rot in the time it takes you to carve it…
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ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
Halloween seems like so much fun! If only it would properly take root in Japan.
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
Were the insides completely turned into pie?
名無しさん：[in response to above]
Carving pumpkins aren’t made to be eaten.
They are too watery and stringy.
I think about all you can do is roast the seeds and eat them.
名無しさん：
I thought the picture was an actual photo….
Have they carved out the real thing?….
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
AMAAAAZING ∑(ﾟДﾟ)
Have they shaved the skin REEEAAAALLLY thin?
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
You couldn’t do this if you didn’t have as much time as we had.
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
This is mark of a pro.
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
Their perfection makes you want to cry
名無しさん：
SCAAAAAAAAAARY w
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
You can’t get any candy if you are too scared.
ハムスターちゃんねるさん：
I don’t need candy, just give me one of those pumpkins please!
