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This is a cryptic story!
Right, I should get going soon.
The clock is showing it's just past the noon hour.
Shit, I haven't even washed my face yet.
I can't be bothered but I guess I'll have to do it.
I turn the tap water on and splash water all over my face.
Then I put some soap on my fingers and work it into lather, and spread the foam over my face, massaging the skin at the same time.
I grope for water.
Huh? What? Where is it? My hand doesn't touch water however I try.
I have to bear the stinging pain of the soap bubbles getting into my eyes as I open them to look for it.
The Tap, the tap... where is it?
Ah, here it is, the tap.
I twist the tap and water begins to run.
Uh.... I'm kinda scared to look into the mirror now.
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This is a cryptic story!
Right, I should get going soon.
The clock is showing it's just past the noon hour.
Shit, I haven't even washed my face yet.
I can't be bothered but I guess I'll have to do it.
I turn the tap water on and splash water all over my face.
Then I put some soap on my fingers and work it into lather, and spread the foam over my face, massaging the skin at the same time.
The burbling sounds of water running down the drain echoe in the room.
Maybe I've let it run for too long.... I should wash the soap off my face now.I grope for water.
Huh? What? Where is it? My hand doesn't touch water however I try.
I have to bear the stinging pain of the soap bubbles getting into my eyes as I open them to look for it.
The Tap, the tap... where is it?
Ah, here it is, the tap.
I twist the tap and water begins to run.
I splash water over my face.... Finally, it's clean.
I use a towel to pat my face dry. Uh.... I'm kinda scared to look into the mirror now.
I haven't shaved yet, but nevermind.
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Sounds like a particularly thrifty ghost. XD
I thought of this for long minutes. And in the end I agree with the others that someone must have turned the tap off just before he wanted to. If it happened to me, I would have quickly run from the room after a quick splash of water to my face.
I remember when I was very young I always avoided looking at the mirror each time I have to go the bathroom late at night. I would remember all the horror movies I watched and I'd worry I see the ghosts in the mirror.
Anyway, a nice story, thank you very much for translating it!
Seeing how you don't have pm up I'm gonna have to rant in happiness here.
First of all I've spent day and night trying to read every single story on here... and when I finally see your front page you've updated even more! Your stories that you find are A+ and your translating is wonderful. What is it about Japanese horror stories that are so much more... horror like than American stories? I feel Japan focuses more on the psychological part instead of things like jump scares. Japanese or not I'm sure any story you think is worth sharing must be a good one! I really appreciate that you take time out of your days (and nights maybe) to find these and properly translate them into English and not just simply copying word for word Japanese to English. Anyone who thinks it's ok to not credit a translation must be a kid who has too much time on their hands and doesn't know how much work hobbies are once you get out and have a job and college.
Enough of that, no need to overly compliment to the point it's awkward!
I also wanted to say, ahem, THE MY MASTER SERIES IS AMAZING. To me it seems like it could be turned into a manga or anime or even a live action movie! Or a light novel! Thank you for showing it to us but... you better keep close watch on it and translate right away because I can't wait to see it to the end! ^.^
I am so happy you do all this and have kept it up for YEARS. You've taken breaks and hit some bumps but your still going strong! It will be a sad day when you must end the updates but with such a large amount of content this blog will be enjoyable even once you leave it. You've put so much work into this and I hope you are still having much fun because I am!
Okay! This time I've made some progress with figuring these out. I have derived this:
The guy has this ghost attached to him that hates it when he uses too much water. So said ghost turns it off when he uses too much and appears in his mirror scaring the jeepers out of him(not gonna curse) so that's why he didn't look in the mirror! :D I saw someone else with a similar assumption, so I'm not that far off...
I ALSO derived this:
His mother is haunting him for whatever reason and she wants him to wash his face and shave in the mornings and stuff. As a ghost she got the message across somehow(can't think of an example). HOWEVER, there is this other ghost who doesn't want him to use too much water(maybe the old dead landlord before the current one) so he appears in the guy's mirror and/or turns his water off. And the guy is really scared of this old, mean landlord.
So? I came up with TWO theories! :) yay me!
And, I looked at the picture and noticed the water faucet has no stem(isn't connected to a sink). And does anyone notice the smiling face in the bottom left-ish corner? CREEEPY.
Thanks for the post! (Tee hee this's such a long comment)
~Kiera
Happy Halloween!
But i can't stop thinking about blood. I mean, i keep thinking that the water he mentioned is blood.. why? Coz in the end he mentioned that he is scared to look into the mirror.. or was the mirror never show his face coz he is already dead but he keep doing the same routine everyday even after he is dead....
Hahhaha did i get anything right or did i think too much? Lol
Just a strange thought that occurred to me.
Now, the burbling sound of the water continued either just up to the point he reached for the water, or during the time he was trying to rinse.
The sound could have been caused by the spirit the whole time.
I'm surprised the guy noticed the problem.
Anyway, I wouldn't want to use a razor in a spot where someone had slit their wrists/ throat either.