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  • Anybody else find the music annoying and distracting?

  • atleast they are killing themselves in nature instead of a busy city. but suicide is never the answer, it takes alot of guts to kill yourself. human beings were design so that we would never want to die, the greatest force on earth is the will to survive. this means these people either suffered some type of illness, or their human spirit just broke, very sad

  • its so strange yet beautiful.

  • oh /x/ :3

  • At 3:24, it's blurry.

    At 3:36, it's 0555-22-0110.

  • MEANWHILE JUST EAT THE FEW POOR FOOD FROM MOM, BECAUSE YOU DONT EVEN HAVE IDEA HOW TO GET EASY AND FASTER MONEY ! SOME DAYS YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TANG OR SUKO, EAT WITHOUT SUGAR, OR SOMETIMES SORDA OF LOW QUALITY FOODS, I JUST NEED EVERYDAY COOKIES WITH CHOCO CHIP AND PEPSI ! , MY MOM BUY ME A BOX OF RAMEN NOODLES SHRIMP FLAVOR WITH SOME WATER FLAVORANTS LIKE SUKO OR TANG AND THATS GOOD ! BUT NOT A BOX OF COOKIES ! I CAN GET THEM JUST WITH A FOK JOB OR SOMETHING ! WW LOL , I LOVE MY PLANET EARTH

  • WELL IN JAPAN WITH ALL OF THEIR TECH LIKE LAPTOPS, CELL PHONES, TEREBI SIGNALS AND TELECOM THOSE THINGS STOP THE GUYS OF COMMIT SUICI ! BUT WAIT A MINUTE, WHEN YOU ARE AFRAID OF GO TO THE STREET AND DONT HAVE IDEA HOW TO GET MONEY FOR BUY FOOD THERES WHEN YOU THINK ALOT IN THE SUICIDE OPT, OTHERWISE IF YOU HACK THE VISA/MASTERCARD/AMERICAN EXPRESS DATABASE AND YOU GET VIRTUAL_REAL MONEY DATA THERE YOU WILL BACK TO NORMAL AND DONT THINK ON THAT ANYMORE

  • We're living in a sick world...

  • How do crazy people go through the forest?

    They take the psycho path.

  • @SpaceManThe Lol is it crazy to be depressed?

  • @SpaceManThe That was a good one.

  • @BOI8249 not really they'll either find another way to kill themselves, or they'd find another place to kill themselves.

  • That's honestly terrible. What a horrible way to end your life. I don't think that anyone should have to end their lives like that. It's not something we should joke about or talk lightly about. It's a serious topic, and it's honestly frightening that someone could be pushed to the edge to kill themselves. My heart goes out to all of them and their families.

  • it's look like forest in silent hill

  • @GENDEN13 I'm japanese and I don't think that every body in Japan think about committing suicide you know. I love my life and I don't ever think about committing suicide. Hate is a strong word, and a lot of people love japan not hate it....thanks for speaking for the rest of the world buddy.

  • what the hell is that upside down doll!!!! that just creepy..

  • I don't like,no I hate Japanese people.I think lots of people feel so.

    What a strange country

  • If you're gonna suicide, you don't make a scene. You just do it. Otherwise go home.

  • Actually, I feel like I want to suicide myself since a long time, since I stopped school at 16, I feel like my future is over and there's so many things like I feel lonely and stupid, my life is a waste...I don't belong to this world. So dying is the best decision, I'll be in peace and all...I'm serious, I'm not joking at all, but maybe I'm too coward to do it in the end...

  • @TheSunset0 taking your life is what a coward do, a brave man struggle and never give up, carry on life goes on

  • @Mystix442211 I know it's coward, but this life is so painful..

  • @TheSunset0 You have to see the light in the tunnel, either it is this life or the next one, but better days will always comes, but for a guy who takes suicide nothing will come good come out of it since u go to hell if u suicide

  • @Mystix442211 I'm a girl not a "guy". xD Well I still can't see the light, only the dark...My future scares me...

  • @TheSunset0 believe me most people are scared of the future because u can never tell how its gonna be but everyone has to face it, just as we have to face death one day, thats life. get out of your shelter and just face the world, it might be hard in the beginning but believe me in time u will be laughing u just has to face it and overcome ur fear

  • @TheSunset0 So long and thanks for all the fish.

  • 皆あるようにあるだけ。。

  • @BOI8249 I was just thinking about the comparison between a US reaction and that of Japan's. Here in the U.S. we would definitely make it illegal to go into the forest, perhaps patrol it, and threaten people with fines. Japan has wisdom enough to simply understand the nature of things much better. There are some things you can't control, and so there's no point in trying. There is no problem to solve by posting guards, fences and laws. If you want to solve this problem, look at what we are.

  • well.. Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world.. around 40k a year commit suicide.. but to change the subject, as most of us Japs do, when it comes to this subject, 5.4 million people die from smoking every year.. ahh dang.. made it even darker..

  • ive tried to commit suicide several times this week! its such a horrible place to be in! :(

  • @mozzmarket please don't

  • @YoungKoolness17 its alright feeling a lot better for now and nice to know that even a stranger can care. thanks :)

  • @mozzmarket dont

  • @mozzmarket awwwwww please dont :(

  • @mozzmarket Dude, please don't :(

  • @mozzmarket stop lying. you just want attention. faggot.

  • I am planning to commit sucide in that forrest this summer, I live in scandinavia and want to die in a peaceful exotic forrest. I will use sleeping pills because I think hanging is brutal but I think the experince will be very peaceful and full of suprise.

    Nothing wrong with sucide and death if the person chooses it himself, last months before the trip to Japan I will try to enjoy life as much as I can. Drink beer, read books and so on.

    Let's hope there is something intresting after death.

  • @90talisten how do you know you will not changed your mind after visting such an amazing country?

  • @90talisten Awwww please dont :(

  • @90talisten Tell us what its like bros.

  • @90talisten please don't! wait... WTH?!?! 3 people liked ths?!?! no! you should think about your future! imagine yourself surrounded by family! imagine children! don't think that suicide is okay! but... then again... i'm a bit of a hypocrite. because i've been comtemplating suicide all year. i've tried to imagine my future...but right now, i just feel sick of myself and this world.

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  • they could have left out the creepy music

  • kind of sad...some people don't get to choose whether they live or die.

  • i don't think theres anything wrong with his voice...its a little raspy possibly due to his age.

  • Here in a part of Mexico are legends, some take them as true, of people who have terminal illnesses like cancer and go into the forest/mountains to die there and within months they come back healthy and cured, most likely because while their exile into the forest they ate whatever kind of herbs and roots or just because they attribute it to nature or something. My point is doesn't it happen here in Aokigahara Forest?

  • @zervver Aokigahara forest has just about always been a place of death. Poor families, i would assume in past centuries would abandon elderly people there to die, and young children whom they couldn't afford to feed. It has long been rumored as haunted by demons and goblins, pretty much, no, it's a place of death.

  • this is soo sad and tragic but also kind of romantic way to die (in a literary sense).

  • Just FYI, his voice sounds vaguely robotic or electronic, like the audio was converted oddly? Either that or he's got one scratchy throat.

  • so scary.. i dont understand why people choise a suicide to clear their problem. suicide is not clear our problem but just make more problem to our family . we have to face it our problem not hide or run or decide to die.

  • @TheSayaka27 but to some people their so sad that they can see no alternate solution. and often times they feel no one would want to listen or can hear them or even cares. i get what your trying to say though. also they i imagine they are thinking that if they died then maybe people would cry, and love them.

  • Talking to a few people, but still seeking other people who have reached the end of the road and would like to join me and maybe a few more in a one way trip to Aokigahara dont be shy, personal message me.

  • That forest seems eerily majestic.. very surreal place

  • @BOI8249 That will not stop suicides. Just suicides in that forest.

  • his voice reminds me of winnie the pooh for some reason o__o

  • @TehMimi AHAHAHAH

  • @momoabxy c:

  • From what I've read, suicides we happening in this place long before the novel Kuroi Jukai was published.

  • Be honest, when the video first started and you saw the car on the other side of the road, you expected it to start off with a car accident

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  • i dont belong this world

  • @UFCUFC2008 None of us do, brother.. And yet we do just the same. Never make the mistake of feeling you're the only one with that thought in your mind. Keep struggling, if just for the struggle and an unwillingness to let yourself go quietly, and eventually you will find a better reason and another way.

  • @UFCUFC2008 i get what you mean.

  • My uncle passed away about 3 months ago with Pancreatic cancer, seeing him suffer in pain for months in a hospital bed and ask every day if there was anything that they could do to save him makes me sick to see people want to end their life. If you are thinking of killing yourself, because you think you have it bad go to a hospital for a day and visit with someone who was just told they have only a few months to live and sitt and watch them tell their family goodbye and still smile at everyone.

  • @keithurbanscrazymonk I do understand where you're coming from & I'm sorry for your loss. But, you have no idea what mental illness feels like. I am sad to see people commit suicide because of temporary problems like bullying, but when someone has something like a mental illness or scars from abuse that will never fade, all they are trying to do is end the pain that will last them a lifetime. I am not saying suicide is the answer, but try to be more understanding and sympathetic to their plight.

  • You only die once, make sure it counts...

  • I've been there..not a nice place...

  • Jesus can bring so much healing to you.. He gave his all for you on the cross so that you would have eternal life with him.. Eternity is written on your heart.. longing to know beauty, love and longing to be fascinated is who you are. The beautiful thing is that God your father your creator longs to be with you longs to heal you and longs to spend every second with you. His love for you sets you free.. He gives hope.. and his real he will never fade.

  • @danaeemolina Jesus was a nice guy whose philosophy was raped to death by corrupt sleazebags.

  • @danaeemolina I'm sure your words would be truly helpful for a homosexual or bisexual person who is suicidal because of the intolerance and condemnation they receive because of religious people like you. I know your intentions are pure, but religion is NOT the answer for - at the very least - most suicidal people. What they need is help and support, not to be preached to.

  • @dreamingofdrusilla Exactly what I was thinking!

  • @dreamingofdrusilla fuck you dickweed. the dude may be misguided and overdoing his sentiment but at least he had nothing negative to say whilst you had to make it another religion thing and stereotype all churchy people into being homophobes. go fuck yaself.

  • @dreamingofdrusilla There wasn't any condemnation, intolerance, preaching or "religion" in any of danaeemolina's words. Just a speaking out from experience. A true Christian is like that and nothing like the media portrays for capturing viewers.

  • @What3verz A "true Christian" is the most deluded of all. A true Christian follows the Bible to a tee. Including moral abominations such as Deuteronomy and Leviticus. Just because a person is a kind, loving Christian, doesn't make them the Christian that their God intended them to be. Christianity has been doctored by man and if you believe the way you behave is what your God wanted, you are dead wrong. That is why religion is a joke to any rational thinker.

  • @etdizzle Might want to check out the book of Hebrews, also Colossians chapter 2. Do some research on Old vs. New covenents. I don't think think you will because your first and last sentence is very telling about where you're coming from with all that.

  • @danaeemolina Since fewer than 1% of residents in Japan are Christian, there's a high chance your religion is not going to go over well. I'm sure your sentiment is well meant, but quite possibly misplaced through the preaching.

  • It would be scary as hell to go there at night!!!!!

  • Video lagging or just me?

  • Fuck I need to write a song Bout this oh wait I just did

  • Japan you crazy...

  • It doesn't help that the guy's voice sounds like one of those voice-changers on the phone in a scary movie.

  • This is one of the most interesting and freaky things I've ever seen.

  • :/

  • @AuH2O You're such an asshole, did you know? -.- Kill yourself for being so xenophobic or racist. Whatever is the best definition. Destroying what you don't understand is NEVER a soution.

  • @Moonhawk1988 Excuse me? The Japanese were the xenophobes and racists (and still are - how many minorities do you see in Japan?). Why don't you kill yourself for not knowing they were on the same side as Hitler? Now piss off you little nazi.

  • @AuH2O

    godwin

  • @AuH2O im going to be honest, you sound like an asshole.

  • @CBallantyneMusic truedat

  • @AuH2O who the hell you think you are you piece of asshole! I'm not a fking nazi, and I know some of them followed that ......... man. But that doesn't give you the rights to kill em all just for a few people's fault. That's what I was expressing you dumbass.

  • @Moonhawk1988 Oh, it certainly DID give us that right, and we sure did take it. But we should've gone on nuking them to the last man, because they were ALL united behind the emperor on the side of Nazism - not just "a few people". And apparently they enjoy killing themselves so much we would've been doing them a favor. That's what I was expressing, you dumbass. Now go die.

  • @AuH2O Pearl harbor was a military base. Not a city with civilians and innocent children. we also used nuclear weapons and due to that there are still parts of Hiroshima that are unhealthy to stay in due to radioactivity. But honestly, we were in the war.America was supplying the British with weapons and ammunition.There were thousands of people being killed and we didn't step in. America was already in everyones business and then wanted to be and isolationist country. It doesn't work like that.

  • @AuH2O You die. Whatever, I won't spend the whole day discussing something I can't fix.

  • @AuH2O troll

  • @AuH2O please don't say that. i feel you turned suicide into a joke. and suicide is no joke for someone seriously considering it. japan may have a high suicide rate, but it's not the only place in the world where suicide is commited. even here in the US alot of people kill themselves. they just don't show up in the news either because the family didn't want it shwon. or their body hasn't been found.

  • "poor families would abandon their elders in the mountains"

    Imagine leaving your grandmother or even your own mother in the woods to die....

    Happy to live in modern times.

  • @Chocolatrazz It's crazy to think of abandoning a loved one as a solution to anything, but I'm not sure this actually happened on a large scale. From what I've read there are a few poems about this phenomenon & many people took them to mean that is was a common practice. In school we learned that the Cherokee Native Americans did the same thing, but I've never heard/seen/read anything about this since Jr. High, so I doubt it's true.

  • this is so sad. I can't understand why you would choose to die in that beautiful (but scary) forrest. I feel sorry for the man in this video. no one deserves to see such things, but I'm thankful too.

  • Someone buy me a one way ticket to that forest! I would like to see it :).

  • @IcoInic please, no. <3

  • @IcoInic Don't waste your only life.

  • that is a sad and crazy story...so many people dying and a hicker could find a body anytime....

  • You should fix the information of this video. The story of Aokigahara has been around for centuries, and people have committed suicide there for centuries. Not because of some book. Please fix this.

  • something important: when you feel suicidal, but can't through with it, it's not that you 'don't have the guts.' It's that you don't want to do it. remember that.

  • The Yakuza does not pay anyone to come here, and the people who die here do not leave anything like money. The people who are perpetuating the "treasure box forest" myth are full of BS. Actually there are quite a few people who do think this is a good place to commit suicide and the local government and self help groups routinely canvas the area to try to help people. The Tokai nature path runs right through the forest and school groups and others use it all the time. The forest is beautiful.

  • watching videos of kittens would make me want to kill myself

  • it must be hard having that job, i couldnt do it.

  • shitt...

  • I saw this on Ancient Aliens.

  • It's odd that the Japanese government hasn't totally closed off the area, or made it harder to access.

  • @thetactfulthingtodo to be honest, what difference would it make, they would find someplace else to do it

  • @thetactfulthingtodo

    If someone really wants to kill himself he's not going to not do it because he can't enter the forest, he'll just find other places to do it ;)

  • I keep coming back to this video because somehow it makes me feel less alone.

  • I wonder if Aokigahara Forest Inspired the game Mortal Kombat the idea for The Living Forest map ?

  • would love to visit..............

  • That would be the perfect place to end my life.

  • @takashimaeri i don't think so i may smell like shit xp

  • When you have terminal illness like I am, you will understand that life is meaningful and life worth every second to live for...Life is the most precious thing in this universe, not all things were created to live to love and for that we need to respect and live our lives to the fullest. It's pains me to see people that committed suicide, especially when they are 100% healthy, because they could help the world and do so much for this planet. I know I am because I understood the meaning of life.

  • @zero00tolerance I Will Keep you In My Prayers. My Precious 89 Year Young Passed Away One Year ago On November the 5th. 2010 On Friday . She Entered Eternity At Exactly 3:00 PM. I WILL MISS HER FOREVER. NOW THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY MYSELF, AND MY 26 YEAR YOUNG DAUGHTER. MAY GOD WRAP HIS LOVING ARMS AROUND YOU AND KEEP YOU SAFE, AND BY HIS GRACE HEAL YOU!!!!. Cindy

  • @cindygardy Hi Cindy first of all I would like to say that my deepest sympathy and prayers goes out to your family. Please be strong and look ahead to the future as the day will gets brighter and so does your smile and your positive future. As for me thankyou for your prayer I am fine, I just have this Virus that attacking my liver and it's really changes the way i think and feel about this world. The fact that this disease is incurable it some how makes me stronger and weaker at the same time.

  • @cindygardy The Gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. (Troy: Achilles)

    Dont worry about me Cindy =) I am taking the antiviral drugs, and it's help me a lot doctor even surprised of the result. I will keep in touch with u to update the treatment. Antiviral drugs today are very effective in stopping viruses my viral level from 98 million to just 2 hundreds. =) 

  • @zero00tolerance owned idiot

  • @zero00tolerance The meaning of life is nothing more than us finding a way of blowing up all matter without it being able to find new forms. i.e. the meaning of life is to find a way of ending the cycle of life. Sorry to burst your bubble bro.

  • @zero00tolerance Shut the fuck up and die in peace without bothering others with your nonsense

  • @tlatoani3 the difference between me and u is... I respect people while you hate on them. You dont have to like my comment and u think its all but BS which i understand, but dont tell me to stfu or to die..death is near for everyone even for u.. perhaps one day u will remember what u said and regret it until then keep trashing and hating. good day

  • @zero00tolerance no, obviously you don't, you might be right like 300 years ago. but even 7 years old kid should know by now that being simplying existing means you are taking away the resources that were available for someone else.

    People die because they are no longer needed. their fucking health wont save them from poverty/depression.

    You SHOULD know the government will always announce the real unemployment lower by around ~5%. so for japan it would be really ~9%.

  • @zero00tolerance

    maybe you will have a glimpse of what's it like to be suicidal when all your resume gets turned down and you get alienated like fuck

  • @hacksign20 dont be sad my friend, theres a lot of people resume getting turned down...for men having a career or a job can mean life and death to them..so i can see what u mean..

  • @zero00tolerance Our planet is being destroyed and over populated, We can not sustain it! Japan is heavily over populated, and very polluted . there is vast forest still in japan.

  • @zero00tolerance

    I totally undestand what you are saying, but sometimes people are hurting sooo much. I never walked in your shoes so i can't imagine what it is to have a terminal illeness, but what i know is the pain from life a pain so big that their are no reason to live. Trust me it is not easy waking up every morning and thinking that no one loves you, or cares for you, telling yourself all i want to do is kill myself, watching a bus pass and say hey why don't i just jump in front of it.

  • @MrsViolet0426 Hi thanks for your comment and concern..my comment above it's more for a general audience, mostly people that are healthy, and those who think negatively about life. I totally agree with you on that case, it's better death than living.

    Thanks for your comment have a good day =)

  • the sign said think about you parents, siblings and children. but what if the person was an only child, parents both dead and did have any children or friends to talk too. wouldn't that sign make the person only want to commit suicide even more?

  • dude this is fucking scary

  • ...if they ever make a movie of people who killed themselves in this forest coming back to life and killing teens who decide to camp there, I wouldn't be surprised. At all.

  • this is really upsetting.

  • hmmm,that man lived in the forest for 1?2?days and struggling if to die or not,

    this is terrible cuz the dead souls surranding him.

  • Listen here WHOEVER WANNA DIE HERE, if you think you can't keep up the society then LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND AND START OVER!!! It's not about "too late" or "think about your family", it's DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN YOUR PROFESSIONALISM and rewind everything.

  • It'd be cool to camp here... would be like the blair witch project.

  • @scamsgalore yeah... but this time it's for real

  • If someone has the right to live, they have the right to die. Stop lying to them saying it will get better, I used to be suicidal, i listened to those people and didnt do it. When I, like all the others, die alone, we'll have no one but ourselves to blame because we werent smart enough to give up. Dont call me emo, dont call me weak. Im nothing but a shell of a person, filled with regret. Im not saying commit suicide, im saying consider it, but ONLY as a final option...

  • @Blackfrost149

    i agree, at the end of the day it is your life you should be able to make decisions for yourself. unless it will hurt other the people, and then it is selfish. even if it is people you don't know, i remember as a child i saw a man jump in front of a tube train in london, and the image has never left my head. i cant forget the smell, such a selfish thing to do in front of so many people. however, i guess if you are contemplating suicide your priorities are out of whack anyway.

  • @beautybabebuzz You're so right, but Is it selfish to take away one morbid waste of life to make way for a better one? Or is it selfless? Your story disgusts me. If that man wanted to commit suicide, he should have done it in private, so not to traumatize the witnesses! May Satan have mercy on his soul, however, as I'm sure he had good intentions. Happens all the time. People kill themselves in front of others, so they are not dying alone...

  • @strakkebelg

    How about taking a lethal dose of pills, and being found and having them pumped out of your system. Or jumping from something and becoming injured but not dead. And no duh theres a difference between considering suicide and comitting it. The people who commited it are DEAD.

  • tumblr brought me here

  • i think trent reznor should camp out and create an album there lol

  • This must be where the master sword hides.

  • Best stage for Naruto vs Sasuke

  • If you are thinking about suicide, talk to the three closest people to you. Explain your thoughts deeply and let all of them know exactly what you are feeling. Then, talk to two people outside of your normal circle. The best would be a counselor, therapist, or social worker. Someone who can listen to you and connect with you and your soul in a new way. Only then will you truly know if life is worth living, and I believe in every case, it is.

  • @mike2finch What's your advise if your 3 closest people are a crack whore neighbor you've had 2 convrsations with in the last year a brother that lives on another continent who you haven't seen in 7 years and a funny smart wonderful half brother that died in febuary? What if you have no social worker and can't afford a therapist. Nobody cares. Professional help is buying a friend to listen to you for an hour and they don't give a fuck after you walk out the door. What then?

  • @gunneyfish I would say to branch out. If you have family or friends livng somewhere else, go and give yourself the opportunity to live a more full life without negative people around you. I may be moving to California soon, and a new start is exciting and very opportunistic. Regain contact with your brother and embrace a deeper social life.

  • i would rather jump off the golden gate bridge.

  • i am sending the message from Aokigahara Suicide Forest, im using my cell phone and im lost. please come find me i'll be by the tree

  • @tuleagle What tree?

  • I went in and never came out again.

  • "Troubled thoughts"

    such asian vernacular

  • Sweet im goin

  • The description is wrong, the suicides began before the novel.

  • Freaky ass place man. Bad juju

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  • @The15thDalaiLama That's why Europeans laugh about the crappy American school system. xD

    Well, which asses got kicked by the Japanese during the beginning of the 20th century ;) Get better at school.

  • If anyone ever needs someone to talk to because they are feeling this way, don't hesitate. Find someone. Anyone. Heck, you can even message me and I'd try to help.

  • Tried fapping to this....and was successful

  • @The15thDalaiLama Get a life

  • If you are tempted to commit suicide, just imagine what you'd feel like if your closest friend, family member or lover were to do the same. That dream you always had as a child, and how you'll never get to see it happen.

    You may not want to accept it, but people love you, and need you, even if they aren't as readily available when you need them. Take a deep breath, watch some videos of kittens, and talk to someone when you can properly articulate your thoughts. You'll be glad you did.

  • @himeko42ai

    Really? My family never seems to talk to me, as if i'm just invisible. A ghost.

    Especially my friends, i like one of my friends (not going to mention their name) but the problem is that they don't like me back.

    I feel unwanted, useless, and a burden to others. I am serious, i try to find help but it doesn't seem to work. Seems like the only solution that comes to mind right now is anti-depressants.

  • @himeko42ai LoL what if you dont have any friends ? What if your pain of living with several hardships is so immense you cant stop thinking about the only fast solution , of killing yourself..

  • @himeko42ai Not everyone has close friends, family or lovers

  • @himeko42ai fuck off

  • @himeko42ai I wish all my closest friends, family members would die. My dream is to die, childhood dreams are fake. I don't want people to love me, I hate people. I want to die, and I want you to die. For all that I care the whole world should burn in hell.

  • @himeko42ai fuck off. life is not beautiful. and there is no reason for us to be here. people should be able to kill themselves if they want.