Warabimochi-ka

I still regularly stalk Hypnos Eye, in the hope that he will update more free examples of his work. He stated in a recent blog post that due to personal circumstances it might be a little while before he releases the next work, but that it will be released.

But I also found a link to something else posted on his blog:

わらび餅化

Warabimochi-ka, or in other words, a hypnosis for turning into warabimochi. (klick on the Japanese title and scroll down past the, ummmm, other works by this circle until you find the above picture again to download. The password is posted beside the picture).

Now before I begin my review, during my time in Japan I've been complete addicted to these. The supermarket version is incredibly cheap as well, so for over a month I've been eating this every day. So when I found this I just had to listen to it. It is not like a hypnosis turning you into a food in new to me either, Kannou Jikan did it as well, although this work lacks the double meanings. (which is in retrospect, considering the other works of the group, actually slightly surprising).

The first thing I noticed after downloading the work is that it is long. 58min! That means that the hypnosis takes almost an entire hour! Granted, there is a 10min silence to let you sleep, but that doesn't make it any shorter. From my experience with listening to this it is a bit too long. This kind of hypnosis is meant for relaxation, and there is a considerable 'risk' of falling asleep. Which is especially true for the 10min silence in this work. Chances are you'll actually fall asleep and miss the wake-up sequence (and be stuck as a warabimochi forever! ( ´艸｀)ﾑﾌﾟﾌﾟ

Other than that it is constructed remarkably good. The voice of the girl who voiced it might take a little while to get used to, especially high-pitched voices are not really your thing, but she did a great job. It becomes really easy to relax listening to her voice, and the calm pace allows you to completely relax. With the single drawback that you might really fall asleep.


Conclusion:
This was a really interesting work to listen to. Actually convincing someone that they are mochi is a challenging task, but they manage to come a long way. And without a doubt it is one of the most relaxing hypnosis works that I know.

ぷちダイエット

Puchi Diet

Kanmi Dokoro sort of got me into interested in other works with hypnosis. This first resulted in the discovery that there is a whole community for such a thing, and that there are some related places -that probably fall under rule 34 of the internet- where I really don't want to go. But I suppose you can use hypnosis for that too yes...

Fighting my way through listings of things I'd rather ignore I finally found a few more things that might be interesting, and one of them was these: the tiny diet by Hypnos Eye (voice: Kagura Shou). It is made public as a sort of demo of what 催眠音源 (saimin ongen, hypnotic sound) is. Therefor it isn't too long, and a sort of introductionary work.

The purpose of the Puchi Diet is to make you dislike one of your favorite foods for about a month, so that you won't eat it too much and thus lose weight. It doesn't make you lose several pounds just by listening (duh) and how effective it is depends on what food you choose, but it has potential to be very effective. 

I downloaded this simply because I was interested in how you could turn hypnosis into a diet, and was surprised to discover how effective it was on me. I picked fried potatoes while listening, and believe me I do not feel like eating them for a while. He makes you associate the food you like with something you hate, so be warned that you might feel a bit uncomfortable while listening, though this is resolved again in the end.

His voice somewhat reminds me of Miyano Mamoru mixed with... I don't know who xD But it was a pleasant voice to listen to.  He mentioned on the home page that he might make more short demo's like this, and I'll be checking back every once in the hope that there will be a new one.

Click on the image to go to the home page/ download link.