I love the Japanese.

[theweaselking]

In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience - a horror story printed on toilet paper.

Each roll carries several copies of a new nine-chapter novella written by Koji Suzuki.

Comments

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

It would seriously suck if you lived with other people. "Pages" of the story would be missing at a time. Sure, it's printed several times per roll, but by the time you get to the part again, it's all out of order in your head, and you've read the ending already.

Its a clever idea, but... flawed.

[fearmeforiampink]

"Drop," set in a public restroom, takes up about three feet (90 centimeters) of a roll and can be read in just a few minutes, according to the manufacturer, Hayashi Paper.

It's not very long, thus it'd work. It'd also probably work with non linear storytelling, if a decent one of such could be put together.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

ah, thanks. I admit I skipped the article, and was just going on the "nine-chapter" part.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

As marketing, it's genius.

Besides, the news piece is a day old, which means someone has already bought a roll, read it, and transcribed the story to the net. Not sure how long it's going to take to get translated. Probably about a week?

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[mejeep.livejournal.com]

While it's not literature, there are other printed papers now available with pawprints!

http://www.baronbob.com/toiletpaper-pawprints.htm
http://kazowie.com/gilfish/Fun+Toilet+Paper/Paw+Print+Toilet+Paper
Dirty Puppy Paw Prints Toilet Paper

Cottonelle for Kids

[unknownpoltroon.livejournal.com]

This would be a great way to introduce people to the bible.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Regular bibles already have paper that's close enough to toilet paper.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

And what's on that paper is close to what's on toilet paper, too!

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

Nobody else went for the easy line, did they?

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Nope.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the translation of Ring that you can get in bookstores is pretty damn good, so I imagine this is pretty good, too.

[mejoff.livejournal.com]

without a drop of irony