Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai • Kaya-chan isn't Scary - Episode 3 discussion

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Yeah, it seems Kaya didn't actually save Mero. I wonder when she's going to realise that... if she hasn't already.

*My condolences go out to Osamu.*

I wasn’t expecting “Uncle Mob” to have such a sad backstory. His poor kid, man. I can see why he feels indebted to Kaya. Maybe he can help repay her by helping to deal with whatever’s got her mom. That’s probably the “thing” in Kaya’s house he’s talking about.

At first, I was wondering whether the mirror reflected the evil side of the characters. However, Yuzu's younger brother, being a very young child, should still be a pure soul. Perhaps the lesson for this short story is that looks can be deceiving? The monster within the mirror looked ugly but had a good personality after taking over Mero sensei's body. Whereas the actual Mero sensei, despite being a kindergarten teacher, wasn't very kind and loving towards kids. In fact, she seemed kind of fake.

Mobuo and his daughter Kyoko did nothing wrong. They wanted to spend more time together as father and daughter. However, it was sad and depressing to see the spirit of Kyoko go from smiling widely to becoming tired and then eventually becoming a mysterious being / monster. T\_T

So the spirit swapped places with the teacher and now she's trapped in the mirror huh?

It's nice to see Kaya slowly making friends, even though it's through the process of saving them from spirits trying to kill them.

Damn..

I really do like this anime but the constant "glitching" makes this hard to watch..

I was kinda hoping they'd tone it down but doesn't seem like that will happen.

look, Ms. Mero has issues but no one deserves to be trapped in the mirror world. well maybe some certain politicians, but not her.

Neat detail on the mirror section: When the creature in the mirror first appears, the mole is on the **left** side, but when Kaya arrives, the mole of the creature in the mirror is now on the **right** side, giving an early hint that the switch had already taken place

Has the Mel-sensei arc concluded or will there be a continuation? The post-credits recap solely focused on that so there's the possibility.

Osamu's been through a lot. To see his daughter's spirit gradually decay to the point where she's about to drag him away from the world of the living. Guess that event had ultimately helped him get over her death.

This show is actually spoopier (mirror) and sadder (Mob) than I was expecting. Interesting.

I know they're being intentionally vague about what happened to Mel-sensei because it's creepier that way, but I'm really curious what's going on here. [The new Mel-sensei is definitely not a spectre](https://i.imgur.com/BhuXAOv.jpeg) because if she were, then Kaya would've exorcised her already. ~~And she seems to be [back to normal when they were at the pool.](https://i.imgur.com/Cv1xLjj.jpeg)~~ So did her personality get reversed? Hmmmm...

EDIT: The teacher in the pool is Chihiro-sensei not Mel-sensei.

As sad as Uncle Mob's backstory is, the show is definitely not kind to him [considering how every part of his backstory makes him look like a creep](https://i.imgur.com/dXsg1Ik.jpeg) at first glance. [Him going to the park with his ghost daughter](https://i.imgur.com/f2ooMVm.jpeg) just made him look like a creeper to everyone's eyes. I'm just glad that's not the case.

Damn it seem Mel-sensei got trapped in the mirror and the momster/spirt has taken over her life. So when Kaya and Chei-sensei ran into the room the thing in the mirror was the real Mel-sensei trying to stop the monster escaping.

There's 2 clear hints that Mel-sensei is different, aside from her personality, that the mole on her face is on the other side of her face now, and the logo on her apron is reversed. I wonder if this issue will be revisited in the future.


Mob's backstory was so sad, being able to see his daughter's ghost and acting like nothing happened then seeing her slowly turn into a spector that almost took his and his wife's life if Kaya hadn't stopped her.

I thought Mob's work with the occult was because of that incident, but it seems he was already into it before this incident. His love for his daughter made him ignore what he learnt about spirits and spectors, and made him partially blind to what she was turning into.

Ooh, the text on her clothes is readable in the mirror... She got swapped with a mirror fake eh

When your evil mirror counterpart is actually nice to the children (Its sus to everyone)

Huh we just dropped that for another time did we, okay

RIP dude's daughter

Mobuo backstory was really sad. He only didn’t want to say goodbye to his daughter. But i wonder at the beginning his daughter ghost was completely normal and it slowly became a monster.


Does that mean that every dangerous ghost until now was at one point like that? Sane at the beginning but eventually they became unable to sustain themselves and had to resort to attack humans to maintain their form? If so that would be a little sad for all the ghosts.

So Mob actually IS a legit occult journalist...but he's still super sus so I can understand why Chie wants nothing to do with him.

Aw, look at that! Kaya drawing a picture of her and her family! The same one from the OP, it looks like! All she needs is some black crayons...but where are all the black crayons!? Is there a crayon thief about?

Turns out Yuzu's little brother Kan was using all the black crayons to scribble on a mirror...everyone thinks he's just a rambunctious, mischievous, troublemaker like Kaya, but when he innocently calls something "scary," you have to wonder if he's more like Kaya than anybody realizes.

I question if Mel-sensei should really be taking care of kids, she seems to not be that emotionally invested and gets easily frustrated with the kids who aren't easy to manage. Not to mention saying things around the kids that a teacher should not be saying.

Turns out there was a reason Kan was scribbling on that mirror...there was a ghostly specter haunting it that nearly consumed Mel-sensei. Luckily Kaya is there with an effective KAYA KICK to save the day! And it seems like this experience has made Mel-sensei turn a new leaf and become a lot more nicer and empathetic! Let's just ignore how fast this personality change happened, how her apron logo has reversed, and the human hands that are bashing on the mirror pleading for help!

The pool episode! And Chie is as hyped as the kids! Though Ken-ken is his usual gremlin self, especially when he sees Kaya's lame-o swimsuit or her lame-o lack of swimming skills. But I really like Saku sticking up for Kaya and being willing to do physical damage to Ken-ken for Kaya's sake.

Jeez, Ken-ken was THIS close to drowning if Kaya hadn't smashed the specter with a kickboard...but it was the least Ken-ken could do to bring Kaya back to land and apologizing for his behavior. He can acknowledge and appreciate Kaya saving him.

If Chie's not going to come to Mob, Mob is going to come to her. Also who is that beautiful lady driving him?

Maybe Mob shouldn't be revealing how he's basically stalking Kaya and has wiretapped the school while they're in a family restaurant? Chie was THIS close to calling the police on him, for good reason!

But despite appearances, Mob was actually married with a child and everything was great...until Kyoko died of truck-kun (RIP). And instead of Isekai'ing, her spirit stayed around her father who was the only one who could see her. So obviously he looked to his wife like he'd gone crazy in grief, causing her to leave him, and he just acted like Kyoko was really still there no matter what anyone else thought.

Eventually, though, Kyoko staying in the land of the living instead of really passing on caused her to be corrupted into a specter...and take her father with her. Thankfully Toddler!Kaya was there to defeat the Specter!Kyoko and it seems like Mob and his wife maybe came around after that. And thus did Mob gain his undying gratitude toward Kaya.

Looks like we're going to get more details on Kaya's mom and what's going on at her house?

Remember, apart from a few characters, no one else can see ghosts. At the moment, Kaya and Mob are the only ones who have a sixth sense.

I'm happy to learn more of Mob's background. So the rule is, ghosts need to move on as soon as they can post death. If not, they'll turn into monsters.

Do we think Kaya will rescue Mel sensei next week? Or will this be a multi episode thing?

What about Kaya's mom's room? Why is there no response from the father? Is the father actually a ghost that others can see.

Gosh, too many questions.

Ah so each episode we gonna get a dark disturbing ending… however in this one I dare say: “this is a absolute win”

Kaya must know right? The teacher is the opposite of hostile though so perhaps it’s “all well that ends well”

Glad to see that it’s just appearence wise for Mob, and I’m excited to see a mention of Kaya’s mother. Not that they seemingly even know who that is or what the something in the house is and in turn, makes me hope for a conclusion there somehow.

Speaking of conclusions, Mel-sensei’s story surely hasn’t ended yet and I expect a revisit soon. But I’m also curious which type of youkai is this? In last episode’s encounter, despite not being able to see “it” as a demon, Kaya was still able to sense it. But not this time?

Very exciting and definitely looking forward to see more.

[Even infant Kaya-chan was kicking ass.](https://i.imgur.com/dzfU5cN.png)

Mobu might come across as weird, but he is clearly a good dude. Kaya-sama saved his life. He simply wants to help her back how she helped him. The episode really highlights the dangers of not being able to move when those that you love have passed away. As that is a challenge everyone has.

Mel-sensei is mean, and probably shouldn't be a kindergarten teacher, but no one deserves that.

Having a doppelganger working at the school sounds bad, given that 100% of entities we've seen have been malicious. I wonder if we'll revisit this later?

Just how haunted is that preschool lol? There's ghosts everywhere, apparently murderous ones too. Are they drawn to Kaya? in any case the kids are lucky to have her around. I like that they have warmed up to her now and she has actual friends.

I'm not a huge fan of uncle Mob. He IS creepy, despite the personal tragedy humanizing him. I can see why he's grateful to Kaya for exorcising Kyoko.

It seems obvious Mel is possessed by the mirror ghost and her spirit is trapped in the mirror. As we are also introduced to the evil house, it seems clear from this point onwards we will have a multi episode story for a bit.

Never go swimming, there might be spirits that attempt to drown you and you can't see them.

Pretty sad backstory for Mob. Truck-kun didn't even have the decency to isekai his daughter to a better world and instead just left her as a decaying spirit.

So, the other teacher is stuck in the mirror and the spirit is possessing her? Seems like something that'll need to be addressed eventually.

Damn, that’s a good lore, made to be related... or should I say, a “reflection” of the real world 😂

I thought that was the case too, since the apron wording seemed like it was mirrored somehow. Then the hands knocking, and the explanation at the end. That’s just cool, and quite scary a bit.

Yup, I can definitely imagine something like that. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not, but if she treated the kids well, then I guess all’s good, right?

Anyway, looking forward to the next episode!

Kaya chan is kinda weak. I was expecting her to be like mob but shes limited to physical attacks

Come on, Chie, you knew the danger and still let her walk to that mirror alone? At least the ghost is nice unlike that rude teacher.

The little segments after the credits attributing mysterious phenomena to spirits reminds me of Yokai Watch (miss that show)

Another pretty dark episode. Sad backstory for Mob, but a reminder of what must come out of grief is the letting go of those departed.

Mel-sensei's probably done for, having been spirited away and changed with an anomaly. But it's a change in people's personality that we sometimes have to deal with as well no matter the circumstances of said change.

I don't like them not resolving the mirror story. I don't know if they were trying to do a "that's what you deserve" thing, but that's not the right way to resolve things.

Feel bad for Mob. He convinced his dead daughter to hang around and she turned into a monster and he never got to truly say goodbye.

I see people here saying that at least his wife is still alive, but is he even married anymore? He doesn't have a wedding ring on his left hand and he has gained a not insignificant amount of weight after the flashback. Death like that could destroy a marriage, especially if one party is forever unable to accept the reality that the child is gone.

The lady at the end of the flashback resembles the driver more than the wife.

Was this kindergarten/preschool built on a cemetery or smth? Why are there so many malicious spirits specifically here?

Even with his personality, Ken had a way more subdued reaction to almost drowning for a kid than I expected, let alone when a freaky pool spirit thing held him down.

Poor Osamu.

Mirror-sensei😭