Ma Kurou -

Western philosophy pushes happiness. Self-help pushes optimization. Ma Kurou represents the opposite:

Reddit sleuths on r/lostmedia argue that Ma Kurou was the protagonist of a canceled PS2 horror game titled Kagerou: Ma no Ruten (曇ろう: 魔の流転). According to a single archived forum post from 2004 (since deleted, but screenshots exist), the game featured a ronin bound by cursed chains who could not die. Players controlled Ma Kurou as he walked through a looped, rainy cityscape, unable to interact with the living. ma kurou

The gimmick? Every time Ma Kurou "died," the game would reset with a new hardship—losing a limb, losing a memory, losing a color from the screen. Western philosophy pushes happiness