The horror that Akutagawa presents us is the demons within us humans. Sometimes, the scariest thing in Japan isn’t anything paranormal. It’s man, humans that kill each other for pleasure, for territory, for love, respect, and honor. The separation between Emperor and the commoners isn’t anything new in history as there has been many Kings, Soldiers, and Castles that have been fighting in wars for territory and revenge all over the world in the past. The horror cultures that we receive in America today from Japan are usually movies and stories are of unearthly creatures that roam after someone with deep emotions has passed away. Hollywood production movies like The Grudge, and The Ring are American remake movies from Japan, often dictating that the only can only be a girl, with white pale skin, and long black hair that covers most of the face, wearing a white gown, and again, can only exist if they die with extreme emotion. In Akutagawa’s case, the supernatural presented does show some paranormal elements, but they are only used slightly to expand the world in his stories. The movies listed above are a great way to introduce Japanese cultures in different countries and in this case, the supernatural events here are not what make Akutagawa tales a horror at all. It’s the human nature that is scary. From the Rashomon film, the monk stated, “If men cannot be trusted, than we may as well be living in hell right now” or something similar to that quote. Everyone’s testimony in the trial, even the ghost’s had been a lie. Is this how every human is, not to be trusted at all? Many stories tells us accordance of rape, fighting endless wars, stealing, selfishness, abuse of powers, and treating women like garbage as if they are all evil. Is this what being human is supposed to be like? Even the story of the long nose monk, person who is supposed help others, shows his superiority, thinking he’s above everyone else, as if he�