But as they dug deeper, they realized that the line between reality and madness had long since been blurred. The carnival's chaotic energy had infected the town, turning friend against friend, and neighbor against neighbor.
The art style is distinctively "early 2000s gritty." It favors high-contrast shadows and muted colors to emphasize the grime and moral decay of the environment. Production Context: Collaboration Works helter skelter hakudaku no mura