Maybe many friends don't know what horror comics's head balloon is about, so I'll give you a brief description here. The so-called head balloon is a balloon with a head painted on it. There is a rope loop floating under the balloon. If someone on the ground takes the initiative to hook this rope loop, then the balloon will regard this person as its own master, and eventually the balloon will hang the people on the ground.
So how horrible is the Japanese praying kite? Let's put a picture below for everyone to feel. Indeed, as described by many netizens, one head after another is strung together, and the face on it becomes distorted as the wind blows. The child in the picture is laughing, but it's funny.
The answer is that the Japanese prayer kite was invented with a very good intention. The inventor came up with a prayer kite to pray for his country in memory of the people who died in the earthquake many years ago, and hoped that the COVID-19 epidemic would end as soon as possible and the smiling faces of children would reappear.
So why design children's smiling faces on kites? The reason is that during the COVID-19 epidemic, most children wore masks to go to the streets and go to school. Under the blue sky, children can't breathe fresh air for a long time, showing the brightest smile. And children's smiles are the most infectious and healing, so designers want to hang children's smiles on kites. I just didn't expect the result to be so weird.
In short, the designer's starting point is very good, but there are mistakes in the actual operation process, which makes people feel that Japanese praying kites have become synonymous with terror.