This article contains shocking and offensive content. Read at your own discretion.
Note that these can vary to tame to extreme depending on the person.
Outline
The contents of this includes sites, images, videos, ect. of erotic (sexual), gory (R-18G), ghost stories, stories, surprises, etc.
However, some of them may cause damage to your PC, such as browser crashes caused by PC viruses or web scripts. Therefore, unless you have sufficient immunity, tolerance, and knowledge of personal information leakage and security, you should not search for them out of curiosity (you may need to search for them for academic or research purposes, but even in that case, you need immunity).
If an image, video, or exe (a PC executable file) is hit, the viewer will suffer some kind of damage. Genres include PC damage, gore, horror, occult, radio waves, insanity, depression, or deformities. In 2014, TBS aired a one-off TV program which examined search terms and urban legends.
Aside
In recent years, videos of people searching for words they shouldn't search for have become popular on video sharing sites. There are many different types of live search videos, so if you're curious about search terms, you can watch along.
List
In this article, only items for which pixiv articles exist or going to (even if they are not included in the Must not Search wiki) are listed.
The contributors, administrators, and authors of this article are not responsible for any unpleasant feelings you may experience as a result of searching.
About Genres
| Hall of Fame | Particularly well known in the Japanese language. |
|---|---|
| Culture Shock | A culture that overturns the common sense of others. Note this may come off as discriminatory. |
| Depression | Tragic content. |
| Occult | Unscientific. |
| Deformity | Unusual appearance. Can also come off as discriminatory. |
| Gross | Violence and cruel descriptions and expressions, etc. |
| Truth | An incident or event that actually happened. |
| Organism | Creatures with unusual characteristics or abilities (fictional creatures are also included here). |
| Nonsense | Content that is incomprehensible to the average person. |
| Mystery | Something that is shrouded in mystery. |
| Stories | Basically, anything that can be laughed off. |
| Insane | Insane and antisocial behavior. |
| Surprise | Scary images, malicious prank videos, etc. |
| Perverted | Depictions or expressions of special preferences, etc. |
| Horror | Descriptions that stir up fear. |
| Mind Break | Material that causes psychological damage. |
| Cooking | Cooked food or drink. |
| PC Damage | Items that cause damage to computers. |
| R-18 | Items that fall under the category of adult content. |
| Other | Items that do not fall under any of the above. |
| Order | Genre | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| B | ||
| C | ||
| Conker's Bad Fur Day | Gorss / Stories | A parade of dark comedy and potty humor in a game developed by Rare Inc. |
| D | ||
| E | ||
| Elsagate | Gross | Social issue on Youtube and Youtube Kids. |
| F | ||
| G | ||
| H | ||
| I | ||
| J | ||
| J | ||
| L | ||
| M | ||
| M | ||
| Natsumi Step! | Depression / Hall of Fame | Horror web anime made in flash. |
| Me!Me!Me! | Gross / Perverted | Erotic, gory music video from Japan Animator Expo. |
| Nugumu | Horror / Stories | A Virtual Youtuber. |
| O | ||
| P | ||
| Q | ||
| R | ||
| S | ||
| SCP | Horror | A site that collects fictional monsters. |
| T | ||
| This Man | Occult | A marketing stunt featuring a somewhat unnerving picture of a man's face |
| U | ||
| Username666 | Horror / Hall of Fame | Horror video by Japanese visual artist Piropito. |
| V | ||
| W | ||
| X | ||
| XXX | R-18 | A term often use to mean porn. |
| Y | ||
| You Are An Idiot | PC Damage | A flash virus that would open many windows. |
| Z |
