So it turns out MRirian, the girl who seems to be learning japanese and really wants to go to japan, is a fake profile setup for a viral marketing campaign for a new Japanese horror movie. Well, frankly it worked for me, definitely sparked my interest. I only just discovered the Magibon videos but watched a few as they are so weird and captivating. And there was something pretty spooky about them as evidenced by the millions of views and comments. In a lot of ways, in this case you just didn't know what you were watching - jailbait or genius? Certain videos did seem clever & candid but not knowing whether she was going to laugh or cry was plain eerie. Compared to all the lame rip offs and general hatin' going on youtube, magibon was surprisingly original. Deep down i actually hoped she would turn out to be some sort of artistic genius. And not 15 years old either.

Anyway - i guess you know a viral marketing campaign has really worked when you aggravate & frustrate so many people to such and extent that they post their own video responses, edits & tributes.

Valentine message

Video responses
valentine spoof (not actually funny)
muppet spoof
copycat girl
psycho
girl explains hoaxes and gets dumb comments on her profile... how unlike youtube!
hi from japan! GYAO was this part of the hoax? or did they really become fans?

Magi go bye bye

Tributes


Personally i think the whole Magibon, genius or jailbait question is summed up best in this video


ok, and now time to get scared and very freaked out
magibon website