Original subtitles

You're drawing that picture again, aren't you?! Stop!

If you don't stop, you'll be put in a bag and taken away!

God is dead.

Arai Tsukiko

Tsukiko, are you in the middle of work?

Can't you tell by looking?

Then it can't be helped.

"I'll go back to my job"!

Oh my God!

Happy Birthday To You...

What the hell?!

We got her good!

Shut up.

Shut up!

Shut up!!

God!

Sorry...

Arai... You're down 25%.

Want to change shifts?

Want to receive 'digital counselling'?

Sorry. I'll do my best.

Get it together!!

What?

What's wrong? Is there something I can do to help?

I'm fine.

There's an egg with a crack in it?

Yes. Something that looked like whiskers.

Like... some kind of whiskers?

Yeah, something like whiskers.

- Whiskers, huh? - Yes.

I don't know why, but it makes me feel pleasure and pain...

Pleasure and pain, huh?

But I can see it very clearly.

I'm not crazy or anything.

The human brain is mysterious.

Page 190.

You can see the triangle, right?

Yes.

But there's no triangle drawn here.

- Isn't that correct? - Yes.

This is called "Cancer's Triangle".

The human brain works by association.

For example:

I say "Cancer"...

but you think "Crab".

There isn't actually any equilateral triangle drawn at all,

however, can't you clearly see the equilateral triangle?

The brain makes a judgment about what you haven't experienced and shows it to you.

Doesn't seeing things mean that you're seeing images produced by the brain?

So, seeing what isn't really there is what we call a hallucination.

It's probably something from your childhood.

The egg you see in your mind is likely an abstract reflection of something else.

But it's a little different from that.

I can see it extremely clearly,

almost like it's really there.

And it changed a little bit.

I think humans fundamentally fear the darkness of the night.

Think back to when you were a child, afraid of the dark.

How scared you were of the sound of rain, or animals...

Not that I'm afraid! But, that's not the point...

It's almost as if... almost as if there was a creepy jungle outside the window.

You just know it's out there!

But there's nothing. After a period of years, they stop hearing anything.

But isn't that becoming an adult?

"An adult"?

Which means you're still not...

Arai...

Arai, you're still like a little kid, psychologically.

Excuse me. Don't worry. You can't change it physically.

I'm sorry, but probably, something happened in your past that's causing you to see it.

But it's nothing to fear, because it's a false image.

"A false image"?

[kyozo: an unclear sounding word in Japanese which could mean a lot of things, depending on what kanji it's written with]

Not a huge elephant!

"Tsukiko, Happy Birthday"!

Happy birthday!

Present!

"Oh, wow - this is Korean barbecue"!

Eat! Eat!

Hey, eat! Tsukiko!

Cheer up!

Are you okay, Tsukiko?

I'm okay.

Why are you closing your eyes? Are you not feeling well?

It's nothing.

It doesn't look that way. Do you feel something?

I said, it's nothing!

If there's something troubling you, don't hesitate to tell me.

Thanks.

What?! What the hell!

Hello?

- Uuji, help me! - What?

What's wrong?

Hurry. Hurry. Come.

Hello?

Hello?

It's not a false image! It's not a false image! It's real!

Stop!

Get away from me! Get away from me!

Officer! Help!

- What's wrong? - Help!

No... it's nothing.

What's that?

It's fine.

What seems to be the problem?

Are you being pursued by someone? Huh?

I'm okay. I'm okay.

You're okay? Right...

What is it?!

This area.

This area!

"This area"?

Shoot, please!

What?! What are you doing?

I said, please shoot!

You've done too many stimulants!

It's coming... It's coming!

Come with me!

You're mistaken!

Hurry up and come. Damn!

You're mistaken!

And then?

It's like I told you.

When you close your eyes, you're attacked by a strange creature?

It's not really a monster, it's like an animal that lives in my eyes.

So, what's that weird thing doing now?

Is it still attacking you?

It's not there now.

Where did it go? Is it sleeping?

Perhaps it is.

What's so funny?

You're a typical drug-addict. Where did you buy it? Huh?

- Enough crazy stories... Get real!! - You're mistaken.

From the Yakuza? Online? In front of a station?

- I said, you're mistaken! - I'm not mistaken! You're on drugs.

How long have you been doing them? Huh?

You have a pretty face, that doesn't help us...

all the more reason why I can't forgive this.

We have to wipe out hard-to-figure-out criminals like you!

Act like a drug addict, drug addict.

Running around with red eyes.

Saying crazy stuff like, "needles are attacking me"!

Make it easier to figure out!

The pretty girls like you spur more crime. It goes something like,

"Oh, hey, hey, look at this pretty girl doing it, maybe I should do it too.

"Besides, I want to get a little bit skinnier."

What are you saying? If that's what you want, then I'll hook you up.

I'll introduce you to someone I know. It's absolutely unforgivable!

- Takumaro, throw her in jail! - Yes.

You're mistaken. That's not it.

Even if I explain it, I don't think you'll understand, but...

it might just be me. Since I was a kid...

It's been there?

Yes, and it hatched yesterday.

But it was an egg?

It was an egg.

Hey, hey, hey. Stay overnight for now.

By tomorrow, the junk will be out of your system.

No! I've never done drugs.

Yeah, yeah. I understand.

Wait!

Oh, oh, look at her go wild! Yeah, SHE'S not on drugs!

We'll save you!

Now those are some good criminals...

A creature living in your optic nerve?

Tsukiko's retina has become the entrance to a parallel world.

Why is that?

Hey, Hey. Look.

Look at this. This incident...

A record of an incident from 1930.

"The defendant was raised in Russian Georgia.

"1923:

"She sought asylum in Kobe, taking along her Korean husband, eldest son, and eldest daughter.

"1930:

"The defendant shot her eldest daughter, who was 10 at the time,

"to death with a hunting gun that was in the home.

"She voluntarily went to Hyogo Prefecture Sannomiya Police Station.

"After being arrested she was questioned, but like an idiot, she gave a nonsensical testimony.

"For generations, from early childhood, only the women of the defendant's lineage...

"could see an egg when they closed their eyes.

"After around 20 years, the egg hatches,

"and an ugly monster is born.

"The monster that lives parasitically through the retina world, gradually acts more and more violently,

"injuring the body from within. And nobody can understand that pain.

"At night, the monster persistently repeated its attacks, but no doctor could understand it.

"All they did was give her a vulnerary.

"They concluded that it must be mental illness and delusions.

"The woman suffered, but when she visited the zoo in the daytime, during which the monster was dormant,

"she came to realize something. Perhaps the monster's attacks weren't attacks, after all?

"The attachment behavior seen in the babies of people, monkeys, etc., right after birth:

"clinging, confirming one's existence through physical contact, instinctive behavior.

"However, the pain was hard to endure, and she figured it might go away...

"if she couldn't see with her eyes, so she destroyed them both herself.

"Doing so made the monster disappear.

"However, it wasn't just her own problem.

"When her own daughter started showing the signs, the woman got the gun.

"The defendant hung herself in the prison of Sannomiya Police station, and died."

What was the name of the mother?

Let me see...

"Eca..."

- Gerashuviri? - Right.

No way?

This has gotta be a lie!

My blood...

It can't be - it's the 21st century!

Anyways, aren't you Korean? Why Georgia?

Where the hell is Georgia?

I heard this when I was a kid. My grandparents were in Russia during the revolution.

The married couple were Georgian and Korean.

They fled from Georgia, because they loathed Stalin.

They finally escaped to Korea, and hid from their enemies.

So my mother always thought she was Korean.

I was educated about Korea ever since I was a kid.

Eca Gerashuviri is my great-grandmother, who fled from Georgia.

What's wrong?

I'm...

Oh no!

Stay back! Stay back! Stay back!

No!

Stay back!

It hurts! Stop!

Dumbass! It's dangerous!

What are you doing in the middle of the road?

Huh?

Did I... hit you?

Did I?

What are you doing? Don't fuck around!

"While it was inactive during the daytime..."

It's light!

Don't give me any trouble!

What the fuck are you doing? Give it back.

Wow!

You're covered in blood! Did someone hit you?

Yo, bro! Ambulance!

Arai! Great!

What?

What the hell?

"Perhaps the monster's attacks weren't attacks, after all?

"The egg was her own offspring, which her retina had given birth to."

You...

Making fires. You realized something good.

Why do I understand your words?

That's because of your blood, which is ours.

My blood?

I lost both my eyes and eliminated "that child."

But I couldn't sever the bloodline.

Because that's what "that child" wanted.

"That child"...?

We are hosts.

"We are hosts"?

It's ugly, but... it's lovely...

But.. Surely, something can be done.

You are...

my...

Love it.

I...

Or else, give it death...

Fine...

Come here.

Receive my affection.

I...

You...

Good bye!

"Sashimi, tempura, yakisoba, udon"!

What time will it be?

I don't know. I'll call you later.

Arai...

Sorry.

After that, Tsukiko never dared to shut her one remaining eye.

Translation: brolen for kemushi Timing: lordretsudo