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Nemurenu Kimyo na Hanashi Stories for Sleepless Nights Strange: Junji Ito's Strange

A voice cuts through the dark

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Shaking it off, I forge my own path

A piece of cake,

and a piece of cake

Latent fears, hidden tears

Everything, precious pieces

So I engrave them into my heart

Carving out my destiny (Jigsaw)

This warped world

Breaking free, I'll try

Beyond the light

Rushing forward, no doubt

The future I believe in

I'll change it with these hands

Every piece of dream

Connecting it, I'm a masterpiece

Jig-jig-jigsaw

1, 2, 3, 4, shake the world

Jig-jig-jigsaw

I can't be stopped

Lately, strange sights have been seen all over Japan.

At some point,

they were simply there.

In all sorts of places,

remaining in the same position for a long time...

Day and night.

Hey, you...

What are you doing this late?

Please leave me alone.

Go on and head home!

Come on!

Yo... You...

What's wrong?

Come to the station with me!

They return to that spot no matter how many times they were taken for it.

It was as though they were tethered to that spot

and they came to be known as the "Earthbound Ones". Earthbound Ones

Earthbound Ones

The number of Earthbound Ones was strangely increasing across Japan.

Rumors spread that the condition was contagious.

Sota!

I told you not to get close!

What if you catch it?

Hello.

I'm Asano of the private volunteer group, Blue Sky Association.

We're supporting people who suffer from symptoms just like yours.

How are you managing meals?

Let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

Leave me alone.

There isn't anything that you can do.

see.

I'll come again.

I've leave a bento and water here for you.

Why is it that Earthbound Ones are stuck in specific places?

Blue Sky Association

The answer to that still alludes us.

Good work today. -Good work today. - Good work today.

Asano-kun, please keep supporting that old man.

Okay.

Good work today.

Okay.

How's the job?

Are you getting used to it?

Sort of.

- Good work today. - Good work today.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Are you pushing yourself too much?

Excuse me.

Good work today.

Good work today.

Are you having trouble with anything?

I'm back.

Minoru...

Please come home.

You'll die if things continue like this!

Um...

I belong to the volunteer group, Blue Sky Association,

is there anything I can do to help?

The doctors

and the authorities have all given up...

What could a volunteer like you do?

It's also contagious if you get too close.

We don't believe in the rumors that this is a contagion.

We believe being earthbound is a matter of the heart.

Can a matter of the heart really cause something like this?

He's been this way for an entire week now!

Um... Don't speak to me!

Is there anything I can do for you?

There's nothing

to talk about.

I really...

want to know why things turned out this way...

At first,

I thought he came to this spot because he was thinking of Ponta.

This is where the dog Minoru had as a child died.

He had loved that dog so much

and was devastated when it had passed away.

But that was so long ago

so I'm wondering why this is happening now.

Then I found out that all over Japan

there were a lot of people with the same symptoms.

But...

I still think it has something to do with that dog!

Since Minoru is a kind boy...

What an interesting piece of testimony.

Based off of what you just said...

That's right, Leader.

That young boy is bound to the spot where his beloved dog had died.

Then these Earthbound Ones are remaining in place that feel strong attachments to?

see.

A place of attachment...

It may lead to a solution if it can be resolved.

Yes.

A place of attachment...

But, while it's good to work hard, you can't overdo it.

Okay.

By the way, do you have plans for the rest of the day?

Huh?

Maybe we could grab something to eat.

Though I would like to...

Right.

I'm planning on moving apartment soon

so there's a lot of preparations to make.

Huh?

You're moving again?

Huh?

Didn't you move into your current place just last year?

Yeah...

Are you okay?

Are you crying?

I'm sorry.

I'm fine.

Thank you very much.

He didn't show.

Huh?

Leader is absent without notice.

He isn't answering his phone either.

Maybe he drink too much.

Who is it?

Asano-kun?

Leader?

Why are you here?

This...

is my room.

Really?

Yes.

Why are you here?

After I came to, I was here and couldn't move my body.

A symptom of becoming earthbound, huh?

So I've also become an Earthbound One.

Leader...

Does Leader

have some sort of special attachment to this room?

Do you live here in the past?

No...

I don't know.

I have never seen this room before, ever.

I'm sorry.

It's your day off.

It's fine.

I'm in your way, right?

Not at all.

Do you dislike chocolate?

Huh?

I like it.

Leader,

what sort of food do you like?

Let's eat.

I don't have an appetite.

You need to eat.

I can't eat at this rate.

Huh?

Sorry.

It's delicious.

I'm glad.

Too spicy?

Not at all.

It's just right.

Are you crying?

Sorry for startling you.

I had a dream...

The same dream.

I have it often.

If I could move,

I could get close to you.

Damn...

Damn it!

Please,

let me stay this way for awhile.

It's comforting.

I wish I could remain like this forever.

Hello?

I'm from the public health center.

It's required that we forcibly evacuate and quarantine you.

Now, please come with us.

He's like stone...

Hey!

Hey, hang on!

Hey, hang on!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hang on!

It was around that time that Earthbound Ones across Japan

began to gradually solidify.

The cause of this was unknown.

I don't want you to die.

Please stay

with me like this forever.

Didn't you ask me once

if there was a special attachment to this room?

It's not to this room...

I have a special attachment to you.

I've always...

liked you.

Huh?

Even before I came here.

Me too.

Huh?

But...

I'm scared.

2 years ago,

at a different apartment,

there was a burglar that broke in during the night

and assaulted me.

I've been moving from place to place since.

I feel like, if I don't do that,

that culprit

might return.

I'm sorry.

Minoru,

please don't solidify.

Massage...

Massage...

Don't touch me!

Even Ponta

wouldn't want you like this.

Please, for Ponta's sake.

Stop it already!

It wasn't like that...

Ponta would never forgive me!

I killed him...

Back then,

Ponta bit me.

That's why...

I kicked him in order to teach him a lesson.

And then...

Forgive me Ponta!

If you witnessed the accident that involved a vehicle and a pedestrian, please contact the number or address listed on the left.

Common threads emerge in the chain of "Earthbound Ones" Is it due to guilty conscience over past sins?

Itabashi Ward, Tokyo

highly likely to be the scene of a crime committed by the individual in the past

Ones have been dismissed as some sort of paranormal phenomena, however...

Leader...

It seems being earthbound is tied to a sense of guilt.

I pressed the apartment manager

and finally got the truth.

A few years back, in this room,

a woman had been killed.

A robber entered in the middle of the night

and killed her for resisting.

The culprit is a repeat offender who robs and rapes,

he still hasn't been caught.

His technique involved posing as an officer in order to get the door open.

It was the same in my case.

It's likely...

The same perpetrator.

Leader, you weren't involved, right?

It was a lie, wasn't it?

Please tell me I'm wrong.

The number of Earthbound Ones continues rising with no end to it in sight.

音楽 岩本-裕司