Original subtitles

Hurry! Call an ambulance!

Ushio.

Ushio! Tokiko, go to the school and bring the AED!

It's on the pillar by the entrance!

Sou...

-Okay! -Run!

-What is... -Stay with us!

What is everyone doing?

Ushio! Open your eyes!

Ushio...

Please! Come back!

Ushio!

What?

I'm so sorry!

I didn't mean to... I mean...

HITOGASHIMA

I-I am very sorry!

Are you okay?

Huh?

It seemed like you had a nightmare. Was it a bad dream?

Dream?

This woman.

Have you ever been shot with a gun?

What?

Are you really okay?

Ah, actually... never mind.

I feel like this woman has slapped me before.

Of course not. I just dreamed about a movie.

July 22nd?

What is this?

I went to Hiruko with Mio on the 23rd.

Mio was killed by another Mio.

No. Don't be ridiculous. That had to be a dream.

SWAMPMAN RYUNOSUKE NAGUMO

Ryunosuke Nagumo. Swampman.

A horror mystery set in Wakayama.

The story is about a young girl who becomes paranoid

that her family and friends are being replaced by doppelgangers.

I was reading this before I fell asleep.

That's why I had such a bad dream.

Right.

JULY 22

SHADOWS

Wait a sec.

Calm yourself.

At times like these, I need to step back from myself

and calm down.

I'm home for the first time in two years because my friend Ushio died.

But why does it feel like...

I just did the same thing yesterday?

Hey!

Welcome home, Shinpei!

No way.

Deja vu?

-Hope you had a nice trip! -Is that what this is?

Ah!

She's even wearing the same panties.

Use your brakes!

I did!

Come on.

That's weird.

Everything after that was also a repeat.

FUNERAL OF USHIO KOFUNE

Dad!

Shinpei is back!

Everyone acted exactly like in the dream.

Said the same things.

Shinpei.

You're so tall now.

You look a bit thinner.

This isn't just deja vu or a dream come to life.

I am reliving July 22nd.

My head hurts like it's splitting apart. My eyes are having spasms.

What is happening, Ushio?

They found ligature marks on Ushio's neck.

Marks from someone strangling her.

What really happened to you?

Ushio's body... Dr. Hishigata did the autopsy.

Autopsy? That is serious!

That flash again.

Who was that? No photos in here.

That is Shiori Kobayakawa.

The girl whom Ushio sacrificed her life to save.

If I really went back in time,

her family will disappear tomorrow.

And if the same thing keeps happening...

Shinpei!

You finally came back!

...it would mean the shadow really exists.

Thank you for this meal.

If you see the shadow, you die.

So yummy.

Was Ushio killed by the shadow?

And Mio...

Shinpei?

You look pale.

Sorry. I'm going to get some fresh air.

This morning, the brakes on Mio's bicycle were broken.

It seemed like someone cut them intentionally.

If someone deliberately did that...

they were trying to kill Mio.

I can't...

I can't step back from myself. I'm so confused.

I feel sick.

Huh? What's that?

Totsumura?

What are you up to, Mio?

Staring at your own house. You get into a fight with someone?

Mio?

What is she doing outside in her school uniform?

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No. No! No! No!

That's not Mio!

It's a shadow!

What the hell is that?

A shadow?

All right then.

You are now the police officer Tetsu Totsumura.

I am Tetsu Totsumura. 34 years old. No girlfriend. No promotion in sight.

That's none of your business!

Mio. Looking cute as usual!

Give me your gun.

What? You haven't switched places yet?

I failed this morning.

It would have been easy if she had been hospitalized.

It's unlike you to go through all that trouble!

Go take care of it now! You've got a gun.

A gunshot on a quiet night like this would create a scene.

This isn't America.

Fair enough.

I'm just checking things out today.

No way. Is this real?

My phone.

SOU HISHIGATA

Sou! Not now!

Damn!

So this is where you were, Shinpei.

Eavesdropping ain't polite, Shinpei. You get the death penalty.

You want to copy him, too?

No. He is...

Is this my blood?

So red... Oh, I'm dying.

I can finally step back from myself.

What?

What is this?

Shinpei.

Who is that?

Be careful...

What? I can't hear you!

Shin.

Take good care of Mio.

JULY 22

JULY 22

I'm back, again.

Did I die?

Why did I come back?

Hey! Welcome home, Shinpei!

Step back from myself.

You heard it.

Ushio's voice.

She asked me.

To take good care of Mio!

Ah! I can't stop!

Leave it to me!

Stop!

Crap!

Shinpei!

I can't swim.

Shinpei! Breathe!

Mio... Are you okay?

Yes.

Thank you, Shinpei.

RECORDING

It's me.

It is July 22nd at 1:02 p.m.

I have been in Hitogashima for 1 hour and 37 minutes.

I ate narezushi before boarding the ship.

Narezushi

is a traditional dish made by pickling mackerel with salt for over a month.

It is quite exquisite.

Try it when you come to Wakayama. I'd love to know what you think.

By the way, you asked me why I hang upside down.

It's because when blood runs to my head, it helps me think clearly.

You should try it. It'll help that clouded brain of yours.

The rest is in the report.

They're everywhere. Unthinkable.

I'll just observe for now. That's all.

GAME PLAYBOY

Hello? Ally of justice here.

Huh? What?

A violent outburst?

Yes.

Is this Shinpei speaking?

-Yes. -Are you okay?

-Yes. By the shopping area. -Shopping area?

-It's a customer at the bar. -Oh, the bar?

Please help!

Step back from myself and think about what I need to do.

I just have to survive today.

Do you think I'd be in trouble?

The fake report would keep Totsumura away from here.

He'd be a little pissed that it was fake,

but the important thing is that he is safe, right?

For Sou,

I texted that I would call him tomorrow.

I'll also erase unnecessary apps and photos.

Now I have seven gigabytes of storage.

Plenty of space to record video.

Turn on airplane mode to silence incoming calls. Fully charge the phone.

I'll connect my mobile battery, too.

Thankfully, I know what time it will come.

Begin recording.

I'll film Mio's shadow and get proof.

I won't go outside, no matter how sick I feel.

Then I'll be okay.

I wasn't killed on the 22nd the first time around.

The color of my right eye is different.

Since when?

Mio is in there, right?

Mio...

Mio!

Jerk!

-Step back from myself... -You pervert!

-What were you looking at, Shinpei? -Sorry.

Mio is safe. Good!

What was that?

Perfect.

I totally got it on video.

JULY 23

Good morning, Shinpei.

Mio. Can we talk?

It showed up in front of our house last night at nine.

It looked upstairs for five minutes, then walked into the mountains.

Who is this? Me?

No. You were taking a bath at this time.

They call it a shadow.

Mio, you've heard of the shadow sickness, right?

It came here...

to kill you.

I came to kill myself?

Zoom in to the hand.

It can't be.

So the shadow sickness wasn't a superstition. I knew it.

Ushio also saw a shadow, right?

Three days before she died.

Right. I guess she told you about the shadow.

Well, I actually heard it from you.

And I saw it too. I saw your shadow... yesterday.

Hey, Shinpei.

My sister may have been killed...

by a shadow.

Translated by James Burns