Original subtitles

HITOGASHIMA

We hope you enjoyed your trip. Please watch your step.

That man… is a shadow.

It just added credibility to that message.

ORBITAL RESONANCE

Welcome home, Shinpei!

Hey!

-Hope you had a nice trip! -"Shinpei"?

-Shin… Shinpei? -Leave this to me!

Shinpei Ajiro.

Shinpei Ajiro.

That boy.

Shinpei!

No, he can't be.

FUNERAL OF USHIO KOFUNE

Funeral? Kofune?

Ushio.

Ushio!

HITOGASHIMA HALL

It's 11:45 a.m. I'm at the funeral hall. The deceased is Ushio Kofune.

I know her.

Hizuru?

Ah, I knew it was you!

Hizuru Minakata, right?

You have a good eye, Masahito Karikiri.

You look great. How long has it been?

It's been 14 years.

He didn't flinch when I stepped on his shadow.

Has it been that long?

He's not a shadow.

Is Ushio Kofune related to Bistro Kofune?

Yes. She passed away in an accident in the ocean yesterday.

Are you here because you heard about Ushio?

No.

Oh, then why are you here? You're not back for good, are you?

No, I live in Tokyo and…

Wait! Let me guess! You were always smart, so…

-you must be like a lawyer, -Now I remember.

-or a doctor? -I could never stand you.

Turns out I still can't.

Always the jokester.

It is no joke!

Oh, Alain.

Remember her?

Don't be too shocked.

-This is… -I am Hizuru Minakata.

Come on! Let me say it!

Hizuru? That Hizuru?

Long time no see, Alain.

It was my second year in junior high.

BISTRO KOFUNE

I went to Bistro Kofune often.

Alain had two daughters, Ushio and Mio.

Alain's wife died soon after giving birth to Mio.

While Alain worked, customers looked after the girls.

Read me this picture book!

KEEPER AT THE SEX ZOO TAMING THE GIRLS

This is not a picture book.

You shouldn't read that!

Why? Not fair! Read it to me!

Then do you wanna hear one of my epic original stories?

Huh? Original?

Oh! How lucky, Ushio.

Hizuru's newest work.

Long time ago, on an island…

Death comes to all.

Ryunosuke, it's been 14 years.

Enough time has passed for another to have died.

What? You fell?

What's the matter?

Mio and Shinpei fell into the ocean.

They will be a little late.

Oh, no. Let's wait a bit then.

Alain, who's this "Shinpei"?

Ah, you don't know him since he came after you left the island.

His name is Shinpei Ajiro, my friend's son whom I took in.

Shinpei Ajiro.

Was it ten years ago? He lost his parents in a boat accident.

He didn't have any relatives.

Excuse me.

Oh, Hizuru.

That's…

The boy who sat in front of me on the ferry was Shinpei Ajiro.

I can't meet him. I can't trust anyone yet.

Wait, Hizuru!

Ligature marks?

They said it looked like someone strangled her and she resisted.

Wait a second, Alain. Are the police idiots?

The culprit's blood or skin is often left under the victim's fingernails.

Did they check her fingernails?

N… No…

Unbelievable.

Doesn't this remind you of that time?

It's like 14 years ago, when Ryunosuke died.

Ryunosuke! Heine!

Move!

Why?

Hey!

Hey. What do you think you're doing?

Get off me, idiot!

The heck? I'll arrest you.

Nothing seems unusual at first glance. But…

Who did the makeup for this body?

Umm… a nurse at the Hishigata Clinic.

What is this? This is a disrespect to the deceased.

It's okay, doctor. She is a friend.

Who is really disrespectful?

Hizuru.

Hizuru.

Sorry to cause a scene. I'll be going.

It was because I said all that nonsense. Just forget about it.

I have one last question.

Did Ushio mention her doppelgänger before she died?

Doppel…

Hizuru?

Isokone… Asako Isokone.

I always wanted to get in touch with you…

but you never gave me your address or number.

Are you doing well?

Depends on how you define "well," but my heart is still beating.

You haven't changed at all.

Do you remember Ushio?

Yeah.

At the wake yesterday, we got together and remembered her,

like how I always changed her diapers.

Why… Why did this happen?

Ushio saved my daughter's life.

Asako, that's who Ushio was.

All that matters is that Shiori is safe.

What is it crying about?

This hideous acting makes me sick.

Damn shadow.

Asako.

Asako is probably dead already.

"Ushio saved my daughter's life"? Unforgivable.

How dare you pose as Asako and disrespect Alain and Ushio!

All three Kobayakawas are shadows?

Yes. No doubt about it. I confirmed it myself.

The shadows are multiplying.

Seems like one of them can create more shadows.

The shadows I know can't do that.

What is happening on this island?

Who knows? No clue.

How about this theory? A shadow attacks Shiori in the water.

It kills and erases Shiori, then poses as the vulnerable girl.

Then it was saved by Mio.

After that, it kills Shiori's parents and replaces them with shadows.

You're crying?

It's gonna snow tomorrow.

It never snows in mid summer!

Ow.

If anything, it will rain…

but the forecast is sunny tomorrow.

Get your facts straight.

What is this?

My secondary cell phone. Let me know if it rings.

I need you to do something for me.

HITOGASHIMA HALL

I'm going to follow my memory and repeat the funeral like last time.

Same movements. Same conversations.

FUNERAL OF USHIO KOFUNE

Shiori. Did you see a girl who looked just like you?

Be careful. That might be a monster called a shadow.

Stay away from her if you see her again, okay?

I repeat everything…

and just as I thought, Shiori doesn't do anything to me.

We see the coffin off at 1:00 p.m.

Good. Everything is going well.

Hey, Shinpei.

Did Mio tell you that Shiori saw a shadow?

Oh, yes. When Mio was little…

These two…

Shinpei?

Ah, yes. When she was little, her grandma told her about it.

Sorry I said something strange.

Asako, let's go.

Okay.

It can't be…

Are all three of them shadows?

So the real ones are already… Where are you, Ms. Nagumo?

We're running out of time.

Shinpei.

Are you okay?

Mio, can I ask you something?

Were you wearing white panties yesterday?

That's the first thing you ask me after being away for two years?

I am in dire need to know the color of your panties yesterday.

What happened to you, Shinpei?

I happened to see when Mio's shadow killed me in the second loop.

The shadow wore white panties.

This morning, Mio's panties were not.

Yesterday after the wake, I changed.

Uh, yes… they were white, but so what?

Mio was copied yesterday. I can't prevent that.

I have to kill it. It's the only way to protect Mio.

So you don't know either, Dad?

I'm really wondering where you could have gone…

Sis.

It's 1:30 p.m. Ushio's coffin is cremated.

After that, we have lunch while waiting to pick up the ashes.

There are two questions I want to ask certain people.

Question 1: Do you know about the shadow sickness?

Huh? Like in the ghost stories?

Someone just asked me something similar.

Of course. My great-grandfather was the one who named it "shadow sickness."

It is true that a type of mental illness did occur among groups.

Question 2: Did you see a busty woman?

I saw her! She's got a G…

Are you talking about Hizuru?

No idea.

Shinpei, you know Hizuru? She used to come to our place a lot.

Huh? Our place?

How did we never cross paths?

By the way, Shinpei. Can you take a look at this?

I asked Hizuru for her number, but she gave me this.

I can't figure it out.

Ms. Nagumo's contact info.

Th-This is…

Excuse me, Shinpei. I need to use the bathroom.

This code is…

Tamam Shud, the unbreakable code in Ms. Nagumo's novel Drifting Ashore.

OUT OF ORDER

Hello? Ms. Nagumo?

Huh? Who's this?

-Umm, this is Shinpei Ajiro. -It's not Ms. Nagumo.

You?

I see. It was faster than I thought.

This is Nezu. Ginjiro Nezu.

Ms. Nagumo is an acquaintance of mine.

How did you get this number?

Ms. Nagumo gave Alain this number in code.

Did you break it?

Y-Yes. There was a similar code in one of her books.

I see. You're at the crematory?

Yes.

Leave and go to the funeral hall. Alone.

I'll contact you later.

Uh, excuse me! Hello…

OUT OF ORDER

Huh? It opens…

What the?

Ah. Hello? Mr. Nezu? I'm here.

What should I do now?

Don't move. Just stand there like a scarecrow.

It will be over soon.

What?

Okay.

Time and place. You would attack when Alain is alone.

I predicted 17 different patterns.

But you chose the bathroom…

Why are you here? This is the men's…

Normal, huh.

Such a huge sound from the next stall! What the heck?

GINJIRO NEZU

I can finally meet Ms. Nagumo.

NEZU: HIZURU WILL MEET YOU AT THE FORT NO. 4 RUINS

If you really can go back…

tell me your name, and I will save you.

If we work together from the first day, we can kill Mio's shadow.

How does she know about shadows? I have so many questions.

Hello, Mr. Nezu.

Huh? This is the first time we've met.

Oh, yes! You found out about the shadows too?

If you have questions, answer mine first.

To break the code, you need to know Ryunosuke Nagumo and her real name.

But Hizuru hasn't told anyone that she is Ryunosuke Nagumo.

So, the only one who can call this number is Hizuru's shadow.

But, you are human.

Ms. Nagumo!

So…

It's S-H-I-N-P-E-I A-J-I-R-O.

Please make it out to Shinpei Ajiro! I'd like your autograph.

Well… what I mean is…

I am a huge fan! I have all your books!

I told you my name like you asked.

Even as I step back from myself, I sound like such a dork.

Okay. What next?

Is this the time for that? You aren't normal.

Lord Byron said, "Truth is stranger than fiction."

I don't like fantasy, but after analyzing all possibilities,

I came to this conclusion.

TO SHINPEI AJIRO RYUNOSUKE NAGUMO

Ah… Thank you.

Feel free to tell me if anything I say is incorrect.

On the ferry this morning, you didn't know me.

No one knows who I am unless I tell them.

I never told you who I was.

This is not the first time you are living July 22nd.

You must have repeated the day many times.

In other words, you are a time traveler.

Yes.

Translated by James Burns