Kanemasa! Those people must've brought this calamity with them!
Are you... really an existence that's forsaken by God?
We can't let hunters be.
What do you think? Is it cool or what?
At the beginning of this year, I dreamed...
that there were jet-black clouds floating above Yamairi.
That's how I knew...
that something bad would definitely happen in Yamairi.
L-it's true that all three residents died and Yamairi was wiped out.
I grew restless so I offered a special prayer...
that nothing bad should happen.
And then, a gecko appeared during the prayer!
Not just once! Twice!
It's Kanemasa...
Direction wise, it wasn't good to build a house like that on the Kanemasa land.
More bad things will happen!
It's a widespread rumor that you have psychic power.
Could you please write up amulets so that nothing bad will happen to us?
It can't be helped, I guess.
Put this on the front door or a window.
Oh! Thank you very much!
3,000 yen per amulet.
"Shiki"
I feel like this severe thirst is making me go crazy
We close our eyes and have a sinful kiss
Your scent drives me mad
When I wake up in the deep of night, I drink up insanity and love
Come now, into my arms, “the darkness there is bitter"
You're unsure and waver
In due time, it will become endless, "the darkness here is sweet"
I pierce you deeply
Come now, into my arms, “the darkness there is bitter"
You're unsure and waver
"Tuesday, October 4, Shakku"
Since Setsuko was getting better, I thought she might be cured.
Don't you think... the doctor was acting kind of strange?
Acting kind of strange?
Up until now, when his patients died, you could see how frustrated he was.
But today, he looked calm, as if he had come to his senses...
No... maybe not...
Rather, it seemed that he was possessed by something.
Hello. This is Ozaki Clinic.
Oh, it's you, Towada...
I'm sorry... but I quit.
What?
Please let the doctor know.
I don't want to stay in the village any longer.
I'm scared.
Scared?
No... What am I thinking?
What Towada is scared of is the epidemic.
So Towada is quitting?
Yeah.
I think it's just natural.
Yeah, since he works in the admin section, he probably doesn't know
as much about how to deal with an epidemic as we nurses do.
KyQkQ!
You could at least help me clean!
I am very sorry, Mother.
Oh? You're meek today.
Yes. I heard something wonderful.
What is it?
You know about it, don't you?
Sotoba's very first convenience store on the national road...
What's wonderful about it? It went out of business.
It was a mistake to build something out of place like that in the village.
I heard that the doctor at Kanemasa will open up a clinic there.
Wha...
What did you say?!
Hah!
That was fun! It's thanks to you.
Thanks for the interesting story.
Sure! My pleasure.
Epidemic?
From the death toll, that's the only conclusion I can come up with.
It's abnormal for many children to die like this, too.
Also, I'm concerned about the strange movings.
Strange movings?
"Hirosawa, English Teacher at Sotoba Middle School"
At a later date, someone who claims to be
Maybe they've noticed the epidemic and ran away.
That's why we called Toshio here. In any event, he's a doctor, so...
Hey! Looks like the regulars are here, huh?
What the heck? You look terrible.
Leave me alone. I was born with this face.
--Mr. Hasegawa, some coffee. Strong. --Okay.
Are you in some sort of a situation where you can't afford to sleep?
Huh?
What did you wanna talk to me about?
Ah... well... how should I put it...
Many people have been dying lately, right?
Yeah.
Couldn't it be an epidemic?
L-if you're keeping it a secret for a reason, we'll cooperate.
We'll keep this to ourselves.
It's not an epidemic.
An epidemic is caused by an existing infectious disease as defined
by the Infectious Diseases Prevention Law.
Then, could it be a new type?
That'd be terrible.
I can't say anything right now. I can't speak carelessly, so...
But, Toshio!
Well...
If someone in my family dies, I'd have them cremated.
This is fine.
For now, let them think that it's an epidemic.
Either way, we don't have much time left.
Okiagari. The people at Kanemasa are okiagari.
"Tamae ltou, lkumi's Daughter"
Although the Kanemasa people are the root of all evils,
Muroi from the temple, Dr. Ozaki...
the big shots in this village are doing nothing about it!
I have no choice. I have to do it.
I'm the only one who knows their true identity.
I have to act in order to save the village!
Stop it!
People mock not just you, but me, too, since you're always saying weird stuff!
L... l...
She's just like that man.
I was forced to marry a man who was timid, stupid, arrogant and mediocre.
I felt neither happiness nor honor in my life.
My two sons who resembled me died within a few years after birth.
The only one left was an ugly daughter who doesn't have
a shred of cleverness, just like her father.
When my husband, who was like a hindrance to me, died,
my life as a woman was already over.
However, it's different now.
I will save this village!
Wh-What'd you do that for?!
Don't ever come back!
Don't you get it?!
Your uncle died because the okiagari at Kanemasa attacked him!
Okiagari, huh?
Is it okay, old man, to knock down a regular customer like that?
Regular? Customer?
Has that super stingy old hag ever paid for her alcohol?!
If she bums drinks from you guys and talks nonsense, that's a nuisance!
You bastard! Don't make light of me!
Hey!
What do you think you're doing?!
It's none of your business.
You kicked the store door just now, didn't you?!
Atsushi! Ignore her!
Tsk!!
Beat it already! Or you'll end up having to drink your fill of this!
--D-Don't! --Here!
Damn you all! Just wait and see!
I'll make them realize who's right soon!
"Wednesday, October 5, Senpu"
Now...
Toshio...
Seishin!
Don't scare me like that! I thought it was okiagari!
I stayed here after Setsuko's burial today...
as I thought you'd come to open up her grave.
Yeah? Good. Come and help me.
What're you gonna do after opening it up?
Of course, I'll check and see if she will rise up.
And, if she does rise up...
If she does...?
I'll bring her to the villagers...
and tell them that these guys are the real cause!
Toshio...
And, I'll run all sorts of experiments on her.
What's their weakness? What can kill them?
I'll bring everything to light!
I don't think Tokujiro would allow you to do that to her.
Huh?
In addition, they looked no different than before they died.
It's true that okiagari attack people.
But is it really okay for us to take the matter into our own hands
just because they're murderers?
Don't confuse the okiagari's attacks with murders!
There's no law to judge okiagari!
I know that... I know...
You're just getting scared!
Their deaths are terrible but people's deaths are not terrible?!
If we let a single one of them live, the deaths will grow in a chain reaction!
Are you okay with the village dying out?!
Seishin?!
Sorry, Toshio!
Hey!
Are you okay with the village dying out?!
Mr. Muroi...
Sunako“.
It's gotten cooler. Fall is now here...
I can tell since the scent of the night is suddenly changing.
Are you feeling down again?
You came to cheer me up today again?
Yes, since I'm your fan.
Say, I thought I'd ask you this the next time I saw you.
What kind of novel are you writing right now?
It's about a man who wanders about the wilderness.
An older brother who killed his younger brother
is exiled from his town and wanders about the wilderness.
And his dead younger brother follows him.
It's a story like that.
Does the dead younger brother do so after becoming a ghost?
It's a little different from ghosts.
It's shiki.
Shiki'?
A corpse demon.
It's the name I gave to corpses that rose up from their graves.
So they're different from ghosts?!
Unlike ghosts, they have bodies!
They didn't come back to life. They have a corpse for a body!
But they're not just corpses like zombies.
They have souls and are equal to humans, right?
But they're different from humans, an existence of a completely different nature.
Shiki... That's good. That sounds very nice. I like it!
The motif is from Genesis in the Bible, right?
Cain and Abel...
A story about the older brother Cain killing his younger brother Abel...
Sunako“.
There's something I wanted to ask you, too, when I saw you the next time.
What is it?
Are you Abel?
I think... you're shiki.
You're indeed a romantic.
"Thursday, October 6, Butsumetsu"
I'm going to Mr. Tokujiro Yasumori's house to warn him.
Warn him?
It's a good time to tell you this, too.
Mrs. Setsuko Yasumori, whose funeral was held yesterday, will rise up.
Those deaths in the village are caused by okiagari.
You guys be careful, too!
If anything should happen, come to my place.
You guys still don't get it?!
Huh?
Those from this store left the village as if they were skipping town!
That's also something the okiagari did!
It's Kanemasa!
Listen. Give it some serious thought.
If you just put the facts together, you'll see the truth emerges.
When did the death toll start rising? Well?!
It started around the time those Kanemasa people moved in!
You guys must be aware of that, too!
Why do they show themselves only at night?
That's because they're okiagari.
Listen! Unless we kick them out, this village will go under!
We can no longer just sit back and watch!
I will stop them at any cost!
"Yasumori Construction Company"
"Junko Yasumori, Married into the Yasumori Main Family"
I can't let this be!
This is okiagari we're talking about!
You are Junko from the Yasumori family, right?
Y-Yes.
I need to talk to Tokujiro.
H-He's not feeling well right now.
What?!
Then he'll die soon.
Don't say weird things like that!
The Yasumori family was possessed by okiagari!
Setsuko, her son, her daughter-in-law, and her grandson... They all died, right?!
I'm sorry, but Tokujiro will die.
Next will be your family... The Yasumori's main family!
Recently, you've been examining the patients who died, haven't you?!
Yeah.
You know something, don't you?
In front of everyone, say it... expose the okiagari's secret!
I'm not hiding anything, lkumi.
Don't lie, you quack!
It's true that I haven't been able to save many lives.
I have no choice but to accept you calling me a quack.
But I've never written the cause of death as okiagari on the death certificates.
You're one of the village leaders, and yet you still won't do anything?!
I am trying my best.
Humph! You can just keep making excuses.
I will save this village.
I will drag the Kanemasa people out,
I will expose the truth about them to the sunlight!
Okiagari is just a superstition passed down in the village.
If the Kanemasa's... No, if Mr. Kirishiki goes along with your prank,
I'll at least check his pulse to see if he's alive or not.
Oh yeah? Then come with me.
See their true identity with your own eyes!
Come out!
I know who you really are!
Okiagari! Open the door!
Excuse me...
What is this fuss about?
--Wait up! It's no use hiding! --S-Scary!
I'll expose your true identity! Be prepared!
Now, show yourselves!
We can't just let her be, right?
I guess...
Just what is going on?
You all suddenly barge in and shout absurdities about us.
Is that what passes for manners in this village?
Forgive me for saying so, but I, Seishirou Kirishiki...
am shocked!
Wh-Why is he able to come out in the sun?
Being able to come outside during the day doesn't mean he isn't okiagari!
Be gone!
What is this for?
L-I won't be fooled! Where are your wife and child?!
They're over there.
My wife and daughter have a serious illness
that compromises their immune system.
I apologize for not being able to bring them down here.
You're trying to trick us, aren't you?!
You are a doctor in this village, right?
Do you agree with her?
No. I'm sorry, Mr. Kirishiki.
In this village, there's a legend about okiagari,
the dead who come back to life.
It seems like lkumi thought that you guys are okiagari.
Do I look dead to you?
No.
Forgive me for asking this, but may I examine you to confirm it?
If I do, I think lkumi will accept it.
Sure.
Both pulse and breathing are normal.
No abnormality in body temperature.
He exhibits pupillary reflex as well.
lkumi, there's no doubt that Mr. Kirishiki is alive.
Dammit!
Why doesn't everyone get it?! It's so obvious that those guys are okiagari!
Help, lkumi! Help! My house...!
My family is being attacked by okiagari!
What?!
You were right! Help! Please hurry!
--Mom... --Leave it to me!
Where's your house?!
The other side of Sannohashi Bridge.
Mom!
I was walking towards my grand dream
It was an endless journey in which I lost my way time and time again
That time, it was raining with snow mixed in
I couldn't tell if they were my tears or not
Farewell, we can never see each other again
PH take another step towards the future I chose...
by overcoming a big obstacle
Why did you say, "This is the end" even though we loved each other?
Now I see it clearly
So, I'll "walk" with determination
Sunako used the phrase "forsaken by God."
That's right...
The moment she betrayed the providence that people can't rise up,
she became a creature forsaken by God...
She attacks humans and seeks a sacrifice.
She's a living being that goes against God's order
and is taken in by a hostile order.