01x01 - Tomorrow

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STORY BY TAIGA MIYAKAWA

The train on track number three

is soon approaching.

-Morning, Saneatsu.

-Hey.

You're energetic as always, Kazuhiko.

You really hate

this intel class, don't you?

Intel? You mean, computer class, right?

I'm really not good at it.

-Yeah, you really do suck with computers.

-Shut up!

-Is Ryuta not here yet?

-He's probably t*rd again.

-Stop talking and turn on your computers.

-I know, I know.

DO YOU SEE THIS RIGHT NOW?

What's this?

Professor Shinozaki, there's

something weird on the screen.

Something weird?

DO YOU SEE THIS RIGHT NOW?

It's just a screen saver.

Click on something and it'll go away.

Where's the love?

-It's gone.

-Hey, Sato,

-get back to your seat.

-Yes, sir!

Morning!

-You're late, Ryuta!

-Hey, t*rd-boy!

Shut up, straight-F boy!

-Hey! You promised not to tell anyone!

-Come on guys.

-See you guys later! Bye!

-Bye.

See you tomorrow.

I'm going home too.

Seriously! We're not gonna hang out today?

Today is the anniversary

of my mom's death.

Is your dad still overseas?

Yup, he just sends me money

for my living expenses.

Well, if you ever need anything,

just tell me.

We're best buds after all.

Ryuta

Go to hell.

-See you tomorrow then.

-See you.

Here's the place.

-This is gonna be a great night.

-Welcome!

Here you are.

NO SIGNAL

We just bought this last year.

DAD

CALLING

He's not picking up.

It's really quiet today.

Maybe I'll go pick up Ryuta.

Did his parents already leave for work?

He's probably still sleeping.

Oh well.

Ryuta!

Hey, Ryuta! What's wrong!

Are you all right!

KAZUHIKO

INCOMING CALL

Hello? Saneatsu?

-Thank God.

-Kazuhiko,

Ryuta's in trouble! He collapsed at home.

Ryuta too?

Listen, Saneatsu.

Ryuta is probably dead already.

We've been waiting for you.

Glad you're safe.

Can somebody explain to me

what the hell is going on?

I'm Yagihashi, student body president.

Let me be the one to explain.

In conclusion,

I have no idea what's going on.

-What the hell answer is that?

-Our families are all dead.

I believe that

the only people from this school

who are still alive are us.

Saneatsu Narita,

you saw the town on your way here,

didn't you?

All public institutions are unresponsive.

It's likely because everybody is dead.

Dead

Everybody in this town

Me too

I woke up this morning,

and my whole family was dead.

Kazuhiko

I don't know why this is happening,

but people all over the town are dead.

Out of all the students contacts,

we were only able to get in contact

with the ten students here.

Most likely the other students are

STUDENT CONTACTS

ARE YOU A JAPANESE LIVING IN TOKYO?

-Look, Professor.

-I didn't touch anything.

Is this the message that I saw yesterday?

No, the content is a little different.

What? Did you see that message too?

-I also saw it.

-Me too.

So did I.

-Did we all see it then?

-Yes.

Does anyone remember what it said?

It said

Oh, it disappeared.

It's not connected to the Internet.

Or rather, there's no Internet service.

-Ms. Fujishiro.

-Yes?

As a student council member,

I have a favor to ask of you.

It's not working.

Thank you for the food.

No gas. Water and electricity still work.

The radio works as well.

Everybody, stay at home.

Pack up any belongings you may need,

and we'll all come back here tomorrow.

Please make sure to be here.

It's for your safety.

Hopefully, we'll get answers tomorrow.

Tomorrow, huh?

I will now take roll.

I'm Saaya Fujishiro.

I'm in Year 1, Class D.

I'm Mika Kaido. I'm in Year 2, Class B.

I'm Jin Omi. Year 1, Class C.

I'm Eren Kunashiri.

I'm in Year 2, Class A.

I'm Ryohei Sudo. I'm in Year 3, Class F.

I'm Sotaro Shinozaki, Professor of

Data Processing for first-year students.

-I'm in Year 1, Class A

-Wait a sec.

Where's the student body president?

The student body president

is dead.

I have a message from him.

What do you mean he's dead! Like suicide?!

You've got to be kidding me!

At a time like this!

Watch your mouth!

The student body president has a theory

as to why this happened.

It has to do with the question

displayed on the computer.

The question

The question from two days ago

and the question from yesterday.

Both were yes-no questions.

We didn't answer anything.

But the president said

I commute to school from Saitama,

so if people are dying

because of this question,

either me or one of you will surely die.

-That's absurd!

-But maybe he's right.

If the people who answered "no" to the

question from two days ago are dead,

it all makes sense.

That would mean that everyone

who didn't see that screen died.

-Is it another question?

-Wait, something's different.

END OF TRIAL RUN. YOU WILL BE INFORMED

OF THE RULES AT 11:40 P.M. TODAY.

-It's not a question.

-What does it mean by trial run?

I guess we will get

a new message later tonight.

I'm getting a grasp of the situation,

but I can't process all of it.

Sir, please open the conference room!

That way, we can all see the projector.

-Okay. I'll get it ready!

-Is this for real?

Is everyone here?

Wasn't there another guy here yesterday?

He wasn't here during the day either.

Oh, that weird, scruffy guy.

Maybe he's dead.

Did you contact him?

The thing is

I couldn't find the student contact list.

I tried redialing his number,

but both calls and texts

are not going through.

UNAVAILABLE

You're right.

We'll give up trying to contact him.

Why does it matter?

We're the only ones alive anyway.

How can you be sure?

What if this is all just a bad prank

People don't die for a prank!

Congratulations.

You all happen to be alive.

Nice to meet you. I'm "The Emperor".

To the one million survivors in Tokyo,

the trial run is over.

We will now take a majority vote.

MAJORITY VOTE

A majority vote?

LOSE

The character "lose"?

The rules are simple.

You are to find a blue mailbox

or a red computer in the designated area,

which changes daily,

and submit a question

with two answer choices.

THE PEOPLE

Questions that include the designation

of a specific individual

or questions that have

already been accepted once

QUESTIONS THAT INCLUDE THE DESIGNATION

OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR WERE ALREADY ACCEPTED

are invalid.

The first valid question received

will be selected.

ONE WILL BE SELECTED

The daily cut off time

will be at 11:55 p.m.

A readout will be broadcast at 11:58 p.m.

Then, at exactly midnight each day,

the majority of the two answer choices

will die.

The majority dies?

If no one submits a question,

it will be chosen at random

from the system.

-This is a joke!

-Even if we're lucky,

the number of survivors

will be reduced by half in a day.

In addition, a total of 65 envelopes

have been placed

in the designated areas,

where you can acquire

the magical power

of privileges and rights.

PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS

Each person can acquire

one right and one privilege.

Once acquired,

they cannot be exchanged or changed.

Please make the most of it.

Like a magical power, huh?

When the last person survives,

I will give you the right

to meet the Emperor.

The last survivor can meet

with the Emperor?

I will now announce

tomorrow's designated area.

SUGINAMI WARD

Fujishiro will be the leader.

I'll be the deputy leader.

Sudo's the chief adviser.

FUJISHIRO - 6 VOTES,

SHINOZAKI - 3 VOTES, SUDO - 6 VOTES

Today's area is right here

in Suginami Ward.

Let's find a red computer

or a blue mailbox

and meet together again at 11:00 p.m.

We are allies.

Let's definitely survive this!

We're splitting up! Unbelievable!

I hate you all! You're all idiots!

Stupid idiots!

All the bodies are gone.

Are there really

a million survivors?

But if that was true, it's too deserted.

MAILBOX

What did you want to talk about alone,

even stopping your mailbox search?

Since you're our new leader now,

I wanted to tell you

what I am thinking.

Let's take down the Emperor!

-Take him down?

-Surviving is meaningless if you're alone.

So for me, surviving is not my goal,

but it's a means,

a means to find the Emperor.

First of all, there is no guarantee that

there will be a survivor.

We were told that, "If the last person

survives, they can meet the Emperor."

That's "if they survive".

If we all choose the majority,

we will all die.

The fact that we can meet him means that

the Emperor is out there somewhere.

We have to find and stop him.

We need to keep in mind

that majority votes can cause problems.

So far, the Emperor has only issued

a few rules.

For example, what happens

if the majority vote splits in half?

Will it be a no-count, or will both die?

Or will there be some sort of adjustment?

The worst-case scenario is that we don't

know the extent of the invalid votes.

It's a multiple choice question

with only two answers to choose from,

so there's not that many options.

What the hell is the Emperor thinking?

Or is he not thinking?

A game where the majority loses, huh?

There's a lot we don't know.

Can I tell you something

that's been bothering me too?

As of this morning, gas, Internet,

and phone services are all out.

But electricity, water and radio services

are still working.

There must be a reason.

This morning?

-In the morning?

-Huh?

I was just thinking

about the morning before yesterday

Why was everybody so calm?

It's all thanks

to the student body president.

We were all called by him over the phone

and forced to gather at the school.

And he made us make phone calls.

At first, I thought "Why?"

But thanks to that,

we were able to remain calm.

I think the president

was thinking of our well-being.

Hold on, wait a minute.

How did the president,

who lives in Saitama, come to Tokyo

when the trains aren't even running?

How did he get to the school

before everyone else?

Can it be that he

he knew that the majority vote had begun?

Sa ne a tsu.

Saneatsu.

Why are you suddenly calling me

by my first name?

Relax, take it easy.

Because

you never know when your life

is going to end.

At the very least,

you want to be close to your pals.

-Saaya.

-Atta boy.

But I didn't think you were so smart.

In my class, I'm actually known

as a good student and a good athlete.

Although I suck at computers.

I'll leave the computer to you.

I'll go find the mailbox and the Emperor.

I'll help you find the Emperor too!

Let's do this, Saneatsu!

-I touched your hand!

-Sorry!

Maybe we can take something from here.

It might be useful.

-Would that make me a thief?

-I got too close.

Yeah! Paper!

Let's get some receipt paper

to write down our questions.

-Why don't you open it?

-Let's wait till everyone's here.

I couldn't find the mailbox after all.

I guess there's no computers

at the school.

Finding a computer is not that easy.

Finding a mailbox might be easier.

I thought someone was on campus.

Sudo-senpai.

Where in the world did you get that?

I don't need to tell you a thing.

I found it on the side of the road

and borrowed it.

Wait a sec. Just now

I was right after all.

k*lling is the answer!

That's the way to stop this majority vote.

Are you going to sh**t me?!

-Of course.

-I refuse.

There you are!

Let's head to the entrance now!

-Kazuhiko.

-What's wrong?

Sudo-senpai is wandering around

with a g*n!

Narita, Fujishiro, Sato! Get in!

Professor.

Narita, watch out!

I won't let you, four-eyes!

Oh, I see. So you wanna die first?

No way

Damn it!

I'm not giving up.

I've narrowed down your location, Emperor!

We can't go back to the school.

I'm glad you're all okay.

Do we look okay? Kaido hasn't come back,

and no one has found the mailbox.

This is horrible!

Let's go look for it.

We still might be able to find it.

Professor, please take over

as chief adviser.

Okay, I will.

But make sure to come back here.

Damn it!

"Still might be able to find it."

What am I saying?!

Saneatsu, let's take a break.

I told my best friend to go to hell

as a joke.

I regretted it after he died

and swore to at least avenge him.

But I'm powerless.

Hey, Saneatsu. Let's take a photo.

This is a good time for a photo.

You wanna take a photo?

-Three

-No!

-Saaya, you're good at taking photos.

-I'm just average.

I look at the whole image,

then I adjust it or trim it.

My phone can't even take selfies

in the first place.

I'm not interested in that kind of stuff.

It's just unnecessary.

With everyone

Maybe we should've taken a photo

with everyone.

With everyone, huh?

Everyone?!

I let my guard down.

Let's watch it here.

We'll meet up with the rest afterward.

NO SIGNAL

It's time.

We will now take a majority vote.

What will it be What's the question?

MAN OR WOMAN

No way This can't be happening!

Promise me one thing.

The survivor will

Defeat the Emperor. I promise.

MAN OR WOMAN

It is now midnight.

NAKANO WARD

Emperor!