01x05 - Vortex

[bunniefuu]

(g*n clinks)

HIZURU: Narezushi isn't all that common

in Hitogashima.

(Shinpei gasps)

I haven't had a chance to try it just yet.

What about yourself, huh?

Huh? What?

SHINPEI: I know that woman.

From the ferry!

(groaning)

(gasps)

The The shadow?

SHINPEI: It's gone!

(thrilling music)

(blade clinks)

(g*nsh*t)

(whimpers)

That's impressive. Do you have eyes

on the back of your head?

(hissing)

-(static)

-Why did you

SHINPEI: This This can't be happening.

Did she just k*ll a shadow?

(breathing heavily)

It's nice to meet you, I guess.

(festival music in distance)

(groaning)

You know, I used to live here

when I was a kid.

But I never got around

to trying narezushi.

I'm really curious what it tastes like.

(Shinpei groans)

SHINPEI: Who are you?

Oh, my god. That's so rude of me.

(static)

My name's Ryunosuke Nagumo.

Nagu Huh? Ryunosuke?

I arrived here just in time to save you.

HIZURU: I'm sorry it took

as long as it did

Shinpei Ajiro.

(gasps)

(theme music)

SUMMER TIME RENDERING

Na Nagumo

VORTEX

HIZURU: Oh. This way!

(Shinpei yelps)

What What is it?

(shushes)

-A shadow.

-(gasps)

(panting)

SHINPEI: Ushio!

I told it to just stay put inside!

Hold on. It's dangerous up there.

The shadows are gathering.

So So you can

So you can tell humans and shadows apart?

HIZURU:

Shadows are pretty easy to identify,

they hide inside a lump of skin and bone

shaped like a human.

For starters, always look at the ground.

You can see their true form

in the flat shadow

they cast on the ground.

And they hate

when people walk on their shadows.

If you try to step on them on purpose,

you'll notice

that only the shadow will move.

(Shinpei inhales sharply)

HIZURU: I don't know this for sure,

but it seems like

shadows use light to scan

and analyze humans,

and absorb the information.

My theory is that they process the info,

and somehow use it to determine

who'll they'll feed on next.

Shadows consume information

about us to survive.

However, they have an insatiable craving

for the taste of real flesh.

See that? That stain there

is from a shadow devouring a human body.

(gasps)

These shadows

just keep targeting people on the island.

HIZURU: And that goes for you, too.

It seems like

there are more and more every day,

no matter how many of them I take down.

It feels like they're all

being controlled somehow.

Like they're all working and moving

in the service of a single goal.

(gasps)

SHINPEI: A single goal.

"Mother will will be awake soon."

-(zaps)

-(Shinpei gasps)

SHINPEI: What was that light?

(Shinpei grunts)

You can k*ll shadows with that g*n,

right, Miss Nagumo?

That's That's your name, right?

You're the writer.

Ah Ah, yeah, I am.

Yes, I knew it! Please help me, okay?

I'm desperate here.

I have a lot I wanna ask you

but that's for another time.

SHINPEI: But right now

Mio and all my friends

are just standing

out in the open up there.

(grunts)

(panting)

HIZURU: Shinpei Ajiro.

Does he really think he's

going to save everyone, huh, Sis?

(panting)

SHINPEI: Toki!

Huh? Shinpei, that you?

(panting)

Oh, thank god. Where's everyone? And Mio?

Toki

(grunts)

(gasps)

TOKIKO: I'm so sorry.

-(Shinpei gasps)

-(Tokiko sobs)

No, not not this

I didn't get my hands dirty for this.

I I never thought this would happen.

-(knife pierces flesh)

-(groans)

(whimpers)

SHINPEI: Toki

(Tokiko whimpers)

(gasps)

Stop there. Step back.

(gasping)

(ominous music)

SHADOW: It is almost nine o'clock.

(g*n clicks)

The festival is finished. And it's time

for me to bring this final day to an end.

(whimpers)

SHINPEI: The shrine grounds

were thick with the humid evening air

and the sickening,

half-sweet stench of blood.

There was a mountain of corpses,

villagers and tourists.

SHADOW: You shall not impede me.

SHINPEI: One three

Five seven nine

Eleven

I just couldn't help but count them.

Even totally frozen with terror,

I was trying to make sense of things.

(both gasp)

SHINPEI: And then

(groaning)

Sou!

Mio, run.

Well, now, ain't this touching!

-(blood squelches)

-(Mio whimpers)

SHADOW SOU: Sacrificing his life

for you like that.

Clearly, I wasn't kidding

when I said I was in love with you!

(sobbing)

No.

But it always was the same with you.

Shinpei this and Shinpei that.

MIO: Sou, please.

(whooshes)

-(g*n clicks)

-(b*llet clatters)

(soft grunt)

(suspenseful music)

Mio!

(static)

What the

(gasps)

(g*nsh*t)

(groans)

(gasps)

(Hizuru groans)

(static)

SHADOW: Dangerous, isn't it?

Since you're intruding so blithely

upon this holy ritual of ours,

I take it you must have defeated

the other Mio.

(groans)

So you're you're the boss, then, huh?

What Who are you?

Who the hell are you? Answer me!

(gasps)

(groaning)

Let me see your right eye.

SHADOW: I knew it. It's the same right eye

Mother lost long ago!

What are you doing with it?

Why do you have the original?

Using that eye makes it possible

to manipulate time.

(Shinpei gasps)

(grunts)

Let me go!

Hey, hey, come on now. What're you doing?

Just stop struggling, okay?

SHADOW SHINPEI: After all,

you're one of us, too.

No! You're wrong, I'm human!

I'm Ushio Kofune!

You fool. You're not a human.

You know, humans don't instantly recover

from something like a broken arm.

(sobbing)

(groaning)

SHADOW: Since the hero can always restart

the game from a save point,

the only way for a final boss

to defeat him

is to pull the plug,

disconnecting the console

from the power source.

Imagine if you faced a boss

in a video game

who understood a concrete,

real-world concept like electrical power.

(panting)

Watch closely, I'll show you.

Look, Shinpei.

You're about to see the moment

where I cut off the power.

(gasps)

No, stop! Let me go!

I know I'm not one of you!

Shinpei! Mio! Take care of her!

USHIOH: Mio!

(sobbing)

(grunts)

(Mio sobbing)

Mio

(groaning)

Mi

Shin-chan.

(grunts)

Wait for me. I'll

(Shinpie grunts)

-MIO: Oh, Shin-chan.

-SHINPEI: I'll save you.

-(Shinpei grunting)

-(sobbing)

(Shinpei grunting)

(whimpers)

(fire crackling)

No way! Mio!

Mio! No!

(Ushio wailing)

USHIOH: No! Mio!

No! No! Get away! Leave Mio alone!

Your last meal is before you.

SHADOW: Please eat

to your heart's content.

(Shinpei sobs)

HIZURU: That gigantic shadow.

It swallowed up the others

after it touched them.

You were the one who was totally useless

in the end, Ryunosuke.

(gasps)

-It turns out I was too late to stop this.

-(static)

(gasps)

(ominous music)

Uh

Now then, look down

and grant me the last of your strength.

(power surge)

(sobbing)

SHADOW: Mother.

(rumbling)

Nothingness lies ahead.

-Do you see that? What is it?

-What is that up there, mama?

(people clamoring)

Huh? What is that? What the

Hm?

HISHIGATA: She must have eaten

a thousand humans, and that revived her.

She's here.

(sighs)

Look.

(static)

HISHIGATA: The shadows

will swallow up the island.

Heine.

(slurps)

HEINE: Ah. Delicious.

SHADOW: This is it.

This will be my ending.

(Shinpei sobbing)

SHINPEI: I'm sorry.

(sobbing)

SHINPEI: Mio, everyone

(sobbing)

I'm so sorry. Shinpei, I'm sorry.

HIZURU: Why didn't I believe

Why did it take me so long

to believe the message?

(groans)

I guess I was too late.

Way too late.

(breathing heavily)

-SHINPEI: No!

-(groans)

SHINPEI: I should have done that

when I had the chance.

Why didn't I say

what I was really thinking?

All I had were regrets.

Nothing but regrets.

Right now I don't feel

even the slightest sense of regret!

It isn't too late to change things yet!

-Miss Nagumo!

-Huh?

SHADOW: Hm?

You have to sh**t me right now!

Please, I'm begging you! Just k*ll me.

No matter how many times I die,

I'll just keep coming back!

(gasps)

sh**t me! Aim for my head, okay?

(soft chuckle)

You really say some pretty crazy stuff,

don't you? Here goes nothing.

Just do it, all right!?

I can go back to the 22nd.

Your efforts are futile.

I think this this is going to be

my last shot.

SHINPEI: Please.

You have to trust me! Do it!

The shadows will swallow you up as well.

Come here!

You monster!

HIZURU: If you really can go back

in time to the 22nd,

just remember to tell me your name,

and I'll save you.

(g*nsh*t)

(static)

SHINPEI: It's dark.

Nothing. No one's here.

They're gone.

This scene right here

Am I looking from the bird's-eye view?

Stop this. Stop it. Stop right now!

(tranquil music)

(wind gusting)

SHINPEI: The island

What is that red light?

It's a girl?

Just now our eyes met.

USHIO: Shinpei.

Huh? Ushio? Ushio!

USHIO: Be careful, okay?

There's a limit to this power, Shinpei.

Everyone will die at the festival.

I can hear you clearly this time.

Ushio! Where are you?

You are the only one

who can stop them now.

Take care of Mio. Please look after her.

(gasps)

MIO: So what's Tokyo like?

Been to Shibuya? Shibuya!

(Shinpei panting)

JULY 22

Ah. Hey, Shin-chan?

(gasps)

SHINPEI (in hoarse voice): I'm back.

(retches)

MIO: Shin Shin-chan?

(Shinpei gags)

SHINPEI: I did it.

Did you get chills

from falling into the water before?

-SHINPEI: Mio, she's alive.

-Did you hit your head or something?

Uh Uh, Shin Uh, Shin-chan?

Oh, thank goodness.

(sobs)

SHINPEI: I'm okay.

Just a little seasick from the ferry.

SHINPEI: What the

My clothes are soaked.

Ah. Of course.

I fell into the sea

when I tried to stop Mio's bike.

She had to jump in and save me.

MIO: Hey, you look really pale.

Why don't we take a nice long rest

after we get changed?

Thank goodness

our phones still work, though.

We can't show up at the funeral

with soaking wet clothes, you know.

Plus, I should probably take a shower.

SHINPEI: Remember what Ushio told me,

there's a limit to this power.

Take a step back

and look at the big picture.

First time was on the ferry.

Second time was after landing.

This time around, it's after I met Mio.

I think the starting point of the loop

is getting later and later.

Anything that happens before I wake up

seems to become fixed

every time I come back.

THIRD TIME

In other words, now I'm guaranteed

to fall into the sea. Every time.

SWAMP MAN

BY RYUNOSUKE NAGUMO

And if I die and wake up again,

it'll be even later than it was this time.

I can't just fail forever.

And if eventually I wake up after Mio

and everyone else is already dead,

I won't be able to save them

even if I try to restart the loop.

Three days.

Three days until the summer festival.

Can I really solve this

in just three days?

No. What am I saying?

(grunts)

USHIO: You are the only one

who can stop them now.

SHINPEI: I'm going to do this!

(moans)

(waves crashing)

JULY 22

What the

(closing theme music)