01x03 - Washing Ashore

[bunniefuu]

(crickets chirping)

SHINPEI: I know it sounds ridiculous.

But once you once you see it

The walking shadow

(soft gasp)

Wait, oh my gosh, we need to warn Shiori!

The shadow's coming

and it's gonna k*ll someone.

It's not a superstition!

She could be in danger, right, Shinpei?

SHINPEI: Shiori Kobayakawa

saw her shadow just the same way.

She's in danger.

Hey, we have to go find her right now!

-SHINPEI: But wait.

-(gasps)

I definitely can't let Mio

go anywhere near that kind of danger.

I have to go alone, Mio.

(theme music)

SUMMER TIME RENDERING

(crickets chirping)

DRIFTING ASHORE

KOBA MAR

YOMOGIMOCHI

(exhales deeply)

SHINPEI: Looks like the store is closed.

This is bad. Nothing changed.

-SHIOMI: Hey there!

-(gasps)

Wait. Is that you, Shinpei?

SHINPEI: Mrs. Shiomi!

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Uh, thanks. It's good to see you.

We don't really have

convenience stores here.

You're quite a long way from Tokyo, huh?

Well, I've always been a fan

of this place.

They have green tea ice cream.

(chuckles)

A little taste of home, yeah?

-It looks like it's closed today, though.

-Huh.

Usually, they're open, unless they say

they'll be closed in advance.

3RD GRADE, CLASS 1 SHIORI KOBAYAKAWA

(dings)

-SHIOMI: Hey, Koba? You there? Open up!

-(doorbell dings)

SHIOMI: That's unusual. Are they out?

SHINPEI: Oh.

Oh, I guess they left it unlocked.

Anyone there? Koba? Hello?

You sure it's okay

to just go in like this?

Don't worry about it.

Koba, you here?

(solemn music playing on TV)

Huh, that's weird.

Looks like they even left the TV on.

(breathes sharply)

SHIOMI: Hey, Koba? Koba, you here?

Koba, hello?

Anyone home?

(gasps)

SHIOMI: So weird. Koba! Hello?

SHINPEI: It's the shadow.

The shadow must have done this.

Totsumura's shadow

did the exact same thing to him.

Didn't you see this coming, Shinpei?

You could have done something about it.

You could have saved them, you know.

That's enough! These things are monsters.

I'm not going to get k*lled again.

All I can do is warn people

and do my best to observe everything

as closely as I can.

So, what have you observed so far today?

The food is untouched and has gone cold.

They were attacked yesterday.

Around dinnertime.

(gasps)

There are deep marks in the floorboards

like something smashed them.

(music continues playing on TV)

What on earth happened here?

Mrs. Shiomi, I'm just gonna take

a quick look upstairs.

SHIOMI: Okay. Sounds good.

SHINPEI: The two dark stains

must be from adults.

They're too big for a child.

I'm guessing

they're from Shiori's parents.

So, where is Shiori, then?

-(trilling)

-(gasps)

(quivering)

(ominous music)

SHADOW SHIORI: Hey.

(shaky breathing)

SHINPEI: That's it.

Do you remember if you saw a girl

who looked like you?

SHADOW SHIORI: Hey, why did you ask me

that yesterday?

SHINPEI: I didn't do that

last time around.

(gasps)

SHADOW SHIORI: You're just standing there

staring at me.

Is there something on my face, or what?

Or is there something weird

about about my body?

SHINPEI: You bet there is.

Shiori, it's you.

SHINPEI: The shadow I saw at the funeral

must have been Shiori Kobayakawa.

You, uh, got your voice back.

Are you feeling better?

SHINPEI: God, I couldn't come up

with a better question than that?

-SHADOW SHIORI: Oh

-(static)

Mommy and daddy said

I shouldn't say anything.

Are you gonna answer my question?

Uh, never mind.

(gasps)

No need to answer.

I'll ask you later.

SHINPEI: I think I just caught

the shadow sickness.

No.

I had it from the beginning.

SHIOMI: Shinpei, you okay?

(gasps)

Anyone here? See any sign of them at all?

(door creaks)

Uh

SHIOMI: What's going on?

You have a stomach ache?

SHINPEI: Uh, no.

So I guess Mrs. Shiomi

just saved my life without knowing it.

Shortly after Mrs. Shiomi

called the police,

I left the Kobayakawas' house.

(pensive music)

If I do nothing until noon,

the same thing will happen.

That woman I met on the ferry,

she has to know something.

Maybe I can figure out a way to save her.

I didn't see her at all this time around,

because the day started at the port.

(breathes heavily)

She had a lot of luggage.

No way she was taking a day trip.

I should check the hotels on the island.

NAKAMURA: A suit?

SHINPEI: Yes. She was wearing a suit,

and had long hair.

Hmm

She was wearing glasses as well.

Oh.

Did you happen to see her?

Difficult to say. There are always lots

of tourists hanging around

-at this time of year.

-SHINPEI: Um

She also had

She also had huge, you know

Ah! You mean her? Sure, I remember her!

She came by here. How could I forget?

NAKAMURA: Yeah, I'm pretty sure

you said so this morning.

You said you were looking for this woman.

-She had glasses and really big boobs.

-SHINPEI: Huh?

NAKAMURA: She came by,

but she didn't stay overnight.

She didn't stick around long, either.

She just stopped by the cafe for a bit

in the late afternoon.

You should hang out for a while, too,

check out our cafe.

SHINPEI: I tried, but that woman

was impossible to track down,

I just couldn't seem to find her anywhere.

There's only so much

that I can do on my own.

BISTRO KOFUNE

LUNCH SPECIALS

(bell chimes)

Hi, how are you?

Oh, Shin-chan.

So how'd it go? How is Shiori?

SHINPEI: Oh Mm

Ah!

MIO: Hello, good morning!

SHINPEI: Totsumura.

It's so damn hot out. Hey!

Listen, Shinpei, what was the deal

with that call last night?

You straight-up lied!

You said there was a bar fight!

Can I get you your usual,

the Lunch Special

with fried shrimp and rice?

-Wow, you know me pretty well, kid.

-(Mio chuckling)

Huh? They disappeared?

The Kobayakawa family? As in, all of them?

TETSU: That's right.

Seriously? Shin-chan?

Yeah.

You know, I heard you went

inside their place with Mrs. Shiomi.

SHINPEI: Oh, yes.

TETSU: You can tell me about it later.

That's really strange,

considering I had a conversation

with Kobayakawa just yesterday.

TETSU: Oh, is that right?

You know, I really can't go

into details yet,

but a detective is coming

on the very first ferry this afternoon.

SHINPEI:

His response is different from before.

That's good,

it's probably because I stopped

his shadow from k*lling him.

This is the real Totsumura.

Oh, yeah, I forgot,

I'm supposed to give you this. Here.

-Huh?

-Huh?

(Mio gasps)

That was my sister's phone.

(gasps)

Ushio came to see me,

so I wound up talking to her

the day before she died,

and she asked me to hold onto it for her.

TETSU: But she wanted me to give it to you

if anything ever happened to her.

SHINPEI: Ushio left this for me?

TETSU: It was like

she could see the future.

Like she knew exactly

what would happen to her.

SHINPEI: Things are getting

more and more complicated.

(bell chimes)

Hi there, Shinpei.

Uh, sorry, I'm not too early, am I?

(chuckles)

No, I was waiting.

SHINPEI: I know I can trust Sou.

I'll tell him about everything.

(crickets chirping)

SHINPEI: So that's why I think her

Do you think it was Shiori's shadow

that k*lled Ushio.

Is that what you're trying

to tell me, Shinpei?

Uh, that's right.

The ligature marks prove two things,

she was strangled,

and only one person was there at the time.

Do you think

it's going to come after Mio next?

SHINPEI: Yes.

Can you tell shadows and people apart,

simply by looking at them?

No.

-SHINPEI: I couldn't tell the difference.

-SOU: Hmm

Oh, man. That's not a good sign.

So for all I know,

you might be a shadow yourself,

pretending to be the real Shinpei.

(gasps softly)

(dramatic music)

Yeah, but I could say the same about you.

(Sou grunts)

What are you talking about?

Who's a Who's a shadow?

Just calm down, Mio.

It'll be okay.

Hmm.

They show up on camera,

so they must be living things, right?

Not ghosts or phantoms or something.

If they're alive, there must be

a way to k*ll them, right, Shinpei?

(gasps)

That's right.

Wait, Shin-chan,

why don't we go to Hiruko now?

Mr. Karikiri knows

all about the history of the island.

Maybe he knows

something about shadows, too.

SHINPEI: That's right,

Mio and I were trying to visit Hiruko

the first time around, too.

It's dangerous!

That's where we ran into the shadow.

It was right by the shrine!

(g*nsh*t)

Uh, maybe tomorrow?

Tomorrow?

But isn't that the summer festival?

SHINPEI: Oh, the summer festival.

I knew it. I figured you'd forget.

You know,

tomorrow is the busiest day of the year,

everyone will be at the shrine.

SOU: There'll be so many people,

the priest won't have time for us.

SHINPEI: Actually, the more people,

the safer it should be

for us to visit the shrine.

The summer festival

is the perfect time for us to go.

SOU: I'll be at Kofune

at around five o'clock tomorrow.

Let's decide on a code word,

just something that will help me tell,

you know, whether you're a shadow or not.

Oh.

-SOU: If I say "mountain," you say

-SHINPEI: "River"?

SOU: That's too obvious.

SHINPEI: Oh.

Uh, how about Tigris-Euphrates?

SOU: Have any ideas

that aren't rivers, Shinpei?

MIO: How about "Mesopotamia"?

SOU: That's a good one, Mio!

"Mesopotamia" it is!

SHINPEI: Are these two joking right now?

Thanks a lot, Sou,

I appreciate you trusting me.

SOU: Mm.

(scoffs)

We're buddies, remember?

You trusted me enough to tell me.

That's no small things.

SHINPEI: You still can't trust him

completely yet.

At least not until you find a way

to tell shadows and people apart.

You always expect the worst from people.

(sighs)

By the way, there's something

I've been meaning to check out.

SOU: I'll be sure to let you know

if I find anything.

(thunder rumbles)

(thunder rumbles)

MIO: Oh! We're getting soaked!

(Mio pants)

(sighs)

This definitely wasn't in the forecast.

-Hm?

-SHINPEI: Oh.

(Shinpei grunts)

(Shinpei grunts)

(exhales heavily)

HITO SUMMER FESTIVAL

JULY 24, 2018

MIO: Shin-chan.

Hm?

How long do you think

you'll stick around here?

Oh, well, you know

I was thinking I would leave

pretty much right after the funeral,

but I'm not sure.

(breathes sharply)

MIO: I think you should stay forever.

Forever?

Oh. Never mind. I That was stupid.

I didn't mean that.

MIO: I was just kidding.

Oh, here, you should take this.

Here, go ahead.

Sis was wearing this necklace

when she died.

I'm sure she'd want you to have it.

It's yours. Keep it somewhere safe.

Oh, thanks a lot.

(gasps softly)

SHINPEI: Is it her birthday?

INPUT PASSWORD

PASSWORD INCORREC

That's not it.

JULY 24

(knocks on door)

SOU: Mountain.

Huh?

You have to say "Mesopotania," remember?

Ah. Is it time to go already?

God. You're such a party pooper.

At least we know it's the real you.

Shinpei, whoa! Go put some pants on!

-SHINPEI: Sorry, whoops, sorry, Toki!

-(clothes rustling)

Just hurry up and get changed.

We're pretty much ready to go.

Right, Mio?

(gasps)

(dreamy music)

Do I look okay?

It's just that this is my first time

wearing a yukata.

You look so--

You look fantastic!

How is it? Tokiko dressed Mio herself.

Don't you think it might help us

to tell her apart from her shadow?

Yeah, it's possible.

Are you sure it looks okay?

SOU: I still haven't told Tokiko

anything you told me.

SHINPEI: Good.

I think that's for the best.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to ask,

what exactly were you looking into?

Did you find anything?

Oh, yesterday?

Don't worry, that was nothing important.

-Just forget about it.

-(groans)

All right, Let's quit chatting

and get outta here.

Come on, Ushio must be waiting for us.

Yes, that's right. I know

that Sis was really looking forward

to the summer festival.

I'm sure she'll be there today in spirit.

Come on, let's get going.

Today is for her.

SHINPEI: Sou, don't you want

to be a doctor?

You're starting

to sound pretty superstitious.

(waves crashing)

(indistinct chatter)

HITO SHRINE

GYOKURINEN GREEN TEA ICE CREAM

Listen, Sou.

Hm?

SHINPEI: It's been two years

since I left the island.

I thought I had matured a little bit,

I thought I'd grown up,

but I'm still totally helpless.

I couldn't be here with her

when she really needed me.

I promised I'd do anything

to keep her safe.

SOU: You idiot!

Ushio died, but it sure

wasn't because of you!

Keep it together, Shinpei!

Right now, you need to focus

on protecting Mio!

Shinpei, you're her brother,

for god's sake!

I know that, I'm not a moron.

(grunts)

SOU: If you think

you're not up for the job,

if you can't do it,

you should leave Mio to me.

SHINPEI:

Sou, do you still have feelings for Mio?

(munches)

-SOU: What the hell do you care?

-(gasps)

-MIO: Hey. What are you chatting about?

-(both gasp)

(Sou clears throat)

-Mm?

-SHINPEI: Ah, nothing, really.

We were debating

whether we liked boobs or butts.

Hey!

-MIO: Ew, creepy.

-SHINPEI: No, no, no!

Shinpei, your ice cream is melting.

(yelps)

I'm telling you,

he's lying through his teeth!

Actually, I'm sort of curious

what you said.

Huh?

Well, I heard the other day you barged in

on Mio while she was taking a bath.

(both whimper)

What? What the hell is wrong

with you, Shinpei?

Take this!

Oh, Shinpei, I wonder

what you really think about Mio?

(gasps)

What do you mean, huh, Tokiko?

(coughs)

SHINPEI: What do I think of her?

Well, obviously, I care a lot about her.

We're family.

Oh, you're family, huh?

What're you Stop, Tokiko!

Don't ask him weird things like that.

Shinpei, my old man just gave me a call.

After the fireworks

and the customary goodbye ceremony,

Mr. Karikiri should be available.

Okay. All right. So until then

(gasps)

(gasps)

SOU: Hm? What's up, Shinpei?

(soft gasp)

SHINPEI: Right there, I just saw

Why don't we go a little further in?

We'll see the fireworks

a lot better from there.

-(Shinpei gasps)

-ALL: Huh?

SHINPEI: Sorry. I'll catch up with you.

SOU: H-Hey! Shinpei!

SHINPEI: Please look after Mio!

Huh? Where is he going? Number two?

(Shinpei panting)

Excuse me. Coming through.

Sorry about that.

SOU: Ushio must be waiting for us.

(Shinpei panting)

MIO: Sis was really looking forward

to the summer festival.

I'm sure she'll be there today in spirit.

(panting)

(panting)

(grunts)

(panting)

USHIO: Hey, Shinpei.

(gasps)

USHIO: You have to find me, okay?

Please don't forget.

(gasps)

(gasps)

SHINPEI: Ushio.