Moving along, turn to page 44 in your textbooks.
Are they open?
Mr. Yokota... Sorry I'm late again...
Katayama, what's wrong with your back?
Hm?
Oh. It started swelling for some reason.
And down we go...
What is that?
Gross, it's like a snail shell!
That's so freaky...
What the heck?
Gross!
A spiral...
What's that sound?
Snakes!
Those two snakes are coiled around each other!
Gross, that's so creepy!
They're fighting, aren't they?
They're at each other's throats. Just like our parents.
They're not fighting... They're mating.
I hear that they still don't know where Azami is.
Yeah...
It must have been rough for you, Kirie.
You were questioned by the police about the disappearance, right?
Yeah...
Say, Kirie...
Did you know that they've started burying people again?
Huh?
They're burying bodies instead of cremating them.
Those huge spirals have been swirling above the Kurouzu crematorium lately, right?
Yeah...
They're trying to write it off as a freak of nature,
a combination of a furnace malfunction and unique local weather patterns,
but I hear there have been spirals above crematoriums in other cities, too.
But only when someone from Kurouzu-cho is cremated,
Doesn't that blow your mind?
Yeah...
I guess it's because people think it's better than seeing those spirals,
but I can't believe there's actual dead bodies buried along the path we take to school.
It makes my hair stand on end...
Let's walk faster, yeah?
Boo!
Goshima! I love you!
Don't jump out at people like that, Yamaguchi!
Did I get you?
Don't even bother trying to get her attention.
Kirie already has a boyfriend.
Sure, I know!
But I want to land a pretty girl like you as my girlfriend
and give everyone the shock of their lives!
For the love of...
This is why everyone calls you Jack-in-the-Box!
Scaring people is my thing!
Well, I don't want anything to do with it or you.
Please stop bothering me.
Let's go, Shiho.
Goshima!
I'm not giving up!
Mark my words, I'll make you fall for me!
- Stupid punk! - We warned you to stay away from her!
Come on, Yoriko!
No! Let go of me, Dad!
Yoriko!
Little bastard!
Kazunori!
- March, young lady! - No! Kazunori!
Are you okay?
Kazunori?
They're warped and twisted...
Huh? Who are?
Do you remember, Goshima?
We moved here when I was in grade school.
Into that old row house that had been abandoned for years
that everyone calls the Poorhouse.
Sure, Shuichi and I would go over sometimes.
Yoriko's family lives in the same row house,
but our families hate each other.
Everyone's hearts are twisted beyond recognition.
I think it's because they can't accept the poverty they've found themselves in.
So twisting themselves into knots
is their only way to shield themselves from that reality.
When two twisted people lock horns with each other
they become entangled, and things go totally out of control.
It's impossible for them to get untangled.
Your families are twisted beyond recognition? But you're not like that at at all.
Thanks. I appreciate that, Goshima.
I like to think that Yoriko and I haven't become twisted yet.
The thing is... We're planning to run away together.
What?
By train the day after tomorrow.
Don't tell anyone, okay?
I won't.
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SAITO, YUKIE
I sure hope Kazunori and Yoriko find a way to be happy.
That makes sense. It's no wonder that they hate each other.
The spiral curse hangs over that row house.
Come again?
The spiral is twisting and warping their souls.
Unless my eyes are deceiving me,
the curse is particularly strong in that row house.
Admittedly, this whole town has begun to be infected by the spiral.
Look at these.
Hm?
Once they're touched by the spiral, which has the power to draw things towards its center,
people must have an overwhelming urge to attract the attention of others.
By the way, Kirie...
Hm?
Are you growing your hair out?
What?
Come to think of it, my hair does seem longer all of a sudden.
KUROUZU HIGH SCHOOL
Ms. Goshima...
What's going on with your hair?
What?
WOMEN
Where did all these curls come from?
Why don't you do a French braid?
I can braid it for you.
Thanks, Ms. Sekino.
The structure of DNA
is a double helix.
Picture two strands
that form a ladder that is then twisted.
Each strand has a backbone
made of alternating sugar and phosphate groups that form a pentagram.
- Oh, come on! made of alternating sugar and phosphate groups that form a pentagram.
The points of the pentagram point inwards to the center of the helix, where they--
What the hell is that monster?!
Gross!
It's Katayama...!
What did you say?!
- Seriously? - Are you kidding?!
That's totally Katayama! See?! Look at its face!
His eyes stuck out!
MARBLE HAIR SALON
Please cut it. Lop it all off.
Are you sure?
Yes, so creepy.
All right, short it is.
You're... You're some kind of monster!
This isn't right! Let's take her to the hospital!
- Sis! - Kirie!
Honey, we have to get her to the hospital!
I can't breathe!
Her hair is angry! It's strangling her because it's mad!
It's killing her for trying to cut it or trying to go to the hospital!
Don't be ridiculous!
You're saying that she's strangling herself?!
Honey, Mitsuo might be right.
What's the matter?
Say something!
Ms. Goshima...
You there! What's with that hair?
Ms. Goshima...
Just you wait, I'll attract even more attention than you.
You won't believe what Sluggo ate for breakfast!
Weeds in the chicken coop!
- Come on, "Sluggo"? - That's harsh, even for you, Tsumura!
I can't take this anymore...
He hasn't come home for two days. He was here at the school this whole time?
This is your son.
Don't be absurd! That's not our son!
I don't buy it! Is this some sick joke?!
- Come on, we're leaving! - Right!
Katayama...
KUROUZU HIGH SCHOOL
Guys!
Wait for me!
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Shuichi...
Boo!
Goshima! Please accept this token of my affection!
I'm sorry, but I can't accept this.
I wish you'd at least open it and see what's inside.
I'm already seeing someone. You need to stop this.
What can I do to make you understand how I feel about you?
I know!
Watch this, Goshima!
I'll stop that car with the power of my love!
Yamaguchi!
I love you...
KUROUZU HIGH SCHOOL
I hear Jack-in-the-Box got killed by a car!
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Yeah, can you believe it?
KUROUZU HIGH SCHOOL
I hear his body got wrapped around the front wheel and was crushed to a pulp.
Not again!
Oh, man! Katayama got out of his pen!
No, wait!
That's...
- ...Tsumura! - ...Tsumura!
Ms. Goshima!
What do you think? Am I worth looking at now?
I won't play second fiddle to you. Let's see who's best.
Come on, let's see what you've got, Ms. Goshima!
Ms. Sekino, I'm not interested in competing with you...
Only one of us can be the center of attention!
Looking at you makes me sick!
Kirie!
Hang on, I'll cut it off!
Now I'm the center of attention in this town!
Look at me! Look at me, everyone!
I'm so tired...
But I need more...
Even more... attention...
Kirie!
Shuichi?
This is bad! Katayama and Tsumura got loose!
If we don't find them fast and exterminate them,
we're all in big trouble!
Mr. Yokota!
Please don't kill them!
These are eggs they laid after they mated!
Mated? But they're both males!
There's no gender distinction with snails!
If these things hatch, all hell will break loose in town!
Stop it! Don't smash their eggs!
They aren't human anymore!
They're snail people! That's my name for them!
Everything's gone crazy...
Kazunori...
Where are you going? You're in no shape to go anywhere!
The train station! Kazunori and Yoriko are getting out of town!
Getting out of town?
Yes. They're getting out here. I want at least them to escape.
KUROUZU STATION
Running away together is the smart decision, but are you sure they're coming?
They should be here any minute. He said they were taking the 6:30 train.
What's wrong? Why are you running?
Our parents spotted us sneaking out of the house.
Our fathers are chasing after us!
They already have people staking out the station!
What can we do?
Let's go along the coast! We'll help!
Shuichi...!
There they are!
This way!
Kazunori! Stop this nonsense at once! Turn around and come home!
Dad! Get out of our way!
Found 'em!
Kazunori! Run for it!
- Come back here! - Kazunori!
Come back here!
I... I can't...
...run any farther!
Yoriko...
Little twerp, how many times am I gonna have to beat sense into you?!
Kazunori...
We're going to be pulled apart again, aren't we?
No.
We're staying together this time.
We'll twist our bodies!
Like this!
Yoriko!
- Give me your hand! - Kazunori!
What in the name of---
Yoriko! Hang on, I'll get you out!
It's too tight! It's like a steel cable!
Dad, stop it.
We'll never be apart again.
You're right. We'll be together forever.
Excuse me, is something wrong?
Hm? What makes you think something is wrong?
I'm on my way home. It's the strangest thing, though.
I keep walking and walking, but never seem to get there.
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Somebody help me! I can't walk in a straight line!
I hear the black lighthouse suddenly lit up last night.
But it's been sitting broken for years. I wonder when they fixed it.
I hear that anyone who looks into the light goes crazy!
Wow, really? That's scary!
Mr. Yokota!
He turned into a snail person himself...
Sis! Come quick!
What is it this time?
It must have run aground sometime last night.
But the seas were calm. And the lighthouse was lit up.
The way I hear it, after it ran aground,
her three crewmen were walking in circles on the deck.
Afterwards, they fell into the water.
They pulled one out, but the others are still missing.
Speaking of missing,
city hall sent five experts to check out the lighthouse last night.
No one's heard from them since.
Mitsuo?
Mitsuo!
Come down this instant!
This stairway is so cool!
Let's go higher, Mitsuo!
Yeah!
I guess I have to go up...
It's strange... This doesn't make sense.
No matter how far I climb, I never reach the top.
It's like I'm going around and around in a circle.
Plus, something smells burnt...
I feel like I'm going crazy...
Help us!
Mitsuo!
Mitsuo and our friend kept going.
They wanted to explore some more.
- I'll get them, you two go down first. - Okay.
Hurry back down!
Sis, I'm scared...! The spiral is staring at us!
This is the lighthouse's lens.
A Fresnel lens should be made up of concentric circles, though...
I wonder what made it look like that.
It's like the whole thing is warped and distorted.
And those bodies down there...
Oh, no!
Both of you, start climbing down!
The light comes on at sundown! We have to get out of here before then!
What? Why?
That light must be incredibly hot!
Hot enough to melt glass! And hot enough to--
Hurry! Move, start climbing down!
What's going on? What's gonna happen?
I'll explain later, just run!
It's coming...
The heat is coming!
Don't stop! Run!
Kid!
The light from the lighthouse that had awoken from its long slumber
spread out ever so slowly,
washing over us as we were being swallowed up by the spiral.
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It washed over our town,
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and we were helpless to resist it.
Doujou-ji, Doujou-ji
All dried up
Doujou-ji, Doujou-ji
A spiral swirls above
A spiral swirls below
Beneath the pond of the dragonfly,
go down the stairs and complete the cycle
All dried up
Doujou-ji, Doujou-ji
YAMAGUCHI FAMILY GRAVE
Boo!