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Six months ago, Hikaru vanished for a week. Now, as his best friend Yoshiki senses something amiss and confronts him, the harrowing truth emerges.
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Cast & crew
Chiaki Kobayashi
Yoshiki Tsujinaka (voice)
Shuichiro Umeda
Hikaru Indo (voice)
Chikahiro Kobayashi
Tanaka (voice)
Wakana Kowaka
Rie Kurebayashi (voice)
Yumiri Hanamori
Asako Yamagishi (voice)
Yoshiki Nakajima
Yuta Maki (voice)
Shion Wakayama
Yuki Tadokoro (voice)
Ryoko Shiraishi
Satoko Tsujinaka (voice)
Fuminori Komatsu
Toshinori Tsujinaka (voice)
Seika Hirose
Kaoru Tsujinaka (voice)
Setsuji Sato
Harasen (voice)
Koji Ishii
Hajime Takeda (voice)
Episodes
2 seasons · 12 episodesSeason 112 ep. · 2025
Episode 1: Replacement
Jul 6, 2025 · 24 min
Yoshiki confronts Hikaru about his suspicions and discovers the terrifying truth. Even though they try to live normally, eerie incidents begin to occur.
Episode 2: Suspicion
Jul 13, 2025 · 24 min
While Yoshiki and Hikaru accompany their classmates to a creepy mountain trail, a mysterious man arrives at Kubitachi Village and begins investigating.
Episode 3: Denial
Jul 20, 2025 · 24 min
Recalling childhood memories with Hikaru, Yoshiki continues to struggle with his complex emotions. Desperate, he reaches out to Kurebayashi.
Episode 4: Summer Festival
Jul 27, 2025 · 24 min
As Yoshiki attends the summer festival with Hikaru, the village elders fret over the recent death and Tanaka ends up with more questions than answers.
Episode 5: Wig Ghost
Aug 3, 2025 · 24 min
When Yoshiki's sister spots a creepy clump of hair in the bathroom, Hikaru visits the Tsujinaka home to investigate — but things take a deadly turn.
Episode 6: Asako
Aug 10, 2025 · 24 min
Yoshiki and his classmates discuss a story their teacher assigned them. Later, at a sleepover, Asako's sharp observations put her in grave danger.
Episode 7: Determination
Aug 17, 2025 · 24 min
After the sobering realization that Hikaru is truly dangerous, Yoshiki decides that he must act and invites his best friend to skip school together.
Episode 8: Contact
Aug 24, 2025 · 24 min
Yoshiki and Hikaru investigate Nonuki-sama and its link to Kubitachi's history. While at the library, they get an important lead from a surprising source.
Episode 9: Old Man Takeda
Sep 7, 2025 · 24 min
Kurebayashi shares her knowledge about impurities with the boys. Later, the elder Takeda loses his temper over Hikaru's ignorance of the Indo's history.
Episode 10: Truth
Sep 14, 2025 · 24 min
The boys' surprise encounter with Tanaka lands them in the hospital. When they return to school, Yoshiki pieces together the truth behind Nonuki-sama.
Episode 11: Indo's Sin
Sep 21, 2025 · 24 min
Though hesitant, Yoshiki asks his father about the Indo family's murky past and secret ritual. Later, Hikaru loses control at school and feels deeply shaken.
Episode 12: Its Place
Sep 28, 2025 · 24 min
While everyone else attends the school assembly, Asako finds Hikaru wandering the halls. Alone at the beach, Hikaru reveals his final plans to Yoshiki.
Season 2
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