The Rebirth of Buddha (仏陀再誕)

Miss Amanokawa!

a dream...?

what do you mean 'a dream'!?

wake up and come back to reality right away, Miss Amanokawa

I'm sorry.

What is this? "Actress Mari Kimura's new show"

Right now, I want you to concentrate on the lesson.

I'll keep this to myself for now.

No! My article is due today!

...2500 years ago, Siddhartha Gautama preached,

better known as Shakyamuni Buddha...

the world to solve the four pains of life,

which are birth, aging, sickness and death.

after 6 ascetic years,

he attained supreme enlightenment and became Buddha.

Hey, sleepyhead.

don't call me that.

did you have a nightmare?

Yes, I was about to get hit by a train...

Wow, you must be pretty stressed.

maybe.

you need to take it a little easier.

I know.

Oh, no! My article!

this is exactly what i was talking about.

Sorry.

Oh, new...

I think it's never easy to see the truth.

it's finished!

the rebirth of Buddha

Good morning!

Good morning, Shunta. Where's Sayako?

she is still sleeping.

She probably stayed up late again.

the food looks good!

Well, she'll be late!

Sayako! Are you awake yet?

I have.

'Morning.

Dad, aren't you working the night shift today?

I don't mind you writing articles,

but you could get up a little earlier.

Yes, sir!

Dad, have you lost weight?

too many night shifts, that's all.

further.

Journalist Tokuzo Kanemoto committed suicide

by jumping in front of an oncoming train

after his report on a corruption scandal turned out to be false.

did mister kanemoto commit suicide?

I will call his house.

yes, do that.

another suicide?

this time it's a reporter from a newspaper.

it is the reporter who admired Sayako.

Oh really? I hope she's okay.

and what's up with that UFO incident that happened recently,

Strange things are happening these days.

no one trusts the government, the economy is collapsing,

natural disasters...poor earth.

Hey! Mari Kimura's show is this Sunday!

You're going, right, Sayako?

Mom, Sayako wrote that article. Do you remember it?

Oh, yes.

Hello, Sayako! Earth calling, Sayako?

Oh...sorry.

Hmm...you're not responding to Mari Kimura's name.

are you thinking about that boyfriend of yours again!?

boyfriend?

not at all.

the student?

are you guys back together again?

"I missed you so much, Sayako"

"and i missed you too"

"Oh, Sayako"

isn't that romantic?

Stop that! That's not how it is!

don't be shy! lucky guy!

don't be so pleased with yourself.

what is?

why do you have a boyfriend and i don't?

Sayako...?

Oh, nothing.

what was that?

am i seeing things now?

...in this bloodbath,

a few hundred thousand people died

it hurts...

it hurts...help...

please help me...

I don't want to die...

...help...it hurts...

Excuse me; I have to go to the nurse.

Huh? okay.

nurse's office

I can't move.

please, move...move...come on now!

Nee...

No, no!!

what's wrong with her?

I have no idea.

why...why...?

it hurts...

it hurts...it hurts terribly...

Ow...why is everyone ignoring me?

Look at me...Help me!

Mr. Kanemoto!?

Oh, Sayako, you recognize me, right?

you have to help me!

Help me!!

Nee... Neeeee!

Nooooo!!

why did you commit suicide?

What?

that corrupt politician

gave a false statement.

Because of him I lost everything!

my status, my reputation...everything!

does that give you the right to waste the life that god gave you?

God-given life? Don't make me laugh!

God is an illusion of the weak.

Everything ends with death. Who cares what I do with my life?

I just wanted it all to end.

Are you saying that God or Buddha does not exist?

you have written many articles

in which you disrespect god.

What's wrong with that? Look at me!

If God existed he would have saved me!

so many people use the concept of god

or the spirit world to deceive others.

all religions are deceptions.

people should have the right to know that.

so you're saying there is no spirit world?

precisely.

where, if I may ask...

are you at this moment now?

I am in a courtroom.

Hey! Why am I here?

Wait a minute; I jumped on a train...huh?

Listen, you're dead. You jumped in front of an oncoming train.

that's far from funny.

what are you talking about?

what kind of case is this anyway?

Where's my lawyer? I'm not saying anything until I've spoken to my lawyer!

another one of many.

you won't fool me!

everything ends with death!

I'm still here! That proves I'm still alive.

another materialist...how strange actually

in an era when buddha has been reincarnated.

what a shame.

Buddha reincarnated? What are you talking about?

you have wasted your given life...

you have to pay the price for that yourself.

what's happening?

someone help me!!

where the hell were you with your thought?

Uh...thanks again for saving me.

I appreciate that.

serious?

Everyone would have saved you in that situation.

Oh, okay.

but what was the reason you wanted to kill yourself?

I would never kill myself!!

I'm sorry.

I saw someone standing on the railway.

in?

he begged me to help him.

but the railway there was...

I know! Nobody there, huh?

Calm down. I'm not done yet.

Sorry.

i'll tell you one thing.

Did you hear anything about that journalist who committed suicide?

heard about it? I was almost...

well, you've probably guessed it by now,

but he committed suicide nearby...

that platform.

then the person I just saw...

probably Tokuzo Kanemoto.

The ghost of Mr. Kanemoto? Why? Why?

Calm down now. That's not all.

Okay.

You see, people die, but they don't really die.

What?

when we die, our souls leave our bodies and return

to the 'other world' to be reborn back into this world.

that's what Buddhists call reincarnation.

unfortunately some souls descend into hell

and come back to cause trouble in this world.

those are the so-called demons.

you probably saw a suicidal soul.

What?

souls who have committed suicide cannot go to heaven or hell

until they died naturally,

so they take possession of relatives

or let other people die at the scene of their suicide.

it's only getting worse.

but why would Mr. Kanemoto...why?

How can you be so sure? Actually...