Haunted School: The Curse of the Word Spirit (学校の怪談　呪いの言霊)

"A... B... C... D... E..."

What are you doing?

It's a secret

Practicing your writing?

Hey, isn't that a Ouija board?

Ouija board?

You don't know?

I know. We did it in middle school

Pretty retro

It's not a game to play in high school

It's not a game

Wasn't Ouija banned in middle school?

As if the school could control Ouija!

In middle school, a girl in a seance suddenly started gasping

Wasn't it just anemia?

You ask it stuff like, "Who has a crush on me?"

It could be more fun to play now!

Stop it. You can be heard

By whom?

Once you call a spirit, it lingers

Lingers?

Why not? A mysterious transfer student

Stop it!

Why are you so serious!

This coin could hardly move on its own, right?

You move it yourself

In other words, it's like a frank conversation

Finished

Hold on

Where's the shrine gate?

Both of you, put out your hands

Our hands?

Ah, you mean for palm reading?

Put your hands on mine

You sure this is the Ouija game?

It's scary

What do we do now? Move the coin with our other hands?

Apologize

Huh? What do you mean?

Both of you, apologize

Apologize for what?

Forget about that. Let's start the game

Apologize

Forget it. I'm sick of this

Who the hell are you!

Let go of me!

KOTODAMA - SPIRITUAL CURSE

Huh?

What?

The 10 yen coins

What is it, mom?

"YEAR 1 CLASS 3"

A once sullied conscience will never be pure again

"YEAR 1 CLASS 5"

What are you doing, Mei?

What are you standing here for?

Just thinking about the room next door

Room?

It's a classroom

That's all, right?

It's Year 1 Class 4, right?

It was Class 4

There used to be more students so we had Class 4 and 5

Now there are only three classes

But there's still Class 5

Half of this school building is unused

Even with fewer students, the building stays the same

It's probably a storeroom

Storeroom?

I don't know for sure, but I think so

Mom

Do you want to tell me something?

All four coins are dated 1988

Mom

What is it?

Did something happen in 1988?

"DIARY 1985"

"DIARY 1988"

Isn't it weirdly hot today?

It's too hot!

I want to dive into a pool of iced water

Don't keep saying how hot it is. It feels even hotter

If it's hot, you say it's hot!

It's hot in there too, right?

Class 4

What is it, Yuri?

Nothing

Class 4 is next to Class 3, right?

Stop it. There's no Class 4

That's right. There is no Class 4

So why was it abandoned?

Abandoned?

Just Class 4... yet Class 5 remains

Just bad luck

Eh! Is that true?

Because 4 can be read as "death"?

So there was no Class 4 from the beginning?

No. If that were the case, Class 4s would disappear from all Japan

But there are hotels with no Room 4

You mean like buildings abroad with no 13th Floor?

Stop this creepy talk!

Room 42 is seriously weird

Weird, how?

I stayed at this hotel once...

and saw this boarded-up room

It was room number 42

Stop it!

I went to the room in the middle of the night

There was this rattling sound...

like something trying to get out of a well

A woman's hoarse voice saying...

"Let me out!"

"Let me out of here!"

Stop it!

Well, you said it was hot

That cooled you down a bit, right?

It's just a silly story, Mei

It used to exist

Next door used to be Class 4

So why is it like that now?

It was sealed up after an accident

An accident?

How do you mean, sealed up?

There was a poison gas incident

Gas?

Poison?

Did someone release gas in the classroom?

It came from underground

Underground?

Is this for real?

Yeah

Suddenly gas leaked in the middle of class

Students started falling unconscious...

one... after another...

they bowed down at their desk

The teacher who noticed the change...

thought they were all sleeping at first

Even the English teacher giving the lesson...

collapsed over the teacher's desk

Was it natural gas?

It could have been a chemical weapon...

developed during the war and buried underground

Did they die?

They were all rushed to hospital...

but only a few came back to school

Why was only Class 4 affected?

The gas was buried right underneath it

So Class 4...

was the "death class" after all

Yuji, how long ago was this?

I dunno

There should be records, news articles, on such a major incident

Someone's tricked you, Yuji

Believe what you like

But that's the true story of next door...

Year 1 Class 4

"August 5. I need to write down my feelings about Class 4 vanishing"

"It happened last month, July 18"

"An unidentified gas rose up in class. The teacher and all the students...

were rushed to hospital"

"But only 8 students returned"

"The death of a single classmate is painful enough"

"Their parents gave me 10 yen coins"

"When I die, I hope you'll all come see me"

"I'll bring the 10 yen coins with me"

July 18

Uh, first, calculate cosine theta...

AM = MD...

= 2A

So, sine...

What?

Don't mess around

I'm not

Can't you hear a strange noise?

Noise?

I can hear a weird noise from behind me

No

You're such a scaredy-cat, Mei

It's an old building. The steel frame shrinks, pipes creak...

it happens all the time

And the sound of Class 4's footsteps

They died in their sleep, so they've not realized yet...

You mean they're still studying next door?

Stop it

You know Mei's a scaredy-cat

Don't take any notice

Looks great. We can shoot something awesome here

Which room? The science lab?

The toilet of course

The toilet? It's gotta stink

Deal with it. Anyway, the stink won't show on screen

Kazuki! Let's go back

Don't worry

What happens if we're found?

Don't worry about it. I'll deal with it then

I'll say I didn't know

When we're caught, you take responsibility!

Shall we practice?

Hey, that girl...

Who is it? Stop messing around!