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[AUDIO LOGO]

[CLANGING]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

DOCTOR: I see.

She needs a well balanced diet.

I've always done my best to make sure she eats healthy.

Just the same, she needs plenty of protein.

[GRUNTS]

MOTHER: Elena, you need to hear this too.

DOCTOR: Looks like it came loose.

MOTHER: I'm sorry.

DOCTOR: She's doing much better.

I think she'll be good to go home tomorrow.

Bye.

Thank you.

Maybe things will be better at your new school.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Today we will introduce a transfer student.

I'm Elena Takahashi.

You're half Japanese and?

British.

On my father's side.

I've never been to England.

I hope you'll tell me all about it.

I only went when I was little.

So I have been in Japan for about 10 years now.

Everyone, help Elena feel welcome.

Now, please take that seat.

You're so lucky.

Huh?

I'd love to have a foreigner's face.

I'm half-Japanese.

I so wish I could be like you.

It's not fair.

What was your name?

Elena, right?

Yeah.

Cute.

She looks like she's straight out of a Disney movie.

Yeah, I wish I had a normal Japanese name.

OK, how about the name Lena?

Huh?

Calling you Lena makes it sound more Japanese.

Yeah.

And you are?

Akari.

We only change seats every three months, so let's be friends.

[SCRAPING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

TEACHER 1: Ms. Ito, Earphones.

Ms. Ito, please.

Quiet down, everyone.

Ms. Ito, earphones!

Meow Meow is doing it again.

[LAUGHTER]

What's up with her?

Nyan Nyan?

Everyone calls that girl Nyan Nyan, like a cat's meow.

Why?

It's from her name.

Nyan Ito.

The characters for cat and sing, pronounced nyan.

Her parents wanted a kitten, but they ended up with a girl.

So they gave her the cat's name.

That's the rumor anyway.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[CHIME RINGING]

I'll bet your English is perfect, right?

No, I only used English when I was living there.

I've forgotten it since coming to Japan.

Too bad.

I was hoping you could help me with my English test.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry about it?

I forgot something.

I'll be right back.

Want me to come with you?

No, I'll be right back.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[GRUNTS]

MOTHER: Elena?

How was the new school?

Were the girls nice to you?

I guess.

GIRL 1: Check it out.

She doesn't wear white.

GIRL 2: Oh my God.

Red?

GIRL 1: That's just what foreigners wear.

This is the one that's so popular?

The dog face is hilarious.

Who's she trying to impress?

I'm embarrassed just watching her.

You know, there's nothing special for coming in first.

It's just a class.

You'll wear yourself out before school's done.

Yeah, you're right.

Sorry.

I thought I needed to go as fast as I could.

Don't be sorry.

Next week we can run together.

It's a great time to talk.

It's so hot.

Way too hot.

Yeah, thought I was going to die.

What's with that foreigner?

She's trying way too hard, Elena.

What's she trying to prove?

[SIGHS] Classical lit.

Classics after PE is the worst.

Miku, you look like Nyan Nyan.

Now you're being mean.

Do I look like that phone junkie to you?

[LAUGHS]

What are you doing?

Knock it off.

That bag's so gross.

Ta-da.

Oh, I'll bet it smells.

[BELL RINGING]

TEACHER 1: Let's begin.

Today open your textbooks to page 36, Essays in Idleness.

We'll pick up where we left off.

[CLATTERING]

Ms. Ito?

[CLATTERING]

Ms. Ito, that's enough.

Shut up.

[LAUGHING]

TEACHER 1: Ms. Ito.

Nyan Nyan?

Come on, Lena.

[EERIE MUSIC]

She's acting weird, even for her.

What's she doing?

There's teacher.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

This the one that's so popular?

The dog face is hilarious.

Look, a foreigner.

[DOG BARKING]

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

I'm Elena Takahashi, your classmate.

What are you doing here?

[SCRATCHING]

I'm sorry.

I don't know how your phone ended up in my bag.

Is that why?

Is it my fault that happened?

Never mind.

Hey, why were you so obsessed with that phone?

Were you afraid of everyone?

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Wait.

It might still be in my bag.

Here it is.

[EERIE MUSIC]

TEACHER 1: It's my fault. I should have gone after her.

Can you tell me anything about what happened?

Yesterday, Ms. Ito, Nyan Nyan, notice anything strange

about her?

We never talked.

I wouldn't know.

What kind of person was she?

She was a little strange.

She was always staring out the window.

That's all I know.

I see.

You sure there's nothing else you want to tell me?

No, nothing else.

We haven't found Ms. Ito's phone yet.

Know anything about that?

No, sorry.

You sure?

You act like you know something.

You've been pale since we started,

like something's bothering you.

That's just the way I look.

[PHONE RINGING]

MOTHER (ON PHONE): Where are you?

I wanted to be alone.

MOTHER (ON PHONE): What's going on?

Did something happen?

It's nothing.

MOTHER (ON PHONE): Talk to me.

Is it something at school again?

Did they say something about you being mixed again.

No.

MOTHER (ON PHONE): You can't keep running away.

No more hurting yourself.

No more trips to the hospital.

Where are you?

You're living in Japan now.

You need to find a way to fit in.

Just leave me alone.

I'll find a way by myself.

[EERIE MUSIC]

[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

MOTHER: Elena.

[RAIN POURING]

TEACHER 2: And that hemoglobin is

what transports the oxygen in our bodies.

It plays a very important role in sustaining life.

And that explains the red found in the blood

of most living organisms.

There are exceptions, like the icefish in the Antarctic Ocean.

Without hemoglobin, it's a rare living organism

with clear, see-through blood.

GIRL 3: She is so late.

She's soaked.

GIRL 3: She must be cold.

TEACHER 2: Quiet, everyone.

Ms. Takahashi, earphones out.

Ms. Takahashi?

Let's start again.

What's wrong?

Ever since that happened, you've been acting strange.

What's going on with you?

I promise I won't tell anyone.

You wouldn't believe me.

I always feel something horrible staring at me,

and I only see what it is when I'm holding my phone.

If I told you there's a monster but it's invisible,

what would you think, Akari?

Where's your new seat, Lena?

Guess we can't sit together now.

We'll talk later.

Hey, Aya.

Aya, I'm all the way in the back.

AYA: I'm so jealous.

Oh, come on, we're together?

Same seat?

Yeah, same seat.

I was hoping to move back.

No sleeping?

Yeah, no sleeping.

[EERIE MUSIC]

Lena, want to head out?

No, I'll go alone today.

GIRL 4: Hey, Akari.

Want to go together?

We're going to stop off to take sticker photos.

Sure, sounds good.

TEACHER 1: Ms. Takahashi.

Grab everyone's homework for me.

I forgot mine at home.

I did do it, I swear.

Ms. Takahashi, that doesn't matter if it's not here

when I ask for it.

I'll print out another copy.

Do it again and turn it in.

OK.

TEACHER 1: One more thing.

You missed a quiz last week when you were absent.

I'm going to need you to stay behind with the others

to take it.

OK, I understand.

[ALARM BEEPING]

Time's up on the quiz.

Ms. Takahashi, come with me.

Everyone, study what you like until I

finish grading your tests.

Ms. Takahashi, something's on your mind.

I can tell.

I had a chance to think after what happened before.

And I feel it's my responsibility

to help any students who feel they're in trouble.

So please don't hold back.

Tell me anything that's bothering you.

I'm sure you're experiencing some stress the Japanese girls

wouldn't understand.

There isn't anything bothering me.

Nothing, really.

Oh?

Don't worry about the quiz.

Go back to the classroom and tell everyone to stay quiet.

Then you can go.

Ms. Takahashi?

You need to learn to trust adults more.

Why are you trying so hard to keep things from me?

Because you're Japanese.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

She's back.

Time's up.

Come on.

What's her password?

GIRL 5: Fuck or something?

GIRL 6: I should have tried that.

Give it back.

That's mine.

Oh, she's mad.

I'll bet it is fuck.

Nope, guess not.

Come on, what's the answer?

Give it back.

You never put this phone down.

You expecting some important message?

Oh, I wonder.

Maybe there's a monster you can only see with this phone.

Oh, that sounds scary.

GIRL 6: This phone's all messed up.

It's all scratched.

GIRL 5: Covered in smudges, too.

GIRL 6: She needs a new one, bet she can't afford it.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Nice try.

Try a little harder, like when you were running that marathon.

Come on, show us your foreigner side.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Look how low the resolution is.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

What are you staring at?

You're always making that face.

Do you even realize how annoying you are?

If you hate it here so much, go back to where you came from.

[SCREAMING]

Lena?

Lena?

Lena, what's wrong?

Get away from me.

If you touch me, I'll throw up all over you, I swear.

Why?

I'm only trying to help.

You told them, didn't you?

That I was afraid of that monster.

I'll bet it was real funny.

You've been acting all strange.

Everyone wanted to know why.

I didn't tell those two anything.

How could you?

I'm never talking to you again.

You've been weird since that accident.

Everyone's spreading rumors.

They're all laughing at you.

I was trying to put a stop to it by telling

them what was really going on.

Now they're laughing at me too, thinking I've lost it.

Akari, all you care about is what other people say.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[PHONE CHIMES]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Come over here.

We can talk this out.

Say something.

What I said at school, do you believe me?

I want to.

I really do.

Fine.

I'll prove it right here.

OK, sure.

[WAVES CRASHING]

Is this going to take much longer?

I don't know.

Hey.

Was everything OK?

What?

It was so sudden, you know, when she hit that window.

Right.

The classroom was covered in blood.

She was hurt, but it's nothing permanent.

You know, they're saying you beat her up.

That's the rumor going around now.

I wanted to.

She deserve it.

I knew it.

This means it's about to happen.

Come on.

You're imagining things.

Let's stop this.

[EERIE MUSIC]

[STOMPING]

What is it?

Akari, you need to move.

Hurry!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[STOMPING]

It's the thing that won't stop following me.

Lena, run!

[STOMPING]

[STOMPING STOPS]

Move!

Lena!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Is it following us?

We've got some distance.

Whose car is this?

My parents.

[STOMPING]

You can drive?

I just got my license.

It's coming!

It's right there!

Don't rush me.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[ENGINE REVVING]

I'm sorry I didn't believe you.

And I'm sorry I told everyone.

So please, from the beginning, tell me everything.

I promise I'll listen this time.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I finally get it.

You've been running from that thing this whole time?

I thought you might still be in uniform,

so I brought some clothes.

You can change while I pop into the store.

You're soaked, too.

Not as bad as you.

Besides, Lena, your underwear is showing.

It's freezing.

Come on up front.

Nice.

It looks good on you.

Really?

Let me borrow one of your earphones.

Don't worry.

Just hand it over.

I hear it when it's close.

It's not my imagination.

I can hear the monster's footsteps

or when it does something.

I can hear it all through my earphones.

I believe you now, completely.

Couldn't you just throw away your phone?

Even if I throw it away or break it,

there's no guarantee the monster goes away.

Oh.

I think you're right.

Better to at least be able to still see or hear it coming,

right?

We'll figure something out.

We will.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

I wanted someone to understand for so long.

Don't go throwing up in my parents' car, OK?

I'm so sorry.

Since coming to Japan, I've been afraid to get close with anyone.

People here just see me as a foreigner.

Everyone's scared me.

How about now?

It's better.

Much better, right?

So much?

Akari, there's somewhere I need to go.

They're going to tear the house down next year.

You think the police have been here?

No idea.

[THUMP]

[CREAKING]

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[YELPS]

Lena?

[BELL RINGING]

Ow, what the--

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

Lena.

Lena, we might get arrested if anyone finds out we're here.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

A tablet?

ELENA: An electronic journal.

[FLIES BUZZING]

[SIREN BLARING]

I'll be in touch if I have any further questions.

You OK?

Under those bandages, maybe it's Ito.

Huh?

What would she have against you?

One day, I saw Ito crying.

But I didn't say a thing.

And then, like everyone else, even though she was hurting,

I laughed with them.

I did, too.

Everyone did.

Not just that.

After everything I've been through, after being afraid

of the way people see me, after all that,

I wasn't any different.

I saw her the same way everyone else did.

The classroom, it all started from there.

MOTHER: Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I don't want anything to happen to you, Akari.

MOTHER: Your friend, did she say something?

She doesn't have anything to do with this.

Why did you go that house?

I-- I needed to see for myself why my classmate did what she

did.

Take your earphones out.

No.

Give them to me.

Why?

What do they have to do with this?

It has everything to do with it.

Just look at yourself now.

[GRUNTING]

I didn't mean to.

I should have stayed with Dad.

Anything is better than here.

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

[EERIE MUSIC]

Ito, it's you, isn't it?

[EERIE MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[CREAKING]

[METAL SQUEAKS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

[GLASS BREAKING]

[CLANGING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[GASPING]

Lena!

Akari.

Is it here?

Now?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[CLANGING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

You and Akari Yamamoto, the janitor who found you

both on the ground called it in, and they rushed you here

to the hospital.

Do you remember who attacked you?

No.

How many were there?

And what did they look like?

One, a large man.

Maybe-- I don't know if it was a man.

You said you saw a large man.

Did you see his face?

No, I didn't get a good look.

I see.

That's enough for today.

I shouldn't have tried to take it away.

I bought you a new one.

Keep it on you at all times and call me

the moment anything's wrong.

Can you tell me what happened?

I've been thinking about everything

that's been happening.

So that's why I--

I reached out to your father.

If it's too difficult for you here, you can go back.

Your father agreed.

No, I'm staying.

I don't want to run anymore.

Where's Akari?

MOTHER: I'll leave you two alone.

Akari?

I'm so glad.

I'm so glad you're OK.

Are we-- we're still alive?

Yeah.

We're still alive.

On the way here, I saw your name card on the door.

It's the first time I've seen your full name.

Elena Williams Takahashi.

That's my-- my real name.

That's so cool.

You didn't have to hide it.

From now on, call me Elena.

That's who I'm going to be.

Hey.

I couldn't answer any of the questions from the police.

I don't even know what happened.

But at the scene, your blood, they

said there was so much you should be dead.

But--

No.

Elena, you're here.

And I'm here.

I'm-- I'm going to believe my own eyes.

Akari, let's go for a drive when we get out of here.

We can go anywhere you want this time.

Of course.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Thank you.