Masahiro Ooishi

A desperate actor sits through a terrible play—then gets a text from his manager: go backstage, pay your respects, and bring a gift. In a dressing room where hollow praise bounces off the walls, he keeps missing his chance to slip away. What ordeal is waiting for him behind the curtain?

Norio and his girlfriend, Mari Tanabe, have been dating for three years. They lived a peaceful life until one summer day, where Norio comes home to experience a peculiar sensation. The moment he sees the strong sun rays shining into his apartment, he realizes that Mari isn’t there. Instead, he finds an unfamiliar-looking woman who tells him that she is here to live with him. The eerie pale-skinned woman then introduces herself as Mari..