The episode

Everyone who watches these images will die exactly one week later. And those who wish to live must follow the instructions exactly... A strange tape warns everyone who watches it that they will die within a week if they do not do something specific. After exactly one week of watching the tape, four young men die suddenly and mysteriously one after another. This event piques the interest of Asakawa, the diligent journalist, who watches the tape and finds that the part telling the viewer what to do has been erased and replaced with a TV program. Asakawa begins his race against time, determined to save his life and solve the mystery of the tape before the ominous deadline, taking us on an exciting journey from the heart of modern vibrant Tokyo to the traditional countryside of Japan stuck in its past. Asakawa gasps and the reader gasps with him in this wonderful Japan, flipping pages eagerly until the stunning ending. An inspiring story, captivating suspense, a timeless literary masterpiece, this is how this work was described.