Body Paint is the 9th episode of Another series. It aired on March 5th, 2012.
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| Name | Body Paint |
| Kanji | 連鎖 |
| Romaji | Rensa |
| Airdate | March 5th, 2012 |
| Previous | Hair Stand |
| Next | Glass Eye |
| Opening | Kyoumu Densen |
| Ending | Anamnesis |
Body Paint is the 9th episode of Another series. It aired on March 5th, 2012.
There's an old shrine in this town called Yomiyama Shrine. He said that if we all prayed there, he was sure the curse would be lifted. There were 22 students in all, myself included. We only half believed him. On the second day, we climbed the
mountain to visit the shrine. It was so old and run-down, like it had been abandoned by the world. Even though it bears the name of the city, it looked like it hadn't been maintained at all. So we decided to clean up the grounds while we were there. At the time, we hoped that maybe this would lift the curse. And fter we prayed, our teacher confidently declared, 'Everything will be alright now.' But it wasn't. It wasn't that easy.
He was the only one who had brought an umbrella. And we were on a mountain, in a lightning storm. He was walking in front of me, when..."Kouichi Sakakibara, Naoya Teshigawara, Yuuya Mochizuki, Mei Misaki, Katsumi Matsunaga, Reiko Mikami, Izumi Akazawa, and Takako Sugiura stand in shock as they watch as Junta Nakao's body gets chopped up by a motorboat, and flung aside.
After everything that had happened on the beach, Izumi and Takako leave, with Takako nearly catatonic following her friend's brutal death. While comforting her friend, Izumi stops to glare at Mei, holding her responsible. Kouichi, Mei, Reiko, and Tatsuji Chibiki are walking along a road, when Tatsuji asks about how Nakao was acting before he died. Kouichi tells him about Nakao's severe car sickness, and Mei adds that he couldn't swim straight, when he went to get the beach ball. Tatsuji then reveals, that when he talked to a local officer, that the man told him that Nakao's family heard a loud crash near the stairs, the morning the group went to the beach, but by the time they got to him, he was out the door. He then adds, that Nakao was dead by the time the boat even reached him, and indirectly meaning that his death wasn't outside Yomiyama, because he already caused it before they left.
Kouichi has another guilt-ridden dream, where Yukari Sakuragi, Ikuo Takabayashi, Shoji Kubodera, Sanae Mizuno and Junta all appear one by one, bearing the wounds they suffered in death, each telling him "It's your fault."
Later, Kouichi, Yuuya, and Naoya are seen sitting at a table at Inoya, where Yuuya's sister works. Kouichi then tells them, what he heard Katsumi say: "The clue..I..left it in the classroom..", and that he does not want anyone else to get involved. After a short conversation, the group decides to meet at the art club room, 3 o'clock the next day.
After arriving at the old school building, Kouichi, and Naoya are met by Aya Ayano and Yumi Ogura, who are looking for Tatsuji. It is then revealed that he is the teacher in the Drama Club as well. They ask Kouichi and Naoya why they are there. After hesitating for a moment, they tell them that they're trying to stop the calamity, and ask if they want to come along too. The girls hesitate then decide to leave.
In the art room, they find Mei painting. She asks why they are there, and they hesitate to answer. Yuuya, who was late, then bursts through the door apologizing. Mei then joins their group and they head to the second floor of the old school building. While searching the clue, Mei tries to open a window to get some fresh air. Suddenly a big pane of glass separates for the window & starts falling on her. Just then Kouichi saves her by pulling her from that area. After searching around the old 9th grade Class 3 classroom, Kouichi finds something wrapped in tape stuck to the top of an old locker. After opening it, they discover it is an old cassette tape, so they head to the A/V room to play it.
While playing the tape, these are Matsunaga's words:
After reaching this point, a teacher appeared opening the door to check if anyone was inside, forcing Naoya to rip the tape from the player. After the teacher left, they went to play it again only to find it was destroyed. Yuuya, claimed to be able to fix it.
Elsewhere, Aya's family car is driving away from Yomiyama when a rock falls off the mountain side and breaks the windshield. The car loses control on the slippery road and goes off of a cliff. Yumi returns home to discover her brother has been killed after a truck carrying an excavator with a crane crashed into her house.