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A graphic designer is handed a suicide video that changes every time it is watched

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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Quick recap

Takanori Ando, a graphic designer at a CG studio, is planning to marry Akane, a high-school teacher. The studio's president hands him a USB drive with a suicide video circulating online and asks him to reconfigure it. Takanori notices the file differs from the viral one. When Akane watches a copy, the video changes again. The story ties the trilogy's events to an age of viral videos. Fifth book in the series, translated into English in 2017. The book reached English only in 2017.

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What changed on screen

  1. ReferenceTwo Japanese films

    S was the basis for the Japanese films Sadako 3D and Sadako 3D 2. No American film uses the book.

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  2. Behind the scenesFrench before English

    The book came out in French, titled Sadako, in April 2014. The English edition only arrived in December 2017.

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