Jiro Sato

The story begins with an indiscriminate slaughter at a cafe frequented by young people. Security camera footage shows an unarmed man with shaven head, able to seemingly kill people with a simple touch. Police investigation leads to the suspected identity of the murderer: middle-aged man named Tarō Yamada. When the police conduct a search of his apartment, they find the rotting corpse of a woman. Adapted from Sato Jiro's own debut manga.

Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.