Stacy

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Hey, when's Kana gonna wake up?

Don't you know anything?

When a prince comes

and kisses her, bonehead.

We know that, but when?

How would I know?

When she becomes an adult.

Know when that is?

When she turns 20 years old.

Kana's only 16, so he won't be

coming for a long time yet.

NATSUKI KATO:

TOSHI NORI OMI:

TOMOKA HAYASHI:

SHUNGI KU UCHI DA

YASUTAKA TSUTSUI

Kana, thank you

for taking care of my kids.

STORY BY KENJI OTSUKI

I know they can be a pain in the neck.

Mom!

Did you finish shopping, Mom?

You get us any treats?

I want chips!

Kana!

I want popcorn!

Kana, stop!

Directed by NAOYUKI TOMOMATSU

The beginning of the 21 st century.

Young girls aged 15 to 17...

began dying one after another,

all over the world.

Even more surprisingly...

the dead girls began

to reawaken as zombies.

I don't know who coined the term...

but they began to call

the zombies "Stacies. "

The term was used around the world...

and was even listed in dictionaries.

Fire!

Girls on the verge of death exhibit

the tendency to become manic.

In other words, they attain

a pre-death state ofhappiness.

NDH, or "Near Death Happiness. "

Present on the skin of these Stacies

is a pale blue, powdery substance.

This is known as

"Butterfly Twinkle Powder, "or BTP.

"Inugami Kiyosuke Doctor of Brain Physiology"

This powder sometimes phosphoresces.

Yes, I understand that, Doctor.

But why on earth is this happening?

What's the cause?

Cause?

On the one hand...

some people say the experiments

carried out by the WHO and yourself...

are an attempt to name

an unknown phenomena.

You pretend to understand the symptoms.

What's your response?

Well, as for the cause...

And one more thing.

Repeat kills.

According to your reports...

To carry out a repeat kill...

you must dissect the body of a Stacy

into 165 pieces.

What reason do you give for that?

I've actually done it.

You have?

They die when they are cut into pieces.

The bodies twitch for about

two hours after death.

It's quite annoying.

But if you cut them into 165 pieces...

Are you saying that a reputable person

such as yourself, a Nobel prize winner...

is hacking these young girls

into pieces?

Fool! This is an experiment!

A scientific test!

From a medical, physiological...

religious and literal point of view,

these zombies are...

nothing more than corpses!

How can an idiot like yourself,

who knows nothing about science...

dare to tell me off!

The impudence!

I'll show you!

BACK IN A MOMEN It's like the apocalypse.

"Romero Repeat Kill Troops" Want You.!

Men, take up your arms.!

Kill your own daughters.!

NOW RECRUITING:

And we'll take care of ours.!

Romero Repeat Kill Troops.

Sanctioned by the UN

to repeat kill Stacies.

We recruited across the nation

from among retired police officers...

and self-defense personnel.

The "Stacy Law"has now been passed.

I heard they might make it mandatory

to join the Romero Troops.

That's conscription!

I tell you, the apocalypse is coming.

This is a new century!

You will be international officials.!

Realize your true potential

through repeat kills.!

Officials.

I'd better get going.

Oh, yeah?

Shibukawa and Matsui,

are you really gonna stay here?

We don't have anywhere else to go.

And I can't think of

anything else to do.

I'll think some more about it

after I've finished making this puppet.

But nobody's gonna come

to a puppet show in times like these.

You've got a point.

Fire!

"Dear brother, how are you?

I'm doing great."

Knock it off, Natsumi.

It's no big deal!

Why so embarrassed?

I'll give you a copy. Why not send it

to this "brother" you love?

Great idea!

You've gotta introduce me

to this brother of yours.

Yeah, me too!

I'll snag me a hot boyfriend!

You've already got

a boyfriend, Natsumi.

Over here. I'll take a shot.

Say "cheese"!

How many years have passed?

It was before all this started,

so it must be ten years ago.

Do you remember?

The string of murders of junior high

and high school students?

Yeah, so?

These days men are exhausted,

their eyes dark and gloomy.

The only beautiful people left are

the girls who are about to become Stacies.

The ones affiected with

Near Death Happiness.

The girls are beautiful

and full of smiles.

The population of the world,

once more than six billion...

has declined sharply

due to girls turning into Stacies...

as well as murders by the Stacies.

Not to mention riots and conflict

caused by social unrest.

World population has been halved

in just a few short years.

Birth rates continue to decline...

and are approaching

zero growth rate in some countries.

The human race faces an ordeal

unlike any it has seen before.

Hey, what are you doing?

Stacy garbage is collected

only on Friday.

Why didn't you call Romero?

It isn't good for

my young child's upbringing.

That crap reeks!

Shut up, you old bag!

I've just killed my girlfriend.

I don't care

if it's on Friday or Sunday.

Get off my case,

or I'll do this to you, too!

Nakanoi Kozo, executive

of a pharmaceutical company...

was arrested under

the Pharmaceutical Affiairs Law.

He allegedly was selling

the medicine Steranine...

which may prevent young girls

from becoming zombies.

Steranine contains

a growth-control hormone...

that has not yet

been approved in Japan.

Matsui?

He's gone too.

Isn't this neat?

It sounds beautiful,

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