New Group (2025) Movie Script
1
Here they come. Here they come.
Here they come, here
they come, here they come
Aren't you a bit cold?
- Are you alright?
- Yes.
Excuse us. Excuse us
Could we have a word?
You'll have to go through my agency
- What's your relationship?
- You knew they were married, didn't you? And you still started seeing them?
- Did co-starring in last year's drama spark your relationship?
Please answer. We're asking you.
Please.
Youth is the best!
Life's a breeze! We're winners!
It's really good. So good.
Hoo hoo! Ho ho ho
Japan is the best!
Japan is the best! Japan is the best
I cannot answer that. My apologies.
Sorry.
What? Stop apologizing and just answer.
Why can't you answer?
Please stop.
Ah! Ouch
- Just a moment
- Answer us! Answer us
Hey, hey
Answer us!
We're winners Thank you.
You're creepy. Shut up!
Youth is the best!
Life's a breeze! We're winners!
It's photogenic! It's really photogenic.
Hey! Die for the ratings!
Help me!
Ah ha ha
Ha ha ha ha
Help me
Ai! Wake up!
Snap out of it! Snap out of it!
NEW GROUP
Today's unluckiest
zodiac sign is Cancer.
Today, whatever you do
might not go well.
You should also be careful
about losing things.
A luck-restoring item is
a golden wallpaper.
Now, from here,
we move on to the latest news.
Good morning.
Uh, early this morning,
a mysterious signal was announced.
It's said to have been transmitted
from space towards Earth.
Ms. Kiyomizu, what are your thoughts
on this matter?
What are my thoughts? Well
If it's an alien declaration of war,
you know, what am I supposed to do?
- It would be problematic, wouldn't it?
- It certainly would.
That's the kind of thing
you only see in movies
Right.
If they said, "We will conquer Earth,"
that would be problematic, wouldn't it?
Ha ha Scary.
Are we going to be invaded?
Humans don't unite
unless they face a crisis.
This is lunch.
Oh, careful, careful.
It's spilling, it's spilling.
What about this? Don't you want it?
Safe Morning.
Alright, take your seats.
Safe Morning.
- Alright, take your seats.
Good morning.
Stand up.
Attention. Bow.
Good morning.
Sit down!
Right, today we have a new student.
Please be quiet.
Now, introduce yourself.
I'm Yu Kobayashi.
- Kobayashi's parents' work meant that
she was abroad for a while.
- Everyone, please learn your
English pronunciation from her.
- Okay, you can sit there.
Nice to meet you.
Come on, stop it.
Nice to meet you.
Come on, hand it over.
Hurry up!
One, two, three, four, five.
There you go.
See you next week!
Hey! Stop staring!
Ai! Where were you!
Next class is moving rooms.
This way, Ai!
Okay.
Yes. Don't talk, concentrate.
Huh? Amazing.
Okay.
Watch this.
This is a bad example.
Drawing is about depicting what you see.
You don't need individuality in drawing.
Huh...?
Yes, back to your seats.
One, two! One, two!
Everyone, halt!
One, two!
- Turn right.
- One, two!
- Turn left.
- One, two!
- About turn.
- One, two, three!
- Turn left.
- One, two!
Hey, keep in time!
Sorry.
Standard!
Form into gymnastics lines!
Yah!
Attention!
- Turn right.
- One, two!
- Turn left.
- One, two!
- About turn.
- One, two, three!
Kobayashi! That's enough!
Keep in time with everyone else!
Kobayashi, come on!
Kobayashi, do it properly!
Alright, let's go again.
Ai-chan! Are you okay?
- Are you okay?
- Are you alright?
What's wrong...?
Huh?
It smells weird.
Are you awake? Are you okay now?
Ah, yes.
Mm.
Um... A crpe stand.
Next is... a haunted house.
- Here we go!
- Huh?
Um...
A haunted house!
Woooah!
Quiet, everyone!
And finally...
A crepe stand.
Ah, it's a tie. What do we do?
Are you okay? Heatstroke?
Yeah, probably.
Oh, Sato! Which one do you choose?
Um...
Either is fine.
Sato, haunted house, please!
Then, the haunted house it is.
Okay, then the haunted house.
I wanted to do the crepe stand.
The haunted house will be fun too.
Huh?
Huh?
What is that?!
Hey! What are you doing?
It's class time!
For those who haven't submitted their career
path preference forms yet, hand them in soon.
For those who haven't submitted their career
path preference forms yet, hand them in soon.
Yes.
Stand up.
Attention. Bow.
Thank you.
Okay, goodbye.
Don't get hurt!
Just go home, don't worry about it.
Just go home. Go home. You too, go home.
Hey, Kobayashi-kun, did you live abroad?
Kobayashi-kun?
Oh, sorry, what?
Kobayashi-kun, did you live overseas?
Ah, yeah. My parents' work.
Wow, that's amazing.
Are you living with your family now?
No, I'm not.
Huh? You live alone?
Do you need family?
Huh?
Yes, you need family.
What? How rude!
Hey,
Do you know about family
discounts on smartphones?
It's the thing where it gets a bit cheaper
if you sign up for a plan together, right?
Apparently, if you have a family of four now,
you can use it for about 4,000 yen per person.
Wow, that's cheap.
Shall we update it?
Might as well make my heart
get with the smartphone times too.
What do you think?
Hmm, isn't that good?
Ai, what do you think?
Family discount.
Hurry to school.
You'll be late. Don't take photos.
Look, you'll be late.
Huh...?
I'm marking you late!
I said don't take photos!
Go to school! Go to school!
Those who have brought their
future plans forms, hand them in.
Yes.
Haven't you decided yet?
Yeah. I was thinking of going to the
same university as you, Haru-chan.
Huh? Then do it!
Let's go to the same faculty too.
Why don't you decide for yourself?
It's your own business, isn't it?
Huh? What's with that guy?!
Newton discovered
the second law of motion.
F = ma.
This means Force equals
mass times acceleration.
Not just this equation, but
humans have used this equals sign to
compare one thing with another
and advance technology.
Therefore, potentially,
it is said that a binary way of thinking
has become ingrained in humans.
Do you understand?
Like good and evil,
light and darkness, or black and white.
If this...
was something like
Circle = Square = Triangle,
if we had advanced technology
by creating equations with three terms,
it is said that we would have achieved
technology incomparable to today's.
Furthermore, it is said that human morality
would also have improved.
What is the situation here?
Ah, yes...
It's a human pyramid from a group
gymnastics performance... isn't it?
Yes, it is. Indeed.
Hurry up and go.
Ready... Hooray!
Huh? What are you
backing out for, you bastard?
The other person is furious.
What are we going to do?
I want to stop now.
Huh? You don't get to decide.
Hey!
Oi! Oi.
Oi!
Oi!
Oi, oi, oi...
Huh? What? You again?
Huh? What is it?
Oh, you want to do it too?
N-no, stop.
Huh? What? I can't hear you.
Huh?
What are you doing?
Lunch break is almost over.
Ugh, who are you?
You can't do anything without your gang.
Huh?
It's none of your business.
Thanks.
If you just stand there watching,
you're no different from them.
Huh?
Emergency broadcast. Emergency broadcast.
All students, please assemble
on the grounds immediately.
Emergency broadcast. Emergency broadcast.
All students, please assemble
on the grounds immediately.
Quiet!
Right, everyone.
As you've probably seen,
there is currently something
in the centre of the grounds
that resembles a human pyramid.
Now, you may be surprised,
but it is by no means a bad thing.
So please, participate enthusiastically.
Qui-et!
But... isn't that strange?
What is that, anyway?
Shut up! Be quiet and do as you're told!
Right, so,
let's have the first-years join
the human pyramid in order.
Class 1-1, begin marching on the spot!
Do it properly!
- March on the spot!
- What is this?
March on the spot!
Move it!
Let's hear it!
- One, two...
- One, two...
Lift your legs!
- One, two!
- March forward!
Move briskly!
Let's go, let's go.
Wow, that's amazing.
Haru-chan.
What's so funny? You there!
Form the human pyramid!
Project your voice from your diaphragm!
Huh? Haru-chan.
Haru-chan!
Haru-chan!
Ai-chan, over here.
Huh?
Yeah.
What are you doing? Get back!
Are we leaving you behind, Ai-chan?
What are you doing there?!
Stop it!
Hey! What are you doing?
Let go!
Stop it!
Halt!
Let go of me.
I said let go!
Goal!
Standard! Form the human pyramid!
One, two. One, two...
Start vocalizing!
Yah! Yah!
Yah!
Dismissed!
What was that just now?
Gymnastic routines.
Yeah, but that's...
Brainwashing?
Everyone's acting strange.
Mr. Kato is strict, but
he's not the type to use violence.
Mm.
- Let's go back.
- Yeah.
It's not good if we look suspicious.
Where were you?
Huh? Oh, nowhere.
Hmm.
Haru, don't you remember anything?
Remember what?
Nothing.
That's weird.
That was tough!
Not at all. Please contact
us if anything else comes up.
Thank you for today.
Thank you for all your help.
You're still annoying.
Huh...?
Hey, don't you have any will of your own?
Are you just going
along with everyone else?
- I have it.
- You don't!
You're not thinking about
anything as you live, are you?
You're just like them.
What do you know about me?
Japan is the only developed country
where the average annual income
hasn't increased compared to 30 years ago.
Welcome home. You must be tired today. The average
annual income hasn't increased compared to 30 years ago.
In fact, it's said to have decreased.
I am tired.
In fact, it's said to have decreased.
Dad's tired too. I'm tired!
Dad's tired too. I'm tired! In the
Showa era, the head of the household
used to support the family, didn't they?
Then, in the Heisei era,
women started entering the workforce,
and households began to be managed
by dual incomes.
And now it's the Reiwa era.
Now, with dual incomes, we're barely
making ends meet just to live.
When I get some time off next,
I want to go on a trip with everyone again.
Do you remember that?
When we went camping,
you said you didn't want to come home...
and it was a whole ordeal.
That happened, didn't it? Hahaha...
You were crying so much.
It was such a hassle.
It was so much fun.
That was fun.
Hey, Ai.
Weird pose. Po!
Stop it!
Um, this is rather sudden,
but Saotome will be transferring.
Say a word to everyone, now.
Huh?
Due to my parents' educational policy,
I'll be going abroad.
Thank you for everything.
Right, let's take the register.
Is this okay?
What are you writing?
This, right here, should
be fine, shouldn't it?
Look at this.
But still,
isn't it boring if this is just a dead end?
It's a dead end.
Well, I'm putting ghosts here,
so it should be fine, right?
Hey, boys, do it properly.
We're doing it properly~.
We're doing it properly, so don't worry.
Excuse me, coming through.
You lot, hurry home when you're done.
Yes!
Huh?
Woooo.
Wow, scary.
- What's that?
- It's a ghost.
Hey, Ai, what do you think?
Huh? Ahaha... Scary.
About what I said yesterday...
One, two, one, two...
All done?
Wait! I can hear something.
What? I don't hear anything.
Quiet!
Attack formation!
Open up!
Forward march!
One, two, one, two...
Don't come over here!
I said don't come over here!
Hah!
One, two, one, two...
One, two...
No!
Run!
Yah!
Attack formation, open up!
Forward march!
One, two, one, two...
This way!
- Lights! Lights!
- Yeah.
Yu, turn on the light.
Hah!
Whoa! Whoa...
- What is it?
- Sorry.
Stop it!
One, two, one, two...
Let's run! Hey!
Hey, what are you doing? Hurry up!
No!
Go on ahead!
What the hell are they...!
Don't mess with me!
Quiet.
Are you okay?
Let's run away together.
Let's play together.
Don't come! Don't come!
Don't come! Don't come!
Don't come!
Let go!
Run! Sato, run!
Sato! Sato!
Sato, go!
Let go! Sato, run!
Are you okay?
It's my fault, it's my fault!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry...
It's not your fault. It's not your fault!
It's not your fault.
Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!
Yah! Yah!
It's a human pyramid formation...
Ours is a human pyramid formation, too!
Yah! Yah! Yah!
Yah! Yah!
Hey, together!
Yah! Yah! Yah!
Yah!
That's no good.
Yah! Yah!
This way!
One, two! One, two...
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh!
I...
I want to know what's happening.
Yah!
Who is it?
The principal.
Heh heh heh...
Hello.
- Hello...
- Yah!
Hahaha...
That's wonderfully terrifying. Haha...
The emotion of fear
is the most important emotion
when controlling people.
Huh?
The collective
will bring you happiness.
We don't need that.
Well, very well.
Individuals and individuals
Individuals and individuals
Individuals and individuals gather
- To form a group!
- Come on!
Individuals and individuals gather
To form a group!
Men and women
unite, and children are born
To form a family!
- Children...
- To form a school!
Belonging to a group called
Adults...
To form a company!
Belonging to a group called
Communities gather
- To form a country!
- And become
Countries gather
To form the Earth!
And become, stars gather
Oh!
To become the solar system!
Yah!
Yah!
Whoa!
Wait a minute, that old lady collapsed.
Wait, wait, wait.
This is going to go viral, isn't it?
Grandma, are you alright?
Japan is the best! Japan is the best...
A pure vote Please cast your pure vote.
Please cast your pure vote!
Why...
Why are you all so foolish?
Recently, the children's playing has been
so noisy, it's unbearable.
I've been bothered by it too.
It's like a piercing sound in my head.
Because of that, I haven't been
able to take my afternoon nap.
Well everyone,
please be sure to
pay attention to the children's noise.
Children's playing is not noise.
But it really is noisy, it's unbearable.
That's right. I can't take my nap.
What are you going to do about it?
Tsk. These old fossils.
Huh? What did you just say? Hey!
Hey, do you know who built modern Japan?
Say it!
Don't mess with me!
What do you mean, 'old fossils'!
That's enough!
We are elected by the people
and are representatives of the people.
The reason we are foolish is...
Grandma, are you alright?
Are you alright? Grandma?
Huh? An ambulance? An ambulance?
It's because the people are foolish.
Stop it. I said stop it.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
One, two! One, two...
- One, two...
- Pippi... (Diarrhea...)
Yah!
- One, two...
- Pippi
Ai!
Where were you?
You didn't reply to my messages.
- We were worried!
- Sorry.
Your friends?
Ah, I'm Kobayashi.
Thank you.
As a thank-you, if you'd like,
why don't you stay for dinner?
Hey!
No, given the circumstances...
- Yes, come in, come in.
- No! Go home.
Why would you
say that? Please, come in.
- Hey!
- Please, please.
Yes, please.
Thank you for having me.
- Welcome!
- Excuse me.
In the city, we are currently receiving...
numerous reports of sightings
of groups performing formation exercises,
and experts are urgently
working to determine the cause.
We now have a live link to the scene.
Ishii-san?
Yes, this is Ishii
reporting from the scene.
Behind me now,
I can see a human pyramid
consisting of six people.
Ah, they seem to be taking
commemorative photos.
Yes, and on the other side there,
here, ah, these people too
seem to be taking photos.
They're performing gymnastics called
'Saboten'...
we can see figures of men and women.
Wow, it really is gymnastics.
And when did this situation begin here?
Yes, when we spoke to local residents,
they said that from around 2 PM today,
groups performing
gymnastics began to appear.
Ah, and we've also received
reports of a blue light seen in the sky,
and to investigate the connection,
police are currently investigating the high
school believed to be the source of the light.
Yes, thank you very much!
It was like modern art.
What do you think, Shimizu-san?
Well, it's abnormal, isn't it?
Why are you laughing?
What do you mean by 'modern art'?
Indeed, as it's an abnormal situation,
- I've made it!
- Indeed, as it's an abnormal situation,
Yes, please sit down while it's warm. It's likely
to attract attention as a new tourist spot too.
It's likely to attract attention
as a new tourist spot too.
Yes. It's likely to attract
attention as a new tourist spot too.
It's likely to attract attention
as a new tourist spot too.
A tourist spot?
Have you contacted home?
Ah, yes.
Kokoro! Eat your vegetables.
It's embarrassing in front of your brother.
Today's dinner is delicious too.
That's enough.
Eat plenty.
That's enough now!
Kokoro isn't here anymore.
She's not here! She's not here!
- Ai!
- Go home.
- But...
- Go home!
It's a family matter!
Just go home!
My family is broken.
Ai.
Shall we go to Kokoro's place together?
Big sister!
Big sister!
Don't follow me.
Hurry up!
Wait!
Hey, she said to let her go home.
Your sister's kind of creepy.
We're just going to go by ourselves.
Ai, are you going to be left behind?
Go home! Don't follow me!
Hen na pzu! ("Look at this funny pose!")
P! ("Ta-da!")
"hen na pzu" - way of saying to show off their goofy creativity.
"p"- a verbal flourish (or "Ta-da!") to mark the climax or execution of her silly pose.
Hey, let's go.
Wait!
I wish you weren't here!
Look at this funny pose! P! P!
P. P. P. P.
It'll be soon.
It's okay.
We can finally go home as a family.
P! P! P!
Kokoro.
I'm sorry.
Hey, what are you doing!
Hey, wake up!
Wake up! Ai! Ai!
Hey, wake up! Ai!
What is this?
Family is tough.
Well, it's tough because it's important.
Because of me...
It's not your fault.
It's because of me.
No, it's not your fault.
It's my fault!
It's not your fault.
Heave-ho.
I want to be loved!
Heh heh... Gross.
Morning.
Morning.
Fish.
Did you know?
When you keep fish in a tank,
the strong ones bully the weak ones.
Hmm.
But they say that doesn't
happen in the wide ocean.
Here, please take a look!
This is the human pyramid,
said to be the first ever created.
It's about 20 tiers high!
Wow, it's a spectacular sight.
It's about 20 tiers high!
Wow, it's a spectacular sight.
Wow, it's a spectacular sight. And the people
who have come to see the human pyramid...
And the people who have
come to see the human pyramid...
It seems they are gradually increasing.
There really are 20 tiers.
It seems they are gradually increasing.
- Stop counting.
- Everyone seems very interested.
They're taking photos, and...
Oh, over there...
It looks like they're taking a
commemorative photo as a family.
Huh...?
Mum!
Dad!
We have just received some information.
The human pyramid is not harmful,
and in fact, it's better to join it.
Everyone, let's actively
join the human pyramid!
Where is that information from?
Just a moment.
Is it okay to report so
carelessly, everyone?
Please be quiet.
Everyone, don't just believe this.
Don't just believe information.
Think for yourselves.
Don't stop thinking! Hey, wake up!
They've all been brainwashed!
Wake up, viewers!
Don't be fooled, everyone.
Wake up! Wake up!
We sincerely apologise.
Who is it that needs to wake up, I wonder?
Next up is the sports segment.
Let's go.
Yeah.
Yah!
- One, two, one, two...
- Pippi...
Yah!
One, two, one, two...
Look!
They are gathering one after
another at this high school.
And from the opposite
side, various poses...
Wow, that's amazing.
They're spinning around...
Ordinary people are
gathering on this ground.
A giant pyramid.
Many people are
gathering one after another.
We look forward to your participation too!
Excuse me, excuse me...
Oh, are these students too?
One, two, one, two...
Free everyone!
Free? Don't you understand yet?
Eventually, the collective
will reach the heavens,
bringing us happiness.
Being ruled by us
will lead to your happiness.
No! That's not happiness!
Well, fine.
Attention! Form into a cross formation!
Attention!
Forward march!
One, two, one, two...
Turn right, forward march!
One, two, three! One, two...
One, two, one, two...
Halt!
One, two!
Turn right!
One, two, three!
Attention!
Form into a single line formation!
Attention!
Start marching in place!
One, two, one, two, one, two...
Forward march!
One, two, one, two, one, two...
Ah... ah...
This way.
That flute...
What is it? Hey!
It stopped!
Disperse!
Disperse!
Ev-ery-one!
Yah!
Yah!
Look! A beautiful collective is
about to swallow the rebellious students.
Yah!
- Ai!
- Yuu!
Reach out your hands!
- Ai!
- Yuu!
Yuu!
Ai!
Yuu!
- Ai!
- Yuu!
Advance into the human pyramid formation!
Yuu!
Yuu!
The rebellious individuals
have joined the collective,
achieving further growth.
Yuu? Yuu!
Yuu! Wake up.
Wake up!
This is our victory.
Is this the correct collective?
A state of victory is called a collective.
Give everyone back.
Very well.
- Huh?
- No way!
Ai, over here! Just copy me.
Sato, read the room.
Blend in with everyone.
I'm glad I could join you.
Will you protect me?
Hey, let's play together.
No.
No.
No.
Ai, over here!
Let's be a family again.
No. No.
Let's do it together.
Come over here.
- Over here!
- Come back to the family.
Ai!
Sato, come over here.
Ai!
There is love here.
Everyone will love you.
Surely you can be happy too.
No.
No, that's not love!
Waaah!
Hey! Everyone!
Doesn't it hurt? Don't your knees hurt?
It hurts, right? It's painful, isn't it?
Don't get used to that pain!
Stand up!
Yah!
Yah!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
I... like circles, not triangles!
I like the Earth!
I like Earthlings!
I want to be a family again.
Uuuuh...
Ai!
Hey.
Ai!
Hm.
What are you doing! Go back!
Get out of the way! Move!
Yuu!
I like the roundness of Yuu's chin.
I like you, Yuu!
Nngaaaaaaah...
Go back!
Yuu!
- Ai!
P!
P!
P!
The best cultural response is to do a silly pose of your own, and yell P! back to her.
Yah!
P!
Yah!
Just now, by a new collective
circles have been created.
What's this? What's this!
Yah!
P!
P!
And the circles and
triangles are about to collide!
Yah!
P!
Yah!
P!
Feel the Earth!
P!
Good morning.
Good morning.
Japanese food is nice.
Let's eat.
Let's eat.
Delicious.
Isn't it too salty?
This is particularly important today,
so make sure you read it carefully.
Teacher, there's one extra.
Whether you try hard or not
here will make a difference, so...
Pull yourselves together.
Here they come. Here they come.
Here they come, here
they come, here they come
Aren't you a bit cold?
- Are you alright?
- Yes.
Excuse us. Excuse us
Could we have a word?
You'll have to go through my agency
- What's your relationship?
- You knew they were married, didn't you? And you still started seeing them?
- Did co-starring in last year's drama spark your relationship?
Please answer. We're asking you.
Please.
Youth is the best!
Life's a breeze! We're winners!
It's really good. So good.
Hoo hoo! Ho ho ho
Japan is the best!
Japan is the best! Japan is the best
I cannot answer that. My apologies.
Sorry.
What? Stop apologizing and just answer.
Why can't you answer?
Please stop.
Ah! Ouch
- Just a moment
- Answer us! Answer us
Hey, hey
Answer us!
We're winners Thank you.
You're creepy. Shut up!
Youth is the best!
Life's a breeze! We're winners!
It's photogenic! It's really photogenic.
Hey! Die for the ratings!
Help me!
Ah ha ha
Ha ha ha ha
Help me
Ai! Wake up!
Snap out of it! Snap out of it!
NEW GROUP
Today's unluckiest
zodiac sign is Cancer.
Today, whatever you do
might not go well.
You should also be careful
about losing things.
A luck-restoring item is
a golden wallpaper.
Now, from here,
we move on to the latest news.
Good morning.
Uh, early this morning,
a mysterious signal was announced.
It's said to have been transmitted
from space towards Earth.
Ms. Kiyomizu, what are your thoughts
on this matter?
What are my thoughts? Well
If it's an alien declaration of war,
you know, what am I supposed to do?
- It would be problematic, wouldn't it?
- It certainly would.
That's the kind of thing
you only see in movies
Right.
If they said, "We will conquer Earth,"
that would be problematic, wouldn't it?
Ha ha Scary.
Are we going to be invaded?
Humans don't unite
unless they face a crisis.
This is lunch.
Oh, careful, careful.
It's spilling, it's spilling.
What about this? Don't you want it?
Safe Morning.
Alright, take your seats.
Safe Morning.
- Alright, take your seats.
Good morning.
Stand up.
Attention. Bow.
Good morning.
Sit down!
Right, today we have a new student.
Please be quiet.
Now, introduce yourself.
I'm Yu Kobayashi.
- Kobayashi's parents' work meant that
she was abroad for a while.
- Everyone, please learn your
English pronunciation from her.
- Okay, you can sit there.
Nice to meet you.
Come on, stop it.
Nice to meet you.
Come on, hand it over.
Hurry up!
One, two, three, four, five.
There you go.
See you next week!
Hey! Stop staring!
Ai! Where were you!
Next class is moving rooms.
This way, Ai!
Okay.
Yes. Don't talk, concentrate.
Huh? Amazing.
Okay.
Watch this.
This is a bad example.
Drawing is about depicting what you see.
You don't need individuality in drawing.
Huh...?
Yes, back to your seats.
One, two! One, two!
Everyone, halt!
One, two!
- Turn right.
- One, two!
- Turn left.
- One, two!
- About turn.
- One, two, three!
- Turn left.
- One, two!
Hey, keep in time!
Sorry.
Standard!
Form into gymnastics lines!
Yah!
Attention!
- Turn right.
- One, two!
- Turn left.
- One, two!
- About turn.
- One, two, three!
Kobayashi! That's enough!
Keep in time with everyone else!
Kobayashi, come on!
Kobayashi, do it properly!
Alright, let's go again.
Ai-chan! Are you okay?
- Are you okay?
- Are you alright?
What's wrong...?
Huh?
It smells weird.
Are you awake? Are you okay now?
Ah, yes.
Mm.
Um... A crpe stand.
Next is... a haunted house.
- Here we go!
- Huh?
Um...
A haunted house!
Woooah!
Quiet, everyone!
And finally...
A crepe stand.
Ah, it's a tie. What do we do?
Are you okay? Heatstroke?
Yeah, probably.
Oh, Sato! Which one do you choose?
Um...
Either is fine.
Sato, haunted house, please!
Then, the haunted house it is.
Okay, then the haunted house.
I wanted to do the crepe stand.
The haunted house will be fun too.
Huh?
Huh?
What is that?!
Hey! What are you doing?
It's class time!
For those who haven't submitted their career
path preference forms yet, hand them in soon.
For those who haven't submitted their career
path preference forms yet, hand them in soon.
Yes.
Stand up.
Attention. Bow.
Thank you.
Okay, goodbye.
Don't get hurt!
Just go home, don't worry about it.
Just go home. Go home. You too, go home.
Hey, Kobayashi-kun, did you live abroad?
Kobayashi-kun?
Oh, sorry, what?
Kobayashi-kun, did you live overseas?
Ah, yeah. My parents' work.
Wow, that's amazing.
Are you living with your family now?
No, I'm not.
Huh? You live alone?
Do you need family?
Huh?
Yes, you need family.
What? How rude!
Hey,
Do you know about family
discounts on smartphones?
It's the thing where it gets a bit cheaper
if you sign up for a plan together, right?
Apparently, if you have a family of four now,
you can use it for about 4,000 yen per person.
Wow, that's cheap.
Shall we update it?
Might as well make my heart
get with the smartphone times too.
What do you think?
Hmm, isn't that good?
Ai, what do you think?
Family discount.
Hurry to school.
You'll be late. Don't take photos.
Look, you'll be late.
Huh...?
I'm marking you late!
I said don't take photos!
Go to school! Go to school!
Those who have brought their
future plans forms, hand them in.
Yes.
Haven't you decided yet?
Yeah. I was thinking of going to the
same university as you, Haru-chan.
Huh? Then do it!
Let's go to the same faculty too.
Why don't you decide for yourself?
It's your own business, isn't it?
Huh? What's with that guy?!
Newton discovered
the second law of motion.
F = ma.
This means Force equals
mass times acceleration.
Not just this equation, but
humans have used this equals sign to
compare one thing with another
and advance technology.
Therefore, potentially,
it is said that a binary way of thinking
has become ingrained in humans.
Do you understand?
Like good and evil,
light and darkness, or black and white.
If this...
was something like
Circle = Square = Triangle,
if we had advanced technology
by creating equations with three terms,
it is said that we would have achieved
technology incomparable to today's.
Furthermore, it is said that human morality
would also have improved.
What is the situation here?
Ah, yes...
It's a human pyramid from a group
gymnastics performance... isn't it?
Yes, it is. Indeed.
Hurry up and go.
Ready... Hooray!
Huh? What are you
backing out for, you bastard?
The other person is furious.
What are we going to do?
I want to stop now.
Huh? You don't get to decide.
Hey!
Oi! Oi.
Oi!
Oi!
Oi, oi, oi...
Huh? What? You again?
Huh? What is it?
Oh, you want to do it too?
N-no, stop.
Huh? What? I can't hear you.
Huh?
What are you doing?
Lunch break is almost over.
Ugh, who are you?
You can't do anything without your gang.
Huh?
It's none of your business.
Thanks.
If you just stand there watching,
you're no different from them.
Huh?
Emergency broadcast. Emergency broadcast.
All students, please assemble
on the grounds immediately.
Emergency broadcast. Emergency broadcast.
All students, please assemble
on the grounds immediately.
Quiet!
Right, everyone.
As you've probably seen,
there is currently something
in the centre of the grounds
that resembles a human pyramid.
Now, you may be surprised,
but it is by no means a bad thing.
So please, participate enthusiastically.
Qui-et!
But... isn't that strange?
What is that, anyway?
Shut up! Be quiet and do as you're told!
Right, so,
let's have the first-years join
the human pyramid in order.
Class 1-1, begin marching on the spot!
Do it properly!
- March on the spot!
- What is this?
March on the spot!
Move it!
Let's hear it!
- One, two...
- One, two...
Lift your legs!
- One, two!
- March forward!
Move briskly!
Let's go, let's go.
Wow, that's amazing.
Haru-chan.
What's so funny? You there!
Form the human pyramid!
Project your voice from your diaphragm!
Huh? Haru-chan.
Haru-chan!
Haru-chan!
Ai-chan, over here.
Huh?
Yeah.
What are you doing? Get back!
Are we leaving you behind, Ai-chan?
What are you doing there?!
Stop it!
Hey! What are you doing?
Let go!
Stop it!
Halt!
Let go of me.
I said let go!
Goal!
Standard! Form the human pyramid!
One, two. One, two...
Start vocalizing!
Yah! Yah!
Yah!
Dismissed!
What was that just now?
Gymnastic routines.
Yeah, but that's...
Brainwashing?
Everyone's acting strange.
Mr. Kato is strict, but
he's not the type to use violence.
Mm.
- Let's go back.
- Yeah.
It's not good if we look suspicious.
Where were you?
Huh? Oh, nowhere.
Hmm.
Haru, don't you remember anything?
Remember what?
Nothing.
That's weird.
That was tough!
Not at all. Please contact
us if anything else comes up.
Thank you for today.
Thank you for all your help.
You're still annoying.
Huh...?
Hey, don't you have any will of your own?
Are you just going
along with everyone else?
- I have it.
- You don't!
You're not thinking about
anything as you live, are you?
You're just like them.
What do you know about me?
Japan is the only developed country
where the average annual income
hasn't increased compared to 30 years ago.
Welcome home. You must be tired today. The average
annual income hasn't increased compared to 30 years ago.
In fact, it's said to have decreased.
I am tired.
In fact, it's said to have decreased.
Dad's tired too. I'm tired!
Dad's tired too. I'm tired! In the
Showa era, the head of the household
used to support the family, didn't they?
Then, in the Heisei era,
women started entering the workforce,
and households began to be managed
by dual incomes.
And now it's the Reiwa era.
Now, with dual incomes, we're barely
making ends meet just to live.
When I get some time off next,
I want to go on a trip with everyone again.
Do you remember that?
When we went camping,
you said you didn't want to come home...
and it was a whole ordeal.
That happened, didn't it? Hahaha...
You were crying so much.
It was such a hassle.
It was so much fun.
That was fun.
Hey, Ai.
Weird pose. Po!
Stop it!
Um, this is rather sudden,
but Saotome will be transferring.
Say a word to everyone, now.
Huh?
Due to my parents' educational policy,
I'll be going abroad.
Thank you for everything.
Right, let's take the register.
Is this okay?
What are you writing?
This, right here, should
be fine, shouldn't it?
Look at this.
But still,
isn't it boring if this is just a dead end?
It's a dead end.
Well, I'm putting ghosts here,
so it should be fine, right?
Hey, boys, do it properly.
We're doing it properly~.
We're doing it properly, so don't worry.
Excuse me, coming through.
You lot, hurry home when you're done.
Yes!
Huh?
Woooo.
Wow, scary.
- What's that?
- It's a ghost.
Hey, Ai, what do you think?
Huh? Ahaha... Scary.
About what I said yesterday...
One, two, one, two...
All done?
Wait! I can hear something.
What? I don't hear anything.
Quiet!
Attack formation!
Open up!
Forward march!
One, two, one, two...
Don't come over here!
I said don't come over here!
Hah!
One, two, one, two...
One, two...
No!
Run!
Yah!
Attack formation, open up!
Forward march!
One, two, one, two...
This way!
- Lights! Lights!
- Yeah.
Yu, turn on the light.
Hah!
Whoa! Whoa...
- What is it?
- Sorry.
Stop it!
One, two, one, two...
Let's run! Hey!
Hey, what are you doing? Hurry up!
No!
Go on ahead!
What the hell are they...!
Don't mess with me!
Quiet.
Are you okay?
Let's run away together.
Let's play together.
Don't come! Don't come!
Don't come! Don't come!
Don't come!
Let go!
Run! Sato, run!
Sato! Sato!
Sato, go!
Let go! Sato, run!
Are you okay?
It's my fault, it's my fault!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry...
It's not your fault. It's not your fault!
It's not your fault.
Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!
Yah! Yah!
It's a human pyramid formation...
Ours is a human pyramid formation, too!
Yah! Yah! Yah!
Yah! Yah!
Hey, together!
Yah! Yah! Yah!
Yah!
That's no good.
Yah! Yah!
This way!
One, two! One, two...
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh!
I...
I want to know what's happening.
Yah!
Who is it?
The principal.
Heh heh heh...
Hello.
- Hello...
- Yah!
Hahaha...
That's wonderfully terrifying. Haha...
The emotion of fear
is the most important emotion
when controlling people.
Huh?
The collective
will bring you happiness.
We don't need that.
Well, very well.
Individuals and individuals
Individuals and individuals
Individuals and individuals gather
- To form a group!
- Come on!
Individuals and individuals gather
To form a group!
Men and women
unite, and children are born
To form a family!
- Children...
- To form a school!
Belonging to a group called
Adults...
To form a company!
Belonging to a group called
Communities gather
- To form a country!
- And become
Countries gather
To form the Earth!
And become, stars gather
Oh!
To become the solar system!
Yah!
Yah!
Whoa!
Wait a minute, that old lady collapsed.
Wait, wait, wait.
This is going to go viral, isn't it?
Grandma, are you alright?
Japan is the best! Japan is the best...
A pure vote Please cast your pure vote.
Please cast your pure vote!
Why...
Why are you all so foolish?
Recently, the children's playing has been
so noisy, it's unbearable.
I've been bothered by it too.
It's like a piercing sound in my head.
Because of that, I haven't been
able to take my afternoon nap.
Well everyone,
please be sure to
pay attention to the children's noise.
Children's playing is not noise.
But it really is noisy, it's unbearable.
That's right. I can't take my nap.
What are you going to do about it?
Tsk. These old fossils.
Huh? What did you just say? Hey!
Hey, do you know who built modern Japan?
Say it!
Don't mess with me!
What do you mean, 'old fossils'!
That's enough!
We are elected by the people
and are representatives of the people.
The reason we are foolish is...
Grandma, are you alright?
Are you alright? Grandma?
Huh? An ambulance? An ambulance?
It's because the people are foolish.
Stop it. I said stop it.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
One, two! One, two...
- One, two...
- Pippi... (Diarrhea...)
Yah!
- One, two...
- Pippi
Ai!
Where were you?
You didn't reply to my messages.
- We were worried!
- Sorry.
Your friends?
Ah, I'm Kobayashi.
Thank you.
As a thank-you, if you'd like,
why don't you stay for dinner?
Hey!
No, given the circumstances...
- Yes, come in, come in.
- No! Go home.
Why would you
say that? Please, come in.
- Hey!
- Please, please.
Yes, please.
Thank you for having me.
- Welcome!
- Excuse me.
In the city, we are currently receiving...
numerous reports of sightings
of groups performing formation exercises,
and experts are urgently
working to determine the cause.
We now have a live link to the scene.
Ishii-san?
Yes, this is Ishii
reporting from the scene.
Behind me now,
I can see a human pyramid
consisting of six people.
Ah, they seem to be taking
commemorative photos.
Yes, and on the other side there,
here, ah, these people too
seem to be taking photos.
They're performing gymnastics called
'Saboten'...
we can see figures of men and women.
Wow, it really is gymnastics.
And when did this situation begin here?
Yes, when we spoke to local residents,
they said that from around 2 PM today,
groups performing
gymnastics began to appear.
Ah, and we've also received
reports of a blue light seen in the sky,
and to investigate the connection,
police are currently investigating the high
school believed to be the source of the light.
Yes, thank you very much!
It was like modern art.
What do you think, Shimizu-san?
Well, it's abnormal, isn't it?
Why are you laughing?
What do you mean by 'modern art'?
Indeed, as it's an abnormal situation,
- I've made it!
- Indeed, as it's an abnormal situation,
Yes, please sit down while it's warm. It's likely
to attract attention as a new tourist spot too.
It's likely to attract attention
as a new tourist spot too.
Yes. It's likely to attract
attention as a new tourist spot too.
It's likely to attract attention
as a new tourist spot too.
A tourist spot?
Have you contacted home?
Ah, yes.
Kokoro! Eat your vegetables.
It's embarrassing in front of your brother.
Today's dinner is delicious too.
That's enough.
Eat plenty.
That's enough now!
Kokoro isn't here anymore.
She's not here! She's not here!
- Ai!
- Go home.
- But...
- Go home!
It's a family matter!
Just go home!
My family is broken.
Ai.
Shall we go to Kokoro's place together?
Big sister!
Big sister!
Don't follow me.
Hurry up!
Wait!
Hey, she said to let her go home.
Your sister's kind of creepy.
We're just going to go by ourselves.
Ai, are you going to be left behind?
Go home! Don't follow me!
Hen na pzu! ("Look at this funny pose!")
P! ("Ta-da!")
"hen na pzu" - way of saying to show off their goofy creativity.
"p"- a verbal flourish (or "Ta-da!") to mark the climax or execution of her silly pose.
Hey, let's go.
Wait!
I wish you weren't here!
Look at this funny pose! P! P!
P. P. P. P.
It'll be soon.
It's okay.
We can finally go home as a family.
P! P! P!
Kokoro.
I'm sorry.
Hey, what are you doing!
Hey, wake up!
Wake up! Ai! Ai!
Hey, wake up! Ai!
What is this?
Family is tough.
Well, it's tough because it's important.
Because of me...
It's not your fault.
It's because of me.
No, it's not your fault.
It's my fault!
It's not your fault.
Heave-ho.
I want to be loved!
Heh heh... Gross.
Morning.
Morning.
Fish.
Did you know?
When you keep fish in a tank,
the strong ones bully the weak ones.
Hmm.
But they say that doesn't
happen in the wide ocean.
Here, please take a look!
This is the human pyramid,
said to be the first ever created.
It's about 20 tiers high!
Wow, it's a spectacular sight.
It's about 20 tiers high!
Wow, it's a spectacular sight.
Wow, it's a spectacular sight. And the people
who have come to see the human pyramid...
And the people who have
come to see the human pyramid...
It seems they are gradually increasing.
There really are 20 tiers.
It seems they are gradually increasing.
- Stop counting.
- Everyone seems very interested.
They're taking photos, and...
Oh, over there...
It looks like they're taking a
commemorative photo as a family.
Huh...?
Mum!
Dad!
We have just received some information.
The human pyramid is not harmful,
and in fact, it's better to join it.
Everyone, let's actively
join the human pyramid!
Where is that information from?
Just a moment.
Is it okay to report so
carelessly, everyone?
Please be quiet.
Everyone, don't just believe this.
Don't just believe information.
Think for yourselves.
Don't stop thinking! Hey, wake up!
They've all been brainwashed!
Wake up, viewers!
Don't be fooled, everyone.
Wake up! Wake up!
We sincerely apologise.
Who is it that needs to wake up, I wonder?
Next up is the sports segment.
Let's go.
Yeah.
Yah!
- One, two, one, two...
- Pippi...
Yah!
One, two, one, two...
Look!
They are gathering one after
another at this high school.
And from the opposite
side, various poses...
Wow, that's amazing.
They're spinning around...
Ordinary people are
gathering on this ground.
A giant pyramid.
Many people are
gathering one after another.
We look forward to your participation too!
Excuse me, excuse me...
Oh, are these students too?
One, two, one, two...
Free everyone!
Free? Don't you understand yet?
Eventually, the collective
will reach the heavens,
bringing us happiness.
Being ruled by us
will lead to your happiness.
No! That's not happiness!
Well, fine.
Attention! Form into a cross formation!
Attention!
Forward march!
One, two, one, two...
Turn right, forward march!
One, two, three! One, two...
One, two, one, two...
Halt!
One, two!
Turn right!
One, two, three!
Attention!
Form into a single line formation!
Attention!
Start marching in place!
One, two, one, two, one, two...
Forward march!
One, two, one, two, one, two...
Ah... ah...
This way.
That flute...
What is it? Hey!
It stopped!
Disperse!
Disperse!
Ev-ery-one!
Yah!
Yah!
Look! A beautiful collective is
about to swallow the rebellious students.
Yah!
- Ai!
- Yuu!
Reach out your hands!
- Ai!
- Yuu!
Yuu!
Ai!
Yuu!
- Ai!
- Yuu!
Advance into the human pyramid formation!
Yuu!
Yuu!
The rebellious individuals
have joined the collective,
achieving further growth.
Yuu? Yuu!
Yuu! Wake up.
Wake up!
This is our victory.
Is this the correct collective?
A state of victory is called a collective.
Give everyone back.
Very well.
- Huh?
- No way!
Ai, over here! Just copy me.
Sato, read the room.
Blend in with everyone.
I'm glad I could join you.
Will you protect me?
Hey, let's play together.
No.
No.
No.
Ai, over here!
Let's be a family again.
No. No.
Let's do it together.
Come over here.
- Over here!
- Come back to the family.
Ai!
Sato, come over here.
Ai!
There is love here.
Everyone will love you.
Surely you can be happy too.
No.
No, that's not love!
Waaah!
Hey! Everyone!
Doesn't it hurt? Don't your knees hurt?
It hurts, right? It's painful, isn't it?
Don't get used to that pain!
Stand up!
Yah!
Yah!
Wake up!
Wake up!
Wake up!
I... like circles, not triangles!
I like the Earth!
I like Earthlings!
I want to be a family again.
Uuuuh...
Ai!
Hey.
Ai!
Hm.
What are you doing! Go back!
Get out of the way! Move!
Yuu!
I like the roundness of Yuu's chin.
I like you, Yuu!
Nngaaaaaaah...
Go back!
Yuu!
- Ai!
P!
P!
P!
The best cultural response is to do a silly pose of your own, and yell P! back to her.
Yah!
P!
Yah!
Just now, by a new collective
circles have been created.
What's this? What's this!
Yah!
P!
P!
And the circles and
triangles are about to collide!
Yah!
P!
Yah!
P!
Feel the Earth!
P!
Good morning.
Good morning.
Japanese food is nice.
Let's eat.
Let's eat.
Delicious.
Isn't it too salty?
This is particularly important today,
so make sure you read it carefully.
Teacher, there's one extra.
Whether you try hard or not
here will make a difference, so...
Pull yourselves together.