Dead Account (2026) s01e02 Episode Script

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I was having a terrible dream.
My little sister, Akari, died and turned
into a ghost that came out of my phone.
Then this freak dressed all
in black showed up to exorcise her.
In the end, I activated some kind of
superpower and took Akari down.
What a crazy-ass dream.
A hotel room? In a ryokan?
So glad it was all just a dream!
You wish it was.
Yeah, couldn't be that easy.
Who the hell are you?
What is this place?
Your love nest or something?
Did you take advantage of me?!
My love nest? What is this, the 60s?
Is Akari
My sister What happened to her?
Your smartphone.
I charged it up.
This account does not exist
Try searching with a different keyword
Akari
Ghost accounts are the result of dead
social media accounts getting possessed.
When the ghost is exorcised,
the account is deleted.
So I can't even text with her anymore?
No.
Yeah, right.
She's dead, after all.
Well, tough luck for me!
The illness took her.
People die sometimes.
You just gotta accept that.
Besides, I made a promise to her!
I said I'd learn to manage by myself.
Can't keep my word
if I get all weepy about it!
Well, since we're at a ryokan hotel,
maybe I'll take a nice
hot bath before I go!
You ass.
Beg pardon. I didn't mean to swear.
This is painful to watch.
You're so obviously putting up a front.
Listen, man, you're the one who said
I have to do what it takes to live on!
It's Kasubata.
I'm Kukuru Kasubata.
Kukuru Kasubata
But do not use my first name.
Follow me.
I'll show you to the baths.
Thanks, man!
I gotta say,
this hotel looks pretty pricey.
It's not a hotel.
This is Miden Academy.
Miden Academy
A school for exorcists.
Th-This is a school?
It's totally a ryokan hotel, though!
I mean, the room we were just in
It even had a little nook by the window!
That was my room.
All students live on campus.
They fashioned it after a hot springs hotel
to emphasize the "cleansing"
aspect of exorcisms.
That guy there is Aoringo.
The flamebait MyuTuber.
I find his videos quite
aesthetically displeasing.
Word is he awakened last night.
Hey, Kasubata.
You really stepped in it, huh?
Shut up.
Even the saintly Kasubata
screws up from time to time.
How humbling for someone who
always acts so high-and-mighty.
Wouldn't you say, Kusaba-chan?
Kasubata-kun
I feel bad for him.
I want to comfort him!
K-Kusaba-chan?!
Flamebait streamers
are the lowest of the low.
For one to darken our academy's doors
I'm a flamebaiter too, Minoru.
The boy with the blue hair
is pretty handsome, too!
K-Kusaba-chan?
I also love Kasubata-kun, of course!
Title: "The Rotten Blue Apple."
No, that's no good.
Nothing aesthetic about it.
I'm an Aoringo Channel subscriber!
Hiyori Haijima
This is hype as hell!
That dude stirs up all kinds of drama.
Naruhiko Emoto
Man, I don't even wanna be near him!
What does Azaki-sensei want him for?
Renri Hasumi
Who the hell cares?
Creeps me the hell out.
Kiyomi Urusugawa
He's got the same powers as him.
Where are we, anyway?
Kusatsu.
So this is a ryokan hotel!
The recreation room.
It's a ryokan!
Convenience Store
We have Denmi-chan goods!
The shop.
It's a freaking hotel!
Those manju look great!
The hot spring.
You're really not beating
the "hotel" allegations here
My wound's healed up?
Man, it's warm.
Careful now. If I relax too much
I might cry.
Where the hell is that shitty monk?
Ta-da!
The sea monster has arrived!
Yoimaru Azaki
Surprise! Did I get you?
Listen, even in a school for exorcists,
you won't see any sea monsters!
I'm more of a sea monkey.
Because I'm a monk!
Azaki-sensei, good morning.
But it's not safe to stand up
too fast in hot water.
The expansion of the blood vessels
can cause fits of anemia.
Good point.
Hey, uh, you sure got me good!
Yeah, thanks.
I'm Azaki.
I'm one of the teachers here.
Sensei, I showed him
around as you ordered.
Great work!
Cheer up, Kasubata-kun!
Don't treat this like a punishment!
What else could it be?
He's a flamebaiter. I don't want
to spend a single second with him.
And his flames are blue, at that.
Enishiro-kun! Whaddya think of our school?
I love the hot spring! It's awesome!
Isn't it just?!
Please put on clothes.
So, can I assume you'll be enrolling?
Enishiro-kun, be an exorcist with us!
You trying to get me again?
Yeah!
Azaki-sensei
Are you doing this to rub salt
in my wounds?
What? No way!
I'm inviting him in good faith!
This kid awakened
his cyberkinesis, remember?
Cyberkinesis?
Yeah, I bet you're curious!
Allow me to explain.
It's a rather long story, though.
Ready?
The exorcist profession
goes back millennia
in the constant battle
against malevolent spirits.
The exorcists employ techniques
for unleashing spiritual energy
called "psychokinesis."
However, everything underwent a major
revolution just a few decades ago.
The introduction of the internet
turned cyberspace into a place where
the dead could form attachments,
and the nature of ghosts
changed accordingly.
The exorcists were in a panic!
The psychokinesis they'd spent generations
honing didn't work on ghost accounts!
So the conservative world of exorcists
was forced into upheaval!
In the end, they found a way to use
electronics to digitize their powers!
It transformed psychokinesis
into cyberkinesis!
Kusatsu, huh? So I'm in Gunma Prefecture.
Maybe I'll check out
the Yubatake hot spring.
That's so mean!
I thought we were really hitting it off!
You even played along with
my whole "gotcha" gag!
Don't you want to know
about what happened to you?
Sorry, but I really don't!
I don't want to be involved in this
"ghosts and exorcists" business any more.
I don't really care
about cyberkinesis either.
I want to leave hauntings and
flamebaiting behind me.
I want to work a normal job,
eat one sweet thing per day, then sleep.
That's the life I'm after.
Helping Akari get better
was the only thing I had going.
Now I've got nothing. I'm totally empty.
So I'd better get moving!
Hey, I'll buy a manju
from the store on my way out!
Manju! Manju! Manju! Manju!
Aw, you're really just gonna go?
Without even learning
what really took your sister?
Finally caught your interest, have I?
That's right. Your sister
didn't die from her condition.
She was killed
by a powerful ghost account.
Big Brother!
I can't breathe, Big Brother.
Help
It targets and kills those
with strong ties to this world.
All of its victims shed "tears of blood."
Your little sister did too, didn't she?
Where is this thing right now?
Why do you ask?
Why do you think?
I'm gonna go find that thing
and murder it!
You can't.
You're too darn weak!
Out of my way, Kasubata.
I'm gonna pummel this smug little monk
until he tells me all he knows!
He may be inappropriately smug for a monk,
but he's still my teacher.
Aw, c'mon! I'm not smug. I'm cheerful!
All right, Enishiro-kun,
let's play a game.
If you beat Kasubata-kun
in your current state,
I'll acknowledge your strength
and tell you everything I know.
That's assuming you can, of course.
Cyber out.
So are you saying
I can pummel this loser?
I said beat Kasubata-kun, not me!
Screw that! I'm not playing your game!
Someone I care about is dead, damn it!
Quit acting like your misfortune
makes you special.
It's a pretty common story in this place.
Man, smacking down
a flamebaiter felt good.
Even more thrilling than
when I smacked down your sister.
Hey, shitty monk.
After I lay this guy out,
you'd better tell me every last detail!
Hey, look, we've got a party
startin' down there.
First-level students.
I don't recognize the blue-haired one.
He's kind of a big name, ain't he?
What's going on here, Azaki-sensei?
Hey, Kakiko-chan.
Please keep the roughhousing
to the training arena.
I want you all watching closely.
A flamebaiter versus
a guy with a banhammer
Feels like I'm watching
some shitty online drama.
Don't be silly, Kiyomin!
Watching Aoringo fight
in person is a rare treat!
Kick his ass!
Hey, he's pretty good.
There aren't many people who can
keep pace with Kukuru in a brawl.
Hasu, Hasu! Send me that vid later!
You can't be serious. This is awful!
Someone's gotta stop them!
Someone other than me!
He hits hard!
Damn it! That thing extends and retracts.
What should I do?
Itabashi-sensei.
What in the world is happening here?
Nanzo-sensei!
The student Azaki-sensei brought in
last night is fighting Kasubata-kun!
P-Principal!
Principal, you should put
a stop to this at once.
I've read the reports on that boy.
We need him out of here!
I'm after you this time,
not your smartphone.
Allow me the pleasure of pummeling you,
you flamebaiting bastard.
Shut up about the flamebait crap!
I didn't do that because I wanted to!
I needed money to save my sister!
Oh, is that what it was?
I've got a little brother, so I feel him.
Here we go. "My sick little sister."
Such a convenient excuse.
Does playing that card
get you out of anything?
Kasubata
That's just how Kukuru rolls.
You're a real jerk!
You know
If you needed money,
there were other ways.
Just admit it! You enjoyed it!
You loved the attention!
You couldn't resist it!
And it all led to that flame
How badly do you intend to irritate me?!
You asshole!
Beg pardon. I didn't mean to swear.
What the hell?
Was that some kind of cheat code?
Do you understand now?
That's cyberkinesis.
You're quite scrappy,
but you can't fight it unarmed.
So let's bring out your cyberkinesis, too!
C'mon. Get out your channeling device.
My what?
Your smartphone!
It's a spirit power converter.
Now that you've awakened,
it'll be muscle memory.
Imagine the heat in your gut collecting
in your hands holding your phone!
No way!
That color
A flamebaiter? But
It's a blue flame.
That's a shock. I almost
didn't believe it, but there it is.
A demon flame.
Demon flame?
Demon flame?
A blue flame that twists like a snake.
Demon flame!
Kasubata-kun.
You know not to touch the flame, right?
Why's everyone acting like that?
Is this thing dangerous or something?
Well, we know a guy with a similar power.
Don't worry about it now.
So, how does it feel?
It's not hot.
In fact, it feels kinda nice.
Then let's see it.
Show me the power of your demon flame.
His feet?!
H-He's fast.
The flame he transfers
goes out right away?
I don't know what led me
to move the fire to my feet.
I just know it's the right thing to do.
He keeps going for his feet while he runs!
Look at that!
An appropriately inflammatory power.
Whatever he sets ablaze
is explosively enhanced.
Enflame!
Enflame
You asshole!
Whoa, hang on! This dude just
awakened yesterday, right?
Go on! Sock that power-trippin'
mod in the nose!
Not good. Kukuru's losing his cool.
Look, look, Kakiko-chan!
He's good, ain't he?
He's got a real talent for brute force!
This is no time for that!
You have to stop him, Azaki-sensei!
Fair enough.
I've seen what I wanted to see.
That'll do! Great work, you two!
Shut up! Butt out already
you damn virgin!
Well, I am a monk.
I took vows about all that stuff.
There's nothing shameful
about me being a virgin.
I could totally get girls if I wanted.
Azaki-sensei!
Personally, I think shaming someone
over their sexual experience
feels like emulating the
gerontocracy you kids claim to hate.
Man! I'm awesome!
No one can beat me with power like this!
I'll make this Kasubata bastard
apologize to me, and then
You're not getting away!
Whatever that ghost account thing is
I'll take it down!
Civility Pile-On!
He's strong.
And I'm
weak.
Kasubata-kun, you went too far back there.
Unnecessarily rough,
both physically and verbally.
Not that I'm hurt at all by it.
Not even a little bit.
It just about broke him.
Beg pardon.
He blocked that huge hammer
with one hand?!
Amazing.
These guys are all amazing!
All righty, then
Enishiro-kun.
First, let me apologize.
Had we stopped your sister's killer
sooner, she'd still be alive.
And I provoked you on purpose
to make you angry.
I wanted to pull out your
cyberkinesis and see what it—
Same here!
I'm really sorry!
I want to join you, Sensei!
I'll be an exorcist or whatever you want!
So please
I'm going to become strong.
Stronger than anyone!
Enishiro-kun
This beats your fake,
dopey smile from before.
I'll become strong
And take down Akari's killer!
Welcome to Miden Academy!
Our hot spring manju are delicious!
A demon flame, eh?
I won't accept it.
A student with the power
of the demon flame
This is a bill from the principal
for repairs to the school building.
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