"Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Summer Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '24夏の特別編) aired on Fuji TV on June 8, 2024, featuring four intriguing stories: 1. "The Mansion of Remembrance" A woman awakens in a mysterious mansion after an accident, encountering residents with fragmented memories.
2. "Tomobiki Village" A university student visits a secluded village for a friend's funeral, uncovering eerie traditions and hidden truths.
3. "Treasure of Humanity" An artist is recruited by a global organization to preserve cultural heritage, leading to unexpected revelations about his talent.
4. "Weekly Ex-Lover Creation" A woman assembles an android replica of her ex-boyfriend using a magazine kit, blurring the lines between reality and artificiality.
There is nothing so good that it can't get any worse, and when things get worse to an unexpected point you are able to do bad things for others and for yourself.
Ramfangzauva attempts to commit suicide after his wife dies due to complications that arise after she gives birth to their daughter Nuni. But before he can go through with it, he is visited by the ghost of his wife who shows him the future.
A group of campus journalists joined a jeepney modernization protest to cover a story. Unbeknownst to them, they would soon be the subjects of the story they were set out to cover.
This piece follows a man named Jake who seeks to blackmail this famously anonymous individual with revealing documents that could expose his true identity. However, as the story progresses Jake realises that his dreams to easily become rich don't go his way, not even with his colleague Bryce.
Ricky is 15 years old; he doesn't have many friends in school, and he has been feeling depressed lately. After smoking cinnamon in his bathtub, he has a vision of another realm. His obsession with visiting the lost souls of the realm of Tasmogor begins to spiral out of control during the last 3 days of his life.
Cem, a successful motorcycle racer, is living a happy life with his wife Özlem and son Efe when suddenly everything is turned upside down. When he comes home from work, no one answers the door. The day before, he had a brief argument with his wife over the motorcycle. Thinking that his wife Özlem had gone to his mother's house, Cem goes to his mother's house, but his mother closes the door in his face, saying she doesn't recognize him. After spending the night on the street, Cem goes to his wife's workplace the next day and sees Özlem holding hands with another man. In response to this situation, Cem beats up the man next to Özlem, and Cem is taken to the police station. After giving his statement at the police station, Cem is sent to a mental hospital.
Chisako Satoya, a writer, and her father, Kozo, had a long-standing feud and had been living apart for a long time. However now that Kozo, who lives alone, has dementia, she returns to her hometown to begin taking care of him.
A tragedy strikes at a city school when a top-performing 10th grade student suddenly dies. School officials believe a dangerous social media game is to blame. A police major, who lost his own daughter under similar circumstances, launches a personal investigation to uncover the truth.
In the heart of urban sprawl, a slang-speaking gamer's mundane life is turned upside down when he stumbles upon a mysterious book by Pushkin. As he delves into the literary world, unexplainable events begin to blur the lines between reality and fiction.
John Adams is murdered on the same night that he is due to give evidence to the FBI on a private investigation. Hank Lawton is the lead detective on the case and brings in his best friend, FBI Agent Frank Murphy, to help solve the murder. Upon days of investigation with no leads, they bring in PI Tony Daniels and together they finally crack The Case but is it too late?