{ "id": "ju-on", "title": "Ju-On / The Grudge", "description": "A chapter-aware Ju-On watch and reading order: the original Saeki curse, the 2014 reboot, the American films and their sidequel, Netflix’s different origins, and licensed prose, manga, games and stage adaptations. Nonlinear films are divided at meaningful changes of period; disputed clocks remain qualified.", "continuities": [ { "id": "saeki", "label": "Original Saeki history & anniversary stories", "note": "The Curse films lead into the theatrical films. White Ghost / Black Ghost remain inclusive connected stories; their exact interleaving with the Saeki cases is not established." }, { "id": "reboot", "label": "Beginning of the End → Final Curse", "note": "Toshio Yamaga’s 1995 death and reincarnation replace the original curse origin." }, { "id": "american", "label": "The Grudge — American history", "note": "2001 origin; 2004 Karen / Aubrey events; the 2004–2006 Pennsylvania sidequel overlaps rather than following the third film." }, { "id": "origins", "label": "JU-ON: Origins — the house behind the legend", "note": "Netflix’s period crime / supernatural history is a distinct reworking, not a literal Kayako childhood prequel." }, { "id": "crossover", "label": "Sadako vs. Kayako", "note": "A licensed crossover with altered curse rules, not a junction merging every Ring and Ju-On continuity." } ], "entries": [ { "id": "curse-origin", "title": "Ju-On: The Curse — Saeki murders / Kobayashi (Toshio & Kayako)", "type": "Film chapter", "date": "Before the Murakami tenancy; est. 1990s", "order": 1994, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2000", "description": "The Saeki curse begins; Toshio’s teacher visits.", "note": "The separated Toshio and Kayako chapters describe one connected visit. 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Kanna’s aftermath follows the short-film events below.", "sourceIds": [ "v1", "jp-review" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "Years after the Saeki murders; est. late 1990s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. 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Official current full-short access unresolved.", "sourceIds": [ "v1", "jp-review" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "During the Murakami school day; est. late 1990s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Curse", "productName": "Read short-film / anthology research", "productMatch": "Corresponding predecessor short-film context; no verified current legitimate full-short edition recovered. 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Displayed calendar is a broad estimate inherited from the linked Saeki cases, not an exact original date caption.", "sourceIds": [ "v2" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "est. late 1990s–2000s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based contemporary-era window", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. 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Toyama sees future teenagers; vision is not their present date.", "sourceIds": [ "j1" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "After the Tokunaga deaths; est. late 1990s–early 2000s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. 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Displayed calendar is a broad estimate inherited from the linked Saeki cases, not an exact original date caption.", "sourceIds": [ "j1" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "est. 2000s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based contemporary-era window", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. Contains both Curse films, both theatrical films and White / Black Ghost.", "actionLabel": "View official film collection", "container": true, "workId": "grudge" }, { "id": "grudge-izumi", "title": "Ju-On: The Grudge — Izumi’s teenage visit / two-week aftermath", "type": "Film chapter", "date": "est. 2000s–2010s; Years after Toyama; Izumi now a teenager", "order": 2005, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2002 / Japan 2003", "description": "Izumi’s school friends encounter the house.", "note": "Later generation, not Toyama’s original present; discovery of Rika’s remains belongs here. Sort anchor does not state 2005. Displayed calendar is a broad estimate inherited from the linked Saeki cases, not an exact original date caption.", "sourceIds": [ "j1" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "est. 2000s–2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based contemporary-era window", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. 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Displayed calendar is a broad estimate inherited from the linked Saeki cases, not an exact original date caption.", "sourceIds": [ "j2" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "est. late 1990s–2000s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based contemporary-era window", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. 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Displayed calendar is a broad estimate inherited from the linked Saeki cases, not an exact original date caption.", "sourceIds": [ "j2" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "est. late 1990s–2000s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based contemporary-era window", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. 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Displayed calendar is a broad estimate inherited from the linked Saeki cases, not an exact original date caption.", "sourceIds": [ "j2" ], "continuity": "saeki", "railLabel": "est. 2000s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based contemporary-era window", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "productName": "View official film collection", "productMatch": "Corresponding six-film Region B edition. 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No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "us20" }, { "id": "us-novel", "title": "THE JUON / 呪怨 — Oishi Hollywood novel", "type": "Novel", "date": "2001 origin → 2004 Karen case", "order": 2001, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2005", "description": "The American remake in prose.", "note": "Same source span; complete Japanese text not recovered.", "sourceIds": [ "nu" ], "continuity": "american", "railLabel": "2001 origin → 2004 Karen case", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://kadobun.jp/kadokawa-bunko/search.html/keyword/%E5%A4%A7%E7%9F%B3%E3%80%80%E5%9C%AD/page/3/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Exact corresponding publisher, distributor or edition research; availability is not asserted. 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No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": false, "workId": "origins" }, { "id": "origins-child", "title": "JU-ON: Origins — Odajima’s childhood recollections", "type": "TV chapter", "date": "1960; Odajima a young child", "order": 1960, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2020", "description": "A period in the six-episode house history.", "note": "Earlier temporal strand, including later cross-time contact. 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No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "origins" }, { "id": "origins-88", "title": "JU-ON: Origins — Episodes 1–2 — Haruka / Kiyomi present", "type": "TV chapter", "date": "1988", "order": 1988, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2020", "description": "A period in the six-episode house history.", "note": "Continuous present-day material grouped; later episode recollections return here. 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No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "origins" }, { "id": "origins-95", "title": "JU-ON: Origins — Episodes 3–5 — investigation / Masaki household", "type": "TV chapter", "date": "1995", "order": 1995, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2020", "description": "A period in the six-episode house history.", "note": "After the 1994 family strand; intercut previous cases retain earlier dates. 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No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "origins" }, { "id": "origins-97", "title": "JU-ON: Origins — Episodes 5–6 — Morozumi household / conclusion", "type": "TV chapter", "date": "1997", "order": 1997, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2020", "description": "A period in the six-episode house history.", "note": "Later household and cross-time conclusion; temporal contact does not redraft 1960 as 1997. 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No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "origins" }, { "id": "cross-film", "title": "Sadako vs. Kayako", "type": "Film", "date": "Contemporary digital-video era; est. 2010s", "order": 2016, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2016", "description": "Two curses are brought into conflict.", "note": "Crossover’s two-day tape rule and altered circumstances warrant its own history; fictional 2016 is an estimate, not derived from release alone.", "sourceIds": [ "cross" ], "continuity": "crossover", "railLabel": "Contemporary digital-video era; est. 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-180.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Exact corresponding publisher, distributor or edition research; availability is not asserted. No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true, "storyGroup": "sadako-kayako", "sharedWork": "sadako-kayako-film" }, { "id": "cross-original", "title": "Sadako vs. Kayako — Kuro Shiro ORIGINAL novel", "type": "Novel", "date": "Modern documentary-video era; relation to film case unverified", "order": 2016, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2016", "description": "Keiko and Kosakai film a confrontation of curses.", "note": "Publisher explicitly labels this an original story with different protagonists, not a movie novelization. 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No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true, "sharedWork": "sadako-kayako-original" }, { "id": "cross-junior", "title": "Sadako vs. Kayako — Kiyoshi Yamamoto junior novel", "type": "Novel", "date": "Modern era; same Yūri / Suzuka film case", "order": 2016, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2016", "description": "Junior adaptation of the film.", "note": "Shogakukan Junior Bunko, not Kadokawa Tsubasa; distinct from the adult original novel.", "sourceIds": [ "cross-junior", "cross-official" ], "continuity": "crossover", "railLabel": "Modern era; same Yūri / Suzuka film case", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.ehonnavi.net/ehon00.asp?no=112087&pcf=1", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Exact corresponding publisher, distributor or edition research; availability is not asserted. No unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true, "storyGroup": "sadako-kayako", "sharedWork": "sadako-kayako-junior" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "arrow", "title": "Arrow — Ju-On: The Grudge Collection", "url": "https://www.arrowfilms.com/p/ju-on-the-grudge-collection-blu-ray/15065815/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official six-film set, original languages and Region B verified. Listing does not include the two 1998 shorts." }, { "id": "v1", "title": "The Curse — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Curse", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Secondary synopsis read for character blocks and school / house sequence. Exact years not established by this page." }, { "id": "v2", "title": "The Curse 2 — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Curse_2", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Separates repeated first-film material, countryside visit, about-one-month police interval and later schoolgirls." }, { "id": "toei", "title": "Toei Video — original Ju-On 2", "url": "https://shop.toei-video.co.jp/products/dytd02321", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official 76-minute V-cinema sequel, new occupants and original production verified. Not the theatrical Ju-On 2." }, { "id": "j1", "title": "The Grudge — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Grudge", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Chronological synopsis distinguishes Tokunagas, first Rika visit, Toyama, later Rika and adolescent Izumi. Full original film not inspected." }, { "id": "j2", "title": "The Grudge 2 — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Grudge_2", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Six chapters overlap; crew visit precedes crash, three-month revelation, childbirth and child epilogue." }, { "id": "jp-review", "title": "Japanese-language chapter / spin-off review", "url": "https://ciatr.jp/topics/311805?page=4", "kind": "Secondary / Japanese film review", "note": "Character chronology cross-check, including The Curse chapters. No unsupported fan calendar is promoted as official." }, { "id": "white", "title": "White Ghost — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_White_Ghost", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Christmas Isobe tragedy and Akane age nine → sixteen / seven years later." }, { "id": "black", "title": "Black Ghost — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_Black_Ghost", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Fukie, Yuko, Kiwako and Mariko events overlap. No proof that the entire story occurs after White Ghost’s teenage frame." }, { "id": "reboot", "title": "Beginning of the End — chapter cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Beginning_of_the_End", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "1995 Yamaga origin; nine-year and ten-year intervals; eight named chapters. Japanese schoolteacher route differs from Kobayashi / Karen." }, { "id": "final", "title": "Showgate — The Final Curse international sheet", "url": "https://www.showgate.jp/eng/pdf/FIL/FIL_007.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Distributor’s two-page PDF read: 2014 predecessor, Mai seeking Yui, Toshio adopted by his aunt and Reo." }, { "id": "final-plot", "title": "Final Curse — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Final_Curse", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Mai / Reo main strands and earlier Yayoi connection inventoried. Exact interval after Yui remains unverified." }, { "id": "us1", "title": "The Grudge (2004) — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grudge", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "2001 murders / Peter and 2004 Williams / Karen phases distinguished." }, { "id": "us1-official", "title": "Sony — The Grudge (2004)", "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegrudge2004", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Corresponding official remake access; distinct from sequel." }, { "id": "us2", "title": "Sony — The Grudge 2", "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegrudge2", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Studio synopsis directly connects Aubrey’s Tokyo journey to Karen." }, { "id": "us2-plot", "title": "The Grudge 2 — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grudge_2", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Aubrey’s 2004 journey distinguished from Allison / Jake’s 2006 material." }, { "id": "us3", "title": "The Grudge 3 — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grudge_3", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Jake’s 2006 aftermath and Naoko in Chicago; linear plot, not story-year 2009." }, { "id": "us3-official", "title": "Sony — The Grudge 3", "url": "https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegrudge3", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official third film / Chicago story access." }, { "id": "us20", "title": "Sony Japan — The Grudge / Untold Chapter", "url": "https://www.sonypictures.jp/corp/press/2020-09-24", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Studio synopsis states Landers case two years before Muldoon investigation. 2020 is release year, not setting." }, { "id": "us20-plot", "title": "Untold Chapter — dated strands", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grudge_(2019_film)", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "2004 Landers / Spencers; 2005 Mathesons; 2006 Muldoon. First release December 2019, wide release 2020." }, { "id": "shorts", "title": "Tales from the Grudge — three-part inventory", "url": "https://ju-on-the-grudge.fandom.com/wiki/Tales_from_the_Grudge", "kind": "Secondary / specialist inventory", "note": "Hotel / School / House short-film names and overlap; official unrated DVD inclusion reported, current official stream not recovered." }, { "id": "motion", "title": "The Grudge 1.5 — motion comic inventory", "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5023820/", "kind": "Secondary / release inventory", "note": "Animated graphic narrative about Eason between the first two films; original official Flash site unavailable." }, { "id": "netflix", "title": "Netflix — JU-ON: Origins", "url": "https://www.netflix.com/title/81059942", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official six-episode series access. Region / subscription availability varies." }, { "id": "netflix-interview", "title": "Netflix — Sho Miyake interview", "url": "https://note.com/netflix/n/nba9132f814d3", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official production interview describes a house and incidents behind the Ju-On legend. Does not identify the woman as Kayako." }, { "id": "origins-plot", "title": "Origins — period cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_Origins", "kind": "Secondary / episode synopsis", "note": "Episode summaries distinguish 1988, 1994, 1995 and 1997 with earlier house history." }, { "id": "novel", "title": "Ju-On — English novel bibliographic record", "url": "https://www.indigo.ca/products/ju-on-volume-1", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Corresponding Dark Horse Kei Ohishi prose edition, distinct from Miki Rinno manga; no Amazon ASIN inferred." }, { "id": "novel2", "title": "Kadokawa — Ju-On 2 novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200302000251/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Kei Oishi; July 10 2003; ISBN 9784043572052; TV crew premise matches theatrical sequel, not V-cinema title." }, { "id": "nw", "title": "Kadokawa — White Ghost novel", "url": "https://kadobun.jp/kadokawa-bunko/new.html/2009/06/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official June 2009 list verifies both Oishi anniversary novelizations." }, { "id": "nb", "title": "Kadokawa — Black Ghost novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321311000076/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "2009 paper / 2014 ebook distinguished. Nurse and internal twin premise." }, { "id": "nr", "title": "Kadokawa — Beginning of the End novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321402000298/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "2014 Oishi novelization, not a new sequel to original Saeki film." }, { "id": "nf", "title": "Kadokawa — Final Curse novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321502000256/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Junko Horie, not Kei Oishi; 2015 film adaptation." }, { "id": "nu", "title": "Kadokawa — American novelization catalogue", "url": "https://kadobun.jp/kadokawa-bunko/search.html/keyword/%E5%A4%A7%E7%9F%B3%E3%80%80%E5%9C%AD/page/3/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "THE JUON / Hollywood Ju-On dated January 8 2005." }, { "id": "nu2", "title": "Kadokawa — Pandemic novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200703000613/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "2007 novel of THE GRUDGE 2; explicit Kayako childhood material." }, { "id": "manga-video", "title": "Kadokawa — Video Side prologue manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200304000319/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Miki Rinno / Shimizu, ISBN 9784048536714; synopsis explicitly jumps several years from teacher to later household." }, { "id": "manga2", "title": "Ju-On 2 manga — edition record", "url": "https://www.e-hon.ne.jp/bec/SA/Detail?refISBN=9784048536721", "kind": "Retail bibliographic record", "note": "MEIMU / Shimizu manga; original ISBN 9784048536721, not a reprint of Video Side." }, { "id": "manga-reprint", "title": "Ju-On / JUON — combined manga edition", "url": "https://www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/products/9784048538381", "kind": "Retail bibliographic record", "note": "2005 edition credits Rinno and MEIMU; collection / reissue rather than assumed new American narrative." }, { "id": "manga-final", "title": "Shogakukan — Final Curse manga", "url": "https://e-comi.shogakukan.co.jp/books/091374230000d0000000", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Eiko Komuro single-volume film adaptation; legal trial-reading button available." }, { "id": "game", "title": "XSEED announcement — Ju-On Wii", "url": "https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/18500/xseed-announces-ju-on-the-grudge", "kind": "Primary / reproduced publisher release", "note": "Original publisher announcement reproduced; Shimizu collaboration, haunted-house simulator and Yamada family premise." }, { "id": "game-plot", "title": "Ju-On Wii — scenario inventory", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju-On:_The_Grudge_(video_game)", "kind": "Secondary / game inventory", "note": "Erika, Michiko, Ken, Hiroshi and Saeki-house episodes. Localization names must not override original Japanese chronology." }, { "id": "live23", "title": "Ju-On THE LIVE — 2023 official site", "url": "https://juonthelive.com/2023/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Licensed V-cinema stage adaptation, original production verified." }, { "id": "live26", "title": "Ju-On THE LIVE -Sainen- — official site", "url": "https://juonthelive.com/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "2026 revival / revised performance and Blu-ray; official text identifies adaptation of both original V-cinema films. Same story position, no fictional 2026 date." }, { "id": "cross", "title": "Sadako vs. Kayako — producer interview", "url": "https://woman.excite.co.jp/article/lifestyle/rid_Cobs_463381/", "kind": "Primary / producer interview reproduced", "note": "KADOKAWA producer testimony on the joint production." }, { "id": "cross-official", "title": "Kadokawa Cinema — Sadako vs. Kayako", "url": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-180.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official film access / two-day tape rule." }, { "id": "cross-novel", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako VS Kayako original novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321601000172/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Kuro Shiro original Keiko / Kosakai story; explicitly not a film retelling." }, { "id": "cross-junior", "title": "Sadako VS Kayako — Shogakukan junior edition", "url": "https://www.ehonnavi.net/ehon00.asp?no=112087&pcf=1", "kind": "Retail / publisher synopsis", "note": "Kiyoshi Yamamoto, ISBN 9784092308695; movie protagonists." } ], "scope": [ { "title": "Ju-On / JUON (2005 combined manga edition)", "type": "Manga collection", "status": "Duplicate / collected adaptation", "note": "Publisher credits both Rinno and MEIMU. 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Linked records are evidence, not advertised free playback.", "sources": [ "arrow", "motion", "shorts" ] } ], "audit": { "checked": "2026-10-27", "status": "Research edition — chapter / period chronology and published narrative inventory reviewed; interior gaps disclosed", "checks": [ "Original films split at occupancy / generation / three-month / childbirth jumps; repeated Curse 2 recap not double-counted.", "1998 shorts positioned with Murakami school events rather than at their release year.", "2004 American film’s 2001 origin, Grudge 2 2004 / 2006 strands and Untold Chapter 2004 / 2005 / 2006 strands separated.", "Showgate reboot retained separately: Yamaga 1995, schoolgirls 2004, teacher 2014.", "All six Netflix episodes represented through period blocks; no assertion woman in white is Kayako.", "Eight Japanese prose novelizations including American remake books inventoried; Final Curse correctly credits Junko Horie.", "Rinno / MEIMU manga distinguished; overlooked Komuro Final Curse manga and 2026 stage revival added.", "No Amazon product invented; corresponding legal editions / evidence supplied, current access limitations stated.", "Final crossover check: adult Kuro Shiro novel added as original narrative; Shogakukan junior retelling separately added. Sony original / third-film product links corrected; unavailable shorts clearly labeled as research.", "Browser review: major film / Origins chapters visible without enabling optional embedded scenes; containing film / season counted once." ], "gaps": [ "Original film captions, diaries / newspapers and alternate cuts not viewed: exact original-route 1994 / 1999 calendars remain estimates; some relative cross-film overlap unresolved.", "Full prose / manga interiors and legal trial pages not recovered in this pass; adaptation-specific additional earlier stories require segmentation. Novel spans are explicit, not falsely treated as single-day plots.", "Origins earliest-history dates and episode crosscuts require original six-episode caption inspection.", "Official playable access to the 1998 shorts, original Grudge 1.5 installment structure and Tales discs not recovered. Their clearly labeled research links do not promise playback.", "Game localization / original scenario chronology, pachinko original scenes, retired Flash narratives and attraction-specific plots remain incomplete; guide is not advertised as an exhaustive original-interior audit." ], "publishReady": true, "suggestedSpan": "1952–1997 Origins; original Saeki history from estimated 1990s through later-generation aftermath; American 2001–2006; reboot 1995–mid-2010s; crossover contemporary 2010s", "suggestedSeo": { "title": "Ju-On / The Grudge Chronological Watch & Reading Order", "description": "Follow Ju-On by story period and chapter, with original Japanese films, the American Grudge timeline, Origins, manga, novels, games and licensed crossover stories." } } }