{ "id": "ring", "title": "Ring / Ringu / Sadako", "description": "Compare Ring reading and watch order across Suzuki’s prose world, the incompatible Japanese film sequels, television adaptations, Korean and American remakes, licensed manga, games and original spin-offs. Japanese dates and elapsed intervals take priority over localization and release-order guesses.", "continuities": [ { "id": "suzuki", "label": "Suzuki prose — Ring / Spiral / Loop / Birthday / Tide / S", "note": "The original biological / simulated-world history. Loop’s outer world and simulated years do not share one ordinary calendar. Tide’s main story precedes S despite later publication." }, { "id": "nakata", "label": "Japanese films — Ring → Ring 2 → Sadako", "note": "Ring 0’s past leads to Ring; Ring 2 and returning Masami distinguish this route from Spiral. Film-derived manga / prose stay beside their stories with adaptation status." }, { "id": "rasen", "label": "Japanese films — Ring → Spiral → Sadako 3D / 3D2 / DX", "note": "The Ando / Takayama resurrection route. Later 3D and DX links are qualified where original testimony / scene evidence remains incomplete." }, { "id": "tv95", "label": "Ring (1995 television film)", "note": "Kanzenban is an expanded home-video cut of the same adaptation, not another sequel." }, { "id": "tv99", "label": "Ring: The Final Chapter → Rasen (TV)", "note": "Fuji’s 12-episode and 13-episode serials; thirteen-day curse and changed protagonists differ from films and novels." }, { "id": "korea", "label": "The Ring Virus — Korean remake", "note": "Sun-ju and Eun-suh’s Korean / Japanese co-production, not Reiko’s next case." }, { "id": "samara", "label": "The Ring — Samara Morgan", "note": "American remake, 2005 Rings short, The Ring Two and 2017 Rings; no unsupported split solely because later film omits Rachel." }, { "id": "connected", "label": "Other official stories / reimaginings", "note": "Inclusive shelf for licensed original prose, game worlds, comedy and live experiences. These records are not a claim that unrelated versions share one history." }, { "id": "crossover", "label": "Sadako vs. Kayako", "note": "Film / junior adaptation and the adult ORIGINAL crossover novel distinguished. The two-day curse differs from the core seven-day film rule." } ], "entries": [ { "id": "lemon", "title": "Birthday — Lemonheart", "type": "Prose short", "date": "Sadako’s theater years; about 25–30 years before Ring", "order": 1965, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "Sadako’s stage career and doomed romance.", "note": "Separate prequel story, not all of Birthday placed after Loop. 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Rail carries a broad era from the connected story / character generation, not a newly verified year prop.", "sourceIds": [ "birthday" ], "continuity": "suzuki", "railLabel": "est. late 1980s–early 1990s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based broad era", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/175549/birthday-by-koji-suzuki/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access" }, { "id": "nagai", "title": "Ring — Kojiro Nagai manga", "type": "Manga", "date": "Ring’s contemporary videotape case; est. late twentieth century", "order": 1990, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1996", "description": "First manga adaptation of Suzuki’s novel.", "note": "Same story position with adaptation changes qualified; not Inagaki’s subsequent screenplay manga.", "sourceIds": [ "nagai" ], "continuity": "suzuki", "railLabel": "Ring’s contemporary videotape case; est. late twentieth century", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000033662", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "Read corresponding work / edition research", "eraWindow": true, "storyGroup": "suzuki:ring-novel" }, { "id": "mlemon", "title": "Birthday manga — Lemonheart", "type": "Manga story", "date": "Sadako’s theater years; decades before Ring", "order": 1965, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "The prequel story retold by MEIMU.", "note": "Same-story adaptation beside source. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "suzuki:lemon" }, { "id": "mfloating", "title": "Birthday manga — Floating Coffin", "type": "Manga story", "date": "est. late 1980s–early 1990s; After Ryuji’s death; overlaps Spiral", "order": 1990.11, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "Mai’s missing period in manga.", "note": "Same source position, with film / prose character compatibility still to inspect. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "suzuki:floating" }, { "id": "msadako", "title": "Birthday manga — SADAKO", "type": "Manga story", "date": "est. mid-twentieth century; Sadako’s earlier life; before the videotape case", "order": 1960, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "An original companion story in the manga collection.", "note": "Distinct third story replacing prose Happy Birthday. Exact historical frames remain unverified; do not label it a Loop epilogue. 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Four-week interval preferred to incorrectly using 1999 release as story date.", "sourceIds": [ "film-two", "arrow" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "Four weeks after Ring; est. late 1997", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowvideo.com/p/ringu-collection-blu-ray/12946832/", "productName": "View official four-film collection", "productMatch": "Region A edition includes Ring, Spiral, Ring 2 and Ring 0; does not include later Sadako films or television adaptations.", "actionLabel": "View official four-film collection", "storyGroup": "nakata:ring-two" }, { "id": "mtwo", "title": "Ring 2 — MEIMU manga", "type": "Manga", "date": "Four-week sequel period; est. late 1997", "order": 1997.1, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "The Nakata sequel adapted in manga.", "note": "Same central story position; adaptation-specific first-film recap does not require a new continuity.", "sourceIds": [ "mtwo" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "Four-week sequel period; est. late 1997", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/199999853041/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "nakata:ring-two" }, { "id": "film-rasen", "title": "Spiral / Rasen (1998)", "type": "Film", "date": "Immediately after Ring’s Ryuji death; est. 1997", "order": 1997.05, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "1998", "description": "Ando’s autopsy opens a resurrection story.", "note": "Distinct from Fuji’s 1999 teacher-led TV sequel. Does not coexist with Ring 2’s fate for Yoichi.", "sourceIds": [ "film-rasen", "arrow" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Immediately after Ring’s Ryuji death; est. 1997", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.arrowvideo.com/p/ringu-collection-blu-ray/12946832/", "productName": "View official four-film collection", "productMatch": "Region A edition includes Ring, Spiral, Ring 2 and Ring 0; does not include later Sadako films or television adaptations.", "actionLabel": "View official four-film collection", "storyGroup": "rasen:rasen-film" }, { "id": "mrasen", "title": "Spiral — Mizuki Sakura manga", "type": "Manga", "date": "After the film’s Ryuji death; est. late 1990s", "order": 1997.05, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "Ando’s story in manga.", "note": "Creator calls this film adaptation. 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Takanori links to Ando route, but no merger with Suzuki’s full Loop mechanics inferred.", "sourceIds": [ "3d", "loop-s" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Takanori’s adulthood; est. early 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-278.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:3d", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "3d2-birth", "title": "Sadako 3D2 — Nagi’s birth / early family history", "type": "Film segment", "date": "After Sadako 3D; before five-year-later main case", "order": 2012.5, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "Akane gives birth to Nagi.", "note": "Separate birth frame; first film’s release year and sequel’s release year do not yield a one-year story interval.", "sourceIds": [ "3d2" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "After Sadako 3D; before five-year-later main case", "segment": true, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/video1421/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "3d2", "storyGroup": "rasen:3d2-birth" }, { "id": "3d2-main", "title": "Sadako 3D2 — Fuko / Nagi present", "type": "Film", "date": "Five years after Sadako 3D’s video incident", "order": 2017, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "Nagi’s aunt investigates renewed deaths.", "note": "Publisher-stated five-year interval. Numeric 2017 anchor extrapolates from estimated first-film era; it is not an independently verified calendar year.", "sourceIds": [ "3d2" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Five years after Sadako 3D’s video incident", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/video1421/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:3d2-main" }, { "id": "n3d", "title": "Sadako 3D: Resurrection — Fuji Dario", "type": "Novel", "date": "Earlier curse history → Takanori’s adulthood; est. early 2010s", "order": 2012, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2012", "description": "Official film-story adaptation.", "note": "Source-story position retained; full text required for added earlier material and exact segmentation. Distinct from Suzuki’s original S novel.", "sourceIds": [ "n3d" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Earlier curse history → Takanori’s adulthood; est. early 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://store.kadokawa.co.jp/shop/series/series00154001?sort=sp&style=I", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:3d", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "m3d", "title": "Sadako — MEIMU (3D film manga)", "type": "Manga", "date": "Takanori’s adulthood; est. early 2010s", "order": 2012, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2012", "description": "Official film-story adaptation.", "note": "Source-story position retained; full text required for added earlier material and exact segmentation. Distinct from Suzuki’s original S novel.", "sourceIds": [ "m3d" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Takanori’s adulthood; est. early 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/documents/ir/library/pdf_k/report/585.pdf", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:3d", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "n3d2", "title": "Sadako 3D2: Rebirth — Riu Goto", "type": "Novel", "date": "Nagi’s birth → five-year-later case", "order": 2012.5, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "Official film-story adaptation.", "note": "Source-story position retained; full text required for added earlier material and exact segmentation. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:3d2-birth", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "m3d2", "title": "Sadako 3D2 — Usagi Yuki manga", "type": "Manga", "date": "Five years after first online-video incident", "order": 2017, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "Official film-story adaptation.", "note": "Source-story position retained; full text required for added earlier material and exact segmentation. Distinct from Suzuki’s original S novel.", "sourceIds": [ "m3d2" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Five years after first online-video incident", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321305000389/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:3d2-main", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "sadako19-fire", "title": "Sadako (2019) — apartment fire / girl’s earlier life", "type": "Film segment", "date": "One week before Mayu’s hospital case; earlier childhood embedded", "order": 2019, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2019", "description": "The child survives an apartment fire.", "note": "Official synopsis’s one-week interval is a real clock; earlier upbringing not dated from 2019 release.", "sourceIds": [ "sadako19" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "One week before Mayu’s hospital case; earlier childhood embedded", "segment": true, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-112.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "sadako19" }, { "id": "sadako19", "title": "Sadako (2019) — Mayu / Kazuma / Masami", "type": "Film", "date": "Over twenty years after the earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "order": 2019, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2019", "description": "A counselor and online filmmaker encounter Sadako.", "note": "Returning Masami supports Nakata route. Tide is a source credit, not proof identical people / chronology. Mayu is 24 in junior publisher synopsis.", "sourceIds": [ "sadako19", "sadako19-link", "n19", "n19j" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "Over twenty years after the earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-112.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "nakata:sadako19", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "n19", "title": "Sadako — Osamu Makino novel", "type": "Novel", "date": "Over twenty years after earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "order": 2019, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2019", "description": "Official adaptation of the 2019 film.", "note": "Same story position; publisher acknowledges differences / extra background in novels. Not a reprint of Tide or MEIMU’s 2012 Sadako manga.", "sourceIds": [ "n19" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "Over twenty years after earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321810000192/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "nakata:sadako19", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "n19j", "title": "Sadako — Yukiko Yamamuro junior novel", "type": "Novel", "date": "Over twenty years after earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "order": 2019, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2019", "description": "Official adaptation of the 2019 film.", "note": "Same story position; publisher acknowledges differences / extra background in novels. Not a reprint of Tide or MEIMU’s 2012 Sadako manga.", "sourceIds": [ "n19j" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "Over twenty years after earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://tsubasabunko.jp/product/321812000250.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "nakata:sadako19", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "m19", "title": "Sadako — BLZ manga", "type": "Manga", "date": "Over twenty years after earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "order": 2019, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2019", "description": "Official adaptation of the 2019 film.", "note": "Same story position; publisher acknowledges differences / extra background in novels. Not a reprint of Tide or MEIMU’s 2012 Sadako manga.", "sourceIds": [ "m19" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "Over twenty years after earlier curse; est. late 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321902000673/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "nakata:sadako19", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "kazuma-extras", "title": "Sadako — unpublished Fantastic Kazuma videos (disc extras)", "type": "Short video extras", "date": "est. 2010s; During Kazuma’s online-video career; before disappearance", "order": 2018.9, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2019", "description": "Additional in-character video material.", "note": "Publisher edition lists previously unreleased Kazuma videos. Original extra titles / contents not viewed; may duplicate film snippets, so distinct-story count provisional. Rail carries a broad era from the connected story / character generation, not a newly verified year prop.", "sourceIds": [ "sadako19" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "est. 2010s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based broad era", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-112.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "dx-film", "title": "Sadako DX", "type": "Film", "date": "Reiwa era: 2019 onward", "order": 2022, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2022", "description": "A rationalist investigates a 24-hour curse.", "note": "Keep broad publisher-supported era. Reported Spiral-route connection / character identity still needs original verification; no new branch solely for this uncertainty.", "sourceIds": [ "dx", "dx-film" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Reiwa era: 2019 onward", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://movies.kadokawa.co.jp/sadako-movie/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:dx", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "dx-novel", "title": "Sadako DX — Osamu Makino novel", "type": "Novel", "date": "Reiwa era: 2019 onward", "order": 2022, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2022", "description": "Expanded prose version of the DX case.", "note": "Publisher explicitly promises film-omitted episodes. Full text required for earlier side stories; same present position as film.", "sourceIds": [ "dx" ], "continuity": "rasen", "railLabel": "Reiwa era: 2019 onward", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322203001824/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "rasen:dx", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "tv95", "title": "Ring / Ring: Kanzenban", "type": "TV film", "date": "Contemporary videotape era; est. 1990s", "order": 1990, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "1995", "description": "Kazuyuki’s television-film investigation.", "note": "Broadcast and uncensored / expanded home version grouped. Different adaptation from 1999 serial. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View television-edition research", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "tv-final", "title": "Ring: The Final Chapter — episodes 1–12", "type": "TV serial", "date": "Contemporary 13-day curse case; est. late 1990s", "order": 1999, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "Asakawa and Takayama investigate the tape.", "note": "Continuous main serial grouped, not twelve separate release-date entries. Earlier Sadako history remains embedded pending caption / episode inspection.", "sourceIds": [ "tv99", "tv99-episodes" ], "continuity": "tv99", "railLabel": "Contemporary 13-day curse case; est. late 1990s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/ring/story10_12.html", "productName": "Read broadcaster episode archive", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "Read broadcaster episode archive", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "tv-rasen", "title": "Rasen — episodes 1–13", "type": "TV serial", "date": "Three months after The Final Chapter", "order": 1999.25, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "Teacher Ando confronts a new threat.", "note": "Broadcaster’s thirteen-day rules and teacher protagonist distinguish this version from the autopsy film / novel.", "sourceIds": [ "tv99", "tv99-time" ], "continuity": "tv99", "railLabel": "Three months after The Final Chapter", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/rasen/index.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access" }, { "id": "korea", "title": "The Ring Virus / 링", "type": "Film", "date": "Contemporary pager / videotape era; est. 1990s", "order": 1999, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "1999", "description": "Sun-ju investigates a fatal tape.", "note": "Official remake; Eun-suh’s earlier history differs from Japanese film. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View Korean edition / production research", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "us-past", "title": "The Ring / The Ring Two / Rings — Samara’s earlier life", "type": "Film backstory", "date": "est. late twentieth century; Decades before Rachel’s videotape investigation", "order": 1970, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2002–2017", "description": "Samara’s birth, adoption and well history.", "note": "Backstory is progressively disclosed by the three features; exact dates / conflicting recollections need original comparison. Avoid importing Sadako’s adult theater biography. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "us-short", "title": "Rings (2005 short film)", "type": "Short film", "date": "After The Ring; final seven days before The Ring Two opening", "order": 2002.4, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2005", "description": "Jake records his encounter with the tape.", "note": "Sixteen-minute narrative bridges the two films; not the 2017 feature. Exact DVD record supplied, not promise a current digital listing includes it.", "sourceIds": [ "us-short", "us-short-plot" ], "continuity": "samara", "railLabel": "After The Ring; final seven days before The Ring Two opening", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Rings-DVD/136569/", "productName": "View exact short-film DVD research", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View exact short-film DVD research" }, { "id": "us-two", "title": "The Ring Two", "type": "Film", "date": "Six months after The Ring", "order": 2002.5, "canon": "Confirmed canon", "release": "2005", "description": "Rachel and Aidan face Samara again.", "note": "2005 release is not a three-year story jump. Birth / institutional history belongs in earlier backstory.", "sourceIds": [ "us2" ], "continuity": "samara", "railLabel": "Six months after The Ring", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.zee5.com/movies/details/the-ring-two/0-0-1z5769132", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access" }, { "id": "us17-plane", "title": "Rings (2017) — airplane / recovered videotape prologue", "type": "Film segment", "date": "est. 2000s–2010s; Years after Rachel’s case; before Julia’s investigation", "order": 2013, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2017", "description": "A later tape chain reaches an airplane.", "note": "Plane and later Gabriel discovery / Julia story separated at elapsed jump; exact prologue year still unverified. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "us17" }, { "id": "us17-main", "title": "Rings (2017) — Gabriel / Julia / Holt", "type": "Film", "date": "Two years after airplane prologue; digital-video era", "order": 2015, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2017", "description": "Students experiment with Samara’s tape.", "note": "2017 is release date. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": false, "workId": "us17" }, { "id": "little", "title": "Little Ring I: Letter from the Dead", "type": "Novel", "date": "Contemporary school era; chain-letter legend nearly fifty years old", "order": 2010, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2010", "description": "Yū receives an ominous chain letter.", "note": "Original licensed juvenile story. Included as assumed connected fiction; no verified exact bridge to Asakawa / Takanori and no invented second volume.", "sourceIds": [ "little" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary school era; chain-letter legend nearly fifty years old", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200912000625/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "kaidan-prologue", "title": "Sadako Kaidan — Prologue — Sho Tomono", "type": "Prose short", "date": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "order": 2010, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "An original Suzuki-supervised school horror story.", "note": "Creator contents verified. School-set stories need complete text to establish whether prologue is separate frame and how cases overlap; no publication-year chronology invented.", "sourceIds": [ "kaidan", "kaidan-book" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://yomeruba.com/product/bunko/tsubasa/321303000274.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "kaidan-real", "title": "Sadako Kaidan — But I Am the Real One / だけどわたしは本物だから — Sho Tomono", "type": "Prose short", "date": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "order": 2010, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "An original Suzuki-supervised school horror story.", "note": "Creator contents verified. School-set stories need complete text to establish whether prologue is separate frame and how cases overlap; no publication-year chronology invented.", "sourceIds": [ "kaidan", "kaidan-book" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://yomeruba.com/product/bunko/tsubasa/321303000274.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "kaidan-shutter", "title": "Sadako Kaidan — Shutter Chance / シャッターチャンス — Yuki Oi", "type": "Prose short", "date": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "order": 2010, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "An original Suzuki-supervised school horror story.", "note": "Creator contents verified. School-set stories need complete text to establish whether prologue is separate frame and how cases overlap; no publication-year chronology invented.", "sourceIds": [ "kaidan", "kaidan-book" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://yomeruba.com/product/bunko/tsubasa/321303000274.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "kaidan-melody", "title": "Sadako Kaidan — Cursed Melody / 呪われたメロディー — Tadaaki Kawahito", "type": "Prose short", "date": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "order": 2010, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2013", "description": "An original Suzuki-supervised school horror story.", "note": "Creator contents verified. School-set stories need complete text to establish whether prologue is separate frame and how cases overlap; no publication-year chronology invented.", "sourceIds": [ "kaidan", "kaidan-book" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary school era; exact inter-story dates unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://yomeruba.com/product/bunko/tsubasa/321303000274.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "anthology-onair", "title": "the Ring: Four More Frightening Stories — ON AIR — Yuji Kobayashi", "type": "Scenario / prose story", "date": "Videotape era; est. late twentieth century", "order": 1990, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1998", "description": "An original published Ring-premise scenario.", "note": "Kadokawa’s selected anthology of four new stories, not one of Suzuki’s six original books. Exact compatibility / dates need original interiors.", "sourceIds": [ "anthology" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Videotape era; est. late twentieth century", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA39877375?l=en", "productName": "View corresponding anthology / library access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding anthology / library access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "anthology-well", "title": "the Ring: Four More Frightening Stories — Well / 井戸 — Yoshinobu Fujioka", "type": "Scenario / prose story", "date": "Videotape era; est. late twentieth century", "order": 1990, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1998", "description": "An original published Ring-premise scenario.", "note": "Kadokawa’s selected anthology of four new stories, not one of Suzuki’s six original books. Exact compatibility / dates need original interiors.", "sourceIds": [ "anthology" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Videotape era; est. late twentieth century", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA39877375?l=en", "productName": "View corresponding anthology / library access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding anthology / library access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "anthology-watch", "title": "the Ring: Four More Frightening Stories — Someone Is Watching / 誰かが見ている — Yutaka Ogura", "type": "Scenario / prose story", "date": "Videotape era; est. late twentieth century", "order": 1990, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1998", "description": "An original published Ring-premise scenario.", "note": "Kadokawa’s selected anthology of four new stories, not one of Suzuki’s six original books. Exact compatibility / dates need original interiors.", "sourceIds": [ "anthology" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Videotape era; est. late twentieth century", "segment": false, "confidence": "Evidence-based estimate", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": true, "productUrl": "https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA39877375?l=en", "productName": "View corresponding anthology / library access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding anthology / library access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "anthology-loop", "title": "the Ring: Four More Frightening Stories — Loop of the Ring — Takaharu Okita / Manabu Teshigawara", "type": "Scenario / prose story", "date": "Videotape era; est. late twentieth century", "order": 1990, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "1998", "description": "An original published Ring-premise scenario.", "note": "Kadokawa’s selected anthology of four new stories, not one of Suzuki’s six original books. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding anthology / library access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "ub25", "title": "Ubiquitous — 2025 collected rewrite", "type": "Novel", "date": "Contemporary era; includes a case fifteen years earlier", "order": 2020, "canon": "Disputed canon", "release": "2025", "description": "Maezawa and Tsuyuki investigate unexplained deaths.", "note": "2025 publisher describes a new work; earlier serial / 2024 project testimony suggests a different version. 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Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "neighbor", "title": "My Neighbor Sadako-chan 2D", "type": "Manga", "date": "Modern apartment-life era", "order": 2012, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2013", "description": "Licensed comedy reimagining.", "note": "Official Sadako 3D gag spin-off; substantially different premise warrants a reimagining shelf. Continuous volume grouped; no chapter time jumps verified.", "sourceIds": [ "comedy2d" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Modern apartment-life era", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/301305003930/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "san", "title": "Sadako-san and Sadako-chan", "type": "Manga", "date": "Modern online-video era; alongside 2019-film premise", "order": 2019, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2019 / English 2021", "description": "Licensed comedy reimagining.", "note": "Official 2019-film comedy; lighter tone alone does not prove it follows horror-film ending. Continuous volume grouped; no chapter time jumps verified.", "sourceIds": [ "comedy19" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Modern online-video era; alongside 2019-film premise", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/sadako-san-and-sadako-chan/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "end", "title": "Doomsday Sadako / 終末の貞子さん", "type": "Manga", "date": "Post-apocalyptic era; interval from core films unverified", "order": 2100, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2019", "description": "Licensed comedy reimagining.", "note": "Official parody spin-off; no calendar 2100 asserted from numeric anchor. Continuous volume grouped; no chapter time jumps verified.", "sourceIds": [ "comedy-end" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Post-apocalyptic era; interval from core films unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/topics/3087/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "dc", "title": "Ring / The Ring: Terror’s Realm", "type": "Game", "date": "Contemporary CDC / computer-simulation era; exact year unverified", "order": 2000, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2000", "description": "Meg investigates deaths at the CDC.", "note": "Japanese and localized versions are the same released game. Borrowed Loop ideas do not prove prose-world sequel status; no release-year setting inferred.", "sourceIds": [ "dc", "dc-plot" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary CDC / computer-simulation era; exact year unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html", "productName": "View official licensed-game inventory", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. 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Japanese chronology governs localization claims.", "sourceIds": [ "ws" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary videotape era; exact year unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://gamemanual.midnightmeattrain.com/entry/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E2%88%9E", "productName": "View original manual / edition research", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View original manual / edition research", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "mobile-past", "title": "Sadako M — school deaths / Iwai investigation", "type": "Game segment", "date": "Three years before detective-agency present", "order": 2018, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2021", "description": "A school death case remains unresolved.", "note": "Developer explicitly states three-year interval; numeric 2018 is not verified fictional year.", "sourceIds": [ "mobile" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Three years before detective-agency present", "segment": true, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.nowpro.co.jp/result/game/2742/index.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": true, "workId": "mobile" }, { "id": "mobile-main", "title": "Sadako M: Unsolved Case Detective Agency — published campaign", "type": "Game", "date": "Three years after school case; investigator disappears", "order": 2021, "canon": "Assumed canon", "release": "2021", "description": "Assistants pursue a missing investigator’s cases.", "note": "Developer premise read. Complete chapter / update endings and retired-service access not recovered; no invented final resolution.", "sourceIds": [ "mobile" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Three years after school case; investigator disappears", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.nowpro.co.jp/result/game/2742/index.html", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "container": false, "workId": "mobile" }, { "id": "dbd", "title": "Dead by Daylight: Sadako Rising — Sadako / adult Yoichi lore", "type": "Game story", "date": "Yoichi’s adulthood; decades after Ring / Ring 2; Fog calendar unverified", "order": 2020, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2022", "description": "Adult Yoichi investigates disappearances.", "note": "Licensed continuation drawing on Japanese films; Entity realm is a crossover, not proof all film / novel versions coexist. Later licensed archive stories need a complete Tome inventory.", "sourceIds": [ "dbd", "dbd-lore" ], "continuity": "nakata", "railLabel": "Yoichi’s adulthood; decades after Ring / Ring 2; Fog calendar unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://blog.playstation.com/?p=361852", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true }, { "id": "cross-film", "title": "Sadako vs. Kayako", "type": "Film", "date": "Modern digital-video era; est. 2010s", "order": 2016, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2016", "description": "Yūri and Suzuka face converging curses.", "note": "Two-day rule and altered curse-house circumstances distinguish crossover history from main films.", "sourceIds": [ "cross" ], "continuity": "crossover", "railLabel": "Modern 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": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "crossover:cross-film", "eraWindow": true, "sharedWork": "sadako-kayako-film" }, { "id": "cross-jr", "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 crossover film.", "note": "Shogakukan Junior Bunko, not Tsubasa. Same-story position; do not confuse with Kuro Shiro’s original adult novel.", "sourceIds": [ "cross-jr", "cross" ], "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": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "storyGroup": "crossover:cross-film", "eraWindow": true, "sharedWork": "sadako-kayako-junior" }, { "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 original story with different cast. Separate narrative beside film-era window, not falsely merged as its adaptation. No proof of incompatible total history beyond altered case.", "sourceIds": [ "cross-original" ], "continuity": "crossover", "railLabel": "Modern documentary-video era; relation to film case unverified", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321601000172/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. Region / stock / subscription restrictions may apply; no unverified Amazon ASIN.", "actionLabel": "View corresponding edition / access", "eraWindow": true, "sharedWork": "sadako-kayako-original" }, { "id": "escape", "title": "SADAKO and the Cursed Video — SCRAP / Gomi live story", "type": "Live escape game", "date": "Contemporary era; thirty minutes before curse activates", "order": 2023, "canon": "Non-canon connected", "release": "2023", "description": "Participants seek an escape from the tape.", "note": "Original licensed interactive scenario; altered countdown / participatory variants qualified. Historical event page does not confirm current ticket availability.", "sourceIds": [ "escape" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary era; thirty minutes before curse activates", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://mysterycircus.jp/s/sadako/en/", "productName": "View corresponding edition / access", "productMatch": "Corresponding publisher / distributor or exact edition research. 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Promotional daily-life persona is not a main-film sequel; individual plotted sketches / puzzle special still need eligible-story inventory.", "sourceIds": [ "well-channel", "well-video" ], "continuity": "connected", "railLabel": "Contemporary actress-Sadako persona; early 2020s", "segment": false, "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology", "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected", "estimated": false, "productUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB5xmjuQIKGP6JpDoEW4rQQ", "productName": "Watch official web series", "productMatch": "Exact channel linked by its production company; archive availability varies.", "actionLabel": "Watch official web series", "eraWindow": true } ], "sources": [ { "id": "ring", "title": "Kadokawa — Ring novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/199999188001/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Original Japanese prose edition and premise. Linked BookWalker legal sample attempted October 27; reader inaccessible to web parser. Not a full interior inspection." }, { "id": "spiral", "title": "Kadokawa — Spiral novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/199999188003/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Ando autopsy / Ring-virus premise; 1997 paperback is not the original 1995 publication or fictional date." }, { "id": "loop-s", "title": "PRH / Vertical — Loop and S", "url": "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/RTG/ring-hardcover/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official descriptions: Loop stands apart in the same story world; S follows adult Takanori, son of Spiral’s Mitsuo." }, { "id": "birthday", "title": "PRH / Vertical — Birthday", "url": "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/175549/birthday-by-koji-suzuki/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher describes Sadako’s theater past, Mai after Ryuji’s death and Reiko after Kaoru’s disappearance. Three stories, not one post-Loop episode." }, { "id": "tide", "title": "Kadokawa — Tide", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321511000305", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Kashiwada retains memories of Takayama and Futami. Same-series list verifies all six collected books." }, { "id": "tide-first", "title": "Kadokawa — 2013 Tide first edition", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321301000273/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher text points to Shizuko’s history. User reviews are not publisher assertions of exact chronology." }, { "id": "prose-history", "title": "Suzuki prose — scholarly publication inventory", "url": "https://www.iisr.jp/journal/journal2024/P247-P269.pdf", "kind": "Secondary / scholarly bibliography", "note": "Academic paper read for first-edition and ancillary publication inventory, including 1998 scenario anthology." }, { "id": "prose-date", "title": "Ring original — Japanese critical reading", "url": "https://odamitsuo.hatenablog.com/entry/20131118/1384700434", "kind": "Secondary / book criticism", "note": "Reader specifically notes no opening calendar year; September 5 deaths and theater past about 25 years earlier. Do not override with unverified English year labels." }, { "id": "ub-author", "title": "Suzuki interview — Ubiquitous", "url": "https://note.com/elites/n/ne63696e0e51f", "kind": "Primary", "note": "2024 author interview / editorial note calls work in progress a continuation from S / Tide." }, { "id": "ub-serial", "title": "Kadobun — Ubiquitous final serial installment", "url": "https://kadobun.jp/news/info/20.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher June 10 2017 announcement lists Ubiquitous as final installment in July issue. Actual serialized narrative was published; not an entirely unreleased project." }, { "id": "ub25", "title": "Kadokawa — Ubiquitous (2025)", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322411000029/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "New 440-page publication with Maezawa / Tsuyuki premise; promoted as complete new work. Relation to earlier serial requires original comparison." }, { "id": "ub-variants", "title": "Ubiquitous serial / collected-version comparison", "url": "https://note.com/prime_emu8001/n/ne0e7519cb1b4", "kind": "Secondary / comparative reader account", "note": "Reader reports earlier Ryuji / Loop serial differs from 2025 rewrite. Used only to flag comparison, not to certify precise canon." }, { "id": "arrow", "title": "Arrow — Ringu Collection", "url": "https://www.arrowvideo.com/p/ringu-collection-blu-ray/12946832/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official Region A set contains Ring, Spiral, Ring 2 and Ring 0. Distinguishes lost first sequel from Nakata’s sequel." }, { "id": "film-ring", "title": "Ring (1998) — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(film)", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Reiko / Ryuji / Yoichi route and decades-earlier psychic history. Exact story-year claims remain qualified." }, { "id": "film-rasen", "title": "Spiral (1998) — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_(1998_film)", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Alternative sequel’s resurrection / Ando plot cannot coexist with Ring 2’s surviving Yoichi route." }, { "id": "film-two", "title": "Ring 2 — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_2", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Four-week interval after original film; older body / well-survival reveal differs from prose." }, { "id": "film-zero", "title": "Ring 0: Birthday — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_0:_Birthday", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Theater-era adaptation of Lemonheart, with film-specific split-Sadako story." }, { "id": "3d", "title": "Kadokawa Cinema — Sadako 3D", "url": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-278.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Original 2012 release and Akane / Takanori / Kashiwada premise. 2019 reissue must not become original release or setting." }, { "id": "3d2", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako 3D2", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/video1421/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official synopsis explicitly says five years after the cursed online-video incident. Catalogue’s 2019 reissue field does not override 2013 original release." }, { "id": "sadako19", "title": "Kadokawa Cinema — Sadako (2019)", "url": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-112.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official film premise, Tide source credit and physical / digital editions. Credits returning Hitomi Sato; film route not equated to the very different Tide plot." }, { "id": "sadako19-link", "title": "Sadako — returning Masami link", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_(film)", "kind": "Secondary / film narrative inventory", "note": "Returning Ring / Ring 2 character connects Nakata’s 2019 film; named source novel alone does not move it into prose world." }, { "id": "dx", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako DX novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322203001824/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher explicitly states Reiwa era, 24-hour curse and additional episodes absent from film." }, { "id": "dx-film", "title": "Sadako DX — film route cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_DX", "kind": "Secondary / film inventory", "note": "Licensed new film; reported Spiral-route continuation remains qualified until original production testimony / complete film checked." }, { "id": "dx-official", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako DX official film site", "url": "https://movies.kadokawa.co.jp/sadako-movie/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official corresponding 2022 film site, identified by credited cast / publisher promotion; distinct from Makino novel." }, { "id": "tv95", "title": "Ring 1995 — TV film inventory", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(1995_film)", "kind": "Secondary / television inventory", "note": "Broadcast adaptation and Kanzenban home cut are the same core story." }, { "id": "tv99", "title": "Fuji TV — Rasen", "url": "https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/rasen/index.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Broadcaster explicitly follows Final Chapter, uses thirteen-day curse and a 34-year-old teacher Ando." }, { "id": "tv99-episodes", "title": "Fuji — Final Chapter final episodes", "url": "https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/ring/story10_12.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official episode-synopsis archive found; legacy Shift-JIS text misdecoded in web parser. Not claimed fully read." }, { "id": "tv99-time", "title": "Rasen TV — elapsed interval / episode count", "url": "https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/161046", "kind": "Secondary / television reference", "note": "13 episodes; main story three months after previous serial." }, { "id": "korea", "title": "The Ring Virus — Korean production record", "url": "https://www.koreafilm.co.kr/database/movie/ring_virus/ring_virus.htm", "kind": "Industry / film catalogue", "note": "Production / cast / original Korean narrative synopsis read." }, { "id": "korea-review", "title": "Darcy Paquet — The Ring Virus", "url": "https://stats.koreanfilm.org/kfilm99.html", "kind": "Secondary / specialist film criticism", "note": "Confirms official Japanese–Korean remake; Sun-ju / Eun-suh characters." }, { "id": "us", "title": "Paramount — The Ring", "url": "https://www.paramount.com/movies/the-ring", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official remake edition / access and Rachel / Aidan premise." }, { "id": "us2", "title": "The Ring Two — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ring_Two", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Six months after original; Samara’s mother history and present possession story." }, { "id": "us2-access", "title": "Zee5 — The Ring Two licensed access", "url": "https://www.zee5.com/movies/details/the-ring-two/0-0-1z5769132", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Corresponding licensed film destination; region / rental restrictions vary." }, { "id": "us-short", "title": "Rings (2005) — original DVD edition", "url": "https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Rings-DVD/136569/", "kind": "Secondary / physical-edition record", "note": "DreamWorks 16-minute short, not the 2017 feature." }, { "id": "us-short-plot", "title": "Rings (2005) — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_(2005_film)", "kind": "Secondary / short-film synopsis", "note": "Jake’s seven-day diary runs directly into The Ring Two opening." }, { "id": "us17", "title": "Paramount — Rings (2017)", "url": "https://www.paramount.com/movies/rings", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Professor / students experiment narrative, digital access verified." }, { "id": "us17-plot", "title": "Rings (2017) — narrative cross-check", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_(2017_film)", "kind": "Secondary / film synopsis", "note": "Earlier airplane / videotape discovery and later Julia inquiry separated. Does not establish incompatible alternate world solely by omitting Rachel." }, { "id": "nagai", "title": "Kodansha — Ring by Kojiro Nagai", "url": "https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000033662", "kind": "Primary", "note": "1996 original manga adaptation, distinct from Inagaki’s film-script version." }, { "id": "inagaki", "title": "Kadokawa — Ring: Curse combined manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200503000169/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Inagaki / Takahashi / Suzuki source credits; 2005 collection not assumed a new story beyond original upper / lower volumes." }, { "id": "mrasen", "title": "Kadokawa — Spiral manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201274000088/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Mizuki Sakura; 1999 paper / 2013 ebook. Author calls it film comic adaptation in Wacom interview; original interior needed for precise divergence." }, { "id": "mrasen-author", "title": "Mizuki Sakura — creator interview", "url": "https://tablet.wacom.co.jp/article/drawing-with-wacom151", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Creator identifies Spiral and Kuroyuri Danchi as film comic adaptations." }, { "id": "mtwo", "title": "Kadokawa — Ring 2 manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/199999853041/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "MEIMU; February 3 1999 original edition." }, { "id": "mzero", "title": "Kadokawa — Ring 0 manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/199999853172/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "MEIMU; January 28 2000, film-derived prequel adaptation." }, { "id": "mbirthday", "title": "LINE Manga / Kadokawa — Birthday contents", "url": "https://manga.line.me/product/periodic?id=S131934", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Legal serialized edition explicitly lists Floating Coffin, Lemonheart and original SADAKO. Happy Birthday is not among manga contents." }, { "id": "mdeath", "title": "Kadokawa — Ring: Death combined manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200503000170/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "512 pages / MEIMU; Mai investigates Ryuji. Contents need inspection before treating collection title as a wholly new sequel." }, { "id": "m3d", "title": "Kadokawa shareholder report — 3D adaptations", "url": "https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/documents/ir/library/pdf_k/report/585.pdf", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Publisher lists S, Fuji Dario’s Resurrection novel and MEIMU’s Sadako comic as distinct related products." }, { "id": "n3d", "title": "Kadokawa — film-related book catalogue", "url": "https://store.kadokawa.co.jp/shop/series/series00154001?sort=sp&style=I", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official corresponding series catalogue includes Sadako 3D: Resurrection, July 2013 sequel novel, adult crossover and comedy." }, { "id": "n3d2", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako 3D2: Rebirth novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321301000283/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Riu Goto, not Suzuki’s next original novel; film adaptation and birth frame." }, { "id": "m3d2", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako 3D2 manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321305000389/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Usagi Yuki; 2013 film adaptation, not novel by Goto." }, { "id": "n19", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako adult novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321810000192/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Osamu Makino; publisher explicitly says movie novelization with additional background and some differences." }, { "id": "n19j", "title": "Tsubasa — Sadako junior novel", "url": "https://tsubasabunko.jp/product/321812000250.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Yukiko Yamamuro / Ryo Akizuki, not Makino edition; Mayu age 24; adaptation variants acknowledged." }, { "id": "m19", "title": "Kadokawa — Sadako manga", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321902000673/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "BLZ / Suzuki / Sugihara; November 2019 movie adaptation." }, { "id": "little", "title": "Kadokawa — Little Ring I: Letter from the Dead", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200912000625/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Aki Mizuno original junior story with Suzuki credited for premise; title’s I does not prove additional volumes exist." }, { "id": "kaidan", "title": "Group SNE — Sadako Kaidan creator interview / contents", "url": "https://www.groupsne.co.jp/user/interview/2013/06/01.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Creator page explicitly lists prologue and three stories by Tomono, Oi and Kawahito, and discusses original premises." }, { "id": "kaidan-book", "title": "Kadokawa Yomeruba — Sadako Kaidan", "url": "https://yomeruba.com/product/bunko/tsubasa/321303000274.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Suzuki-supervised original school-story anthology; legal sample linked." }, { "id": "anthology", "title": "CiNii — the Ring: Four More Frightening Stories", "url": "https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA39877375?l=en", "kind": "Institutional bibliography", "note": "Institutional contents: ON AIR, Well, Someone Is Watching, Loop of the Ring. Kadokawa 1998 original scenario anthology." }, { "id": "radio", "title": "Oricon — Kadokawa Drama Renaissance Ring", "url": "https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/173939/products/206616/1/", "kind": "Industry / edition record", "note": "1996 three-CD drama, PSCR-5497/9, not merely score music." }, { "id": "comedy2d", "title": "Kadokawa — My Neighbor Sadako-chan 2D", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/301305003930/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Yuji Ihara / Suzuki-supervised official 3D gag spin-off." }, { "id": "comedy19", "title": "Seven Seas — Sadako-san and Sadako-chan", "url": "https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/sadako-san-and-sadako-chan/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official English edition; 2019 movie copyright and modern-video premise." }, { "id": "comedy-end", "title": "Kadokawa — Doomsday Sadako announcement", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/topics/3087/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Koma Natsumi’s official 2019 film parody spin-off; not ordinary film-future canon." }, { "id": "dc", "title": "SEGA — Dreamcast licensed software list", "url": "https://www.sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Ring, Kadokawa / Asmik, February 24 2000, T-27902M." }, { "id": "dc-plot", "title": "Dreamcast Ring — narrative / localization cross-check", "url": "https://consoledictionary.com/games/15698", "kind": "Secondary / game catalogue", "note": "Meg / CDC scenario; Japanese Ring and Terror’s Realm same game rather than two sequels." }, { "id": "ws", "title": "Ring Infinity — original manual inventory", "url": "https://gamemanual.midnightmeattrain.com/entry/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E2%88%9E", "kind": "Original manual / third-party archive", "note": "Original game manual images hosted in preservation collection; original scenario and retired WonderGate service. Full images / game routes not inspected." }, { "id": "mobile", "title": "Now Production — Sadako M", "url": "https://www.nowpro.co.jp/result/game/2742/index.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Developer story: school deaths, three years later detective disappears. Licensed mobile original; October 26 2021 release." }, { "id": "dbd", "title": "Behaviour — Sadako Rising design account", "url": "https://blog.playstation.com/?p=361852", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Developer-authored account of licensed Sadako / adult Yoichi continuation." }, { "id": "dbd-lore", "title": "Yoichi — published game lore transcription", "url": "https://deadbydaylight.wiki.gg/wiki/Yoichi", "kind": "Secondary / game-lore transcription", "note": "Adult university professor’s new case; official license holder allowed new lore. In-game text not directly loaded." }, { "id": "cross", "title": "Kadokawa Cinema — Sadako vs. Kayako", "url": "https://cinemakadokawa.jp/product/entry-180.html", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official two-day curse and Yūri / Suzuka / Keizo film story." }, { "id": "cross-original", "title": "Kadokawa — Kuro Shiro adult crossover novel", "url": "https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/321601000172/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Explicit ORIGINAL STORY: Keiko / Kosakai documentary crew. This is not the Yūri / Suzuka screenplay retold." }, { "id": "cross-jr", "title": "Sadako vs. Kayako junior edition", "url": "https://www.ehonnavi.net/ehon00.asp?no=112087&pcf=1", "kind": "Retail / publisher-description reproduction", "note": "Kiyoshi Yamamoto / Shogakukan, ISBN 9784092308695. Film protagonists, distinct from adult original." }, { "id": "escape", "title": "SCRAP — SADAKO and the Cursed Video", "url": "https://mysterycircus.jp/s/sadako/en/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Official licensed live escape narrative, thirty-minute deadline. Historical event page, not promise tickets still available." }, { "id": "well-channel", "title": "ASTRAY — official Sadako YouTube production", "url": "https://astray.info/works/", "kind": "Primary", "note": "Production company identifies official actress-Sadako slice-of-life channel and links actual channel." }, { "id": "well-video", "title": "Official Sadako channel — DX retrospective", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th-xJguJM58", "kind": "Primary", "note": "October 2022 official in-character video; recap is not another main-film sequel." }, { "id": "pendant", "title": "Pendant of Mourning — producer announcement", "url": "https://www.atpress.ne.jp/news/390938", "kind": "Primary", "note": "2024 independent production announcement. No Kadokawa / Suzuki license proven; title similarity alone insufficient." } ], "scope": [ { "title": "Ring: Curse / Ring: Death (2005 combined editions)", "type": "Manga collections", "status": "Collection / duplication review", "note": "Do not count as new originals on top of Inagaki, Sakura and MEIMU constituent works without contents comparison. Death’s 512 pages plausibly collect multiple prior stories; exact contents uninspected.", "sources": [ "inagaki", "mdeath" ] }, { "title": "Birthday / Lemonheart radio-drama adaptation", "type": "Audio drama", "status": "Edition identification pending", "note": "Reported 2000 audio adaptation must be distinguished from soundtrack / Yukie Nakama single. Exact authorized CD / broadcaster edition not recovered; not fabricated as a verified product.", "sources": [ "birthday", "radio" ] }, { "title": "Published screenplay books; alternate film cuts; prose audiobooks", "type": "Script / audio adaptations", "status": "Same-story formats; exact edition inventory open", "note": "1999 Ring / Ring 2 and 2000 Ring 0 screenplay books verified by scholarly bibliography. Additional script-only scenes need inspection; narrated text is not automatically new fictional events.", "sources": [ "prose-history" ] }, { "title": "The Grudge / Ring crossover games, pachinko, mobile attractions, USJ Sadako narratives", "type": "Licensed interactive media", "status": "Omission audit open", "note": "Licensed cosmetics and repeated footage are not automatically stories. Actual written campaigns / original attraction scripts need title-level check before exhaustive publication claim.", "sources": [ "dbd", "escape" ] }, { "title": "Sadako 3D2 Suma4D synchronized app", "type": "Companion app", "status": "No separate story inferred", "note": "Synchronized screen effects alone do not establish a separate narrative. Original bonus content / viewer instructions need inspection.", "sources": [ "3d2" ] }, { "title": "Sadako: Pendant of Mourning (2024); Hikiko-san vs. Sadako; unofficial Ring-like films", "type": "Independent lookalikes", "status": "License not proven; not added as official canon", "note": "2024 producer announcement found but no Suzuki / Kadokawa license. The name Sadako alone does not prove a Ring franchise work; avoid copying undifferentiated wiki film list.", "sources": [ "pendant" ] } ], "audit": { "checked": "2026-10-27", "status": "Research edition — official media inventory / route contradictions reviewed; original-interior gaps disclosed", "checks": [ "Suzuki six collected Ring books separated from Nakata films; Birthday split into three prose stories and manga-only SADAKO.", "Tide before S retained with qualified exact dates; Loop outer-world years not treated as ordinary film calendar.", "Published Ubiquitous serial recovered; 2025 rewritten novel represented as disputed connected variant, not silently omitted or called wholly unreleased.", "Ring shared in two incompatible Japanese film routes; shared prequel / manga copies identified so records are not mistaken for distinct works.", "Four-week Ring 2, five-year Sadako 3D2, six-month Ring Two and three-month TV Rasen intervals used instead of release years.", "Two television adaptations, Korean remake and 2005 short distinguished from similarly named features.", "Little Ring, three-story Sadako Kaidan plus frame, four-scenario 1998 anthology, three licensed comedy manga and mobile campaign inventoried.", "Adult Sadako VS Kayako is a verified original story; Shogakukan junior edition is the movie adaptation.", "No invented ASIN, no claims of full inaccessible interiors inspected; official editions / direct legitimate sources preferred.", "Final review preserved shared-work identifiers, same-source adaptation groups, original-crossover distinction, clock-domain caveat and explicit research-only access labels.", "Browser integration review: Loop, Rings (2017) and Sadako M retain a visible / counted main narrative while earlier scenes remain optional." ], "gaps": [ "Full Japanese prose, manga panels, game routes and complete films not inspected. Legal BookWalker / Google previews attempted but inaccessible to web parser. Exact opening novel calendar and adaptation-only backstory remain qualified.", "Tide / S precise dates and nested ancient / childhood events, Loop outer-world age jumps, and Lemonheart later frame require original interiors; displayed relative positions are qualified.", "Ring: Death / Curse 2005 contents, original audio-drama / screenplay extras, Nagai original manga and Birthday original SADAKO dates need page-level comparison; collected editions not double-counted as new plots.", "2016–2017 Ubiquitous serial versus radically revised 2025 text needs direct comparison; author / publisher language conflicts are preserved.", "Sadako M full released updates / ending, Infinity WonderGate downloads, Dead by Daylight licensed Tome additions, pachinko and attraction original narratives remain incompletely inventoried; no exhaustive original-interior claim.", "Some entry buttons deliberately lead to clearly labeled corresponding bibliographic / developer evidence because current playable editions could not be verified. No unrelated purchase substituted." ], "publishReady": true, "suggestedSpan": "Sadako’s mid-twentieth-century past → contemporary / Reiwa cases, with Loop outer-world clock and Doomsday’s undated post-apocalypse separately qualified", "suggestedSeo": { "title": "Ring / Ringu / Sadako Chronological Watch & Reading Order", "description": "Compare Ring novels, Ringu film timelines, Spiral, Sadako, television, manga, games and The Ring remakes in story order, with continuity differences explained." } } }