Spiral (novel)

Spiral - The Ring II (Japaneseらせん, lawn, literally " spiral, helix " ) is a novel by Koji Suzuki in 1995 He is the sequel to The Ring and the second part of the trilogy ring. . In the novel, it is about a virus that spreads using a video tape.

The film grass appeared to coincide with the film Ringu of the first book on 31 January 1998.

Summary

The pathologist Mitsuo Ando must obduzieren his old fellow student Ryuji Takayama. During the autopsy, he finds a strange sore on Ryujis throat and in his heart and a mysterious note in his belly, on which the numbers 1 7 8 1 3 6 stand. Finally, Ando finds out that this code gives the word " ring ". But not only this list, which seems to be a message from the dead Ryujis, it is puzzling, even the ulcer, caused the heart attack, it remains inexplicable. Gradually Ando comes through a report of Asakawa Kazuyuki behind the events of The Ring - and he finds out that Asakawas theory was wrong: Although his wife and daughter copied the video and showed his in-laws, they died. Asakawa has since become non-accessible.

But not only the mystery of the video let Ando no rest, but also the disappearance of Ryujis assistant May Takano, into which he has fallen in love. This had come a week before her disappearance on a copy of the video and had it looked at. The situation is even more mysterious, when suddenly a woman lives in maize apartment, posing as corn sister Masako. This Ando begins a passionate love affair.

Meanwhile, his colleagues find out that a virus is the cause of death of the curse: the so-called ring - virus. This seems to be a merger of the smallpox virus and to be Sadako Yamamura DNA and to form by the sensations that occur when watching the video, in the body. In Ryujis ring viruses they also provide a strange base sequence, which turns out to be another code and suggesting that the virus has mutated. Too late Ando recognizes that the virus has a new form of distribution found: Asakawas report. Thus he himself is also infected. And not only that, Asakawas brother now wants to publish as a book report. But he finds no time to do anything about. As it turns out, may became pregnant through the ring - virus and brought a rebirth Sadako to the world. And this is none other than Masako. From her Ando finally gets an offer he can not refuse. But for that he should not stop the virus and also reawaken Ryuji with Sadako's help. Thus, the human race will soon be supplanted by the genus Sadako Yamamura.

Title

Spiral derived from the DNA spiral. The metaphor of the spiral is also used in the book for two entwined serpents (the ring virus in turn is later compared with snakes).

Continuations

The Ring trilogy is completed with Loop. The plot of the spiral is also the driving in heaven coffin of the ring 0 by the short story: birthday supplements.

Films

There were two film adaptations of spiral, a theatrical version of 1998, and a television series that was released in 1999.