Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan

(W) Shuzo Oshimi. Highly-acclaimed manga author Shuzo Oshimi brings his critical cinematic eye to this original one-shot* a dark* intriguing prologue to director Eisuke Naito's newly-released horror film Toxic Daughter. Yua Hayakawa used to love playing with Chi* a mysterious girl with a murky family life who likes collecting dead insects* but it's been years since they've spoken. Now* Chi hardly ever even comes to school. One day* Chi shows up to class in beat-up gym clothes with a handful of dead bugs and starts a commotion that gives Yua's classmate* golden boy Koudai* an idea: he's going to save Chi* and he needs Yua's help to do it. But clean-cut exteriors don't always promise good intentions* and the darkness in Chi may be more dangerous than Yua had ever imagined.