Calling You (anthology)
| Calling You | |
Cover of the original Japanese release of the novel.
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きみにしか聞こえない (Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai) |
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| Genre | Supernatural |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Otsuichi |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Sneaker Bunko |
| Published | May 31, 2001 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Otsuichi |
| Illustrated by | Setsuri Tsuzuki |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Published | December 25, 2003 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Ogishima Tatsuya |
| Written by | Otsuichi |
| Studio | Toei Company |
| Released | June 13, 2007 |
| Runtime | 107 minutes |
| Live-action film | |
| Kids | |
| Directed by | Ogishima Tatsuya |
| Written by | Otsuichi |
| Studio | Toei Company |
| Released | February 2, 2008 |
| Runtime | 109 minutes |
Calling You (Japanese: きみにしか聞こえない Hepburn: Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai?) is a Japanese fictional short story collection written by Otsuichi and published on May 31, 2001 by Kadokawa Shoten. All three stories in Calling You are stories focused on unusual friendships with a supernatural twist. In December 2003, a manga adaptation written and illustrated by Setsuri Tsuzuki was published by Kadokawa. The Calling You manga only includes the first two stories of the novel, and makes some changes to both of those stories. Both the novel and manga adaptations were given an English language release in North America by Tokyopop.
The first story from Calling You has been adapted into a drama CD that was released by Kadokawa Shoten on June 28, 2003. Toei Company has adapted both the first and second stories into feature films. Both films are directed by Ogishima Tatsuya. Calling You was released to theaters on June 13, 2007, while Kids was released on February 2, 2008.
Ryo is a high school freshman who tends to take people's words literally. After being hurt several times because she misunderstood someone, she avoids people. She creates an imaginary cell phone, feeling it would be pointless to buy one when no one would call. One day while she is on the bus, however, her imaginary cell phone begins to ring. At the other end is a boy named Shinya who is also calling with an imaginary cell phone. Ryo is shocked and after they disconnect, she tries calling people and connects with a college student named Yumi, who instructs her in the ways of imaginary phones. Though Shinya lives an hour in the past from Ryo, they talk regularly through their imaginary phones, staying constantly connected. Through their friendship, Ryo is able to find her voice and begin talking in the real world. They eventually talk on the real phone, and decide to meet. Ryo takes a bus to the airport, but a car nearly runs her over. Shinya pushes her out of the way and is struck instead. In the ambulance, Shinya dies. Ryo calls Shinya in the past. She tries to save him by saying she hated him on sight, but he sees through her and gets her to admit what happened. He is determined to save her, so they frantically say their good-byes.
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