Summer Time Rendering<\/em> follows Shinpei, a young man who returns to the island he grew up on to attend the funeral of his childhood best friend Ushio. Yet, it doesn\u2019t take him long to realize something is wrong on the island. The official story is that Ushio drowned while saving a local girl. However, there are rumors of mysterious strangulation marks on her neck. Then, beyond Ushio\u2019s death, people are disappearing suddenly and mysteriously. And stranger still, there are reports of doppelgangers appearing across the island\u2014something Shinpei doesn\u2019t believe right until the moment he and Ushio\u2019s sister, Mio, are shot in the head by Mio\u2019s doppelganger.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s where the Steins;Gate<\/em> comparison comes in. Despite his untimely death, Shinpei awakens to discover himself back on the boat, moments before landing on the island. He is now stuck in a time loop. Any time he dies, he returns to the past\u2014with he alone remembering the previous futures. Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean he understands how his powers work or why he has them. Still, they allow him to gather information about what is actually going on and overcome lethal obstacles\u2014only to discovers new ones thanks to the ongoing doppelganger threat.<\/p>\n Similarly to The Thing<\/em>, the doppelgangers are able to kill people and take not only their appearance but their memories as well. At any time, any of Shinpei\u2019s allies could be replaced\u2014in the process letting the doppelgangers know all their plans. Because of this, Shinpei is forced to play things very close to the chest. After all, if the doppelgangers discover his time looping powers, all they would need to do is keep him alive and incapacitated while they accomplished their mysterious goal. Yet, at the same time, it\u2019s clear he can\u2019t stop the doppelgangers alone. Thus, he stuck having to rely on others always knowing that they may have been replaced. It makes for one hell of a tension-filled watch experience.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a fan of supernatural horror or time loop stories, do not skip Summer Time Rendering<\/em>. It\u2019s got a great mystery, a creepy atmosphere, and a fantastic cast of characters that it\u2019s hard not to care about. Oh, and better still, it\u2019s only half done!<\/p>\n Summer Time Rendering<\/em> can be seen on Japanese Disney+<\/a>.<\/p>\n Top image source: \u30b5\u30de\u30fc\u30bf\u30a4\u30e0\u30ec\u30f3\u30c0\u516c\u5f0f<\/a> on Twitter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FQS_HDpacAQvQhM.jpg?w=700&ssl=1\")
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