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Dead Hours
Motion Sensor · Ch.72
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A young male store clerk carrying a plastic bag walks through a brightly lit convenience store, then pauses at the glass entrance and looks at his reflection as he says hello.
A young woman in a striped store apron walks through the entrance carrying a flat item as a messy-haired clerk holds a plastic bag, then the clerk stares at a bag lying outside and points at it in alarm.
Kaito raises his arms by the store’s glass doors, jumps, knocks, crouches, then lunges across the shop floor shouting “OPEN!” while Rin sits at the counter with her phone.
Kaito reaches toward a small fluffy dog at the rainy store entrance, then watches it sit on the mat before slumping against a shelf while a woman stands behind the counter.
Rin stands over Kaito, who sits on the store floor, and later holds a receipt aloft while Rin drinks from a cup.
At dawn, a capped delivery man carries a crate into the convenience store while Kaito stands motionless inside and a light-haired clerk works at the counter.
Kaito repeatedly marches with exaggerated high knees through the store while Rin watches beside a broad man in a cap, who later holds open the glass door.
A messy-haired man in a collared shirt and dark trousers walks toward the glass entrance, then looks back as a short-haired clerk waves from behind the counter.
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A young male store clerk carrying a plastic bag walks through a brightly lit convenience store, then pauses at the glass entrance and looks at his reflection as he says hello.
A young woman in a striped store apron walks through the entrance carrying a flat item as a messy-haired clerk holds a plastic bag, then the clerk stares at a bag lying outside and points at it in alarm.
Kaito raises his arms by the store’s glass doors, jumps, knocks, crouches, then lunges across the shop floor shouting “OPEN!” while Rin sits at the counter with her phone.
Kaito reaches toward a small fluffy dog at the rainy store entrance, then watches it sit on the mat before slumping against a shelf while a woman stands behind the counter.
Rin stands over Kaito, who sits on the store floor, and later holds a receipt aloft while Rin drinks from a cup.
At dawn, a capped delivery man carries a crate into the convenience store while Kaito stands motionless inside and a light-haired clerk works at the counter.
Kaito repeatedly marches with exaggerated high knees through the store while Rin watches beside a broad man in a cap, who later holds open the glass door.
A messy-haired man in a collared shirt and dark trousers walks toward the glass entrance, then looks back as a short-haired clerk waves from behind the counter.

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At 3 A.M. the shop's automatic sliding door stops opening for Kaito, though it opens for Rin, a drifting plastic bag and the waiting dog. Kaito spirals into wondering whether he has quietly stopped existing, until Rin and Tetsu work out that he simply moves too little for the sensor to notice. At dawn, slouching out at the end of his shift, the door finally swings wide for him: it just wants him to go home.

Page 1

A convenience store is open at night, with shelves, a counter, refrigerators, and drink displays. A young male clerk with messy dark hair, a striped apron, and a plastic shopping bag walks toward the glass entrance, then stands still facing the door. A speech bubble reads: “…” He looks at his reflection in the glass. Text: “3:04 A.M. Bin run.” Clerk: “Hello?”

Page 2

At the glass entrance of a brightly lit store, a young woman with a light bob and a striped apron walks past a messy-haired male clerk holding a plastic bag. She carries a flat rectangular item. She says, “Recycling.” In the following views, the clerk stands by the glass doors, then faces the entrance from inside while a plastic bag lies on the wet pavement outside. A close view shows the bag on the pavement. The clerk points toward it and shouts, “For a BAG?!”

Page 3

Kaito stands by the glass doors with his arms raised; a plastic bag rests on the floor nearby. He jumps and says, “Hup.” He knocks on the glass and says, “Excuse me.” Inside the store, he crouches near the entrance, then lunges across the floor shouting, “OPEN!” At the counter, Rin rests a hand beside her phone and says, “I’m not filming this. Out of respect.”

Page 4

Kaito reaches toward a small fluffy dog at the open glass entrance as rain falls outside. The dog sits on the entrance mat. Kaito says, “Him too?!” In the lower panels, Kaito looks toward the dog through the closing glass doors, then slumps on the floor against a shelf while a woman stands behind the counter. Kaito says, “...I've stopped existing.”

Page 5

In a convenience store, Rin stands beside Kaito, who is sitting on the floor. An inset shows a hand placing a receipt at the till. Rin says, “You haven't stopped existing.” Kaito says, “The door says I have.” Rin holds up the receipt toward Kaito, who looks at it with sweat on his face. Rin says, “The till still logs you in. It knows you're here.” In the final scene, Kaito raises the receipt overhead while Rin drinks from a cup. Kaito says, “I'm a cashier. Therefore I am.” Name tags read “RIN” and “KAITO.”

Page 6

A delivery man carries a crate from a van toward the brightly lit store; inside, Kaito stands still as the man enters, with another clerk at the counter. Caption: “Dawn.” Kaito’s name tag reads “KAITO.” The delivery man says, “You move like furniture.” Kaito replies, “Sensor doesn’t count furniture.”

Page 7

In a convenience store, Kaito marches with exaggerated high knees, shown in successive positions. Kaito: “Moving like a person. Moving like a person.” Rin stands beside a broad man in a cap, and asks, “Is that how people move?” Kaito approaches the closed glass doors with one knee raised; in the last scene he looks startled as the man grips the door and says, “It’s a door.”

Page 8

The man walks through the store toward the entrance. Text: “End of shift.” Man: “...Now?” Clerk: “It just wants you to go home.”