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Uzumaki Episode 2 is set to premiere on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 12:30 am ET, and will be available to watch on the American channel Adult Swim during its Toonami block. It will also be available on HBO Max and Channel 4.
This episode is part of a four-episode miniseries that adapts Junji Ito's renowned horror manga. The first episode was well-received by fans, thanks to its stunning visuals that effectively capture the creepiness of Ito's artwork.
In the debut episode, viewers were introduced to the unsettling world of spirals. The protagonist, Kirie, learned from her boyfriend about the presence of spirals everywhere in her hometown. Following this revelation, strange things started to happen and a few lives were lost as well. Things are however only going to get worse in Uzumaki Episode 2.
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Uzumaki Episode 2 Release Date and Time
Uzumaki Episode 2 is scheduled to air on Sunday, October 6, 2024 on Adult Swim. Here are the release dates and times for each major time zone:
Where to watch Uzumaki Episode 2
Uzumaki Episode 2 will be available to stream first on Adult Swim. The episode will also become available to a wider audience on HBO Max, although the platform requires a subscription.
The episode will also be available to watch on Channel 4 in the UK on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 6:00 am BST. Moreover, the episode will be repeated on Adult Swim in both languages on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 12:30 am ET.
Unfortunately, the episode will not be made available in many parts of the world.
Uzumaki Episode 1 recap
The previous episode began with Kirie making her way to the Kurouzu train station to meet her boyfriend, Shuichi, who was returning from high school. As they walked together, Shuichi suggested that they should run away because he could not bear the spirals that seemed to infest Kurouzu. He then recounted how his father, Toshio, had developed an obsession with spirals. Kirie found his story difficult to believe.
Toshio's obsession led him to custom-order a large round tub. In a shocking turn of events, he somehow managed to fit himself inside it, contorting his body into a spiral shape, which ultimately led to his demise. However, his family announced that Toshio's death was caused by a fall down the stairs.
When Toshio's body was cremated, black clouds rose in a spiral shape and formed his face in the sky before descending to Dragonfly Pond. This sight traumatized Shuichi's mother, who had to be hospitalized. Since she developed a phobia, anything resembling a spiral was hidden from her, yet she cut off her own fingertips with scissors because of the spiral shape of her fingerprints.
The episode also depicted how when Kirie introduced her friend Azami to Shuichi, the latter freaked out, grabbed Kirie's hand, and ran away because he sensed the spiral in Azami. Azami had a crescent-shaped scar on her forehead that seemed to attract everyone. Being rejected by Shuichi made her obsessed with him, and the scar kept growing into a spiral until it consumed her, but not before an admirer got sucked in as well.
Moreover, the episode followed Takayama, a student at Kirie's school, who was extraordinarily slow and would only attend school on rainy days, arriving soaking wet. He was often bullied by other students. One day, as the boys stripped him down, they discovered a spiral-shaped growth on his back.
What to expect from Uzumaki Episode 2 (speculative)?
Uzumaki Episode 2 is likely to continue with the storylines introduced in the previous episode. Fans of the manga might already have guessed that this means they will get to see Shuichi’s mother’s fate, the mystery behind the spiral shape on Takayama’s back, and the significance of Kirie’s father’s pottery.
The anime is juggling multiple plotlines simultaneously, and the upcoming episode may introduce even more. It is expected that the next episode will be longer, with a runtime of over forty minutes.
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