Spiral (Suzuki novel)

Not to be confused with the Japanese manga "Uzumaki" which translates as "whirlpool" or "vortex" or the 1999 Japanese movie Ring 2 or the 2005 American movie The Ring Two

Spiral (らせん, Rasen) is a 1995 Japanese novel, a part of author Koji Suzuki's Ring Cycle series. It is the second in the Ring Trilogy, and a film based on the book, Rasen was released in 1998. The English translation of the book was published by Vertical Press in the United States and by Harper Collins in Britain.

Plot

The story follows on from the first Ring novel, and establishes the origin of Sadako Yamamura's cursed videotape. The idea is that if the tape is watched by a woman who is ovulating, she can impregnate herself in such a woman and therefore live again. The woman turns out to be Mai Takano.

It also contains a plot about a former classmate of Ryuji Takayama from medical school performing his autopsy. In so doing, he discovers that Ryuji kept a record of the events that lead to his death. The doctor is unsure of what to do because the record clearly states a danger to the public, but it also includes supernatural events, so going public could ruin his reputation.

See also

• Ring
• Koji Suzuki
• J-Horror

External links

• the ringworld - a fansite covering all aspects of the Ring series and movies.
• the Ring AREA - Contains of the cursed videos of the Ring cycle and their scene-by-scene analysis, as well as lots of other useful information.
• SaruDama - Contains reviews of Spiral and other Suzuki novels.
• Vertical Inc. - Publisher of English translations of the Ring novels.