A tentacle monster walks into a bar. No punchline—just pure cosmic weirdness.
Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestMisaki was walking down the street at night, feeling lost, when she spotted a large shooting star in the sky. She prayed that she would be happy, but the shooting star was gone in the blink of an eye. Misaki walked away disappointed, but then she suddenly stopped when she heard a strange cry she had never heard before in front of a certain bar. When Misaki entered the bar with Fumiya, an employee of the bar who happened to hear the same voice, they found a strange creature with tentacles...
Cinematography
Stark black-and-white makes the tentacles feel almost documentary-real.
Direction
Ugana turns a dingy bar into an entire universe of possibility.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ken'ichi Ugana shot this between music videos for Japanese indie bands, explaining the dreamy, music-video pacing.
The bar setting nods to Japanese 'snack' culture—intimate, owner-run drinking spots where regulars become family.
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