[Third Teaser] Novelization of "Jinbutsu Gettan" 🖋 "Code:Mn-137" 🎥 Teaser Video Release and 📖 Synopsis

Hello, this is Bell note.

I have decided to publish my completed mystery novel, "Code:Mn-137," on the story posting site Tales. The release is scheduled for late April, coinciding with the opening of Tales.

Hoping to give you a feel for the atmosphere of the work, I have also produced a teaser video. While the editing was done manually, I incorporated video generation AI for some of the visual materials. This was my first attempt at using video generation AI, and I found it surprisingly interesting—I actually got a bit hooked on it.
I have also included a synopsis, so I would be happy if you could take a peek at the "gateway" to the story when you have some time.

Moving forward, I hope to share various tidbits about the production and the progress of the preparations leading up to the release.
It would be very encouraging to share the process of the story taking shape with all of you.

I would appreciate your kind support.

🎥 Introduction to the Teaser Video

This is a 40-second teaser video created to convey the worldview of the mystery novel "Code:Mn-137," which is currently being written.
The setting is a television station editing room. The old VTR footage being played back shows a younger version of the protagonist reporting in 1980s London, and an elderly man speaking in an eerie silence—a man who bears a striking resemblance to his future self.
What is the truth that this "silent footage" is trying to tell?
Please experience the prologue to this visual mystery where the past and future, memory and record, intersect.

🖋 Synopsis

"Code:Mn-137" is a suspense mystery in which video editor Kenji Furusawa becomes entangled in inexplicable events triggered by old archival footage.

The story begins when Furusawa is assigned to produce a historical documentary for KHJ and discovers a strange piece of footage while organizing the archives. The person in the video is an elderly man who looks just like a "future version of himself." The man appears to be speaking, but there is no audio in the footage. Furusawa feels a strong sense of unease and doubt about this video, which does not exist in any of his past memories.

Eventually, with the help of his acquaintance, cognitive scientist Hajime Ueki, he begins to restore the audio using AI technology.
The analysis reveals a message in the footage that seems to predict the future.
"You are seeing this footage because you were meant to. A turning point is coming soon. Believe my words..."
And finally, a mysterious keyword appears: "Code:Mn-137."

As he searches for the meaning of this footage, strange events begin to occur around Furusawa one after another. A major earthquake in Kurokawa District, Miyagi Prefecture; an acquaintance appearing as a "different person" after a hotel fire in Taiwan; and even a sponsor company executive he reunites with in Vietnam who seems somehow different from the person he met before—as if their insides had been swapped.

Was that footage a product of coincidence, or was there a clear intention to change the future?
Carrying the weight of the life he has led as a video editor, Furusawa pursues the truth between the "past" and the "future."

The appeal of this work lies in its storytelling, which realistically incorporates the subject of video media. Against a backdrop of modern elements like AI audio restoration and archival footage, the structure moves back and forth between the "recorded past" and the "predicted future."
It goes beyond mere suspense or mystery, with a philosophical question flowing at the foundation of the work: "Is knowing everything truly a source of happiness for humans?"

Then, toward the end of the story, Furusawa unravels the meaning of "Code:Mn-137" and makes a major decision regarding his own life.
"Shoot exactly what you see right now"—when the true meaning of those words is revealed, you, the readers, may also find yourselves re-examining your own "reality."

"Code:Mn-137" is a work that draws readers in until the very end, questioning the boundaries between time and memory, and between video and truth.

🔔Bell