01 // Black Hole Tonkotsu
The Stranger
You're a cryo tech on a colony ship, and you're two hundred years early.
The first thing you hear is the seal. Somebody filled out the wake-up request 1,352 times. THE STRANGER: a five-part first-person sci-fi Short series.
Episodes
- 01Watch Part 1 on YouTube
Part 1
The pod opens. The coffee maker is already warm.
- 02Watch Part 2 on YouTube
Part 2
Two mugs. One question.
- 03
Part 3 · The Criteria
- 04
Part 4 · Two Keys
- 05
Part 5 · On Time
- 06
Parts 1 to 5
The full wake-up, cut as one film.
This page is the public door. Canon, continuity, and production locks stay inside the series.
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