Shinya Shiraishi dated Terumi Fujino, a popular idol. After Terumi's suicide, her fan club members held Shinya responsible and physically attacked him. During one assault, Terumi's friend Kazuko Morinaka intervened, insisting Shinya was not at fault. Shinya then experienced sightings of Terumi's giant, disembodied head floating near his home, interpreting it as calling to him. He reported these apparitions to Kazuko and vowed to notify her if it returned. Later, when the head manifested again above his house, Shinya contacted Kazuko. That evening, a balloon replica of Shinya descended and hanged him with its noose-like cord.