In the spring of 1995, something strange was spotted on the floor of a Tokyo subway car.

At first, no one really paid much attention to it other than to just be annoyed someone had littered.

But eventually, this object would change and as it did people

around it began to change too and before long it was absolute pandemonium inside of the subway.

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All right, let's's capital city of Tokyo was waking up to a truly beautiful

early spring day. By the end of the month, the city's famous cherry blossom trees would be in bloom attracting thousands

of visitors and residents to the Cherry Blossom festivals that would pop up in

half a dozen places throughout what is the largest urban center in the world. But on that particular morning, many of those who worked in

Tokyo, like 26-year-old airline employee Kioka Isumi, were not happy when they heard their

alarms going off. The day before had been

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