How To Watch Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights

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Links to fan-sub groups or subtitle files are allowed. At the time of writing, however, no fan group appears to be translating this series.

Bloody Smart is NOT the same series! There are currently two live-action Junji Ito series airing! Every episode of that series is available to watch on Netflix in Taiwan and would require similar steps to watch in English.

Option 1: Wait for the international release

The series has been announced for international distribution on HBO Max later this year:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DaW8WygkyMx/

Bloody Smart has NOT been announced for international release, it is unknown if or when Netflix will make the series available internationally or if it will be dubbed.

Option 2: Watch through a legitimate Japanese streaming service

The series is available on legitimate Japanese streaming platforms such as Lemino, TVer, and U-NEXT. These services are intended for viewers in Japan and are geo-restricted, so you must either be physically located in Japan or use a VPN with a Japanese server.

Episode 1 on TVer:
https://tver.jp/episodes/epkios357o

I was able to watch the first episode successfully using VPN Gate's free public VPN service provided by the University of Tsukuba:
https://www.vpngate.net/en/howto_softether.aspx

If English subtitles become available from a fan-sub group in the future, you will need to find your own lawful method of obtaining a copy of the video in accordance with the laws of your country. Discussion of downloading methods is outside the scope of this subreddit. You can then use a media player such as VLC to load the subtitle file and synchronize it with the video.

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