the most important thing to keep in mind about this movie be that it be never mean to stand on it own . ring and ring 2 be half of the same novel and the screenplay produce by the same author and make by the same director and and release in consecutive year . in the comment so far and no one have mention the novel and or acknowledge just how closely tie these two movie be . ring 2 isn not a sequel it the second half of the same story . they weren not grasp at straw ( a some have suggest ) to follow a successful movie with a moneymaking sequel and because the movie come out at virtually the same time . it rather like suggest that theyre make the lord of the ring represent the two tower a a sequel to the fellowship of the ring and solely to capitalize on the success of the first one and make more money . split the novel into two movie make a lot of sense in fact i think that almost any movie make from a novel should really be do this way . there just too much in a novel to make a coherent movie without hack out too much . thus and the only way to watch these two be back to back . they can not be view a separate . far and you can not judge the first one by itself because the story isn not complete . that be say and certain thing be clearly change from the novel . kurahashi masami and as far a i have read and wasn not there when ooishi tomoko die and so i be not sure what will happen later in the novel and and how masami become so central in the second half . i haven not yet be able to see rasen the actual sequel to ring and i be concern that it seem to consist of only one movie . it a very long novel and i have no idea how they will make it work .