Sputniko! "Red Silk of Fate - Tamaki's Crush" / スプツニ子！「運命の赤い糸をつむぐ蚕 - タマキの恋 」

作品ページ/More Info→ http://sputniko.com/2016/04/redsilkfate/ 遺伝子工学を研究する豊田玉姫は、同じ研究室の先輩である山田ジョン幸彦に恋こがれるあまり、「運命の赤い糸をつむぐ蚕」を自ら生み出そうとする。お気に入りのスカーフに「運命の赤い糸」を縫い付け、いざ幸彦先輩に会おうとする玉姫だが、予想外の力が彼女に宿りはじめ．．． 'Red String of Fate' is an East Asian mythology in which gods tie an invisible red string between those that are destined to be together. Sputniko! has collaborated with scientists from NIAS in engineering silkworms genetically to spin this mythical 'Red String of Fate' by inserting genes that produce oxytocin, a social-bonding 'love' hormone, and the genes of a red-glowing coral into silkworm eggs. Science has long challenged and demystified the world of mythologies - from Galileo's belief that the earth revolved around the sun to Darwin's theory of evolution and beyond - but in the near future, could science be recreating our mythologies? The film unravels a story around the protagonist Tamaki, an aspiring genetic engineer, who engineers her own "Red Silk of Fate" in the hope of winning the heart of her crush, Sachihiko. She sews the "Red Silk of Fate" into her favorite scarf in order to win the love of her dreams, but strange, mythical powers start to inhabit her creation....