 In the first installment of the "Ju-on" franchise, "", Kobayashi's wife Manami [sic] remarks that she remembers Kayako from college and that she found her "creepy".Kayako became highly jealous of Manami and even tried to curse her but failed and eventually gave up.When she attends university, she meets Shunsuke Kobayashi, with whom she falls deeply in love.