

Sins of Our Fathers: Azakawa Village used to sell the wives and children of convicted criminals into slavery as punishment.Poor Communication Kills: Justified in that Shiori can't learn about what happened without endangering her life.Though she's rescued from the forest, Shiori can't escape the Kotori Obake's curse, and returns to Azakawa. Without even a glowstone for protection, Suga is forced to lash out at Shiori to ensure she doesn't follow him. End 5: The Broken Promise, the Fulfilled Promise.But as long as she keeps the glowstone with her, she's protected. After his funeral, Shiori leaves, and continues to be haunted by the Kotori Obake whenever it rains. Shiori accepts the night glowstone from Suga, and he sacrifices himself to protect her. Since they're afraid of Suga, he has to stay in Azakawa, while Shiori is forced to leave for her own safety. Although the Kotori Obake is reunited with her child, the spirits of those she killed overwhelm her and continue the curse. However, when seeing her off at the station, Suga uses it to erase her memories again. Shiori makes Suga keep the night glowstone for protection, so he survives, and they escape together. Plus, it is implied that both will stay in contact or possibly even have a Relationship Upgrade. As a result, the curse is broken, and Suga regains his voice. When the spirits of the children killed by her curse appear, Suga uses the night glowstone to protect her. Shiori and Suga reunite the Kotori Obake with the spirit of her unborn child, purifying her. Multiple Endings: There are five variations, dependent upon whether the player collects one or both of two particular items, and what they do with them.Life Meter: The night glowstone protective charms function like this if you're caught by a spirit while you've got one, it will shatter in your place.In particular, the bullies liked to claim that their Missing Mom was actually the Kotori Obake. Suga-kun was also picked on and isolated as a child.The reason Sakuma-chan spends so much time at the museum is because her bullying classmates generally don't hang around there.Ultimately, all the sorrow and child deaths at the hands of the Obake can be traced back to him. He then raped her and later killed the fetus, finally driving her insane. Running a system in which crimes are punished by selling the wives and children of the criminal into sexual slavery, he fell in lust with a woman, and so falsely accused her of crimes to imprison her, before having her family executed.


Suga also repeatedly warns Shiori against going to the woods. Don't Go in the Woods: According to the old legends, the Kotori Obake used to haunt the forest and mountains surrounding the village.Death of a Child: The Kotori Obake exclusively targets children, because her own children, including an infant, were brutally murdered.
