That's a pretty unique aspect of you, Yuuko-san.
No, that's not what I meant!
Come on...
Well, I'll be heading home now.
Already?
Okonogi-san left already.
What's wrong with being alone together?
It's getting dark, though...
That makes it more romantic!
Stop clinging onto me like that!
Huh? You don't like me?
That's not what I—
I know.
You're thinking about pervy stuff.
I-I'm not...
I don't mind letting you, Teiichi-kun.
Let me do what?
Don't strip here, please!
It's okay.
Teiichi-kun, I'll let you see everything.
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
moete
Burn
moete
Burn
dakishimete miru no wa tsumi janai deshou
It's not a sin to try and hug me, is it?
dakishimete miru no wa tsumi janai deshou
It's not a sin to try and hug me, is it?
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
choir jail
nageitemo yume wa utawanai
Crying won't move you closer to your dreams
nageitemo yume wa utawanai
Crying won't move you closer to your dreams
koko de sakenda yo
This is the spot where I screamed
koko de sakenda yo
This is the spot where I screamed
kotae wa dare ga motteru no
"Who has the answer?"
kotae wa dare ga motteru no
"Who has the answer?"
utsumuita mama ja kizukanai
I won't find out by being negative
utsumuita mama ja kizukanai
I won't find out by being negative
kimi no hitomi no naka mirai wo sagasu
I'll look for the future in your eyes
kimi no hitomi no naka mirai wo sagasu
I'll look for the future in your eyes
moshimo kiseki ga ima mo sasu nara
If this moment is in itself a miracle
moshimo kiseki ga ima mo sasu nara
If this moment is in itself a miracle
nijimu namida nugutte mae wo muite arukou
I have to wipe my tears away and keep moving on
nijimu namida nugutte mae wo muite arukou
I have to wipe my tears away and keep moving on
watashi wo akete
Open me up
watashi wo akete
Open me up
konna kurushisa de nanimo mienai
This pain inside me is blinding me
konna kurushisa de nanimo mienai
This pain inside me is blinding me
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
watashi yo moete
Burn, I tell myself
moete kanata e
Burn and fly away
moete kanata e
Burn and fly away
jounetsu wa tsumi janai deshou
Passion isn't a sin, is it?
jounetsu wa tsumi janai deshou
Passion isn't a sin, is it?
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
hi de yami wo harae
Burn away the darkness
choir jail
Black Dusk Maiden
Mystery 3
What's this?
Morning, Teiichi-kun!
Yuuko-san.
Look, I'm in my summer uniform!
How do I look?
It's getting warm, so I switched over too.
I need to be more careful!
Right?
Um...
I have to go.
I'll see you later.
Wait, could this really be...
...a l-love letter?!
I want to talk about the girl behind you.
Come to this location after school.
You're late, Teiichi-kun—
Huh?
Nobody's here.
Darn...
Looks like Niiya-san isn't here yet.
So much for my new info.
I wonder if he'll like this "Spirited Away" story.
How long will he be?
Did you write this letter?
Allow me to enlighten you on how dire your situation is.
Doesn't ignorance suck?
You're about to die, but you have no idea.
You're going to get spirited away.
Do you know where Teiichi-kun is?
I know!
This story has a different ending.
I hate this weather.
An evil spirit is haunting you.
Can you... see her too?
Have you heard of the "Spirited Away" story?
When this school had just been built, a female student died in an accident.
She lamented and cursed her untimely death,
and became a ghost that lurks these halls.
She searches for those who would share her pain and drags them to the other side.
Don't stay with her.
She'll steal your soul and take you away.
Thank you for worrying about me.
See you.
You don't believe me, do you?
Have you ever thought about what ghosts really are?
Yuuko
Not every dead person becomes a ghost.
Only powerful emotions remain in this world.
The great resentment and suffering of the dying search for a victim to attack.
One!
Be wary of what you don't understand.
Two!
The living are stronger than the dead!
If you keep those rules in mind, you might actually survive.
Wait.
Can you really see Yuuko-san?
If I see something that I shouldn't...
...then I'll pretend I can't see it at all.
You've been warned.
Is Yuuko-san deceiving me?
That can't be...
When people look at me, they see what they want to see.
Yuuko-san...
An evil spirit is haunting you.
Y-Yuuko-san...
I'm going to catch a cold...
Huh?
It's hard to believe Yuuko-san's an evil spirit.
Hey, Teiichi-kun.
Y-Yuuko-san!
Your clothes, your clothes!
Sorry!
I'm not used to being seen, so I forgot...
I guess it's kind of embarrassing that you're feeling shy as well.
Put some clothes on, then!
Why didn't you come to the club room today?
No real reason.
Things just ran a little late.
I had this bad feeling, because I heard about this strange story.
Strange story?
The "Spirited Away" story.
It's about ghosts that haunt students and take them away.
I thought...
...that you would disappear, Teiichi-kun.
Hey, Teiichi-kun.
What do I look like to you?
Hints for your health
Flu shot notice
Prevent Colds
~The Horrors of City Life Disorders~
Tell me.
Why ask?
How's my hair?
It's long and black.
My skin?
It's really white.
My face? My eyes?
Your face is...
I'm so happy.
It's just like how I see myself in the mirror.
You see the world like I do.
You really can see me.
Yuuko-san...
Stay with me... forever.
Do you want to die, Niiya Teiichi?!
I can't believe how stupid you are.
You didn't understand my warning at all.
Who's she?
I came to save you, considering how reckless you are.
It bothers me when you keep wandering around.
So you can see Yuuko-san.
Why don't you realize how pathetic you are already?!
You continue to cling onto this realm, seducing the living!
You're even leading him to the same fate as yours!
Niiya Teiichi, I'll show you her true form.
I'll strip off that seductive façade of hers!
Teiichi-kun...
I can see how ugly she really is, dripping with hatred.
Her rustled, splintered black hair.
Her dirt-colored skin.
Her face, twisted in a hateful scowl.
Her festering, dangling limbs.
Her stench of rotten flesh.
No! That's not how Yuuko-san looks!
Take a look, then.
Behind you.
Teiichi-kun...
Come on, Niiya!
Teiichi-kun...
What was that?
Was that really Yuuko-san?
Get a grip!
That's an evil spirit, her true form that I refused to see.
Who are you?
I am Kanoe Kirie.
Kanoe?
Does that mean...?
Fifty years ago, a girl died a horrible death in the old building
and became an evil spirit, haunting the school grounds.
Kanoe Yuuko, the Black Dusk Maiden...
...is my blood relative.
Yuuko-san.
Every student at this school has heard of her name.
She's the ghost living in the mirror in the old building.
She's the girl you play "hide the demon" with.
I thought they were ghost stories you could find in any school.
I thought they were just empty rumors.
That was until I found a photograph in my grandmother's room.
In front of the school with Yuuko
I asked my grandmother who Yuuko was.
Yuuko was a girl who once lived here.
Kanoe Yuuko was my grandmother's older sister.
Yuuko died when she was fifteen.
Yuuko
That was all she told me.
Since then, I started seeing Yuuko's ghost from time to time.
No, maybe I could already see her, but I just never noticed.
She was beautiful, just like in the photo.
I had no intention of making contact with her.
She doesn't belong to this world, after all.
I had nothing to do with her, relative or not.
However, I underestimated her.
I saw her true form.
I saw the regrets she had,
the anger, sadness, and hate warping her stature into something repulsive and full of bitterness.
That thing ended up haunting you.
Yuuko-san said she didn't have any regrets or grudges, though.
They're all lies!
I discovered the story that explains it all.
It's the "Spirited Away" story.
She's the ghost of the girl who died in the old building.
Those haunted by her will be taken away.
I learned the truth and saw the truth.
However, you were overcome by her trickery.
Her trickery?
You pervert.
Overcome by your lust, you failed to see her true form.
Looks like you can finally see that accursed specter for what she is, though.
That's the truth.
Now that you know, you must run.
If she catches you, she'll kill you and trap your soul in the old building.
In that basement, right?
Basement? What are you talking about?
Yuuko-san's body lies there.
In the basement of a certain room.
You idiot!
Why didn't you tell me earlier?!
If we have the body, we can probably do something—
She's here...
We have to run.
Yuuko-san...
What are you doing, Niiya Teiichi?!
Come with me!
This must be it.
Open me and I'll curse you!!
"Open me and I'll curse you", huh?
Even though she's already haunting you?
Open me and I'll curse you!!
This pisses me off!
Open me and I'll curse you!!
I never would've known...
Let's go.
You can now bid that thing farewell.
I got you.
I got you
You stole him.
You stole Teiichi-kun from me.
I won't forgive you.
She's gone.
Look.
Look at me!
I see.
I look terrible, don't I?
I was really happy.
You've changed my lonely and meaningless everyday life for the better.
Each day was so much fun!
Teiichi-kun, I was so happy that you accepted me.
I needed you.
I just wanted this to last forever.
I didn't even need to know what I really am.
Open me and I'll curse you!!
Even though I might be a really scary monster...
Open me and I'll curse you!!
I'm sorry.
You must've been so scared.
You can't hear me anymore, can you?
Goodbye, Teiichi-kun.
Thank you.
You made me happy.
That's right.
I was scared.
I was afraid to know the truth.
I pretended not to see and tried to convince myself that it wasn't scary.
I'm a coward.
This is the Yuuko-san I remember.
Long, black, and straight hair.
Skin so white it's almost seethrough.
Sharp eyes, and a tall and slender physique.
That's how I remember you...
...Yuuko-san.
Teiichi-kun...
But that's not it!
I have to look at you more closely!
That's why I'm going to examine your corpse!
Wait, not so fast!
I need to mentally prepare myself...
I want to see it now.
I want to see everything about you!
Fine...
If you insist, Teiichi-kun...
Don't leave me hanging!
E-Excuse me!
Geez...
Kirie-san?
Niiya, you're okay?!
Sorry about just then!
I wanted to help you, but I thought I'd take care of her real body first, so...
Kirie-san, were you crying?
N-No!
I just tripped in the dark and couldn't get up...
Don't worry about it.
Listen to me—
Besides...
Is this Yuuko's...?
Yes.
I've been here before, but I didn't get a proper look at her.
This corpse might give us some clues about Yuuko-san's past—
What's wrong, Niiya?
Her leg's broken.
So she really did have an accident, just like in the story.
She probably fell into this unused basement and wasted away, unable to move, never to be found...
Niiya, look ahead!
W-What is this?
Was it really an accident?
No way...
Are you saying the story is wrong?
Ghost Seal
Fear
Curse
Entrapment
Destroy
Yuuko isn't the "Spirited Away" ghost?!
Fear
Curse
Entrapment
Fear
Curse
Entrapment
Fear
Curse
Destroy
Fear
Destroy
Entrapment
Destroy
Ghost Seal
Curse
Ghost Seal
Ghost stories are passed down from one person to another.
At some point, the rumor may have been twisted...
...or someone may have twisted it.
I wonder what this used to be.
Is it part of the shrine that used to be here?
Either way, it proves my suspicions wrong.
I'm sorry, Niiya.
You should still be careful, though.
We still don't know if that thing could be an evil spirit.
You're right.
But if that's the case, it's all the more reason for me to face Yuuko-san.
I see.
Well, let me know whenever you're in trouble.
I'll help y—
Glaaaaaaare
Oh, Yuuko-san.
Glaaaaaaare
Did you look...
...at my corpse?
Y-Yeah, I did.
Did you look closely?
Yeah, I did...
I want to die!
B-But Yuuko-san, you're already dead...
But if that story was wrong, and Yuuko isn't an evil spirit...
What was the evil spirit that I saw?
Open me and I'll curse you!!
Done!
Yuuko-san is Kirie-san's grandmother's older sister.
She's a ghost who appears however people wish to view her.
Hello!
Oh, Niiya-san!
Where were you yesterday?
People who aren't conscious of her can't see her or her actions.
I actually found a really interesting story.
Is it the "Spirited Away" one?
How did you know?
Well, it's pretty famous.
Then do you know about the other "Spirited Away" story?
The other story?
Apparently, this school is cursed because it was built where a shrine once stood.
They say the curse was why the girl who died from the accident was spirited away.
Does that mean Yuuko-san was the one who was spirited away?
So Yuuko really is involved in this.
Kirie-san!
I'm not apologizing.
The mystery hasn't been solved yet.
Um...
Are you a new club member?!
Th-That's right.
I'll be in your care, Niiya.
What?!
Yay!
I'm Okonogi Momoe.
Nice to meet you!
People get the kanji in my name wrong a lot, but it's Okonogi!
Well, I don't mind.
Welcome to the Paranormal Investigations Club.
hitorikiri no sabishisa
The sadness of being alone
hitotoki no hohoemi
A fleeting smile
anata ga kureru mono wa
Everything that you've given me
minna itoshii
Is beloved to me
sugu soko ni ite mo
However close it may be
furerarenai mono
It's something I cannot touch
kokoro wa tsuki no you ni
Like the moon in the night sky
katachi wo kaeteku yo
The shape of my heart continues to change
kanawanai yakusoku mo
There are promises that cannot be kept
kawakanai namida mo
There are tears that will never dry
anata ga kureta mono wa
Everything that you gave me
dakishimete odoru
I'll embrace them as I dance
The sigh of the moon and the whispers of the stars.
A maiden blinks in the school grounds, where the veil of night has fallen.
Mystery Four: Dawn Maiden.
Mystery 4 Dawn Maiden