The weather's great today!
Huh? This...
Y-Y-Y-Yuuko?
I gained a little...
Oh, no...
I shouldn't look.
But... Ah...
I can't take my eyes off of her!
I get it.
Could this be Yuuko's memory?
No way!
W-Wait, Yuuko...
Burn bright, burn bright
Embracing others is no sin
Sweep away the darkness with fire
Choir jail
Crying won't make your dreams come true
Here I screamed and asked
whom I should turn to for my answers
You won't find out if you've already given up
Inside your eyes I look for a future for myself
If a miracle should occur now, like rain from a clear sky,
then I would wipe the tears from my cheeks and walk ahead
Clear the gloom from my heart
In this vale of tears nothing makes sense
Burn bright, burn ever onwards
Passion is no sin
Sweep away the darkness with fire
Choir jail
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Bereft Maiden Mystery 10
This scene is from her memory 60 years ago.
It's inside Yuuko's...
No, it's the memory inside
the Shadow Yuuko that Yuuko excised.
I'm powerless.
I saw...
I'm sorry, Yuuko...
Uh, the weight of her chest...
I see.
I'm experiencing everything felt by Yuuko firsthand.
This is...
Excuse me.
Kanoe Yukariko
Yukariko...
Yukariko?
Could that be Yuuko's sister?
That means she's Kirie's...
Are you going to visit her again?
Yes,
Asa didn't feel well yesterday either.
I figured I'd try to support her as much as possible.
Please stop doing that!
If you contract the same illness...
I'll be fine.
It's only a cold.
The doctors said it's okay, too.
But something bad could still happen!
You shouldn't be around her so carelessly!
If something happened to you because of her...
Yuuko?
Are you still going on about that?!
Get a hold of yourself.
Right now, the village is in trouble.
Everyone should help each other.
You should help, too.
I'm not a child!
Yukariko, huh?
That girl...
It's sweet.
I can even feel what Yuuko's lips feel.
Ow!
My pinkie...
Ow...
Please be careful, Yuuko...
This was once a mining town.
I think it was copper...
Oh, a kitty.
I'll give you something later.
Huh? Smells like something's burning.
It's coming from Nakamura's...
I guess they all passed away.
Could this be
the epidemic mentioned on the stone of curses?
The one that killed so many villagers?
And the one that Yuuko was sacrificed to stop...
Excuse me.
I'm coming in.
It's so quiet.
Is someone really here?
Good morning, Asa.
How are you feeling?
I brought breakfast. Let's eat together!
It's fine.
I'm going to die soon, anyway.
Asa...
How is it? The fish is from a can.
It's good, right?
It tastes like normal canned fish.
Oh, right!
During this era, canned goods were a luxury.
Are you full already?
Then how about some candy?
Here you go.
Isn't it good?
I'm glad...
If you keep coming here, you'll get infected, too.
I'll be fine.
The doctor said that you don't have the disease.
That's a lie.
It's not.
Liar...
You're such a liar!
My dad, my mom, my grandma, my brother...
They all...
Yes, what happened to them was terrible...
But you're going to be fine.
That's not true.
I'm going to die from this disease, too!
Asa...
Don't...
You'll get sick!
No, I won't.
It's fine.
Don't!
If you died...
I...
Don't worry.
I won't die.
Yuuko...
I won't die.
Yuuko...
I know... You can have this.
This is...
A charm.
It'll watch over you when I'm not there.
See? They match!
Yuuko!
You're back...
Yukariko, you were waiting for me?
Being alone was scary...
She's crying?
She's so much like Kirie.
I'm sorry.
Let's go home together.
Did you talk to anyone?
No, all the adults are kind of intimidating...
Everyone is pretty uncertain.
But I'm sure they're trying to come up with a solution.
How long will this go on?
I don't know.
But you mustn't lose hope.
What do you mean?
If you give up hope, it's all over.
You're right.
Huh?
That's the mayor and the other adults...
Are they going to the school?
I bet they're going to discuss what we should do from now on.
We should go, too.
But...
This concerns everyone.
We should hear what they have to say.
I wonder where they went...
Enough!
At this rate, the entire village will be wiped out!
Even so...
There's nothing we can do.
What happened to the Nakamuras was quite unfortunate.
Now all of them are gone...
We burned their belongings, clothes,
straw mats, dressers, everything...
How many does this make?
This is the 13th family we've lost to this disease.
Even now, half the families have at least one infected member.
I won't last much longer either...
What are we going to do?
Just wait for everyone to die?!
Why is this happening?
It's the curse! It must be the curse!
What curse?
The school was built over the remains of a shrine!
You say "the remains of a shrine," but it was burned in an air raid.
Nothing was left behind.
That doesn't change the fact that a shrine stood here.
Was it properly purified?
Maybe the purification was insufficient?
It has to be a human sacrifice.
You're right...
Our village has been cursed for building the school here
without a human sacrifice.
The gods were angered because something else was built here
without the proper offerings.
That may be,
but it's too late to do anything now...
No, we must make a human sacrifice at once!
The shrine is still beneath the school.
If we open it up, we can make the offering immediately.
If that would be enough to soothe the gods' wrath...
But whom would we sacrifice?
We don't have any criminals in the village...
That would be useless.
The gods won't be satisfied with criminals
or old people on the verge of death!
The best sacrifice is a young, innocent life.
But the children are the village's treasure.
And if the others found out about it...
So many have already died.
Just one more won't worry anyone.
We'll just say that the disease claimed another victim.
But who should it be?
Let's pick an Akahito and entrust
everything to them.
Akahito...
The name is written with "copper" and "person," and is pronounced "Akahito."
The servant of the copper mountain's god.
We'll draw lots and select the villager to be Akahito.
The one who becomes Akahito will then choose
a child to offer as a sacrifice to the shrine.
Yuuko...
Let's go.
Who's there?
This way!
This is...
The Paranormal Investigation Club room?
Where did you go?!
But there isn't any hole in the wall!
Yuuko...
Quiet.
Find them?
They got away.
Think they heard us?
If they hadn't, they wouldn't've run!
What should we do?
Hm...
By the way, I think that shrine is around here...
Oh, that's right...
This isn't the time!
We need to go after them!
You're right!
Don't let them get away!
It's okay...
That's...
Thank you for the meal.
Sorry it was so sparse!
I'll make some tea.
I'll take care of it.
Really? Thank you.
Yuuko, are you sure it's okay?
For me to live here?
Your color is returning.
It really was just a cold.
Those people were talking about
sacrificing a child.
That's why they couldn't leave Asa by herself,
and they brought her here.
All the adults are so busy, they can't handle any more,
and we have spare rooms here.
Drink it while it's hot, and warm yourself up.
While you're still weak, you should be careful.
Or you really will catch that disease.
Okay.
I looked again...
Yuuko?
Can I come in, too?
No, th-th-that's not o-o-o-okay!
Are you afraid of being alone?
Yuuko, those people...
A human sacrifice would never be seen
as acceptable in this day and age.
We're living in the age of science,
with cars, and with airplanes that fly through the air.
Who do they expect to save with their superstition?
Then what do we do?
I have to stop them somehow.
No!
If you do that and anything happens to you...
I don't care!
I'm not interested in saving only myself!
Ow!
What are you doing?!
Even if you say so, I won't allow it!
You should value your life more—
Who do you take me for?!
I can't possibly run away alone,
not when we should be helping each other!
Why won't you understand?
Yukariko is worried about you, too.
The moon is so pretty.
Yuuko really was extremely compassionate.
I guess she really was just a normal girl.
Girl
Asa, I asked the doctor to come treat you here.
Asa?
Huh?
She removed this again...
What will she do if her cold returns?
Yukariko, where's Asa?
Is she not in the living room?
No.
Then I don't know.
I see.
Yukariko, when did you see Asa in the living room?
Before I took my bath.
You haven't seen her since?
No,
I went directly back to my room.
Are you mending that?
Why is it so torn up?
Hello?
You stay here!
Asa!
Yuuko, don't go!
That shed?
Please don't go!
I won't let it happen!
No, Yuuko!
It isn't Asa!
History has proven it!
Yuuko...
That's...
Asa...
Don't...
Please don't go, Yuuko!
Stop it!
These people...
What are you doing?
Asa...
Yuuko?!
Lord Akahito has spoken a name!
Lord Akahito has spoken a name.
Lord Akahito has chosen a sacrifice...
Lord Akahito has chosen!
Lord Akahito has chosen a human sacrifice!
Human sacrifice...
Human sacrifice.
Run!
Yuuko!
No!
Stop it!
At this rate...
Stop it!
No!
No, this is bad...
Yuuko,
run!
Where am I?
My leg... the bone is...
It hurts.
It hurts...
This is horrible.
It's too horrible...
There's no way that something like this would cure anyone!
There's no way that anyone would be saved!
I'm glad.
Asa didn't have to become the human sacrifice.
If I become the sacrifice...
If I die, Asa and Yukariko won't...
Won't...
I'm glad.
This is how it should be.
Yuuko.
Is that the shrine?
Don't do it, Yuuko.
If you force yourself to move...
What?
What is this?
I'm scared!
Dying?
I'm going to die?
No!
Please don't move, Yuuko...
Your leg!
Someone!
It hurts!
My leg is broken!
Call a doctor! Someone!
Please help me...
Please let me out!
I'll do anything.
I'll do whatever you say!
Please!
Help me!
You can hear me, right?
Just help me!
Forgive me.
Please forgive me...
I beg of you...
Yuuko...
Why?
What did I do wrong?
Why?
Why?! Why?!
No!
Why?
It hurts...
I know.
It's cold.
So cold...
I know.
I'm hungry...
I know.
I'm scared...
I know.
Why me?
I didn't do anything wrong...
Yuuko...
Who was it?
Who decided
that I would be the sacrifice?
Akahito...
Is it her fault?
Yuuko...
I was so nice to her.
It's because she called my name.
No!
It isn't her fault!
I hate her...
Her...
Asa!
Yuuko!
What am I thinking?
Of course it's not her fault.
But it's so painful...
I can't take it.
It hurts...
No...
I can't hate Asa.
No...
I can't...
That isn't me.
I don't get angry...
It's not my fault.
Someone else...
I don't hate...
Yes, I was the one who hated.
Hate...
I hate those who sacrificed me to try to survive...
I hate those who killed me!
Hate!
That was Shadow Yuuko's memory?
That was the beginning of Yuuko's ghost story?
What am I doing here?
I hate you...
Who discarded me.
Being all alone is painful
Smiles are short-lived
All that you give me
is precious to me
Although you are so close
I cannot touch you
and my feelings change
like the moon waxes and wanes
Though our promises fall through
and my tears never dry
I will embrace with all my heart
what you've given me
Invisible you.
Soundless you.
Untouchable you.
You...
You.
Eleventh Mystery:
11th Mystery
Bitter Tears of the Maiden
"Bitter Tears of the Maiden."