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!!''Fatal Frame''
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!!''Fatal Frame II''

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!!''Fatal Frame III''

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!!''Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse''

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!!''Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water''

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[[AC: ''Fatal Frame I'']]

* Read the cover of the American release: ''Based On A True Story''! Well, [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie not really]], but the mansion in the game is based off of an actual mansion in Japan that is supposed to be haunted.
* The very concept of the Rope Shrine Maiden and her duty. She is tied down to a stone altar by her wrist, ankles and neck; then the priests begin to savagely tear her apart, and take the ropes [[VirginSacrifice stained with her blood]] to ensure a continued seal on the Hell Gate in the mansion's basement.
* The audio tapes found are unsettling, despite the [[DullSurprise lacking voice acting]], simply because the robotic-sounding voices are so off.
** Tomoe Hirasaka's tapes do have a saving grace, however. Because she has a sixth sense and could already see ghosts, listening to her tapes carefully reveals their disembodied voices talking in the background. The first one asks her to "save us"... And tapes 2 through 4 are all either cursing her or saying she's already doomed.
* What happened to the people who headed to Himuro Mansion; all ended up suffering horrible, gruesome deaths. And this includes the people who were in Himuro Mansion prior to the Calamity.
* During the Final Night, Miku can revisit the Abyss area and take a Hidden Ghost photo, which is labeled "Kirie's Love". From the previous flashbacks in the game, we learn that the unnamed man the BigBad once loved looks like Miku's brother Mafuyu. Basically, the player gets to see the face of Miku's brother ''with blood dripping from his mouth and a vacant dead expression on his face.
* Broken Neck Woman, who haunts the mansion by floating backwards. Her head flops over and is constantly staring at you upside-down.
* Long Arms, because of his freakishly [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin long arms]]. He inhabits the mansion by shambling around in a crouched position and only lifts himself up for an attack. Then there are his victims...
** Crawling Girl. She was pulled under the tatami in the Doll Room by Long Arms, who strangled her beneath the house. She now haunts the Doll Room, crawling on the floor and paralyzing the player with her scream.
** Girl In The Well. Long Arms' second victim was pulled into the large stone well in the garden and drowned. Half of her body is horribly disfiguired and bloody from being dragged across stone.
** Boy Hiding. Long Arms pulled him into the grandfather clock and strangled him.
* The Blind Demon, or simply "Blinded". A sacrificial maiden that had the Blinding Mask put upon her. Said mask has ''spikes'' in the eyes that were forced through hers. She now roams the mansion screaming "[[EyeScream My eyes! My eyes!]]" and bleeding from the sockets.
* Lord Himuro. He's a sadistic samurai donning the Hannya Mask, who was driven insane by the Calamity and proceeded to slaughter and behead everyone in the manor, house guests and staff alike, before finally committing suicide out of guilt. And fighting him is just as horrifying, with his soulless eyes; the eery Hannya mask on his face; the four monks he sends after you and his way of attacking: unlike most ghosts, he doesn't try to grab you. He'll just cut you into ribbons with his katana.


[[AC: ''Fatal Frame II'']]

* Near the beginning, Mio is seen in profile and a hand places itself on her shoulder. Thinking it's Mayu, she puts her own on it to comfort her. Then Mayu walks past her. [[OhCrap But the hand is still there.]]
* Sae in her entirety! Her laughter is pure ParanoiaFuel, especially when you can hear her behind doors but can't ''see'' her. And it gets worse in the seventh chapter, where she is chasing Mio through the Tachibana house, trying to [[OneHitKill kill her]].
* There's a small cutscene when Mio enters the Great Hall with Mayu partway through the game. [[SchmuckBait Go ahead, take a picture of Mayu after the scene]]. Unlike most pictures that mean nothing, hers remains as is for a bit. Then it gets darker and you can see dozens of bloody, cut-up arms circling the edge of the picture and all of them are grabbing towards Mayu. Completely optional. Completely terrifying.
* [[JumpScare Peeking Child and Armless Woman.]] The first is in the Kiryu place and simply ''pops up'' in the small window in front of you, when you were probably looking at that item beneath the window. The second because she comes after an almost inconspicuous dangling arm. Approaching the dangling arm will have her flop down from above, her cut-up face in your full view.
* After beating the Osaka house and heading into the dressing room for the save point, the save point stops working right after you use it. And that only happens when a ghost is nearby... By the time you realize what's going on, a woman's ghost is slowly crawling out of the box in the room and you cannot leave, until she is defeated. On her own, already pretty creepy, but when this game came out ''Film/TheRing'' was still fresh in one's mind.
* Late in the game, you finally gain access to the storage shed where Itsuki is being held. Upon entering, you see his lifeless body hanging from a noose. Inspecting the window from the inside of his cell, you'll see that it's rusted shut and ''not been used, nor even opened'' in ages.
* In the Tachibana house, you can find what appears to be a figure wrapped in up in blankets and sitting upright. Mio wonders if it's the doll, but when you leave, you hear a distorted "Stay with me..."
** The Wii edition added something extra to it. There's an item to obtain at the thing's feet. Grab it, and the whole thing collapses. Not very loud, but startling all the same.
* The [[CreepyTwins Kiryu twins]]. Particularly when you're looking for the family crests to escape the village and enter a hidden closet. One of them is in there. Just sitting there. ''Then'' she moves and you can hear her neck and limbs snapping and popping.
* [=WhydoIhavetokillWhydoIhavetokillWhydoIhavetokill=][[MadnessMantra WhydoIhavetokillWhydoIhavetokillWhydoIhavetokillWhydoIhavetokill]].
* Falling Woman. She was running from the Darkness seeping from the Abyss and ended up dying when she, in a moment of blinding terror, jumped off the top of the stairs in the Kiryu's Clock Hallway. She tends to appear by screaming and falling through the ceiling.
** Right after encountering the Falling Woman the first time, the game plays up your paranoia. Entering the next hallway, a piece of wood will fall to the ground. Sounds like nothing, but after having just encountered the woman, your nerves are on edge.
* The Tachibana house has a small storage closet on the second floor with an item inside. After going in and grabbing the item, you can hear a girl's voice saying "Help me." If you look through the camera, you find it written all over the walls. And the door locks if you try to leave. Eventually, the voice fades and the door opens and you can leave. It serves [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment no purpose]]. It's a room that lures you in, just to freak you out.
* You can find pairs of disembodied legs walking through the village at certain points. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Just strolling]].
* Chitose's death, which also doubles as a TearJerker. Due to her vision problems, she accidentally trapped herself in a crawlspace of the Tachibana home and died there; either naturally or when the Darkness arrived. And she's maybe ten years old at most. And many of the locations she can be found hiding in have "Help" or "Big brother" scratched into the walls. Multiple times.
* The Kusabi. His appearance is utterly terrifying, he's surrounded by fog in which you can make out distorted skulls at times, and the haunting background music consists of him groaning in agony. And he has a OneHitKill. ''Then'' you find out how he's created: an outsider is sacrificed through the means of the Cutting Ritual, which consists of slicing the person over and over and over, giving them a slow and agonizing death. Most people don't even survive ''that'' part. If they do, they are bound and thrown into the Abyss while still alive. Near the Abyss, you can find a crack to look into and see a failed Kusabi.
* Just looking at the Kusabi in Viewfinder mode shows you several ghastly faces screaming from behind it.
** Also, don't bother trying to photograph it; your Camera Obscura can't banish the Kusabi. Your only option is to run.
* The ''Frozen Butterfly'' ending in the Wii remake. Just... ''[[{{Yandere}} everything]]'' [[IfICantHaveYou about]] [[DownerEnding it.]] Mio is about to strangle Mayu like the ritual dictates, but she snaps out of it at the last second and breaks down, saying she could never hurt Mayu. Upon hearing this, Mayu says she always knew that Mio could never hurt her... then ''breaks down into utterly psychotic laughter'' in the same manner as Sae, as a horrified Mio falls to her knees and realizes this was also how Mayu acted when she broke her leg as a child. Mayu promptly corners her in an unsettling manner, saying that they'll always be together in the village, just the two of them, and the scene cuts to black before anything happens. However, the next scene shows Mio lying motionless onto Mayu's lap, implying ''Mayu'' strangled Mio to death instead. ''[[FromBadToWorse And it gets worse.]]'' After the credits play, a final scene is shown where Mayu plays in a room full of dolls, and applies makeup on '''''MIO'S SEVERED HEAD.''''' Mayu proceeds to kiss Mio's head which, somehow, is able to ''shed a single tear''.

[[AC: ''Fatal Frame III'']]

* The ghosts are only in your dreams... at first. [[FromBadToWorse Then they start to invade your home.]] There's an arm under the bed that ''drags itself away slowly'' instead of disappearing like most ghosts, and Needle Women in the mirror, waiting to attack Rei when she's showering.
** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, a pair of legs can be spotted in the space underneath the stairs one night.
* The fate of the Tattooed Priestess. She is covered in tattoos to bear the pain of other people and is doomed to sleep, without any happy dreams, because their tattoos bear the pain. And then there are the priestesses that failed. They are skinned alive, their body sent to cross over and the tattooed skin is enshrined and prayed over to prevent the sorrow from spilling out. It gets even worse when a file reveals that the forgotten final step to the ritual requires the crossing over of ''both'' the priestess and the tattoos to complete the ritual, which means by keeping the tattoos in the shrine, they're shooting themselves in the foot.
** Reika's is worse. Her last memory is seeing her lover being killed in front of her, and that's the only thing she has seen for however long it took for Rei to finally appease her.
* If you think these games can't get any darker or depressing, just remember that the very first ghosts you get to fight after getting the Camera Obscura are ''a mother and her child'', both dead from the Tattooed Curse.
* The Needle Women. They love to sneak up on you in Viewfinder Mode, and all you can see before they attack you are their needle-filled arms about to wrap themselves around you from behind.
* Kyouka Kuze, the Woman Brushing. Creepy on her own, but at one point, she's in the Kimono Room behind a screen. She's not attacking you, so you think, "OK... Guess I can [[SchmuckBait take a picture]], right?" The second you do, she'll fade away and reappear ''right in front of you!''
** Her appearance alone is disturbing. Anytime she gets too close to you, especially in Viewfinder Mode, you'll get a [[SarcasmMode nice]] close-up of her pale white face and smeared eye shadow, making her look like a ghostly female version of the Joker.
** You turn around your camera to continue the fight with her, trying your best to maintain the focus on your target... And promptly pause the game to recover as you see her making a mad dash for you, ''frantically flailing her arms''. [[NothingIsScarier And then she vanishes mid-attack.]]
* The Crawling Woman.
** She attacks in a passage so small that only Miku can fit into it. And Rei encounters her later in the attic of Yuu's room. Very unpleasant for anyone with claustrophobia.
** To say nothing of the face she pulls when attacking Miku as she crawls under the manor's floor. It can easily give a player nightmares for weeks, seeing her gaping mouth and wide-open eyes, shaking creepily left to right as she strangles you.
** Kiriko Asanuma's story in itself is horrible to listen to, as well. She hid inside her closet as two robbers stormed into her home and killed her parents and brother. And then you realize one of her cries is her saying "''Let me out!!''" in desperation. How long did she got stuck in that closest until she was found?
* ''Stroller Grandma''. She's an entirely optional encounter in the main story (although you do receive the Measure Function for your trouble), comes right the hell out of nowhere, and she ''cannot be stunned by a charged shot''. She only has one attack, ramming her stroller onto you as she charges through your body, but it can easily be a OneHitKill if you're not careful, even on the lower difficulties.
** The story the Ghost List provides for her: she was unable to find peace after her grandchild's death, so she ''dug their body from the grave and put it on the stroller''.
** Look inside that thing when she attacks you. You'll see a cluster of human faces.
** The story behind her being in that game also counts. Game director Makoto Shibata revealed during an interview the idea came from an incident in his childhood, where he was playing in the ruins of an old manor (the same manor that inspired him to create the Manor of Sleep) and noticed the figure of a woman pushing a stroller appear out of nowhere.
* After finally subduing Yoshino, Rei wakes up and Yoshino's ghost is ''right there'' and grabbing her arm!
* When Kei enters the Chamber of Thorns, ready to properly stake Reika once and for all, he comes into the chamber to see COUNTLESS bodies of priestesses before Reika, and he sees that she had been staked the whole time. And the stakes begin to pull themselves out of Reika's body...
** Seeing the countless bodies of the priestesses becomes even worse when you obtain a file that reveals that there was a final part of the ritual that needed to be performed but was forgotten to time, namely, the crossing of the priestess and the grief-filled tattoos to the other side in order to keep the Rift closed. ''They've been doing the ritual'' '''''wrong''''' ''the whole time.'' Just ''how'' much of the built up sorrow has been festering in the Kuze shrine?!
** Not to mention the creepy and unnatural way Reika gets up when Rei confronts her.
* The fact that the majority of the third game takes place in a dream. Imagine going through the death of a loved one and feeling guilty, then having dreams of a snow-covered, haunted mansion that traps you within it if you follow your loved ones further in.
* The fact that Yoshino was surrounded by the corpses of her loved ones for several days, unable to move, before she was found and rescued.
* The descriptions of the house ghosts.
--> ''Have you looked under your desk recently? Maybe you should check more often.''
* There's a closet you can walk into for an item, but when you turn around, the exit locks and faces and hand prints appear on the walls. Disturbing, horrible moaning starts up... then suddenly stops and you can leave again. Just like the small storage closet in the previous game, it's simply there to freak you out.
* The concept of the Handmaidens. They are the ones who are supposed to impale her with stakes. And all of them are prepubescent. If that isn't creepy enough, one of the maiden's diaries has her talk about her duty and [[CreepyChild look foward]] [[EnfantTerrible to it]].
* in the Manor of Dreams, sometimes you can find human-shaped stains. One of the articles Miku gives to Rei talks about the human-shaped stains in the Kukai Temple, which were revealed to be from mummies sealed in the walls. While the Kukai Temple insisted they were the bodies of saints, other people claimed they were killed for sacrifices.

[[AC: ''Fatal Frame IV'']]

* Ayako is this incarnate. And her room has an eerie yellow glow to it, doll parts hanging from the ceiling and getting in your way and the whispering and laughing you hear in the background. And then Ayako appears for the first time jumping down and grabbing you by the shoulders. Never mind the things she's done to other patients or the nurses...
* Getsuyuu/Luna Sedata Syndrome. Symptoms include memory loss, sleepwalking and no longer recognizing one's own face or seeing it as blurry and distorted. And seeing the face of a patient's more advanced condition can make ''your own'' condition worsen.
* Kirishima is [[BlatantLies quite happy]] to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ24X6IaU-s&t=6m36s greeted by Dr. Katagiri]]!
* When Kirishima enters Yukou Magaki's room, he trips over something in the rather messy room. Turns out that it's Magaki himself, crawling on the floor and grabbing Kirishima's leg.
* Blooming in itself and what to do to stop the process. Cutting the person's face off; first comes across as not all that terrible, since it's being done to corpses. But you get to see what it looks like, when you cut someone's face off...
* Some of the music in the game is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxKzJu1WdVc just]] plain [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1-eBFm5fI creepy]].

[[AC: ''Fatal Frame V'']]

* The fifth game ramped up the BodyHorror and {{Gorn}} of the series. Most of the shrine maidens you meet have had their [[EyeScream eyes slashed out]], and one ghost has glass shards stuck in his back after he hung himself and crashed into the window below. Fuyuhi Himino was also forced to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide cut her own throat]].
* During the first flashback of the Looming Man killing the shrine maidens, there's a [[SarcasmMode lovely]] close-up of one of the shrine maidens, whose mouth was sliced open on one side and a large wound around her eye.
* Just the fact that, if you aren't careful on the mountain, the ghosts will [[PsychicAssistedSuicide force you to reenact their suicide]].
** Even worse: cases like the Umbrella Woman imply that even [[GeniusLoci the mountain itself]] wants you dead, if you dare to come close to it.
** The most common ways to go (and thus to get forced to repeat by the ghosts) are: hanging, [[SuicideBySea drowning]], [[SlashedThroat slashing your throat]], and jumping from a high place. All but drowning rely on strong BodyHorror while drowning itself leads to [[GhostlyGlide the victims creepily floating in mid-air]].
* The death of the Umbrella Woman is notably shocking due to how her [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished decision to appease those who have died, or have committed suicide on the mountain]], would then be "rewarded" with a freak accident that results in her ''left eye being skewered'' by the red umbrella she was carrying not moments ago. Her ghostly apparition is also unnerving, as unlike every other ghosts in the game, [[NothingIsScarier she never attacks you]].
* The box carriers, especially because of their rotting bodies and [[MalevolentMaskedMen creepy masks]].
* How about combining the "[[PsychicAssistedSuicide ghosts will force you to reenact their suicide]]" premise above with the ElectromagneticGhosts theme that's been present throughout the series? One ghost came about precisely because of this: He was an ordinary man driving near a tunnel on the mountain, when a ghost dropped onto his car that caused it to crash. He crawled away, only for the car he left behind to become possessed and run ''him'' over.
* After defeating Fuyuhi Himino, the player is treated to a flashback of her death. She tried to resist the spirit's influence, but was distracted for a second by what looked like her friend and slipped. All you see is [[HighPressureBlood blood pouring onto her shoes]], but it's enough.
* BigBad Ouse Kurosawa, who looks like a drowned woman, and the other many victims of the Yomi, who have the black water streaming from their eyes like tears.
* Tall Woman. A gigantic, freakishly thin woman with creepily elongated arms and a perpetual SlasherSmile. And there is ''no'' information on how or why she came to the mountain or even what [[TheSpook she actually is]]. She is based off of the Japanese creepypasta of [[http://japuttoglobal.blogspot.de/2012/01/hachishakusama.html the Eight-Feet-Tall Lady]].
** Another scary characteristic of her is the things she says. Things like "You'd better get used to me." Meaning that, unlike the other ghosts who simply react to you, she is legitimately malevolent and is ''actively stalking you''.
* Watching Kazuya Sakaki body being distorted and twisted after being rejected for a potential groom by Ouse is very disturbing. It is basically the fate of all potential grooms that decide to reject their bride or the bride decides to reject them. Not only that the rejected grooms are buried in ummarked graves unmourned, basically becoming an {{Unperson}}.
* The final battle. In Phase 1, it has Ouze and dozens of sacrificed mikos in an eternal, from sunset dyed orange water setting. ''Everyone'' is a potential enemy and if the player isn't careful, then they can be tackled from all sides. At one point it then switches to Phase 2 which is now above-water, with Ouse trying to pull Yuuri into her coffin, if the player gets hit and the mikos unexpectedly coming up from the water without warning.
* Hostile ghosts in this game invade ''your own residence'' (in scripted cut-scenes and Drops, but still), and, unlike the third game where their appearances only serve to spook you, they can either '''kill''' you outright should you fail to fend them off or take you back to the mountain to have you KilledOffForReal there, the latter of which is the fate befalling Haruka and that Yuri and Rui nearly suffer, as they are both spirited away from the house at one point, requiring Miu and Ren, respectively, to rescue them.
* Speaking of fighting hostile spirits, those with claustrophobia will [[SarcasmMode LOVE]] the '''mandatory''' battles against them in enclosed rooms. Trying to get out of the rooms in question is not guaranteed to work, either, as the doors out of the rooms may be forced shut while the battles are ongoing.

* The audio tapes found are unsettling, despite the [[DullSurprise lacking voice acting]], simply because the robotic-sounding voices are [[UncannyValley so off.]]

* Late in the game, you finally gain access to the storage shed where Itsuki is being held. Upon entering, you see his lifeless body hanging from a noose. Inspecting the window from the inside of his cell, you'll see that it's rusted shut and ''not been used, nor even opened'' in ages. Which begs the question: [[FridgeHorror how strong was Itsuki's presense that Mio didn't notice this seemingly obvious detail?]]

* The Crawling Woman. She attacks in a passage so small that only Miku can fit into it. And Rei encounters her later in the attic of Yuu's room. Very unpleasant for anyone with claustrophobia.

** Kiriko Asanuma's story in itself is horrible to listen to, as well. She hid inside her closet as two robbers stormed into her home and killed her parents and brother. And then you realize one of her cries is her saying "''Let me out!!''" in desperation. [[FridgeHorror How long did she got stuck in that closest until she was found?]]

** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, a pair of disembodied legs can be spotted in the space underneath the stairs one night.

* The very concept of the Rope Shrine Maiden and her duty. She is tied down to a stone altar by her wrist, ankles and neck; then the priests begin to savagely tear her apart, to ensure a continued seal on the Hell Gate in the mansion's basement.

* Watching Kazuya Sakaki body being distorted and twisted after being rejected for a potential groom by Ouse is very disturbing. It is basically the fate of all potential grooms that decide to reject their bride or the bride decides to reject them. Not only that the rejected grooms are buried in ummarked graves unmourned, basically becoming a unperson.
* The final battle. In Phase 1, it has Ouze and dozens of sacrificed mikos in an eternal, from sunset dyed orange water setting. ''Everyone'' is a potential enemy and if the player isn't careful, then they can be tackled from all sides. At one point it then switches to Phase 2 which is now overwater, with Ouse trying to pull Yuuri into her coffin, if the player gets hit and the mikos unexpectedly coming up from the water without warning.

* Hostile ghosts in this game invade ''your own residence'' (in scripted cut-scenes and Drops, but still), and, unlike the third game where their appearances only serve to spook you, they can either '''kill''' you outright should you fail to fend them off or take you back to the mountain to have you KilledOffForReal there, the latter of which is the fate befalling Haruka and that Yuri and Rui nearly suffer, as they are both spirited away from the house, requiring Miu and Ren, respectively, to take them back.

** Her appearance alone is also disturbing. Anytime she gets too close to you, especially in Viewfinder Mode, you'll get a [[SarcasmMode nice]] close-up of her pale white face and smeared eye shadow, making her look like a ghostly female version of the Joker.

** To say nothing of the face she pulls when attacking Miku as she crawls under the manor's floor. It can easily give a player nightmares for weeks, seeing her screaming mouth, wide-open eyes, shaking creepily left to right as she strangles you.

* Broken Neck Woman, who haunts the mansion by floating backwards. But her head flops over and is constantly staring at you upside-down.

* Near the beginning, Mio is seen in profile and a hand places itself on her shoulder. Thinking it's Mayu, she puts her own on it to comfort her. And then Mayu walks past her. [[OhCrap But the hand is still there.]]

* Late in the game, you finally gain access to the storage shed where Itsuki is being held. Upon entering, you see his lifeless body hanging from a noose. Inspecting the window from the inside of his cell, you'll see that it's been rusted shut and ''not been used, nor even opened'' in ages. Which begs the question: [[FridgeHorror how strong was Itsuki's presense that Mio didn't notice this seemingly obvious detail?]]

* The ''Frozen Butterfly'' ending in the Wii remake. Just... ''[[{{Yandere}} everything]]'' [[IfICantHaveYou about]] [[DownerEnding it.]] Mio is about to strangle Mayu like the ritual dictates, but she snaps out of it at the last second and breaks down, saying she could never hurt Mayu. Upon hearing this, Mayu says she always knew that Mio could never hurt her... then ''breaks down into utterly psychotic laughter'' in the same manner as Sae, as a horrified Mio falls to her knees and realizes this was also how Mayu acted when she broke her leg as a child. Mayu promptly corners her in an unsettling manner, saying that they'll always be together in the village, just the two of them, and the scene cuts to black before anything happens, but the next scene shows Mio lying motionless onto Mayu's lap, implying ''Mayu'' strangled Mio to death instead. ''[[FromBadToWorse And it gets worse.]]'' After the credits play, a final scene is shown where Mayu plays in a room full of dolls, and applies makeup on '''''MIO'S SEVERED HEAD.''''' Mayu proceeds to kiss Mio's head which, somehow, is able to ''shed a single tear''.

* The ''Frozen Butterfly'' ending in the Wii remake. Just... ''[[{{Yandere}} everything]]'' [[IfICantHaveYou about]] [[DownerEnding it.]] Mio is about to strangle Mayu like the ritual dictates, but she snaps out of it at the last second and breaks down, saying she could never hurt Mayu. Upon hearing this, Mayu says she always knew that Mio could never hurt her... then ''breaks down into utterly psychotic laughter'' in the same manner as Sae, as a horrified Mio falls to her knees and realizes this was also how Mayu acted when she broke her leg as a child. Mayu promptly corners her in an unsettling manner, saying that they'll always be together in the village, just the two of them, and the scene cuts to black before anything happens, but the next scene shows Mio lying motionless onto Mayu's lap, implying ''Mayu'' strangled Mio to death instead. ''[[FromBadToWorse And it gets worse.]]'' After the credits play, a final scene is shown where Mayu plays in a room full of dolls, and applies makeup on '''''MIO'S SEVERED HEAD.''''' Mayu proceeds to kiss Mio's head while she ''still'' cries a single tear.

* The fate of the Tattooed Priestess. She is covered in tattoos to bear the pain of other people and is doomed to sleep, without any happy dreams, because their tatoos bear the pain. And then there are the priestesses that failed. They are skinned alive, their body sent to cross over and the tattooed skin is enshrined and prayed over to prevent the sorrow from spilling out.

* When Kei enters the Chamber of Thorns, ready to properly stake Reika once and for all he comes into the chamber to see she had been staked the whole time. And the stakes begin to pull themselves out of Reika's body...