History Recap / ZekkyouGakkyuuPeriod48TheSeaOfSilence

Liz prepares to message her friends until realizing her battery is low, and unwilling to return to her room she sets out in hopes of finding another outlet. Nearby she spots a room but there is a sign forbidding entry, but curiosity gets the better of her and she steps inside, where she quickly notes it's dusty and mostly packed up. Spotting a socket to plug her phone in, Liz reaches for it but bumps a vase, spilling water on a small box of items. She cleans up the mess when a child's picture diary catches her eye, and with time to kill she decides to read it. But the cheerful first entry regarding the little girl visiting the zoo with her family sours her mood, and she tosses it into the trash.

Liz returns to her family with the thoughts of the room and girl still on her mind, and she considers telling her mom what happened when she comes by to tell her that breakfast is ready, only to reconsider. She worries that by messing with the diary she might have caused something to happen, even though it was just an accident. It's then she sees the strange ghostly girl again, and she notices her mouthing the words "'find it'''".

Freaked out, Liz attempts to convince her family that they should go home, but a man informs them that its impossible right now due to how bad the weather is. As her family continues to enjoy themselves she is terrified out of her mind, and she rejects her mom's offer to join them in the onsen. Instead, she decides to head to the Lobby where she may be more safe, but with the storm raging on outside the power cuts out suddenly. She feels a cold hand on her shoulder and turns to find the girl again. She demands she tell her what she wants but the girl doesn't respond, putting her hand over Liz's face.

The power returns as Liz's family run into the room to find her extremely anxious and worked up. Her parents explain that the innkeeper told them what happened, and how Liz came to see her earlier and assure Liz that if she ever feels alone and scared like this, she can always rely on them. Her mother apologizes for not realizing Liz was upset, and as Liz recalls a past event that made her see how loved she was, she sobs as they embrace her. Her dad attempts to comfort her by saying that it could be scary seeing a ghostly couple appear, with her mom assuring him that he was only hallucinating because he was afraid.

As Liz wonders if she was imagining things, she suddenly notices something off about the ceiling. They contacted someone and in this time, Minako's remains had been found. The cause of death was theorized to have been starvation, but everyone is left wondering why it took so long for someone to notice. Her bones were placed into her parents graves.

The following day Liz returns to the room to revisit the picture diary. She feels at ease knowing Minako must be in heaven now that she has been reunited with her parents. However, she comes across a concerning entry in the diary, in which Minako makes a remark about her parents behavior; lately they are always arguing over money. Then one day she saw her mom put something in the rice they had for dinner. She was frightened and didn't eat it.

Liz continues to read the chilling entries as they become more frightened and aware, and Liz comes to the conclusion that Minako's parents were planning a family suicide. Minako desperately sought out a safe place to hide and begs for someone to take her place; and to Liz's shock the picture seems to come alive. She throws the diary in fright and attempts to leave, just to find Minako's ghost and realizes that she wasn't telling her to "find it", she said she "''found it''". Behind Liz, the disturbing spirits of Minako's parents appear and announce that they have found her.

They can finally go through with their plans...

The spirit of a little girl runs away from the Inn.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Early in the story Liz wishes she could have a different family. It comes true later.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Liz has some behaviors of one, such as losing her temper over trivial things the family does, storming off to avoid them or ignoring them through distraction, complaining about spending time together, etc. But unlike most cases, she acknowledges her behavior, she just doesn't know how to handle it. Learning [[YouAreNotAlone she isn't alone]] helps her feel better.
* CruelTwistEnding: Liz reconciles with her family and finds Minako's remains, allowing her to rest in peace; happy ending right? Nope! Before leaving, Liz gets the idea to revisit Minako's old home and finishes reading her picture diary to discover what really happened...
* DeadPersonConversation: Very minimal, but still present.

* WhamLine: "''3 people were supposed to die together. I know those two want to kill me.''"

* AdultFear: Your child goes missing at a location that not only has several strangers residing there, but an ocean nearby. Then for ten years nobody hears or sees anything.

* DownerEnding: Liz has rekindled love for her family, who will either discover she's gone missing or find her dead.

Being sprayed by her little brothers water pistol, Liz wishes that she could be home preparing for the upcoming summer festivals with her friends then forced into a beach trip with her family. She attempts to drown out her family while they head into the cheap Inn they will be staying at but her mom puts a quick stop to it, telling her that this trip for them to enjoy together. Liz storms out of the room in a huff and she thinks about how difficult things have been as of late; if she isn't arguing with her mom, she's cringing at her dad's corny behavior, or her little brother is causing her problems.

Liz prepares to message her friends until realizing her battery is low, and unwilling to return to her room to let it charge she sets out in hopes of finding another outlet. Nearby she spots a room but there is a sign forbidding entry, but curiosity gets the better of her and she steps inside, where she quickly notes it's dusty and mostly packed up. Spotting a socket to plug her phone in, Liz reaches for it but bumps a flower vase, causing water to spill. She cleans up the mess when a child's picture diary catches her eye, and with time to kill she decides to read it. But the cheerful first entry regarding the little girl visiting the zoo with her family sours her mood, and she tosses it into the trash.

The following day Liz repeats what happened to an elderly lady and begins describing the girl, who the woman addresses as ''Minako-chan''. Minako was her granddaughter who went missing ten years ago after leaving the guest room her family resided in. She was only six and she spent a lot of time wandering around the Inn with her picture diary. Shortly after Minako's disappearance, her son and his wife killed themselves. She feels so lonely now that she can't bring herself to throw away their belongings, which is why the room as-is and she keeps it off limits.

Liz returns to her family with the thoughts of that room still on her mind, and she considers telling her mom what happened when she comes by to tell her that breakfast is ready, only to reconsider. She worries that by messing with the diary she might have caused something to happen, even though it was just an accident. It's then she sees the strange ghostly girl again, and she sees her mouthing the words "'find it'''".

The following day Liz returns to the room to revisit the picture diary. She feels at ease knowing Minako must be in heaven now that she has been reunited with her parents. However, she comes across a concerning entry in the diary, in which Minako makes a remark about her parents behavior; lately they are always arguing over money. Then one day she saw her mom put something in the rice they had for dinner and she refused to eat it.

Liz continues to read the chilling entries as they become more frightened and aware, until she comes to the conclusion that Minako's parents were planning a family suicide. Minako desperately sought out a safe place to hide and begged for someone to take her place; and to Liz's shock the picture seems to come alive, causing her to throw the diary in fright. Just as she attempts to leave, she finds Minako's ghost and realizes that she wasn't telling her to "find it", she said she "''found it''". Behind Liz, she finds the disturbing spirits of Minako's parents, who say that now that they have found her they can finally go through with their plans...