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Alternate Interpretations to Misao's True Ending
Okay, so I'm aware I'm just screaming into the void because this game is pretty small fandom wise, but I still see some people express their dissatisfaction with how they handle Sohta/Kurata or Misao, so I wanted to give some alternative interpretations to story beats to make it more stomachable, I guess lol. However, I've seen some takes that the game is just bad because of it and that kind of rubs me the wrong way. I think it is fine to have some criticism for it and obviously, opinions are opinions, but I wanted to offer some alternate angles. Spoliers for Misao and please be aware of the dark themes! I don't go too deep into the actions.
Now this is not me trying to excuse or justify Sohta's or anyone else's actions. I just want to provide some alternative views as to what is being shown in the True End.
This game is just bad Corpse Party
This game is only really similar in that there is:
Nasty teacher,
Ghost girl who was abused in life comes back to torment the living and you have to help her pass on,
School in alternate dimension,
Lots of death
Misao has connections to the people she is tormenting, which I think makes her more interesting than Sachiko who only uses people who use the Sachiko Charm and kills for the enjoyment, although she used to do it to send company for her deceased mother. This also depends on what canon you are looking at. I would say Misao has more similarities to the Musume managa than original Corpse Party. I think lifting beats from Corpse Party does not make it bad, but I also don't think it is just a Corpse Party lite.
I don't like how it tries to make you feel sorry for or redeem Sohta
This is a valid interpretation for the true end section. However, I have interpreted it differently upon replays of it. Is it a redemption? Or more, does it have to be? Do you have to feel sorry for Sohta?
Interpretation one: The scene is an explanation of why Sohta is the way he is, not an excuse or justification.
Sohta is a very broken character. I don't think this is a "hey guys, Sohta was a good guy all along!" more of a "Sohta used to be a nice boy, but let himself be twisted by his anger." The scene is attempting to show you this was preventable. Had he been treated with kindness, he likely would not have turned out the way he did. Similar to Misao, if she was treated kindly, she likely would have just Lovely Bonesed Sohta and made a car crash into him or something and not become as vengeful as she did.
Sohta is bullied and ostracised because he is apparently butt-ugly. He is shown no kindness, aside from Takano who he crashes out on when she revels she didn't hang out with him becauses she liked or cared for him. She simply pitied him.
The game does not shy away from the fact Sohta is a bad guy. In the bad end, he kills Aki as she knows too much and is implied to likely harm further girls with Miho, so I don't think it is trying to say "actually he deserves redemption" but more "things run deeper than they may seem." Sohta was abused and became an abuser.
The scenes where you see his past makes him a foil to Misao. Sohta was bullied and he lets it bleed into his adulthood. Misao was bullied and abused and it bleeds into her death. They both lash out. You see that anger twists Misao's form as she is incorporeal. It turns her into a monster. It turns Sohta into a monster as well, but you don't see it. He is literally a wolf in sheep's clothing. Evil does not have to be visible, much like reality.
When Aki speaks to him, she talks about how people did like the true him. I think she says this because while Sohta is kind to the students, he does not allow himself to see the student's admiration as anything more than surface level, which he has a complex about. It's only for his "mask." This is illustrated by the scene where Ayaka and some girls talk about how they think he is super hot (which he hears) and how is is super cool (which he does not hear). This shows how Sohta was unable to move on from his past and sort of becomes a manchild. I think this is why he becomes his adolescent self at the end of the conversation. He never really grew up and his "inner child" was never healed. Aki was not speaking to him, but to his true, inner self. She is healing the past him.
It goes to show that monsters are not necessarily born, they are often made. And Sohta had a hand in his own making. I don't think it is asking you to pity him, but to have a broader understanding of him.
I also don't think you are a bad person if you do sympathise with the adolescent version of him. The story is all about how people need kindness. Or you'll get super haunted.
Interpretation Two: Aki is not forgiving him, she is cleansing him.
The whole game is about Aki helping cleanse Misao's soul so she can pass on and let go of her hatred and anger. Aki may have only spoke to Sohta to prevent Misao 2: Sohta's Reckoning from happening as he himself was a tortured soul. I bet the spooky school would have been way scarier if it was his spirit haunting everything!
For Akito though, he likely does it out of the kindness of his own heart.
Interpretation 3: It's optional
FUCK SOHTA, might as well skip his grave lol.
Interpretation 4: Aki is (implied) half demon and might view things differently
I'm just adding this one as a wild card, but if you have ever played a game where the protagonist does something you really don't agree with, maybe this is just one of the cases and it's because she is half demon. This one is my weakest interpretation, I just wanted to talk about the demon thing lol.
I don't like that Sohta reincarnates
Does he? When Aki interacts with the cat, she states that it was "happy in it's last moments." It seems more to me that the cat Sohta saved as a child has reincarnated. Maybe as a symbol of his past kindness carrying on rather than the monster he became. You could interpret he becomes the cat, but I think it being a sign of his kindness continuing is a lot better.
This is what I got lol. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has got one and they all stink. You might this this stinks, but I thought people might like to hear it. I don't see much interpretation for Misao, I usually see some pretty face value takes. I like Misao but found it weaker than Mad Father. Pretty sure it was Sen's first game which explains it lol. Hope you liked this, send your hate mail to me if you didn't.
I finally played Misao and the want to draw this reawakened my edgy phase
Narukami Aki no Ikai Jiken-bo (Misao) Novel Masterlist!
For reference, I will be referring to the novel as simply “Misao” in each chapter, as that is what the actual game is called.
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Prologue
Chapter 0
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Epilogue
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Misao Novel Chapter 11
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After Aki left the library, she made the decision to head to the staff room first.
“Why are you acting all high and mighty?” Yoshino complained.
“Do I really seem like I am?”
“Well, you already decided on where you wanna go, right?”
"Before we found Shirai-kun, we had originally talked about going to the staff room. Besides, even if we were to look for Misao-chan, we have very few clues. First of all, we need information, and if we go to the staff room, there might be documents related to Misao-chan.”
Yoshino snorted in dissatisfaction. She didn’t seem to like her suggestion, or the staff room anyway.
“Besides, I already agreed to look for Misao-chan. If you don’t have any other good ideas, then don’t complain.”
Yoshino followed Aki after that, clicking her tongue in annoyance.
_
They walked very slowly, being cautious of the area. Onigawara had said that evil spirits were lurking, even if you couldn’t see them.
Saotome anxiously clung to Tohma.
“There’s a lot of suspicious things going on, but if someone tries to come out, I’ll protect you, Otome.” Tohma tapped the metal bat he’d found in a locker against his hand.
“Yaaaah, Tohma protect me if an evil spirit pops out!”
“Of course.” Tohma wrapped an arm around her.
“Hey, Aki?” Ayaka had been weary earlier, but after being in the library, she seemed strangely okay. “What did you think of Onigawara-san?”
“Hm...I think he was really mysterious, but I feel like we can trust him, even though this isn’t a normal situation.” She recalled Onigawara’s story.
“That’s not what I meant!”
“...?”
“Sure, he was bald...but don’t you think he was pretty handsome? And I loved his mysterious atmosphere~! ♡“
...Oh. That.
So that’s why Ayaka was doing better.
"I thought Ayaka liked Kurata-sensei?”
“Eh, I do love Kurata-sensei. But that aside, Onigawara-san is really nice too!”
“Ha...”
“I wonder where Kurata-sensei is now?” Kudoh looked worried.
“If what Onigawara-san said is correct, I think they are having a normal class.”
The actual time was not known because neither the wall clock nor the cell phone clock was moving. The most important thing to remember is that the time is not the same as it used to be after the earthquake. Aki wondered if this is also a result of the world, and what time it was.
_
“Oh, that crack is big...”
Aki stopped at the first floor in front of the staff room. Tohma had noticed a crack in the corridor, which was wider than the others. It seemed to be about 5cm wide.
“I hope the building doesn’t collapse...” Kudoh said in a slightly ominous tone.
“Cracks and crevices like this make me want to throw the trash away," Tohma said with a laugh.
“Huh?” Kudoh frowned.
“Don’t you like to squeeze garbage between cracks?”
“Ah, I do it.” Yoshino said.
“...I don’t do that.”
“I’m gonna do something~” Tohma picked up some concrete and glass fragments that were lying around into the cracks.
“Tohma, you shouldn’t be doing such things.” Aki said.
“There’s nothing wrong with it.”
At that moment, Saotome screamed. “Kyaaaah!”
“O-oi, Otome! Don’t startle me!”
“L-look..! O-over there..!” Saotome trembled while pointing at the crack that Tohma had tossed the garbage in.
“Hm?” Tohma looked suspicious.
“It’s looking at you!” Saotome screamed.
Tohma looked at the cracks again. He seemed to notice it then, and let out a scream, dropping the baseball bat.
From the dark depths of the cracks, the eyes turned and looked at Aki.
The cracks were only about 5cm but there seemed to definitely be someone there.
“Wh-what is that thing?!”
That was when the evil spirit came out of the cracks. When it came out, both of the shoulders popped free, and the evil spirit bent its arms and put its hands on the corridor. It was also barefoot. They could all hear the sound of the cracks being split apart. The other foot then began to appear as well before the evil spirit slowly stood up. She was wearing a long dress and was tall and blue. Her skin was pale, with a dreary face and long black hair and a slightly toned body.
She was skinny, but she was definitely the size of a regular person. Aki couldn’t imagine she could fit through such a narrow crack.
The spirit slowly approached Tohma, with there being only a faint pitter patter of footsteps.
“Kaaah! Don’t come any closer!!” Tohma fell on his butt and scooted backwards until his back was against the wall of the hallway.
The spirit continued onward, closing the distance between the two.
“Why are you here?! Did I do something to you?! Go away!”
At this point, Aki wasn’t even sure if the spirit was intelligent enough to listen.
“W-wait, Misao! Misao, did you order this monster after me?! Y-you liked me, right?! Then stop! Stop it!”
Again, there was no reaction from the spirit. When it got close to Tohma’s face, it raised a hand and swung it down towards Tohma.
“Aaaaaah!!” Tohma flinched out of the way of the evil spirit’s arm, just as the spirit’s hand slammed into the wall where Tohma had been. There was a loud sound.
It had looked like the spirit had casually swung it’s arm down, but it’s fist got stuck in the wall, and cracks radiated from where the fist had landed. The impact had smashed the evil spirit’s hand into pieces, and body fluids splattered everywhere.
“W-waaaah!!”
“Tohma!” Saotome shouted. But she, like everyone else, were all on their knees and couldn’t just jump in to help. They had no idea what to do with such a monster who could do so much damage.
Aki recalled what Onigawara had said earlier.
“It’s a human, isn’t it?”
“Eh..?” Aki didn’t look at Ayaka.
“It’s an evil spiit but it looks like a human...but it’s not, right?”
“Right...then there’s no problem with this. And if it’s a mistake, then it’s not my fault, it’d be Onigawara-san’s,” Aki muttered to herself to justify her next actions. She picked up the bat that Tohma had dropped. It was probably the first time in her life that she’d ever held a metal bat. It was heavier than she thought.
Despite that, she felt she could get used to it.
The evil spirit raised its crushed hand to swing down on Tohma again, blood staining its white dress.
Bat in hand, Aki stood behind the evil spirit.
“Everyone, get back!” Aki warned, and after a few seconds, she hit the evil spirit over the head with the bat. There was a dull echo of a slap.
It was noisy and disgusting. She could feel the soft feeling of crushing flesh and the hard feeling of crushing bones, the two mixing unpleasantly.
The evil spirit staggered and fell to the ground, spurting body fluids all around. However, it continued to try to move towards Tohma.
“I have to do it again?” Aki gasped to herself. There was no helping it. She obviously couldn’t knock it out with one hit, so she had to do it again. And if that didn’t work...
Well...
She hit it again, and again, as many times as she had to, until it stopped moving. Her limbs were sore after the fifth hit, but she kept hitting it anyway. Right on the evil spirit’s head. It was writhing as if it were a caught fish.
Halfway through, she forgot what she was even doing. It didn’t matter if the evil spirit was trying to get up or not, she just kept bringing the bat down on its head as if she’d been propelled to do so, over and over again.
Before long, she finally managed to stop. She turned to where Tohma had been to ask him if he was alright, but he wasn’t there anymore. She looked to her left, then to her right, finding that he was about ten meters away.
“You’re in a place like that...” Aki walked over to him and finally asked him, “are you alright?”
Tohma stared up at her, looking absolutely terrified for some reason. He blinked, and then spoke up. “Yeah. Thanks.”
“You shouldn’t be so careless,” Aki said, glancing over at the crack where the spirit had come from.
“One wouldn’t think that they can come out from a crack like that...” Kudoh said thoughtfully.
“Should we try to seal it up or something?” Aki looked back over at Tohma, who was slowly standing up now, staring down.
“Even though I told Saotome earlier that I’ll protect her...”
Aki couldn’t catch the last of whatever Tohma had muttered to himself.
Misao Novel Chapter 10
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Everyone ran into the library on the east side of the school on the second floor of the main building. Aki thought about going downstairs and trying the front door, but decided against it.
It would probably be closed like the other doors anyway, and it would be troublesome if that creepy guy followed them.
That was why Aki chose the library, as hiding was her first priority. It had a sturdy door.
Aki locked the door behind them as they all panted and gasped for breath. The library wasn’t a huge distance from the area they’d been at, but they’d ran with all their might.
She turned, noting that the library was also dimly lit. Due to the earthquake, the book shelves had collapsed and stacked like dominoes, with books scattered all around the library.
Kudoh looked out the window to confirm they weren’t followed.
“What was that creep..?!” Tohma gasped. “Did he kill Shirai?!”
“But he didn’t have a weapon.”
“He could have left it somewhere. Was there anyone else around other than him?”
“It was as if he wasn’t even alive, though.” Aki said, wiping her hands on her handkerchief. She was finally able to express the impressions of the man who’d grabbed her earlier. His hands had been freezing, and his skin didn’t feel like normal skin. It came off and stuck to her hand. “Crap, this handkerchief is already dirty!” she complained, throwing it in the trash.
“It was like a zombie.” Kudoh said.
“Zombie?” Tohma frowned. “But there’s no such thing.”
“But it was a corpse with cold hands with skin that peeled off easily.”
“H-hold on for a minute!” Yoshino suddenly gasped loudly.
“What’s wrong?” Tohma asked.
“What about Aikawa and Konno?! Where did they go?!”
“Eh?”
Aki didn’t notice until Yoshino said something, but Aikawa and Konno weren’t around. They seemed to have separated at some point while they were running.
“Did no one see them?”
“It’s too late...we can’t afford to look for them now.” Kudoh said apologetically.
“That’s bullshit, you’re making excuses!” Yoshino shouted.
“Shut up!” Tohma snapped at her. “If anything, you’re the one who should have noticed them separate. You’re their friend, aren’t you?!”
The two glared at each other, before Yoshino swore under her breath.
Those two were Yoshino’s friends, so Aki understood she was frustrated, but they had ran off on their own. They couldn’t be blamed.
“...That guy seems pretty slow, so I think it’d be fine if they ran away. There’s another corridor on the side where the science lab is, so they can cut to the main building from there..." Kudoh said to comfort her.
“Tohma, what are we gonna do now? We can’t just sit here, right?” Saotome asked.
“It’ll be fine, Otome! I’ll keep you safe no matter what happens.” Tohma said confidently.
“Really?”
“Really!”
“At least that guy was pretty slow and doesn’t seem to realize we’re here.” Kudoh said. “I think we’re safe.”
“Why...why are we going through this?” Yoshino trembled. “It really is because of the curse of Misao.”
“Again with the curse of Misao shit...” Tohma sighed tiredly. As he muttered that, a new voice joined in.
“Yet, it is probably correct.”
Aki turned in surprise, seeing a tall man standing nearby with a teacup. He was bald with a black tie and a white shirt and a black vest. He had a sharp face and thin eyebrows, with narrow eyes and thin ears. He had a mysterious air to him, and his eye color too seemed to be red.
He looked to be maybe in his twenties or thirties, but it was hard to tell. Not that it mattered, age wasn’t of big importance right now.
He didn’t seem like a suspicious person, and he wasn’t all bloody. But he was still a stranger.
“My name is Onigawara, and I’m a librarian here.”
“A librarian?” Aki had never seen him before, even though she’s stopped by the library a few times. He didn’t even have a name pin on him.
He did have a good smile though.
“As the librarian, I am the one who collects and organizes books in the library and provides information to users. I’ve only recently been assigned to this position in July, so I don't know many of the students."
Onigawara then described his situation. He was working in the library as usual, when a big earthquake hit and he passed out. When he regained consciousness, he found his surroundings strange. There were no students or teachers in sight, and he couldn't go outside. It was supposed to be daytime, but it was dimly lit, and the air felt strange.
Since he couldn’t do anything about it, he tried to clean up the cluttered mess in the time being, but it was so cluttered that he didn’t know where to start, so he just made himself a cup of tea.
As his situation was similar to theirs, Aki told him about their situation, including how Shirai was killed and the creepy man.
“Is that so...”
“So does this mean we can’t even go outside?” Ayaka asked. She seemed a bit sick earlier, but she appeared to be a bit better, being slightly more lively.
Onigawara nodded.
“Tohma, what should we do?” Saotome asked nervously.
“...What did you mean by it was probably correct, earlier?” Tohma asked Onigawara in a quiet tone.
That was right, he had said that...
“This curse has brought upon the monsters.” Onigawara answered Tohma’s question like it was nothing.
“Eh-?!” Everyone shouted.
A monster?
Everyone looked worried, but also not completely serious, as the word had come from an adult.
“As it is, I suppose that since the school is how it is right now, the entire school had been swallowed by another world.”
“Another...what...what’s that..?!” Tohma gasped.
“Another world...that means a world that is different from our world. It is something outside of our own perception. It is a world created by those who have strong feelings to the world as a spirit. They had been swallowed up by that world. It must have been caused by that earthquake.”
"Don’t say things that don’t make sense!”
"It’s simple, really. I study folklore, and I know about some of these cases. For example, you may have heard these old stories. A poor family went into the mountains to gather wild vegetables and found a magnificent house deep in the mountains. The garden was full of flowers and many livestock were kept there. When they entered the house, they found expensive tableware laid out on the floor and hot water boiling as if people had been living in the house until then. When he told this to the other villagers, no one believed him, but one day, while washing dishes in the river, a bowl came down from upstream. The mansion deep in the mountains in this folktale is, in other words, another world created by the desire to escape from a life of poverty. The Dragon's Palace of Urashima Taro is a similar story. The content of the tale often changes as it is passed down from person to person, and it often bears no resemblance to the original fact.”
“But this isn’t the same thing!” Tohma argued. “We’re trapped. Shirai was killed, and we ran away from a creepy old man. Where’s our riches, then?”
“Unfortunately, there won’t be any. Thoughts are not always favorable. There are also negative thoughts. In fact, you could say there are more of them. Fear, regret, sorrow, anger...well, there are a lot of them, but in this case, it would be thoughts. This frightening and mysterious atmosphere...this feeling that clings to the skin, is a distressing one for the feelings. And now you are trapped in this school building, in a dangerous situation. This kind of act, in which a person tries to make a specific object suffer misfortune because of a grudge, is generally called a curse.”
"You mean to say we’re in this because of the curse of Misao?!” Yoshino squirmed, staring at him.
“Why do you think it’s from her specifically?” Onigawara asked her.
“There...were rumors from before.” Yoshino looked away.
“It could be right. I don’t know who the curse is from, but if you are aware of it, then this may be the closest thing to a correct answer.”
“Onigawara-san, you mentioned specifics earlier. Are there other people too?” Kudoh asked.
“It’s someone in the school.” Onigawara answered briefly.
“Did you check around yourself?” Tohma asked. “Aren’t you just contradicting yourself?”
“Other people are in the same school that we are in, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that they are in a school that overlaps with this school. There is no earthquake, and classes are going on as usual.”
“Huh?”
“The school we are in is overlapping with another. We’re basically simply in the same school.”
“I don’t get what you mean...”
“You know what they call holography, right? The technology allows you to see a different image if you look at it from a different angle. It is like that. From one angle you see the school we are in, from another angle you see the school where other people are, and in that way the same school, slightly different, exists in the same place. The other world cuts a certain area out of the world and makes that part of the world a hologram, so to speak. Holography usually occurs in a situation like the one we are in now. The reason it is so hard to find people who have been hidden is that they only exist in the same place in the first place.”
“So it’s like a parallel world?” Ayaka asked, having been listening intently.
“That would be another term for it.”
“I don’t know a lot about this sort of thing.” Tohma said. “But you said you know a lot, right? So do you know how to get back to our school?”
“Returning to your school isn’t correct. You are in your school.”
“How annoying. You know what I mean without me being accurate. How do we get out of here?”
“Getting out isn’t essential. Even if you leave this school building, the situation won’t be resolved. The original school isn’t physically far, but it is beyond our dimension.”
“I really don’t get this whole thing...” Tohma muttered, scratching his head.
Suddenly, the door to the library rattled.
“Heek!” Tohma jumped in surprised.
“I-it can’t be...that guy chased us here?!” Saotome paled.
“Ah, did you lock it?” Onigawara walked over to the door.
“H-hey, stop!” Tohma shouted.
Onigawara ignored him and unlocked it, opening it for someone to come in.
“Onigawara-san, that was terrible of you to lock that!” A female student gasped.
She had glasses on, and long hair that was tied behind her back. She seemed somber, but also very my-pace.
“Did you want me to be eaten by a demon?” She continued, dissatisfied.
“My apologies. But I wasn’t the one who locked it.”
“Eh, who are you?” Tohma asked the girl.
“Huh?” The girl looked over at Tohma with a frightened gaze.
“She’s a third year who stays in the library at this school.” Onigawara introduced.
“If you’re not new here, I guess you’re already used to the school.” Kudoh said.
“Her name is Miss Library, as she’s always holed up in the library. Miss Library, how’s the school looking?”
“It’s a mess! Everywhere’s a wreck because of the earthquake, and the desks and shelves are all collapsed! I checked everywhere, but none of the exit doors open!” The girl said all at once. “And there’s evil spirits haunting the place! I saw a person die on the stairs!”
“Hey, you mentioned evil spirits...what do you mean by that?” Yoshino asked, staring at her.
“Huh?” Miss Library looked scared.
“The power of the curse has attracted the wandering spirits and caused them to materialize. Spirits are usually insubstantial, translucent beings, but evil spirits are given physical bodies by the power of the curse and act under the influence of the will of the one who curses them. It is called a materialization phenomenon...well, a body is like a corpse. It is this evil spirit, not a human being, that attacked you earlier. The term monster is not correct.” Onigawara answered for her.
Aki recalled the unpleasant sensation on her hand. It felt right to say that it hadn’t been a living thing.
After finishing his explanation, Onigawara turned to Miss Library. “You may rest now.”
“Then I’m going to the back! If you need me for anything, just let me know~☆“ She turned to leave.
“Hey, hold on.” Yoshino stopped her. “Did you see Aikawa and Konno anywhere?”
“I did not see anyone alive.”
“Anyone other than that guy.” After that, Miss Library hurried off, likely intimidated by Yoshino.
“Was it an evil spirit who killed Shirai?” Tohma asked Onigawara.
“I haven’t seen the scene, but it would seem so.”
“Is it really true we’re in a different world where evil spirits lurk?”
“The situation we are in is more than enough proof. You know that that was not a normal earthquake, right?”
After being told that, Aki kept her mouth shut. She couldn’t argue, especially since she had a feeling Onigawara wasn’t lying. They were like on the same wavelength. She didn’t simply understand his words, but she felt as though he was almost the same as her.
“Well, it doesn’t matter anyway. That glasses chick interrupted us earlier, but how do we get back?” Tohma asked bullishly.
“It’s easy. You got sucked into here from the power of the curse, so you simply have to break the curse to go back.”
“How do we break a curse?”
“I don’t know the specific method of doing so. After all, I’m not sure who the curse belongs to. Only you know what to do, because you were chosen.”
How to get rid of Misao’s curse? So basically...how would they clear up Misao’s grudge?
After a moment, Aki spoke.
“So...we have to find out who all Misao-chan has a grudge against and have them apologize?”
“...That might be the case.” Onigawara’s expression was almost warm and meaningful.
"But even so, Aki, where is Misao-chan?” Ayaka asked.
"She’s dead, isn’t she? Even the teacher was talking about her likely not being alive anymore.” Yoshino stiffened.
“It’s just a rumor.” Aki told Yoshino. There was no evidence.
“Then where is she?”
“I don’t know. But she has to be somewhere.”
She wanted to get in touch with Misao again.
“She’s likely somewhere in the school.” Onigawara said.
“Eh, is that true?” Aki asked, stunned.
“Yes. The power of the curse gets stronger as you close more distance. Such a strong curse caused the earthquake and swallowed the whole school into another world. If you weren’t close, she would not have exerted this much power.”
“Then...Misao-chan is alive..!”
“Aki-san. Did you not hear it?” Onigawara’s eyes narrowed. He seemed to have sensed something about her too.
Then Aki remembered the time she left her house, and the music room, and at the time of the earthquake.
“Yeah. I heard Misao-chan’s voice. She was saying to...find her.”
“Misao...said that?” Kudoh glanced at her.
“I never heard her.” Tohma said.
Misao was asking for help. Aki knew it. She knew she had to help Misao. She’d been speaking to her.
“I’m going to look for Misao-chan!”
She didn’t know where she was, or where she would be, but she would find her. And this time, ask her to be her friend.
Aki was surprised when Yoshino agreed with her words.
"I don't know what happened to her, but I think it’s fair to say she wouldn’t have a grudge on you. If you find Misao and beat her up, it should solve everything.”
Her idea was different from Aki’s, but she decided not to dwell on it.
“Evil spirits are roaming the school. Are you sure you wish to go?”
“I’m going. Misao-chan is my classmate.” She couldn’t say friend. She didn’t have the right to.
“Be careful, then. Even if you can’t see the evil spirits, they’re still lurking.”
“Yeah.” Aki turned.
Misao-chan...
Misao Novel Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I am not a professional translator, please take my translations with a grain of salt. Thank you
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Aki woke up in her bed at home one morning, the sunlight shining vigorously through the opened curtains.
The cherry blossom season was over, and the sun was shining brightly as summer rolled in.
The season for class changes had already passed, and summer vacation was just around the corner.
As usual, Aki ate breakfast alone, changed into her school uniform, put some makeup on quickly, and headed to the front door.
Just as she was about to leave the house, she swore she heard a cry.
“Help me.”
Did she hear a voice?
Eh? She had everything she needed, right..?
Surprised, she looked around.
“Find me.”
The voice was soft as a whisper, but had a bell-like tone to it. Aki immediately recognized it.
“M-Mi...sao-chan..? Misao-chan, is that you?”
Nothing changed. The entrance to her house remained as it was, and Misao didn’t appear.
Maybe she just imagined she heard Misao’s voice? That’s what Aki tried to tell herself. After all, three months ago, Misao had gone missing.
“It’s already July...”
She then noticed the clock on the wall and let out a gasp.
“I don’t have time for this! If I don’t hurry, I’ll be late!” She threw open the door and hurried off to school.
~
Aki made it on time to school on foot, as she, like a minority of the students, were able to live at home. Students all over the country attended her school, so most of them had to live in dormitories.
Even though it was early in the morning, the sunlight was quite harsh.
The dormitory students often said stuff like, “you’re so lucky to be close to home!”, but Aki envied everyone who went to school from the dorms. Moreover, due to the distance between her house and school, she wasn’t allowed to take her bicycle.
It was only about a ten minute walk.
After passing by the intersection of her school road and highway, she saw other students clad in the same uniform as her beginning to appear.
The dorm students began to join them, and greetings began to arise.
“Good morning, Aki!”
Aki turned to reply. “Good morning.”
There was a smiling girl in her uniform with two buttons of her shirt unbuttoned, and her skirt being quite short. Her brightly dyed hair was silky and long, with her bangs pinned. Her makeup was darker than Aki’s, and her eyelashes were on fleek.
It was her best friend, Ayaka, who was also a dorm student. She greeted her every morning like this, even on rainy days, and the two had been in the same class since their first year, where she had said the same thing. She was a really nice girl, but she didn’t have an interesting story.
“You’re so full of life, Ayaka.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Anyway, are you confident about the final exams?”
The results of last week's final exams were due back one after another starting today. The fact that Ayaka was so energetic in spite of that must mean that she had a lot of confidence in herself.
“The what?” Ayaka tilted her head to the side. She paused for a moment, before nodding to herself. “Oh yeah. Right. Those happened, didn’t they?” she laughed.
“I hope I did okay.” Aki said with a sigh.
“It’ll be alright, Aki! You’ll see!”
Aki wasn’t sure why, but Ayaka’s words cheered her up.
Once they were at the entrance of the school building, they changed their shoes to their classroom shoes, and headed to their classroom on the second floor of the building.
A few students roamed the corridor. They were the only ones who got to school early.
Being a student from home, Aki always made sure to arrive early in case something went wrong.
Ayaka, a dorm student, didn’t have to get up as early, but she matched Aki’s pace anyway. When Aki had questioned it, she had only laughed and said, “I don’t mind getting up early. It gives me more time to do my makeup!”
The two girls were the first to arrive to their classroom, 2-B among the students.
However, their teacher, Kurata-sensei, was there.
“Oh, good morning, girls.” Kurata-sensei said. He was in charge of english class, and was a very beautiful man with a mysterious aura to him. He had a reputation for being strict when it comes to his work, but he was very popular with the students because he was known for his cleverness. “It's not even homeroom time yet." His voice was as gorgeous as ever. He fixed the position of his desk a little bit.
“We were just passing by the classroom earlier and got curious if you were here.”
“Hey, there’s a notebook.” Aki noticed.
“You guys are being lax. Who was on duty to clean the classroom yesterday?” Kurata-sensei grumbled and pulled out a notebook from the inside pocket of his suit and checked it, because lately the boys have been playing baseball or something.
“Ah...it’s no good, huh.”
After noticing Kurata-sensei staring at Misao’s desk after looking at his notebook, Aki spoke up. “Do you mind?” She didn’t specify what she meant, but their teacher seemed to understand.
“Of course.”
“...Did you ever find out anything?”
“No. I’m sorry.” Kurata-sensei shook his head. “If I find anything out, I’ll let everyone know immediately.”
~
After Kurata left the classroom, Ayaka started squealing. “Kurata-sensei’s suit was brand new!” She said excitedly, leaning forward.
“Hm. Is that so?”
“Yeah! Didn’t you see it?”
“I saw it, but I don’t really care.”
“Ehh. That’s not right. It was so cool!” Ayaka trembled in joy.
Ayaka was a fan of Kurata-sensei and always said things like this...Well, yes, Aki had to admit that he was tall and looked good in a suit, but Ayaka was always talking about him.
“How do you never get talking about him, day in and day out?”
“Because he’s so amazing! He’s kind, witty, handsome...haa, getting up early was the best decision I ever made! Thank you, Aki!”
As the two talked, a voice spoke up. “Yo.” A boy walked into the classroom.
His name was Yuuki Tohma-kun.
He was always smiling, good natured and...well, a bit flirtatious. He had sharp eyes and a number of piercings on his ears. He could look bad and scary sometimes, but he usually appeared cool.
“G-good morning.” For some reason, Aki’s tone as a bit high pitched.
“Kurata-sensei was talking about you earlier.” Ayaka called out to Tohma.
“Ah, sensei was?” Tohma replied in a slightly annoyed tone. He and another boy had been on classroom cleaning duty the previous day. “I wasn’t the only one on cleaning duty yesterday.”
His tone of voice was a bit familiar, before Aki realized it was almost the exact same as Kurata’s had been.
“It’s just a desk. No one’s going to die or anything. Why does it matter to you, anyway? You’re not the chairman.”
“Well, I can’t forgive anyone who bothers Kurata-sensei!” Ayaka said with pride.
“Hmph. I’m not bothering anyone.” Tohma said and went to his seat.
“It’s because of guys like him that Kurata-sensei has to work so hard...” Ayaka sighed.
As Aki talked with Ayaka, a girl with a ponytail walked past them and said, "Good morning, Aki-chan, Ayaka-chan.” From the ponytail alone, Aki knew who the girl was without having to look at her face. She had a sense of style and was clearly a beautiful woman. “Oh. Tohma. I didn’t know you were here already.”
Saotome ran towards Tohma.
Everyone in class knew the two of them were dating.
They never cared if there were people around, they were always in their own world of lovey-dovey gush and honestly, there were times when Aki couldn't even look at them!
“Hey, Otome. Can I come visit the girls dorm sometime?” Tohma asked immediately, starting to play with her hair.
“Ehh. It’s forbidden for boys to come over. They’ll get angry if they find out.”
“But I’d like to spend more time with Otome.”
“I appreciate the sentiment, but~”
...Things such as these were an everyday occurrence.
