Beniko Shirasagi

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Shadow Priestess Character


Beniko Shirasagi


"Seeing stuff like this, it's totally gonna happen again..."
Kanji/Kana 白鷺紅湖
Alias
Occupation Student
Status Alive
Cause of Death
First Appearance Chapter 1

Beniko Shirasagi is a character in Fatal Frame: Shadow Priestess. She is Sara Washizuki's friend and classmate. She has a sixth sense which has enabled her to see ghosts since childhood, but she is still not used to it. She is very taken with Tousei Ryuuzaki.

Story

In the college library, Beniko and Sara meet Tousei, a supernatural photographer. He shows them some photos of spirits he claims to have taken at Sara's old elementary school. When he is gone, Beniko says that seeing the photos has given her a feeling something is going to happen again, but when Sara asks her to explain, she dismisses it as nothing.

The following evening, Beniko calls Sara in a panic, asking her to come over. When Sara arrives, Beniko explains that she is frightened of a strange human-shaped shadow on the wall of her apartment. She says it has been getting bigger and she has seen it move. Sara exorcises it using the Camera Obscura, and learns that the shadow was the spirit of a previous occupant who committed suicide in that room, sitting against the wall where the shadow manifested. She reassures Beniko that it is gone and will not return.

Afterwards, Beniko is nervous about the class trip to Karasawa Elementary, since it is supposed to be haunted. She becomes even more nervous when she sees the ghost of Chizuru Mizuki on the bus to Karasawa Village, and in all subsequent chapters she sticks close by Sara's side, often hanging onto her arm.

An illusion of Beniko drowning causes Sara to use up the last of her film and become separated from the group. Without her, Beniko grows more and more daunted as the evil spirits around them escalate their attacks.

When the solution to a puzzle indicates a hint concealed under a statue, Beniko suggests checking the art room for sculptures, although Professor Koutari considers it more likely that the puzzle is referring to a statue of a historical educator at the front of the school. Reiji Hotei suggests splitting up, and Beniko agrees to go with him, hoping to prove her usefulness by finding the answer to a puzzle. Almost as soon as they set off by themselves, they are attacked by a manifestation of ghostly hands, and Reiji abandons Beniko. Somehow, she is able to survive and catches up with him. She is furious that he abandoned her, but the approaching ghosts of Takeru Ugajin and Mikiko Hashiki give them no time to talk. She and Reiji run away again, calling for Sara to save them. Just when all seems lost, Mozu and Tsugumi appear and repel the spirits with sacred water.

Beniko meets up with Sara and the others again in the school grounds. Following clues left by the Necromancer, the group heads to the school library, the centre of the Dark Seal. The last puzzle involves gathering certain books and using syllables from their titles to form a phrase, but Beniko and Hotei bring the wrong books, almost ruining the chance to solve the puzzle.

At this point Sara notices something strange about the photos Tousei has been taking. Although Beniko is present on the negatives, she does not appear in the developed photos. Sara concludes that Beniko is the Necromancer and has been deliberately leading them astray, controlled by the spirits inside her. She challenges Beniko to drink sacred water. Instead, Beniko hurls the water at Sara and multiple spirits erupt from her body.

After an intense battle, Sara is able to exorcise the spirits with the Camera Obscura, and Beniko collapses, apparently having no memory of her actions while possessed. As the school starts to crumble, Beniko and the others escape through a hidden channel underneath the swimming pool, emerging safely in the grounds of Karasawa Shrine.

Beniko returns to Tokyo with the others and returns to her normal college life. The end of the final chapter shows her laughing with Sara in class.

Characters
Main Characters
Sara Washizuki - Tousei Ryuuzaki
Secondary Characters
Beniko Shirasagi - Jun Takakura - Kanon Ohtori - Kumi Suzumori - Maya Mikogami - Midori Hazawa - Mozu - Narumi Amanuma - Reiji Hotei - Sara's Grandmother - Suisei Koutari - Suzume Umishima - Tooru Nue - Tsugumi
Minor Characters
Chizuru Mizuki - Mikiko Hashiki - Shizuka - Takeru Ugajin - Class 5-2
Terms
Camera Obscura - Dark Seal - Necromancer - Shadow Priestess - Spirit Stone Flashlight
Locations
Fujisawa University - Karasawa Elementary - Karasawa Shrine - Karasawa Village - Mount Kegare
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