Chitose Tachibana
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| "Give me back my brother!" | ||
| Japanese | 立花 千歳 たちばな ちとせ | |
| Alias | Crimson Kimono Girl in the Red Kimono | |
| Family | Itsuki & Mutsuki (brothers) | |
| Cause of Death | Became trapped in a closet | |
| Date of Death | During the Repentance | |
| Encounter | Tachibana House | |
| Games | Fatal Frame II Deep Crimson Butterfly Crimson Butterfly Remake | |
| Other Appearances | Zero4D | |
| Notes | Crimson Diary | |
| Spirit Stone | Red Speckled Crystal | |
| Japanese Voice Actor | Chizu Yonemoto (FF2) Akemi Kanda (Remake)[1] | |
| English Voice Actor | Kim Mai Guest (FF2) | |
Chitose Tachibana is a ghost in Fatal Frame II. She is the younger sister of Itsuki and Mutsuki Tachibana.
Background
Chitose was a timid girl with poor eyesight,[2] and had a habit of hiding in the closet whenever she was scared, especially when strangers came to the house.[3] She was very close to her brothers, and a new spirit list entry in Fatal Frame: Deep Crimson Butterfly shows the three siblings spending time together in the Twins' Room[4] and watching film reels.[5]
After Itsuki and Mutsuki took part in the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual, Chitose didn't understand where Mutsuki had gone or why Itsuki's hair had turned white, although she sensed Itsuki's sadness.[2] Later, Itsuki took her to the Old Tree where Mutsuki was enshrined.[6] At some point after the ceremony, Itsuki gave Chitose a bell to wear on her wrist, so he would know if she went somewhere dangerous.[2]
When Itsuki's childhood friend Ryozo Munakata arrived at the village with Seijiro Makabe, Itsuki was confined to the Storehouse, but before his imprisonment he gave Chitose the key to his room and told her to give it to his friend. Chitose was proud to be given such an important job, but when Ryozo came to the house, she was too frightened to speak to him, and hid instead.[7][8]
On the night of Sae and Yae's ceremony, Itsuki tried to help them escape, and was locked up in the Storehouse again as punishment. Chitose blamed Yae for Itsuki's imprisonment.[9]
During the Repentance, Chitose hid, and escaped the massacre that followed.[3] However, she was unable to leave her hiding place[10] and died in the cupboard, leaving the word "help" (タスケテ, tasukete) scrawled all over the walls.
Fatal Frame II/Deep Crimson Butterfly
Like other ghosts in the village, Chitose mistakes Mio for Yae, and attacks her, demanding the return of Itsuki. Mio follows the sound of Chitose's bell to discover her hiding places around the house, and after several battles, Chitose drops the key to Itsuki's room.
Alternate Ending
In the Promise Ending, available in the Xbox and Wii versions of the game, Chitose can be seen in between her two brothers, looking up at the sky as the crimson butterflies fly away from the village.
Gallery
Misc. Info
- Chitose's butterfly kimono can be seen on an early production render of twin shrine maidens.
- During fights, Chitose has a special attack that causes the room to turn completely dark for several seconds.
- The cupboard Chitose crawls out of for the final battle has the words "Help me" scrawled all over the inner walls. An Easter Egg in the Tachibana House traps the player in a closet where the same words appear on the walls and can be seen in viewfinder mode.
See Also
- For quotes by Chitose, see Quotes: Chitose Tachibana
- For other members of the Tachibana family, see Tachibana Family.
- For other hostile ghosts, see Hostile Ghosts.
- For other blind ghosts in the Fatal Frame Series, see Blind Ghosts.
- For images related to Chitose, see Images of Chitose Tachibana.
References
- ↑ 零 ～紅い蝶～ REMAKE, Weekly Famitsu No. 1933, p81. 12 February 2026
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Crimson Diary 2, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mio's Memo: Chitose Tachibana, Fatal Frame II
- ↑ Entry #135-137, Deep Crimson Butterfly Spirit List
- ↑ Entry #139-141, Deep Crimson Butterfly Spirit List
- ↑ Entry #155-156, Deep Crimson Butterfly Spirit List
- ↑ Crimson Diary 3, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
- ↑ Green Diary 3, Fatal Frame II
- ↑ Crimson Diary 4, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
- ↑ It is somewhat ambiguous whether Chitose became stuck in the closet and could not get out, as implied by the original English translation of Crimson Diary 1, or whether she was simply too frightened to leave, as suggested by Mio's Memo.