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Table of Contents
The World of FATAL FRAME - Page 4
Introduction of the Characters - Page 4
Synopsis - Page 8
Glossary - Page 13
Setting - Page 14
Art gallery - Page 22
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The previous "FATAL FRAME" and this "FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly" are based on the theme of "Japanese-style fear," but they are also closely connected in their world settings.
This booklet includes commentary the story and settings of "FATAL FRAME", the predecessor of "FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly", to help you enjoy the world of "FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly" even more. (Please view the story along with the videos included on the "Premium Fan Disc").
Also, please enjoy the exclusive visuals of "FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly".
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Character Introduction
Miku Hinasaki
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
The main character of this story.
Because she came from the Hinasaki family, which is said to have a strong psychic sense, she could see things that others cannot.
Although she generally spends time with friends in the usual way, she is unable to truly open up to them.
The only person she can truly open up to is her older brother, Mafuyu, who understands her power.
When her brother goes missing and she has lost all her relatives, she follows a note left behind as a clue and visits the Himuro Mansion, where the story takes place.
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Miyuki Hinasaki
Age:?
Mother of Miku and Mafuyu.
Becausee she was raised among people who thought she was a heretic because of her strong psychic sense, she was distressed that her children had inherited her psychic sense.
She was born with a weak constitution and was prone to illness.
Several years ago, she committed suicide because she could not withstand the power of the Camera Obscura left behind by her mother, Mikoto.
The Camera Obscura, a memento of her death, is the one she was using at that time.
Mafuyu Hinasaki
Age: 21
Occupation: Journalist
Mafuyu is Miku's older brother and the only one who understands Miku's ability to see "impossible things".
He is Miku's only family after they lost their parents.
Mafuyu also has a strong psychic ability and can seal spirits using the Camera Obscura.
After the frail Miyuki committed suicide because she could not withstand the power of the Camera Obscura, he found a journal, from which he learned about his and Miku's own abilities, as well as how to use the Camera Obscura.
After his mother's death, he was taken care of by Takamine, who he met through work, and they became close friends in both their private and public lives.
He visits Himuro Mansion to track down the missing Takamine...
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Koji Ogata
Age: 32
Occupation: Magazine editor
Editor in charge of the magazine Takamine writes for.
An ordinary person with no special psychic abilities. He has a strong sense of curiosity, but is timid, and while he will stick his nose into anything, when push comes to shove, he gets scared easily.
He accompanies Takamine on an research trip for a horror magazine he writes for, and goes missing.
His report to the editorial department is the last contact with the three of them.
Junsei Takamine
Age: 42
Occupation: Writer
Mystery novelist. He used to be a bestselling author of considerable renown.
In addition to mysteries, he has also written a wide range of non-fiction works, and has known Mafuyu since she accompanied him on an information-gathering trip for his work. He helps Mafuyu with his work in various ways after his mother's death.
He becomes interested in an old ritual that was said to have been practised in the Himuro family, and visits Himuro Mansion to investigate, but then loses contact and goes missing.
Hirasaka Tomoe
Age: 28
Occupation: Takamine's assistant
Takamine's assistant and secretary. She is also a writer herself and aims to become an independent author while continuing to work under Takamine.
She has a strong psychic sense and had a bad premonition about the investigation into Himuro Mansion.
Along with Takamine and Ogata, she goes missing while investigating Himuro Mansion.
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Kirie
Age: ?
The last Rope Shrine Maiden. She lost her life during the Strangling Ritual. Her regret over getting her lover involved, and her memories of the time she spent with him, caused her to become attached to this world, and led to the failure of the ritual.
As a result of her failure, the Calamity occurred, and she was exposed to the Malice and became an evil spirit. In order to share her own pain with others, she will try to tear off the five limbs of all those who visit Himuro Mansion.
Kirie's lover
Age: ?
A guest staying at Himuro Mansion. During his stay, he met Kirie by chance and they became friendly as they exchanged words.
Fearing that Kirie would form an attachment to this world, the head of the Hiumuro family ordered the priests to drown him in the mansion's Abyss.
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Synopsis
Prologue
Mafuyu Hinasaki, Miku's older brother, arrives alone at a huge Japanese mansion in the mountains.
His acquaintance and benefactor, the writer Junsei Takamine, and his group had gone missing while on their way to this Himuro Mansion for research.
When he steps into the mansion and looks around the entrance, a sense of disquiet clings to him. While searching for Junsei Takamine, Mafuyu picked up a notebook that had fallen on the second floor of the living room, and at that moment a vision flashed into his mind.
The writer, his assistant and his editor were walking down a hallway of this mansion. A sinister shadow looms there...
Just as Mafuyu is certain that Takamine and the others have come to this place, an ominous shadow creeps up upon him. Mafuyu raises the Camera Obscura, a keepsake from his mother, which has the power to photograph and seal away impossible things.
Mafuyu used the projector to seal the vengeful spirit that attacked him and returned to the corridor. However, "something" attacked him from the mirror behind him...
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First Night - The Strangling Ritual
Guided by a note from her brother, who has fallen out of contact, Miku arrives at Himuro Mansion.
When she finds the Camera Obscura, her brother's heirloom, she becomes worried about him and searches the mansion. Guided by the Camera Obscura, which photographs impossible things, and a mysterious girl, she begins to see apparitions of her brother and the missing Takamine group.
The editor, Ogata, and the writer's assistant, Hirasaka, are already dead...
Their fives limbs torn apart by ropes...
They have become vengeful spirits and attack Miku. Miku soon discovers that they were both killed by the curse of a woman in a white kimono named Kirie.
From clues left by Takamine, she learns how to break the curse and heads for the Narukami Shrine in search of the Holy Mirror, only to find that it has been broken.
A moment after obtaining a piece of the mirror, she notices an ominous presence and looks up. Kirie slowly emerges from the large mirror in front of her.
She takes a picture of Kirie with the Camera Obscura, but it only produces a distorted picture, with no effect.
The trapped Miku is approached by Kirie.
"I'll make you feel my pain..."
The moment Kirie grabbed her arm, an overwhelming vision of pain flowed into Miku's mind, and her vision went black.
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Second Night - Demon Tag
Miku woke up in a room decorated with a large doll stand.
Her hands. Her feet. And her neck. When the rope marks appear on all five limbs, Kirie's curse is complete. And now, Miku has rope marks on both her arms...
Long ago, Ryozo Munakata, a folklorist who came to investigate the Himuro family's rituals, moved into the Himuro mansion with his wife Yae and daughter Mikoto.
Munakata had discovered that the Blinding Mask was needed to open the Banned Path leading to the Rope Altar where the ritual took place.
That was also the door through which Mafuyu had disappeared.
As Miku headed deeper into Himuro Mansion in search of her brother, she heard the song "Kagome Kagome" coming from nowhere.
Children with sad expressions surrounded Miku...
Then, as the song faded away, a female spirit with her eyes covered (the Blind Demon) appeared behind Miku.
Sealing the spirit, Miku turned her attention to the huge, ancient stone door. "I wonder if my brother is through here..." At that moment, images from the past flash before Miku's eyes. Munakata opened the door. The moment the door slowly opened, Munakata was pulled in by countless arms... What is waiting behind this...?
Miku opened the door and stepped into the Banned Path.
As she reached for the fragment of the Holy Mirror held in the dead Munakata's hand, Kirie appeared again.
Slowly, Kirie's hand approached. Behind her, the hands of countless spirits were wriggling. Miku was cornered... and in that moment, Miku's consciousness fell into deep darkness.
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Third Night - The Calamity
As Miku lay unconscious, disturbing images flowed into her mind. Fragmentary scenes of a mysterious ritual. A priest slashed to death by a man wearing a demon mask. And then, many people, collapsed...
Miku woke up in the Demon Mouth. Rope marks appeared on both of her legs. Only her neck remains to be marked, and then Kirie's curse will be complete...
She enters the underground passage, but there is a cave-in and she cannot go any further. Learning from the research book left by Munakata that there is another way to the Rope Altar, Miku followed her brother and headed to the Moon Shrine.
She soon learns that in order to open the path to the Rope Altar, she needs the seals of the priests. Having managed to defeat the four priests, Miku follows the bloodstains left behind in the mansion to search for the head of the Himuro Family, who holds the last seal.
The head of the Himuro family, who is said to have cut down his entire family in a fit of madness. He wandered the mansion holding their bloody heads, and finally committed suicide beneath the altar in the great hall.
When Miku found a huge bloodstain pooled in the Great Hall, the insane head of the Himuro family slowly appeared before her... Having sealed the spirit of the head of the family away, Miku meets Kirie in a well leading to the depths of the Himuro mansion...
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Final Night - Kirie
Kirie approached Miku again after she had taken the fragment of the Holy Mirror. Just as she had given up hope of escape, a girl in a white kimono reached out her hand. Cornered, Miku reflexively reached out, and the moment she touched the girl's hand, everything went dark.
In the dark depths of her consciousness, she heard a voice whispering... "Please... make it stop... stop me." As soon as the girl's voice said this, Miku woke up.
In the attic Dungeon, Miku saw the girl who had been guiding her tied to the torii gate, and realized that the girl was a younger Kirie.
The moment she touched the hairpin that had fallen where the girl had been, the feelings contained in it entered Miku's consciousness.
Kirie faced a man. A happy memory. Could this be the "cause of her attachment to this world" that the rope priests had spoken of?
Miku descended the Moon Well, pursued by Kirie who had appeared from the mirror again. There, Miku witnessed the Strangling Ritual, in which Kirie was sacrificed as the Rope Shrine Maiden.
Because the ritual was performed by a maiden who still had attachments to the world, the gate was not completely sealed.
She reunites with Kirie and her brother in front of the rock that holds the Holy Mirror. Just when it seems that Miku has sealed Kirie away, the Camera Obscura breaks, unable to withstand Kirie's powerful feelings and spiritual power...
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Glossary
Hell Gate
In the basement of Himuro Mansion, there are ancient ruins whose origins are unknown.
It was built to surround the heavy stone "Hell Gate". It has been said that this gate is the gate to Yomi, the underworld.
When the gate is fully opened, it is said that the world of the living and the world of the dead will be connected and all the dead will be resurrected.
Ceremony of the Ropes
The Himuro family performed the "Ceremony of the Ropes" to seal this gate. The Ceremony of the Ropes is to bind the Hell Gate with a special rope called a "Laceration Rope" and seal it so that it cannot be opened.
Rope Shrine Maiden
To make the Laceration Rope, a pure shrine maiden is needed. That girl was called the Rope Shrine Maiden. The Rope Shrine Maiden is not allowed to take even one step outside the Himuro residence, and is raised in a prison cell, where she repeatedly undergoes rituals to sever all attachment to the world. As she grows, rope is tied around her hands and feet, and when she reaches the age of 17, it is wrapped around her neck and the Stangling Ritual is performed.
Strangling Ritual
The ropes wrapped around the Rope Shrine Maiden's limbs and neck are pulled with a special mechanism.
The rope is imbued with the pure soul of the maiden, and the ropes are twisted together to create the "Laceration Rope".
The only way to seal the gate is to use that rope. In this way, the Himuro clan has continuously sacrificed their own maidens in order to seal the "Hell Gate".
The Calamity
The last Rope Shrine Maiden was Kirie. During Kirie's time, the strict customs were relaxed, and she was allowed to leave her prison cell and walk around the house.
At that time, Kirie saw a young man who frequented the mansion and fell in love with him. The Strangling Ritual failed because it was performed while the maiden still held attachments to the world. The gate opened slightly, and Malice poured out.
This was the "Calamity".
Holy Mirror
In front of the Hell Gate, there is a special mirror called the Holy Mirror. By reflecting the Hell Gate, the mirror reflects the Malice emanating from it, weakening the gate's power.
In other words, the Holy Mirror is the key to sealing the Hell Gate.
Blinding Ritual
The ritual to select the Rope Priestess is held once every 10 years, with 7-year-old girls from the clan gathered together.
In this game, a woman plays the role of the "Blind Demon" and tries to catch the girls who are put in the same room, and the last girl who is not caught is chosen as the "Rope Shrine Maiden".
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Miku Hinasaki | Mafuyu Hinasaki - Initial
These preliminary designs were drawn when the project was first established. Miku and Mafuyu's basic design had already been decided, so there was no real difficulty in designing the clothing, but we hadn't quite settled on the mood of the faces at this stage.
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Miku Hinasaki | Mafuyu Hinasaki - Completed
This was drawn towards the end of the project, when the whole game was taking shape, and the characters' personalities and emotions were clearly expressed, so it was left as a design drawing. The atmosphere is quite different compared to the initial image.
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Blinded Maiden (before her death)
Blinded Maiden
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Mikoto
Lost children
Himuro Family Master
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Kirie (before her death)
In the game, the character has a gentle face, but in the initial design, the idea of a "tragic woman" took precedence, and so this was drawn to emphasise the cold impression of her character.
Her Lover
This character was drawn with the image of Mafuyu in mind.
However, initially, we were told that his face would not be shown much, so we went for a design on the basis of atmosphere.
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Kirie
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Miku Hinasaki (Rough sketch)
This is a rough drawing of Miku we did for a European magazine.
We drew various versions of Miku, but I regret that we never ended up drawing her with a smile...
At that time, Japanese kanji characters were becoming a bit of a craze in Europe, so this kanji design was later used as the logo for "Zero ~Akai Chou~", the predecessor of "FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly".
Fatal Frame II: Premium Fandisc
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The Fatal Frame II: Premium Fandisc was included as a pre-order bonus with the Xbox version of Fatal Frame II in Japan. It features highlighted cutscenes from the Xbox version of Fatal Frame and a promotional trailer. It comes with a booklet containing character profiles and information about the story of Fatal Frame and concept art of the characters, as well as never-before-seen images of Mio and Mayu in some of their Xbox-exclusive costumes. It is now an extremely rare item, as its availability was limited even at the time of release. [1]
Gallery
Translation
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目次
「FATAL FRAME」の世界 - 4ページ目
登場人物紹介 - 4ページ目
あらすじ - 8ページ目
用語解説 - 13ページ目
設定画 - 14ページ目
画廊 - 22ページ目
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前作「FATAL FRAME」と本作「FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly」は「和の恐怖」というテーマのもとに作られていますが、世界設定においても密接な繋がりのある作品となっています。
このブックレットでは「FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly」をプレイするにあたり、その世界をより一層楽しむ為に、前身となった「FATAL FRAME」のストーリーや設定などをコメント付きで掲載しています。(ストーリーは同梱されている「Premium Fan Disc」の映像と一緒にご覧ください)
また、本作「FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly」だけの描きおろしビジュアルも是非ご堪能ください。
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登場人物紹介
雛咲深紅
年齢:17
職業:学生
本編の主人公。
霊感が強いと言われる雛咲家の血を受け継いだため、他人には見えないものが見えてしまう。
普段は友人達と普通に付き合ってはいるが、心の底から打ち解けることが出来ない。
本当に心を開けるのは、彼女の力を理解してくれている兄の真冬だけだった。
その兄が行方不明となり、身寄りを失った彼女は、残されたメモを手がかりに、物語の舞台となる氷室邸を訪れる。
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雛咲深雪
年齡:??
深紅と真冬の母。
霊感が強く、周囲から異端視されて育ったため、子供たちが霊感を受け継いでいることに心を痛めていた。
産まれつき体が弱く、病気がちであった。
数年前、母・美琴の残した射影機の力に耐えられず、自殺している。
形見の射影機は、その時彼女が身につけていたものだった。
雛咲真冬
年齢:21
職業:ジャーナリスト
深紅の兄であり、“ありえないもの”を見る深紅の能力を知る唯一の理解者。
両親を亡くした深紅にとって、たった一人の家族でもある。。
真冬にも同じく強い霊能力があり、射影機によって霊を封印することができる。
体の弱かったけ・深雪が射影機の力に耐えきれず自殺した後、見つけた手記に、深紅と自分の能力のこと、射影機の使い方などを見つけ、そのことを知った。
母を亡くしてから、仕事の際知り合った高峰に面倒を見てもらい、公私ともに深い付き合いとなる。
行方不明になった高峰の行方を追い、氷室邸を訪れるが.....
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緒方浩二
年齢:32
職業:雑誌編集者
高峰が執筆する雑誌の担当編集者。
特別な霊能力も無い一般の人間。好奇心は強いが気が弱く、何にでも首を突っ込むがいざとなったら物怖じしてしまう。
自ら執筆するホラー雑誌の取材も兼ねて高峰に同行し、行方不明となる。
彼が編集部に行った報告が、3人の最後の連絡となった。
高峰準星
年齢:42
職業:作家
ミステリー小説家。以前はかなり名の売れたベストセラー作家だった。
ミステリー以外にも、ノンフィクションの作品など幅広く手がけており、真冬とはその仕事の際、取材で同行した時からの付き合い。母を亡くした真冬を、仕事の面で色々と助けている。
氷室家で行われていたという、古い儀式に興味を持ち、氷室邸を取材に訪れるが、そのまま連絡をたち、行方不明となる。
平坂巴
年齢:28
職業:高峰の助手
高峰の助手兼秘書。自らも執筆活動を行っており、高峰のもとで執筆を続けながら、作家として独立することを目標にしている。
霊感が強く、氷室邸の取材について、悪い予感を感じ取っていた。
高峰、緒方と共に、氷室邸を取材中に行方不明となる。
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霧絵
年齢:??
最後の縄の巫女。突き縄の儀式により、命を落とす。想い人を巻きこんでしまったことへの後悔と、想い人と過ごした記憶が現世への執着となり、儀式を失敗させてしまう。
失敗により起こった「禍刻」の瘴気を浴び、悪霊と化してしまった。自分と同じ苦しみを与えるため、氷室邸を訪れた全ての者の五肢を引き裂こうとしている。
霧絵の想い人
年齡:??
氷室家に滞在していた客人。滞在中に森絵と偶然出会い、言葉を交わすうちに打ち解けるようになった。
キリエが現世への執着を残すこととを恐れた氷室家当主は、神官に命じ、屋敷装の逢魔ヶ淵に彼を沈めてしまった。
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あらすじ
序章
深紅の兄・雛咲真冬は一人、山中の巨大な日本屋敷にたどり着いた。
知人であり恩人である作家・高峰準星たち一行が、この氷室邸に取材に向かったまま行方不明になったのだ。
屋敷に足を踏み入れ玄関を見渡すと不穏な空気がまとわりつく。高峰準星の行方を追って、真冬が居間の2階に落ちている手帳を拾った瞬間、意識の中にある映像が流れこんできた。
作家、助手、編集者の3人がこの屋敷の廊下を歩いている。そこに迫る不吉な影.......
高峰たちがここに来たことを確信した真冬に、不穏な影がしのびよる。母の形見である射影機を構える真冬。その射影機にはありえないものを撮影し封印する力があるのだ。
襲いかかって来た怨霊を射影機で封印し廊下へと戻った真冬。だが、その背後の鏡の中から“何か”が襲いかかった……………
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裂き縄-第一夜
連絡が途絶えた兄のメモを手がかりに、深紅は氷室邸にたどり着いた。
形見の射影機を見つけた深紅は、兄の身を案じ、屋敷を探索する。やがて、ありえないものを写す射影機と謎の少女に導かれながら屋敷内を進むうちに、兄や、行方不明になった高峰一行の姿を目撃するようになる。
編集者・緒方も、作家助手・平坂もすでに死んでいた・・・・・・。縄で五肢を引き裂かれて………………。
怨霊となった彼らが深紅に襲い掛かる。やがて深紅は、二人がキリエ"という白い着物の女の呪いで死んだのだと知る。
高峰が残した手掛かりから呪いを解く方法を知り、御神鏡を求めて鳴神神社へと向かう深紅だったが、彼もすでに命を落としていた。
御神鏡のかけらを手に入れた刹那、不吉な気配に気づいてハっと顔を上げる深紅。眼前の大きな鏡の中からキリエがゆっくりと姿を現していた。
キリエを射影機で写すが、歪んだ写真ができるだけで何の効果もない。
追い詰められた深紅に、キリエが迫る。
「あなたにも同じ苦しみを・・・・・・」キリエが腕をつかんだ瞬間、圧倒的な苦痛のビジョンが深紅に流れこみ、視界が暗転した。
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鬼遊び第二夜
深紅が目覚めたのは大きな雛壇が飾られた部屋だった。
両手。両足。そして、首。五肢に縄の跡がついた時、キリエの呪いが完成する。そして今、深紅の両腕には、縄の跡が残されていた・・・・・・。
その昔、氷室家の儀式を調べにやってきた民俗学者・宗方良蔵は、氷室家の儀式を調べるために妻の八重、娘の美琴とともに氷室邸に移り住んで来ていた。
宗方は儀式が行われた縄殿へいたる禁忌の地下道を開けるために、目隠しの面が必要であることをつきとめていた。
それは、真冬が消えていった扉でもあった。
兄の行方を探して氷室邸の深部へと向かう深紅の耳に、どこからともなく「かごめかごめ」の歌が聞こえてきた。
深紅の周囲を取り囲む悲しげな表情をした子供達………………
そして、歌が微かに遠のいた時、目を塞がれた女の霊(目隠し鬼)が深紅の背後に現れた。
霊を封印した深紅は、古く巨大な石の扉に目を向ける。「この先に兄がいるのだろうか・・・・・・」その瞬間、過去の映像が深紅の目に飛び込んできた。扉を開ける宗方。その扉がゆっくりと開かれた瞬間、宗方は無数の腕に引きずり込まれていった・・・・・・この奥に、何があるというのだろうか………………。
扉を開き禁忌の地下道に踏み入れた深紅。
変わり果てた宗方の手に握られていた御神鏡のかけらに手を伸ばした時、再びキリエが出現した。
ゆっくりとキリエの手が迫ってくる。その背後には無数の霊たちの手が蠢いていた。追い詰められた深紅・・・・・・その刹那、深紅の意識は深い闇の中へとおちていった。
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禍刻第三夜
意識を失い、横たわる深紅の意識に、不穏な映像が流れこんでくる。得体の知れぬ儀式を行う断片的な映像。鬼面の男に切り殺される神官。そして、倒れ込んでいる大勢の人々・・・・・・
鬼の口の球の前で目覚める深紅。両足に縄の跡が現れた深紅。残る首に縄の跡がつけばキリエの呪いが完成する・・・・・・
再び入った地下道の奥で見を見かけるものの、落盤していて進むことができない。宗方の残した研究書から、縄殿へ降りる別の道がある事を知った深紅は、兄を追って月読堂に向かう。
やがて、縄殿へと至る道を開くためには、神官たちが持つ証が必要だと知る。4人の神官を封じることができた深紅は、屋敷内に残る血痕を頼りに、最後の証を持つ氷室家当主を探す。
狂気の果てに、一族を全て切り殺したという氷室家当主。彼は、血だらけの首を持ちながら屋敷を徘徊し、最後は大広間の神棚の下で自刃したという。
大広間に染み渡る巨大な血糊を見つけた深紅の前に、狂気に満ちた氷室家当主がゆっくりと姿をあらわした…………………当主の霊を封じ込めた深紅は氷室邸の深部へと向かう井戸でキリエと出会う……………
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最終夜キリエ
御神鏡のかけらを下した深紅に再びキリエが迫ってきた。もう逃げ切れないと諦めかけた時、「い着物の少女が手を差し伸べてきた。追い詰められた深紅が無意識に手を伸ばし、少女の手に触れた瞬間、深紅の視界がが暗転した。
暗く深い意識の中で囁くような声が聞こえる・・・・・・「お願い・・・もうやめさせて・・・わたしを止めて」少女の声がそう告げると同時に深紅は目覚める。
屋根裏の座敷牢で、これまで自分を導いてくれた少女が、鳥居に縛りつけられているのを見た瞬間、深紅はその少女がキリエの少女時代の姿だったと気付いたのだった。
少女が居た場所に落ちていたかんざしに触れた瞬間、そこに込められた想いが深紅の意識に入り込んできた。
一人の男性と向かい合うキリエ。幸福な記憶。これが、縄の神官たちが言っていた「現世に執着した原因」なのだろうか。
再び鏡の中から現れたキリエに追われるように、月の井戸を下りる深紅。そこで、深紅はキリエが縄の巫女として生贄となった裂き縄の儀式を目の当たりする。
現世に執着を残した巫女で行った儀式故、門の封印は不完全に終わってしまった。
御神鏡を納める岩の前でキリエ、そして兄と再会する。なんとかキリエを封印できるかに見えた深紅だったが、キリエの強大な想いと霊力に耐えかねた射影機が壊れてしまうのだった……………
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用語解説
「黄泉の門(よみのもん)」
この屋敷、氷室邸の地下に、いつから存在しているか判らない遺跡がある。
それは、重々しい石の「黄泉の門」を取り囲むように作られていた。その門は、黄泉-異世界への門であると伝えられてきた。
門が完全に開いたとき、生者と死者の世界はつながり、すべての死者が蘇るといわれている。
「御縛り(みしばり)の儀式」
氷室の一族では、この門を封印するために「御縛りの儀式」を行っていた。黄泉の門を「裂き縄(さきなわ)」という特殊な縄で縛りつけ、開かないように封印するのが御縛りの儀式である。
「縄の巫女」
裂き縄を作るためには、けがれなき巫女が必要となる。その少女は縄の巫女と呼ばれていた。縄の巫女は、氷室邸の中から一歩も出ることはかなわず、座敷牢の中で育てられ、現世への一切の執着を絶つ行を繰り返す。成長するにしたがって、縄を両手両足へ巻きつけていき、17歳にまで育つと、首にも巻きつけて裂き縄の儀式を行うのである。
「裂き縄(さきなわ)の儀式」
縄の巫女の四肢と首に巻きつけた縄を、特殊なからくりで引く。
けがれなき巫女の魂はその縄に込められ、その縄をより合わせ「裂き縄」が作られる。
門を封じるには、その縄を使うしかない。このようにして、氷室の一族は「黄泉の門」を封印するために、連綿と一族の巫女を犠牲にしてきたのである。
「禍刻(まがとき)」
最後の縄の巫女が、キリエである。キリエの時代には、厳格な風習もゆるくなり、座敷牢から出て屋敷内を歩くことも許されていた。
そんな時、キリエは屋敷に出入りしていた若者を見て恋をしてしまう。現世への執着を残したままの巫女で作った裂き縄で御縛りの儀式を行ったため、儀式は失敗する。門が少し開いて、瘴気が噴出してしまう。
それが「禍刻」である。
「御神鏡(ごしんきょう)」
黄泉の門の前には、御神鏡と呼ばれる特殊な鏡が置かれている。その鏡は、黄泉の門をそこに映すことで、そこから発せられる瘴気を返し、門の力を弱める役割を持っていた。
いわば、御神鏡は、黄泉の門を封じるための要である。
「目隠し鬼の儀式」
縄の巫女を選ぶ儀式は十数年に一度、一族の7歳の少女を集めて行われる。
それは「目隠し鬼」という役割の女が、同じ部屋に入れられた少女を捕まえていき、最後までつかまらなかった少女を「縄の巫女」として選ぶ、というものである。
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雛咲深紅雛咲真冬-初期
このデザイン物はプロジェクト設立時期に初期イメージとして描かれたものです。深紅と真冬に関しては設定自体がしつかりと決まっていたので、衣装デサイジに臟しては特:ン(きな苦労はなかったのですが顔の雰囲気はこの段階ではまた掴みきれていませんでした。
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雛咲深紅雛咲真冬-完成
プロジェクト末期に描かれたものですうゲーム全体が形になってきた頃にツ人の性格や感情がはっきりと現れてきたのでデザイン画として描き残しました。初期段階のイメージに比ミるとの雰囲気は一かなり変わいます。
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目隠し鬼(生前)
目隠し嵬
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みこと
迷い子
氷室家当主
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キリエ(生前)
ゲーム中ではもっと柔らかい表のキャラクターなのですが、初期デザインでは「悲劇の攵性」というイメージが先行してしまって、冷たい感じを押し出したキャラクターで描かれてます。
想い人
真冬をイメージして描かれています。
ただデザイン当初は、あまり顔が映らないというお話しを受けていたので雰囲気たけのデサインで留めてしまっています。
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キリエ
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鑼咲深紅(ラフ画)
ョーロッパの雑誌向けに描いた深紅のラフ画像です。
色々な深紅を描きましたが、最後まで笑顔の表情がなかったのが心残りです・・・・・・・
この頃欧州では日本の漢字がちょっとしたブームを巻き起こしていたので後にこの文字のデサインがが「FATAL FRAME 2 Crimson Butterfly」の前身となる「零~紅い蝶~」のロゴデザインとなっています。
References
- ↑ Reservation Benefit Information. (Offical Tecmo Page) (Dengeki Publisher)