First Drop: A Vanishing Trace
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Among the residents of the villages at the foot of Mt. Hikami, a certain unique ability has been passed through the ages.
This ability, known as "shadow reading", enables the user to view the shadow, or "trace", of someone lost in inexplicable circumstances. This is not unlike the "psychometry" practiced elsewhere.
Yuri Kozukata accompanies Hisoka Kurosawa, a woman who possesses the shadow reading ability, to an abandoned inn on Mt. Hikami.
Sensing Yuri could in time become talented at shadow reading, Hisoka takes her along on an assignment.
While learning about shadow reading from Hisoka, Yuri used the ability to retrieve an album of Postmortem Photographs from a ruined inn on Mt. Hikami. The album was requested by a certain Ren Hojo.
As Ren awoke from a bad dream, he found himself tormented by uncertainty.
Was it really just a dream? Or a suppressed childhood memory?
This question has plagued him for some time.
Summary
A novelist has sent Yuri and Hisoka to an old inn on a case.
Yuri receives the Camera Obscura, and her first shadow reading job begins. They have been asked to find "Postmortem Photographs."
Areas Explored
Items
Key Items
- Postmortem Photograph - automatic, from Hisoka
- Key on Red Keychain - Staff Room
- Photo Album - Owner's Room, photograph the area near the chest of drawers
Equipment
- Switch upgrade - automatically at the start of battle
Photos
- Closet Snapshot - photograph the door in the hallway
Documents
- Mt. Hikami's Downfall - at the end of the 1F corridor
Spirits
Vanishing Ghosts
- Peering Shadow - Ichiru Manor, 1F Room 102
- Hands in the Water - Ichiru Manor, 1F Guest Room Hallway
- Inkeeper Heading Inside - Old Building, 1F Passageway
- Man Peeking Through - Old Building, 1F Passageway
- Hanging Man - Old Building, 1F Staff Area Entrance
- Man Looking at a Key - Old Building, 1F Staff Room
- Searching Man - Old Building 1F, Staff Hallway / Owner's Room
- Peering Man - Old Building, 1F Staff Area Entrance
- Staring Man - Ichiru Manor 1F, Access Stairway
Encounters
None.
Boss Fight
Akira Oinuma - mandatory combat tutorial at the end of the chapter
Ranking Requirements
- For a full list of chapter ranking requirements, see Chapter Score Rankings.
- SS/S+: 22,250
- S: 20,687
- A: 19,265
- B: 9948
- C: 711
In order to get a high rank on this chapter, you must capture all specters with on-target shots, and use the Reward lens to increase points obtained during the battle with Akira Oinuma.