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Budding is the first of the major stages of [[Getsuyuu Syndrome]]. The victim would become frightened of their reflection, as if they saw something else in the mirror.<ref>[[Assistant's Note 3]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref> This was the stage before "breaking", which was when the patient would truly begin to lose their mind.

==Treatment==
If a person who had Budded then died, their face would be [[Face-Cutting|cut off]] and replaced with a mask that looked like them, to prevent [[Blooming]].<ref>[[Shrine of Mourning Ritual]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref><ref>[[Shrine of Mourning Guard's Note]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref> The only successful treatment recorded for living people who were suffering from Budding was the [[Kiraigou]]. However, if the Kiraigou failed and the [[Day Without Suffering]] occurred, the [[Tsukimori Shrine Maidens]] would ascend to the [[Gesshou Shrine]] at the top of [[Tsukuyomi Peninsula Lighthouse]] and play the [[Tsukimori Song]] on the organ there. This would calm the moon and prevent Budding or Blooming.

==Known Victims==
*[[Asagi Hizuki]]<ref>[[Chart: Misaki Asou 1]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref>
*[[Madoka Tsukimori]]<ref>[[Madoka's Diary]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref>
*[[Misaki Asou]]<ref>[[Chart: Misaki Asou 1]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref>
*[[Sakuya Haibara]]<ref>[[Fourth Floor Room Assignment Table]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref>
*[[Takashi Aiba]]<ref>[[Diagnosis Record of Takashi Aiba]], [[Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse]]</ref>

==Misc. Info==
* Both Misaki Asou and Ruka Minazuki see their reflection bearing signs of [[Blooming]] during [[Fatal Frame IV]]. This could explain what Budding patients saw in the mirror to frighten them.

==References==
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