Chapter 8: The Waning Moon

For this chapter in Fatal Frame II, see Chapter 8: Half Moon.

For this chapter in Crimson Butterfly Remake, see Chapter 8: The Waning Moon (FF2R).

Chapter 8: The Waning Moon Japanese 八ノ刻 片割レ月　～カタワレヅキ～ Player Character Mio Amakura Game Deep Crimson Butterfly Previous Next Chapter 7: Sae Final Chapter: The Crimson Butterfly

Mio and Mayu escape the Tachibana House via the Kiryu House. Mayu wishes to go and see Itsuki one last time. When she and Mio go to the Storehouse, they learn the truth: that Itsuki was a ghost, and that he hanged himself before the ritual. Mayu breaks down in tears. Inside the cell, Mio finds a map of the village, marking the locations of the four pinwheel crests they need to escape. One is hidden in the Storehouse, and the rest are scattered around the village.

She and Mayu make it to the Decayed Tree, where Mayu collapses, exhausted. Mio goes alone to find the other three pinwheel crests in the Osaka House, the Kiryu House and the Tsuchihara grave in the Minakami Cemetery, and returns to the Old Tree. When the puzzle is completed, the door in the Kureha Shrine opens, revealing the path out of the village. Mio wakes Mayu with a promise that they'll soon be home.

Areas Explored

• Decayed Tree
• Storehouse

Items

Consumables

• Herbal Medicine - Osaka House, Grand Tatami Room; Whisper Bridge
• Sacred Water - Minakami Cemetery; Osaka House, Servant's Quarters
• Spirit Stone Shard (Blue) - Kureha Shrine; Minakami Cemetery; Osaka House, Parlour
• Type 14 Film - Minakami Cemetery
• Type-00 Film - Storehouse; Minakami Cemetery

Equipment

• Enhancement: Evade - Tsuchihara House - Front

Key Items

• Kiryu Crest - Kiryu House, Hidden Room
• Osaka Crest - Osaka House, Sunken Hearth Room
• Tachibana Crest - Storehouse
• Tsuchihara Crest - Minakami Cemetery

Notes

• String-Bound Diary III - Storehouse
• String-Bound Diary IV - Storehouse
• String-Bound Diary V - Storehouse
• Folk Scholar's Writings VII - Kureha Shrine
• Folk Scholar's Writings XII - Decayed Tree
• Village Map - Storehouse

Photos

• Escaping Twins - Kureha Shrine
• Vanishing Girl - Kiryu House, Shoji Room
• Grand Altar - Decayed Tree
• Shadow Behind a Grave - Minakami Cemetery
• The Tsuchihara Grave - Tsuchihara House - Front

Spirit Stones

• Aragonite Shard - Osaka House, Back Room
• Chrysoberyl - Heaven Bridge
• Garnet - Osaka House, Parlour
• Glowing Yellow Ore - Kureha Shrine
• Quartz Ore - Storehouse

Ghosts

Spirit List

• 12. Broken-Necked Woman
• 20. Girl Playing Tag
• 21. Boy Playing Tag I
• 22. Boy Playing Tag II
• 142. Roaming Shadow
• 143. The Imprisoned Boy
• 144. Running Girl
• 145. Playing Boy
• 146. Fleeing Boy
• 147. Girl Behind Kimono
• 148. Boy in Alcove
• 149. Boy on Veranda
• 150. The Grasping Arms
• 151. Jumping Woman
• 152. Leaping Woman
• 187. Woman Facing Window

Encounters

• Veiled Priest
• Woman in Box

Boss Fight

• Broken-Necked Woman (DR)
• Twin Doll and Akane Kiryu
• Boy Playing Tag 1, Boy Playing Tag 2 & Girl Playing Tag (DR)

Save Points

• Misono Hill
• Osaka House, Kimono Room
• Outside Storehouse
• Outside Tachibana House

Extra

Several alterations have been made to Chapter 8 since Fatal Frame II. Mayu now follows the player around until she is dropped off at the Old Tree, and four new scenes can be viewed if the player takes her to:

• The Storehouse
• Heaven Bridge
• Projector Room in Kiryu House
• Whisper Bridge

These can be done in any order. Viewing all four will affect the player's final ending (for further details, see Deep Crimson Butterfly Endings). After Mayu is left at the Old Tree they cannot be triggered, and all must be seen in one playthrough to affect the ending.