Moonlight Syndrome Research File

Getsuyuu Syndrome Research Record
Kanji	月幽病研究記録 げつゆうびょう けんきゅう きろく
Game	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Author	Shigeto Haibara
Chapter	Phase III: Lost Day
Located at	Haibara Infirmary, Laboratory
Obtained	On the desk.
Description	A record of Getsuyuu Syndrome treatment. It's about a surgical procedure.
Additional Description	There is a well-worn binder on the desk.
Related Notes	Warning: Wandering Patients & Moonlight Syndrome and the Moon

ENJA

Neurosurgery is beginning to show great potential as a leading treatment option.

This approach involves the direct stimulation or excision of brain tissue.

Although initially highly experimental and exceeding difficult, the procedure has gradually shown results indicating that it may one day emerge as a leading treatment method.

However, we have just observed a case in which an ostensibly successful operation led to the patient's death.

The patient lost all remaining memory and died in a state of utsusemi. Upon death, the patient's face suddenly became bizarrely distorted.

I immediately reaped the face from the body, but could that really have been the omen that precedes blooming?

We will continue to explore neurosurgery as an effective medical intervention, but blooming must be prevented at all costs.

The Day Without Suffering...
It must never happen again.

現在、治療法として
大きな可能性をもってきたのが
外科手術による治療である。

これは、脳に切除もしくは
直接刺激を加えることで
治療を行うものだ。
当初は実験性が高く困難を極めたが
次第に成果を上げはじめており、
有力な治療法として確立する日も近いだろう。
しかし、先日、手術において成功かと
思われた矢先、絶命に至るケースを確認した。
 
記憶がなくなり、空身（うつせみ）となって
死んだのだが、その際に
患者の顔が異様に
歪んだように見えた。
すぐさま、面を刈ったが、
これは#r#「咲く」#前兆…
咲き触れだったのだろうか？
外科手術による治療について
研究は続けるが、
咲くことだけは避けなければならない。
あの災厄…島の伝承に残る
「無苦の日」を繰り返す事はできない。

Translation Notes=

(空身( うつせみ) utsusemi; "empty body") is a pun on (空蝉( うつせみ) utsusemi; "cast-off cicada shell"). This term is frequently invoked in the names of fictional combat techniques in Japanese media (such as Bleach and Final Fantasy) to refer to an after-image or shadow created by swift movement which can be utilized as a decoy. Here, the second character is swapped out to create the compound "empty body" or "empty vessel". This state refers to a person whose personality and memory (soul) have completely collapsed, making it possible for them to bloom.

In the Japanese text, the author refers to the omen (warped face) as the (咲き触れ( さきぶれ) sakibure; "bloom-touch"). This is a homophone for (先触れ( さきぶれ) sakibure; "forewarning / portent"). This pun is also the name of the Japanese prologue chapter.