Chapter Two Memos
- Lost Couple -
Masumi Makimura, a geological surveyor, went missing during an investigation of the forest that would be submerged once a local dam was built.
Legend has it that people who get lost in this forest are spirited away bu the lost village.
Could that be what happened to Masumi?
Masumi's girlfriend, Miyako Sudo, believing him to be still alive somewhere in the forest, went in search of him.
She, too, ended up wandering into the lost village.
- Spirit Stone Radio -
The Spirit Stone Radio was a modified crystal radio set that used crystals as part of its circuitry.
It picked up voices from the spirit world.
It was created by Dr. Aso, who also designed the Camera Obscura.
Dr. Aso, after giving Makabe the Camera Obscura prototype and the Spirit Stone Radio, travelled Japan seeking ways to complete his Camera Obscura, but died unexpectedly.
His death meant the principles behind how the devices captured the spirit would remain a mystery.
- Trapped Boy -
As Mio wandered around the village looking for the lost Mayu, she came across a white-haired boy locked up in a storehouse cell.
From the small cell window, the boy called Mio Yae
, and urged her and Sae to get our of the village before the ceremony started.
