Ep. 15: Akasaka learns of the Watanagashi curse and the fate of Rika from the past.
Aired on July 12, 2006
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Akasaka and Oishi rescue a kidnapped boy, but Akasaka is shot during the operation. They realize the kidnappers' demands were already satisfied. Akasaka finds phone lines cut and encounters Rika, who reveals the annual deaths linked to the Watanagashi Festival starting in Shouwa Year 54 (1979). She expresses a desire to live happily. It is later revealed that Akasaka's wife died on the day of the festival after giving birth. Years later, Akasaka visits the retired Oishi in his mother's hometown. He recounts Rika's warnings, and Oishi shares that during the Hinamizawa disaster, Rika was found naked at the Furude shrine with her organs removed after being drugged. Akasaka has returned to uncover the truth behind the Shrine God's curse.
Episodes
- Ep. 11 · Keiichi resolves to kill Teppei and buries the body after a fatal confrontation.
- Ep. 12 · Keiichi learns he attended Watanagashi and confronts Satoko's uncle's abuse and a buried body.
- Ep. 13 · Keiichi investigates the Hojo residence and discovers Rika's body before Satoko attacks him.
- Ep. 14 · Mamoru Akasaka investigates a kidnapping in Hinamizawa four years after the dam incident.
- Ep. 15 · Akasaka learns of the Watanagashi curse and the fate of Rika from the past.
- Ep. 16 · Shion recounts her past in Hinamizawa, revealing her secret identity and complex relationships.
- Ep. 17 · Satoshi apologizes to Shion and asks her to care for Satoko during the Watanagashi festival.
- Ep. 18 · Shion Investigates Hinamizawa's Dark Past and Satoshi's Disappearance
- Ep. 19 · Shion's Vengeance Leads to Tragedy and Deception in the Village