Satokowashi-hen

Satokowashi-hen (郷壊し編) is the fifth arc of. It serves as a direct sequel to, the final arc of the original series. The story follows Satoko Houjou as she grapples with her fear of losing her friends to the passage of time.

Plot
One year after the events of, the club has changed significantly; Mion Sonozaki has graduated and moved to Okinomiya while Keiichi Maebara has taken over her duties as class representative and club president. More of their classmates have joined the club and participate in the club's after-school activities. Rika Furude, freed from her cyclical torment, decides to study for the entrance exams to St. Lucia Academy and asks Satoko Houjou to join her. Though initially reluctant, Satoko agrees and the pair spend the next year and a half studying rigorously. In 1987, the pair are admitted into St. Lucia Academy. They are placed in separate dorms and their social lives begin to diverge; Rika joins a group of high-society students and impresses them with her debate skills while Satoko avoids making new friends. Satoko's grades begin to falter and she is made to join a remedial study hall in order to continue attending the Academy.

Villagers

 * Rika Furude
 * Satoko Houjou
 * Keiichi Maebara
 * Rena Ryuuguu
 * Mion Sonozaki
 * Hanyuu Furude
 * Rumiko Chie
 * Tomita
 * Kiichirou Kimiyoshi
 * Oryou Sonozaki

Outsiders

 * Jirou Tomitake
 * Miyo Takano

Deaths and Disappearances
All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in Nekodamashi-hen and apply only for the individual arc, not the overall series.

Deaths

 * Satoko Houjou, killed by a falling chandelier.
 * Rika Furude, killed by a falling chandelier.
 * Satoko Houjou, jumped in front of a moving bus.
 * Satoko Houjou, sliced her own neck with a knife.
 * Satoko Houjou, stabbed her own neck with a pencil.
 * Satoko Houjou, drowned in a fight with Rika Furude.

Episodes

 * Village-Destroying Chapter, Part 1
 * Village-Destroying Chapter, Part 2
 * Village-Destroying Chapter, Part 3
 * Village-Destroying Chapter, Part 4
 * Village-Destroying Chapter, Part 5

Trivia

 * The title is a pun on the name "Satoko".