Hinamizawa Bus Stop: Difference between revisions

[[Katsumi Tonegawa]] and [[Kazuya Arakawa]] appear at the bus stop in an attempt to take shelter from the rain. Rika is immediately hostile towards Tonegawa and Arakawa as the pair is from the River Bureau Urban River office at the Ministry of Construction, meaning that they are a part of the dam project that would lead to [[Hinamizawa|Hinamizawa's]] destruction. While Rika argues with the two about the consequences of the dam project, they are joined by [[Mitsuru Yoshimura]], a freelance writer also taking shelter from the rain. Yoshimura reveals that he is in [[Hinamizawa]] to research the [[the curse of Oyashiro]], an urban legend alleging that outsiders who endanger Hinamizawa or villagers who try to leave Hinamizawa are fated to die tragically. Yoshimura claims that this "curse" is the reason for a string of deaths at the Ministry of Construction. Tonegawa is surprised by this as he was only aware of one death at the Ministry. Arakawa, however, is aware of the fact that four deaths have occurred so far and becomes enraged at the notion that Oyashiro is the reason for the deaths. Yoshimura tells Rika, Mion, and Tonegawa of the circumstances regarding the deaths at the Ministry, causing Arakawa to become increasingly distressed. Through flashbacks, Arakawa reveals that he was around for all four of the deaths and witnessed a trend among them; each victim would claim to have insomnia and would eventually begin speaking often about meeting "it" just before death. Furthermore, Arakawa has recently been experiencing insomnia and increasingly severe headaches. Tonegawa, Arakawa, and Rika head to the bathroom to help Arakawa with his headache, leaving Mion and Yoshimura at the bus stop. Yoshimura begins talking to Mion about his time visiting Tokyo, including the hotel he stayed at and different things he did while he was there. Mion initially enjoys hearing his story but slowly realizes that Yoshimura is recounting Mion's exact experience when she visited Tokyo herself. Before Yoshimura can continue, however, Rika, Tonegawa, and Arakawa return.