Up until now, Keichi's been having the time of his life with his new friends in Hinamizawa. But when their good-natured pranks take a deadly turn. Keiichi grows more and more suspicious about their involvement with the so-called "Oyashiro-Sama's Curse." Turning to Ooishi-San for reassurance only confirms Keiichi's worst fears as dark secrets about Rena's past are revealed. Is it just his imagination? Or do his friends really mean to kill him?

"In the twenty years since the Hinamizawa disaster, the small village has become a literal ghost town. Terrible rumors about the mysterious gas leak that claimed hundreds of lives have kept even the most curious at bay. But on this night, fate has led five strangers to the abandoned mountain hamlet--among them a certain Mion Sonozake. As the footsteps of the living echo through the abandoned halls of Furude shrine, the sleeping demons of Hinamizawa...