
Yoshitatsu was not able to save his daughter and he was soon strangled by Akane, now fully controlled by the evil spirit. However, the doll told Akane of his plan and so Akane dismantled the doll and hid the pieces.
FATAL FRAME 2 TWINS FREE
Yoshitatsu was able to see the darkness taking hold of the doll and his daughter, and, in a dream, he was asked by Azami's spirit to hang the doll and throw it into the Hellish Abyss to destroy it and free her sister. Akane became so attached to the doll, whispering to it as if it were indeed her sister, that a spirit possessed it and began to control her. Hoping to ease the burden of the psychological trauma, her father, Yoshitatsu Kiryu, a dollmaker, built for her a special doll in the image of Azami. Feeling tremendous guilt over the loss of her sister, Akane began to fall into depression. The sacrifice did not pass without taking its toll on Akane's psyche. Upon completion of the ritual, the Hellish Abyss was appeased and Akane became a Remaining. Azami refused this, and insisted that her sister should be the only one who takes her life. During the ceremony, Akane had difficulty with the task at hand and a Veiled Priest attempted to help her. Nonetheless, both sisters were resolute in performing the sacrifice. During this time the village was in a desperate condition, and so their ritual was held while the two were still quite young. As the elder sister, Akane was given the task of sacrificing Azami once the time of the ritual came. Although Azami left the womb first, and therefore was born first, by village custom she was the younger sister.
