Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

Synopsis

The story is set in H City, Tokyo, where it follows an amnesiac, player-named man whose default name is Kazuo Yashiki. In the beginning of the game, Yashiki notices that he carries a scar on his arm, called the Mark, which according to rumors is caused by curses or contact with ghosts, and will lead to its bearer's death at dawn. After noticing the Mark, he blanks out, and finds himself in front of Kujou Mansion, where he finds its owner, Saya Kujou, dead. Kujou also bore the Mark, and had researched it, but died before finding a solution. In the first chapter, "Hanahiko", Yashiki meets the sentient doll Mary in the mansion, who gives advice on the Mark, as well as two Mark bearers who had been drawn to the mansion: the occult-loving high school student Moe Watanabe, and the elementary school student Tsukasa Yoshida. Believing that they got the Mark from trespassing in the abandoned H Elementary School, they go there to investigate, and join with ex-detective Satoru Mashita, who also investigates the school and carries the Mark. They learn of the vengeful spirit of Hanahiko, an orphaned child who was subject to child abuse by the school's principal for liking to wear skirts and makeup, and who as a spirit killed the school's staff. The group calms the spirit with Hanahiko's mother's lipstick, a keepsake from when Hanahiko was alive, which absolves everyone's Mark except Yashiki's; Mary believes Yashiki's to be from another spirit, although it is weakened, allowing him to live a while longer.