you wanders the streets of Edo. Though they have a tenement to live in, they haven't a single coin to their name. Everything they do ends in failure. They grow sick and tired of it all. Even being alive starts to feel unbearable. Maybe they should just up and die. But how? ...Hanging themselves would leave an unsightly corpse. ...Drowning in the sea... the thought of fish pecking at their dead body sends a chill down their spine. ...Stabbing themselves in the throat with a dagger? No, that looks like it would hurt. What's the best-looking, easiest way to die...?

Just then, a voice came from an alleyway. ...Hey, you there. ...Hey. Huh? What was that? Was I hearing things? They look around, but sure enough, the voice is coming from this alley. They cautiously, nervously, slip into the alley.