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Shrine of the Pledge
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Shrine of the PledgeIn a modern era where humans and ayakashi coexist, ayakashi who have committed crimes are trying to walk a new path in life while confronting their past at the rehabilitation support facility, "Shrine of Misogi." As a resident, you meets Raiga Raido, who committed a crime on impulse; Shiomiya Mio, who broke a taboo out of self-sacrifice; and Tensho, the kirin enshrined at the Shrine of Misogi, along with you, a former sinner who caused a barrier collapse in the past. None of them "wanted to become a villain"; each bears their sins through their own choices and continues to walk the path of rehabilitation even now. These peaceful days are turned upside down by anomalies occurring in barriers nationwide. The news reports the possibility that the powers of a thunder beast and a mermaid could be the key to saving the world, but no one forces the choice upon the two. Those confronting their past sins, those wanting to save someone, and those harboring the regret of failing to save. As their various feelings intersect, you continues to question the meaning of "choosing" alongside them. This is a story of rehabilitation and choices, where those who never wanted to become villains continue to choose their future while bearing their sins. you is also a sinner. In the Edo period, trying to protect their village from a massive famine, they violated the "Opening of the Heavenly Canopy," a sacred ritual, and altered the world's principles that had maintained balance. This caused the boundary between humans and ayakashi to vanish, leading to a world of coexistence. you was supposed to perish as compensation but gained an immortal body and continues to live to this day.