Character profile
Ichinose
Biography
Ichinose's life is shaped by severe childhood trauma beginning at age ten, when an attempted joint suicide at Asano Lake leaves her father dead and Ichinose alive. She later develops an interest in collecting a rare water beetle threatened by introduced black bass.
Story spoilers
After further mistreatment and overwhelming guilt, Ichinose begins abducting and killing children in the Matsuda area under the belief that she is protecting them from future abuse. Detective Yamazaki eventually captures her, but only the kidnappings can be proved and she receives a five-year sentence. After prison she disappears near Asano Lake, possibly taking her own life, while her spirit is later said to remain and torment both locals and the dead children.
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