"It is said that Oiwa of Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan cursed the Houses of Itou and Tamiya to the point where they ended up without any descendants." "However, the legend associated with the Oiwa Inari is completely different from the play." "The daughter of the Tamiya family, Oiwa, was well-known for being a hard worker, and she often prayed to the Inari of the land." "The people surrounding her eventually followed her example and started praying to the Inari." "And the practice has continued until now." "The real Oiwa that existed... was she the model of a virtuous woman... or was she a woman betrayed by her husband, eventually ending up as a vengeful ghost that curses others?" "What is the truth?" "I am Tsuruya Nanboku the Fourth." "The story of Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan shall continue." "That is cruel, Iemon-dono." "Act Three" "Due to the curse of Oiwa, the House of Itou eventually ended up in ruins." "There are no eels left?" "Huh, what is this?" "A comb?" "It is not a total loss after all." "Really... when did things become so troublesome?" "lemon, I will treat you as if you have died." "Haha-dono, I am sorry for making you worry." "Look, I have even prepared your Sotoba." "Namo Amida Butsu, Namo Amida Butsu." "It is a weird feeling to be looking at your own Sotoba." "From now on, you are on your own." "Tamiya-danna." "Naosuke?" "It has been a while." "I heard about it." "You did something terrible." "I see you have already died." "Even if my neck is sliced, I will show you that I can still move." "lemon, after killing the Chichi-ue of Oiwa, killed his servant Kohei as well." "He is certainly an evil man." "However, it was Itou Kihei that gave the medicine to Oiwa." "lemon is merely an accomplice." "Looks like it is going to rain." "I shall be heading off first then." "The Tamiya bloodline... and the Itou bloodline shall end!" "Damn!" "This is cruel!" "Enter Nirvana!" "Give me the medicine!" "Is this the curse of the dead?" "!" "Damn!" "Iemon-dono!" "Elsewhere, Oiwa's sister, Osode, had yet to realize that Naosuke was the murderer who killed Yomoshichi." "She was fooled by Naosuke's offer to assist in her revenge, and pretended to be married to him." "Pitiful Osode had yet to learn of Oiwa's death." "Osode-chan." "My, it is the lady from the old clothes shop." "Please wash this Kimono as well." "Where did you get this?" "It is a Kimono that was found on a corpse nailed to a door that floated here." "The Kimono of a dead person?" "I am just joking." "I will leave it to you." "It is starting to rain." "I have returned." "Oh, I did not manage to catch any eels, but I picked this up." "It should suit you." "Th-This is Oiwa Nee-sama's comb!" "Wh-What?" "!" "I remember it clearly." "She showed it to me once and teased that she would give it to me." "Wait!" "Ah, look." "It is wonderful." "Let me take a look, Nee-san." "No way, no way." "Then you should keep it." "It would be fine if we were real sisters, but I am just her sister-in-law." "Please send it to the House of Yotsuya tomorrow." "Since I am living such a life, I do not dare show my face to Oiwa Nee-sama." "Who would return it without a reward." "What is wrong?" "Could it be that I have seen a ghost?" "It's nothing." "Nice timing." "Oi, come here, come here." "Yes?" "Come over here." "Aye, sorry for intruding." "Ah, aren't you Takuetsu from Asakusa?" "Oh my, oh my, it is Naosuke-san and Osode-san." "It has been a while." "Th-That comb!" "It is something that belonged to Oiwa-sama from Yotsuya." "Eh?" "You know Oiwa Nee-sama?" "Not only do I know her," "I witnessed a gruesome incident with my own eyes." "What happened?" "!" "That..." "If I die just like this," "Iemon-dono will marry that Oume." "This is cruel, Iemon-dono." "Not a year has passed and I have been abandoned?" "!" "It is as if Iemon-sama killed her with his own hands." "Osode-san, get a hold of yourself." "Oiwa Nee-sama's grudge must be avenged!" "Where has lemon gone?" "!" "I-I have no idea at all." "Our talk ends here." "I shall take my leave then." "Since this is how things are now, the only one who can avenge Oiwa-sama is you, Osode-san." "You will not help me?" "We are just pretending to be married." "If we were really married, your enemy would be my enemy." "If we were to be a proper couple, then you would help me with my revenge?" "If we were to become a real couple that shares the same bed." "Then, from tonight onwards..." "I see, I see." "You have finally agreed?" "I have been waiting for this day for so long." "After the House of Asano had been wiped out, lemon's mother, Okuma, defected to serve under the enemy, the House of Kira." "Since then, she became the second wife of Kobotoke Kohei's Chichi-ue, Kobotoke Magobei." "Kohei's son, Jiroukichi, of whom she had no blood relation with, was treated cruelly every day by Okuma." "What the hell, you only sold this much Shijime?" "I am sorry, I am sorry." "Look, go and sell more Shijime while it is still bright." "If Tou-chan was here, if Tou-chan came back..." "Your old man, Kobotoke Kohei, has already gone to meet his maker." "He is not coming back." "There will not be any food for you if you cannot sell the amount I want." "Wh-What are you doing all of a sudden?" "The one who killed me was..." "Tamiya..." "lemon!" "The one who passed by the front of Naosuke and Osode's house, was Osode's fiancÃ©e, who should have been killed by Naosuke," "Satou Yomoshichi." "Oiwa-sama!" "This house is..." "Excuse me." "Forgive me for this." "Something weird is happening in front of your house." "Is there anyone around?" "Shut up." "Entering the house of others without permission..." "Who are you?" "Gh-Ghost!" "You are, Naosuke?" "That voice is?" "Could that voice be..." "Osode-san!" "Yomoshichi-sama!" "Alive... you were still alive..." "Ah, I am not a ghost." "Weren't you killed at the abandoned paddy in Asakusa?" "In order to deliver a secret document," "I exchanged clothes with Okuda Shouzaburou and went to Ako." "Wh-What?" "Yomoshichi-sama!" "Your face!" "This is too cruel!" "Damn, I got the wrong guy." "Later, I heard that Shouzaburou went missing." "I was worried, but I did not expect..." "Even so, why are Osode-san and Naosuke here?" "A lot has happened." "Currently, Osode and I are married." "Wh-What?" "!" "That is impossible!" "Osode-san, he is lying, right?" "!" "It is the truth." "We have yet to divorce!" "It is already too late." "Do away with any lingering affections." "Osode is already my woman." "You impolite bastard." "I will not forgive you!" "We are already married, and there is a promise we must fulfill." "Isn't that so, Osode?" "Osode-san, between Naosuke and I, who will you choose?" "Oi, Osode, tell him." "No matter what happens, just leave everything to me." "Yomoshichi-sama." "I have something to tell you." "Please come with me for a while." "Damn!" "If this continues, that guy will once again..." "Well, well, just wait a bit more." "Osode, are you intending to side with Yomoshichi?" "What are you saying?" "You and I are a real couple." "Until lemon is killed, I will definitely not leave your side." "The presence of that man is making me feel uncomfortable." "It would be troublesome if he were if he is allowed to live." "If that is so, then give Yomoshichi some Sake till he is..." "Once the flame of the Andon goes out, that is the signal for you to appear from the shadow of the Byobo..." "I will go in silently and in one swift motion..." "What about Naosuke?" "He went to buy Sake." "Is that so?" "When that guy returns..." "Do not treat Naosuke lightly." "I will make him drink Sake." "Once the flame of the Andon goes off, from the shadows of the Byobo..." "In one swift motion, towards Naosuke..." "I understand." "Hmph, useless fellow." "What?" "Naosuke?" "!" "You bastard!" "Then, just now..." "Osode-san!" "O-Osode!" "Osode!" "Osode-san!" "Why?" "!" "Why did it end up like this?" "!" "Yomoshichi-sama, I am very sorry." "Naosuke-san, please abide to your promise." "You must..." "lemon..." "Osode-san!" "Osode-san!" "Nothing..." "I did not promise anything." "Naosuke!" "I am a real bastard!" "I was the one who killed Shouzaburou." "I mistook him for you." "However, I did not expect the truth to be like this." "You will understand after reading Osode's Heso no O no Sho." "Osode's mother was Motomiya Sandayuu, who is also my mother." "Osode and I are separated blood related siblings." "The reason why I, a common servant, was so taken by Osode, probably has something to do with that." "I finally understand." "Yomoshichi..." "Replace me... against Tamiya lemon..." "For the sake of Osode... kill him..." "Due to her tragic origin, Osode, the sister of Oiwa, has chosen to sacrifice her own life." "Is fate something that is impossible to resist?" "However, there is a man here that is still trying to resist the grasp of fate." "The curse of Oiwa has yet to end." "The fate awaiting lemon is one that will make people cringe." "It shall continue in the next chapter."