Kyouko Ozaki is the wife of Toshio. She hates living in the rural village. She manages an antique shop in the town centre in Mizobe district. She rents and lives in an apartment in the same district. She is at odds with her mother in law, as Takae thinks Kyouko should be more proper. On her first appearance, Kyouko closed her store since her mother-in-law lied and said that her husband was exhausted and he said that if she was a good wife she'd be looking after him. Though she knows she's lying, she comes to town after closing her store anyway.
Shiki
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 inhabitants. It is a village which is connected to not even a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the corpses of 3 persons are found. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as normal occurrences. However, in the days following, the villagers die one after the other. Is this mere coincidence, an epidemic, or something else entirely?
