Miwako Muroi (室井 美和子 Muroi Miwako), née Miwako Yamamura (山村 美和子 Yamamura Miwako), is the wife of Shinmei Muroi and the mother of Seishin Muroi. Miwako was born in a neighboring village before she married the priest where she wasn't able to conceive a child until finally Seishin was conceived. As the shrine needed a heir, and the whole village wished for this, she was under constant pressure and felt very ashamed. Because of this, she treasured her son when he was born even more. As the wife of the head priest, she earned the trust and respect of the villagers. She dresses in traditional kimono and speaks in a dignified but polite manner.
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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?
