

Level/area: Chapter One: The Lost Village. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. 'Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Review'.


When I get them out, I'll come back for you next. After they make it out of the village, I'll take care of them. I told Yae and Sae that I would come for them on the day of the ceremony. Ryozo Munakata: Itsuki, I pray that you read this.

The 'Crimson Butterfly' ending sees Mio and Mayu proceeding with the ritual, where Mayu becomes a crimson butterfly. If the player instead chooses to pursue Mayu, they have a chance to obtain the other endings. Should the player choose to take the escape route alone, they will obtain the Lingering Scent ending, which leads to an automatic game over. When Mio and Mayu finally begin escaping, the villagers' spirits take Mayu back to the Kurosawa house, where the Hellish Abyss awaits them below. This completely reverses Mio's implied fate: instead of being sacrificed herself, she must strangle her 'younger' twin sister. Near the end of the game, when Mio learns that in Minakami Village, the twin born second is considered the elder, as the village believes that the 'elder' lets the weaker, 'younger' twin be born first.
