Otsuyu/Origin

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Origin
Otsuyu is based off of the Otsuyu in one of the most popular Ghost Stories in Japan, as well as Oiwa and Okiku. The story starts with Shinzaburo and Otsuyu falling in love together, but soon Otsuyu began wasting away. After Kinzaburo learned about her death, he fell in misery. Soon after, he heard the clacking of sandals, and soon saw Otsuyu with a lantern. She returned to Kinzaburo's house for 7 nights. Shinzaburo's neighbor overheard them, and saw a skeleton clinging on to Shinzaburo. Terrified, Kinzaburo's neighbor confessed this to the fortune teller. The Fortune teller then told this to Kinzaburo, but he refused to listen. The fortune teller then told him to go to the village Otsuyu claimed to have come from, but no one knew who Otsuyu was. He soon passed through a graveyard and found a grave bearing the name of Otsuyu. He then rushed to a monk to get Ofuda to protect himself from Otsuyu. When he posted the ofuda in his room, he heard the wailing screams of Otsuyu on the other side. Otsuyu then threatened Kinzaburo's servants to peel off one of the Ofuda. Next morning, Kinzaburo was found dead laying on his bed with a skeleton of a woman next to him.