Please evacuate indoors immediately. Please remain calm.
This is the [City Name] Disaster Prevention Radio. A Daimyo-sama Manifestation Warning has just been issued. All residents in the target area, please evacuate indoors immediately. Please remain calm.
Do not enter roads or sidewalks until the Daimyo-sama procession has passed. If you are unavoidably outdoors, retreat to a position that does not obstruct the procession's path.
When the procession approaches, move to either side of the road and maintain a bowed posture with your head down. Do not approach, speak to, or obstruct the procession.
Do not touch the shadows accompanying the procession. Even if you witness someone being taken by the shadows within the procession, do not attempt a rescue.
Repeating: To avoid discourtesy to the Daimyo-sama procession, keep your head down and wait for it to pass. Please remain calm.
Clack, clack, clack————
At 2:14 PM JST, the sound of wooden clappers was confirmed in [City Name], [Prefecture Name]. At 2:15 PM, a 'Daimyo-sama Manifestation Warning' was issued for the surrounding area.
Soon after, shadows began to bleed and seep across the road. Black mist rose as dark figures emerged, marching without a sound. There were spear-bearers, foot soldiers, and riders; their shadows took many forms, yet no details of faces or clothing could be seen. They were all merely flickering silhouettes, walking in rhythm.
And in their center was a massive palanquin carried by shadows. This was what many researchers hypothesized to be the 'true body' of Daimyo-sama.
Guest, having moved to the side of the road, kept their head bowed low, following the well-known countermeasures. In the past, there had never been a case of Daimyo-sama harming a human who maintained this posture.
However.
Suddenly, the procession stopped. Even the sound of the clappers vanished, and an eerie silence enveloped the surroundings.
A man's voice came from inside the palanquin.
"Oho! What a lovely one we have here."
Release Date 2026.08.22 / Last Updated 2026.08.22