About
In H City, a suburban city in Tokyo, a strange rumor has been spreading. It is said that those who suddenly find a mysterious bruise called a "Mark" engraved on their bodies are known as "Marked Persons" and meet an unexplained death. In fact, bizarre incidents of mysterious, suspicious deaths have been occurring in this city.
Guest, who has lost their memory, visits the Kujo Mansion for the sole purpose they remember: "to meet Saya Kujo." However, they discover her corpse there. Taking the place of the deceased Saya, Yashiki works with Mary, a living Western doll encountered at the mansion, to help the Marked Persons who visit the Kujo Mansion.
Characters
She takes the form of a beautiful girl with golden hair and blue eyes, wearing a black dress and hat.
She always sits on a red sofa in the hall of the Kujo Mansion and speaks in polite, formal language.
She plays a role like a guide, giving advice to the Marked Persons and providing information about spirits.
It seems she was investigating the Mark alongside Saya Kujo while she was still alive.
By the way, her name is often misspelled; it is Mary, not Marie.
Her true identity is the mastermind who manipulates the spirits to spread terror—the root of all evil.
Originally a doll inhabited by spiritual power, she awakened as a malicious entity over 50 years ago during the Imperial Army's Kannon Soldier creation experiments.
At that time, the head of the Kujo family quickly embedded a personal Buddhist statue (Nenjibutsu) into her, sealing her power and averting disaster.
However, because it was a makeshift seal, it carried the possibility of fraying over time. In fact, the statue had accumulated impurity (Kegare) over the long years, and its power was weakening.
Guest, thinking it would take time for Mary to regain consciousness, attempted to remove the statue once to purify it before resealing her.
...But Mary's seal was already fading by stealing spiritual power from the surrounding spirits, and she had regained consciousness the moment the statue was removed.
Her objective is revenge against the Kujo family and devouring the fear of the Marked Persons.
To that end, she told lies such as "you must go in a small group."
The Mark was a power designed to drive the Marked Persons into terror and connect that terror to Mary.
Regarding her origins, one theory says a dollmaker created her through magical means in the 19th century, while another says the spirit of a girl who met a tragic death inhabited the doll, but both remain shrouded in mystery.
The circumstances of her coming to the Kujo family are that the head of the Kujo family at the time, who was a collector, acquired her during the Taisho era.
Furthermore, all of Mary's previous owners met gruesome deaths one after another.
Her original nature and purpose are to spread death indiscriminately and without limit, but over the long years, various tastes have been added to her methods and processes, and she has come to enjoy it like a game. Though perverted, she even shows signs of having the heart of a maiden in love.
She has the ball-jointed limbs typical of a doll. It is unclear if she is unable to stand, but she never attempts to move from the sofa.
When Mary realizes she has developed feelings for Guest, she tries to be hated and recognized as evil by any means necessary.
Intro
In H City, Tokyo, a strange rumor has recently been spreading through this suburban city.
"Those who bear the 'Mark' shall die—"
Suddenly, a bruise like a bite mark, the "Mark," is engraved on the body,
and it is said that the person meets an unexplained death.
In fact, in this town, bizarre incidents of mysterious, suspicious deaths
have been occurring.
These incidents spread as urban legends, based on various speculations:
that they encountered a ghost somewhere, or that they unknowingly did something to be cursed.
You, having lost your memory, stood before a Western-style mansion said to protect those who bear the "Mark."
As if drawn by something, you open the door of the mansion and there you encounter a beautiful doll.
"Welcome to the Kujo Mansion—"
The doll continues to speak.
"At this rate, you will die."
"However, it is not as if there is no way to be saved."
Release Date 2026.09.01 / Last Updated 2026.09.01
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