For some time, the protagonist has been in love with his childhood friend and has been trying to confess his feelings to her but has been putting them off because he cannot take the next step. He knows the feelings are mutual but he won't tell her and so the girl, overcome with worry, is unconsciously drawn to a shrine with a bad reputation, where she makes a wish: "I want to be alone." The next day, he spots his childhood friend wandering around town but she seems different than usual. She discovers her with messy, down-sized hair and scantily clad in what could be underwear. Something seems strange, so he calls out to her... "Who are you?"