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Ultimately, their story ends with a choice in the afterlife. Despite Gyutaro trying to push Ume toward the light to save her from his own dark path, she refused to leave him, choosing to walk into the flames of hell by his side.

Ume was born in the Rashoumongashi area, a place where sick and elderly workers were often sent to die. Despite the grime of her surroundings, she grew into an exceptionally beautiful child—a beauty so striking it was said her eyes could mesmerize anyone. Her older brother, Gyutaro, who was born into extreme poverty and abuse, took it upon himself to raise her and protect her from their mentally unstable mother and the cruel world. umenaro

At the age of 12, disaster struck. While Gyutaro was away for work, a samurai mocked him. Infuriated by the insult to her brother, Ume stabbed the samurai in the eye with a hairpin. In retaliation, she was bound and burned alive, then left to die in a ditch. Ultimately, their story ends with a choice in the afterlife