How to earn it

The bad ending, and the earliest one you can get. In Chapter 8, after the pinwheel puzzle in the Old Tree opens the secret door in the Kureha Shrine, head there with Mayu. When she's taken, beat the three Wraiths outside the shrine, then go in and escape through the secret door alone.

Tip

It ends like a game over, but it's an official ending. Save first, take it, and reload to carry on to Crimson Butterfly.

How to earn it

The standard ending, on any difficulty. After Mayu is taken near the Kureha Shrine, don't use the shrine's secret passage. Follow the crimson butterfly back across the Whispering Bridge into the Kurosawa House, beat the Kurosawa Patriarch, go through the Deep Path and defeat the Kusabi, then walk to Mayu.

Tip

Your first clear unlocks New Game+, Chapter Select and Nightmare, and gives you Yae's and the Kusabi's Spirit Stone Shards, which start the next Side Stories.

How to earn it

Finish Yae Kurosawa's Side Story (see Yae's Divine Protection) to complete Yae's Sparkling Spirit Stone. Equip it as a charm, play the Final Chapter, and defeat the Kusabi at the Ritual Altar with it equipped.

Tip

This ending gives you the first of Sae's Spirit Stone Shards, needed for Sprouting Wings.

How to earn it

Finish the Kusabi's Side Story (see Kusabi's Divine Protection) to complete the Kusabi's Sparkling Spirit Stone and equip it. At the Ritual Altar you face the Kusabi twice (it returns aggravated), then descend into the Hellish Abyss to fight Sae. Beat her for the ending.

Tip

This is the first route with the Sae fight, so it's a good time for Type-07 Master. It also opens Mayu's Side Story and gives the last Wraith for Solace For The Tortured.

How to earn it

After The Promise and The Abyss, finish Sae Kurosawa's second Side Story and Mayu Amakura's Side Story to form both their Sparkling Spirit Stones. Equip both before the Ritual Altar. Mayu is waiting calmly on the altar: survive both phases of the Kusabi, beat Sae in the Hellish Abyss, then run to Mayu and take her hand at the prompt.

How to earn it

The final and hardest ending. Every other Side Story must be done first; only then does Mio Amakura's Side Story appear. Go to the village entrance at Misono Hill, where a specter of a young Mio gives you Mio's Sparkling Spirit Stone.

Then, on Nightmare difficulty, equip Mio's stone before the Ritual Altar in the Final Chapter, survive both Kusabi phases and defeat Sae in the Hellish Abyss.

Tip

Clearing it also unlocks the last two charms, including The Ritual.

How to earn it

Reach any real ending on Nightmare, which unlocks after your first clear. Lonely Road Home doesn't count. Start it as a New Game+ so your Camera Obscura upgrades and items carry over: enemies hit much harder, a single grab can kill from full health, and you'll find less film, healing and upgrade material.

Before you start, upgrade the camera's Focal Points, Focus, Zoom and Film Capacity, and the Standard Filter's reload speed, range and attack. Crimson Butterfly Lanterns still restore your health and willpower.

Tip

Do it as your Remaining Sun run and both trophies pop together.