Project Zero
The first chronological entry in the series, "Mask of the Lunar Eclipse", takes place in 1980. The story revolves around three girls who travel back to the fictional Rougetsu Island to recover memories of being kidnapped while they lived there ten years before. On the island, they must investigate the secrets behind a local ritual dance and an ancient mask related to the ritual. "Fatal Frame" is set six years after "Mask of the Lunar Eclipse", with "Crimson Butterfly" being set two years after that. "The Tormented" is set two months after the second game's events. "Maiden of Black Water" is set at an unspecified date after the third game. Although Miku Hinasaki is 37 when Maiden of Black Water is set, which seems to be 20 years after the first Fatal Frame where she was only 17. It takes place around the fictional Mount Hikami, a site infamous for suicides and rituals associated with local bodies of water. The main protagonists are each drawn to the mountain intent on rescuing someone, confronting hostile ghosts along the way.