Woman in the Rice Fields

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The Woman in the Rice Fields is the Spirit of a young woman who was murdered by someone pushing her off the cliff in the Fields in Yomawari: Night Alone. She becomes a resentful spirit who looks for her missing Broken Necklace, which went missing prior to her death.

## Appearance

The Woman in the Rice Fields takes the form of a young woman with long, black hair. Her hair covers most of her face, with only thing visible being part of her face and one of her eyes. Her white dress is ruined, dirtied, and stained in blood. She walks barefoot and her skin is pale.

## Behavior

She will at first start appearing to the Protagonist during Chapter 3, as if she is leading the her to the rice fields. Once the Protagonist enters very deep into the fields and find the woman's Broken Necklace, this Spirit will start attacking the girl in order to get her necklace back.

This Spirit will teleport or run close to the Protagonist before starting to attack her. She either attacks by turning her hair into a spiky ball or by vomiting at the girl.

If the Protagonist goes to the top of the Cliff, she will just get killed by the Spirit. But if the Protagonist goes down to the bottom of the Cliff, she will find the Spirit's corpse. The Protagonist can then appease the Spirit by returning the latter's necklace to her corpse. The Spirit will then leave the Protagonist alone.

## Mythology and Theories

This Spirit is the restless and resentful spirit of a young woman who was killed by being pushed off the cliff in the outskirts of the rice fields. Her body had gone undiscovered for a long time, while people only knew her to be missing. As a result of being undiscovered for so long, her soul became corrupted and she became a hostile spirit. Her hostility was born from the shock and rage of her murder, as well as from her desperation in looking for the necklace she lost prior to her death.

She searches for her missing necklace, going as far as killing in order to get it back. This necklace presumably hold great importance and sentimental value to her, possibly being received from a love one. As a result of losing it prior to her death, her spirit focuses on finding it in the rice fields.

It is possible that she lost her necklace in the Field area during a confrontation with her assailant. She may have then fled to the Cliff, where she ended up being pushed to her death.

## Plot

### Prehistory

She was a young woman who visited the rice fields. She lost her necklace during her trip there. When she was at the Cliff, someone murdered her by pushing her off the cliff. She tried to grip her hands onto the edge of the cliff, but she couldn't hold on and let go. This caused her to lose a Fingernail and fall to her death. After she became missing for some time, her body started to decompose and her soul became corrupted. She eventually becomes an angry Spirit looking for her missing necklace.

### Chapter 3: Half of the Night

When the Protagonist goes out searching for her sister for the second time, she decides to investigate the rice fields. Along the way, she keeps seeing glimpses of the young woman's spirit. When the girl finds a Broken Necklace, the spirit sends her a Black Note, telling her to give back her necklace, saying 'it's' trying to kill her, calling for help, and asking why she had to die. While the girl is confused about the note, the Spirit attacks her to get the necklace back. But the girl didn't know what the Spirit was after, so she ran. She uses a Muddy Key to escape pass the rice fields, where she then finds a Moldy Note from the Spirit, telling her to give it back and asking where it is. However, the girl couldn't rest as she is forced to run further into the outskirts until she ends up at the bottom of the Cliff. There, she finds the dead body of the Spirit. As the Spirit corners her, the girl finally realizes that the Broken Necklace she found belonged to the young woman. She returns the necklace to the spirit's corpse. Relieved and satisfied, the spirit disappeared. The Protagonist then decides to leave the Fields, but leaves a flower for the Spirit's body before returning Home. The young woman's spirit reappears, happy that the girl paid her respect.

### Chapter 7: Dawn

After the Protagonist saves Sis and returns home, the former learns from her sister that the young woman's body was found and returned to her loved ones, and the one who killed her was arrested.

## Trivia

* On the back of the third bulletin board of the Field area (the one near the Cliff), the word "MURDER" is written there. It may have been written by the Woman in the Rice Fields.

## Gallery

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