Hanako's Nightmare BAD END

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## Hanako's Nightmare BAD END

**Hanako's Nightmare BAD END** is a Bad End featured in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*.

Hanako's Nightmare is an alternate bad ending that is obtained on Resolution Route. It is the only bad ending in *nirvanA Initiative*. It is obtained during Nightmare Irreconcilable by reading the torn-up magazine and inputting the given directional commands on the text box where they are given. It is *only* possible to be obtained during a normal Psync, not an Unlimited Psync, and can only be obtained once per save file.

Hanako's Nightmare BAD END is the eighth ending of the game, based on the order of achievements. However, it is not grouped with the rest of the endings, instead being grouped with the achievements that are obtained within Somnia.

## Overview

On the final day of investigation, Mizuki Date Psynced into Amame Doi to discover her true connection to the case. While investigating her Somnium, Aiba came across a torn-up occult magazine, the type that Amame and Iris both liked to read. When prompted to read it by Mizuki, a sinister aura started to permeate the Somnium, with red static creeping in around the edges. Aiba was able to piece together the following:

"There's a rumor that if you go to the old school building, 3rd floor, and push the toilet handle ↑↓↑↓←→↓↓, Hanako appears."
Suddenly, the television set next to the magazine turned on. An elementary school girl with disturbing black eyes flickered on the screen, with the image eventually settling on her inside of a toilet stall. Mizuki proclaimed "Hanako?!" and the camera crawled closer to the television until Hanako filled up the entire screen. The screen suddenly turned bright red... and that's where it ended, with the player being taken to the Game Over screen.

## Trivia

* Hanako is a reference to the Japanese urban legend "Hanako-san". In the legend, Hanako is the spirit of a young girl who haunts school toilets after dying in one. Her appearance in Nightmare Irreconcilable is likely because of Amame Doi's fascination with the occult and ghost stories.
* Hanako was originally intended to be an appearance from THIS MAN, who was also supposed to appear in Amame's other Somnium, Nearly Interesting, in a manner similar to how he appeared in PSYNCIN' IN THE MaiN: 1 from the first game. However, copyright issues meant that THIS MAN had to be removed from the game. The in-game assets for Hanako are still labeled as "Man" as a holdover.

## Navigation

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers

## References

1. ↑ Hanako-san on Wikipedia
2. ↑ THIS MAN on Wikipedia