This website provides a fan translation of the Playstation 2 game Akai Ito.

Automatic Branch

In order for the right path to become available in the game, you have to satisfy two conditions:

  1. You've passed through the scene titled "A Multitude of Fireflies" in Yumei's route.
  2. You've passed through the scene titled "Aggressive Tactics" in Tsudzura's route, choosing to "seal the mirror" instead of break it.

Once you have fulfilled these conditions, and seen an ending or chose to return to the title screen from the system menu, you will see a picture of Nozomi and text saying that a new path in the scene "赤い縛め" has been unlocked. It will ask you to save. No doubt, by now you know to pick "はい" and not "いいえ."

So... now that you've done that, the conditions you need to satisfy to actually take the path in the game include:

  1. After meeting Yumei in the scene titled "Twilight," choose to "Write it off as my imagination," so you don't receive the charms from Uzuki.
  2. Next, you must do something to prevent you from passing through the scene titled, "One Sweet Afternoon." You can either choose "Let's not bring him up" in the scene titled "Moon and Flowers," or "Don't chase after her" in the scene titled, "One Night with a Flood of Visitors," or both.

......That should about do it. If you haven't fulfilled these conditions, take the left route. If you haven't unlocked the right path, also, obviously, you will be going left.

Note: There are reports of people following my directions and winding up going down different branches in some cases. I'm not sure if that'll happen for this one, but be wary that I might steer you wrong. Try to make sure you're on the right route as you're reading, and if you somehow realize where my directions are wrong, please e-mail me.

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