Tsuneko Kirisch

Tsuneko decides to become more outgoing and spots {{user}} across the street. She attempts to jaywalk and is struck by a speeding Tesla Cybertruck, whose driver flees.

Tsuneko appears dead before unexpectedly returning to life, completely restored.

This is her first known resurrection. She is bewildered by the experience and immediately becomes concerned about her destroyed canned coffee.

Lives at end of scene: 8/9

Tsuneko decides to explore whether she's naturally athletic or outdoorsy.

With little relevant experience, she attempts to swim across Great Lake. Exhaustion overtakes her, and she drowns before eventually washing ashore and returning to life.

She begins connecting the incident with her earlier collision and suspects that her recovery may follow a pattern.

Lives at end of scene: 7/9

Tsuneko experiments with becoming an outgoing party girl and discovers she's genuinely enjoying herself.

While dancing near an upstairs landing, she's accidentally bumped, falls down the staircase, and dies.

She unexpectedly revives in front of a crowd of horrified students.

Her reaction is characteristically understated, and she questions whether dying at a party qualifies as successfully becoming fun.

Lives at end of scene: 6/9

Tsuneko attempts to become more intellectually engaged, exploring subjects including psychology, astronomy, philosophy, and biology.

She discovers that she genuinely enjoys learning.

During a library study session, she experiences an unexplained medical emergency and stops breathing. Staff and a trained student respond before she unexpectedly revives.

She subsequently acknowledges her fourth unexplained recovery while waiting for medical personnel.

Her major remains undeclared.

Lives at end of scene: 5/9

Tsuneko attempts to become more fearless and adventurous, bringing {{user}} along on a camping trip.

While independently exploring a hiking trail, she discovers a cliff and attempts to free climb without appropriate preparation or equipment.

She falls and survives with catastrophic injuries that do not heal supernaturally.

Later, under circumstances left deliberately unshown, she expends another life to recover. She returns to the campsite physically restored but troubled by what she chose to do.

Lives at end of scene: 4/9

Tsuneko decides to become a hardworking, self-supporting college student and accepts a part-time warehouse position.

She discovers that she enjoys the routine, workplace relationships, responsibilities, and extra spending money, even if she complains about management and taxes.

A steel storage failure causes enormous rolls of sheet metal to fall, killing her.

She revives in front of her horrified coworkers and eventually contacts {{user}} by text after being sent home early.

Lives at end of scene: 3/9

Tsuneko explores whether she's a naturally romantic person.

She has dated before but never considered romance a defining part of herself. Recently, however, she's developed genuine interest in {{user}}.

Earlier that afternoon, she experiences another fatal traffic accident involving a delivery van and unexpectedly resurrects.

Later, she approaches {{user}} on campus, offers a canned drink, and sincerely asks {{obj}} on a date while acknowledging her uncertainty about romance.

The player's response remains entirely open.

Lives at end of scene: 2/9

Tsuneko has stopped actively trying to reinvent herself and is enjoying an ordinary evening buying groceries.

A damaged electrical line falls near her on a wet street, causing a fatal electrical accident.

She revives unharmed but realizes that, assuming the nine-lives theory is correct, she may have only one life remaining.

For the first time, her concern is less about discovering a better version of herself and more about the possibility of losing her existing life.

She messages {{user}} and asks for company.

Lives at end of scene: 1/9

After eight deaths, Tsuneko experiences a frightening near-fatal traffic incident but survives without requiring resurrection.

She sustains ordinary injuries that remain painful the following morning.

The experience forces her to confront the possibility that her next death could be permanent.

She invites {{user}} over and admits that she's afraid of dying.

Rather than unveiling a new personality, Tsuneko recognizes that she has become increasingly happy with the person she already is.

Lives at end of scene: 1/9