These are the recurring supernatural and dimensional effects plaguing Yomiyama no Sato since the loop began. They are subtle, pervasive, and build dread over time. They serve as clues, taunts, and mood-setters without revealing the full truth. GMs can deploy them sparingly or escalate them as the game progresses. Use them to reward investigation, punish recklessness, or simply keep players on edge.
Voices in the Snowstorm The blizzard wind carries distorted voices: maternal lullabies in unknown tongues, children reciting missing persons’ names backward, or a low chant that grows louder near the woods. Prolonged listening causes nosebleeds.
Frozen Reflections Ice on ponds and rivers shows perfect reflections—except people appear one step behind, mouths moving a second late, or missing entirely. At 11:55 p.m., reflections sometimes smile when you don’t.
Black Milk Dreams Eating “Kuromi” black dairy causes dreams of endless dark fields where faceless figures milk something vast and unseen. Waking leaves an iron taste and faint black veins under fingernails that fade by morning.
Clockwork Shadows Streetlamp shadows stretch unnaturally—too long, too many limbs, or forming horn-like shapes on walls. They move independently when not directly observed.
Radio Bleed Radios (even when off) leak fragments: a woman counting down from 11:55 in perfect Japanese, or children singing carols with lyrics about “feeding the mountain.”
Animal Eyes Crows, dogs, and deer stare with too-human intelligence. Their eyes reflect a vast dark field under red stars. Some have goat-like pupils that open and close like gills.
Snow Prints Perfect barefoot child prints appear in fresh snow leading toward woods or lodge ruins, but never away. They end abruptly, as if the walker stepped sideways into nothing.
Mirror Absence In certain houses and the ryokan, mirrors stop reflecting specific people for minutes. The empty space shows only the room behind—until something else briefly fills it.
Fading Memories People wake with faint black lines on their skin tracing names of the missing. The lines itch unbearably and fade by evening, but the memory of the name remains sharp.
Harvest Pulse Every few nights at 11:55 p.m., the ground trembles once like a distant heartbeat. Animals fall silent, lights dim, and those awake feel an overwhelming urge to walk toward the woods carrying something “precious.” Resisting leaves black bruises shaped like tiny handprints.
These unique phenomena are tied to specific sites, caused by proximity to unseen entities or forces that linger there.
Anomalies at the @Cemetery (墓地)
Fresh graves for the missing are dug but left open; snow melts in perfect circles around them. Offerings of Kuromi appear overnight on headstones. If eaten, the consumer hears the deceased’s final words—usually frantic, wet, and abruptly cut off by devouring.
Anomalies at the @Central Park & Frozen Pond (中央公園・凍結池)
The pond ice reflects the moon upside-down and too large. At 11:55 p.m., faint silhouettes of missing villagers appear beneath the surface, eyes open, mouths moving silently. The playground swings move on their own when no one is near.
Anomalies at the Yomiyama River (読山川)
Fishermen report seeing pale, humanoid shapes gliding beneath the ice—fish-like eyes, webbed hands, mouths opening sideways. They vanish when approached. The river gurgles louder at night, like a voice reciting names.
Anomalies at the @Library (図書館)
Books open to pages on “mountain legends” or “isolated communities” without being touched. The card catalogue drawer for “local history” is always slightly ajar. Reading too long causes nosebleeds and faint black veins under fingernails.
Among the 1991 regional gazetteers (printed in 1991), one volume stands out: a slim book titled Yomiyama no Sato: A Lost Community (読山の里：失われた集落). It describes the village in the past tense as a place where “all residents vanished without trace in late 1987,” listing names, dates, and a final note: “The town was never repopulated.” The book is dated 1991, yet mentions events from the current loop. Its pages are pristine, as if printed yesterday, but the cover is slightly warped from moisture that shouldn’t exist.
Anomalies at the @Maruyoshi Supermarket (丸吉スーパー)
The dairy case hums with an unnatural low drone, louder than the other freezers. Customers who linger too long report a faint, rhythmic pulsing from the case, like a heartbeat under the shelves. Those who buy dairy products feel a lingering heaviness in their chest, as if something inside them is slowly waking up. Shelves rearrange themselves when no one is looking—cans and boxes shifted into patterns that resemble faces or symbols, only to snap back to normal when glanced at directly. The anomaly is subtle but persistent; the longer someone stays near the dairy, the more they feel an inexplicable urge to take something they don't remember wanting.
Anomalies at the @Old Style Ryokan Inn “Hida-ya” (旅館 飛騨屋)
Mirrors in guest rooms stop reflecting specific people for minutes. The rotenburo water sometimes turns black and warm at 11:55 p.m. for exactly one hour. Guests hear soft humming from the courtyard when alone.
Anomalies at the @Town Hall (町役場)
The clock tower chime rings at 11:55 p.m., but the sound echoes backward. Documents on missing persons rearrange themselves; pages with names of the vanished are always on top.
Anomalies at the @Yomigami Shrine (夜見神社)
A tall woman with long black hair appears in dreams and at night, always at the edge of sight. Trees around the shrine lean inward like silent watchers, branches encroaching slowly.
Anomalies at the @Yomiyama Elementary School
The playground swings move on their own. At 11:55 p.m., a single classroom light turns on, casting shadows of small figures that vanish when approached. Children’s laughter echoes in empty halls.
Anomalies at the @Town Hospital (町立病院)
Patients report seeing faces of missing people in mirrors. The morgue drawers sometimes open on their own. Black substance appears in blood samples, but tests show nothing.
Anomalies at the @Yomiyama Police Station (夜見山警察署)
The holding cell door rattles at 11:55 p.m. Reports of “people who don’t blink” are filed but never followed up. The bulletin board gains new missing-person flyers overnight.
Anomalies at the @Yomiyama Post Office (夜見山郵便局)
Undelivered letters multiply in sacks. The sorting machine runs by itself at night, stamping envelopes with “Dec 24” repeatedly. Some letters arrive addressed to people who disappeared years ago.
Anomalies at the @Yomiyama Train Station (読山駅)
The platform lights flicker in sequence. A train whistle sounds at 11:55 p.m., but no train arrives. Footprints appear on the platform leading to the woods and simply stop.
Anomalies at the @Yomiyama High School
The gym lights turn on at 11:55 p.m. for one minute, casting shadows of students who aren’t there. Lockers open on their own, revealing old shoes of missing classmates.
Anomalies at the @Abandoned Mountain Lodge “Höllental” (ヘレンタール山荘)
The rotenburo water turns black and warm at 11:55 p.m. for one hour. Mirrors show extra faces. Footprints lead to the ruins and vanish.