{"id":4322,"date":"2025-04-17T19:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/%e3%82%a8%e3%83%94%e3%82%bd%e3%83%bc%e3%83%89%ef%bc%91%ef%bd%9c%e3%82%a8%e3%82%b9%e3%83%86%e3%82%b5%e3%83%ad%e3%83%b3%e3%80%8c%e8%8a%b1%e5%bd%b1%e3%80%8d\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:40:34","slug":"bs-s1-ep1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/en\/bs-s1-ep1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 1: The Beauty Salon \u201cHanakage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef\"]{margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);font-size:24px;}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_b21b94-ef\">Dialogue with the Spirits of the Skin<br>A Mystical Beauty Saga<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_f7da0f-49\">Season 1 \u2013 When the Moon Descends: The Tale of the Loquat Spirit<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_daba38-61\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_daba38-61\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_daba38-61\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_daba38-61\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-size:20px;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4322_daba38-61 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4322_daba38-61\">Episode 1: The Beauty Salon \u201cHanakage\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ep1-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 1: Entrance of Hanakage\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tokyo, Kagurazaka\u2014down a narrow back street, removed just slightly from the bustle.<br>There stood a quietly poised salon.<br>Its name: <em>Hanakage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A private, reservation-only salon.<br>The wooden lattice door cast soft shadows, while the modest furnishings lent the space a quiet refinement.<br>Though rooted in Japanese design, the room also carried subtle traces of Western openness\u2014<br>every detail chosen with care, to ease the hearts of those who entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodama Takano opened the entrance in silence.<br>Drawing one breath, he stepped inside.<br>The air was pure, balanced\u2014<br>yet a faint unease brushed against the inside of his skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTakano-san\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the back, Misaki\u2019s voice rang out.<br>The instant her eyes found him, she rushed forward.<br>At the corners of her eyes lingered faint traces of tears.<br>She stopped before him, wordless, unable to move further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-2-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 2: Misaki, tearful in greeting\" class=\"wp-image-5212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-2-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-2-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-2-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-2-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-2-3-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-2-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Thank you, truly, for coming.<br>I didn\u2019t know what else to do\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her hoarse voice broke.<br>Holding back fresh tears, she tried to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano\u2019s reply was calm, yet gentle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI heard you started some new treatments recently.<br>That might be the cause, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In truth, he suspected otherwise.<br>But looking into her weary face,<br>he could not speak words that would weigh her down further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At his question, Misaki\u2019s shoulders fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI introduced new machines\u2014electroporation, ion infusion.<br>I\u2019ve checked them over and over, but they all function normally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, I thought maybe the skin troubles were coincidence.<br>But they\u2019ve grown\u2026<br>One, then another\u2026<br>and now, almost every day, complaints: redness, breakouts, irritation\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano met her gaze with eyes of quiet compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI see. Then let me take a look at the machines first.<br>Don\u2019t worry\u2014it won\u2019t take long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His words made her blink, then she gave a small nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026All right. I\u2019ll tend to the clients in the meantime.<br>If anything happens, call me immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her eyes carried many unspoken thoughts,<br>but she had no space to give them voice.<br>She withdrew quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The door closed without a sound.<br>He was alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light was soft.<br>A faint sweetness lingered in the air.<br>And yet\u2014beneath that softness,<br>something weighty and wordless lay hidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 3: Takano checking the machine\" class=\"wp-image-4912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-3-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano stepped silently into the treatment room.<br>Placing his hand upon one of the newly installed devices, he powered it on.<br>He checked the waveform, the numbers, the feel of the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As expected\u2014everything was normal. No irregularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(\u2026So that\u2019s how it is.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within him, a soundless alarm began to ring.<br>The vial of Shisui hanging at his neck quivered faintly.<br>Something was sinking.<br>Something was calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He let his gaze sweep across the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2014by the wide glass window, on a low table\u2014<br>sat a basket of fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loquats, heaped generously.<br>Their orange skins caught the remnants of sunlight,<br>returning a faint glow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 4: Basket of loquats in the treatment room\" class=\"wp-image-4910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-4-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014Loquats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he stepped closer, fragrance rose.<br>Not mere scent, but something that tugged at memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>Loquats\u2026 how nostalgic. I used to eat them often as a child.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A summer night, after a bath.<br>The feel of cold, damp fruit skin against small hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trace of loquat fragrance\u2014no, of blossoms\u2014spread through the air.<br>And in that moment, something pierced his consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The air froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 5: Takano struck by the sudden voice in his head\" class=\"wp-image-4908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-5-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<em>Who\u2019s there\u2026?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not sound.<br>Yet it carried the shape of words,<br>falling deep into his awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the fragrance, presence swelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweet.<br>Yet bottomless.<br>Fragrant like light,<br>yet damp, carrying warmth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It came suddenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cFufufu\u2026 If it were me, I could solve this problem\u2026 fufufu.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014A voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his head, someone\u2019s voice struck.<br>Instinctively, he closed his eyes.<br>He sealed sight, scent, touch\u2014<br>focusing every nerve upon the resonance within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>\u2026That voice\u2026 whose is it?<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was like a young girl, and yet like a grown woman.<br>Light, bewitching, teasing, yet tinged with a childlike sweetness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano did not move.<br>Yet within, he was unsettled.<br>Never before had a \u201cvoice\u201d arrived with fragrance,<br>resonating inside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stilled his breath,<br>hiding the tremor,<br>opening his senses wide to hear what might come next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fragrance seeped into his skin.<br>A drop of heat lit within his chest.<br>The vial of Shisui swayed softly with each breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 6: Loquats and the vial of Shisui, swaying together\" class=\"wp-image-4906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-6-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep2-6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No more words came.<br>And yet\u2014<br>in the silence, he knew he was being watched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presence was calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>So that\u2019s it\u2026 I was summoned here.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He knew with certainty.<br>This was no coincidence.<br>Something had guided him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the vial, the red Shisui rippled gently,<br>in time with his breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The loquats in the basket seemed faintly aglow,<br>hovering in the air like more than mere fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presence had not vanished.<br>Rather, it was about to speak further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano closed his eyes slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sls1-ep2-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 7: Takano looking upward\" class=\"wp-image-5348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sls1-ep2-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sls1-ep2-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sls1-ep2-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sls1-ep2-7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sls1-ep2-7-1320x743.jpg 1320w, 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