{"id":4410,"date":"2025-04-17T19:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/%e3%83%97%e3%83%ad%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b0%ef%bd%9c%e4%bb%a4%e5%92%8c%e3%81%ae%e5%8c%96%e7%b2%a7%e5%b8%ab-%e9%ab%98%e5%9f%9c%e6%9c%a8%e9%ad%82\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:38:42","slug":"bs-s1-ep0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/en\/bs-s1-ep0\/","title":{"rendered":"Prologue: Visione \u2014 The Divine Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_713696-55, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_713696-55[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_713696-55\"]{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-heading4410_713696-55 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_713696-55[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_713696-55\"] 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-heading4410_713696-55 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_713696-55[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_713696-55\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_713696-55, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_713696-55[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_713696-55\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);font-size:24px;}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading4410_713696-55 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_713696-55\">Dialogue with the Spirits of the Skin<br>A Mystical Beauty Saga<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec\"]{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-heading4410_634a55-ec mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec\"] 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-heading4410_634a55-ec img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_634a55-ec\">Season 1 \u2013 When the Moon Descends: The Tale of the Loquat Spirit<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f\"] 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-heading4410_2ba24c-1f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-size:20px;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4410_2ba24c-1f\">Prologue: Visione \u2014 The Divine Sight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodama Takano \u2014 a <em>Kewaishi<\/em> of the Reiwa era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born into a family of <em>Kewaishi<\/em> that had endured for generations,<br>he carried the weight of inherited skill more keenly than anyone.<br>Raised within ornate traditions,<br>his heart wavered between the resolve to guard their value,<br>and the reality that mere preservation would not suffice to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 1: Interior of an ancient temple room\" class=\"wp-image-4898\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-1-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBetween what must not change, and what must.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those words had once been spoken to him.<br>Even now, Takano carried them deep within his chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His mission was never to remain only a successor.<br>It was to breathe life into ancient technique,<br>to re-create the very concept of <em>beauty.<\/em><br>That was the path of \u201c<em>Kesho-d\u014d<\/em>\u201d he walked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late autumn.<br>Takano visited an ancient temple at the foot of Mount Atago, Kyoto.<br>In a small tea room annexed to the temple,<br>he slid open the paper door just enough to let in the morning air,<br>and sat in silence, poised in formal meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 2: Takano in meditation, seated in zazen\" class=\"wp-image-4896\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-2-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He closed his eyes and calmed his breath.<br>Surrendering his whole body to the presence of the outside world,<br>he slowly unraveled the edges of his awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014It was then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sudden heat welled between his brows.<br>From the depths of consciousness, something rose upward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His vision changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The instant he opened his eyes\u2014<br>the <em>skin<\/em> of the person before him leapt into the center of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signs of dryness. Imbalance of surface temperature.<br>Fibers of the dermis, fraying.<br>But more than the surface\u2014<br>he felt the vibrations of the heart: <em>wavering, confusion,<\/em> all carried through the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not theory.<br>Not experience.<br>But an anomaly that could only be called <em>sight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano knew at once:<br>\u2014the skin itself was speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And what it told was not only the present condition or decline of beauty.<br>Within it also dwelled an intention toward the future\u2014<br>still wordless, yet alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first gift awakened within him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visione \u2014 The Divine Sight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It quietly, yet surely, began to take root inside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 3: Takano\u2019s awakening, close-up of his face\" class=\"wp-image-4894\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-3-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From then on, whenever Takano touched skin\u2014<br>not only appearance, but the hidden \u201creason\u201d behind it<br>was conveyed to him,<br>as naturally as breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why it had become so.<br>How it might return.<br>The delicate veil of the skin whispered these answers to him.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But this sight carried its price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each time he used the power, something was carved away from within.<br>Breaths he drew deeply reached nowhere,<br>burned into heat, and quietly slipped away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His breathing grew shallow.<br>Blood circulation dulled.<br>Even his bones turned cold.<br>It was as though, in receiving another\u2019s beauty,<br>he surrendered his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014And still, he accepted it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For he believed that was the true <em>response<\/em> of a <em>Kewaishi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To listen quietly to what lay beneath words.<br>To seek with another the unseen answer.<br>That act, to him, was the essence of \u201cmakeup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seated on the veranda, Takano drew out a small vial that hung from his neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 4: The vial of Shisui, softly glimmering\" class=\"wp-image-4892\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-4-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shisui.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A liquid appearing only to <em>Kewaishi,<\/em><br>holding within it both color and presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano\u2019s Shisui was red.<br>Not fire, nor blood\u2014<br>but a living crimson, unmistakably alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the vial, it swayed gently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something unseen seemed to have touched it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014At that moment, his smartphone vibrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name displayed: <strong>Misaki.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An old friend, once a fellow researcher,<br>now running a salon in Tokyo\u2014<br>a woman who still, in some quiet way, thought of him as special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\u633f\u7d75\uff15\n\u7e01\u5074\u3000\u9ad8\u57dc\u6728\u9b42\u3000\u30b9\u30de\u30db\u898b\u308b\n===\" class=\"wp-image-4890\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-5-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026Takano-san, please.<br>Recently, my clients\u2019 skin has suddenly erupted with redness, with bumps\u2026<br>Whatever treatment I try, it only worsens.<br>It\u2019s as if their skin is rejecting my hands\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her voice was unsteady, urgent.<br>That plea instantly cast a shadow of disturbance within Takano\u2019s <em>Visione.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was not a mere mistake in treatment.<br>Not an issue of formula or device.<br>It was something else\u2014<br>something deeper, quietly stirring within the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026I understand. I\u2019ll come at once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He ended the call,<br>gripped the vial of Shisui as if to confirm its state,<br>and rose slowly to his feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the garden, a single stalk of bamboo gave a thin, clear sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Takano\u2019s vision opened quietly\u2014<br>toward the next change to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where that presence had arrived from,<br>he would learn only later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 6: Torii gate bathed in divine light\" class=\"wp-image-4888\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bsn-s1-ep1-6-300x169.jpg 300w, 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