Tarō had a long O.B.E. sequence where he sees Miyako in bed with fever and meets Masato Kaibara as the Snark in the hidden realm. He goes with Masayuki, Makoto, and Michio to her house. When he mentions what Miyako said in her possessed state, Takahito becomes afraid and tells them to leave. At the bottom of the shrine steps is Noriko Kabata, the handmaiden of Himeko Ōgami, Makoto's grandmother.