1 : — Hitagi Crab, Part 1

She didn't answer. She simply stood up, straightened her skirt, and walked away.

The encounter haunted him. Koyomi knew about weight—not just physical mass, but the weight of sins and secrets. He had spent his spring break descending into a supernatural hell, and though he appeared human now, he still carried the lingering traits of a vampire. He knew when a "curse" was at work. 1 : Hitagi Crab, Part 1

Senjougahara hesitated, the first crack appearing in her porcelain mask. For the first time in years, the girl who had lost everything to a silent god faced the possibility of feeling the weight of the world once again. She didn't answer

Koyomi looked down at the girl in his arms. Senjougahara was the school’s "sickly" beauty, a girl who kept everyone at a distance with a clinical, icy aura. But as she stared back at him, her eyes weren't filled with gratitude; they were filled with a terrifying, hollowed-out stillness. "You're... light," Koyomi managed to whisper. Koyomi knew about weight—not just physical mass, but

Later that afternoon, Senjougahara cornered him in a deserted corridor. Before he could speak, he felt the cold, jagged edge of a utility knife pressed against the inside of his cheek, and the sharp point of a stapler biting into his skin.

She explained it with a chilling detachment. Three years ago, she had met a "crab." A god. And it had taken her weight. Not just her body mass, but the gravity of her memories and the burden of her past. She was a ghost in a living body.

The air in the private school hallway felt heavy, a stagnant mixture of floor wax and the approaching summer heat. Koyomi Araragi was just trying to survive another day of his senior year when the impossible happened.