| “ | The objects chosen to be yorishiro are ones with the strongest feelings connected to them, after all. | ” |
— Tsuchigomori
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Hanako explaining yorishiro in volume 2.
A divine yorishiro (依代) is the most precious possession of a school mystery.
The yorishiro acts like a battery that provides the school mystery with power and is kept in the innermost reaches of a school mystery's boundary.
It has a black seal on it and will cause the school mystery to cease function if it is taken off.
In Volume 3, Hanako explains that there is a traitor in between the 7 mysteries who is changing the rumors. He then has the idea to simply erase the 7 mysteries for a while by destroying their yorishiro before they go out of control.
In Chapter 95, Sakura explained that a School Mystery's yorishiro is the object or person most precious to them, in order to prevent a school mystery from abandoning their duty. A kannagi is able to destroy the seal while leaving the yorishiro intact, while a school mystery themselves has to destroy the yorishiro in it's entirety to be able to cease being a school mystery.
After Nene rips the seal off a yorishiro, she will drift to sleep and see a part of the memory that was connected to the item.
It is rumored that if someone is able to destroy all the mysteries' yorishiros, God will grant a wish. But according to Nanamine Sakura, it will actually lead to the destruction of everything.
List of Yorishiros[]
No. 1's Yorishiro[]
Until Chapter 110, The Three Clock Keepers' Yorishiro remains the only Yorishiro to not be seen in the manga. Consequentially, it is the last Yorishiro to appear in the manga.
It is revealed in Chapter 23 that due to Hanako expressing glee that he can be a pervert with No.1's powers, he was not told where the boundary, and by extension, their Yorishiro is located.
In Chapter 109, it is hinted by Yugi Tsukasa that No. 1's Yorishiro is something associated with Aoi Akane. Akane is the only one of the Clock Keepers to have something or someone dear to him as both Kako and Mirai are impartial supernaturals, and thus have no attachments whatsoever. The following chapter confirms this to be false.
In Chapter 110, it's revealed that No.1's Yorishiro is a key that's inside Mirai's body, which first appears after she sacrificed her life to protect Akane from Tsukasa's attack. It is used to unlock the Heart of the Clock Keepers' Boundary, as well as to travel at any point in time, provided the one holding it goes to the Big Clock at The Sealed Auditorium
Yako's Yorishiro[]
Yako's yorishiro is a pair of scissors, presumably, the one used by Misaki, Yako's past sweetheart and the only human she trusted, to cut hair as written in the journal. After taking away the seal from Yako's yorishiro, a memory of the past was shown. The memory was of the teacher, Misaki, taking a picture in front of the temple along with the fox statue beside the gate. Misaki told everyone to look forward and smile then patted the statue and said; "You too". The fox statue was Yako.
No. 3's Yorishiro[]
No.3's yorishiro, placed on the ceiling of his mirror world. Nene and Mitsuba were supposed to take the yorishiro off to get out of the mirror world. However, they couldn't due to Tsukasa's intervention, who murders No. 3 into pieces. The Yorishiro isn't mentioned anymore after Tsukasa kills No. 3 and feeds his heart to Mitsuba so Mitsuba could become the new No. 3 and obtain its powers.
In Chapter 110, it is revealed that Mitsuba as the new No. 3 didn't retain the original No. 3's Yorishiro, and as he was unable to make his own Yorishiro in time, he is (possibly) killed by Natsuhiko as he touches his face with his cursed blood-filled hand. This reveals that the original No. 3 Yorishiro seen on the ceiling of the Hell of Mirrors is gone, and that Mitsuba as the new No. 3 had to make a new Yorishiro on his own, ultimately failing at that task.
Shijima Mei's Yorishiro[]
Shijima Mei's yorishiro is her sketchbook, the same one the original Mei used to sketch the Tower. After taking away the seal from Shijima Mei's yorishiro, the Picture Perfect world shatters into glass fragments, showing glimpses of their experiences in the fake world. The sketchbook is burned into nothingness. The fabricated world ceases to exist.
Tsuchigomori's Yorishiro[]
Tsuchigomori's yorishiro was a 'lunar rock' that is connected to the only person he has ever seen who managed to change the future from how it was written in the books, Yugi Amane, Hanako's past self. After taking away the seal from Tsuchigomori's yorishiro, a memory of the past was shown. The memory was of Yugi Amane, who was being bandaged by him from his several injuries and bruises. Amane then talks about a rock he owned that fell from the sky and claimed it to be a lunar rock. Amane described the rock as his 'prized possession'. He then gave it to Tsuchigomori, despite saying that the rock made him felt like he could go anywhere. Amane then stated, "I've made up my mind now, I'm not going anywhere." He changed his future from what was written in the books, something that Tsuchigomori had never seen occur before.
Shinigami-sama's Yorishiro[]
Shinigami-sama's yorishiro is Akane Sumire, a human rather than an object, unlike the other school mysteries' yorishiros. It is located on the right side of the lower part of her neck. In Chapter 94, Shinigami himself destroyed Sumire.
Hanako's Yorishiro[]
According to Chapter 95, Yugi Tsukasa is confirmed to be Hanako's yorishiro. Similar to No 6.'s yorishiro, Tsukasa was also a human and is the twin brother of Hanako, somebody that Hanako believed that he failed to protect while the two were alive. As of right now, Tsukasa is the only known yorishiro that has not been destroyed and is still active..