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Hiyori possesses Mitsuki because she needs a living body to interact with Yuya. As a lost spirit who died before confessing her love to Yuya, Hiyori cannot move on to heaven. By possessing Mitsuki, who now lives with Yuya as her stepbrother, Hiyori can get close to him and attempt to complete her unfinished confession.

Hiyori places a leather belt on Mitsuki that acts as a measuring device for her feelings toward Yuya. Every time Mitsuki experiences romantic attraction toward Yuya, the belt fills up and advances Hiyori's progress toward heaven. The mechanism essentially converts Mitsuki's emotional responses into spiritual advancement for Hiyori.

Hiyori's path to heaven requires her to confess her love to Yuya. Since Hiyori is possessing Mitsuki's body, she can only trigger the confession mechanism through Mitsuki's genuine emotional responses. The belt fills when Mitsuki feels attraction, which creates the conditions for Hiyori's confession to occur.

If Hiyori fails to reach heaven, both she and Mitsuki could be lost. Hiyori warns that if Mitsuki does not help her complete the confession and move on, the consequences could harm both of them. This creates a dangerous situation where Mitsuki must choose between helping the spirit or protecting herself.

This is the central mystery of the story. Mitsuki questions whether her growing feelings for Yuya are genuine emotions or results of Hiyori's influence. The story explores whether the ghost is steering her toward dangerous actions or if her heart truly develops independently of the possession.

Hiyori explains that because she died before confessing her love to Yuya, she has unfinished business on earth. In the story's supernatural rules, a spirit cannot move on to heaven until they complete their unresolved earthly affairs. Her confession represents the final step needed to find peace.

After Mitsuki's mother remarries, she relocates overseas with her new husband, leaving Mitsuki to live with her new stepbrother Yuya. This abandonment deepens Mitsuki's emotional instability and creates the living situation that allows Hiyori's possession to occur.

The bridge to heaven is an invisible symbolic path that grows longer as Hiyori's mechanism progresses. Each time Mitsuki's feelings for Yuya trigger the belt, the bridge extends further, bringing Hiyori closer to heaven's gates. The story uses this imagery to show Hiyori's spiritual journey toward peace.

Hiyori believes Yuya holds the key because he was the person she loved but never confessed to. Since her death prevented her from telling him her feelings, she remains tethered to earth. She views achieving her confession through Mitsuki's body as the only way to complete her unfinished story and move on.

The ending leaves this question unresolved with bittersweet uncertainty. Mitsuki faces a moral crossroads where her decisions determine whether Hiyori achieves peace or remains trapped. The conclusion emphasizes heavy questions about whether any resulting romance represents true love or manipulation.

Mitsuki and Yuya becoming step-siblings creates the central conflict. Their living situation after the parents' remarriage brings them into close proximity, which Hiyori exploits. Additionally, any romantic development between them represents both a forbidden family boundary and the mechanism needed for Hiyori's plan.

Hiyori arrives after Mitsuki's mother remarries and relocates, leaving Mitsuki in an emotionally vulnerable state. The timing suggests the emotional upheaval in Mitsuki's life created an opening for the spirit. Hiyori appears as an angelic presence and begins possessing Mitsuki to execute her plan.