The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording

Azaka introduces herself and explains how she intends to win Mikiya over. She views Ryogi Shiki as a dangerous rival for his affection. The scene establishes Azaka's charm, confidence, and the love rivalry that frames the story.

Shiki is dispatched to Reien Academy during winter break to investigate reports of memory-stealing fairies and Kaori's suspicious suicide attempt. She immediately clashes with Azaka as the rival to Mikiya's affection becomes tangled with danger. The investigation introduces the central memory-erasure device driving the plot.

Shiki spots a fairy and gives chase, while Azaka cannot see the creature and is suddenly attacked by an unknown assailant. Azaka wakes after losing her memory, and the pair realize something supernatural is at work. The case deepens as memory loss becomes a weapon.

Investigators learn a magus is using the fairies to erase everyone's memories of Kaori's suicide attempt. The school has a written investigation record that hints at hidden truths behind what happened. The discovery frames the conflict as a battle over memory and truth.

Azaka goes to the old suicide site alone; Ouji asks her to pray in the chapel. Ouji reveals she is the one manipulating the fairies to rewrite memories, explaining she was Kaori's friend and wishes to erase the scandal. She also intends to punish classmates who enabled Kaori's fate.

During the confrontation, Azaka is knocked unconscious from behind by a fairy. The attack underscores how the magic directly endangers her and others. Shiki remains nearby as the danger escalates.

Satsuki Kurogiri, the temporary replacement teacher, finds Azaka and surprisingly retains her memory. Shiki arrives and warns that Kaori's class has disappeared, pushing the investigation forward. The truth begins to surface about the scope of Ouji's manipulation.

Kurogiri reveals his true identity as God's Word, a magus who can control recognition with words and counters Shiki's powers. He is linked to Hayama’s death, explaining how memory manipulation persists. The revelation reframes who is pulling the strings behind the events.

Azaka uses Shiki's walkman and earphones to block Kurogiri's influence and heads to the suicide site. She finds Kaori's classmates in a trance, with lighted matches and fuel canisters, all part of Ouji’s plan for a mass suicide. Time is running out to stop the tragedy.

Azaka and Ouji confront each other in the chapel, while Shiki faces Kurogiri elsewhere. Azaka reveals Hayama's death was a heart-attack tied to drug abuse, and that the rumors about coercion were overheard by the fairies from students, not factual truth. The confrontation exposes the lies that fed the tragedy.

Ouji's resolve collapses as the rebellion against her grows; Azaka destroys the fairies and the source of the magic. Kurogiri's broader machinations remain unresolved, with hints about Araya Soren guiding Shiki's fate. The immediate danger subsides, but the magical and political threads linger.

Mikiya informs Azaka that Kaori has regained consciousness in the hospital. Azaka then pulls him aside on the bus, insisting on a date to make up for his earlier absence. She later remembers a childhood dream that reveals why she fell in love with Mikiya.

The film closes with Rio Shirazumi killing a man in an alley and beginning to consume the body, only to be interrupted by Araya Soren, who urges him to break completely. Shirazumi embraces his Origin, signaling a dangerous evolutionary step. Araya's appearance hints at broader conspiracies surrounding memory and identity.