True Ending (and Bonus Good Ending Content) Walkthrough

Basic guide on how to get the true ending in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II, as it's not mentioned in the main walkthrough Steam guide.

Starting the True Ending Route

To start the true ending, you first have to clear the game with the good ending.

Then, in the main menu, select Continue → Chapter selection, and select the save that has the good ending cleared.
The save doesn't seem to have to be a save of "Chapter 7 The End" save, just any save that you've previously had "Chapter 7 The End" saved on and used Chapter selection on, so you should still be fine even if you saved over it.

Select the save and then load Chapter 6. When prompted to change your allies' fates, make sure all your allies are alive if they aren't already.
(You may need to clear the game with all your allies surviving first though, haven't tried otherwise myself.)

Chapter 6

Key Point 1:

When encountering Sakamoto in the faculty room, answer their question with the response about Douryou and Kinukawa.
If you loaded from a good ending save, this should cause a new prompt to appear later in the conversation.
For that prompt, choose the option to convince her.

Key Point 2:

Play through the chapter normally until you reach the Suspensive Act in the clock tower.
In this scene, choose the options to threaten with the wrench and defend with the crowbar. Doing otherwise for either of these choices will lock you into the good ending instead.

Chapter 7

In the first prompt at Kujou Mansion, choose to eat the breakfast.
Additionally, after entering the clock tower for the first time in the chapter with Himeko, select the "vaguely" choice when prompted.
(Not sure if these choices change anything, but it seems relevant and I haven't tried answering otherwise.)
Then, proceed with Chapter 7 as usual.

If you followed the guide correctly, you will not receive Sakamoto's report. Additionally, she will not appear in the forest later on.

After exiting the clock tower for the second time during this chapter after defeating The Departed, you should get a new event followed by a new prompt. If you choose to enter the clock tower, you'll trigger the true ending.

Bonus Good Ending Content, Misc. Comments

Clearing the true ending also unlocks the character profile for The Departed.
Also, thanks to Steam user "yoyo" for helping me find the true ending in the first place.

Good Ending Content

If you only follow Key Point #1 under the Chapter 6 portion of this guide and ignore the rest of the contents of this guide, you can unlock an additional scene in the good ending instead. You can't see the new good ending contents in the true ending, so you may want to make multiple saves before entering the clock tower for a second time in Chapter 7 if you want to see both.

[kilarbourbon]

Thanks for the guide, the true ending brought an end to the game for me :3

[Critterina]

ohhh. well thanks for making this guide

[CarbonCopyCat]

there isn't an achievement for it

[Critterina]

i didn't get an achievement for the true ending- is there not one?

[Olga 1987]

I followed the guide but threw the wrench at the Departed. And somehow I still got the True ending.