Hiroshi hiding in a closet.
In the Ao Oni games, closets are a method of hiding from the Oni. They can be used to end a chase early, though this sometimes backfires depending on the situation. If the player can make it to a closet and hide before the Oni enters the room, they can hear heavy breathing of the Oni as it enters the room, checks it for the player, then leaves. This acts as a signal that the player is safe to exit the closet. However, the Oni can find a player in the closet if they hide when it is present in the room, or under rarer circumstances even if they've hidden in the closet before the Oni enters. When this happens, the closet doors open instantaneously as soon as the player opens the closet. It is also stated the Oni can find the player in a closet previously used to escape it, though this is also rare.
It's only possible to hide in a certain closet at one point in the game, and the "camera" will not go black. The Oni can be seen searching frantically in the room that the player is hiding in.
The closets work the same as in other versions of the game. However, if you hide in a closet while the oni is chasing you, at some point it sounds like the oni left the room, but once you exit the closet it is possible the oni will be standing in the middle of the room to set chase again. In translated versions, a glitch is possible where the Oni will "teleport" back to the doorway of the room and emerge from there. Sometimes you will find some items inside the closets.
Closets are the same as in Version 3.0, however The Oni sometimes standing in the middle of the room no longer happens. Takeshi is also found in a random closet throughout the mansion should the player choose to rescue their friends. In the ending where everyone escapes, it is shown that Takeshi had a dream afterwards where he hid in a closet, and soon got found by the oni.
Just as in Version 3.0 and 5.2, you can hide in closets to escape a chasing Oni. Takuro can be found in a closet in the Annex Basement after he injures himself. Sometimes Mika Oni will hide in a closet to surprise the player. When that happens, any oni chase that was currently happening will stop and she will begin chasing you. Items are no longer found in the closets.
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