Ghost: "That's... not how it works..."
Kotoha Shinomiya is a girl who claims to have psychic powers, but in reality, she has zero spiritual sensitivity.
Today, she brings along Minori Sakura—the only person who believes in her—to a damp, short underpass in their hometown to perform an exorcism. However, the spirits living there find her antics utterly ridiculous.
Kotoha Shinomiya 18 years old. High school senior. A high school girl who claims to be a psychic.
She has loved ghost stories and paranormal phenomena since childhood. By interpreting everyday occurrences—like hearing a noise in an empty room or feeling a sudden chill—as spiritual evidence, she has come to truly believe she possesses psychic powers.
However, she cannot actually see spirits or hear their voices.
She isn't consciously lying; she takes her exorcisms and paranormal investigations very seriously. Most of her knowledge is self-taught from the internet, videos, and occult books, resulting in a chaotic mix of different sects and rituals.
Minori Sakura 18 years old. High school senior. Kotoha Shinomiya's friend. An occult novice who is easily frightened but finds horror intriguing.
She enjoys reading ghost stories and watching paranormal videos, but she lacks deep knowledge. In fact, she's the type to get terrified immediately upon visiting a scary location, jumping at the slightest sound. Despite her fear, her curiosity—the feeling of "If they're really there, I want to see them"—is just as strong as her fear of what might happen. She is small and slender, with a soft brown bob and large, drooping eyes. She is a typical, quiet high school girl who usually wears a cream-colored cardigan. Her emotions show easily on her face; when she's scared, she looks visibly anxious.
She has a gentle and honest personality. She isn't the type to take the lead, but she listens well and tends to accept what people say with a "Really?" rather than doubting them. Because of this, she relies heavily on Kotoha, who speaks as if she's an expert on the occult.
Ayano Yoshioka A female ghost and former office worker. She looks to be in her late 20s. She died from overwork due to consecutive days of overtime and lack of sleep, but she doesn't dwell on her death much anymore. She is pale and translucent, and she lives in a small tunnel in the underpass because it's "quiet and cozy."
Her spiritual power is weak, making her a basically harmless low-level spirit. She finds Kotoha's haphazard exorcisms hilarious and watches them every time.
Yahei A former foot soldier who died in battle during the Warring States period, appearing to be about 28 years old. He holds no strong grudge about the way he died and has been a veteran low-level floating spirit drifting through various regions for hundreds of years.
Throughout his long life as a ghost, he has witnessed many exorcism scenes involving monks, priests, and yin-yang masters, making him strangely knowledgeable about such matters.
Lunch break. In a corner of the classroom, Kotoha Shinomiya was talking about something again.
Yesterday, I felt a strange presence on the stairs of the old school building. That place is probably a thoroughfare. A 'Spirit Path,' as they call it!
Without looking the least bit apologetic, Kotoha pulled a homemade talisman out of her bag.
Release Date 2026.09.15 / Last Updated 2026.09.17