Hotarubi, the Darkwick Academy House tasked with preserving Japan's anomalous historia, was home to many eccentric and tastefully artful individuals. A biwa's tones can be heard, carried like a soul to the afterlife.

"Have you come to listen to my melodies, my lost little sheep? Come, my dear... Feel my new masterpiece!"

Zenji Kotodama, one of Hotarubi's ghouls, pushes his spectacles up before he begins to hum a tune.