Teleport me!
Please teleport me!
I'm being chased by a monster I've never seen before!
Pyrokinesis doesn't do shit!
Forget the key!
Calm down!
We're opening the gate.
Please hurry!
All right!
He didn't make it on time?
Even Number Five was no good.
How many Abe Minorus are left?
We have one more left.
Just Number Six.
Only one more...
Bunmei-kun's on TV today, isn't he?
Will the world end at that time?
Ami, I just got here on the bullet train.
A heated discussion! Nostradumus' Prophecies. Tonight at 7:00!
I know.
Yeah.
July 1999
Where in Matsushiro?
Waldstein Academy.
Minakamiyamana, huh?
What are you going over there for?
Speaking of which, I heard the academy principal over there just died of a heart attack or something.
That sure sucks. There's no end to the weird rumors about that place.
Talkin' about ghosts, monsters, paranormal phenomena...
Someone said they saw a Tengu the other day!
A Tengu of all things!
I mean, it's already almost the 21st century.
Miss.
Do you know what they call that place?
Occult Academy.
Let us have a moment of silence and pray that the principal's soul may rest in peace.
Begin.
I am the Vice Principal, Kawashima.
My deepest condolences.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Well then, this way.
She came.
This brings back memories!
Is that her, Ami-san?
Yeah, she's an old childhood friend,
and Principal Kumashiro Junichiro's only daughter,
Kumashiro Maya.
She's kinda amazing.
Showing up late to her own father's funeral,
all nonchalant, in a sexy white dress.
Well, she may look like that, but actually the academy principal-
The moment of silence is over.
I have something that I'd like you all to hear.
This tape. It was found inside the principal's desk drawer.
We listened to some of the earlier parts, and it seems like a farewell message to you all.
It seems the principal knew these would be his last words...
Please listen to the principal's final message.
Dear beloved students.
I am sure that right now my coffin lies before you,
but inside it is merely a body that has fulfilled its purpose.
My soul will soon set sail on the Cosmic Cycle's glorious journey.
In conformity with cosmic divine providence,
I will be purified and reincarnated,
then someday we shall meet again.
I hope that everyone will continue to pursue
the truth in accordance with our school's ideal,
the ideology of Gustav Waldstein.
You must not fear the occult.
The truth lies inside the things from which people avert their eyes.
As evidence, I will show you something considered to be non-existent by modern science.
That is...
...a spirit!
I was reading a certain ancient document yesterday,
and I chanced upon a spirit summoning spell.
Hmm, that's not it...
No, not that...
Ah, there it is!
Sanguis bebimus, corpus edimus.
We drink the blood, we eat the body.
Ave Satani!
Hail Satan!
Crap, I messed up somewhere.
This was a spell to awaken ancient ghosts!
What the hell?
Who has the audacity to wake me from my slumber?
For what reason did you wake me from my slumber?
Then I shall kill you all!
I'll drag you all down to hell!
Something appeared!
Damn. Well, I'll have to try again next time.
I'll just throw up a barrier and get some shut eye.
Good night.
It was a rehearsal?!
Kawashima-sensei!
What is that ghost?
More importantly, we've got to save the students!
Where'd they go?
My glasses... My glasses...!
Kozue!
So this is what you've become.
Silence!
Everyone, wake up!
Ghosts don't exist!
This is... This is...
A hoax!
A hoax?
It was all staged?
Hey, you!
Admit it!
There's some sort of trick to this, right?
Anyway, all of this is a fraud.
Principal Kumashiro Junichiro has tricked you all.
Maya...
To begin with, Gustav Waldstein defined the "occult" as
the minority religious movements such as the ancient Gnostics and the Manicheans,
who were oppressed and persecuted as pagans and heretics by the political authority and mainstream religion of that time.
In other words, Waldstein's occult research is merely a form of religious archeology.
The principal took it upon himself to interpret that in the broadest sense possible
to connect spirits, UFOs, and all other paranormal phenomena,
to what is now known as the "occult".
He used your curiosity and tried to prey upon-
Eh?
All right, got it open.
Everyone, hurry!
You're not going to escape!
Maya!
It's been five years, Ami.
Long time no see...
Wait! What the hell is going on, Maya?
Was this seriously staged?
Where is he?
The principal went outside...
Damn...
We have to get him before there are any victims.
Victims?
Don't you know?
Those who fall victim to ghosts will become one themselves.
Come on, hurry!
It wasn't a setup?
God, which one is it?
It looks like the principal escaped into the main building.
It's not going to be easy to find him in a building this huge.
First things first, we need to discover the ghost's true identity.
Uh... Sanguis bebimus...
We drink the blood...
It's a Lamie.
There was a lost civilization called Laroca in ancient Egypt.
That spell revives the Lamie, a ghost that they feared.
Incredible! You know so much about it, Maya-san!
Ah, I'm sorry, we've just met.
I am Naruse Kozue.
I'm Kuroki Ami-san's classmate.
Thank you so much for saving me earlier.
And, um, my condolences.
I really respected the principal, your father, a lot,
so that's why I decided to come to this school.
My grades are around the low average, but I'd like to be just like him when I grow up-
You want to be a ghost?
You call this a school?
Don't make me laugh.
This place is like a theme park filled with unseemly fakes.
Even if you graduate from such a place...
Um, why did you tell everyone that this was a hoax earlier?
No reason.
If you knew that things like ghosts actually existed, then why did you...
Because a hoax is a hoax!
Sorry for the wait!
I went and found some people who are up for helping us.
Come on in.
This is JK, Occult Academy's dowser.
Nice to meet ya.
This is Smile.
He's the academy's exclusive mechanic,
but I brought him along since he's a good fighter.
It's the principal now? Jeez.
We just expelled some idiot student who kept saying he was Jack the Ripper reincarnated.
Now, now, don't say that.
So, what are they capable of?
Got him!
We've got him! We've got him!
What is this?
Spirit dowsing.
That's how he says he can find spirits.
This is absurd.
Is the Crimson Pig over there okay?
I like that.
Leave it to me.
No problem.
By the way, he has incredibly sharp ears.
Let's go.
The main building is 20 floors, made of stone, and fashioned after European architecture.
The principal planned to expand this academy so that one day it would include elementary school through university.
These classrooms are still empty.
Are you okay, Maya?
Should we take a break?
No, I'm okay.
What sort of person is Maya-san?
What sort of person?
She called the whole thing a hoax, even though she knew the truth behind the ghost.
Well, I was a bit confused too,
but Maya has always...
And then the girl said, "I am pretty!"
Stop it!
Nine... Ten... Eleven...
Twelve... Thirteen...
It was true!
Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san, please come out.
Don't let go! Don't let go!
What's this?
Maya's the reason why I came here,
so why is she...
Kozue?
I'm sensing some spiritual energy.
It's heading this way!
It's coming!
I'll kill you...
I'll kill you all!
I'll kill you.
She turned.
Kozue!
Get out of the way!
My glasses... My glasses...!
Hey! Don't be so full of yourself just because you're a little possessed!
No, not the face...
Smile!
That's worthless.
In order to kill the Lamie, we have to find the body it first possessed.
What was that?
Maya...
Wait!
It's too dangerous to go alone!
In order to kill the Lamie...
Maya.
Papa!
I'm so very sorry.
It was all a hoax, like you said.
I planned it all from the start.
Why...
I thought you'd never come to see me unless I faked my own death.
You, and Mama, too.
I missed you.
Is Mama doing okay?
She died. Two years ago.
I see...
Forgive me.
I spent all my time researching the occult and building this school...
I ended up neglecting my family.
Papa...
I did not concern myself with you.
I'm the world's worst father.
Stop it, Papa!
That's alright, Papa.
It's okay now.
Maya...
It's time to go now.
I want you to show me the school that you've built.
You're right. We've got so much to talk about.
Hey, Papa. Did you know?
Evil spirits can read the hearts and souls of men,
and use their weaknesses to their advantage, or so they say.
And in order to kill a Lamie...
you must cut off the head...
St-stop it, Maya!
...of the body it first possessed!
Maya!
Maya...
I...
I... loved my father.
What did you ask Santa Claus for?
Um, I asked for...
It was my father who helped me believe in things that do not exist in this world.
Things that only our hearts and souls can see.
But...
Papa!
You promised you'd take me shopping today!
Hey, Papa...!
Shut the hell up!
It drove my father mad...
...this Occult Academy!
This will do.
Jeez.
My blood ran cold when she aimed at me earlier.
But, she still hasn't realized the truth.
She's the principal's daughter.
We can't be careless.
Keep your guard up.
Yes ma'am.
The occult can only destroy men.
This school will cause a great catastrophe one day.
Seeds of deception will be scattered,
and it will bring calamity to the world.
But, before that...
I will destroy this school.
That's why I've returned!
I detest
the occult!
A cell phone?
That was bright.
Welcome to Waldstein Academy!
Do you like the occult?
This is a place where we study unexplained mysteries.
From various spiritual phenomenon to psychic abilities from all over,
magic, UFOs,
from ancient civilizations to OOPArts,
we have every single occult thing here.
Now, next time you'll see-
Principal Kumashiro!
What's wrong, Kawashima-kun?
Your head's on backwards!
Oh, my.
Next time on Seikimatsu Occult Academy...
The advent of BUNMEI.
I detest the occult!