July, 1999. The world will be destroyed.
I don't believe the prophecy,
but I can't deny that some weird stuff is happening at the academy.
If that perverted loser is entrusted with the fate of the world,
we're all as good as doomed!
If the prophecy is true, the only one who can stop it is-
Maya-san!
My glasses! My glasses!
Kozue?
What has you all riled up this morning?
A spoon?
I'm sorry.
I wanted to show it to you as soon as I could.
You're not going to tell me you've gotten into bending spoons, too, are you?
No.
It's something even more amazing!
A spoon that never rusts!
It must be an OOPArt, don't you think?
The term "OOPArt" refers to objects of unknown origin or manufacture,
or whose creation would be impossible
given a civilization's relative level, for a certain time.
However, the vast majority of publicly announced OOPArts
have been fakes or misunderstandings.
The Iron Pillar of Delhi, for example,
famous for never rusting, was simply covered with iron oxide, preventing rust.
In other words, this is just a spoon.
1995?
It's brand-new...
It's not an OOPArt!
Got it?
Yes!
I'll go find something else!
Hey, hasn't Kozue been acting weird lately?
She's always weird.
This is a girl who stands under waterfalls as a hobby.
Man, I've got a feeling I'm gonna get called on.
Kozue, you got the textbook?
First period is...
Now then, open your textbook to page 44...
Kumashiro.
Actually, let's go with Kuroki.
Me?
Wow, you're a prophet!
Jeez, bad feelings are always the accurate ones.
Loser.
Did something happen with Abe?
What do you mean by "something"?
You looked unbelievably pissed.
He try to hit on you?
Or the opposite?
You lending a hand to help out the new teacher, principal?
No.
By the way, where's Kozue?
How far is she going in search of those OOPArts?
Big problems!
That's what I was about to say...
What happened?
First, look at this!
A spirit photograph!
See these orbs?
Orbs?
The ones that are supposed to be human souls or emotions?
Yes, that's right!
It's just light, reflected off the dust in the air.
You can't be sure!
Then let's take a look.
You're standing near a waterfall, aren't you?
Reflections like this occur more often when the air is moist.
The vast majority of spirit photography is just bad photography.
So what happened? You're hurt.
Oh, yeah...
A black cat crossing your path is bad luck.
A chance to see if it's true!
Wait!
A kitty!
It crossed my path!
It was true...
That doesn't even qualify as "occult."
And you forced it into doing it, too.
Some countries say that's a sign of good luck, you know?
Which is true?
I know! I can prove whether it's good or bad luck...
How?
With something like Russian Roulette?
You'll die for sure!
No, Wasabi Russian Roulette!
You get a bunch of pastries and hide wasabi in one of them!
Oh, yeah. The ones you use in a punishment game?
Kozue always gets that one.
Then that's not gonna work.
Take your seats.
I'll find something else for you!
And so then, in other words...
A poltergeist?
No, it's just an earthquake.
Excuse me, sensei!
Are those runes? Some kind of lost language?
Or are you actually an alien?
No, he's just got bad handwriting...
One, two, three...
Look!
It's a tsuchinoko!
Minorun'chi
Abe-sensei, you have a visitor.
I'll be right there!
Perk up, you guys.
How can you be perky after all that running?
Yes... The path to the occult is long and hard.
A scoop!
Now what?
You want to sell at the school?
Yeah. I was hoping I could sell some snacks on school grounds.
Just running a restaurant isn't enough to get by.
Times are hard...
No. I have to pay off my car loan.
Yeah... Bread made by someone in the local town won't be very good.
If you're going to sell it to students,
you may want to make the taste a bit stronger.
Right!
I'll ask about selling on school grounds.
Really?
If we could eat your bread every day,
I... Everyone would be really happy, I think.
Thank you!
Um... Can I get you to taste it again?
O-Of course!
Ten or twenty! However many...
Maya-san!
One, two, three!
What?
You've never heard of the three-second rule?
If you pick it up within three seconds, it's fine!
Another superstition?
And why were you screaming all of a sudden?
Oh, the noon program today was about strange mysteries of the world!
I forgot!
Human-faced sheep, people living at the South Pole, a real pushmi-pullyu!
I wanted to see it so bad...
You done already?
I'm full.
If you sleep after you eat, you'll turn into a cow!
Really?
Ow.
Ow!
Kozue, you're going a bit nuts with this "occult" thing.
Did something happen?
No, not a thing.
That's the problem.
I'm the only person in this school
who's never had an occult experience.
Sure you have!
You got turned into a departed spirit, kidnapped by tengu...
But I didn't see those.
I see.
"What's important are the things you can't see with your eyes."
What's that from?
The Little Prince.
What everyone searches for can be found
in a single rose or a small bit of water.
But you can't see it with your eyes.
You need to see with your heart.
I guess my heart just isn't there yet.
That's why I can't find it.
But I'll do my best, and someday...
It's gonna get hotter.
Is that a prophecy.
Everyone knows it.
Ventora, Ventora, space people!
Don't call them!
Page 51 in your textbooks...
Kumashiro,
put the book away, and take out your textbook.
Hey, Kumashiro!
We'll go with Kuroki actually!
Again?
You suck, Abe.
Stop failing.
You hate him that much?
Don't even want to talk about him.
Is Kozue not here today?
Dunno. Haven't heard from her.
I figured she'd bring me something again, first thing this morning.
Maybe she's learned better.
Not a chance.
Someone's calling me.
It's a phone. They do that, yeah.
Hello?
Turn the power off.
The teachers will take it.
You, too.
It's from Kozue.
Don't look for me?
She's vanished?
I'm going to become a god.
That girl again...
Hey... Wait.
This is #6.
The simulator has been destroyed,
so I'm reporting in with #5's phone, which I recovered.
Liar!
I'm sorry!
A civilian, in possession of the historical change simulator...
This is unheard of!
Suppose she changes the future with that technology?
But that's why I'm here, isn't it...
Number 6!
I'm sorry!
And you're no closer to finding the key!
Work harder!
The future of the world depends on you.
I-I'm sorry.
"Sorry" won't save the world.
Right. You're right.
Don't forget.
There's no time.
July, 1999.
A Great King of Terror will come from the sky...
Find the Key of Nostradamus.
X-Day is...
July 21st.
Abe-sensei!
Sensei, Kozue is...
You don't need to come.
What the heck?
Home Ec Prep Room
Oh, are you angels?
You look like Ami-san and Maya-san.
What are you doing in here again?
It smells like vinegar.
I was about to see something...
From starvation.
Sokushinbutsu...
That's the spiritual training where you go underground while still alive, right?
Yup.
Kozue does it all the time.
And she always ends up smelling like vinegar.
Not always!
Last time, I smelled like plum sake.
Yeah, that's right.
You got drunk off the smell. It was pretty bad.
How's Naruse?
She's calmed down.
We're okay here.
Please.
No.
Let her sell stuff off a wagon?
Right after this happened to one of your students?
I promised Mikaze-san!
I'm not leaving till you say yes.
Please.
We're looking for the key together, right?
I'm done with that.
What? You were the one who said we'd work together, Maya-
Don't say my first name.
What if someone heard you?
You're a teacher. People would think something's up.
Something?
Oh, I see.
No way.
I've never been even remotely interested in you that way...
We're done!
Approved
Yes.
Thank you, Abe-sensei!
What's wrong?
No, um... Just kinda hurt is all.
Oh, should I call a doctor?
I'm fine.
It's nothing.
I see.
Hurt, hurt, go away!
It's a spell to make it better.
I was wrong to work with him!
I never trusted him from the start!
Then let's experience it for ourselves.
Who wants to volunteer?
Scary.
You do it.
No!
I'll do it!
Kozue?
Naruse?
Isn't it dangerous?
You?
Yes! I want to have a near-death experience!
People who get lost in the snow
have been discovered without pulse or respiration, but were successfully revived.
This has occurred several times throughout history,
and we're going to recreate that process here.
All men die.
But what happens afterwards?
By undergoing a virtual death experience, she'll be able to glimpse the other world.
The time limit is exactly 3:00 minutes.
Any more or less, and it increases the dangers of revival.
Yes.
Kozue...
Be careful.
Right!
I'll go see it for myself!
13 degrees, 12.4 degrees, 12.1 degrees...
Heart rate 174, 70...
It's kind of cold.
My arms won't move...
My head is heavy, too...
Dad... Mom...
Thank you for everything.
Big Sis... Even in the afterlife, I won't forget what you did with my pudding.
This is the afterlife?
Are there aliens or something?
What religion was Naruse-san again?
I can't see a thing!
I wonder if my grandmother's there.
My body is light!
Because I'm a soul?
This is water?
Maybe the river Styx?
Can I drink it?
Drink it!
No!
Kozue.
It's time.
It's calling me.
I have to go back.
Welcome back, Naruse!
How are you?
You feel enlightened?
Where are your glasses?
I don't need them.
How was it?
What?
Your near-death experience.
Near-death experience?
Aw, that's just silly occult stuff.
My glasses... My glasses... My glasses... My glasses... My glasses... My glasses... My glasses... My glasses...
My glasses!
This is Naruse Kozue.
I'm trying my first preview.
Next time on Occult Academy:
Occult? Seriously?
What's wrong, Kozue?
Next time on Occult Academy:
BUNMEI's distance.
Don't you read those last two kanji "virgin"?
It's "distance."
Normally, it's "virgin."
No, it's "distance" here.
Virgin.
Distance.
Virgin.
Distance.
Virgin... The occult is so naughty!
This program is a work of fiction. Departed spirits, psychic abilities, aliens, UMAs, etc., do not exist.
Unless you believe in them...