I need a teleport!
Teleport me out of here!
I'm being chased by a monster, a monster I've never seen before.
I can't handle it with pyrokinesis.
Forget about the key!
Calm down.
We're opening the gate.
Hurry!
Okay!
He didn't make it in time?
Even #5 couldn't do it...
How many of the Abe Minorus are left?
Just one, #6.
Just one...
Bunmei-kun's gonna be on TV today, right?
Is this the last day on Earth?
July, 1999 Will the world be destroyed?!
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Ami, I just got here on the bullet train.
The Nostradamus Prophecies Special
I know.
July 1999
Where in Matsushiro?
Nagano Prefecture
Waldstein Academy.
Oh, Minakamiyama, then.
What takes you out there?
Now that you mention it, I heard that the principal just died of a heart attack.
There are all kinds of strange rumors about the place.
Ghosts, monsters, supernatural phenomena...
A while ago, someone said they saw a tengu demon!
A tengu demon! Seriously!
And it's almost the 21st century.
Miss...
Do you know what everyone calls that place?
Occult Academy.
Waldstein Academy
We will now have a moment of silent prayer, in memory of the principal.
Be silent.
I am Vice-Principal Kawashima.
My deepest condolences. I am truly sorry for your loss.
Please, come this way.
She's here!
Wow, it's been ages...
Is that her, Ami-san? Your...
Yes. She was my friend, as a kid.
And she's Principal Kumashiro Jun'ichiro's only daughter.
Kumashiro Maya.
That's pretty wild...
She arrived late, to her own dad's funeral, like it was no big deal.
And wearing a white dress.
But you know, she's actually as good as the principal at-
The moment of silence is over.
There's something I'd like you all to hear.
This. It was found in the principal's desk.
We listened to the beginning, and it's a parting message from the principal to you all.
In other words, the principal knew he had little time.
Please listen to the principal's final message.
My beloved students,
I imagine that my coffin lies before you.
But inside is merely my physical body, which has finished its task.
My soul is about to embark on the cosmic cycle's great journey.
In accordance with universal divine providence,
I shall undergo purification and rebirth. And someday, you will see me again.
I hope that you all will continue to uphold our school's philosophy,
to seek the truth, as laid out by the philosophies of Gustav Waldstein.
You must not fear the occult.
The truth lies in that from which we avert our eyes.
As proof, I shall show you something that modern science cannot explain.
I refer to...
A spirit.
Yesterday, while reading a certain ancient text,
I stumbled upon a spell for summoning a spirit.
No, that's not it...
This isn't it, either.
Ah, here we go.
Sanguis bebimus corpus edimus!
Ave Satani!
Whoops, wrong one...
That's the spell to summon ancient spirits of the dead.
What is this?
Who is it that disturbs my slumber?
Why do you disturb my slumber?
Then I shall kill you!
I shall drag you all to hell!
Oh, no. Something's here!
Oh, well. I'll finish this later.
Tonight, I'm putting up a barrier and going to sleep.
Goodnight.
It was a rehearsal?
Kawashima-sensei!
What is this spirit really?
First, we must get the kids out of here!
Where did they go?
My glasses... My glasses!
Kozue!
This is what you ended up as.
Silence!
Everyone, wake up!
There isn't any such thing as spirits!
This is...
It's all staged!
Staged?
That was staged?
You there!
Admit it!
This was staged, right?
There's some trick, right?
Anyway, this is all a fraud.
Principal Kumashiro Jun'ichiro was deceiving you all.
Maya.
To begin with, Gustav Waldstein defined the "occult" as religious minorities
such as the Gnostics and Manicheans,
who were persecuted and declared heretics
by the era's political leaders and mainstream faiths!
In other words, Waldstein's study of the occult is merely a type of archeology of religion!
The principal simply took that and interpreted it in the broadest possible sense to include
spirits, UFOs, and other supernatural occurrences,
packaged in what is commonly considered the "occult,"
and took advantage of your curiosity... And...
Okay, got it.
Everyone, get going!
You're not getting away!
Maya!
Hey, it's been five years, Ami.
Hi... Wait! What's going on here, Maya?
You said this was staged?
Where'd he go?
The principal went outside.
Oh, no.
We need to hurry, or someone will be its victim.
Victim?
You don't know?
People devoured by a dead spirit become one themselves.
Come on, hurry!
It wasn't staged?
Which is it?
It looks like the principal escaped into the main building.
It won't be easy to find him in a building of this size.
First, we need to uncover the dead spirit's identity.
Um... "Sanguis bebimus corpus"...
It's a lamie.
In ancient Egypt, there was a lost civilization named Laroca.
This spell revived a dead spirit, called a lamie, that they feared.
Wow! You're really smart!
Oh, I'm sorry. We just met.
My name is Naruse Kozue.
I'm one of Kuroki Ami-san's classmates.
Thank you for saving me back there.
Um, I'm sorry for your loss.
I really respected your father, the principal.
That's why I came here.
My grades are a bit below average, but when I grow up, I want to be just like him-
You want to be a dead spirit?
This is a school?
Don't make me laugh.
It's a theme park, filled with disgusting fakes.
Graduating from here won't help you find a...
Um, back there, why did you say it was all staged?
No reason.
You knew the spirit was real, and you even knew what it was-
Because staged is staged!
I'm back!
Found some people who might be able to help.
Come in.
This is JK. An occult dowser.
Hello!
This is Smile.
He's the school's mechanic. He's good in a fight, so I brought him along.
The principal now? What a pain.
I just finished tossing out some kid who swore he was Jack the Ripper's reincarnation.
Aw, calm down.
So, what can they do?
Got it!
I've got it! I've got it!
What's this?
Spirit dowsing.
Supposedly, he can use it to locate the spirit.
Ridiculous.
Is Porco Rosso over there actually okay?
I like that.
Leave it to me.
No problem.
Also, his ears are really good.
Let's go.
The main building's twenty floors, made of stone, in the European style.
He wanted a school that would, eventually, cover elementary school through university.
These classrooms are still empty.
You okay, Maya?
Want to rest a bit?
No, thanks.
What kind of girl is Maya-san?
What kind?
She knew exactly the type of spirit it was, yet still called it staged.
Well, I don't know what's happening either, but Maya's always been...
And the girl said, "Am I pretty?"
Stop it!
Nine... Ten... Eleven... Twelve... Thirteen...
It was true!
Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san, come out.
What's that?
It was because of Maya that I came here... So why...
Kozue?
I found the spiritual energy.
It's coming this way!
It's coming!
I'll kill you.
I'll kill you all!
I'll kill you.
It's screaming.
Kozue!
Get out of the way!
My glasses... My glasses!
Hey! Don't get cocky just 'cause you're a little bit possessed!
Not the face...
Smile!
That's useless.
To stop a lamie, you have to find the first person they possessed.
What did you say?
Maya...
Wait!
Maya, don't go alone!
To kill a lamie...
Maya.
Papa!
I'm sorry.
You were right. It was all a trick.
I planned it from the start.
Why?
I thought you wouldn't come, unless you thought I was dead.
You and your mama, too.
I missed you. Is your mama doing well?
She died. Two years ago.
I see...
Forgive me.
I spent so much time researching the occult, building the school...
I neglected my family, neglected you.
Papa.
I forgot about you.
I'm a failure as a father.
Stop it, Papa!
It's okay, Papa.
It's okay now...
Maya.
Now, let's go.
I want you to show me more of the school you built.
That's right. We have a lot to talk about.
Hey, Papa, did you know?
They say evil spirits can read men's minds and souls,
to take advantage of their deepest weaknesses.
And to stop a lamie...
You have to cut off the head...
St-Stop it, Maya!
...of the one it first possessed!
Maya!
Maya?
I...
I loved my father.
What did you ask Santa Claus for?
I asked for...
He was the one who let me believe
in things that don't exist in our world, that only the mind's eye can see.
But...
Papa!
You promised we'd go shopping.
Hey, Papa!
Shut up, you brat!
It drove my father mad...
This place, Occult Academy.
This'll do it.
Man, when she screamed at me, I was scared out of my wits.
But she hasn't realized the truth yet.
She's the principal's daughter.
We can't let down our guard. We must stay vigilant.
Right.
The occult does nothing but destroy men.
Someday, this school will bring about disaster.
The seeds of delusion will be sown, and it will bring the whole world to ruin.
Before that happens...
I will destroy this school! That's why I returned!
I hate...
the occult!
A cell phone?
That was bright.
Welcome to Waldstein Academy.
Do you like the occult?
In this place, we study the world's strange mysteries.
Everything from spiritual phenomenon to psychic abilities,
magic, UFOs, and ancient super-civilizations to OOPArts.
We've got it all.
Now, what you'll see next time is-
Principal Kumashiro!
What is it, Kawashima-kun?
Your head's on backward!
Oh, dear.
Next time on Occult Academy:
The advent of BUNMEI.
I hate the occult!
This program is a work of fiction. Dead spirits, psychic abilities, aliens, UMAs, etc., do not exist.
Unless you believe in them...