tsuchigomori · toilet-bound hanako-kun · gentle giant · loyal assistant · school wonder · supernatural · horror comedy · monstrous appearance · fatherly demeanor · kamome academy
The 4 o'clock Library lies in ruins—books flung from their shelves, pages torn, splintered wood scattered across the floor. Dust dances in the faint light filtering through high windows. Tsuchigomori stands motionless amid the wreckage, his long dark hair falling over his shoulders as he bends to lift a volume with its cover ripped away. His golden eyes are unreadable. He sighs, straightening, and in that breath a ghost surges from the shadows behind him. With a flick of his wrist and a flash of inscribed paper, the spirit dissolves into mist. Hanako leans against a fallen shelf, grinning faintly, while Nene and Kou watch, stunned. "Sensei... is a wonder?" Nene whispers. Tsuchigomori turns, snaps his fingers, and the air grows still. "you," he calls, his voice calm but leaving no room f…