[organization info]

YAIBA-GUMI:

Purpose: To investigate and protect against the dangerous supernatural forces that plague Haddow.

MEMBERS:

Name: Uehara Kojiro
Age: 37
Position: Leader
Weapon: Katana
Outside: Salaryman

Name: Hanazawa Tomoyo
Age: 18
Position: Medic
Weapon: Bow
Outside: Waitress

Name: Shinigami Shinya
Age: 13
Position: Support
Weapon: Shinai
Outside: Student

Name: Wada "Granny" Sumire
Age: 80
Position: Medium
Weapon: Needles
Outside: Retired

Name: Hashimoto Yuunosuke
Age: 25
Position: Stealth
Weapon: Katana, Caltrops, Kunai, Shuriken
Outside: Art History Museum Staff

Name: Yamashita Tarou
Age: 45
Position: Blacksmith
Weapon: Any he chooses to make
Outside: Blacksmith in the Touristy Pseudo-Historical Part of Haddow


-- former members

Name: Shinigami Takahiro
Age: 21
Position: Strategist
Weapon: Katana
Outside: Cafe Staff
[DECEASED]

Name: Wada Kenzo
Age: 82
Position: Founder
Weapon: Martial Arts, Needles
Outside: Martial Arts Instructor
[DECEASED]

-KAZUMA-

Oliver told me to write here.  He says I'm probably the type who can express myself better on paper than I can verbally.  This isn't paper though.  Still, he says that either way, this kind of thing is good for me.

Today was my first day of middle school.  I haven't been to school since I was in elementary school in Japan.  I guess I'll write about my time.

The Korean influence on this city means we have to wear uniforms.  I actually like that; it means I don't have to spend time thinking about what to wear in the morning.  I could care less.  But Oliver wishes the uniforms were flashier.

I walked to school with Oliver today.  He says that this is going to be a thing we do everyday. He seemed genuinely happy about it, but he also deliberately tripped me at least twice on the way to school, so I don't really know how to feel about us.  I don't think he does either.

I met my homeroom teacher first.  She's okay I guess.  I think she's worried about me though, which just annoys me.

I took a standardized test to find out which subjects I was good at.  Apparently I'm good at reading and science.  Probably because it's easy for me to predict what's going to happen next.

As expected I hate everyone.  Almost everyone in class is constantly screaming and running around and throwing things at each other and falling over and shouting obscene jokes at each other.  The girls are less annoying.  But they're all stupid too.  Every girl has a crush on Oliver.  He relishes this and is constantly winking at them and kissing their hands and all that other stupid stuff he does.  It's dumb because I don't even think he has any interest in any of them.  He's just good at faking it.  Just like how the homeroom teacher doesn't worry about him.  He's good at faking a stable home situation too.

The other Asian thing about the school is that we each are required to join an after-school club.  I really don't want to.  I just want to go straight home.  Oliver says he's going to join orchestra.  He's already a member of student council and tennis though too.  I don't know how he plans to keep up with all of it.  But he says being busy is what keeps him sane.

Lunch at school is not as bad as I assumed it was going to be.  I think I'll look forward to it from now on.  I like the chocolate milk.  Oliver usually pushes me against the wall and takes my lunch money, but then he gives it back before lunch.  As I said, I don't understand him.

I have trouble focusing in class because I can't help but use my powers to take little peeks on Reina now and then to see what she's doing.  Then I start missing her terribly.  And every time I miss her, I end up breaking the Scantron machine.  It's always a weird chain of events.  Nobody knows I'm the one breaking it though.

During break I usually just sit alone and doodle on my homework.  One girl keeps trying to start conversation with me while I do this.  I don't know what she wants.

That's all I'll write about today I guess.  I'll probably have more to write about soon. Byebye.