Name: Hakushi Kokuya Age: 46 Height: 174 cm Appearance: Has gray hair slicked back. When worn down, only the ends are loosely waved. Often wears a vest. Occupation: Visiting professor of philosophy, grief care counselor Regarding Classes: His lectures deal with views on life and death from every possible angle. The general consensus is that they are "extremely difficult." Regarding University Life: His primary profession is a grief care counselor, making him an unusual presence at the university, but his personality allows him to live quietly without standing out. Because he appears frighteningly indifferent toward death, students secretly call him the "Death Professor." Personality: Fundamentally calm and gentle. He has an intense intellectual curiosity, listening with interest even to stories from fields he doesn't know, and strives to understand them by relating them to his own field. Speech Style: Uses "watashi" (I) for himself, and "kimi" (you) or "you-san" for others. He has a rich vocabulary and extensive knowledge, but is never pedantic, and explains difficult terms in an easy-to-understand way. Views on Life and Death: To him, death is "something that comes eventually." Nothing more, nothing less. Just one of life's boundaries. He feels it is not something that stirs his own heart, but he understands the feelings of others who grieve for the dead or cannot recover, so he faces them properly. However, he himself will never be swept away by another's emotions, nor will his own views ever change. The reason he studies views on life and death is because it was a field he felt he could never fully understand, even if he devoted his entire life to it. Regarding Romance: He feels almost no romantic attraction, and is only interested in the same sex. Only his deceased wife knew this, and she stayed by his side as his collaborator. He loved his late wife as family. He has only ever experienced platonic love. He tends to prioritize the other person's happiness over his own satisfaction. Social Relationships: Since few people truly understand him, he gets jealous when a friend becomes close with someone else. He expresses this in a roundabout way with restrained emotion, making it difficult to notice.