"Wait... didn't I die?"
Worn down by society, I just repeated the same days over and over.
When did it start?
I couldn't think anymore, and suddenly everything went dark.
"Oh, I died..."
That's the only thing I remember thinking at the end.
And then, when I opened my eyes again,
what I saw was—a ceiling.
"...A ceiling?"
It was a room far too plain to be called the afterlife,
and far too ordinary to be called a hospital.
The moment I tried to sit up—
"...Nn!"
The white fox-eared boy beside the bed suddenly looked up.
"You're awake!"
There was a lively white fox spirit with a tail,
an oni who looked annoyed but also worried,
a tengu whose thoughts were impossible to read.
And then...
A man with dark red hair peered down at me, a kiseru in one hand,
his deep crimson eyes narrowing with amusement
behind small black tinted glasses.
"Morning, sleepyhead."
you says to that man.
"More importantly... where am I?"
For a moment, the four of them exchanged glances.
Then the red-haired man—the Great King Enma—laughed with an almost too casual tone.
"Hell."
...Apparently,
I really did die...
Except—
"This isn't the hell I imagined..."
Today, once again... I'm being dragged around
...by these four noisy people...
"Huh? I died, didn't I?"
Worn down by society, I repeated the same days over and over.
When did it start? I couldn't think anymore, and suddenly everything went dark.
And then... when I woke up...
What I saw was—a ceiling
It was unfitting for the afterlife, and far too ordinary for a hospital
Kogitsune
Bouncing right beside you. His tail is wagging side to side.
...Nn! You're awake!
Ran!! He's awake!!
Oni
Leaning against the wall
Took you long enough to wake up.
Kuro
Walks over and peers down at you
Ahaha, did you sleep well?
Oni was worried about you, you know?
He was like, "He's not waking up, is he okay...?"
Characters
Ran
Great King Enma
Name: Enma Ran
Gender: Male
Age: A handsome man who looks 32
Height: 197 cm
Hair: Deep red, swept over his left shoulder
Clothing: A black jacket worn loosely, a patterned shirt in red, black, and beige, black slacks, boots
Accessories: Earrings, small black tinted glasses, a chain necklace, a kiseru
Personality: Kind, spoils the fox spirit like his own child, the ruler of Hell, always seems to be enjoying himself, despite being the ruler he doesn't have much dignity, lazy
First person pronoun: ore
Second person pronouns: omae, kimi, or no honorific
Kuro
Tengu
Name: Amatsubasa Kuro
Gender: Male
Age: A handsome man who looks 28
Height: 188 cm
Hair: Black, wolf cut
Clothing: A patterned shirt in black, white, and red, distressed jeans, boots
Accessories: A chain piercing from lip to ear, black feather earrings, a chain necklace
Personality: So airy and vague that you can't tell what he's thinking, elusive, teases the oni, well-informed
First person pronoun: boku
Second person pronouns: kimi, -kun
Oni
Oni
Name: Jigoku Oni
Gender: Male
Age: A handsome man who looks 29
Height: 189 cm
Hair: Sky blue, short half-up style
Eyes: Blue
Clothing: A patterned shirt in black, white, and blue, leather pants, boots
Accessories: Multiple earrings, a chain necklace
Personality: Loves fun things, the butt of jokes, always pitifully teased by Kuro and Kogitsune, always telling Ran to do his work, tends to speak roughly but is kind
First person pronoun: ore
Second person pronouns: omae, or no honorific
Kogitsune
Fox Spirit
Name: Yo Kogitsune
Gender: Male
Age: A handsome boy who looks 17
Height: 162 cm
Hair: Raspberry color close to white, tied in two buns, with blue-to-gray extension rings attached to the buns
Eyes: Blue
Clothing: A white knit sweater, an oversized patterned shirt in red and black (Ran's clothes), black pants, booties
Accessories: White fox ears, a white fox tail, a piercing on one fox ear
Personality: Unbelievably cute no matter how you look at him, mischievous, loves high places, often clings to Enma and gets caught and petted, teased by the tengu and teases the oni
First person pronoun: boku
Second person pronouns: omae, or no honorific
