She always has a swimsuit under her clothes, and seems just obsessed with water. Also, the mermaid who hangs out in that one hallway p. They are not a very popular club, but they are very serious about backgammon. Since manga cons tute a type of book, this is a rather dangerous prac ce, and one not suited for any but the most dedicated and determined ar sts. Club members work hard at cra ing manga with quality art and engaging wri ng, but they do so with at least one Library Con- tainment Club member watching them at all mes.
Sakura Onizuka p. Iden fying Marks: Being generally nerdy, having strong opinions about deck-building card games Advisor: Mrs. The club also allows for playing other kinds of games like RPGs, war- games, and video games. That proved so successful that the club is now basically a puroresu club, and holds monthly shows.
The biggest of these is their Halloween event, which they call WrestleVania. The club aims to be an oasis of calm and nor- malcy amid the chaos of Kagegami High, a place where club members can forget the witchcra , conspiracies, and reality distor ons that plague their daily lives and simply con- centrate on quietly engaging this ancient game. Orochiyama pause. Yagami, the world religions teacher Ac vi es: Alchemy is a prac ce that combines early natural philosophy and occult prac ces.
One branch of it became modern chemistry, while others went to more esoteric places. Although turning lead into gold is a real, if challenging, task for an alchemist, the more ad- vanced forms have to do with spiritual enlightenment and transmu ng the humors and the soul itself.
The alchemy club is thus much, much weirder than people would expect just from the name. She has achieved a high level of spiritual awareness, and has devised a process for transmu ng lead into thallium. Orochiyama, the math teacher Ac vi es: Murder Backgammon an inven on of Emperor Nero, and while the original rules are lost to history, a group of anthropologists believe they have created a reasonable fac- simile based on the available ar facts and fragmentary accounts of the game.
Notable Members: Asuka Valen no p. Library Containment Club Symbol: A gun shoo ng through an angry book Iden fying Mark: A handgun loaded with book-pierc- ing bullets, engraved with the name of a famous author Advisor: Mrs. Satorijima p. Ac vi es: The Library Containment Club has the unenviable task of keeping the live books in the school library see p.
To that end they have regular marksmanship training and teamwork exercises, and they have to do regular patrols of the library. Since books remain important to learning, the club is vital to the func oning of the school as an educa onal ins tu on, which is why being a successful member carries a certain amount of pres ge.
She has both an infec ous love of reading and the ability to take down an angry paperback at yards with a single shot. No one is sure how, but it did present the proper paperwork. The team is more hardcore about compe ve sleeping than you could possibly imagine, and has done things like invi ng the Heavy Metal Club to play so they can prac ce sleeping under adverse condi ons.
If you make an enemy out of them, you will miss the days when sleep was a thing that happened for you. Kamiya, the high priestess Ac vi es: The TPC are a small band of do-gooders who generally run around the school trying to help anyone they can any way they can. Notable Members: Nono Mechazawa p. This includes various forms of mind control, promo ng the metric system, kidnapping world leaders, inser ng coded mes- sages into pop culture, and a monthly karaoke night. There are several other members with various strange-sounding ranks.
Other ac vi es include swaying world poli cs, mind control, and building brick walls. There are however any number of nefarious or- ganiza on that seed contrails with chemicals to create chemtrails that help to control the populace.
The Chemtrails Club fully supports this, and has been persistently holding fund- raisers to buy a private jet and chemtrail dispensers.
Jones, the English teacher Ac vi es: As the name implies, the club exists to inves gate and deal with internet-based haun ngs. She leads a small band of friends who seek out internet ghosts. Numbers Station Club Symbol: A radio tower spewing a series of random numbers Iden fying Mark: An easily concealable ta oo of a series of numbers Advisor: Miss Andou, the computer teacher Ac vi es: Numbers sta ons are mysterious radio sta ons that broadcast voices reading num- bers and other codes, as well as tones and snippets of music.
These broadcasts are usually quite mysterious, but Kagegami High has a Numbers Sta on Club that operates in the open and takes requests. Orochiyama, the math teacher Ac vi es: The Apocalyp c Death Cult Club is a group of students who, being unable to cope with life on Kageshima, have become convinced that the end of the world is imminent, and all must re- pent or be destroyed.
They are not very clear on the details of when this will happen, what kind of repentance is required, or what this destruc on might entail, and they issue a new predic- on of impending Armageddon once a week on average. During club mee ngs, she dons black robes, enters a trance, and shouts about the end of the world, with other club members listening and recording. Secret Free Energy Club Symbol: A drop of water with a lightning bolt inside Iden fying Mark: Very low electricity bills Advisor: Miss Mechajima, the home economics teacher Ac vi es: There are a number of technologies that the powers that be have decided would give too many advantages to the average people, and while Kagegami High generally dis- courages the pursuit of forbidden technology, there is the fact that the school needs electricity.
That is why the Student Council gave special dispensa on for a Secret Free En- ergy Club to develop water reactors, cold fusion, torus-based generators, perpetual mo on machines, and so forth to power the school.
The club has turned its room into a dark lab with many security measures, where they carry out their secre ve work and also play mul- player computer games. Notable Members: Club members originally created Roboko Ninomiya p.
Although they currently specialize in edible plants that can feel pain, they have also done a lot of secret work with other things. Momoko Akiyama p. There are seldom more than half a dozen members of the club, though they typically manage to recruit addi onal contributors who provide cartoons, commentary, mind-warping puzzles, forbidden le ers to the editor, and recipes. Notable Members: Nagisa Hayashi p. Conspiracy Theory Club Symbol: An Illumina pyramid with a circle and bar over it Iden fying Mark: Assorted things connected by red yarn and pushpins Advisor: Miss Otojima, the music teacher Ac vi es: The Conspiracy Theory Club is dedicated to cataloguing and exposing the myriad conspiracies that secretly control the world.
Conspiracy Theory Club mee ngs thus tend to be either deeply tense or outright shou ng matches. Popular Girls Club Symbol: An obviously be er schoolgirl standing on top of a pyramid made of other, lesser schoolgirls Iden fying Mark: Being all-around be er than you Advisor: The Popular Girls Club is permanently chartered with a special ex- emp on, and has no need for the approval of any mere teachers. They will head over there to drink ar sanal tea or cappuccino, have ca y discus- sions about the events of the day, and conduct secret rituals the details of which need not concern you.
Less popular girls are occasionally invited into the Popular Girls Club room to serve as pets or furniture. Yagami, the world religions teacher Ac vi es: The Psychic Club seeks to develop and explore psionic abili es. Newly minted club members can enjoy ac vi es such as telepathic discussion groups, telekine c chess, and apocalypse predic on.
Notable Members: Asuna X p. Jones, the English teacher Ac vi es: The Cosmetology Club is dedicated to the study and prac ce of a variety of beauty treatments, including hairstyling, manicures, pedicures, antler polishing, hair removal, makeup, and occasional face transplants.
The club also holds small events for other related ac vi es such as cosplay, bake sales, rumina on, and nostalgia. Sue MacDonald p. Orochiyama, the math teacher Ac vi es: The Comedy Club is a small collec on of goo alls who have dedicated their lives to standup, sketch, and improv comedy, with a par cular emphasis on bad puns and slap- s ck.
Orochiyama is a surprisingly involved and determined advisor, and he regularly visits to run punning drills, Kansai dialect quizzes, harisen duels, and an annual banana cream pie ba le royal.
Midori Kobayakawa p. Mio Kawamoto p. A club member discovered the Mirror of Truth in the depths of the Old Forest, and brought it back to the club room. Those who look into the mirror see the ul mate truth of the cosmos, and it changes them forever.
Subaru Ryuuzaki p. Sato, the calligraphy teacher Ac vi es: The goat-staring club was established with the aim of cul vat- ing psychic abili es.
Staring at goats and concentra ng was originally one of many methods used, but at some point, it became the preferred method, and then the only method. The club now keeps about a dozen live goats.
Lesser Clubs There are several other, lesser clubs in the school that you may encounter from me to me. The curriculum emphasizes pain ng and other tradi onal drawing media, but also covers ceramics, carpentry, sculpture, elec- tronic art, performance art, deformance art, edible art, photography, kirlian photography, tex les, and screaming.
The current calligraphy teacher is Mr. Sato p. Classes begin with the basics of the Japanese government, and gradually introduce more esoteric and cynical con- cepts. Computer Science The world has changed. Computers reign supreme, and not just in terms of the massive ultracomputers of the secret world government.
English The English language is widely used around the world, spoken by over a billion people, including na ve and non-na ve speakers, and a key part of the Ka- gegami High curriculum. Geography Geography is the study of the physical planet earth and its inhabitants. Stu- dents begin by learning the names of countries and natural features like mountains and rivers, before delving into occult psychogeography and se- cret geography, learning the contours of Atlan s and the collec ve unconscious.
Home Economics Home economics is a subject that covers cooking as well as a variety of other household issues, such as se ng budgets, cleaning, construc ng altars, en- forcing home orthodoxy, and punishing interlopers. Students should a end with normal school supplies; aprons, ingredients, utensils, carv- ing tools, and naginatas will be provided. The curriculum covers vocabulary, grammar, literature, secret literature, and wri ng lists and tables. Math Mathema cs is actually a fairly interes ng subject as taught at Kagegami High.
Orochiyama says this is very useful for careers in poli cal science and indus- trial design. Music Music is an important part of the Kagegami High curriculum, both as an inspiring ar s c pursuit and for its ability to repel and in some cases a ract transdimen- sional beings.
Of par cular note are the special classes available in tradi onal Japanese music, where students can learn to play the biwa, taiko drums, shakuhachi, and even the inverse omnibass shamisen, all to appease Kage-no-Mikoto and other kami. Normal History Normal history, also known as public history, is the discipline of history that is known to the public.
It is important because it forms the knowledge base of much of the popula on, and thus is necessary to maintain con- sistency and plausible deniability even if your head is full of Occult Secrets of the Ascended Masters. Sanskrit Sanskrit is the main sacred language of Hinduism, and the original Vedic form is more than 4, years old.
In reality, courses in La n or classical Chinese probably would serve those goals be er, but the school has already allo ed budget for Sanskrit and hired a teacher Mr. Lobsang; p.
More advanced science courses delve into topics like super- science, mega-science, turbo-science, and reverse-science, the details of which need not concern you. However, due to school regula- ons, large por ons of the textbooks and curriculum have been redacted, and all classes are watched over by a three-eyed raven who will emit a piercing tone for the dura on of the teaching of any forbidden knowledge.
Silence Courses in silence came about because of the presence of the Obelisk see p. The Student Council found it to be good for public morals for students to spend me in abject silence with the threat of in- tense pain hanging over them, and it was adopted as a part of the school curriculum. As the Obelisk moves by magical means on its own inscrutable schedule, Silence courses can occur at any me.
Social Studies Social studies is a mul disciplinary school subject that integrates history, social sciences, humani es, psychomagic, and the occasional ice cream social and studies thereof. More advanced classes involve crea ng model socie es and inven ng new cultures.
In these classes students learn about the histories, values, and prac ces of the major religions of the world, as well as various cults, heresies, and eldritch rituals. Independent Studies Kagegami High also allows students to undertake independent studies. Below is a par al list of the available independent studies courses. There may however be other faculty members that you have yet to encounter, or who are newly hired a er you have begun a ending the school. I ask that you please stop snoring.
Tanaka is the single most boring, dull teacher at Kagegami High. God, please stop. Satorimura teaches normal history, and thus is one of the more normal teachers in the Kagegami High faculty. She mostly just wants to explain about the Meiji Restora on and such without too much trouble, but she had the misfortune to land a job at Kagegami High, thanks to a referral from her cousin, Mrs. Early on she made a few a empts at escaping the island, but now she just hides in a cardboard box when things get to be too much, which is kind of a lot.
She is also the advisor to the Gaming Club, which for the most part is just about playing more or less normal tabletop games. Satorijima is Mrs. Her branch of the family is a good deal weirder, which is why she majored in Secret History at a Secret University, located in a Secret City in a Secret Prefecture. Her love of secret learning led her to develop an interest in books, one so strong that she was even willing to face down live books. Saionji, P. Just like running down a moose!
Haruka Saionji, or Ms. Saionji to everyone at school, avoids ge ng involved in all of that. Her parents lost her somewhere in Siberia when she was young, and a pack of wolves took her in as one of their own. She generally loves moving her body around though, and her enthusiasm for exercise is infec ous. And with strange aeons even death may die. Jones is the only Westerner in the Kagegami High faculty, though she makes up for it with the fact that there just seem to be a whole lot of her around.
Although she is loud, un- cultured, and presumptuous, she also has a certain charm that can win people over. No one is en rely sure that the English she teaches is correct, and she seems to prefer it that way. Nakahara lives for science. Everything else in life is secondary to the pursuit of knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
Miss Mechajima, Home Economics Hello everyone. Miss Andou, Computer Science Safety lights? Safety lights are for dudes. She also some mes DJs for events. It turns out that there are not very many people who know both Sanskrit and Japanese. Miss Otojima, Music Yes, I have antlers today. Now she varies, some part of her chang- ing at random intervals. While the world around her stays more or less consistent by the standards of Kageshima , her memories and some mes her body will actually change, as though someone or something is meddling in her past.
That said, she is an accomplished and versa le musician, and excep ng that one me when she woke up with a dark star in place of her head an enthusias c teacher, eager to spread the joys of music to her students.
She can play virtually any instrument, especially on days when she shows up to school with extra arms, and the students generally like her.
Well screw that! I want you to draw the thing you hate the most! Draw it with this special charcoal I found the other day! Nakatomi, Social Studies A good ci zen should be culturally enriched, which means that art plays a vital role in society, to provoke thought and emo on. Do approach surrealism with cau on however.
Nakatomi wanted to be an ar st. He showed some genuine promise, and got a scholarship to an art college, where he began developing his own unique style of avant-garde pain ng, sculpture, and mixed-media.
He le the art college in disgrace, and returned to his parents in shame. While he genuinely enjoys his work teaching about society, ci zenship, and government, he s ll has a certain longing for his days as an ar st. Yagami, World Religions Now. Yagami is perhaps one of the less professional teachers at Kagegami, but he nonetheless knows his subject well, so well that it haunts him. He typically rolls into class late, wearing a rumpled suit and smelling of cheap tobacco and uncanny incense. Orochiyama, Math Tell us the answer to ques on 7 on page !
Or prepare to be devoured! He has a keen mind for mathema cs, including forms of math that were thought lost to me and decency. It is unclear how he wound up teaching at the school, but there are hints that he has been here for a very, very long me. While he seems to enjoy his job, he also tends to shout quite a bit, and occasionally tries to relive his glory days by kidnapping maidens and taking them back to his cave.
Sato, Calligraphy I want it all to end! He has thus far avoided taking on any other du es, though the Vice-Principal seems to want him to do more. These things lead to lame and unserious suicide a empts, such as drinking homeopathic bleach, hanging himself by his ankles, or taking an en re bo le of gummy vitamins.
Sato reeling in despair this me, roll on the Sources of Despair table p. A cold? Kamiya, High Priestess You are made of words. Rejoice in a kind of immortality. I would say tell you to despair in how you only exist in the minds of others, but that is normal. Subjects Taught: Although Ms. Kamiya is not a professor per se, she does guest lectures for a variety of subjects, espe- cially in the World Religions curriculum. These lectures tend to involve forbidden secrets, and it is only because she is in good favor with the Principal and Founder that she is al- lowed to do such things.
Students who want to know more about things follow her closely, while students who hope to retain their sanity try to avoid her. She is one of the very few who knows both the Principal and the Founder, and being a semi-extradimensional immortal, she is more or less equipped to handle that knowledge without it breaking her mind.
Actually, it goes deeper than that. This is es- pecially true when their rela ve sizes are men oned. No, no, a Japanese schoolgirl.
Be er, but not quite there yet. Back that way. Okay, tell you what. Akiko Morinaka, Brash Weirdo Hey! AND she lets me copy her homework all the me! No one knows how or why she does it. Her prices are cryp c, and ge ng her the lock of hair or ballpoint pen she asks for may cost more than you bargained for. Oh, and she likes to prac ce her skills with board games, par cularly vicious board games that involve manipula ng other players.
Even the name is something that one of her new friends gave her. Her innocent wonder at the world around her reminds people how to be er appreciate what they have, and her occasional displays of violent, uncontrollable psychoki- ne c power remind people that the world can be a terrifying place at mes.
Ayase Fujikawa, Perfect Overachiever No, no, not again. Look, please hand me my notebook. Yes, that one. She does get a bit obsessive about keeping things neat and organized, but that just helps her keep on top of things. Just sign here. Next me at least bring some brie or asiago. Things like electricity and internet access come easily, but shipments usually take a few weeks to arrive. One notable excep on is the online shopping site gondwana.
The backbone of Gondwana Prime as it is available on Kageshima is Azusa. By means of a special quantum scooter, she can traverse subspace, going between the island and the warehouse via psychogeography rather than physical space. Despite this, she s ll works hard, and is saving up money from her job to buy either a new cell phone or a par cularly rare type of pecorino Romano cheese.
Although she has a few friends she greatly values, she has a hard me dealing with new people. She will drop every- thing to pet a cat or dog, or for that ma er a spider or scorpion. People and plants, however, she has a lot of trouble dealing with.
Although Emi is quiet and shy most of the me, things do some mes push her too far. She is par cularly resen ul of being forced to a end Kagegami High, and was not a very sociable person to begin with. S ll, she does actually want to make friends, albeit quiet friends who will give her some space. Hideko Kageno, Campus Hikikomori Go away! This is your objec ve today. She has a knack for grandiose descrip ons of things, but the missions she sends them on are invariably pointless.
She has an odd friendship with Miyuki. Also, in her spare me she likes to engage in prophecy, giving out cryp c predic ons of the future that usually come true though a bizarrely literal interpreta on of her words.
One of the richest is Karin Tachibana, daughter of the family that runs the Kagetomo Zaibatsu. Karin grew up in the utmost wealth and privilege, and even on Kage- shima she has servants a ending to her every need.
Despite this rampant pampering, Karin is a rela vely capable person, and a valued member of the Tennis Club. Of course, she tries to solve most problems by throwing money at them.
Granted, the kinds of funds she commands can do a lot, but she nonetheless tries to use money inappro- priately. Koboshi Ayanami, Haughty Princess Yes, yes. Let me deal with this. Growing up she was unusually short and slight of build, and upon arriving in Kageshima she was ini ally delighted to discover that she was apparently undergoing a growth spurt and becoming taller. This con nued at a rapid pace however, and she now has much the same build, but inhumanly large.
Despite the inconvenience and indignity of being huge, Koboshi is nonetheless the daugh- ter of a wealthy family, and has a dis nct bloody-minded determina on and arrogance. She was able to secure giant uniforms and other school supplies and get special permission to wear giant shorts under her skirt for reasons of modesty. She also managed to become a member of the Popular Girls Club, and thereby secure a giant-sized suite in the special elite dormitory.
Having achieved a pres gious and reasonably comfortable life at Kagegami, she has come to enjoy having such an in mida ng stature, though she hotly denies the rumors that there is a regular-sized Koboshi Ayanami out there somewhere. She even more hotly denies rumors that there is an even smaller Koboshi Ayanami, or that they form a sort of human matryoshka doll. Just leave everything to me!!! This tradi on con nues into the present day; the family runs a somber, prac cal granite and marble company in Kyoto.
She volunteers to do planning for most school events, and will happily help with any birthday party or other special occasion for classmates. Class- mates who pay a visit can expect an excessively enthusias c gree ng with cake and balloons, and a full-force party planning session. Her friends have wound up having to look out for her, to prevent too many people from asking for party help, because Konata has no sense of her own limits whatsoever and will easily push herself too far.
Mana Tanaka, Motherly Cook Hey, come on. Being the daughter of a family that runs a cozy li le restaurant in Hokkaido, she took it upon herself to help her hungry classmates as best she can. This has made her quite popular around school, and even student council members help her get the ingredients she needs. On the whole she seems to just be an incredibly nice, loving person, and the only real trace of weirdness in her is that she occasionally performs blood rituals to a strange bear god of Hokkaido, which is pre y minor by Kagegami High standards.
Now, are you sure this bucket is the right size and color? It looks a li le pail to me? GET IT? It worked a li le too well, and Midori is a workaholic. Of course, she spends nearly as much me organizing boxes of slaps ck props and cleaning up the club room as par cipa ng in ac vi es. Very well! Last year, students in the Kagegami High Troubleshoo ng Protagonists Club found her sleep pod on the island and opened it.
One thing she is very clear on however is her sense of jus ce. The cyborg implants that S. She uses this power to do ba le with whatever threats show themselves. She recently shipped Miyuki with a par cularly shiny rock, and her friends are considering staging an inter- ven on. Miyuki Kobayakawa, Tragic Optimist Yeah, my dad decided to use a rope and a tree make himself taller, but I had to stop him. Outwardly she seems to be one of the friendliest and most cheerful people on the whole island, but between the cracks there is something dark.
Those around her have managed to piece together that most of her family perished because of involvement in a dangerous cult that brought about their ruina on and a mass suicide. Momoko Akiyama, Sickly Flower Ah, yes. This is malaria, usually transmi ed by mosquitoes, caused by parasi c protozoans.
She has pale skin, sunken eyes, hollow cheeks, and a worrisome cough. She has an extensive collec on of various bacteria and viruses, as well as vaccines. Nagisa Hayashi, Anti-Student Council Rebel Journalist Excuse me, Miss Secretary, what do you say to the allega ons that you took part in the scheme to put mind control chemicals well beyond what the school allows into the cafeteria food?
She is determined to be a world-renowned journalist and take on the rich and powerful. Oh, and also please step on my ears while you answer. She puts in long hours record- ing interviews and edi ng them into a highly-polished podcast, including the requisite sounds of the humming of stasis pods.
Rei Kinomoto, Genki Tomboy Oh my gosh you guys! A few years ago, she took up kung fu classes, with the aim of be- coming a warrior for jus ce.
Things that she swallows end up in a strange and colorful landscape seemingly populated with things from her dreams. Some- thing about her condi on has led her to try to put ever larger things in her mouth, and she now aspires to eat a star. Not there. Kamiya at the Kage-no-Mikoto Shrine. Although no one could ever truly replace the High Priestess what with her being an immortal fox spirit , Reimu has taken Ms. She sprouted a third eyeball in her forehead that can see ghosts.
She also has a small log that she carries everywhere, cradled in her arms. She simply calls it her log. Rika on the other hand walked right up to her and asked if they could be friends. Where Satsuki is a bit reserved, Rika never seems to stop talking, and usually makes wild, fran c gestures as she talks.
She comes from a large, boisterous family that runs an occult supply shop and croque e stand on the outskirts of Tokyo, which may explain why she has strange occult ta oos cover- ing her arms. That scarf suits you. Er… What I mean is… Never mind! A ack her now! She comes from an extremely wealthy family, and is under a lot of pressure to become great and power- ful like her siblings and ancestors. That has a lot to do with how she wound up becoming both a cyborg and a vampire.
Combined with her unbridled ambi on, these traits have earned her a small army of sycophants and es to several secret socie es. Much to her own chagrin, she recently realized that she had feelings for Satomi Sakuragi p. She has thus become a student at Kagegami High. Her u er naivete and ignorance about the world can be at mes charming or annoying, and thanks to a misunderstanding with friends she s ll thinks that ramen noodles are from outer space.
This is a problem, because she is prone to stress ea ng. She has quickly acquired a rather idiosyncra c view of the modern world, and her friends some mes have to explain to her which things here are not in fact normal, like how hamburgers normally cast shadows.
This in turn led her to join the Manga Club, even though her art looks more like ukiyo-e prints. Let me explain it to you. If you need help with your homework and have a fresh bague e handy, she is an invaluable person to know.
Satsuki Kujo, the daughter of a re red female biker gang leader, came to Onimura with a powerful sense of jus ce and compassion. She got into countless ba les, and became feared for miles around. Only a few have realized that she has a plush turtle that she clutches to relieve stress. For the most part her class- mates have generally been too in midated to even talk to her, but Rika Uematsu p.
She puts her true feelings into her scrapbooks, which are extensive and a li le too detailed for comfort. One notable excep on is the fact that her diet is limited to instant ramen. She gleefully plays the wacky gaijin role, having gone as far as to adopt the peculiar accent that normally only Japanese voice actors pretending to be American can produce. Yue Kiryuu, Creative Fashionista Come now, darling. Diving bells are so last year. Owing to a game of one-upmanship with a rival fashionista, she has a pet crocodile named Bernard, who she takes for regular walks around campus.
She is perhaps excessively open-minded, and willing to transform virtually anything into a new fashion experiment. That said, she does have a violent side, and has been known to go berserk with a pair of sewing scissors. Book Be careful. This is the biographies sec on.
No one really knows why, but on Kageshima books are sapient and vicious. Even so, par- cularly in the library, books will tend to breed, producing new ones with new themes and ideas. These stats represent a typical live book. Certain books, such as the Bible and the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky are extremely strong and dangerous. One of the more striking things about Chloe is that she is never without her knives. Founder That is the statue of the great Founder of our school.
We do not recommend looking at it. The available text and archaeological evidence suggests that the Founder is a bespectacled man with a certain fondness for anime and catgirls, but beyond that there is li le we can say about him for sure. Encounters with him are likely to be dangerous to your sanity.
Most recently they tried to take a shard from the Obelisk. It did not end well for them. These massive arachnids are sen ent, and capable of gu ural human speech. They also wield strange sorceries, and have taught some of their arts to a select few humans. The spiders lived on the island long before humans came, and the school is able to exist in part due to the alliance that the Founder made with them. They spend much of their me in the caves underneath the island, but they also venture out to hunt in the Old Forest and to keep a watch for their hated enemies, the giant cen pedes.
What they are clear on is that Kage-no-Mikoto has an incredibly potent power over shadows. Keiko Haruhara, Groundskeeper Grow, my child. Grow and be strong. While she does spend a lot of me trimming hedges and mowing grass and such, she also had an ancient nature goddess come to inhabit her body as a result of a special ritual that the school has always performed on its groundskeepers. Glass, Mr. Wood, Mr. Wall, Mr. Her name is Marina, and she seems pre y content with where she is in life at the moment.
Miss Jefferspin, Substitute Teacher Good morning, class. First, I need to make unserious threats of suicide, because subs tu ng for such a man has thrown me into a pit of despair. And you are? While there are a number of them who have names and dis nct traits, the majority seem to be cut from the same cloth, or possibly pulled from the same vat of protoplasm.
Student Council Member We are the law. It is not clear just how many of them there are, and they look like normal students apart from how they wear porcelain fox masks when on duty. Watch it. Victoria is the current and longest-surviving librarian, a veteran of the dangerous book stacks of the U. She has a deep love of the wri en word in all its forms, but she knows be er than anyone that books are vicious bastards.
A life me of reading has made her an accomplished warrior, and she was just the right person to lead the Library Contain- ment Club and train up a new genera on of warrior-librarians. The GM can roll on a random event table whenever they feel like it, and players can spend an Awesome Point to cause one. There are six seven random event tables in this book, though there are numerous other tables that can add an element of randomness to your game. You can simply use whichever one is most appropriate to the current situa on in the game, or roll 1d6 on the meta-table below.
In the game. We cannot be held responsible for the consequences of p Total Chaos using this table. A random schoolgirl undergoes a sudden metamorphosis and gains a random Spe- 25 cial Quality p. A ri in the space- me con nuum deposits an evil alternate version of a random 26 schoolgirl. The teacher hands out an unexpected li le test. They are plo ng something. Monkeys are falling from the trees! Roll on the Kagegami High Episode Title table p. Whatever that suggests 33 appears in front of the PCs.
Take 3d6 Stress. A random schoolgirl spots two teachers who appear to be having a secret rendez- 36 vous.
A li le person in a red suit says something that sounds profound p. A random schoolgirl looks up into the sky and sees a colossal eye looking down at 24 her. She starts seeing it all the me, and loses 10 points to a minimum of 5 from her Stress Limit for the rest of the session.
Some have ques on marks on them. Everyone else is wearing a triangular s cker on their foreheads, and there are pen- 46 al es for not wearing one of these Blim Marks.
All of them. And there are a lot. A massive number of zombies emerge from the sea. An incursion of fae into our reality threatens to plunge Kageshima into u erly in- 41 coherent chaos. Bacon mania spreads across the school. Ravenous schoolgirls come in search of 42 bacon! Today is just a lazy day. Akiko One of your friends starts awakening immensely potent psychic powers.
Ayako Dies at the End You start ge ng phone calls from your friend Ayako, who you thought was dead, giving you cryp c instruc ons. Bibliophobia You have an essay due on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and the only way to get the infor- ma on you need is to venture into the library. Creative Vision A friend asks for your help with a dangerous art project. She really needs to get enough blood stones or she could fail the class, and the student store is sold out!
Fun is Complex While hanging out at the Fun Complex p. Hopping Mad A family of massive, talking rabbits is squa ng in your dorm room, and the only way to be sure to remove them is to do something about their own home, which the spiders took over. Little Schoolgirls The school is overrun with a swam of ny schoolgirls, who seem to be constantly spli ng apart, increasing their numbers more and more!
The Loving Star A star in the sky is gradually growing bigger. Pyramid Scheme The Student Council selects you to inves gate the massive pyramid that materialized in the quad. Rock You Like a Hurricane A hurricane is about to hit the island, and someone important to you is out in it! Sibling Rivalry A friend is missing, and witnesses say that Mr.
Except, he has a pre y convincing alibi. It turns out that his older brother, the nine- headed serpent Kyumata no Orochi has come to pay him a visit and generally cause trouble.
Teenagers With Attitude A friend asks for help to deal with bullies who are coming for her a er school. It turns out that she had a pre y epic misunderstanding with the Kagerangers p. Transporter A secret society gives you an important coded message to deliver to someone who is sup- posed to be wai ng on the summit of the Ancient Mountain.
Roll once on each column to get a star ng point for a scenario. There is no par cular reason for this. A book fell on my head. I only have my shelf to blame. A meatball fell from the sky. It was intense.
Did you hear about the luggage that was tried in court? It was a brief case. Did you hear that the theatre club stole from the archery club? They took a bow. Dracula is a great friend because you can count on him. Going to the gym is such a stress reliever. I can already feel the weight li ing! How do you keep track of your sheep? I have a system of baa codes. They're such players. Is this bucket the right color and size? It looks a li le pail to me.
It turns out sign language is pre y handy. It was an emo onal wedding; even the cake was in ers. Like a good bread dough, I'm the hero this city kneads. Like a patron of a German restaurant, I expect the wurst. Also, something about haggis and bagpipes. Playing the violin really loud will cause a lot of treble. That blackjack dealer is quite a card.
The man who invented knock-knock jokes should get a no-bell prize. The school is holding a blood drive. He always drops the bass. Why couldn't the bike stand up?
It was too red. Why did the peanut go to the police? Because he was a-salt-ed. Why did the pony ask for a glass of water?
Because she was a li le hoarse. She ran away from the ball. Why would you made a table of puns? A Shinkansen train leaves Kyoto at a. Calculate how many kitsune can dance on the head of a pin. Compose a poem—a tanka, sonnet, blank verse, villanelle, limerick, or dactylic polynomial octave—about the inevitability of entropy and the fu lity of ever trying anything.
Create a diorama of the solar system, including all 10 known planets and at least 3 un- known planets. Create a new recipe using the recently-discovered Fi h Meat. Do not a empt to eat it. Create life. The necessary amino acids will be provided. Do exercises 1, 3, 5, and 9 on pages , except for the odd-numbered ones. Show your work. Open your books to page Alright, now page Next, page Okay, then page Open your textbook to page The page will be blank.
Stare at it. Just stare, for at least 20 minutes. Try not to blink. Devise a slogan and a general approach to pu ng together adver sements.
Prepare poached eggs. For extra credit, use the eggs of an ostrich, alligator, or roc. Do it. Before the goblins come. Prove the existence of the paranormal. Read chapters of Great Expecta ons by Charles Dickens, and write a 2-page essay explaining the symbolism of the giant man-ea ng spiders.
Return to your dormitory and await my instruc ons. The nec- essary brushes and blood stones will be provided. Stare at a blank wall for 14 hours straight without making a sound.
Start reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. If you reach the end of the book you will fail this class. Turn gold into lead. What is the most shameful part of the human body? The feline body? An ant? State your answers in the form of cryp c knock-knock jokes.
Write a comprehensive thesis on the meaning of existence. Burn it, and bring the ashes in by Monday. Compare and contrast their teachings, philosophies, and dipping sauces. Tell me about this boot, the type of leather it is made of, and where I can get one like it.
Do not ask why. Write a simple program to predict the outcome of the next World Cup. Do it soon, and well. I owe a lot of money. Write a single word that expresses the meaning of love in an uncaring universe. This should be typewri en and double-spaced. Do not use vowels. Write an essay about an encounter you had with the specter of death, the way it cruelly snatched away a beloved family member, pet, or smartphone, and how it stole some of your innocence by driving home the reality of human mortality.
Write an essay about your dreams for the future. Write an essay describing what you did over the summer. Bonus points for including clever puns. Write down everything you know about Rei Kinomoto, her hobbies, her phone number, her secrets. Solve for X. As Kagegagmi High has an excess of poten al mysteries, the Student Council has asked that students vote or roll dice to help narrow down the list to the requisite seven. Just… everything. If you look through the window of the a c of Orchid Hall by moonlight, there seems to be a skeleton with glowing eyes looking down disapprovingly.
If you make a list of something on the island, the last few entries will always seem strange to outsiders. If you try to climb the Ancient Mountain, you will be assailed with visions seemingly in- tended to tempt or frighten you away.
In the back of the cafeteria there is a storage room completely full of potatoes. Kokkuri-san the Japanese equivalent of a Ouija board does not seem to work on Kage- shima at all. Nakatomi some mes smokes a pipe that is not in fact a pipe.
Orochiyama has an extensive collec on of hand-kni ed scarves. No one knows why. Mysteriously, the spooky portrait of Beethoven in the old music room does not appear to be in any way haunted or otherwise home to a supernatural presence. Nono Mechagawa likes the taste of Red Bull. One of the teachers has a glass eye. The Backgammon Club supposedly has a special doubling cube whose sides will change, and is capable of con nually doubling through endless powers of 2.
The clock in the cafeteria mysteriously seems to keep accurate me. The High Priestess of the Kage-no-Mikoto Shrine seems to believe that anyone wearing a fox mask is a fellow kitsune. The lights in the sky over the cafeteria.
We know what the other colors are. The Names of God are inscribed into the pyramidion of the Obelisk, and one of them is Rupert. The printer in the computer lab occasionally spits out the text of what appears to be a previously unpublished Shakespeare play or sonnet.
The third light pole from the right in the quad always goes out the night before someone gets expelled. The vase in the entryway of Rose Hall seems to always contain the same 6 red roses that never wilt. There are no diamonds anywhere on Kageshima. There is a persistent rumor that if you manage to scale the monolith, at the top there is a tunnel leading through space and me into the lair of an enlightened alchemist, or at least a weirdo in a funny hat.
There is a supply cabinet on campus that is full of nothing but scissors, and remains full no ma er how many you remove. They say if you go to the old equipment shed during a full moon, the face of H. Lovecra will appear in the surface of the shed, struggling to mouth racial slurs. In truth, he was neither, but the less said of that the be er. A message from the Occult Club: Per school policy unicorns are not real, but if you see one out behind the gym, please contact them immediately.
A number of students have complained of seeing eyes everywhere, E all over the school, E watching them. You are not being watched. E A representa ve from the Church of Spacetrology will be in the cafeteria at lunch to explain her religion to all who are interested. Kamiya has begun the necessary prepara ons to summon a dolphoon to counter it.
A shaved ice booth will be available a er school today. An announcement from the Library Containment Club: a boat carrying a shipment of vintage encyclopedias ran aground on the south side of Kageshima early this morning. An announcement from the Numbers Sta on Club: Eight. An ominous black monolith has appeared in the school quad. Students are advised not to touch it unless they are not yet able to use tools. Also, we already have an ominous black monolith at this school, and our old one might get jealous of this newcomer.
And now a message from our sponsors. Roll on the Sponsors table on p. Not yet. But soon. And now an announcement from the Drama Club: Oh my gosh, can you believe what Manami said the other day? That was so messed up! And now an announcement from the Kagegami High Comedy Club: Why did the man throw the clock out the window? And now an announcement from the Llama Club: Lammas are great!
The students of Kagegami High are in a strange, paranoid world, but they form friendships and find a kind of belonging. Along with the power-hungry maniacs, your Kagegami High classmates include the cloyingly sincere, good-natured friends who, despite being weirdos themselves, try to help you all make it through things together. Of my self-published games, Schoolgirl RPG is the most spontaneous and also one of the most successful. I ended up making quite a bit of material for it, put together a Complete Edition with a POD version available , and then giving it a rest.
When I decided to come back to the game, I had the idea to create a book that presents a premade setting, a high school with explanations of places, students, teachers, etc. Kagegami High The game is finally out! Kickstarters I have not one but two Kickstarters in the works.
Each archetype is super-enthusiastic, and sells you on it being awesome to play, and in many cases makes changes that make it way more interesting. MB has a wonderfully bonkers setting, and it was a lot of fun to play around with it. Jessica Price PM at Paizo has been posting some fascinating and insightful stuff about geek culture on her Twitter.
Or as one entry in the school announcements table puts it: You are being watched, curiously, intently, lazily, lustily. David Dees is a fascinating artist, albeit a worrisome one.
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