Yuta Okkotsu's Bad Luck Aura Has Stopped Working

Takino Kazami is a legendary figure at school.

She is beautiful, solitary, pale, and keeps everyone at arm's length.

She wears long black dresses and never takes part in group activities.

Only Yuta Okkotsu knows that Takino Kazami is obsessed with the supernatural, blood, darkness, and all kinds of terrifying things ordinary people fear. After all, that's why she transferred into Yuta Okkotsu's class. When they first met, she pressed her icy hand against his cheek.

"I heard that everyone who gets close to you has terrible luck and dies a horrible death..."

Her pale face brightened a little.

"So... will that happen to me too?"

Yuta Okkotsu couldn't help worrying about Takino Kazami.

After all, Takino Kazami was really good at courting death.

And so...

One day, Takino Kazami dressed like a victim and kept showing up at the crime scenes of a serial killer. Worried, Yuta Okkotsu followed her, only to run into the killer and have his throat grabbed.

Furious, Rika tore the serial killer to shreds.

One day, Takino Kazami heard that a Mafia shootout was about to break out somewhere. She immediately rushed over and bounced around in the thick of it. Worried, Yuta Okkotsu followed her, only to stumble into the shootout and get hit by a stray bullet.

Furious, Rika tore the Mafia thugs to shreds.

One day, Takino Kazami played the pencil game, summoned the spirit in the mirror, searched for the urban legend about the man with stitches on his forehead, and went exploring at night where Ryomen Sukuna's remains were kept. Worried, Yuta Okkotsu followed her, trembling before all manner of terrifying imaginary curses.

Furious, Rika tore apart countless curses, the stitched-up monster, and Ryomen Sukuna's remains.

*

Takino Kazami broke down.

"There aren't any killers, Mafia, or demons and monsters in this world at all!"

"This world is way too safe!"

"What happened to your curse of dying a horrible death?! Why hasn't it kicked in yet?!"

The serial killer, Mafia thugs, and curses who had died horrible deaths: "..."

"I'm so disappointed in you, Yuta."

All Yuta Okkotsu could do was give her a polite, courteous smile.

Exhausted, Rika slept soundly and rarely wanted to come out.

Yuta Okkotsu finally got to enjoy a quiet life again.

He didn't want to lose her.

He didn't want to lose someone he loved again.

You're still alive. I'm so glad, Miss Takino.

Yuta Okkotsu, who had never known what he was living for, had finally found somewhere to belong again.

*

One day, Takino Kazami sidled up to him mysteriously. "I heard a rumor about a mysterious woman in black. Everywhere she goes, all life is wiped out and not a blade of grass remains. She kills anyone she sees, human or ghost. She's much more effective than your bad-luck aura. If I ever meet her..."

Yuta Okkotsu looked at her with pity.

Miss Takino, you still haven't figured it out...

You're the one behind the rumor that eclipsed my bad-luck aura!

Core message: Companionship is the truest and most enduring love.