Candylure

Class representative of Kenji’s class and noted member of the Student Council, Katya is strict, uptight, unflappable, relentless when it comes to enforcing classroom conduct, and sees her academic performance as everything. There is one crack in her shell, though - get her unreasonably panicked and stressed out, and she snaps, melodramatically throwing off the glasses and yelling out loud about her “Cursed Eye of Tsukumono”, capable of forcing anyone who gazes into it to follow her command with absolute obedience! This, of course, doesn’t actually exist - see, Katya had a pretty bad Chuunibyou phase back in middle school and that’s one habit she hasn’t quite been able to break.

Their front may be as a private investigation agency, but the underworld has a different name for them - hitmen. This trio of wicked weasels are known as assassins, working at night. There’s Klaw, an arrogant prodigy who tries way too hard to look cool, Stall, the bloodthirsty maniac who uses Kama to compensate for his lack of arm scythes, and their boss Sleaze, a gruff, hard-bitten weasel born without any scythes but making up for it with his calculating planning prowess. Currently, the three have been hired by a certain company to track down these mysterious curved beads by any means necessary - a job that can sometimes be complicated by their tendency to overextend due to arrogance.

Though she’s supposed to be a dutiful shrine maiden, you’re much more likely to find the whimsical Merry out in town. A curious, excitable and carefree spirit, Merry grew up in the tiny, rural countryside, dreaming of the big city life a cousin of hers always spoke of. Having only just recently arrived in Hitodama, she’s enthralled by everything the big city has to offer - in particular, she’s in love with all the ramen shops everywhere! Yeah, she’s slacking off on her temple job, but they don’t seem to care anyway - and besides, with how suspiciously her head priest has been acting lately, Merry is starting to feel like maybe avoiding her job is a good thing.