Akihiko Chuuzenji runs an antique bookshop called Kyougokudou and works part-time as a Shinto priest. The twist? He's a skeptic through and through—he doesn't actually believe in the supernatural, but he uses ritual and psychology to help people work through their issues, framing it as "exorcisms" when really he's solving their problems from the inside out.
He's the type to randomly drop knowledge on obscure topics and gets genuinely excited about philosophical debates. Fans often note that he's best known for cracking the dismembered murder case, which he laid out completely in the anime's final two episodes.
Socially, he's close with Sekiguchi, Eno, and Kiba. His younger sister Atsuko works as a reporter.
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