Ikkei Gozan

Background

Ikkei Gozan established himself as a skilled antique dealer with a reputation for being difficult but professionally honest. He eventually met and married Chinami. Believing he needed to work hard to support their lifestyle, he focused heavily on his business, traveling frequently to acquire high-value items like antique vases.↗↗↗

However, his constant absences began to destroy his marriage. He frequently left Chinami alone in the house she had purchased for them, even missing their wedding anniversary to visit his hospitalized mother for a week.↗↗

The manga artist Rohan Kishibe purchased artwork from Gozan several times. Since Gozan would often try to trap Rohan during their business deals, Rohan used Heaven's Door to write "Ikkei Gozan must always answer Rohan Kishibe's questions" on him. At some point, he learned from a friend who had connections to Minoru Kaigamori about Rohan's encounter with a yokai.↗↗↗

He later became aware of the Box of Happiness, a mysterious object he believed he could use to his advantage. Unaware of its true nature as a trap passed down through his wife's family, he devised a plan to have Rohan repair the broken box so he could then claim the "happiness" inside for himself, knowing that Rohan had experience with the supernatural.↗↗

Box of Happiness

Gozan invites Rohan to his home under the pretense of showing him something "bizarre." After introducing Rohan to his wife, he presents the shattered fragments of the Box of Happiness, which are wrapped in a furoshiki to look like a solid cube. He claims that he cannot "see" the box properly and needs Rohan to examine it. To force Rohan's hand, Gozan abruptly leaves the house, heading to the nearby Café Deux Magots and claiming it is too dangerous for him to be present when the box is opened.↗↗

Once Rohan repairs the box under the influence of a hypnotic trance and a sedative laced in the tea Chinami gives him, Chinami places Gozan inside the now-completed Box of Happiness. When Rohan awakes, Gozan is already sealed within. Rohan uses Heaven's Door to communicate with him through the box. Gozan reveals that he is trapped in an eternal dream where he sees nothing but his wife smiling at him.↗↗

Profile details

Status: Retired (TSKR)↗