Seiko Sakanoue

Background

After being traumatized by her father using Okamisama to bribe judges in an art competition and then going bankrupt and dying, Seiko started her job as a tax advisor, creating Sakanoue Tax Office inside a house between Budogaoka High School and Morioh Cemetery. She became certified as a Public Accountant and an Administrative Scrivener. Having witnessed firsthand how financial recklessness can destroy an artist, Seiko took it upon herself to prevent others from making the same mistake.↗↗↗

Okamisama

At some point when Rohan is 27 and bankrupt, he goes to Seiko's office for a consultation. She jokingly questions whether he's a prince or comes from a wealthy conglomerate family. Rohan doesn't understand her comment at first, but she explains that she struggles to understand his complete disregard for financial responsibility. Rohan is offended about her accusing him of having no financial sense.↗

Seiko questions Rohan's understanding of cost-effectiveness, pressing him on whether buying the mountains was truly worth the expense. Rohan insists it was, citing his firsthand experience with a yokai as invaluable. However, Seiko challenges him on profitability, asking whether his earnings from the manga will ever match his investment. Rohan argues that creating great manga is his only priority, not profit, frustrating Seiko even further.↗

Realizing she can't stop him from investigating, Seiko reluctantly explains that Okamisama is a loophole. It is a "trick" that allows someone to erase the need for payment by simply writing the name on a receipt. However, she warns that all financial transactions must be balanced, and using Okamisama comes with severe consequences. Before she can elaborate, her phone rings, cutting the conversation short. The caller is Shohei Tsuchiyama, bringing up something that Seiko already declined before.↗↗

Despite her warnings, Rohan experiments with Okamisama while traveling after finishing a public event. At first, he successfully eliminates his purchase costs, but he soon realizes that something is wrong. His body begins regressing in age, and strange, insect-like infants start appearing to collect the debt he unknowingly created. As his lifespan rapidly shrinks, Rohan, now physically a middle schooler, desperately calls Seiko for help.↗↗

Once the crisis is over, Seiko sends Rohan an invoice for 500,000 yen, charging him for her late-night consultation and special advisory services. When Rohan reads the bill, he is horrified, realizing that Seiko had deliberately waited until Okamisama was no longer in effect before invoicing him.↗↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Alive (TSKR)↗