Midnight Occult Civil Servants

Midnight Occult Civil Servants (真夜中のオカルト公務員) was a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōko Tamotsu. The manga has inspired a novelization by Masumi Suzuki, and an anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from April 7 to June 23, 2019. The anime series has been streamed in North America by Crunchyroll and Funimation.[1] The series follows Arata Miyako, a newly recruited staff member of the Shinjuku Ward Nocturnal Community Relations Division (NCRD) who possesses the "Ears of Sand", giving him the ability to understand the languages of supernatural creatures called the Anothers. His main role with the Shinjuku Ward NCRD is to maintain relations with the Anothers.

Plot

Characters

• Miyako Arata (宮古 新)
• [2]
• Arata is the newly recruited staff member of the Shinjuku Ward Nocturnal Community Relations Division (NCRD). He is a descendant of and resembles his ancestor Abe no Seimei. He possesses the "Ears of Sand", giving him the ability to understand the languages of the Anothers.
• Sakaki Kyōichi (榊 京一)
• Kyōichi is the shift leader of the Shinjuku Ward NCRD.
• Himetsuka Seo (姫塚セオ)
• [2]
• Theo is a longtime staff member of the Shinjuku Ward NCRD. He is half-British and half-Japanese. He designs and creates a lot of the materials and tools used by Shinjuku Ward NCRD and other prefecture divisions.
• Senda Reiji (仙田礼二)
• [2]
• Senda is the head of the Shinjuku Ward NCRD.
• Kanoichi Satoru (狩野 悟)
• Satoru is a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Nocturnal, Cultural and Environmental Department. He has a scar on his left eyebrow. He is a ruthless realist who despises Anothers and chooses to eliminate or neutralize them.
• Huehuecóyotl (ウェウェコヨトル) / Kohaku (琥珀)
• [2]
• Huehuecóyotl (The Old Coyote) is an Aztec god of music and dance, but they are also a trickster god who created chaos. Their gender is unknown. They were renamed Kohaku (Amber) after a black fox by Abe no Seimei.
• (ユキ)
• [2]
• Yuki is an Another in the form of a nekomata, a feline creature with two tails. He takes the form of a white cat with blue eyes. He was tasked with guarding the storehouse at Miyako's family home by one of Arata's ancestors. He was a playmate of Arata when he was a child.

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