'Y 'know what? Kyoto sucks. '

Kinji 's declaration is dry and deadpan, but no less emphatic for it.

' ' I can see why you would think that. ' The first time around, Shiki had brought him and Kirara to Kyoto with her so they could experience Obon ' only for her classmates to get caught up in a hazardous situation involving a dangerous curse user. And now, during their second trip to Kyoto, what was originally supposed to have been a friendly exchange event between the two jujutsu sister-schools somehow turned into Kinji being locked away and imprisoned by the higher ups.

Hmm. Is there something about Kyoto that 's just unlucky?

Shiki 's brows furrow faintly at the thought.

'Kyoto sucks, ' Kinji repeats again, disgruntled, and rolls his eyes for good measure. 'If anyone tries to convince me to come here again, then the world had better be ending or something. '