Kyoka Izumi
Izumi Kyouka is a character from the one-shot Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe - Episode 5: Village of Millionaires.
Synopsis
Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe - Episode 5: Village of Millionaires
Izumi is a Shueisha manga magazine editor seen having a discussion about Rohan Kishibe's new one-shot about the solar eclipse. Izumi mentions that he should write about a village in the mountains she decided to live for 3 million. Rohan's seems confused as to the relevence behind this, but Izumi claims that the house is located in a village of 11 Palatial mansions. Each mansion is owned by a millionaire who had all myteriously become rich at the age 25 after moving into the village. She asks Rohan to come with her when she buys the house, since the legend may end up becoming a good prompt for his one-shot.
On the way, Izumi mentions that the people in the village are intolerate when it comes to bad manners, not selling it to anyone without manners, and will eventually kick them out. She feels hesitant, as Rohan tends to put himself as #1. She practices with him before entering the village, but is cut-short when they find a baby chick who had fallen from a tree. Izumi places the chick in a candy box, and decides to find the nest later. The front door to the gate opens and a butler-like man walks out.
The man reveals his name to be Ikkyuu, and his job was to escort them from the main entrance to his master's house, who was selling it. He leaves them with some tea in one of the rooms and goes to call for his master.
When the butler leaves, Rohan suspects something to be amiss. He senses that some type of test has commenced, and drinking the tea properly may possibly be a test to see if they have proper manners. He thinks that someone may be watching the room, but Izumi disregards his warnings and drinks the tea.
Ikkyuu appears almost immediately after she drinks the tea and asks them to leave. He mentions that Izumi had already breached three rules of good manners and will not sell the land to rude people. Izumi is confused, but Ikkyuu goes on to explain that the first rule that was broken was that, as guests, they should have not shamelessly sat in the "seats of honor," which are located across the entrance. Until the host arrives, the proper thing to do was to wait in the lower seats facing the other wall. The second rule that was broken was that they should have not stepped on the edges of tatami mats of a Japanese-style room. Finally, the third rule was when one's knees are higher than the height of the table, it is proper to drink while holding the saucer. It was apparently unrefined to hold the teacup by placing the fingers through the handle. With the explanation over, Ikkyuu asks for them to leave again.
Izumi begs Ikkyyu for another try at displaying good manners, which the butler complies and goes to ask the master. Rohan seems uneasy about the situation, and suggests they leave. He reaches into his pocket briefly, only to realize his hand had been covered in blood. While he pulls out what appears to be the candy box the bird was in from his pocket, Izumi's phone goes off and she answers it. Apparently, her mom had a sudden heart attack in the car and crashed. Izumi's fiancee had also been in the car, and they both died. Rohan notices the bird in the box was dead and a centipede was crawling out of it. Ikyuu returns and Rohan quickly becomes threatened.
Ikkyuu says the owner gave permission to retry showing their manners, but Rohan disregards this and quickly uses Heaven's Door on the butler. He learns that the village is under a certain curse where those who show manners gain something, while those who don't lose things one by one. Rohan realizes the true identity of the master was that of The Gods of the Mountain. Rohan continues to read the butler's information and realizes that he too had broken a rule regarding turning the butler into a book without permission, and thus Izumi suddenly starts having a heart attack.
Rohan begs the butler to forgive her, but he says there is no compromise when it comes to manners. Rohan is given another chance at showing good manners and passes the test, as well tricking Ikkyo into breaking a rule with Heaven's Door. Rohan claims victory and asks for Izumi's things to be returned to her.
Ikkyuu says the Rohan had cheated, and that cheating would incur the wrath of the gods. He asks Rohan again if he would like to try again to show proper manners. Rohan declines the offer, and states that he is leaving and is never coming back. He carries Izumi outside of the village and notices the chick in the candybox had returned to a healthy state.
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Izumi suffers a heart attack.
