Hirata, Atsushi

平田篤司

Atsushi Hirata serves as Tarou's new counselor and therapist. An eccentric clinical psychologist from Tokyo University, he introduces much of the series' psychological terminology and appears interested in Tarou's dreams and condition as a way to support his own theories. At first, he does not believe Tarou's O.B.Es. are supernatural in any way, attributing these moments to states of altered consciousness. Later, he begins to admit that there may be a supernatural component and that the land around the mountain in question may be the trigger for these events. He has also experienced supernatural events during the series but prefers to keep them private, as they fit the diagnostics for certain psychological alterations.