What Happened to Keio?
By Flay-Ming Akori and Poiesis Lenue // September 24, 2025
Where has he been?
Being a club leader is no easy task, they must be available to answer questions, host meetings, and recruit new members. However, these rules aren’t for everyone. Sure, they can be busy, and that’s what I chalked it up to for a while now; but I’m wishing to dig deeper. What happened to Keio? Why isn’t he around?Believed rumors? Are any of them true, more popular than the others? What’s the most common rumor about him, or any surrounding his disappearance?
Personal Life - An Interview
Flay: “Can you tell me about yourself?”Keio: “Yeah sure. My name is Keio Yeou-Akori, ninthborn or something like that of Kyohei Akori, mother unbeknownst. I’ve been a member of the Journalism Club for 2 years, and have been the Literature and Reports coordinator for one of those years.”
Poiseis: “What languages do you speaksies?”
Keio: “Japanese and Vietnamese. Yeah, bilingual. I guess I dabble in Tuvaluan and English, though not very good–mainly just enough to get by in each continent.”
Flay: “You make this too easy. Anyways, I never heard of this Tuvaluan thing, is that a place you visit?”
Keio: “I mean, yeah. I got there, Tuvalu, to visit..” Brief pause. “Friends, every once and a while.”
Flay: “Friends? It doesn’t happen to include, say, a partner? Perhaps another family?”
Keio: “Nah. Just some friends.”
Flay: “Last question. You've owned an apartment here in Karakura. You also own a house, currently. In both places, you never had a bedroom. Why is that?”
Keio: “This is the last question? Seems like you might need more information, but whatever. It’s because all the properties I’ve owned–dormitories, the house, the penthouse, the apartments–have had the sole purpose of providing a hangout, meeting, and working space for the Journalists. This club is my pride and joy, and I’m genuinely dedicated to ensuring that it flourishes and that its members are satisfied with what we’re providing. I want to always make sure that they stay motivated and esteemed for what we do, and if that requires me to incentivize them with my money, my housing, my materialistic things.. I’m fine with that.” …. “Anyways. Whatever it takes to ensure that the news provided to our school doesn’t come from dumb announcements and is from the perspective of who it matters–the students. I’m willing to do whatever it takes. That’s why it’s been such a shame recently that students are losing interest in documenting things. I believe that the Journalism Club, thought, in the near future, if we maintain our reputation, we can bring back interest to this genuinely important part of literature and life.” … “Done, next question.”
Flay: “That was all.”
Keio: “Are you sure?”
Flay: “Well you see..”
Keio: “Do you have the information you need?”
Flay: “In one sentence, answer me this: Are you living a double life?”
Keio: “I am living a double life between a living club leader and a ghost constantly possessing my peers.”
Flay: “I’m really curious what they mean, but for the sake of time and energy, I’ll let you free.”
The Double Life of Keio Yeou Akori
Have you ever heard of those stories where a family member goes away for an extended period of time, just to discover they have another family abroad? What if Keio’s covering up a whole other life outside of Karakura? Based on his answer, it’s plausible. Tuvalu is a small Polynesian island off the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Despite him mentioning visiting, it’s said to be the least visited place in the world due to its size and how remote it is.After some research, I’ve noticed that traveling from Tokyo’s airport, it’ll take roughly twenty hours to get to Tuvalu by plane. Tickets are very expensive as well, ranging from ￥115,900 for one-way and ￥237,410 for a round trip. This could very well explain his frequent disappearances. However, I still wonder: Why doesn’t he warn us?
