The World of Cocytus I - The Hook

Cocytus • KOH-KIE-TUS
1.A river in Greek mythology. Flows into Acheron and encircles hades. Located in the lowest level of hell as a lake in Dante's Inferno.
2.A detective agency specializing in the locating and collection of magical artifacts.


What is Cocytus? That is, what is the main idea behind Cocytus?
Cocytus Investigations, the current brain child of NHWS Productions is a take at the Occult Detective and Urban Fantasy genres. To list inspirations would be too long for this little explanatory post, so lets make the tl;dr version for those of you who just want the answers.

Cocytus follows Watanabe Jirou, a young man who – like all protagonist – was enjoying a simple boring life when – like all protagonist – is suddenly brought kicking and screaming into a world he doesn't understand by one Ando Satoshi, a man who seems to have a penchant for abusing and belittling him.

In doing so, Jirou becomes Ando's 'apprentice' – that is, slave – assisting him in the locating and collection of magical artifacts and stuff. This bare bones explanation, of course is just to tide the anxious reader over it. It does not include, for example, the incidents that occur throughout the story, such as—

• The strange love square between Jirou, two foreign girls, and an animated doll who wants to jump his bones.
• The epic and harried battle with a massive transforming robot that masquerades as an orphanage.
• Exploring the consequences of leaving a rhino in an occupied hospital, a minotaur in a china shop, or lizardmen at a restaurant.

May you hopefully stick around as we explore the world, the characters, and the artifacts of Cocytus.