Sunlit Garden

The Sunlit Garden, also shortened to the Garden, is a private institution operated by the Commission of Counter Ghoul. On paper it offers gifted youngsters a specialized upbringing, yet the exact meaning of that phrasing is deliberately kept from outsiders. The organization V and the influential Washuu Clan both hold a hand in how the place is run.

Very little of the compound has ever been depicted, so its true look and whereabouts remain a mystery. Recollections of the site tend to show an expanse of blossoms, though whether that imagery is real or purely metaphorical is never settled. Pupils there dress in a plain outfit of a white high-collared top paired with dark trousers, while a few residents such as Rize and Furuta instead appear in pale medical gowns.

At its core, the facility exists to produce and rear half-human offspring, figures cast in the mold of Kishou Arima, then shape them into elite ghoul investigators once they finish their schooling or route them toward V. The grounds also keep engineered ghouls, Rize Kamishiro among them, held on hand to safeguard the untainted Washuu lineage.

Graduates and residents linked to the Garden include Kishou Arima, Hairu Ihei, Ching-Li Hsiao, Shio Ihei, Rikai Souzu, Suzu Sanzu, Yusa Arima, and Kichimura Washuu, along with the mothers of Arima, Rize, and Kichimura. Rize Kamishiro was raised there as well before turning her back on the program. A pair of unnamed figures who later joined Arima Squad also passed through it.

Reputations formed around its alumni: Koori Ui has grumbled that people from the Garden tend to lack a proper academic foundation. Kaiko once doubted the quality of its teaching after hearing Furuta speak carelessly, though his opinion shifted following the Washuu Clan Ambush Incident and the Clown Siege.