Inside the lid is a 7-inch e-ink display—powered by a rechargeable lithium cell—that cycles through 130 hand-drawn animations of Oniga’s registered dead. The art style is unmistakable: Kawaii-Yūrei, where ghosts have rosy cheeks and hold tiny pink umbrellas. This juxtaposition of cuteness and mortality is the hallmark of the V130 aesthetic.

The title alone signals a collision of disparate registers:

If you were to open an original V130 today (prices start at $4,200 for a used unit, if you can find one), you would find:

The game posits a world where death is an artistic medium.