Orphanage

The Orphanage was located near the mountains in the Kamakura area and was run by Japan's Child Social Welfare Agency. It plays a prominent role in Kuu's backstory, as it was his childhood home, if it could even be called a home. It was also home for his chief tormentor, Tomoo, his friends, and another little girl, all of whom were among the first to experience his wrath when his killing instincts developed.
== In the Series ==
The teachers were very hypocritical toward Kuu, only pretending to be kind and thoughtful with him, just to talk behind his back or because they found him a burden when he had a high fever or because they found him disgusting just because he had a feminine appearance.
This may have also led the women to turn a blind eye towards his abuse and derision at the hands of the other children, this escalation of neglect ended tragically when a puppy he fed and cared for was killed by the bullies, leading to murder the four children present in the orphanage canteen.
The environment of the orphanage was extremely cold for Kuu and to a lesser extent, all the children there, Kuu's description of his peers suggests that the teachers weren't entirely kind to them, since he remarks that the other children were unhappy and wretches.
The teachers being indifferent or cold toward the children already suffering from abandonment could explain why they were so quick to ostracize someone who didn't look the same as the rest of them.
The teachers reported the four murdered children, thinking that Kuu had been kidnapped by the killer, which put his picture in the hands of Professor Kakuzawa as they later searched for him.
== Trivia ==
* The image is the Orphanage from Elfen Lied.
* Kuu's name was possibly given to him by the teachers of this orphanage, or at least by the section of the orphanage dedicated to raising newborns, if there is one. While in-series, the conditions of his abandonment do not lend themselves to believing this was the name given by his mother.
* It is not known if this orphanage was still in operation during the present-day time-frame of the series.
* In real life, there is an orphanage close to the Sasuke Inari Shrine. Certainly, it must be a kinder place than the one portrayed in the series.