Sulking after breaking up with her boyfriend, Momo Ayase stumbles upon a bullied boy and sticks up for him. After her random act of kindness, the alien-obsessed boy tries to talk to her about the extraterrestrial interest that he thinks they share. However, while Momo says she doesn’t believe in aliens, she does believe in […]
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Sumireko Ogawa is a bookstore clerk who, despite celebrating some literary success in high school, has been unable to produce any more quality writing in her 20s. However, after she gets caught up in a string of mysterious events happening in the city, she gained the ability to transform into a child, which has finally
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After being raised as an orphan, Himari Momochi is thrilled when she learns that she inherited the Momochi House, a secluded mansion in the woods, on her 16th birthday. Hoping to learn more about her dead parents, she ignores the rumors that the Momochi House is haunted and hopes to live there. Inside, she is
Tucked away in the back alley of Kamifucho is an apartment above a theater. Inside, a lazy genius known as Akuma-kun researches a way to make a paradise for everyone as his sacred calling. However, in order to make rent, he is often hired to solve mysterious supernatural cases for people. With the help of
Keitarou Gentouga is a college student who hates ghosts. Unfortunately, spirits have always been unnaturally attracted to him, so much so that he was previously a shut-in after causing his childhood friend, Eiko Houzuki, and himself to get cursed by a spirit. However, Eiko helped him get back out into the world, and as part
The supernatural is innately mysterious because no one can quite agree on if it exists or not. This means a supernatural mystery is almost the ultimate mystery to investigate. And when something needs investigating, a detective is the person to do it. This is why you will actually find a surprising amount of supernatural anime
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Everybody needs a little help sometimes. Even the most plot-armored shounen hero needs to get into a sticky situation they may need saving from every now and then to keep things interesting. However, for these professional damsels in distress, they don’t need saving “every now and then,” but instead likely need saving every week. Kidnapping,
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The paranormal is everything beyond the scope of human scientific understanding. Espers, aliens, ghosts, everything that supernatural and sometimes sci-fi anime uses to be creepy. However, just because the paranormal can be creepy doesn’t need it always needs to be. Sometimes, these things beyond normal scientific understanding can be great devices for comedy, too. If
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The term “mystery” tends to evoke images of hard-boiled detectives tracking down criminals, but mystery is a blanket term. A lot of situations can be mysterious, and that is what can make mystery anime so very delightful. It can be a lot of different things, more so than just the standard gumshoe on the case.
