Kyokou Suiri

Hidden in plain sight, spirits known as youkai inhabit the world. While most are benign, a certain subset threatens the tenuous peace between youkai and humanity. Ever since she agreed to become their "God of Wisdom," Kotoko Iwanaga has served as a mediator between the two realms, resolving any supernatural problems that come her way.

At a local hospital, Kotoko approaches Kurou Sakuragawa, a university student whose long-term relationship ended with an unfortunate breakup. Kotoko harbors feelings for him and suspects that something supernatural lurks within his harmless appearance, so she asks Kurou for his assistance in helping out youkai.

Two years later, news of an idol who was accidentally crushed to death by steel beams flooded the press. However, months later, sightings begin to tell of a faceless woman who wields a steel beam. As is the case for any supernatural problem, Kotoko and her partner set out to stop this spirit from wreaking havoc—but this case may prove to be far more sinister and personal than they could have ever thought.

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Iwanaga, Kotoko Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Sakuragawa, Kurou Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Yumihara, Saki Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Sakuragawa, Rikka Supporting

Saco, Mayumi Japanese

Nanase, Karin Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Steel Lady Nanase Supporting

Tanio, Aoi Supporting

Hanawa, Manami Japanese

Detective Terada Supporting

Hamada, Kenji Japanese

Yoshikazu, Machii Supporting

Komainu (Kuro) Supporting

Hanawa, Manami Japanese

Ishiguro, Tatsuya Producer

Kurosu, Nobuhiko Producer

Ozawa, Juukou Producer

Yamaoka, Yuuki Producer

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Oct 4, 2024

LegionIscariot

Recommended

(In/Spectre. Funny play on words. An inspector of spectres 🤔)

In/Spectre is a series of murder mysteries/ghost stories being investigated by a girl Kotoko chosen by the spirits to be their "god of wisdom" when she was about 10 yrs old.
One of her legs and one of her eyes had to be sacrificed for this ritual. So they had to be replaced with prosthetics.

She falls in love with an immortal young man Kuro who is feared by the spirits because he ate the flesh of spirits (yokai).

Kuro is not in love with her but she insists that he be her boyfriend. Their ... relationship and interactions is actually the best part of the anime. Despite being horror it is also a comedy.

Its a dialogue heavy anime. Action is not really a focus.
Kotoko plays the role of a mediator for the spirits and helps find solutions to their problems.

If you want a funny horror mystery anime with a cute clingy child-like girl then this is for you.

If I had to give one criticism is that the last case over stays its welcome. It really drags on.
There really is only 2 cases. One minor case, and the second case which takes up 90% of the anime.

I was hoping for multiple different cases that took maybe about 3 episodes each. But the vast majority of the season focuses on this cosplay murderer. With a pretty weak motive.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 19, 2024

owiiuiuiu

Mixed Feelings

Okay this anime is actually good but my lack of understanding of the world of ghosts (yokai) in Japan makes me a little confused about the story, moreover this story has a lot of analysis and needs more focus to understand the story itself I can't say this is a bad anime but it's more like not for me, I'm not a Japanese person who understands culture and culture, especially for this anime taking the theme of Japanese ghosts (yokai) this anime is okay, If you want to watch it or not, it's back to the audience but if you are interested in Japanese yokai ... and like anime that has a lot of discussion and theorizing, this is the anime for you, I can't say much because the viewing time distance from season 1-2 is quite far so the story description from season 1 has started to be rough, the point is it's okay, this anime is okay, that's all from me, hopefully it will be useful for other anime enthusiasts (●ε●)ゝciao

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 14, 2024

Izzikf

Not Recommended

The way the writing handles the anime's chosen themes is so convoluted that it hurts.

The writing is bad and never successfully conveys any of the 'messages' this anime might have.

The directing is a mess, without any regards to what is being said or the moment in which the story is. Directed in a way that seems experimental at best, and unprofessional at worst.

The music is out-of-touch for the genre, the scenes and the 'action'. Audio design is 'just there', nothing interesting for the ears throughout the entirety of the show.

Example for how bad the directing and writing are: in episode, when the female police ... officer is in the hotel room with the wisdom princess and the male MC, there’s a moment in which the princess explains that ‘tonight is the night when it all be determined’ (paraphrasing), to which the police officer responds (while she is standing and sweating, after looking at her wrist watch) ‘there’s hardly any time’. Immediately afterwards, the show cuts to the same hotel room, only now the police officer is calmly sitting down, being served coffee by the male MC, and conversing with the princess without haste about their future plans on how to resolve the matter - no sense of the urgency that the show just finished establishing before the cut.

The drawings are simplistic and boring.

It seems that the writer tried to say something about something, but the outcome of the attempt is so bad, that you have to watch it for yourself if you want to understand why I claim as such. Although, trust me, you'll feel like you were robbed of precious time.

Have fun watching

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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