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The stories have fewer jump scares and they overall feel more calm from previous seasons. There are a couple of positive - relatively speaking - episodes, too, rather than just evil spirits or malice. Surprisingly, I quite liked many of the episodes, when compared to the show as a whole.

The end theme and style is weird. Art style is still avant garde, but not just utter scribbles. If you liked the series up until now, this is actually better than usual. Characters react in believable ways, frequently, and the overall tone is more mellow than before. There are positive hauntings, negative outcomes, quiet episodes - ... there's a mix.

After finishing it, it's better than the previous season and the stories are also more engaging. It's difficult to condense an esoteric plot into four minutes, but this is a step up from season 13. This is a seven in the context of Yami Shibai. Nicely done this round.

Edit: The conclusion doesn't have any payoff, the drama and mystery - again - don't work well with logic, and I still can't recommend this. It's a five. There's just other stuff that's better and even though it's set in the present day, literally, the technology and education levels of most cast members, save Ameku herself, appear to be last-century. No medical knowledge required to... "enjoy," this show since it's illogical and uninspired to the very end.

This isn't right. The first six episodes are just filler-thriller nonsense. It's like they finally got their footing on episode seven and delivered on episode eight. The show is ... all over the place - it starts as some crime drama, but continues (again, on episodes seven and eight) as an emotional roller coaster in a hospital setting. This clashes with the dynamics set out before, where logic is barely relevant, emotions definitely are sideshows and the entire plot revolves around unbelievable, "mysteries."

I really, really don't like this show for a few reasons. It's brutal in the first few episodes to catch your attention. Oh, look, gore. Oh, look, corpses. It's dumb and cliche and makes next to no sense because it presumes every character besides Takao is dumb. It doesn't really end there. The show preys on your desire to see violence, so sprinkles it on in the first five episodes, then backs off because the plot doesn't really need more. Suddenly, it starts to take itself a little more seriously.

I'll be honest - after they stopped with the crime drama and got to the children's hospital section, it felt better, but not much. The plot still feels contrived, but they at least brought back several characters from the past. They filled in the gaps and introduced a new story, which culminates with episode nine.

Episode nine is what the show should have been the entire time. It's really, viscerally relatable if you have a child or have had children. Yes, you can imagine what happens, but this is the first time I felt anything here, in this bland and stupid, violent and pointless, show. The reason I'm writing this is episode nine and how it just hits differently for people with children. It's the only episode I'd recommend in this pointless mess to anyone because the rest? It's dumb. It's just a waste of time, and if you value your kids and your family, skip it all except episode nine. Don't even bother with episodes 10, 11, or 12.

It's more of the same - some stories are alright, others miss the mark, and others have jump scares. The ones with jump scares don't really work, the series could do with fewer of those. However, since this is season 13, it seems like resorting to some cheap tricks is expected. Overall, this is a solid six. It's not awful, it's not great, it's just alright. As usual episode 13 ties things together just a little more, and as the norm, each episode is a standalone story outside of that. Some of the art direction this season is a bit odd, a bit too much ... like scribbles.

This is so middle of the road it's a struggle to say anything at all. It just is, it's here, it sure is, yep. Good to watch to pass some time.