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A very interesting folk-legend inspired horror show broken up by a mediocre slice of life. Definitely keep in mind that this is a fairly comedic show with some very serious bits. Slowly, the show matured more with the characters knowledge and that was something that made it more enjoyable. The attention to little details from the ghost stories when showing the spirits themselves was a very nice touch leaving me eager to know what parts of each urban legend were going to be true. Some of the urban legends were very interesting and unsettling, something some horror comedy animes fail to do.
Biggest gripe would be ... the MC, Keitarou's, unnecessary recaps of the show. Multiple times he would just break down the entire backstory in an overexplained way taking me out of it - we just watched and learned all of this but for some reason he feels the need to keep telling us and not in a "previously on..." kind of way. Just straight up reflecting on his life for seemingly no reason. Idk.

This anime did take time to grow on me, I persisted because I really liked the world building and overall mysterious vibes from the show. I cannot in good faith recommend this to anyone who does not like naïve main characters. If that's you, it will probably take a lot to get through the first few episodes (5, for myself) as the main character is the absolute worst at taking hints.
The show itself has an interesting premise but the way big mysteries are revealed tend to feel lackluster, if more time was spent with the relevant characters revealing the secrets themselves and actually responding ... to it, it would have felt less... out of the blue and unimportant to the main characters at the time.