
Genres
Comedy Aims to entertain and amuse through humor, often using witty dialogue, slapstick, or exaggerated situations to provoke laughter.Horror Aims to evoke fear and dread through terrifying creatures, psychological suspense, or disturbing events and imagery.Mystery Involves solving a puzzle or crime, with characters gathering clues and piecing together information to uncover the truth.Romance Explores the development of romantic relationships between characters, often featuring emotional intimacy, courtship, and personal growth.Supernatural Involves events or beings that defy natural laws, often including ghosts, demons, vampires, or other paranormal phenomena.Tags
Youkai Prominently features supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore.Detective Features a character who investigates and solves crimes.Disability A work that features one or more characters with a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits the person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions.Urban Fantasy Set in a world similar to the real world, but with the existence of magic or other supernatural elements.Heterosexual Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.In/Spectre
虚構推理
At the age of eleven, Kotoko Iwanaga was abducted by youkai for two weeks and asked to become their God of Wisdom, a mediator between the spirit and human worlds. She accepted, but the role cost her right eye and left leg. Six years later, youkai still seek her out whenever they need help resolving their troubles.
Kurou Sakuragawa is a twenty-two-year-old university student whose life is falling apart after a strange encounter with a kappa ended his relationship. Kotoko, who has long been interested in him, sees an opportunity to get closer and proposes they team up to handle dangerous cases from the spirit world.
As they work together, Kotoko realizes there is more to Kurou than she expected. While she hopes their partnership will eventually turn into something deeper, the supernatural problems they face grow increasingly complex and deadly.
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