Wanting to cure herself of her ability to see ghosts, Azami heads over to a supernatural organization for a consultation. Rather than cure her though, they seek to hire her to monopolize her unique abilities.
Before we start the review…
What’s the Japanese level?
I rate this as a late intermediate series. To see my reasonings for my rankings, please click here!
Who wrote this manga?
This manga was written by Emi Ishikawa.
Info about the series
- This is a new series, with just one volume published in Japanese.
- There is currently no English version.
- This series is rather unique, in that it also has a light novel, and a game!
You can check out this series for yourself below.
What’s this series about?
Azami was born with a strange affliction that she desperately wants to fix—she can see supernatural spirits. As she was bullied for this fact when she was younger she tries to keep the ability a secret in her high school years, ignoring all of the dark presences she sees on a daily basis.
One day she comes across a flier promoting an “urban legend solving centre”, and she thinks that perhaps this organization can help her. When she enters the building, she’s met with a strange young man in a wheelchair. He knows just about everything about Azami, including her affliction. He quickly manipulates the situation, and rather than give her counsel, he has her take a part time job with him.
As he’s unable to travel to different locations easily, he uses Azami to investigate various reports of urban legends around the city. While she’s rather terrified, she does want to help others from the horrors that the legends may bring them, so she does her best to help. Her very first job ends up being with one her her classmates, and it just may be more difficult than she could have ever imagined.
The very first urban legend Azami comes across in her investigation is titled “the man under the bed”, and has grown very attached to her classmate by the time Azami comes on the scene.
My thoughts on this volume
I was a little bit disappointed that the mysterious man who hired Azami wasn’t the main character at first, but I quickly grew to really enjoy Azami as the main character. We see her be psychically manipulated by the mysterious man while she’s out on the field—he somehow helps open her eyes to better see the urban legend creatures—and I found his character to be very impactful this way. I think that I actually prefer him being an “all-present” mentor for Azami, rather than be the main character himself.
The story is told in a rather engaging way, with the mystery of the first urban legend being slowly uncovered throughout the first chapter. It’s clear that it’s not just a random spirit that’s haunting the victim, but that human malice is also affecting the situation. It almost reminded me of the first chapter of Noragami, with everyone’s exam-related stress causing the perfect atmosphere for a monster to appear.
Azami is a rather timid girl while on the scene, but I don’t find any fault in that. She’s brand new on the job, and really hasn’t been given any mentoring. She was just thrown in there, of course she’s terrified and confused about what to do! At the very least the mysterious man seems to really care about her safety, as he stays with her mentally for what seems like the entirety of the time she’s on the field.
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