7.525 minSeason 1 • Episode 25
LatestBou-san manages to banish the drowned corpses attacking the base, allowing the team some respite. When the sun rises, Ayako volunteers to purify the spirits and performs a successful exorcism, surprising Bou-san and the other members of the team, but notes another force is still at work. Naru wakes up and the team moves to finish off the unseen force causing the disasters. After the team struggles to exorcise with the spirits involved, Naru uses his own psychokinetic powers and finishes the job, only to collapse afterward. He reawakens in the hospital with the rest of the team, cheerfully visiting him in his room.
Telling ghost stories is a favorite past time of Mai Taniyama and her friends—that is, until she meets 17-year-old Kazuya Shibuya, the man sent by Shibuya Psychic Research Center to investigate paranormal activity at a supposedly haunted school. When Mai gets caught in a dangerous situation, she is rescued by Kazuya's assistant. Saving her lands the assistant incapacitated, and Kazuya demands that Mai become his assistant, instead...
Writing
Case-of-the-week structure with surprisingly gnarly horror arcs.
Production
Blends Shinto, Taoist, and Christian exorcism methods with actual research.
Acting
Rie Kugimiya's Masako drips with petty medium superiority.
Ken Narita
Lin Kōujo (voice)
Masami Suzuki
Ayako Matsuzaki (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
John Brown (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Masako Hara (voice)
Kousuke Okano
Osamu Yasuhara (voice)
Kaori Nazuka
Mai Taniyama (voice)
Yuuki Tai
Kazuya Shibuya (voice)
Kenji Hamada
Hōshō Takigawa (voice)
Omi Minami
Madoka Mori (voice)
Mari Kanou
Minnie (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Fuyumi Ono's novel series; the anime covers only the first 9 of 12 books, leaving several major cases unadapted.
The show's rigorous depiction of multiple religious exorcism practices was rare for 2006 shoujo anime — Ono consulted actual priests and mediums.
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