Box of Goblins

Mouryou no Hako
魍魎の匣

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Manga adaptation of the second novel in Kyougoku Natsuhiko's award-winning Kyougokudou Series.

Right after the war, Showa era in Japan. Kusumoto Yoriko and Yuzuki Kanako who attend an all girls school plan to take the last train to go to the lake. However, Kanako ends up getting run over by the train. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Detective Kiba who happened to be there when it happened, is asked to watch the confused Yoriko. Kiba goes with the worried Yoriko to the hospital Kanako is taken to, and there Kiba meets a woman who calls herself Kanako's sister; Yuzuki Youko. That happened to be the actress Kiba had been admiring, Minami Kinuko.

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Genres
Drama Historical Horror Mystery Psychological Supernatural Thriller
Audience Demographics > Male Oriented
Seinen Shounen
Character Types
Smart Protagonist Cast Primarily Adult Cast
Derivative Work > Based on
Based on Literature Based on a Novel
Species & Creatures
Monsters Youkai
Themes
Philosophy Mental Illness Girls Love Yuri Horror Body Horror
Time Period > Period Piece > Late Modern & Contemporary
20th Century 20th Century 1950s
Occupations
Detectives Writers Police
Settings
Dark Ambience
Activities
Investigation Daily Life Smoking
Crimes
Murder Blackmail Murder Mass Murder
Locations
Asia Japan
Relationship
Incest