Hyakki Yakou Series

Jorougumo no Kotowari
絡新婦の理

Prequel

manga

*Manga adaptation of the fourth novel of Kyogoku Natsuhiko's Hyakki Yakou series.* The story follows antique store worker Imagawa, aging doctor Kuonji, and writer Sekiguchi, who are all fascinated by mysterious events happening in Hakone, including a series of murders of Buddhist monks and a little girl in a kimono who wanders through the mountains.

Spin-off

manga

Kusakabe Kanna, who has advanced to the second year of a new high school, meets Akihiko Chuzenji, a new instructor of Japanese. Chuzenji always read books with a bad mood. A combination of teachers and students confronts a series of strange cases.