Mysterious Disappearances — Season 1, Episode 1: The Cursed Book, the Maiden, and the Birthday

Episode synopsis

Sumireko and Adashino work and chat together in the quiet of the bookshop where they're employed. Their manager appears and gives Sumireko a strange book of unknown origins. Just after midnight, she casually picks it up to read it, and then...

About Mysterious Disappearances

Sumireko Ogawa’s dream of becoming a novelist is reinvigorated with new rumors of mystical incidents. Now a clerk at a bookstore, she enlists her young coworker, Ren Adashino, to investigate urban legends, black magic, and ghost stories across the city. Sumireko has a knack for triggering magical events, and Ren has a dark secret of his own. Will they survive their investigation unscathed?

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Schoolhouse, Drool, and an Apartment Wife
• E3Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
• E4A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise
• E5Underwear, Snacks, and Scarlet Clothes
• E6A Curiosity, a Maid, and a Cultured Young Lady
• E7A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut
• E8A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid
• E9Dreams, Dance, and a Tsukumogami
• E10A Live Performance, a Curse, and the Person Inside
• E11Cats, Swimsuits, and a Black Aenoium
• E12A Ticket, a Video, and Mysterious Disappearances