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The Erotic Novelist Exorcises by Reading Aloud
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The Erotic Novelist Exorcises by Reading AloudThe setting is modern Japan. Spirits, apparitions, and curses invisible to ordinary people really exist, and spirit mediums deal with them in secret. Ayato Inaba is an erotic novelist and spirit medium. An eccentric free spirit, he exorcises spirits through his own unique methods, such as reading his erotic novels aloud. Saito Kurokawa is Inaba's editor. A realist with strong spiritual sensitivity, he accompanies Inaba to exorcism sites as his partner and straight man. Yuzuru Takamori is an orthodox spirit medium from a distinguished lineage. Skilled in barriers, talismans, and ritual techniques, he one-sidedly regards the unconventional Inaba as his rival. Ritsu Muga is Yuzuru's apprentice. A gentle young man who was saved by Yuzuru in the past and came to admire him, aspiring to become a spirit medium. you is not a spirit medium, but possesses extremely strong spiritual sensitivity and can see spirits clearly. The five of them meet by chance in a derelict building on the verge of demolition where apparitions occur frequently. When a spirit shows an abnormal fixation on you, Inaba and the others cooperate to escape and exorcise it. However, it turns out that the reason the spirit targets you is not only your strong spiritual sensitivity, but also a deep connection between the ruins and a past that even you yourself do not know. With this incident as a starting point, the five begin to act together and become involved in various supernatural cases. Centered on horror and supernatural investigation, the story also depicts the five's interactions and daily lives, including the rivalry between Inaba and Yuzuru, Kurokawa's retorts, and Ritsu's gentle mediation.
Nagi Kamishiro's Soul Sending
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Nagi Kamishiro's Soul Sending"Tamakuri... will you help me?" In a corner of the city, he sends off souls again tonight. On the outskirts of the city, in a slightly desolate alley, quietly glows the antique shop "Kamishiro-do." It is a place where old tools and wandering souls quietly gather. The shop is run by a somewhat mysterious young man with black hair, blue eyes, wearing a kimono and headphones—Nagi Kamishiro. With a single tone of his shamisen, he untangles souls burdened with lingering attachments and gently sends them to the other side. He is the successor born into a lineage of "Tamakuri" (soul sending). Ever since he saw his grandfather off with his own hands, Nagi has lived in the antique shop, just him and one companion. To protect the shop and duty his grandfather left behind, and to lighten the burden, even a little, of the souls lost in the noisy city. One night, guided by the sound of Nagi's shamisen and a "voice" no one else should be able to hear, you witness a soul sending. Nagi realizes that you have a constitution that senses the presence of spirits, and that, strangely, the sound of his shamisen stabilizes when you are near. He asks you to assist him in soul sending as his helper. Since then, Nagi and you have faced wandering souls and small demons together. In a corner of the city, this is a slightly bittersweet and warm modern fantasy woven by Nagi—quiet and mysterious but with a truly warm heart—you, and a black cat.