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Mysterious Disappearances

Season 1
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?
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  1. S1 E1 - The Cursed Book, the Maiden, and the Birthday
    April 9, 2024
    24min
    13+
    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...
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  2. S1 E2 - Schoolhouse, Drool, and an Apartment Wife
    April 16, 2024
    24min
    13+
    The curse of Tsukiyomi's Water of Youth hasn't finished with Sumireko yet. Meanwhile, Ashidano's younger sister, Oto, picks up on the presence of a Curiosity at the school she attends. Sumireko poses as Oto's friend in order to infiltrate the school.
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  3. S1 E3 - Horns, Bullying, and a Hair Ornament
    April 23, 2024
    24min
    13+
    Uname's childhood in the countryside caused her to become a teacher with a strong desire to eliminate bullying. After hearing about the dribblers from Sumireko, Adashino is certain that a Curiosity is involved and comes up with a plan to catch it.
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  4. S1 E4 - A Bath, Cleaning, and a Surprise
    April 30, 2024
    24min
    13+
    The cuckoo known as Adashino cries in the deserted Midori Bookshop once more. Sumireko intends to spend her day off writing. As she's admiring the sakura outside her window, she gets a text from Adashino asking her to look after Oto for two or three days.
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  5. S1 E5 - Underwear, Snacks, and Scarlet Clothes
    May 7, 2024
    24min
    13+
    Sumireko looks after Oto while Adashino is away. They go to Oto's school where Sumireko revels in the joys of youth. She and Oto run into Uname and spend the evening with her. But their peace is short-lived as the shadow of a new Curiosity draws near.
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  6. S1 E6 - A Curiosity, a Maid, and a Cultured Young Lady
    May 14, 2024
    24min
    13+
    Shizuku is looking for Tomoko, who disappeared on a rainy night a year ago. Based on Tomoko's final video call, Adashino has a guess about the Curiosity, but he has a few concerns. Oto wants to help Shizuku, so she begins her own search.
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  7. S1 E7 - A Station, Scissors, and a Haircut
    May 21, 2024
    24min
    13+
    The hong yi xiao nu hai has become a Curiosity which kills the living who answer their knock at the door. But that isn't all. When Shizuku learns the conclusion that Sumireko and Adashino have come to, she steels her resolve and does the unthinkable.
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  8. S1 E8 - A Book, an Affair, and a Mermaid
    May 28, 2024
    24min
    13+
    When Sumireko was young, her inability to express herself often led to trouble with her friends. One day, she ran from them and ended up at a strange bookshop. The woman there recommended a book and offered a suggestion to help her speak more easily.
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  9. S1 E9 - Dreams, Dance, and a Tsukumogami
    June 4, 2024
    24min
    13+
    Oto's friend Nodoka dreams of becoming an idol, but as the daughter of a family that runs a hospital, there are certain expectations for her future. Her one comfort is the VTuber, Himeuo Yorumun. Then, one day, Yorumun suddenly announces her retirement.
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  10. S1 E10 - A Live Performance, a Curse, and the Person Inside
    June 11, 2024
    24min
    13+
    Yorumun begins hijacking popular live streamers's streams, rapidly escalating the commotion around her. Adashino tries to save Nodoka, but Nodoka refuses his help, defending Yorumun instead. Then, Uname brings a woman in a wheelchair to meet them.
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  11. S1 E11 - Cats, Swimsuits, and a Black Aeonium
    June 18, 2024
    24min
    13+
    Adashino and Sumireko discuss the coming of summer and what that means regarding the wearing of swimsuits. Adashino's phone rings. As he answers it, an otherworldly space envelops the two of them and Sumireko notices a mysterious figure in the distance.
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  12. S1 E12 - A Ticket, a Video, and Mysterious Disappearances
    June 25, 2024
    24min
    13+
    Adashino has vanished from Sumireko's sight. The Cat Sovereign appears at the station just as Oto is returning from visiting Uname. Adashino intervenes, but speaking with the Cat Sovereign makes Oto remember something she's forgotten for ten years.
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