Introduction
For the erudite man of letters Akihiko Chuuzenji, all mysteries of the world can be solved by cold reason. After he becomes a Japanese teacher at Tokyo Metropolitan Mitogawa High School, he encounters Kanna Kusakabe, a bubbly young girl whose desire to help others often lands her in trouble. When Kanna learns that one of her classmates has been cursed to death by a ghost, she decides to investigate the school building at night, only to find that the supposed ghost was actually Akihiko. Unwilling to disclose to the other students the existence of a hidden room filled with forbidden books where he is working, Akihito decides to spread the rumor that Kanna has exorcised the ghost by herself.
At the great dismay of Kanna, she is now viewed as an expert in the occult by her fellow classmates, who force her to investigate several paranormal-looking events. However, she can rely on the help of her teacher Akihiko who, despite his difficult character, is determined to demonstrate to the world the prevalence of reason over superstition.
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Audience reviews
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Otaku_Senpai
This is a fine anime if you are into mystery solving genre. It is a spooky school mystery anime where the main objective is to solve the 'supernatural mysteries'. Of course most if not all are not supernatural in nature but Kanna does not tell her schoolmates that. Instead she pretends to exorcise or ward of the supernatural elements that her schoolmates think is causing the problem.
I did like that instead of power of friendship its a teacher-student duo anime. I also like its realistic in some ways. Even though Kanna is getting credit for solving the mysteries, it really is the teacher who is secretly solving most of it. Often we see in school anime 13 year old's are way smarter than their elders. That's not the case here.
But I was a bit bored at one point and skipped two episode to r…
Read at the sourceSalvatierra21
Here we have a spin-off of Mouryou no Hako that takes a more shonen-oriented approach. The story follows the student Kusakabe Kanna, who becomes the assistant of the new teacher, Chuuzenji Akihiko, helping him solve various local supernatural incidents in order to maintain peace in their community. Along the way, they also become involved in the occasional police investigation that intertwines with the supernatural mysteries.
One thing I appreciate is that the series remains faithful to its historical setting instead of adapting the story to the present day. Doing so would not make much sense, as many of the mysteries are heavily influenced by the historical context of Tokyo in 1948. While some of the cases may seem simple or unremarkable by modern standards, for people living during that…
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This show is based on a manga by Aki Shimizu, based on the Natsuhiko Kyogoku’s “Hyakki Yakou” novel series of which the author also adapted most of the series into manga. "Chuuzenji-sensei Mononoke Kougiroku: Sensei ga Nazo wo Hodoite Shimau kara" is a prequel to those novels, chronicling the post war years the main character spent as a high school teacher after serving in the army during the war.
The prequel is a watered-down version of the novel stories, with less dangerous stakes, and more of a slice of a life bent to the stories. This is intentional because this series was serialized in a shounen magazine, a more accessible gateway to the “Hyakki Yakou” novels. An original addition to this story is Kanna the high school student who serves as P.O.V. character for those new to Natsuhiko…
Read at the sourceJozuwa-_-
This show really suffered from a misrepresentation of synopsis, making it seem like the protagonist, Chuuzenji-sensei, will be some kind of cold detective that would take on serious supernatural cases, when in actuality, he's just mostly gonna be in his hidden room, figuring out supernatural school rumors that will be brought to his attention by Kanna, the active deuteragonist who would actually be the lead of the show. By the time it was clear that this is simply more of a folklore storytelling in the form of mystery, it was too late-- it already seemed like a show that missed its mark.
There's been a mix of simple matters and some serious cases the MCs ended up handling, but it wasn't really until halfway through it that the 'folklore' aspect really caught on, making the initial cases t…
Read at the sourcekirA_-_
I’m putting this under “mixed feelings” because how much you enjoy this anime depends heavily on what you expect from it.
If you check the “related” section, you’ll see Mouryou no Hako, a 2008 anime by Madhouse. It’s an adaptation of the second novel in the Hyakki Yakō series a dark, supernatural mystery series written by Natsuhiko Kyōgoku. That anime (which I liked its 7.5-8 ) was gloomy, and definitely not for everyone. It can be confusing and the ending may not satisfy everyone, but it had a strong supernatural detective vibe which I appreciate.
So why am I bringing that up? Because this anime Chūzenji-sensei Mononoke Kōgiroku is a prequel to the Hyakki Yakō series. It shows a younger Akihiko Chūzenji (aka Kyōgokudō), working as a school teacher before he becomes a bookseller/detective…
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I really enjoyed this anime. It was one of my favorites of its cour. The characters and the mysteries were inviting. I also liked how it was set at the end of the 1940's and so there were still lingering effects of World War II in the psyches of the characters which I think lent an extra layer to what could have been a run of the mill school ghost story story in other time periods. I would love to see another season.
If you enjoy historical fiction, ghost stories, and a solid platonic mentor-mentee relationship, then you'll likely enjoy this anime. If you want things to dig a bit deeper, be a bit grittier, or for there to be more than just tales happening, then this might not be the anime you're looking for.
Read at the sourceKANLen09
The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries — Yup, you're reading it right: the show's plot is right in the naming itself.
In literature, they say that “the simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them,” as summed up by The Alchemist author Paulo Coelho. And in fact, history is ever so more poignant in our world than ever before, exploring the past to make do with what the present brings to form the future ahead of us. It's this notion of thinking that is even more prevalent in the supernatural mystery side of things, of detective stories and the like. And what better place than in Japan would you get resurging tales of Japanese folklore, which always seem to resonate in the minds of its people? This is where you'l…
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