Mystery/2008/Supernatural Titles

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Mystery: (Genre) The old "who-done-it" type titles should go here.

Supernatural: (Story/Location) Titles of this category are relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe (especially God, or a god, demigod, spirit or devil), departing from what is usual or normal (especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature or attributed to an invisible agent, like a ghost or spirit). Contains subcategories of more specific types: "Angels", "Deities", "Shinigami", and "Vampires".

Title Rating Synopsis
B
Box of Goblins See Mouryou no Hako
Box of Spirits See Mouryou no Hako
C

Chaos;Head
Buy Nishijo Takumi is your typical ↗NEET. He lives on top of a building inside of a ocean container box. Inside is his computer, bottles of soda, and tons of action figures from his favorite anime girl Seira. That's his whole life. One day while chatting online with his friend 'Grim', another user named 'Shogun' starts messaging him. He sends Takumi a bunch of links to pictures of people being murdered. Later that evening, Takumi walks down a hallway and sees the murder being commited by a pink haired girl who turns and says, "I wanted to see you". Troubled, he runs away carrying one of her daggers. The next day at school he sits down and his friend greet him. His female friend who has pink hair is the same girl he saw that night...
M
Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro Buy See Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro

Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
Buy The series is about a Demon named Neuro that feeds on mysteries. He came to the human world after consuming all the mysteries in his world. In the human world, he meets Katsuragi Yako, forces her to become a detective and acts as her 'assistant' in order to protect his identity, while he searches for the 'ultimate mystery' for him to consume. But why would Katsuragi Yako follow him? Does she also have a mystery which he will one day consume?

Mouryou no Hako
The story follows a series of bizarre murders of schoolgirls who have been dismembered and stuffed into boxes. The private investigator hired by a missing daughter's mother joins forces with an antique book seller and others to unravel the murder spree.
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Private Evil-Eye Nōgami Neuro Buy See Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
X

xxxHOLiC Kei
Rent

Continuing after the original series xxxHOLiC, Watanuki continues to work at Yuuko-san's shop. For this new series, Watanuki meets more interesting people and creatures including the Dream Buyer (who buys and sells dreams in the form of a balloon), Kohane-chan (a young girl who can see spirits), Doumeki's deceased grandfather, and more. Also, old favorite characters return such as Ame-Warashi and Zashiki-Warashi. Further, the secret of Himawari-chan is revealed as to why Yuuko-san tells Watanuki that Himawari-chan is not his goddess of good luck.

xxxHOLiC◆継 Rent See xxxHOLiC Kei
Y

Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo
Watch The story revolves around Ryouko Yakushiji, a 27-year-old multilingual investigator that graduated from Tokyo University's elite Department of Law, and the bizarre cases she faces while working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Yakushiji not only has to deal with supernatural beings in her line of work, but also her rival Yukiko Muromachi, another equally talented and beautiful police investigator.
Yakushiji Ryoko's Case File Watch See Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo
もうりょうのはこ See Mouryou no Hako
カオス;ヘッド Buy See Chaos;Head
薬師寺涼子の怪奇事件簿 Watch See Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo
魍魎の匣 See Mouryou no Hako
Genre
Action(1) Action Comedy(1) Comedy(1) Drama(4)
Horror(3) Romance(1) Suspense(1)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Modern(3) Sci-Fi(1)
Demographic
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Creepy(1) Surreal(1) Weird(3)
Keywords
Adventure(1) Dark(2) Depression(1) Fan Service(1)
High School(2) Occult(3) Otaku Theme(1) Police(1)
Psychics(1) Sequel(1) Slice of Life(1) Spiritual(1)
Video-game inspired(1)
Type
TV(5)
Release Year
2007(1)

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