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Toukei Ibun

2001, Manga, 23 ch, 68%

Recommended by 4 The Summer of the Ubume fans on AniList.

29 years after Tokyo was established as the capital of Japan, a series of bizarre and mysterious crimes happening in the city of Kawara. Mysterious flame demon, dark red princess, fireflies seller, puppeteers also appearing near the place of accident. The perpetrator might be…

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About The Summer of the Ubume

2013, Manga, 10 ch, 76%

Manga adaptation of the first novel in Kyougoku Natsuhiko's award-winning Kyougokudou Series.

Tokyo, 1952: The bizarre case of a missing doctor and his supernaturally pregnant wife captures the imagination of novelist Sekiguchi Tatsumi, so he enlists the help of an old friend, Chuuzenji Akihiko, a bookstore owner and part-time exorcist who begrudgingly agrees to help investigate the disappearance. They'll face a family's darkest secrets... Secrets that Sekiguchi himself can't escape.

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