Mysterious Disappearances

Mysterious Disappearances (Japanese: 怪異と乙女と神隠し, Hepburn: Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi, "Mysteries, Maidens and Mysterious Disappearances") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nujima. It has been serialized on Shogakukan's Yawaraka Spirits website since October 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Zero-G aired from April to June 2024.

Plot

Sumireko Ogawa is a bookstore clerk who dreamed of writing novels in her youth. She teams up with her coworker, Ren Adashino, who is hiding secrets of his own, to investigate supernatural phenomena happening in the city.

Characters

Sumireko Ogawa (緒川菫子, Ogawa Sumireko): Voiced by: Fairouz Ai
Ren Adashino (化野蓮, Adashino Ren): Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita
Oto Adashino (化野乙, Adashino Oto): Voiced by: Eri Yukimura
Manami Uname (畦目真奈美, Uname Manami): Voiced by: Yui Horie
Shizuku Hayami (早見シズク, Hayami Shizuku): Voiced by: Rie Takahashi
Nodoka Ametsuchi (天地のどか, Ametsuchi Nodoka): Voiced by: Saya Aizawa
Jikū no Ossan (時空のおっさん): Voiced by: Yūya Uchida
Jormun Himeuo (姫魚よるむん, Himeuo Yorumun): Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora
Station Attendant (駅係員, Ekikakariin): Voiced by: Masako Nozawa

Media

Manga

Written by and illustrated by Nujima, Mysterious Disappearances started on Shogakukan's Yawaraka Spirits website on October 18, 2019. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 10, 2020. As of April 11, 2025, nine volumes have been released.

In July 2023, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume released in May 2024.

Volumes

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 12, 2023. It is produced by Zero-G, and written and directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, with character designs handled by Takuya Tani, and music composed by Kayo Konishi and Yukio Kondō. The series aired from April 10 to June 26, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Hazard Symbol", performed by Yuyu, while the ending theme song is "Shuku Somete Shinzō" (朱く染めて心臓, "Scarlet-Dyed Heart"), performed by Nonoka Ōbuchi. Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide excluding Japan and China.