Last week as I was browsing Wikipedia, I came upon an article on nensha (念写). It is the ability to psychically imprint an image from one’s mind onto surfaces or the mind of others.
In 1910, an assistant professor from Tokyo University named Fukurai Tomokichi conducted a well-known research regarding ESP. His first subject was [...]

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Synopsis: Kiba wonders if Kanako’s abduction is related to the Musashino mutilation incident.

Sekiguchi is looking at dismembered body parts scattered on the floor. In his hand, he holds a bloody knife. And he wonders why it didn’t go well. He wonders if it’s because the method was sloppy. He thinks that if a certain doctor knows, he should meet him. He plans to go out soon.

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Synopsis: Youko receives a kidnapping threat on Kanako.

I am trying to embark on something ambitious. Due to problems with the subs (the accurate one being slow, and the fast one being inaccurate), I have decided to blog from the raws while aiming to provide the same level of detail as my previous episode summaries. Now if I were blogging Mahou no Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora from the raws, it wouldn’t be difficult but I am blogging Mouryou no Hako, the words they use aren’t the kind that usually appear in modern casual conversations. Furthermore, Mouryou no Hako has Buddhist concepts here and there. Oh well, it would be an opportunity to brush up on my Nihongo and besides, since I am dying to watch Mouryou no Hako, I’d be driven to translate as accurately as I can.

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Synopsis: Kanako is safe but the truth regarding the incident is yet unknown.

The episode begins with the man with glasses from the first episode visiting his grandmother’s burial. He comments on how his grandmother’s coffin, being round, was a mistake. A coffin should be a box, one sized to fit the corpse perfectly so air cannot get in.

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Synopsis: A girl named Yoriko befriends a girl who might have the secret to defying the laws of natural decay.

The episode begins with a man with glasses who fell asleep on the train. He is returning home after the death of his grandmother. When he awoke, he finds a man carrying an ornate box sitting across him. The man seems to be talking to himself or someone unseen. The man with glasses then hears a faint voice. The man across him asks him if he heard it. He opens the box and inside it is a head of a woman. Strangely, the head moves and makes a sound.

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