Mysterious Disappearances

Mysterious Disappearances (怪異と乙女と神隠し) 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)


 * Ren Adashino (化野 蓮)


 * Oto Adashino (化野 乙)


 * Manami Uname (畦目 真奈美)


 * Shizuku Hayami (早見 シズク)


 * Nodoka Ametsuchi (天地 のどか)


 * Jikū no Ossan (時空のおっさん)


 * Jormun Himeuo (姫魚 よるむん)


 * Station Attendant (駅係員)

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 volumes. The first volume was released on April 10, 2020. As of June 11, 2024, eight volumes have been released.

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

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), performed by Nonoka Ōbuchi. Crunchyroll licensed the series for worldwide streaming (excluding Japan and China).

Reception
In 2020, the manga was one of the nominees for the sixth Next Manga Awards in the web category.

The manga was recommended in 2021 by manga artist Akihito Tsukushi.