Genres
Networks
Tokyo MX
In/Spectre (虚構推理)
Overview
Kotoko Iwanaga became the god of wisdom to the supernatural beings and spends her days solving problems for them. However, the boy who she fell head over heels for, Kuro Sakuragawa, is someone that is feared by all supernatural creatures. The two of them face various mysterious incidents involving the supernatural in this love x romance x mystery series. Where will these fantastical incidents lead them and what will happen with Kotoko’s crush?
Key Crew
Top Cast
Akari Kito
Kotoko Iwanaga (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Kuro Sakuragawa (voice)
Seasons
Season 0 (2019)
No overview available.
66 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Mini Anime 01: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Kappa from Kamogawa
2019-11-15Episode 2: Mini Anime 02: Ayakashi Explained - Kappa
2019-11-18Episode 3: Mini Anime 03: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Kappa from Kamogawa (2)
2019-11-22Episode 4: Mini Anime 04: Ayakashi Explained - Ghost
2019-11-25Episode 5: Mini Anime 05: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Ochimusha
2019-11-29Episode 6: Mini Anime 06: Ayakashi Explained - Bakedanuki
2019-12-02Episode 7: Mini Anime 07: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - S-san from Makurazaka
2019-12-06Episode 8: Mini Anime 08: Ayakashi Explained - Gashadokuro
2019-12-09Episode 9: Mini Anime 09: Kotoko's Maiden Road - SaShiSuSeSo
2019-12-12Episode 10: Mini Anime 10: Ayakashi Explained - Kodama
2019-12-13Episode 11: Mini Anime 11: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Gen'ichirou the Kodama
2019-12-16Episode 12: Mini Anime 12: Bright Family Plan 48 Moves - Yorisoi
2019-12-17Episode 13: Mini Anime 13: Kotoko's Maiden Road - NG Acts
2019-12-18Episode 14: Mini Anime 14: Ayakashi Explained - Kuchisake-onna
2019-12-19Episode 15: Mini Anime 15: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - T-san from Makurazaka
2019-12-20Episode 16: Mini Anime 16: Bright Family Plan 48 Moves - Iwashimizu
2019-12-23Episode 17: Mini Anime 17: Kotoko's Maiden Road - Popular Fashion
2019-12-24Episode 18: Mini Anime 18: Ayakashi Explained - Kudan
2019-12-25Episode 19: Mini Anime 19: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - University Student K.S-san
2019-12-26Episode 20: Mini Anime 20: Bright Family Plan 48 Moves - Mado no Tsuki
2019-12-27Episode 21: Mini Anime 21: Kotoko's Maiden Road - Indispensable Items
2019-12-30Episode 22: Mini Anime 22: Ayakashi Explained - Mermaid
2019-12-31Episode 23: Mini Anime 23: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Gravure Idol N-san
2020-01-01Episode 24: Mini Anime 24: Bright Family Plan 48 Moves - Shigarami
2020-01-02Episode 25: Mini Anime 25: Kotoko's Maiden Road - Popular Words
2020-01-03Episode 26: Mini Anime 26: Ayakashi Explained - Komainu
2020-01-06Episode 27: Mini Anime 27: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Bakedanuki-san
2020-01-07Episode 28: Mini Anime 28: Bright Family Plan 48 Moves - Dakijizou
2020-01-08Episode 29: Mini Anime 29: Kotoko's Maiden Road - Hairstyle
2020-01-09Episode 30: Mini Anime 30: Ayakashi Explained - Daija
2020-01-10Episode 31: Mini Anime 31: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Sakuragawa Kurou
2020-02-10Episode 32: Mini Anime 32: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - K-san
2020-02-17Episode 33: Mini Anime 33: Rapid Problem Solving by Kotoko-chan - Sakuragawa Kurou (2)
2020-02-24Episode 34: Mini Anime 34: Kotoko Challenge (1)
2020-03-02Episode 35: Mini Anime 35: Kotoko Challenge (2)
2020-03-09Episode 36: Mini Anime 36: Kotoko Challenge (3)
2020-03-16Episode 37: Mini Anime 37: Kotoko Challenge (4)
2020-03-23Episode 38: Mini Anime Extra: Commemoration of BD and DVD Release
2020-03-21Episode 39: Invented Divination 1
2020-01-17Episode 40: Invented Divination 2
2020-01-24Episode 41: Invented Divination 3
2020-01-31Episode 42: Invented Divination 4
2020-02-07Episode 43: Invented Divination 5
2020-02-14Episode 44: Invented Divination 6
2020-02-21Episode 45: Invented Divination 7
2020-02-28Episode 46: Invented Divination 8
2020-03-06Episode 47: Invented Divination 9
2020-03-13Episode 48: Invented Divination 10
2020-03-20Episode 49: Invented Divination 11
2020-03-27Episode 50: Invented Divination 12
2020-04-03Episode 51: Mini 2 #01
2022-02-11Episode 52: Mini 2 #02
2022-02-25Episode 53: Mini 2 #03
2022-03-11Episode 54: Mini 2 #04
2022-03-25Episode 55: Mini 2 #05
2022-04-08Episode 56: Mini 2 #06
2022-04-22Episode 57: Mini 2 #07
2022-05-13Episode 58: Mini 2 #08
2022-05-27Episode 59: Mini 2 #09
2022-06-10Episode 60: Mini 2 #10
2022-06-24Episode 61: Mini 2 #11
2022-07-08Episode 62: Mini 2 #12
2022-07-24Episode 63: Mini 2 #13
2022-08-12Episode 64: Mini 2 #14
2022-08-26Episode 65: Mini 2 #15
2022-09-09Episode 66: Mini 2 #16
2022-09-30
Season 1 (2020)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: One Eye, One Leg
2020-01-12Shortly after her hospital visit, Kotoko meets Kurou, the young man she helped two years prior. She takes the opportunity to confess, she who has the appearance of a schoolgirl, who has one leg, a glass eye, and who communicates with spirits…
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 2: What the Guardian Serpent Heard
2020-01-19Kotoko receives a request for help from a giant snake, who is the guardian spirit of Tsukuna Swamp. It appears that a murderer named Tanio Aoi disposed of a body in the snake’s swamp, but there’s something that’s just not sitting right with the snake. After learning about Kuro’s powers, Kotoko asks Kuro to accompany her on this journey, but Kuro declines for a certain reason…
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 3: The Rumors of the Steel Lady
2020-01-26Kotoko is asked why a suspect had thrown a dead body into the Guardian’s swamp and she starts constructing a story. This ends up being a rather tragic tale about Tanio Aoi filled with love and regret that the Guardian is also shocked to hear. Two years later, random acts of violence were happening in Makurazaka City. The suspect seems to be the ghost of the former idol, Nanase Karin…
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 4: Idol Dies by Steel Beam
2020-02-02Kotoko arrived in Makurazaka City to take care of the incidents with Steel Lady Nanase and happens to run into Saki, who had become a police officer. Saki decides to research Nanase Karin a bit more and learns that the former idol had died a mysterious death. In order to defeat Steel Lady Nanase, they would need more details, but…
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 5: A Monster of the Imagination
2020-02-09Kotoko happens to spot a man fighting with Steel Lady Nanase. She gets closer and realizes that it was actually Kuro that was struggling in this battle. Saki then also joins in and after talking with her, Kotoko remembers the story about Kuro when he was younger that he told her about. Kotoko realizes they will need a special method to defeat Steel Lady Nanase because she is not an ordinary spectre...
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 6: Logical Fiction
2020-02-16Kotoko realizes that Steel Lady Nanase is a spectre that was born from her own wiki site. In order to defeat Steel Lady Nanase, who is made up of people’s imaginations, she has to come up with a story that’s more interesting than Steel Lady Nanase’s. Kotoko ends up asking Saki for help to defeat Steel Lady Nanase. She then meets up with a ghost that is at the site where Nanase Karin died, who also happened to see her die...
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 7: Preparing to Conquer the Steel Lady
2020-02-23Detective Terada is killed by Steel Lady Nanase. The Internet goes crazy about the fact that Steel Lady Nanase killing a person. Kotoko and Kuro discuss the matter and figure out the person who is truly behind all of this. So that there are no more victims, Kotoko decides to finish off Steel Lady Nanase that night.
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 8: She Who Spins Fiction
2020-03-01Saki remembers the first time she met Kuro’s cousin, Sakuragawa Rikka. Saki had heard that Rikka had passed, and tries to get more information out of Kotoko. Meanwhile, the forums on the wiki site become rather active again, making Steel Lady Nanase’s presence even stronger...
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 9: The Committee to Conquer Steel Lady Nanase
2020-03-08Everything is finally in place, and the committee to conquer Steel Lady Nanase is now in session. Does Steel Lady Nanase actually exist? Perhaps she’s just a made up urban legend. A battle between the truth and lies begins to figure out her existence. Kotoko gets on her PC and starts posting her own deductions...
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 10: Dueling Fictions
2020-03-15Just as it looked like the site readers accepted Kotoko’s solution, it ends up getting shot down. However, Kotoko had another solution ready. In order to defeat Steel Lady Nanase, she unleashes a second and third solution, but Sakuragawa Rikka and Steel Lady Nanase continue to get in her way. Will they be able to vanquish the ghost?
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 11: The Ultimate Fiction
2020-03-22Kotoko came up with three solutions, but they all got shot down. Kuro keeps trying to grasp the future where they can defeat Steel Lady Nanase, but Rikka made it disappear once again. But Kotoko wasn’t done yet. Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost. What is Kotoko’s 4th solution that may finally put an end to Steel Lady Nanase’s existence once and for all?
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 12: She Who Defends Order
2020-03-29Yokai, ayakashi, spectres, demons, mononoke, and ghosts... Everything has order, and you must never go against the order. Kotoko's fourth solution is accepted by the users on the wiki site and Kuro is able to give the final blow to Steel Lady Nanase. Will that be enough to finish her off?! And what exactly was Rikka's motive?
Runtime: 24 minEpisode 13: That God's Name Is
2023-01-09A bound spirit asks Kotoko for some advice about a mysterious supernatural presence that showed up at its apartment complex. Every night, strange sounds can be heard from an empty apartment, and a doll with four arms was found in the room. In order to find out what's behind this, Kotoko and Kuro go to investigate. Kotoko begins her inference yet again so she can protect the order among the supernatural beings!
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 14: The Yuki-Onna's Dilemma
2023-01-16Eleven years ago, Muroi Masayuki's life was saved by a Yuki-Onna up in the snowy mountains. Betrayed by his friends and his wife, he ended up anti-social and unable to trust anyone and eventually moved to the town at the base of the mountains where he met the Yuki-Onna. As he was wandering around town, he coincidentally runs into a woman who looks just like the Yuki-Onna...?!
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 15: The Yuki-Onna's Alibi
2023-01-23Masayuki is suspected of killing his ex-wife when the police find her dead. There was a message written in blood on her hand that put Masayuki at a great disadvantage. The only one who can vouch for his innocence with an alibi was Yuki-Onna, who was with him at the time of the murder. But there's no way he can let a yokai provide a statement for him. Yuki-Onna asks Kotoko for help to track down the real killer.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 16: The Yuki-Onna's Innocence
2023-01-30Kotoko presents the case's resolution to an astonished Yuki-Onna and Masayuki, and makes an important decision about their future.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 17: Rikka Returns
2023-02-06Kotoko and Kuro discover where Rikka, his cousin with the same powers, has been living since their last encounter. They go to investigate the apartment, which has a grisly history.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 18: Electroshock Pinocchio
2023-02-13Tae is an active octogenarian who lives with an unusually talkative cat. Why do the fishermen in her seaside town find dead fish coming in with the tide every morning?
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 19: Or You Could Wish Upon a Star
2023-02-20Tae talks about her past and Kotoko figures out a way they can defeat the Electroshock Pinocchio.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 20: And So, the Ruler Disappeared
2023-02-27A hotel chain magnate asks Kotoko for help in solving a murder… that he may have committed.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 21: The Silenced Children
2023-03-06The heirs to the hotel chain begin discussing what they're going to tell Kotoko, but some unexpected details come to light.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 22: Uninvited Judge
2023-03-13Rion talks to her father and, realizing something important about her grandmother, proposes an answer to the president's assignment to her relatives.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 23: Sleeping Murder
2023-03-20Kotoko offers her own explanation of Sumi's death, which awakens the memory of a crime that had slept for decades.
Runtime: 25 minEpisode 24: A Lucky Day at the Unagi Restaurant
2023-03-27Two friends meet for dinner in a classy unagi restaurant, and get distracted by an apparently young girl who is confidently dining there alone. Somehow, this leads to talk of murder...
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