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Ubume no Natsu

Also known as The Summer of the Ubume.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

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.

Tags: Historical , Detective , Seinen , Dissociative Identities , Philosophy , Memory Manipulation , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Psychosexual , Ensemble Cast , Drugs