| ANIME - In/Spectre |

SYNOPSIS: Iwanaga became the goddess of wisdom for supernatural beings. With the help of her boyfriend, Kuro, she maintains the balance between the human world and the supernatural world.

GENRE: Mystery, Supernatural, Comedy
NUMBER OF EPISODES: 12

RATING: 6.5/10

I thought I would enjoy this a lot more than I did. The story was very intriguing. I like that it involved supernatural beings such as yokai, ghosts, etc. I love the first episode. It had a perfect amount of mystery, action, and comedic elements to it. If the next episodes had gone the same way, I would've been happy with this anime. Sure, we still had the mystery and the comedic elements in the next episodes, but the action was gone. I'm not against anime with a whole lot of dialogue, but this one is almost all dialogue. There was only one major plot point in the ten episodes. You would feel slightly fed-up with it. Also, it felt incomplete. It didn't end in a cliffhanger, but you'd want more episodes. I wanted more stories revolving different Yokai and ghosts. 

In terms of art, I like it. It was simple, but it captured the essence of what it wanted to present. Some supernatural beings were creepy, but it's not on a nightmare level. The character designs looked amazing, especially Iwanaga's.

In terms of characters, I love them. They were funny and interesting to watch. Iwanaga was very dedicated to her role as the goddess of wisdom for the yokai. She's very witty, too. There are times when you may cringe because of her inappropriate response. Kuro didn't show much personality, but I like his interactions with Iwanaga. Their banters were funny. I like them together, but their relationship is a bit confusing. I don't know if Kuro just likes teasing her or if he truly wants to escape her clutches. However, Kuro doesn't show it much, but you can feel that he somewhat cares about Iwanaga. I would've liked it if we got to see their relationship develop more. 

 

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WARNING: SPOILERS!

RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS

• The banters between Saki and Iwanaga was hilarious. They teased each other a lot because of their attraction to Kuro. I'm glad that they became sort-off friends in the end. Their teamwork was great, even though they argued a lot. It's cute that Saki let Iwanaga sleep on her lap after the fight with Rikka. 
• I want to know if the story Iwanaga told the snake was real. Did Aoi throw her child in the lake?
• Nanase's boobs were ridiculously big.
• Kuro's family were a bunch of psychos. They sacrificed a lot of people for their experiments. I felt sorry for Kuro. He went through a lot as a child. I don't even know how he is sane now.
• I felt sorry for Terada. He became a casualty even though he didn't do anything to deserve his fate. Although, most of the characters here did anything to deserve their fate.
• I felt bad for Saki when Iwanaga kept playing a prank on her with the ghosts. Still, I found it funny, especially the one with the large skeleton.
• Weirdly, Kuro has feelings for his cousin. I dislike it. I'm glad that we didn't see much of it.
• I love that Mamoru Miyano is the voice actor for Kuro.
• I felt sorry for Kuro when Saki broke up with him. They were together for a long time, and she left him. Honestly, you can't blame her, though. If a supernatural creature runs away from you, that's not a good sign. She was terrified. I'm glad that Kuro managed to find Iwanaga (or Iwanaga found him), and that Saki was able to get her closure.
• It's adorable that the Yokai are not afraid of Kuro much anymore. They got used to him being with Iwanagi a lot that they started to rely on him.
• I dislike that we get a time skip three episodes in. I want to know what happened during that time. Seeing it as a flashback kind of annoyed me.
• SCENES I FOUND ADORABLE:
• Kuro doesn't want Iwanaga to be in danger. He follows her and helps her around.
• Kuro prepared mountain climbing attire and equipment for Iwanaga. He also gave her some food.
• Kuro fed Iwanaga chocolates to restore her energy. 
• Kuro didn't tell Iwanaga where he was because he didn't want her to get involve and be in danger. 
• Kuro told her that he needs Princess Iwanaga, and he told her that Iwanaga's pretty.
• Kuro and Iwanaga held hands on their way home.
• SCENES I FOUND FUNNY:
• Everyone in the hospital knew and talked about Saki and Kuro's relationship. Iwanaga managed to keep track of their relationship because of the nurses.
• The ghost of the samurai didn't want to move on into the afterlife because he still had novels to read.
• Iwanaga thought Saki and Kuro were promiscuous because they went on a trip before marriage, but they did that as well. 
• Iwanaga's vulgar jokes, especially the one with the banana.
• The yokai always wondering why Iwanaga fell for Kuro.
• Kuro refused to come with Iwanaga to the mountains because he had to cook pork miso soup.
• The snake pointed out to Iwanaga that Kuro didn't come even though the soup was cooked when she left.
• Iwanaga showed Saki her couple pictures with Kuro, and Kuro looked so dead inside.
• Iwanaga used a giant skeleton as her ride.
• The fights Saki and Iwanaga had about Kuro. 
• Iwanaga spread the blood on the face of the child ghost to creep Saki out more.
• Iwanaga got mad at Kuro because he agreed that Nanase's chest is bouncy. Kuro told her that if he cared about big boobs, he wouldn't have dated her and Saki.
• Kuro imagined Iwanagi as a girlfriend who does his housework and was terrified.
• Iwanaga made Rikka feel bad about what she said about her when they first met, which resulted in their friendship. She was proud of herself for what she did.

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SUMMARY OF EVENTS

1. After she was kidnapped, Iwanaga became the goddess of wisdom for the yokai. Her eye and leg were taken. Two years later, she approached Kuro, who she fell in love with when she first met. She asked him out. He was single now because his ex-girlfriend broke up with him when a Kappa ran away from him. She got scared of him. Iwanaga also asked him for help. There is a strong yokai that she can't defeat on her own easily. He helped her, and she discovered that he's an immortal. He ate two yokai when he was young - a mermaid and a kudan. 
2. Iwanaga went to visit a giant serpent in the mountains. She wanted Kuro to come, but he didn't want to. She didn't know that he followed her because he was worried that she would do something reckless. The snake wanted to know why a woman dumped a dead body in his lake, but she hoped that the body would be found. Iwanaga claims that it was because she wanted the body of her child to be found.
3. Two years later, a ghost called Steel Lady Nanase, started to commit crimes. She's a ghost made from the imagination of the people who believe in her existence. She killed a police officer. Kuro's cousin was behind her existence. Saki, Iwanaga, and Kuro had to join together to come up with a solution to destroy her. 
4. Rikka knows about Kuro and Iwanaga's relationship. She lived with Iwanaga for a while before she disappeared. Kuro and Iwanaga defeated her Steel Lady Nanase.
5. Kuro told Saki that Rikka is experimenting on things so that she can find a way to go back to being human. Like Kuro, she also ate a yokai as a child and is immortal, but doesn't want to accept it. She wants to go back to being normal.
6. Kuro and Iwanaga went back home to spend time with Iwanaga's parents.