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Requiem from the Darkness

京極夏彦 巷説百物語Requiem from the Darkness

2003 · TV · 13 episodes

The story

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Tired of writing riddles for children, Yamaoka Momosuke plans on gathering spooky and gruesome stories and publishing them in an anthology called Hyakumonogatari ("One Hundred Tales"). While researching these old myths and legends he comes across a mysterious trio who call themselves the Ongyou. They are detectives who are investigating the legends to reveal their truths...and bring those in the wrong to justice. Each time Momosuke meets the Ongyou he must face horrible truths and battle with his morals, but he's seeing things he shouldn't be seeing... (Source: ANN)

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Characters

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Kyogokutei

Nagamimi

Nagamimi

Ogin

Ogin

Momosuke Yamaoka

Momosuke Yamaoka

Chio

Chio

Jihei

Jihei

Mataichi

Mataichi