"The Box of the Rays", seeing the word "Rays" in the name, the setting of the Yin-Yang Division, and the mention of the Goddess of Heaven, reincarnation, strange hallucinations and abilities in the anime, as well as these strange details, is it easy to think that this is a yokai Fan?
In fact, "The Box of the Rays" is a reasoning novel, adapted from the second long mystery novel of the same name in the "Hundred Ghosts Nocturnal Series" created by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. As a mystery novelist and a yokai researcher, Kyogoku Natsuhiko not only likes yokai but is also very professional in yokai, and like Yokai Doctor Shigeru Mizuki, he is a yokai conference member, so Kyogoku Natsuhiko is also known as a "yokai-type" mystery writer.
Kyogoku Natsuhiko's works also often involve the knowledge of yokai, and use yokai as a clue to advance, quoting the ins and outs of the story to the scriptures, as the character Kyogokudo in the work said, "There are no incredible things in this world, only things that may exist, only things that can happen", so the protagonist of his novel is still a person.
The TV animation of "The Box of the Rays" is responsible for Madhouse, who has produced the animation of "Magic Card Girl Sakura", the original case is also handled by CLAMP, and the voice actor lineup includes Tomoyuki Morikawa, Daisuke Nanagawa, Shinichiro Miki, Shunichi Suwabe, Haruka Tomatsu, etc. Just looking at the production camp is enough to attract, this beautiful style of reasoning animation production is indeed excellent.
The story takes place in post-war Japan, junior high school girl Raiko Kuromoto strongly longs for her classmate Teak Kakiko and becomes friends with her, the two agreed to travel together on the day Kakiko fell off the track and was seriously injured, the criminal police Officer Kiba Shutaro began to investigate the case, followed by a series of murders, as well as a variety of boxes, these intricate clues are linked together, the truth is so unexpected.
For the audience who are completely ignorant of the original novel, the first few episodes of the animation will indeed make people see the clouds in the fog, a lot of beautiful but meaningful scene dialogue, intricate and strange clues, the rhythm is quite tight, the audience has not yet reacted and entered the next character clue to unfold.
The interspersed design of the story, characters and clues is very clever and unexpected, but many people feel that it is slightly delayed and mysterious, and many people insist on relying on the painting style and the handsome uncle detective team.
As you persevere, the plot progresses layer by layer, begins to connect the characters and clues of the event, and is about to reveal the full truth, and will be deeply attracted, and incidentally learn about the knowledge of the rays and monsters, almost every step of the progress can be surprising, but only after seeing the last episode will suddenly realize.
Kyogokudo sorts out the ins and outs of the whole story, as well as the psychology of the relevant characters, from different positions and perspectives to understand why this is done, the story will be promoted and developed in this way, the narrative method intertwined with the complex elements of the previous confusing can also be seen at a glance, and the whole story will be evocative for a long time after the end of the story.
"The Box of the Rays" is very suitable for the audience who like the detective reasoning fan, if you look at this fan with a handsome and beautiful woman and a hunting mentality, it will not disappoint you, even if the first few words have a feeling of not understanding, as long as you stick to it, there will definitely be unexpected development.
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