Occultic;Nine

A blog disproving the supernatural, co-run by NEET teenager Yuuta Gamon and his enthusiastic best friend Ryouka Narusawa, becomes the catalyst that would bring together a group of people who supposedly have nothing to do with each other.

These individuals include high school fortune teller Miyuu Aikawa, who joins Yuuta to work on the blog; realist Sarai Hashigami, who is stunned when tragedy strikes his family; doujin artist Ririka Nishizono, who has an uncanny ability to predict the future with her art; black magic practitioner and local curse expert Aria Kurenaino and her ghostly friend; Shun Moritsuka, a seemingly childish otaku detective; and reporter Touko Sumikaze.

As this unlikely group, bound only by the strings of fate, find their way to each other, they are confronted with murder and other events that are shrouded by the presence of the supernatural. They must band together to solve the mysteries interlacing the city and their lives.

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Gamon, Yuuta

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Kaji, Yuuki
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Narusawa, Ryouka

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Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Moritsuka, Shun

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Kakihara, Tetsuya
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Kurenaino, Aria

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Sawashiro, Miyuki
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Aikawa, Miyuu

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Yoshida, Hitomi
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Hashigami, Sarai

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Ishikawa, Kaito
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Sumikaze, Touko

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Itou, Shizuka
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Kusakabe, Kiryuu

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Taniyama, Kishou
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Nishizono, Ririka

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Noto, Mamiko
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Kisaki, Asuna

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Akesaka, Satomi
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Fukushima, Yuuichi

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Ishiguro, Kyouhei

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Aketagawa, Jin

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Ishii, Toshimasa

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"Seisuu 3 no Nijou (聖数3の二乗)" by Kanako Itou

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"Open your eyes" by Asaka

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Jan 17, 2024

nameofuser_

Recommended

I am so happy that I did not listen to the thoughts of others, and just went into this show blindly!
All I see is others saying that this is rushed, and the pacing was off yada yada yada. THEY'RE WRONG. It is so important to go into this with an open mind, and to just accept what you see. Just because the story is told in an unorthodox way that doesn't stive to be like other animes, does not mean it is told incorrectly. The story is told in a unique way, wherein they answer one question while simultaneously creating 5 other questions. I ...

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Oct 4, 2022

Neoncat910

Mixed Feelings

Mixed bag really. It has such good twists and turns but is dragged down by the machine gun paced talking and the vague beginning. The world is interesting, but there is no focus for the first half and then the second half is just exposition shoving the plot around.

The art style is nice however, it’s a little bit different than most. It makes it stand out. Well that and it’s plot. The plot pivots of into absolute insane directions. If it wasn’t for the earnestness of the acting, parts of the plot border on Riverdale. Which isn’t a bad thing because it’s that insane ...

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May 25, 2021

AnimeEnjoyer420

Not Recommended

Recommendation: Skip this one. Mystery fans may get some enjoyment out of it, but it will be just as likely to be annoying and frustrating.

Occultic;Nine is an interesting little mystery story that is unfortunately dragged down by horrendous characters and a pretentious, grating style that intrudes on nearly every scene. Among the 9 title characters, only about 3 of them are tolerable (the black magic girl, the fortune teller and the journalist). The main character Yuta, Ryotas, and the detective are about as aggressively off-putting as you can make characters that are ostensibly supposed to be likeable. It was a chore at ... times to keep up with this series because I disliked the characters and was not invested in their struggles.

The real detriment to this series though is in this awful attempt at making the show quirky by dramatically speeding up the dialogue and using a very distinctive visual style. The dialogue will make your head spin and there is so much exposition delivered at lightning speed that it's virtually impossible to retain all the information they throw at you. To make matters worse, the complex plot involving time travel and spirit realms and things of that sort really needs clarity when it's delivering lore to the viewer and the speed-talking makes it difficult to follow once things ramp up in the last few episodes. They absolutely went for style over substance here, and not in a way that makes the series more enjoyable to watch.

That being said, the central mystery was engaging and I definitely did not see the midseries plot twist coming. I think this could have been a good series with some tweaks to the characters and a director that would just make a normal series instead of trying to show off how stylistically unique they can be. There are a few things I would criticize here as well though. I thought the pacing could have been better, as it was a slow burn most of the time but then the ending was rushed and confusing. There are a few dead ends where you get to the end of the series and look back and you're like "why exactly did we spend all this time on this side story when it didn't mean anything in the end?" The entire story of Chi and the kotoribako is like that. Lastly, the series tracks which day it is on a regular basis and it's unclear why until the very last episode. Some sort of signal to the audience as to why it's important to keep track of that, amidst all the other things you need to keep track of, would have been much appreciated.

Overall, it's a good story let down by bad characters and some unfortunate directorial choices. A few tweaks could have made this a fun mystery series, but sadly you can't wish away the flaws and I can't recommend it even for mystery lovers given how much I disliked the characters. One final thing to note is that the OP is quite good and worth checking out even without watching the series.

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