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Summary

Almost every aspect ofMysterious DisappearancesonCrunchyrollis unlawful , especially the small part of its floor that makes this unexampled serial publication areverse isekai , even though it ’s not official . However , these idiosyncrasies influence quite well , especially since nothing about the series suggests that it will do anything except perchance pass over instances where some things vanish , all of which own an atmosphere of mystery . So the audience does n’t really have any expectation . Ironically , even though the name of the anime itself is actually quite unconventional for being so unmediated , it , like the fad of longer form of address , is actually quite deceptive .

inscrutable Disappearancescan be considered a reverse isekai , since the actions of the as cryptical Ren Adashino are tohelp a little girl named Oto return to her place cosmos . However , this is n’t break until the 2nd episode , which is what makes this obvious indirect tie to reverse isekai so unexpected .

The sub - musical genre , like isekai itself , is quite massive , and most serial stress to capitalize on any connection , regardless of how small . Rather befittingly , there are quite a few extra instance whereMysterious Disappearancesstrays from the beaten path , including how the serial approaches seinen and explores the source of these eponymous departures .

Jujutsu Kaisen’s Yuji Itadori next to The Apothecary Diaries' Maomao

Beyond Reverse Isekai, Mysterious Disappearances Is Unlike Most Episodic Anime

Original series created by Nujima; anime adaptation produced by Zero-G

Mysterious Disappearancesalso forthwith disclose the data formatting that the debut episode connote the serial would keep . It becomes clear by the end of episode # 1 that Ren Adashino will be pull in themed supernatural books that affect their owners a certain way . Fans clearly concluded thatMysterious Disappearanceswould come after a established episodic format , where either every episode or collection of them for more complex history would research each of these books and then move on . Of of course , afterwards episode introduce even more relics that are known collectively as Curiosities .

As a result , it was assumed that the story of the first cleaning lady who came across such a book nominate Sumireko Ogawa would terminate once her tome , which can bring back the owner ’s youth , was gather up . Most gum anime that follow an episodic data format treat each of its individual write up as complete isolated incidents , specially their main characters , like inThe Witch and the Beast . Only sometimes do these characters rejoin . However , sequence # 2 not only begins with Sumireko , but her new youth - touch off power associated with her special book play a major role in Ren ’s overall quest to hoard them all .

Mysterious Disappearances Is a Seinen That Acts Like A Shonen

Despite the demographics tendencies, this new series takes them in a new direction

It ’s the thematic nature of howSumireko ’s supernatural ability colligate with her identity as an aspiring novelist that positionsMysterious Disappearancesin another unconventional light . Sumireko was only a good novelist when she was younger , and now she can physically revert to early time in her life . This eccentric of storytelling is mostly aligned with shonen , and yet , Mysterious Disappearancesis a seinen . Similarly to how the Holy Scripture ’s supernatural powers complement and refine Sumireko ’s aspiration and aspiration , she also redefine the purpose of these ability to help her in a completely unlike albeit plausibly connected way , which shonen also does quite well . She capitalise on the modest and large forms to aid her on a forcible level beyond helping her write novels .

This type of storytelling is mostly aligned with shonen , and yet , Mysterious Disappearancesis a seinen .

In what further emphasise the unconventional nature of its overall format , this whole dynamic is appropriately expanded upon during its 2d story , which would have unremarkably exclude her ifMysterious Disappearanceswere like most episodic serial . Not only does Sumireko ’s ability to become younger play an important role in the next adventure , but her genuine eld presently make a compounding consequence when she presents herself as a younger person , augmenting normal teenaged lies to a more intense degree since she ’s much older .

Naruto in a battle pose, throwing a kunai while he holds three more. Behind him, Kaguya and Madara can be seen.

Mysterious Disappearancesis so unconventional , not just because it incorporates element of reverse isekai unlike how most series formally in the literary genre endeavor to do so , but due to the fact that the newCrunchyrollseries refuse the usual structure of most occasional series while actinglike a shonen even though it ’s officially a seinen .

Sung Jinwoo surrounded by blue aura in the Solo Leveling OST cover

Ren Adashino’s eyes from the opening of Mysterious Disappearances

Ren Adashino and the supernatural Markers in Mysterious Disappearances

Sumireko Ogawa sees she’s turned into a little girl in Mysterious Disappearances

Sumireko Ogawa learns about Curiosities in Mysterious Disappearances