Review for Houkagogakari
By Kinofhera
It’s quite an eerie horror series that reminded me a lot of Stranger Things (American TV show) where several elementary school kids are summoned to an alternate reality, pretty much like the Upside Down, to perform a task
The premise is based on Nana-fushigi, or the urban legend that there are always seven paranormal activities in every school in Japan. These students’ task is to eliminate them before they begin to wreak havoc in the reality dimension. It's a race whether the students will accomplish their tasks first, or they get devoured, literally, by those Fushigi. It could get really gruesome and unsettling.
It might sound like an action story but it’s actually a mystery. They don’t take those Fushigi out by brute force, but by investigating them and eliminating the source, or the cause of those paranormal activities. Needless to say, it’s a very intriguing story to read and I am enjoying it so far. I will definitely continue to read the second volume.