A press release reported that Aki Shimizu ’s
manga , “ The Mononoke Lecture Logs of
Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries ( Chuuzenji-sensei
Mononoke Kougiroku: Sensei ga Nazo wo Hodoite Shimau kara ),” is
getting an anime adaptation that will premiere sometime in 2025 in
Japan . The
release also included production details.
Artist Aki Shimizu shared a special
illustration to celebrate the announcement:
For his part, Aki Shimizu began
publishing the manga in October 2019 through Kodansha 's Shonen
Magazine Edge magazine , where it is still in serialization. This work
is derived from the “ The Summer of the Ubume ( Ubume
no Natsu )” franchise, based on the novels by Natsuhiko
Kyogoku .
Synopsis of The Mononoke Lecture Logs of
Chuzenji-sensei: He Just Solves All the Mysteries
School x Supernatural x Mystery. This story takes
place before the exorcist Kyogokudo opened a secondhand bookstore… The story is
set in Tokyo in 1948, just after the war. Kanna Kusakabe has just entered her
second year at a high school when she meets the new language teacher, Akihiko
Chuzenji. Mysterious supernatural things continue to happen around Kanna.
Today, Kanna is once again going to open the doors to the library’s preparation
room to ask for help from the surly Chuzenji-sensei waiting inside. A supernatural
high school mystery starring the unlikely duo of a teacher and a student is
about to begin.
Source: Comic Natalie
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