Recently, my friend and I watched an anime that popped up on my screen. The title itself peeked my interest before reading the plot, which, as a lot of anime has, supernatural elements, but it was also the style of the anime, with a crisp, more adult-looking style. The anime tells the story of Mikado, who works in a bookstore. He has a tendency to see eerie things, which, although unerving, he lived his life pretending nothing was there. Going about his daily tasks, he removes his glasses to see that very thing that has become part of his daily life: a stranger, Hiyakawa, who comes into the store, declares that it must be destiny, as the job he has come to do is none other than an exorcism of spirits.
The first episode itself peeked my interest further and was especially humorous to see how the two strangers interact with each other. Hiyakawa is an exorcist of spirits and a little odd in his manner by the way he talks, interacts, and presents himself, with little or no social boundaries. Mikado, on the other hand, has no experience in the field and unwittingly gets caught up in the exorcism that day. He has a rather emotional, susceptible response to his feelings regarding the exorcism of the spirit. Hiyakawa is not only obsessed with Mikado; he politley insists that he come work with him in exorcising ghosts, but Mikado comes to realize Hiyakawa is not all that he seems.The story continues as they get involved with a detective in a triple homicide where three females go missing and only their body parts have been found. Hiyakawa has been asked to help in the investigation, aided by Mikado. Although the series has some romantic undertones, the anime itself focuses more on the murder mystery plot.
Written by Tomoko Yamashita, a female manga artist who published her stories from 2013 until 2020, A live-action film adaptation was released on January 22, 2021, and an anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from October to December 2021. Tricornored Window was her most successful series to date.
