Mysterious Disappearances
Mysterious Disappearances is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It has been serialized on Shogakukan's website since October 2019. An anime television series adaptation produced by Zero-G aired from April to June 2024.
Plot
Sumireko Ogawa is a bookstore clerk who dreamed of writing novels in her youth. She teams up with her coworker, Ren Adashino, who is hiding secrets of his own, to investigate supernatural phenomena happening in the city.Characters
;Sumireko Ogawa;Ren Adashino
;Oto Adashino
;Manami Uname
;Shizuku Hayami
;Nodoka Ametsuchi
;Jikū no Ossan
;Jormun Himeuo
;Station Attendant
Media
Manga
Written by and illustrated by, Mysterious Disappearances started on Shogakukan's website on October 18, 2019. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on April 10, 2020. As of December 12, 2025, ten volumes have been released.In July 2023, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume released in May 2024.
Volumes
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 12, 2023. It is produced by Zero-G, and written and directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, with character designs handled by Takuya Tani, and music composed by Kayo Konishi and Yukio Kondō. The series aired from April 10 to June 26, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Hazard Symbol", performed by Yuyu, and the ending theme song is "Shuku Somete Shinzō", performed by Nonoka Ōbuchi. Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide excluding Japan and China.Episodes
Reception
In 2020, the manga was one of the nominees for the sixth Next Manga Awards in the web category.The manga was recommended in 2021 by manga artist Akihito Tsukushi.