In/Spectre

{{Short description|2011 Japanese novel by Kyo Shirodaira and its adaptations}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = In-Spectre-novel.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first edition of the novel

| ja_kanji = 虚構推理

| ja_romaji = Kyokō Suiri

| genre = {{ubl|Mystery|Romance|Supernatural thriller{{cite web|last=Gilson|first=Che|title=In/Spectre [Manga Review]|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/inspectre-manga-review/|website=Otaku USA|access-date=June 24, 2020|date=September 23, 2017|quote=In/Spectre is a entertaining supernatural thriller peppered with romance and plenty of yokai (Japanese monsters)|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626022728/https://otakuusamagazine.com/inspectre-manga-review/|url-status=live}}}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = novel

| author = Kyo Shirodaira

| illustrator = Hiro Kiyohara

| publisher = Kodansha

| publisher_en =

| demographic = Male

| imprint = {{ubl|Kodansha Novels|Kodansha Bunko}}

| published = May 11, 2011

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Kyo Shirodaira

| illustrator = Chasiba Katase

| publisher = Kodansha

| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Kodansha USA}}

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}

| magazine = {{ubl|Shōnen Magazine R|Monthly Shōnen Magazine|Magazine Pocket}}

| first = April 20, 2015

| last =

| volumes = 22

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = novel series

| author = Kyo Shirodaira

| illustrator = Chasiba Katase

| publisher = Kodansha

| publisher_en =

| demographic = Male

| magazine = Mephisto

| imprint = Kodansha Taiga

| first = December 20, 2018

| volumes = 6

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = TV series

| director = Keiji Gotoh

| writer = Noboru Takagi

| music = Akihiro Manabe

| studio = Brain's Base

| licensee = {{ubl|Crunchyroll{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/03/30/exclusive-inspectre-producer-on-the-challenges-of-turning-manga-into-anime|title=EXCLUSIVE: In/Spectre Producer On the Challenges of Turning Manga into Anime|last=Coats|first=Cayla|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 30, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328140138/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/03/30/exclusive-inspectre-producer-on-the-challenges-of-turning-manga-into-anime|url-status=live}}|{{English anime licensee|NA=Viz Media (home video; {{Abbr|S1|Season 1}} only)|SA/SEA|Muse Communication}}}}

| network = {{ubl|TV Asahi, MBS, AT-X, BS NTV ({{Abbr|S1|Season 1}})|Tokyo MX, BS NTV ({{Abbr|S2|Season 2}})}}

| network_en = {{English anime network|SEA=Animax Asia}}

| first = January 11, 2020

| last = March 27, 2023

| episodes = 24

| episode_list = List of In/Spectre episodes

}}

{{Nihongo|In/Spectre|虚構推理|Kyokō Suiri|lead=yes}}, also known as Invented Inference, is a 2011 Japanese novel published by Kodansha and written by Kyo Shirodaira with illustrations by Hiro Kyohara. In 2019 it was republished with illustrations by Chasiba Katase as part of a series. A manga adaptation with art by Katase has been serialized since April 2015 in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Magazine R and since December 2019, also in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. It has been collected in twenty-two {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. The manga is published in North America by Kodansha Comics. An anime television series adaptation produced by Brain's Base aired between January and March 2020, with the second season aired between January and March 2023.

Plot

While struggling to get past a break-up with his girlfriend, Kuro Sakuragawa was approached by Kotoko Iwanaga, a girl who declared that she has been in love with Kuro since she met him two years ago. She then tells him that she is a sort of Goddess of Wisdom where she serves as the intermediary between the real world and the supernatural world. Kuro, of course, doubts her at first but after fighting a {{Transliteration|ja|yōkai}} in a library and revealing to each other their true identities (Kuro is actually a monster due to having eaten two different {{Transliteration|ja|yōkai}} flesh, giving him the powers of immortality and near-absolute precognition), Kuro agrees to help Kotoko on her various adventures as the peace-keeping Goddess of Wisdom.

Characters

=Main characters=

;{{Nihongo|Kotoko Iwanaga|岩永琴子|Iwanaga Kotoko}}

:{{voiced by|Akari Kitō{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=In/Spectre Supernatural Mystery's Ad Reveals Akari Kitō, Mamoru Miyano in Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-08/in-spectre-supernatural-mystery-ad-reveals-akari-kito-mamoru-miyano-in-cast/.145515|website=Anime News Network|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=April 8, 2019|archive-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828170901/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-08/in-spectre-supernatural-mystery-ad-reveals-akari-kito-mamoru-miyano-in-cast/.145515|url-status=live}}|Lizzie Freeman}}

:A young university student with one eye and one leg, which she adapted at the age of 11 after becoming acquainted with the {{Transliteration|ja|yōkai}}{{'s}} request of her wisdom.

;{{Nihongo|Kurō Sakuragawa|桜川九郎|Sakuragawa Kurō}}

:{{voiced by|Mamoru Miyano|Brandon Winckler}}

:A young university student with instantaneous healing abilities, which he acquired at the age of 11 due to his grandmother pursuing experiments performed by their ancestors by having him unknowingly consume {{Transliteration|ja|yōkai}} flesh.

;{{Nihongo|Saki Yumihara|弓原紗季|Yumihara Saki}}

:{{voiced by|Misato Fukuen{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=In/Spectre Anime's 2nd Promo Video Unveils More Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-17/in-spectre-anime-2nd-promo-video-unveils-more-cast/.152329|website=Anime News Network|date=October 17, 2019|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017183456/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-17/in-spectre-anime-2nd-promo-video-unveils-more-cast/.152329|url-status=live}}|Lauren Landa}}

:A young police officer and Kuro's former girlfriend.

;{{Nihongo|Karin Nanase|七瀬かりん|Nanase Karin}}

:{{voiced by|Sumire Uesaka|Kayli Mills}}

:A gravure idol who gained a niche following after starring in a late night TV drama.

;{{Nihongo|Tokunosuke Terada|寺田徳之助|Terada Tokunosuke}}

:{{voiced by|Kenji Hamada|Mick Lauer}}

:A police detective and an associate of Yumihara.

;{{Nihongo|Rikka Sakuragawa|桜川六花|Sakuragawa Rikka}}

:{{voiced by|Mayumi Sako{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=In/Spectre Anime Reveals TV Ads, More Cast, January 11 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-21/in-spectre-anime-reveals-tv-ads-more-cast-january-11-premiere/.153528|website=Anime News Network|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116162246/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-21/in-spectre-anime-reveals-tv-ads-more-cast-january-11-premiere/.153528|url-status=live}}|Cristina Vee}}

:The older cousin of Kuro Sakuragawa and the reason he visits the hospital on a regular basis.

;{{Nihongo|Masayuki Muroi|室井昌幸|Muroi Masayuki}}

:{{voiced by|Makoto Furukawa|Kaiji Tang}}

;Kazuyuki Konno

:{{voiced by|Shimba Tsuchiya{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=In/Spectre Anime's 2nd Season Reveals 2 More Cast Members|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-03/in-spectre-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members/.194497|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 3, 2023|date=February 3, 2023|archive-date=February 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203113940/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-03/in-spectre-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members/.194497|url-status=live}}}}

;Marumi Oki

:{{voiced by|Kana Ichinose}}

=Yōkai=

;{{Nihongo|Kappa|河童|}}

:{{voiced by|Yoshimitsu Shimoyama}}

;{{Nihongo|Ochimusha|落武者|}}

:{{voiced by|Yoshimitsu Shimoyama}}

;{{Nihongo|Ushi no Ayakashi|牛のあやかし|}}

:{{voiced by|Yoshimitsu Shimoyama}}

;{{Nihongo|Yama no Ayakashi|山のあやかし|}}

:{{voiced by|Kaori Motoyama, Rena Maeda}}

;{{Nihongo|Komainu (black)|狛犬(黒)|}}

:{{voiced by|Manami Hanawa|Deva Marie Gregory}}

;{{Nihongo|Komainu (white)|狛犬(白)|}}

:{{voiced by|Kaori Motoyama|Jennifer Losi}}

;{{Nihongo|Yōko|妖狐|}}

:{{voiced by|Kaori Motoyama, Manami Hanawa}}

;{{Nihongo|Bakedanuki|化け狸|}}

:{{voiced by|Hiroki Gotō|Bill Rogers}}

;{{Nihongo|Nushi no Orochi|ヌシの大蛇|}}

:{{voiced by|Kōki Miyata|Chris Cason}}

;{{Nihongo|Yosuzume|夜雀|}}

:{{voiced by|Rena Maeda|Jennifer Losi}}

;{{Nihongo|Kodama no Genichirō|木魂の源一郎|}}

:{{voiced by|Nobuo Tobita}}

;{{Nihongo|Bakeneko|化け猫|}}

:{{voiced by|Haruka Ōminami}}

;{{Nihongo|Yuki-Onna|雪女|}}

:{{voiced by|Aoi Yūki|Emi Lo}}

Media

=Novel=

In/Spectre is a novel written by Kyo Shirodaira with illustrations by Hiro Kyohara that was released in 2011 on Kodansha's Kodansha Novels imprint (as {{Nihongo|Invented Inference: Steel Lady Nanase|虚構推理鋼人瀬|Kyokou Suiri: Kojin Nanase}}) and was republished in 2015 under Kodansha Bunko imprint without the subtitle. In 2018, it changed imprint to Kodansha Taiga and the illustrator to Chasiba Katase, and has continued as a series since then, with the original novel republished as part of the series in 2019. Some short stories collected in the series have been previously published in the Mephisto magazine.

=Manga=

A manga adaptation by Chasiba Katase originally began on the Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine R in April 2015. In October 2019, Kodansha announced that Shōnen Magazine R would stop its print publication and be a digital-only publication, and with it, they also announced that the manga would be published in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, starting on December 6, 2019, along with the digital release on Shōnen Magazine R and on the Magazine Pocket app.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-18/in-spectre-manga-to-also-serialize-in-monthly-shonen-magazine/.152368|title=In/Spectre Manga to Also Serialize in Monthly Shonen Magazine|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=October 18, 2019|access-date=October 18, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006090424/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-18/in-spectre-manga-to-also-serialize-in-monthly-shonen-magazine/.152368|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-18/shonen-magazine-r-switches-to-digital-only-new-monthly-schedule/.152369|title=Shōnen Magazine R Switches to Digital-Only, New Monthly Schedule|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=October 18, 2019|access-date=October 18, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607101424/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-18/shonen-magazine-r-switches-to-digital-only-new-monthly-schedule/.152369|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:「人馬」の墨佳遼が次号月刊少年マガジンに登場、「虚構推理」は3媒体での連載に|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/358447|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 14, 2020|language=ja|date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006090425/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/358447|url-status=live}} Shōnen Magazine R was discontinued in January 2023.{{Cite web|title=Kodansha's Shonen Magazine R Ends Publication in January|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-21/kodansha-shonen-magazine-r-ends-publication-in-january/.192097|date=November 21, 2022|access-date=March 14, 2023|website=Anime News Network|language=en|archive-date=December 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206092129/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-21/kodansha-shonen-magazine-r-ends-publication-in-january/.192097|url-status=live}} The manga is published in North America by Kodansha Comics.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-22/kodansha-comics-licenses-in-spectre-manga-plans-sweetness-and-lightning-print-release/.100118|title=Kodansha Comics Licenses In/Spectre Manga, Plans Sweetness & Lightning Print Release|last=Ressler|first=Karen|website=Anime News Network|date=March 22, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-date=March 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303135329/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-22/kodansha-comics-licenses-in-spectre-manga-plans-sweetness-and-lightning-print-release/.100118|url-status=live}}

=Anime=

{{See also|List of In/Spectre episodes{{!}}List of In/Spectre episodes}}

An anime television series adaptation of the manga series was announced on January 14, 2019. It is produced by Brain's Base and directed by Keiji Gotoh, with Noboru Takagi writing the scripts and Takatoshi Honda designing the characters.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-14/in-spectre-supernatural-mystery-gets-tv-anime-by-brain-base/.142034|title=In/Spectre Supernatural Mystery Gets TV Anime by Brain's Base|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328112321/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-14/in-spectre-supernatural-mystery-gets-tv-anime-by-brain-base/.142034|url-status=live}} It aired between January 11 and March 28, 2020, on TV Asahi, MBS, and BS-NTV for 12 episodes.{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/11/21-1/new-key-visual-air-dates-and-additional-characters-revealed-for-crunchyroll-co-production-inspectre|title=New Key Visual, Air Dates, and Additional Characters Revealed for Crunchyroll Co-Production In/Spectre|website=Crunchyroll|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221181307/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/11/21-1/new-key-visual-air-dates-and-additional-characters-revealed-for-crunchyroll-co-production-inspectre|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-01-06/in-spectre-tv-anime-listed-with-12-episodes/.155080|title=In/Spectre TV Anime Listed With 12 Episodes|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|website=Anime News Network|date=January 6, 2020|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116162248/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2020-01-06/in-spectre-tv-anime-listed-with-12-episodes/.155080|url-status=live}} Lie and a Chameleon performed the series' opening theme song {{nihongo|"Mononoke in the Fiction"|モノノケ・イン・ザ・フィクション}}, while Mamoru Miyano performed the series' ending theme song "Last Dance".{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-05/mamoru-miyano-performs-in-spectre-anime-ending-theme-song/.148697|title=Mamoru Miyano Performs In/Spectre Anime's Ending Theme Song|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=July 5, 2019|access-date=July 5, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108014011/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-05/mamoru-miyano-performs-in-spectre-anime-ending-theme-song/.148697|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-04/in-spectre-tv-anime-3rd-promo-video-previews-mamoru-miyano-ending-theme/.155040|title=In/Spectre TV Anime's 3rd Promo Video Previews Mamoru Miyano's Ending Theme|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|website=Anime News Network|date=January 4, 2020|access-date=January 4, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227055837/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-04/in-spectre-tv-anime-3rd-promo-video-previews-mamoru-miyano-ending-theme/.155040|url-status=live}}

The anime was co-produced by Crunchyroll, as part of their "Crunchyroll Originals" brand, streaming it on their service.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-28/in-spectre-anime-english-dub-reveals-cast-february-29-debut/.156959|title=In/Spectre Anime's English Dub Reveals Cast, February 29 Debut|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|website=Anime News Network|date=February 28, 2020|access-date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228204208/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-28/in-spectre-anime-english-dub-reveals-cast-february-29-debut/.156959|url-status=live}} Viz Media released the series on home video.{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Crunchyroll and VIZ Media to Bring BURN THE WITCH, Tower of God, JUJUTSU KAISEN, and More to Home Video|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/30/crunchyroll-and-viz-media-to-bring-burn-the-witch-tower-of-god-jujutsu-kaisen-and-more-to-home-video|website=Crunchyroll|date=March 30, 2021|access-date=March 30, 2021|archive-date=March 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330162452/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/03/30/crunchyroll-and-viz-media-to-bring-burn-the-witch-tower-of-god-jujutsu-kaisen-and-more-to-home-video|url-status=live}}

On November 26, 2020, it was announced that the series would receive a second season.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-26/in-spectre-anime-gets-2nd-season/.166757|title=In/Spectre Anime Gets 2nd Season|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|website=Anime News Network|date=November 26, 2020|access-date=November 26, 2020|archive-date=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006090428/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-26/in-spectre-anime-gets-2nd-season/.166757|url-status=live}} The staff reprised their roles, with Kentarou Matsumoto replacing Takatoshi Honda as character designer and chief animation director. The series was scheduled to air in October 2022,{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=In/Spectre Anime Season 2 Reveals More Cast, October Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-03/in-spectre-anime-season-2-reveals-more-cast-october-premiere/.183228|website=Anime News Network|access-date=March 3, 2022|date=March 3, 2022|archive-date=March 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305051430/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-03/in-spectre-anime-season-2-reveals-more-cast-october-premiere/.183228|url-status=live}} but was later delayed.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=In/Spectre Anime Season 2 Delayed to January 2023|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-02/in-spectre-anime-season-2-delayed-to-january-2023/.185226|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 2, 2022|date=May 2, 2022|archive-date=October 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006090423/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-02/in-spectre-anime-season-2-delayed-to-january-2023/.185226|url-status=live}} It aired from January 9 to March 27, 2023, on Tokyo MX and BS-NTV.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「虚構推理」2期は来年1月8日放送開始、第3弾PVと桜川六花役・佐古真弓のコメントも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/501457|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 16, 2022|date=November 16, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=November 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116034714/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/501457|url-status=live}} The opening theme song is {{nihongo|"Yotogibanashi"|ヨトギバナシ}} by KanoeRana, while the ending theme song is "Invincible Love" by Mamoru Miyano.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=KanoeRana, Mamoru Miyano Perform Theme Songs for In/Spectre Anime's 2nd Season|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-21/kanoerana-mamoru-miyano-perform-theme-songs-for-in-spectre-anime-2nd-season/.191079|website=Anime News Network|access-date=October 21, 2022|date=October 21, 2022|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021144134/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-21/kanoerana-mamoru-miyano-perform-theme-songs-for-in-spectre-anime-2nd-season/.191079|url-status=live}}