An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

Semicolon Scramble – Occultic;Nine Spoiler Review

“There is no such thing as the Occult” says the tagline on the show explicitly about investigation of occult (or seemingly occult) phenomena. If that doesn’t let you know you’re in for at least a strange time, I don’t know what would.

In the honorable line of the Science Adventure series (Semicolon series as some prefer, owing their particular stylized titles), Occultic;Nine strikes me as… unique. That is, I will admit, putting it somewhat gently. Occultic;Nine doesn’t quite fit either together or into the anime format the way that even the weaker among its fellows fit. Does that mean it’s the weakest of the series? Not necessarily.

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