In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Mouryou no Hako”, also known by the following titles:
- Box of Goblins
- 魍魎の匣
- Moryo no Hako
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- Some related entries are still listed as ongoing on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Mouryou no Hako is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#
Ubume no Natsu ↗ ↖
姑獲鳥の夏
Summary
A bizarre set of mysteries have befallen the Kuonji household. Kyoko Kuonji is said to be with child for the last twenty months, and her husband Makio disappeared a few months prior to the pregnancy. The odd circumstances have left the family with no one to turn to for help, until a freelance writer asks his exorcist friend to take on the case. The catch—the exorcist does not believe in ghosts. To Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the supernatural is as much metaphysical and mental as it is unearthly.(Source: Vertical Inc.)
Mouryou no Hako ↗ ↖
Mouryou no Kou
Summary
The story follows a series of bizarre murders of schoolgirls who have been dismembered and stuffed into boxes. The private investigator hired by a missing daughter's mother joins forces with an antique book seller and others to unravel the murder spree.(Source: MangaToshokan)
Background
Mouryou no Hako is an adaptation of the second novel of Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hyakki Yakou series.
Mouryou no Hako ↗ ↖
魍魎の匣
Summary
Absent-minded schoolgirl Yoriko Kusumoto only has eyes for Kanako Yuzuki. After planning for their summer trip, their journey comes to a premature and brutal end when Kanako is found severely wounded on train tracks and Yoriko in tears on the station's platform. Shuutarou Kiba, a detective who happened to be on the train that hit the girl, takes up the investigation. However, he discovers that the mystery behind this case is intertwined with an intricate network of deceptions involving the Yuzuki family, especially its most prominent member, Youko Yuzuki—a famous actress and Kanako's sister.Although Kanako survives after surgery, her critical state prompts Youko to entrust a doctor, Dr. Koushirou Mimasaka, to take care of the girl in an ominous, box-shaped facility in the forest where she will receive experimental treatment. But soon after, on a night where Kiba and Yoriko visit Kanako, the convalescent suddenly vanished. Now searching for her whereabouts, the burden on Kiba dramatically grows when he learns about other gruesome discoveries: limbs of young girls in boxes.
Kiba is suggested by a colleague that the macabre findings are related not only to Kanako’s disappearance but also to the truth behind her sister. As the investigation continues, the detective—enlisting the help of his partners Tatsumi Sekiguchi and Akihiko Chuuzenji—has to find a way to solve this series of crimes and find Kanako back.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Mouryou no Hako: Chuuzenji Atsuko no Jikenbo - Hako no Yurei no Koto ↗ ↖
Mouryou no Hako - Hako no Yuurei no Koto
Summary
A side story that reveals the investigative notes that Atsuko, the younger sister of the main character Akihiko Chuzenji, wrote about the brutal dismembering incidents in the main story.(Source: ANN)
Kyoukotsu no Yume ↗ ↖
Crazy Bone Dreams
Ubume no Natsu ↗ ↖
The Summer of the Ubume
Summary
Tokyo, 1952. The bizarre case of a missing doctor and his supernaturally pregnant wife captures the imagination of novelist Sekiguchi Tatsumi, so he enlists the help of an old friend, Chuuzenji Akihiko, a bookstore owner and part-time exorcist who begrudgingly agrees to help investigate the disappearance. They'll face a family's darkest secrets... Secrets that Sekiguchi himself can't escape.(Source: MU)
Background
Ubume no Natsu is an adaptation of the first novel from Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hyakki Yakou series.
Jorougumo no Kotowari ↗ ↖
Hyakki Yakou Series
Tesso no Ori ↗ ↖
Iron Cage of the Mouse
Summary
The story follows antique store worker Imagawa, aging doctor Kuonji, and writer Sekiguchi, who are all fascinated by mysterious events happening in Hakone, including a series of murders of Buddhist monks and a little girl in a kimono who wanders through the mountains.(Source: ANN)
Background
Tesso no Ori is an adaptation of the fourth novel of Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hyakki Yakou series.
Chuuzenji-sensei Mononoke Kougiroku: Sensei ga Nazo wo Hodoite Shimau kara. ↗ ↖
中禅寺先生物怪講義録 先生が謎を解いてしまうから。