Ubume no Natsu
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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Summer of the Ubume
Japanese: 姑獲鳥の夏


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 10
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 30, 2013 to Dec 10, 2014
Genres: Mystery Mystery, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Comic Kwai
Authors: Shimizu, Aki (Art), Kyougoku, Natsuhiko (Story)

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Score: 7.621 (scored by 687687 users)
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Ranked: #23112
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Popularity: #7056
Members: 3,248
Favorites: 34

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Synopsis

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.

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Ubume no Natsu is an adaptation of the first novel from Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hyakki Yakou series.
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Sequel (Manga)
Mouryou no Hako
Adaptation (Novel)
Ubume no Natsu
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Characters

 Chuuzenji, Akihiko
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Sekiguchi, Tatsumi
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Enokizu, Reijirou
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Kiba, Shuutarou
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4 Recommended
0 Mixed Feelings
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Apr 19, 2025
olokinprime
Recommended
This manga is an adaptation of Natsuhiko Kyogoku’s novel, “Ubume no Natsu”, or “The Summer of the Ubume”, the first entry in the author’s “Hyakki Yakou” series.

I discovered this series after watching the premiere of an anime series for the Summer 2025 season. That anime is based on a prequel for this story. This manga is based on the original seminal work.

The main character is very interesting. The Sherlock Holmes comparison is obvious, but Chuuzenji can actually survive in a society where he won’t stand out as an eccentric. He owns a bookstore, serves as a priest of his family shrine, and a ...
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Aug 31, 2021
Seegreenee45
Recommended
The art was great, it often added to the beauty or "ugliness" of subjects/ characters. The backgrounds and buildings are very detailed, so you can get a strong sense of "place".
This work covers topics in science, japanese mythology, phycology, and more. Reading this series was very entertaining (once you get past the first chapter), and the developments (with plot, characters, etc) are explained or implied. Personally I don't fully agree with what was expressed or the logic behind some things, but I feel like understanding the thoughts behind these things was interesting in themselves.
A good read if you're bored, like theorizing about mysteries, ...
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Aug 28, 2021
mangareader123
Recommended
This is a gripping thriller. The story has psychological, sci-fi, medical, and youkai(Japanese sprits) elements.
I read it in one go. There is a LOT of texts, and if you want to understand the story you’ll have to read carefully. Or else it won’t be fun.


Story 9/10
There is a woman who is pregnant since 20months, a doctor who disappeared from a locked room and missing babies from a hospital.

These mysteries are interconnected, and we unravel them with our 2 protagonists— Chuuzenji(librarian and wisdom aficionado) and Sekiguchi(writer).
Over the chapters the story became unreliable and I was fearing that the ...
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