Drama Digest –
Kaanakki is a university senior student who is passionate about horror and ghost stories. He also works for a second-hand bookstore, having unlimited time, he also co-hosts the internet radio show about real-life ghost stories based on true events. Yoshino Kato comes to the revolution with Kaanakki and narrates the stories. These stories are scary with a little bit of fun and comedy mixed with it, which excites and entertains the viewers to have fun while listening and watching their ghost stories. The illustrations made are also good to watch.
The Feel-Good Part –
The best feel-good part about this series is the uniqueness and the freshness this brings in the Japanese show history. Such a show is less made in Japan, which enhances the curiosity, and interest part in the audience. The two hosts are also masters in narrating the ghost stories and they can entice the audience with their voice alone. The seldom fun segments between the two are also amazing to watch which maintains the lightheartedness in such a scary commentary show.
The Disappointing Factor –
The disappointing factor of the show is the lack of more commentators in the show. Both Kaanakki and Kato are doing their job, but somehow the void of having more people on board is felt. The background scores lack seasoning and sound bland. The stories are scary enough but it could be less scary for some, so it lacks consistency in maintaining the scariness of the show.
In-Depth Analysis –
This show’s format of commentary of ghost stories is commonly called “TwitCasting” which is quite popular mainly in Japan. Kaanakki collects many ghost stories in daily life and narrates them along with Kato, who is in charge of the aizuchi of the show. Their net radio is called “TwitCasting ” and has been successful, having around 900,000 plays since the start. The drama cum show is on the “Human Story” where both the commentators are big fans of FEAR. It is a fine line between drama and documentary and it is kind of the mix of two, which is one of the main highlights of the show.
Star Power –
The stars of the show are two commentators narrating the stories. While Kaanakki is productive enough to wear multiple hats of being a university student, a part-time bookstore caretaker, and also a co-host of the show, it gets quite hectic for him sometimes but he is gentle and kind to hold his composure. While he is like this, his co-host Kato is much more lively and fun. She cracks jokes while the ghost stories are narrated, which shows how she can find comical timings among such stressful stories. Both have done a fine job in holding their position in the movie.
Overall Opinion –
It is a worthwhile watch for horror commentary fans to experience something new and exciting.
