Ghost Hunt Franchise Overview

[touchturnfly]

Akuryou Novel Series (1989-1992)	Akumu no sumu ie novel (1994)	Ghost Hunt Manga (1998-2010)	Ghost Hunt Anime (2006-2007)	Ghost Hunt Rewritten Novel series (2010-2011)	Ghost Hunt: Akumu no sumu ie Manga (2012-?)
1 Are there really lots of Evil Spirits?!		Vol 1	Episodes 1-3	1 Ghost Stories of the Old School Building
2 There really are a lot of Evil Spirits!		2 (+ extra)	4-6 (11)	2 The Doll's Cage
3 I Can't Sleep Due to the Abundance of Evil Spirits		3	7-10	3 The Girl's Prayer
4 Lonely Evil Spirits		4-5 (+ extra)	(12-13) 14-17	4 Dead Spirit Game
5 I don't want to become an Evil Spirit!		6-7	18-21	5 The Labyrinth of Fresh Blood
6 Don't call me an Evil Spirit		8-9	22-25	6 It comes from the Ocean
7 I don't mind Evil Spirits! (Part 1)		10-11	x	7 Open the Door
8 I don't mind Evil Spirits! (Part 2)		12	x	^
	The House in Which Nightmares Dwell (Part 1)		x	x	Complete
	The House in Which Nightmares Dwell (Part 2)		x	x	Complete

Status

• Akuryou novel series: The translation is ongoing. See baka-tsuki.org.
• Akumu no sumu ie novel: Complete! See spr.dreamwidth.org. Important: If you read the Akumu no sumu ie novel/manga with anime-only knowledge, you will get spoiled and miss some very important developments. Unfortunately the original novel series translation is incomplete, so please read manga volumes 10-12 instead.
• Ghost Hunt manga: The manga is licensed, but volume 12 has not been published yet. A scanlation of volumes 10-12 is up at batoto.
• Ghost Hunt anime: Only covers up to volume 6 of the Akuryou novel series. Read vol 10-12 of the manga to fill up the gap between the anime and the Akumu no sumu ie novel/manga.
• Ghost Hunt Rewritten Novel series: No translation available yet.
• Akumu no sumu ie Manga: Complete. Scanlation is up at batoto.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Wow. I didn't realize that the novel is that old. As in more than 20 years ago

[rakan]

I've still to start reading Akuma no sumu ie but I've already read some chapter of the manga. In your opinion how is the manga faithfull to the novel?

[touchturnfly]

Hmm.... Nakai Saki, Hirota's colleague and Midori's college friend, doesn't make an appearance in the manga. I think she got mentioned once though. Some scenes got skipped. Otherwise it's faithful, but very condensed.

[rakan]

I see, if I remember correctly when I've read the novel I felt that the relationships between the characters were a little more tense in the novel then in the anime. I mean, they seemed a bit less friendly to eachother , but I've read only the first novel.
Hirota seems a little annoying and overreacting also in the novel? Maybe it's just me but he seems a little too over the top in his behaviour/character...

[touchturnfly]

Hmm, I personally felt that Hirota is a little more nuanced in the novel. You get to know why he's so uptight (his family background, bad with women, etc) so that kind of balances out. his behaviour in the novel is mostly reactionary and serves as a contrast to Nakai's unfounded beliefs in ghosts, so I think Nakai's absence in the manga helped soften him up overall.

[ex_allude138]

thank you so much for translating this!

[touchturnfly]

(A month late but) thank you. ^^

[(Anonymous)]

Hope this will still b continued...

[dexywexy]

I was wondering if you know what Ghost Hunt: Ningyou no Iehen is? I came across that title somewhere online but I can't really find anything on it except that it is apparently a sequel to the original GH but a prequel to WH series. The cover seems to be the Minnie doll from the Doll House arc but supposedly it is its own arc, or at least that's what I am taking from what little info I can find. Any clarification for this would be great!

[touchturnfly]

It's not a sequel or a prequel to WH. According to Kodansha the content of Ningyou no Ie Hen (The Doll House Compilation) corresponds to the "Doll House" arc and the extra story "Ghost stories in the park".

It was released in November 2006, so perhaps it was a special "edited re-release" on the occasion of the anime broadcast. :)

[(Anonymous)]

OH! I see, thank you so much for the reply! ignore my response below, I jumped the gun when I thought I figured it out haha. :) Thanks again!

[(Anonymous)]

you know what, i'm an idiot :p i guess it's just the title of the novel series's sequel.

[(Anonymous)]

Get well soon!

Ghost Hunt Reprint Petition

[(Anonymous)]

Hey guys, I'm trying to get Del Rey to reprint the Ghost Hunt manga. If y'all wouldn't mind helping me out by signing and spreading it around, I would really appreciate it. Here's the link:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/del-rey-please-reprint-ghost-hunt

Thanks! I love Ghost Hunt <3

pls

[(Anonymous)]

I honestly just want to know if Naru and Mai will end up together! Please tell me if anything happens between them in Akumu or not ;o;

Re: pls

[touchturnfly]

Please read this.

Original versus Rewrites

[sera131]

First, I want to say thank you so much for translating Akumu no sumu ie. It's brought so much joy and I look forward to future translations within the series (I know you said it might be years).

So, my main question, is how to tell between the original novels and the rewritten ones. Starting out, I only bought the original volume 6 so I could do a rough translation for myself (slow, slow work), but then I wanted to have them all to check certain things against the current translations. While translating certain parts from the Japanese versions I noticed some strange differences, which made me worry that I hadn't gotten the original versions. Also, I noticed they had ads for Akumu no sumu ie. The books I have seem very old and are paper back. I thought maybe the rewrites were all hard cover and had art by Inada Shiho. Anyway, long explanation for a short question. I would greatly appreciate any information you can provided.

Re: Original versus Rewrites

[touchturnfly]

Hi! The rewrites have art by Inada Shiho. They look like this.

The old editions look like this.

I hope this helps!

Re: Original versus Rewrites

[sera131]

Yes! Thank you! I managed to get the right ones. Soon I'll collect the rewrites, too.

Rewritten Novel differences?

[lemongrenade]

Thanks so much for putting this together and hello from 2024 lmao. IDK if anyone will see this but I'm really curious about what differences the original novels have from the rewritten ones -- did she make any drastic changes? I doubt she changed any of the pairing/romance choices she made in the original series. Basically I'm curious why she redid them.