spr | The Translation of the Akuryou Series

Ghost Hunt is a novel that was originally called the "Akuryou series". It was released in 1989-1994. The manga is based on the Akuryou series and the anime is in turn based on the manga. As a sequel to the Akuryou series, Ono Fuyumi wrote two additional books that are together called Akumu no Sumu ie under a different label White Hearts. This carried "Ghost Hunt" as a series title for the first time. This is the story that is currently being adapted into a manga. The manga and anime were also titled "Ghost Hunt" and this is how the series is more popularly known as abroad.

#	Original title	Romaji	Translation
1	悪霊がいっぱい!?	Akuryou ga ippai!?	Are there really lots of Evil Spirits?!
2	悪霊がホントにいっぱい!	Akuryou ga honto ni ippai!	There really are a lot of Evil Spirits!
3	悪霊がいっぱいで眠れない	Akuryou ga ippai de nemurenai	I Can't Sleep Due to the Abundance of Evil Spirits
4	悪霊はひとりぼっち	Akuryou wa hitoribocchi	Lonely Evil Spirits
5	悪霊になりたくない!	Akuryou ni naritakunai!	I don't want to become an Evil Spirit!
6	悪霊と呼ばないで	Akuryou to yobanaide	Don't call me an Evil Spirit
7	悪霊だってヘイキ！(上)	Akuryou datte heiki! (ue)	I don't mind Evil Spirits! (Part 1)
8	悪霊だってヘイキ！(下)	Akuryou datte heiki! (shita)	I don't mind Evil Spirits! (Part 2)
WH	悪夢の棲む家（上）	Akumu no sumu ie (ue)	The House in Which Nightmares Dwell (Part 1)
WH	悪夢の棲む家（下）	Akumu no sumu ie (shita)	The House in Which Nightmares Dwell (Part 2)

The Akuryou series is/was (partially) translated by various people on baka-tsuki.org. To my knowledge, some of it was done by using Chinese translations. Akumu no sumu ie is translated directly from Japanese to English by me.

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I just find your blog and I'm dying from happiness .. I mean ghost hunt is like my most favorite anime EVER and the novel too .. I was dreaming of a complete translation of it .. you don't know what does it mean to me that I find you translating this .. I wish I could express my emotion in other way that words but I can't offer anything T^T .. anyway I want to make understand something fully .. your gonna translate Akumu no sumu ie first right ?? and after that your gonna go and translate the Akuryou series from the start and with the rewritten version from the beginning and not the version that Baka-tsuki do ... sorry for the long comment it just I'm supper happy and I want to make sure since I feel like I'm dreaming - and I still think I am -

You're indeed correct!

Thank you for the (long) comment. :)

OH MY GOD .. it's like a dream come true .. thank you thank you THANK YOU .. I'll support you till the end :) .. ( funny after I send the first comment I find out that I've make a lot of mistake sorry .. I don't know what was I writing that time from the excitement :) ... and one more question should I finish the Akuryou series first then move out to Akumu no sumu ie or is it fine to start with Akumu no sumu ie ??

As long as you read the manga until volume 12 (because spoilers), I think it's fine to start with Akumu!

My recommended order would be:

- Anime ('06-'07: I assume you've seen it already. The gateway to Ghost Hunt.
- Manga (1998 - 2010): Either the entire manga or starting from where the anime left off.

After this it's up to you.

- The old Akuryou series: It's not required because the manga and anime are fairly faithful, but there are still some minor differences. I also think it's good to get a feel for Ono's (early) writing. It might be interesting to compare with the new edition later on. Unfortunately the majority was double translated (JA>CN>EN) and therefore may contain inaccuracies. It's also incomplete.

- Akumu no sumu ie (novel > manga): I think the manga skims a little too much on Hirota's personality in the beginning, so it's better to start with the novel. Read the first volume of the novel, then go read the ongoing manga adaption. After this you can switch up depending on the speed of my translation or the manga scanlation team.

As for the new Akuryou edition, that could take a while lol.

OH. MY. GOD. You're amazing!!! I totally love the Akuryou series, and I was pretty disappointed when I found out that Baka-Tsuki stopped translating the novel. So I totally love you♥ Thank you so much♥♥♥

Thank you so much for picking up this series!
I never know that anyone would pick these beautiful series.
I watched the anime and read the manga.
The manga in partciular I had to wait for 6 years for it to be complete. Imagine months and years of waiting xD.
Anyways, I'm curious, where will you post the translations...?

Hello, I will post the translations in this community!

Can I give you a hug for translating Ghost Hunt? ٩(●˙▿˙●)۶…⋆ฺ 本当にありがとうございます! (๑>ᴗ<๑)

Hello! :) I know it's already been quite a long time since your last update but...umm are you still going to continue translating the Akumu no Sumu Ie novel's second part? Of course it's not like you're obligated to do this but but, you see, I really want to read this whole thing and apparently you're my only hope! Hehe ^^ and also, I'm blind(literally hehe) that's why I can't read the manga TAT I'm dying to know how this case would end! TAT please, please continue the translations if you may! I would much much appreciate it >u<

Hello! Thank you so much for your message. Yes, I will continue translating the second part! You don't have to worry about that. I'm very sorry if it's taking too long... things have been hectic lately. ^^;

Oh my gosh!! I didn't know you replied already OMG I'm so happy now! Really, thank you very very very much! I'll be looking forward to read the next chapters *___* I just love this series TAT thank you again and again!! <3<3<3

Hi. I wanna thank you for translating this sooo much~
I wanna know if you are still continuing with this project or not.
Do you have the raw version of this novel?
Thanks~

Yes, please see the comment above.

You can find it by googling (一般小説) [小野不由美] 悪夢の棲む家.

You are translating from chinese?
How many chapters are there in the second book?
Sorry if i'm asking too much. 😅

Oops. It's kanji. Sorry.

I translate from Japanese.

8 chapters and an epilogue. :)

Thank you~~
I'm both happy and sad that this series is ending.
*pouts*

Can you tell us when are you going to update?

Hi, sorry to bother but I'm really confused. where can I access your translations of the novels, I can only find the house in which nightmares dwell. Thank you :)

Sorry, so far I have only translated the house in which nightmares dwell. :(

The translation of the other novels are partially up at http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Ghost_Hunt

Okay, Thank you :) I apreciate the work and effort you've put into translating so far and best of luck with future projects

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!thank u so much .......I don't know what i would have done without your translations .....I'm so grateful that u'r here for us. love u soooo much

Do you know where i can find the Akuryou book series online so i can buy them? i heard there was a whole lot more to the story. I already read the manga and watched the anime. I want the real thing.

Since none of the books are available in English, I assume you can read Japanese?

I suggest using amazon.co.jp to buy the books: here's a link to the Akuryou series and the two Akumu no sumu ie books.

I can't find a link anywhere and I REALLY want to read these. How do I get these translations? My email is: Oceanwind1224@gmail.com if that's easier. Thank you.

You can read the translations from the link at the bottom of my post: https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Ghost_Hunt

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