Kara no Shoujo

Story

March, 1956. Tokyo; a metropolis finally beginning to recover ten long years after Japan's defeat in the war. Private detective Tokisaka Reiji accepts a strange request from a girl in Inokashira Park. "I want you to look for something. Me. The real me." Meanwhile, the area is plagued by a series of bizarre murders in which young women disappear, only to reappear dead and mutilated with their wombs ripped out. Seeking assistance in the case, Detective Uozumi Kyozo calls on his old friend and former colleague Reiji. Ouba Girls Academy; a school on the outskirts of Hoya City. Reiji's little sister goes to this school where two young women have mysteriously disappeared. Saeki Tokio, the vice principal of the school, asks Reiji to investigate their disappearance, giving him his third case. Reiji infiltrates the academy as a substitute teacher to gather information from the students - but that's when he meets them again. Kuchiki Toko - his first client, the girl who asked him to search for her true self. Her behavior is decidedly boyish, as she notes: "Heya - so we meet again, Mr. Detective." The body count continues to rise. What should be a simple search for some students is slowly spiraling out of control. For some reason, the numbers of missing and unidentified bodies don't match. Who will be the next victim? What secrets lie behind the new cases as the endless cycle of tragedy continues? Behind a similar series of murders from six years ago? Perhaps a girl's smile waits beneath the mantle of tragedy....