Review of the light novel Occultic;Nine Volume 1 by Chiyomaru Shikura
LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: Occultic;Nine
AKA: オカルティック・ナイン, Occultic Nine
AUTHOR: Chiyomaru Shikura
ILLUSTRATOR: Pako
PUBLISHER (English): J-Novel Club (eBook) / Seven Seas (print)
RELEASE DATE (English): December 3, 2016 (eBook) / July 3, 2017 (print)
PURCHASE eBook (Amazon.com): http://amzn.to/2fpbRXR
PURCHASE PRINT (Amazon.com): http://amzn.to/2zJ4lym
PURCHASE PRINT (Book Depository): http://bit.ly/2jbQMRF
PUBLISHER (Japan): Overlap Bunko
RELEASE DATE (Japan): August 25, 2014
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 3
ANIME SERIES: 12 episodes (aired October-December 2016)
VISUAL NOVEL: Also adapted by 5pb into a visual novel which released November 9, 2017 for PS4 & PS VITA
From the back cover:
An all-new supernatural light novel series that inspired a hit anime!
What happens when eight eccentrics cross paths on a paranormal blog run by a high school NEET? A whole lot of weird! Gamon Yuta runs an occult-related site he hopes will one day make him rich. But before his dreams can come true, strange things occur when the lives of these nine oddballs collide. Can they solve a case that transcends reality and could alter the very fabric of our world?