Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

Seikyou Private Academy, built on the intrigue of traditional occult myths, bears a dark past—for 60 years, it has been haunted by a ghost known as Yuuko, a young woman who mysteriously died in the basement of the old school building. With no memory of her life or death, Yuuko discreetly finds and heads the Paranormal Investigations Club in search of answers.

A chance meeting leads Yuuko to cling to diligent freshman Teiichi Niiya, who can see the quirky ghost. They quickly grow close, and he decides to help her. Along with Kirie Kanoe, Yuuko's relative, and the oblivious second year Momoe Okonogi, they delve deep into the infamous Seven Mysteries of the storied school.

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Kanoe, Yuuko Main

Hara, Yumi Japanese

Niiya, Teiichi Main

Yonaga, Tsubasa Japanese

Kanoe, Kirie Main

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Okonogi, Momoe Main

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Kanoe, Yukariko Supporting

Takashima, Gara Japanese

Kirishima, Yuuko Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Sonchou Supporting

Naka, Hiroshi Japanese

Female Teacher Supporting

Shiraishi, Youko Japanese

Waitress Supporting

Suzuki, Konomi Japanese

Kawatou, Manako Supporting

Ogasawara, Saki Japanese

Kaneko, Hayato Producer, Planning

Tachizaki, Takashi Producer

Nakagawa, Jirou Producer

Ishizuka, Masatoshi Producer

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May 13, 2025

Serial_Exp_Lain

Recommended

This turned out to be a pretty good anime! While it starts out like a one-sided romance b/w a quintessential pretty boy & a ghost(yes,a ghost),it soon finds it’s own footing. I was not a fan of the fan service in the first few eps though. It didn’t add anything to the narrative and the anime is good enough to not rely on such devices. Back to the story: The plot involves an ep by ep ‘ghost mystery’ that is solved half-seriously by the characters. This is coz the centre of all these stories- Yuuko - is with them all the time. The mystery still ... exists only because Yuuko is unable to recall any of the mentioned legends. Our MC,Teichi,is a nice guy who is popular with the girls. Yuuko is head over heels for him and leaves no stone unturned to mark her territory. Their romance evolves very well through the course of the anime... from comedic undertones to a proper love. The overall story is also quiet good. But what makes DMxA stand out is the animation and color palette. There are so many standout frames that enhance the emotion of the scenes.


“Dusk Maiden X Amnesia” has been made with a lot of love for the source material & most of this love translates into good viewing. I felt the anime would’ve been better off if not for the events of the last 20 seconds.


Recommend this if you are looking for a gorgeously animated semi-comedy,semi-serious anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 21, 2025

1stDecame4Danime

Mixed Feelings

If you've seen Kotoura-san this is better but not too different in broad story and (conflicting dramedy) themes.
The clashing ecchi-harem romcom and drama aspects force it into a nonserious halfassed story style that severely undermines its attempts at darker themes.
This claims to be horror but it really really isn't, it's a harem romcom with 1 dark drama ministory repeated twice.

A lot of the story is extremely on-the-nose parallelism of the 1-note mystery behind how the ghost girl died.
A ton of the show is just following the paranormal club to see a ghost rumor play out at the school as a vehicle for generic romcom virgin-kun ... and ghost girl to be embarrassed and repeat lovey-dovey cringe dialogue and artificial drama as soapy romance-bait alongside filler of dead horse beating repetitive slapstick/boob jokes.

The MC is the generic helpful noncharacter self-insert virgin cliche of all halfassed (harem) anime with absolutely no characterization to him beyond 1 noncharacter relative existing to contrive any plot relevance of the entire mystery of the series (her ghost backstory is irrelevant, all the side mysteries are irrelevant, they even make a dumb point to lampshade dialogue dump how pointless the answers to these mysteries are).

Many of the plot elements are pointlessly introduced and tossed aside: Another girl with the same name gets introduced as a foil for a single episode and is never brought up again. Gay-baiting of the 2 side girls for 1 scene and then 1 or 2 lines repeating it. Frankly neither of the 2 side girls ever have any real relevance to the story and are just there to pad the runtime with filler, they have no real characterization beyond their 1 notes (even the special ep had to make up another 1-note shrine-maiden chunibyo character trait to have much of anything for her to pretend to do) nor meaningful sideplots of their own let alone integration with the main plot beyond their role as generic romcom harem-bait.

The cinematography/visuals are sometimes pretty good but just as often terrible (such as silly traditional white ghost costume, directorial vomit of hallway moving squares/blocking portions of the screen) and vapid (upside down cross, JoJo refs, etc.).
And the ending is poorly done with a lot of word vomit cringe because it rarely knows how to do anything through subtlety when it can just use braindead dialogue dumps instead.

Overall it was still fairly enjoyable and could've been much more disappointing (like Kotoura-san).

Below average, 4/10 (where 5/10 is average)

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Nov 13, 2020

Pancakesyum

Not Recommended

Tasogare Otome X Amnesia is, ironically, a series that is fractured and torn apart by its desire to have as many genres as possible stuffed into it. This unfortunately leads to a much weaker, distracted story that leaves much to be desired, and a lot of potential unfilled.

Genre dissonance

Tasogare Otome X Amnesia considers itself a horror, mystery, romance, and at times, a comedy. The show attempts to be all of these genres at once, but suffers horribly in its attempts to make all these genres work smoothly together. The Horror aspect in this show is pitiful, at best. The humor and jokes are well ... written and made me laugh, but end up taking any tension or fear away from the rest of the plot. The mystery presented can barely be called a mystery; when you are presented with pieces of the puzzle the main character immediately explains how it fits into the whole picture. The show leaves little room for the viewer to come to their own conclusions. The romance between Yukko and Teiichi is enjoyable, and the primary reason I continued to watch the show to the end. The romance is believable and interesting, but this is probably because their romance is given more attention than almost any other aspect of the show, and the other parts suffer for it. I really think this story would have shined if the horror and comedy aspects had been dropped entirely, and instead focused on the mystery of what happened to Yukko and the romance between her and Teiichi.

Thematic and episodic discontinuity


The multiple genres are not the only things that clash in this show. Throughout the show a consistent theme appears in almost all the episodes. All the horrible and bad things that happen in this show can be traced back to people. Peoples fears, and superstitions take hold and lead them to horrible actions and conclusions. All the ghost stories can be explained by people's fears and superstitions blinding them from the truth. All the terrible crimes committed in this show are because of people’s fear and superstitions leading them to hysteria. In the end, there's nothing supernatural, it's all just fear and paranoia…

Except…for Yukko.

Yukko is decidedly a ghost, and supernatural. So it seems silly to me that this theme about how nothing supernatural is occurring and it's just people's fear is being pushed when THERE IS SOMETHING supernatural occurring. While this is a minor gripe for me, it just adds to this show’s overall lack of cohesion. A Bigger problem for me was the cohesion between episodes. Especially in the early episodes, entire episodes would pass without advancing the plot or characters at all. Often episodes would end, and the next episode would begin as if the previous events just never happened. This show has a horrible habit of introducing side characters in an episode and then NEVER mentioning them again. I can think of 4 side characters off the top of my head that literally appear for an episode and have no consequence on the story as a whole. I really only felt like the main plot was advanced in the first two and last 3 episodes, and the rest of the episodes could’ve been reordered without consequence.

Art and Character

After all of this complaining I would like to take a moment to shine a light on the best parts of this show. The art design for this show is absolutely stunning.The show is unafraid of using bright vibrant colors, that are often contrasted by shadows and darkness. I adore the way the art was done in this show, and I’m glad that risks were taken as it definitely paid off. While personally I did not find Teiichi interesting, I found the interactions between him, and the other three characters, to be an enjoyable experience. I found the romance between Teiichi and Yukko to be touching and sweet. I wish more focus had been put on these two, and also the friendships of the three living club members. The interactions between all these characters is really what drives the show forward, and is what kept me watching to the end.

I would like to take a moment to mention the ending of this show. I will try not to spoil it, but the final episode of the series is basically a 20 minute interaction between Yukko and Teiichi. It is sweet, heartfelt, and believable. It was a beautifully crafted moment between two lovers and was definitely the highlight of the show...

Until the last two minutes of that episode. Look, I’m all for happy endings, but the last two minutes of that episode was a punch to the gut. It made the rest of the episode mute, it felt like a prank. Why have all that setup and emotional tender moments when you were just gonna pull a “SIKE” at the end? It honestly felt like the writer was forced to make the ending happier. It just doesn't seem like that's how the story was supposed to go out.

I think this show was so close to being something really nice. But overall this show has the worst lack of focus I have ever seen. It is fractured, it doesn’t gel nicely with itself, and it just seems confused. A real shame too, with a little more focus and direction I think this story would’ve been a hidden gem, but instead it’s an unfortunate mess. That gets completely carried by its character interactions and art.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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