Kaidan Restaurant

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Synopsis

TV Asahi announced a new kids anime "Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)" based on a picture book. Each episode will consist of three stories or "dishes": the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two "dishes" will deal with an ordinary sixth-grade schoolgirl named Ako Ozara and the bizarre occurrences that befall her classmates. The third "dish" will be a standalone short ghost story told by Ako and her friends.

Episode Guide

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Characters

Shou Koumoto

A handsome, solitary student with a passion for ghost stories from around the world.

Yuuki Hiro

Ako Oozora

Curious and friendly elementary student, Ako befriends Sho and enjoys learning about ghost stories' history and morals.

Shiraishi Ryouko

Reiko Sakuma

Reiko Sakuma, class rep, believes science explains all supernatural phenomena.

Asano Masumi

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EP 1
stevenodhiambo442EP 21

The arm coming out of the wall is peak everyday horror the kind of thing that makes you side eye your classroom walls for the rest of the day. And the stormy night mountain pass story sounds like a classic Japanese ghost tale, with just enough gore to remind you this is a horror anthology . The show is in its final stretch, and the episodes are getting more focused, maybe more intense. With only two episodes left , the series is building toward something big.

stevenodhiambo442VerifiedEP 20

Episode 20 is a special menu with only two courses, but the garçon is serving them with extra fear sauce . The prophesying TV is the kind of horror that creeps up on you imagine your television predicting something terrible, and it keeps coming true. And the nightmare that continues that's the kind of story that makes you dread going to sleep. This is Kaidan Restaurant at its most personal the supernatural isn't just in haunted buildings. It's in your living room and in your dreams. The garçon's admission that he's too scared to go to the bathroom at night is the perfect cherry on top of this terrifying course.

stevenodhiambo442VerifiedEP 17

Episode 17 is a masterclass in the show's ability to blend the eerie and the domestic. The garçon's introduction, with its sinister giggles and warnings about late night reservations, perfectly sets the mood. The test of Courage appetizer is classic Japanese ghost story territory a schoolyard fright fest that everyone can relate to, the Welcome Home entree is a beautiful and tragic story about loss and longing, playing on the universal fear of not being able to say goodbye to a departed loved one.

stevenodhiambo442VerifiedEP 14

the entree is a dark twist on a universal fantasy, and the dessert is classic ghostly unease. The Jinmensou is one of the creepiest villains the show has introduced a parasite that wants to steal your life and identity. The replay story is a cautionary tale that hits hard: time is a gift you can't cheat forever and the dessert story leaves you with just enough mystery to keep you thinking. This is the kind of episode that makes you check your own shoulders when you go to bed.

stevenodhiambo442VerifiedEP 6

Episode 6 is classic Kaidan Restauran, the first story is a straight up monster horror. The second is a terrifying family vacation story. And the third is a toilet ghost. The Princess of the Pot is peak weird horror a young girl murdered, stuffed in a pot, and left to haunt a bathroom. The show is embracing its absurdity while still delivering genuine chills. The house on the ridge story is the scariest of the three. That mental image of Bunta seeing a bloody woman on a murder suspect's back is nightmare fuel. This is the kind of show that makes you look twice at a dark bathroom or a rainy night.

stevenodhiambo442VerifiedEP 5

The appetizer is genuinely heartbreaking Ako's uncle visiting her from beyond the grave to tell her not to be afraid of living is beautiful and sad, The entree is classic be careful what you wish for irony, with the arrogant doctor getting exactly what he gave to others and the dessert is a perfect short urban legend that sticks with you. The Grim Reaper hosting the meal is a great touch . The series is definitely finding its stride, balancing genuinely emotional ghost stories with creepy urban legends.