Orphan presents the first English-subtitled version of the 1991 OVA about the supernatural, *Ushiro no Hyakutaro* (*Hyakutaro Behind*). Young psychic Ushiro Ichitaro has several adventures in the spirit world. In the first episode, a game of Kokkuri-san (ouji board) goes disastrously awry, and Ichitaro is only saved by the intervention of his guardian spirit, Hyakutaro:
![screencap](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7w1z2HchenFyOOmXq6d-2EbeHEC6gdOZEeL56BndyvF3hWY9nbDdwzvWJgP4iHR5OejbZkHCTpsKC8x0565ApXQkg8dPjs36KGqpVYfy5xQmx5IwINSMnRkU4FTYVtqOqhY3VE4b0DEsqWAGGKFMgcTtFx5rx5TnPZICl78xoivOZfPAcK9TZrcfkcZO/s640/ushiro1.take1_001_36839.png)
In the second episode, Ichitaro is possessed by a poltergeist, but his guardian spirit fails to appear. In a quest for answers, Ichitaro takes spiritual training and gets a guided tour of the afterlife from Hyakutaro:
![screencap](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMofdR-J2SNDS3v7wLLiSXFECx1GKRA53UFsXiXz55eZDND8b8KyK3_2JbbgaLr3r67Xoxrl-SUJwAldzmyVvnKLE3SPatz8RtlIv-eWH-5OJUv_zvjz9X8ZB6d6LElQ6MhPCCUOFmzJgIWIF7F5tufwwEUri5mqcTcuENcJdrS7pXVc-AR0HBP6hcQHL6/s640/ushiro2.take1_001_39740.png)
As one QC remarked, three quarters psychic spookiness, one quarter Happy Science.
DVD rip. Two omake, featuring the mangaka as a talking head, have not been translated. See [this blog entry](https://collectr.blogspot.com/2024/10/ushiro-no-hyakutaro.html) for more details.
This release, and all Orphan releases, are available for direct download from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.
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