Ookamikakushi

Genres: horror, magic, mystery

Theme: school

Synopsis: Kuzumi Hiroshi moves with his crippled sister and his father to the remote city of Jouga, which is famous for its hassaku citrus and the rumors that a species of enormous wolves once lived in the area. While some of the residents are more than friendly, when people begin to vanish suddenly, it becomes apparent that something sinister is afoot...
The storyline for this anime is very mysterious at first because not much detail and suddenly there is a masked girl with a big scythe. Her existence is questionable but you can guess that the town itself has its own mystery that nobody dares to talk about. It can be very hard to understand for those who don't like this kind of anime. Even though I love this kind of anime, but I have never guessed that I could predict the whole ordeal in this anime after watching 6 episodes and surprisingly enough, my prediction is right. I wouldn't expose it here so you should watch it yourself. If you use your head, the storyline can be easily figured out.

Ookami Kakushi uses much the same formula at its start: from its opening scene, we know that there will be a showdown between Isuzu (who has the red, wolf eyes), the scythe girl/exorcist of wolf spirits, and that Hiro will be caught in between. This seems to give too much away compared to the opening scenes of Higurashi–where we see Keiichi murder Shion and Rena with a baseball bat. We don’t know why, or what led to the insane gleam in his eye–whereas the essential problem and relationships in Ookami Kakushi are obvious from the start: Isuzu is some kind of supernatural being, as is the scythe girl, and they are opposed. The secret is largely out, because as soon as we find out more about the red eyes and the wolf spirits, we know just what is wrong with Isuzu and where all of her annoying cute advances are going to end, and we know who is going to fight her.

I always thought that the storyline for this anime might be as complicated as Ghost Hound because Ghost Hound also full with mysteries at first. What makes Ghost Hound different than this anime is you'll get lost in the middle of the storyline and finally able to understand at the end of the anime. Like I said, if you use your head hard enough, you can easily grab the whole plot even before the truth is revealed.

Overall, this anime is absolutely a must watch