[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: Tetsushi, Shiina, and Ryotin are three bad boys who are well-known in Sencho. The only one they fear is the old man who goes by the name of "Jigokudo". One day, they find human bones by a pond that is rumored to be haunted. With the help of a mysterious spell card and incantation given to them by their father, the three evil men open a door to another world. The legendary series of Kouzuki Nichirin, following "Yokai Apa" and "Oedo Yok...
As I was reading, I kept wondering whether this book was intended for children or not. Turns out that I was right to wonder. Apparently this is a rewrite by the same author of stories originally written for children, so that they would appeal to a wider audience, presumably the original child readers, 15 years later.
Basic premise: Three ten-year-old boys are close friends and their town's menace, running around with no respect or fear, having a lot of fun. But when one day they venture into a