Fortunetelling is the subject of this fitfully entertaining, lighthearted shojo-oriented fantasy set in the town of Meirocho, which features an entire marketplace of seers and soothsayers (overwhelmingly female) called "Uraras," and where teen girls constantly arrive hoping to learn divination as a career. A quartet of besties form around eccentric newcomer Chiya, a girl left behind by her mother in the woods. Having grown up in nature, Chiya lacks some social graces but appears to be a natural mystic with an affinity for the spirits and supernatural beings who occasionally accompany the girls’ wobbly necromancy attempts. Some real-life fortunetelling lore is shown (as well as skin, in ongoing fan-service cheesecake), as the aspiring clairvoyants go through their coursework, with the overarching storyline occasionally returning to the low-intensity mystery about the true whereabouts of Chiya's missing mom. Presenting all 12 episodes from 2017 in a Blu-ray edition, in Japanese with English subtitles, rated TV-14, this is a strong optional purchase. (C. Cassady)
Urara Meirocho: The Complete Collection
(2017) 2 discs. 300 min. In Japanese w/English subtitles. Blu-ray: $59.98. Sentai Filmworks (avail. from most distributors). Volume 33, Issue 5
Urara Meirocho: The Complete Collection
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