Episode 1

Age of Phantoms (ファントムの時代) is the first episode of the Musaigen no Phantom World anime adaptation. It aired on January 7, 2016.

Summary
Haruhiko Ichijo explains that due to changes to the brain humans are now able to see and interact with Phantoms previously thought to only exist in stories. Haruhiko and Mai Kawakami spend their days hunting down troublesome Phantoms by themselves in order to earn rewards from their school. However, their latest reward is confiscated after their battle with a Phantom caused damage to the school. Haruhiko witnesses Reina Izumi defeat a Phantom by consuming it and immediately asks her to join the Phantom Hunting Club. Though she initially refuses she later joins Haruhiko and Mai in dealing with telephone pole phantoms by defeating them in a limbo contest.

Characters

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