If it was true in the previous seven volumes, it’s almost doubly-true in this one – Tomoko Yamashita‘s The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window is BL in name only. That’s no more an insult to the series in this review than it was the first few times I mentioned it; it’s rather to say that even the BL-shy should give this story a chance, because as far as paranormal horror fiction goes, it remains top-notch. Although this volume is a little lighter on story progression than its predecessors, it still gives us a lot to think about and plenty of additional bits and pieces about the characters and their world that stand to influence future plotlines.
The most important of these is undoubtedly the new way that Erika learns to use her power. Previously Erika could only use her cursing ability to harm people, something she didn’t enjoy doing but was paid to carry out, under duress, of…
