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The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (Japanese: さんかく窓の外側は夜, Hepburn: Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoko Yamashita. It was serialized in the monthly yaoi manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy from March 7, 2013, to December 7, 2020. A live-action film adaptation was released on January 22, 2021, and an anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from October to December 2021.

Plot

Kosuke Mikado, a bookstore clerk, is able to see ghosts since he was young, which terrifies him. One day, he meets Rihito Hiyakawa, a fearless exorcist who lacks social boundaries. Hiyakawa is able to see and exorcise ghosts by entering Mikado’s body and requests him to become his assistant. As the two work closely together, they learn that the supernatural incidents are closely tied with a high school student named Erika Hiura, who works as a mercenary necromancer to cast curses on other people. As Mikado and Hiyakawa investigate, Mikado begins realizing that Hiyakawa is hiding a secret.

Manga

The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window is written and illustrated by Tomoko Yamashita. It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy from March 7, 2013, in the April 2013 issue to December 7, 2020, in the January 2021 issue. The chapters were later released in 8 bound volumes by Libre under the Kurofune Comics imprint. Volume 2 was sold with a bonus illustration card with purchase through Amazon.

In September 2014, Viz Media announced at Yaoi-Con that they licensed the series for North American distribution in English under their SuBLime imprint, releasing it in digital format.

Drama CD

A audio drama CD adaptation was released on April 10, 2019, with the release of volume 7 in Japan, starring Haruki Ishiya as Kosuke Mikado and Taito Ban as Rihito Hiyakawa. A second drama CD was released on February 10, 2020, with the release of volume 8, featuring an original story.

Film

A live-action film adaptation was announced in January 2020, starring Jun Shison as Kosuke Mikado, Masaki Okada as Rihito Hiyakawa, and Yurina Hirate as Erika Hiura. The film is directed by Yukihiro Morigaki and written by Tomoko Aizawa. The release date was originally announced as October 30, 2020, but it was delayed to January 22, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yuki Sakurai, Kenichi Takita, Emi Wakui, Makita Sports, Michitaka Tsutsui, and Shinya Niiro were announced as additional cast members in March 2020. Keiko Kitagawa also appears in a minor role in the film as a lawyer. The film’s theme song is “Darken” by Zutomayo, and their song “Hypersomnia” is also featured in the film.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation of The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window was announced in the January 2021 issue of Magazine Be × Boy, published on December 7, 2020. The anime is produced by Zero-G and is directed by Yoshitaka Yasuda, who will also be in charge of character design. Daiji Iwanaga is the chief director for the series, with Ayumi Sekine in charge of the series’ scripts, and Evan Call composing the series’ music. It aired from October 3 to December 19, 2021, on Tokyo MX, SUN, and BS Fuji. Frederic performed the opening theme “Saika”, while Wataru Hatano performed the ending theme “Breakers”. Crunchyroll licensed the series.

さんかく窓の外側は夜 *(Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru)*
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Cover of the Japanese version of vol. 1, first published on February 10, 2014
Genre	Supernatural Mystery Boys’ love
Manga
Written by	Tomoko Yamashita
Published by	Libre
English publisher	^NA SuBLime
Imprint	Kurofune Comics
Magazine	*Magazine Be × Boy*
Demographic	*Josei*
Original run	March 7, 2013 – December 7, 2020
Volumes	10
Live-action film
Directed by	Yukihiro Morigaki
Written by	Tomoko Aizawa
Studio	Shochiku
Released	January 22, 2021
Runtime	102 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by	Daiji Iwanaga (Chief) Yoshitaka Yasuda
Written by	Ayumi Sekine
Music by	Evan Call
Studio	Zero-G
Licensed by	Crunchyroll
Original network	Tokyo MX, SUN, BS Fuji
Original run	October 3, 2021 – December 19, 2021
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)