Luckily, they shy away from and are eventually destroyed by strong light – and also by some weapons proprietary to the Sweepers, whose job it is to clean up monster infestations arising from broken or forgotten amulets. When the magic runs out, the space can be taken over by shapeshifting monsters made of darkness, and those monsters eat people and anything else in their path in order to spread.
Amulets are hollow inside, filled with magic. In this case, the Stuff that Blows Up is magical: specifically, the people of this alternate-universe Japan use amulets to accomplish day-to-day tasks such as heating houses and jumping long distances.
Mirah Bolender’s debut is an enjoyable, anime-influenced romp, with a surprising amount of attention paid to the details of the worldbuilding, and more three-dimensional characters than the Stuff Blows Up genre usually receives.
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