Mystery to Iu nakare
Don't Call It Mystery

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(Do not say mystery) is a great manga from the author of 7 seeds.

Despite looking like a murder mystery, it is a philosophical manga.
The main character has a unique design and view on life.
He is extremely intelligent and calculative

The art is clean and pleasant.

The dialogue and characters designs are breathtaking

... Each chapter has a murder mystery, and is solved by the main character

You emphasize with the character situation and their actions

Extremely underrated
Its a must read if you like psychological or philosophical anime/manga
9.5/10

This is one of the best manga i have read personally.

This is a unique manga. Dubiously underrated.

The protagonist is a guy called Totono.(weird name)
He is smart, calculative and not at all shy to voice his thoughts.
Every chapter has a murder mystery and yet the feel of the manga is very light, enjoyable. Can even say it’s funny. Even philosophical at times.

Story: 9
I love episodic manga, with a little world building. And this perfectly fits the bill.
We see whodunit murder mysteries, and very logical explanations and deductions.

... Art: 8
This manga has big focus on dialog rather than the art. Yet, the art is really good. Clean, beautiful.

Character: 8
Characters come and go, their personalities are shown in depth. Various layers are seen. We don’t know much about the main guy though. He’s a smart guy, won’t say he’s charming though.

Enjoyment: 9
Exhilarating. Read all the available chapters in one go. Start reading and I bet you won’t be able to stop. Reads like a Agatha Christie novel.


So overall I’d say this manga is a must for people who like : murder mystery, detective, psychological, seinen, and episodic manga.

Don’t read if you want fights or romance.




And if you find any manga like this please tell me, I would love to read that.

Thank you for reading my review!!

Mystery to Iu Nakare is a famous manga with sales more than 15 millions as of now (Which is rare for josei manga). Unfortunately it's not yet have official translation.

This story follow Kunou Totonou who has high observation skill, critical thinking, and always speak up his mind. He also often question values, stereotype, system and things taken for granted in society. In this story, Totonou will solve many cases and if you pay attention, you will realize we actually know about him little by little from each case and you can even guess his past if you pay attention in one panel of chapter 1. ... Totonou often criticize how Japan handle issues such as bully and abuse. he also give opinion about Japan society which is really patriachy. From the cases, we know they mostly talk about family issue and the culprit usually male. Not that I think the author is bias but I think it's related with Totonou's past that's why the author highlight it. Despite all this, the author said that Totonou is in the middle of growth period so maybe he can be wrong so she want us as reader to think before accepting what he said.

I think you can relate in some cases or you can get more information because it seems the author do proper research before making the story, for example: she interview bus company to make story about bus hijack. But still confirm it first in other source. This story also got praise from journalist specialize in parenting who often talk about bullying and abuse and this person immediately buy all the volume of manga after see Totonou's perspective of bullying and abuse.

This story focus more on "Why" instead of "How" which is really good for me since I am more interested in why they did all that and what's on their mind compared to how the case happen.

I also recommend watching the live action, Totonou played by one of the best actor in Japan, Masaki Suda. They include romance element a bit, skip some cases and not include some characters but the core of the story is the same so you can still enjoy as manga reader.

By the way, Totonou won the best leading actor in the 1st Magademy 2021, congratulation Totonou-kun!! Stay inspirational and keep speaking!!!