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Synonyms: Shinobi Shinobazu

Japanese: アイテルシー

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 3

Chapters: 24

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 1, 2021 to Jun 28, 2021

Genres: Mystery, Romance

Theme: Detective

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Authors: Inaoka, Kazusa (Story & Art)

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Score: 5.33¹ (scored by 2,609 users)

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Ranked: #20198²

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Popularity: #4274

Members: 5,180

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5.33

Ranked #20198Popularity #4274Members 5,180

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Inaoka, Kazusa (Story & Art)

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Sakon Futatsuki is the newest addition to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Criminal Investigation Unit. Alongside his elder brother, Ukon, he investigates a plethora of crimes while trying to uphold his own principles and morals. In contrast, Risa Aioi is a skilled detective who works in the same division, but she uses unconventional means to find and capture criminals. She has the tendency to fall madly in love with the targeted perpetrator and will resort to stalking them relentlessly until they turn themselves in.

Sakon is appalled by Aioi's extremely questionable method of hunting criminals, even though it has a high rate of success. He is determined to get her to reconsider her approach to crime-fighting, but the more he learns about her past, the more reluctant he is to do so. At the same time, Aioi finds herself wanting to rein in her impulses because there is still a criminal she desires to capture above all. Concerned with the safety of his colleague, Sakon must learn how to fight "poison with poison" and control it before it is too late.

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i tell c was published digitally as an English simulpub through MANGA Plus. The volumes were published digitally by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint on August 23, 2022.

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Feb 28, 2023

ChytilovianDaisy

Recommended

The number one thing to keep in mind for this series and getting into it is knowing it's short and ends abruptly.

The series has an interesting plot and I think overall, it's a very fun journey. The characters in this series are very solidified and likeable, and the art is lovely as well. However, the series struggles with pacing at points. I think a big plot-relevant reveal does happen a bit too early, especially since it's in the first 1/3 approximately of the series. I think this series would be a bigger hit if it was given the proper chance, but sadly, it didn't get ...

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Nov 2, 2021

Goldexec

Mixed Feelings

TLDR: This was a meh series that had a cool idea, but didn't deliver the story in the best way and was then axed before the series could really end. Not a horrible read, but nothing particularly special.

i tell c is a series that introduced a very interesting concept for a police department story, where the MC is obsessed and falls in love with criminals, and this deep love allows her to think like a criminal and find them when the rest of the police department can't. This concept was really interesting to see, but it wasn't executed to the best of its ability. There ...

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Jul 1, 2021

Another_Badger

Not Recommended

“Crime equates to poison, and once you have poison on your hands, no one will reach for them.”

Chapter 3

i tell c was a series that had the writing on the wall for the latter half of its run. It took a while to get on its feet and this was its death sentence. When the core premise is ‘woman falls in love with criminals’ you need to work fast to establish confidence in the reader while walking a very tricky line. Especially when it comes to the potential romanticisation of kidnap, assault, stalking, and murder.

Outside of the issues that arise from i tell c’s premise, ... one of the other difficult elements to overcome was the repetition. One of the most notable instances was the motif of poison which would appear a lot in the early chapters. There needs to be a little bit more faith that the reader understands your intentions because it began to feel more like a miniature lecture. The other is that all of the cases taken followed a similar pattern that i tell c struggled to break away from and meant that there was a lack of stand-out moments that would make a reader want to continue.

Some of the characters were interesting and set the foundation for growth, but many more felt a little lacklustre. The supposed main villain added a bit of danger to the plot but was only around for a few chapters before disappearing so it was difficult to really establish him. This is especially true since he has already had a big impact on the character’s lives.

The character designs, however, were really interesting. Some were pretty creepy while others were absolutely ridiculous… I mean one character’s mohawk was so tall that it never fit in the panel; regardless of the angle (which was quite funny, I promise). This disparity in design does highlight another one of i tell c’s flaws. It doesn’t quite mix the more slapstick moments with the darker themes. I admire Inaoka’s attempt as it is something difficult to do and, especially in the later chapters, they seemed to be growing in confidence.

The art itself is able to move between a wide variety of moods and this flexibility will definitely leave Inaoka’s options open for any future works. Hopefully, they will be given another chance as the potential beginning to appear in i tell c shows that there could be a promising future for them.

It is a shame that they weren’t given a little more time to wrap up the loose ends of i tell c though as a couple of the plot threads were interesting and they could have it be a bit more satisfying. But there isn’t much that can be done about this.

Overall, i tell c was a series that took too long to establish its potential while dealing with concepts that could quickly turn its readers away. I hope that those who worked on it are able to move on to new series because there was definitely potential that could be improved upon.

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