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I highly recommend this manga to anyone interested in a fun, comedic mystery - the characters are great, including the villain. The art really stands out along with the period appropriate details, and the character development is well done. There is light romance and none of the relationship drama common in the genre.

The mysteries themselves were interesting and had variety, but the main draw to me was the humor and the characters - Iwai is one of my favorite characters and he definitely steals the show.

It's unique and I finished the series in one sitting - once I started I could not put it down.

The story had a nice flow even if it was long enough (thank college for friggin delaying my reading list like seriously hate this setback 👿👿👿👿👿👿) for the 50 chapters!

Anyways it's mainly about a girl Kanoko who magically detects lies, the town she lived in turn their backs on her because of her power so she decides to move away. She then meets a guy named Souma who's basically a detective clown because he's obviously obsessed with money and food (two wonderful needs of course so he ain't wrong lol). I really liked the way they meet different people who request to help ... with their issues because you do get to know them. For example I personally think three side characters in the story such the "smiley medium gent" (can't remember his name), Soumas hot tempered police friend and Kanko (think that's her name, apologies I'm poor at side character names ugh .-.) who was staying with the pair for a while.

Also if ppl don't care that this is a extremely slow burner, this one's for y'all but for those who want the romance fast, this might not be for you champs!

Pretty good story to waste time on, it may not be a masterpiece, the best or excellent personally speaking, but it does the job on making the reading become more addictive and the characters are adorable!

I'm a sucker for historical-based manga, so I was really thrilled to chance upon this light-hearted detective shoujo that promises romance among its genres, but has not shown explicit rabu-rabu 11 chapters in.

STORY
So far, the chapters following the lead heroine's obligatory intro and meetcute with the lead guy have all been mini-arcs of cases. The mysteries vary from something as banal as mixed restaurant orders to something more Meitantei Conan-like (decade-old murder cases).

I'm the type of reader who easily goes "oooh!" at simple cases of observation and deduction skills, so I really can't recommend this to mystery lovers. However, I can vouch for its ... light humor and over-all pleasant feeling it brings to the readers.

Romance (which is one of my criteria for selecting manga reads) is still not evident, but the story's just starting. There are subtle hints here and there about the special bonds the leads share, like the detective's protectiveness over his assistant.

CHARACTERS
The lead male is refreshingly cheerful and uber nice to the lead heroine. No back stories about him encountered yet, but I sure would like to know how he ended up as a detective in a historical period!

The lead female is sincere and kind-hearted. She also reminds me a bit of my favorite shoujo heroine, Naedoko of Kono Dano Ai Dano, appearance-wise. But I digress. Kanoko is pretty likable.

There are other characters here, and they all appear every now and then in the chapters. While they're mostly in the background, their scenes have been enough so far to give the readers an idea about their personalities.

ART

Very nicely drawn. I love the characters' wardrobe most especially (but then again, please refer to my earlier disclosure that I love outfits from this period)

OVERALL

I look forward to reading the successive chapters (and hopefully, read the romance its genre tags promised!)