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Monday, December 4, 2023

Holiday Review #4: DON'T CALL IT MYSTERY

 Meanwhile, Yumi Tamura is a notable shojo mangaka who hasn't had a work released here in two decades.  Seven Seas managed to pick up her latest and most acclaimed work to date this year.

DON'T CALL IT MYSTERY (Misuteri to Iu Nakare), by Yumi Tamura.  First published in 2017 and first published in North America in 2023.



PLOT:

Totonou is a young college who wants to just enjoy the simple pleasures of life, be it a hot dish of curry rice or a trip to an art museum.  It just so happens that he keeps getting himself dragged into criminal situations, be it getting framed for the murder of a classmate or caught up in a hostage situation with a potential serial killer.  Luckily, Toutounou is both an observant and philosophical person, and through his long-winded observations he's able to make connections and inadvertently solve the crimes around him.