I think after I introduced V to the last manga (Manga Match 99) he felt like he had to one up me so he gave me this one. I was a little bit skeptical to be honest, especially after he dubbed Kyouko as "waifu material" which is kinda gross. But I decided to pick it up anyways and ended up really liking it. Some parts were a little bit scary, and it has to do a lot with murder mysteries which I'm not really good with, but it did stimulate my brain and was a really well-written mystery manga. The only thing is, don't be deceived. Even though it says that the manga is finished, really it's only volume one so the bigger overarching questions have yet to be addressed which upset me. I thought I would find out who wrote on her wall and the origins behind the Forgetful Detective by the end but I didn't!
The story revolves around this very unfortunate man that always gets accused for things he hasn't done or otherwise gets caught up in rather unfortunate happenings named Kakushidate Yakusuke. He often hires this detective named Kyouko Okitegami to help him solve his problems. She's very good at her job, but she can't take any long-term job that would take more than a day to solve because once she falls asleep her memory resets to when she was around 17 years old. This in itself is a frustrating mystery. I wish I knew why this happened to her.
Almost every episode is a different mystery case that Kyouko has been hired to solve with a pretty regular format that all mysteries go through, just at a heightened pace because of Kyouko's time limit. It's a regular shtick for her to talk about getting paid; we stan a ruthless businesswoman. There's definitely a lot to say about each of the cases that she solved, but I think to go into each one would kind of take away from the whole magic that the story evokes. So I'll leave it at that, but wow mysteries are truly addicting to read. I actually skipped my section to stay in bed and read this manga; that's how good it was.
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