When a beautiful, mysterious woman appears on poverty-ridden detective Iwai Soma's doorstep and decides to stay with them, she asks Kanoko a disturbing question: "What will you do if Mr. Iwai gets married?"

The spy Sobat has managed to deliver key tactical information on Antrim, Bard’s territory, to enemy kingdom Haurelia. Haurelia’s vast army takes up arms and advances on Antrim. In addition to a punishing frontal attack, Bard must grapple with a dissident movement in his own realm. Will he be able to protect his citizenry, vassals, and loved ones—or is tragedy about to unfold?

After spending an unforgettable evening together, Yoshida and Sayu return to their everyday life with renewed determination. As they continue to interact with Kanda and Mishima and the others around them, they are slowly moving forward. But at that very moment, their worst fear is realized: “I’m here to take back Sayu.” The runaway high school girl and the single salaryman. Let your troubles melt away in their heartwarming tale of cohabitation!

It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Kanoko, a girl who can hear lies, and impoverished but cunning detective Soma Iwai now face a murder on a solitary island. Meanwhile, Chiyo Fujishima, a big fan of detectives, has her own case to solve. This volume also includes a special short with a retro-modern back-alley tale of mystery!

Soma and Kanoko get wrapped up in a fight between the waitress Lily and her partner, Kanji, and find themselves infiltrating a haunted house, chasing after the key to a murder case! Soma and Kanoko get wrapped up in a fight between the waitress Lily and her partner, Kanji, and find themselves infiltrating a haunted house, chasing after the key to a murder case! Soma and Kanoko get wrapped up in a fight between the waitress Lily and her partner, Kanji, and find themselves infiltrating a haunted house, chasing after the key to a murder case!

Kanoko has realized she's in love with Iwai Soma. She becomes conscious of this as they work yet another case. While lost in her fluffy feelings she is kidnapped by Shiro, the notorious criminal they've had to deal with all this time.

Poverty-ridden detective Soma and his assistant Kanoko are on the run in the dead of night, and their destination? A house where a doll was murdered! DELETE Poverty-ridden detective Soma and his assistant Kanoko are on the run in the dead of night, and their destination? A house where a doll was murdered!

Kanoko and Soma spend what little cash they have on a train ticket. From Tsukumoya Town, they travel to where Soma’s older brother Atsushi lives. With Kanoko’s power to hear lies, they aim to uncover clues as to why Atsushi set that trap for his younger brother Soma. But along the way, they end up hearing a lie about a possible affair happening between Atsushi and his wife?!

It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Kanoko, a girl who can hear lies, and impoverished but cunning detective Soma Iwai venture back to Kanoko’s hometown. Kanoko, who was chased out of her town for her ability, now comes face-to-face with her mother.

Little is known about the boy detective in Japanese detective fiction despite his popularity. Who is he, and what mysteries does he unveil about cultural understandings of youth in Japanese society? Manga, Murder and Mystery answers these questions by exploring the figure of the shonen (boy) detective in commercially successful manga series such as Detective Conan, The Case Files of Young Kindaichi, Death Note and Moriarty the Patriot. The book explores how these popular works tackle the crisis of young adult culture within the socioeconomic climate of Japan's 'lost decade' and Heisei era, broadly speaking. Mimi Okabe shows how detective manga materialized in a nation undergoing a state of crisis and how the boy detective emerged as a site of national trauma to address perceived youth problems but in thematically different ways.