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“High-school duo vows to be ordinary, but Kobato's detective instincts keep disrupting their quiet life.”

Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary

小市民シリーズ

7.36

2,746 rank · 140,225 viewers · 701 favorites

Mystery School

10 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Summer 2024 · Lapin Track · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Synopsis

High-school duo vows to be ordinary, but Kobato's detective instincts keep disrupting their quiet life.

Jougorou Kobato has a habit of inserting himself into other people's problems. After realizing his detective skills are neither wanted nor appreciated, he makes an agreement with his shy friend Yuki Osanai to become ordinary together. Now entering high school, they aim to be perceived as regular people, yet Kobato cannot help but fall back into his deductive ways when faced with everyday mysteries. Unfortunately, mundane occurrences are not all the duo stumbles across. As they go through their school days trying to avoid drawing attention to themselves, Kobato and Osanai at times get caught up in incidents that put their plan of a peaceful, average life at risk.

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