“Retired cop becomes 11-year-old assassin's partner to fund grandson's treatment, uncovering criminal conspiracy.”
Candy and Cigarettes
CANDY & CIGARETTES
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Synopsis
Retired cop becomes 11-year-old assassin's partner to fund grandson's treatment, uncovering criminal conspiracy.
Raizou Hiraga, a 65-year-old former police officer, is forced out of retirement after learning that his grandson Shouta has fallen comatose due to an incurable disease. While searching for high-paying work, he comes across a job posting for the SS Agency, offering a salary that exactly matches the monthly one million yen needed for Shouta's treatment. In the bureau located at Desperado, a second-hand bookstore, Raizou meets his new employer Kinume. Although she discloses little about his upcoming duties, his desperation for money brings him to accept the job. Convinced that he would serve as a hotel housekeeper, Raizou quickly realizes that his cleaning work is starkly different when he stumbles upon a dead body—assassinated by an 11-year-old girl, Miharu Suzukaze. Nonetheless, Raizou's successful first mission leads him to become Miharu's hitman partner. Having protected political figures his entire life, Raizou is now brought into a world of murder as the pair slowly uncover the criminal scheme unfolding behind the scenes.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
What 7 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.51 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Aug 2017 → Oct 2025
- 10 “EDIT: I read about 1 or 2 volumes when I originally made this review and now I've completed reading the whole series. One of the best action manga I've read in awhile. Extremely recommend. All the...”
- 9 “This manga is really great and will surprise anyone who might dismiss it based on its seemingly silly synopsis. The artwork is excellent, with beautiful paneling that makes full use of every page,...”
- 7 “Candy and Cigarettes perfectly nails my personal love for the stereotype of little girl+old man combo and the wit and dialogue that comes off the two of them all to the backdrop of an amazing crime...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 54 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 12m approx
- Published Jan 2017 – Jul 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M42088 catalog