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“Hard-nosed detective Kyoya Ida uses lethal force to solve cases, polarizing the police force.”
Ice Blade
地雷震
7.75
1,809 rank · 12,821 readers · 168 favorites
Seinen
Detective
Action
Drama
Mystery
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Synopsis
Hard-nosed detective Kyoya Ida uses lethal force to solve cases, polarizing the police force.
Kyoya Ida is a hard-nosed detective from the Shinjuku Police precient. He is known in the force as an unreasonable type who would use lethal force to solve cases, making him unpopular with the enlisted and high-ranking officers in the National Police Agency. Despite this fact, there are some in the force that admire Ida for his bravery and cleverness in using lethal force to solve criminal cases whenever legal means are met in a dead end. (Source: MU)
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Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.6
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.22
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.22 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.38
Running avg · Jun 2008 → Mar 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
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- 8 “Jiraishin excels through its compelling psychological exploration of human depravity and features a standout, uncompromising antihero in Kyoya Iida. While the art and episodic, non-linear narrative...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 38%
Long · 38%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 72 × 19 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 36m approx
- Published Sep 1992 – Nov 1999
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0368 catalog