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“13-year-old Lili uses astrology to solve crimes as masked detective Spica while evading suspicious childhood friend.”
Zodiac P.I.
十二宮でつかまえて
7.39
4,456 rank · 4,859 readers · 68 favorites
Shoujo
Action
Fantasy
Mystery
Romance
Supernatural
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Synopsis
13-year-old Lili uses astrology to solve crimes as masked detective Spica while evading suspicious childhood friend.
In recent times, a mysterious private investigator under the name of "Spica" has been solving crimes before the police arrive, leaving only a star mark nearby to indicate her involvement. The true identity of this rising star is Lili Hoshizawa, an energetic 13-year-old girl who enjoys solving mysteries, athletic activities, and running her mother's fortune-telling business, "Fortune Teller Spica." Using her knowledge of astrology, Lili reads clients' horoscopes by day and catches criminals by night! But Lili soon finds that her carefree, crime-solving adventures will need some more caution when her childhood friend Hiromi Oikawa returns from America and is suspicious of her and Spica. His extensive studies in criminal psychology seems to have helped him in solving mysteries—rivaling Lili's astrology and crime-solving skills. But this zodiac detective has no time to worry about a possible rival, for there are many cases and mysteries out there that she must solve in the name of the star!
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.03
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.03 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.71
Running avg · Aug 2009 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Ok, I keep reading reveiws around the net about this manga and how it's unrealistic and therefore somehow sub-par. And I'll concede that a few of the mystery solving explanations are a bit more...”
- 9 “I would have loved to have seen this Manga go longer. I feel like it's honestly very underrated and wish more people new about it. To me it really reminded me of my childhood watching shows and...”
- 8 “Zodiac P.I is a magical girl detective manga series by Natsumi Ando. Lili Hoshiwaza is thirteen-year-old girl who moonlights as “Spica”, a private detective who solves cases that the police find...”
Verbosity
Short · 14%
Medium · 57%
Long · 29%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Mar 2001 – Dec 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0185 catalog