“Showa-era girl detective Kouko investigates death threat to dormitory resident Inugami while struggling with cooking and case direction.”
Detective Kouko Feels Melancholy
名探偵耕子は憂鬱
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Showa-era girl detective Kouko investigates death threat to dormitory resident Inugami while struggling with cooking and case direction.
The manga is set during the height of the Showa era, and centers on a little girl named Kouko who is in training to become a detective. She is hired by a notable family to find out who sent a death threat to the family's son Inugami, who currently resides in a dormitory in Tokyo. To this end, she moves in to the dormitory to begin her investigation, but she is bad at cooking and even worse at figuring out where to start with the case. (Source: ANN)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 29 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 52m approx
- Published Jan 2020 – Jun 2022
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53859 catalog