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To Read the Criminal Tells

“Reassigned inspector teams with slacker partner who reads facial "tells" in dead-end police division.”

To Read the Criminal Tells

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Seinen Adult Cast Detective Mystery
70 chapters · 8 volumes · 2019 - 2021 · Manga
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Reassigned inspector teams with slacker partner who reads facial "tells" in dead-end police division.

Inspector Amane Ooguro has just been reassigned to Investigation Division 6, which is considered a graveyard for police detectives transferred there. Disappointed to discover that her only partner is a slacker by the name of Ebisu Kei, she soon finds out that he has the ability to read the slightest change in facial expressions, or "Tells" as he calls it... (Source: MU)

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A Manga Publication

  • Format 70 × 8 ch × vol
  • Total read 9h 20m approx
  • Published Jul 2019 – Jun 2021
  • Source Manga media type
  • Ref. BS-M74966 catalog

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