“1985: Detective Mikage investigates decapitated shrine-girl murders in secret god-ruled village Sugaru.”
Sekigan no Shoujo
隻眼の少女
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1985: Detective Mikage investigates decapitated shrine-girl murders in secret god-ruled village Sugaru.
Sugaru, a remote village that doesn’t even appear on any maps. In this village, there were daughters of a family that inherited the power of a god for more than a thousand years. They were called "Sugaru-sama" and ruled the village for generations. In 1985, a girl who was a candidate to be Sugaru-sama's successor is found dead with her head cut off. Detective Misasagi Mikage, a beautiful girl with a jade left eye wearing a suikan, takes on the case. Mikage, whose mother is a legendary detective, discovers facts that the police have overlooked one after another and seems to be getting to the bottom of the matter. However, the case produces a second and a third victim... (Source: Bungeishunju, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Apr 2023 – Dec 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M73441 catalog