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“Lie-detecting loner student becomes assistant to eccentric folklore professor investigating supernatural mysteries.”
Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture
准教授・高槻彰良の推察
7.15
7,288 rank · 1,151 readers · 9 favorites
Josei
Adult Cast
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Lie-detecting loner student becomes assistant to eccentric folklore professor investigating supernatural mysteries.
Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated. When a paper of his piques the interest of his folklore studies professor Akira Takatsuki, a handsome and eccentric man, he soon finds himself dragged into Akira's research. Now, as the assistant in charge of common sense, he must help his professor interpret an array of unexplainable phenomena... (Source: Yen Press)
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median 8
mode 7
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Supernatural mystery solving duo of professor with photographic memory Akiyoshi Takatsuk, Akira for short and university student Naoya Fukamachi who has the ability to recognise lie, a human lie...”
- 7 “The introduction is a very compelling and creepy flashback. After reading about 6 chapters, I realized the story leans closer to slice-of-life. On the pixiv website this series is labeled under...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Aug 2020 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55708 catalog