August 4, 2021

I watched the live action movie and thought it was great, but I got the feeling the plot had been heavily condensed to fit into a ~90min movie format so I picked up the manga to check.

Basic plot: Mikado can see ghosts but can't really do anything about them so he just feels scared and awkward and hides his ability. Hiyakawa can exorcise ghosts, but can't really see them well. When he's touching Mikado however he can use his eyes to see. Hiyakawa saying meeting Mikado is fate and asks him to help him in his ghost exorcising business.

I should note that the movie version is gorier and has only light homoerotic tension. The manga is lighter on physical details but very clearly leaning into BL tropes. There is no sex, but there are suggestive scenes.

Also there is plenty of furigana, more than I would expect for the subject matter actually.

EDIT: At this time (2022/Jan) the rating for this manga series is 26 which feels a bit low. Seeing as I was the first person to rate it, perhaps I flubbed somewhere. While there is full furigana, expect lots of casual speech (the detective is especially challenging to follow if you're not familiar with stereotypical cop-speech), extensive vocabulary, and some uncommon grammar in the later volumes.

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similar in difficulty to幽麗塔 1L29
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similar in difficulty to十角館の殺人 1L30
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similar in difficulty toミステリと言う勿れ 1L31
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similar in difficulty to君の膵臓をたべたいL30
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harder than少年探偵団L30
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harder thanちょっと食べられちゃったパイ君L20
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similar in difficulty to君の名はL29
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harder thanながいながいペンギンの話L22
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harder thanおしい刑事L30
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harder than雪女L25
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harder thanごんぎつね (おはなし名作絵本 1)L20
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harder than山の別荘の少年L25
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harder thanペンギン・ハイウェイL28
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similar in difficulty toぼくたちは神様の名前を知らないL28
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similar in difficulty toスマホを落としただけなのに L27
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harder thanコンビニエンスストア様L27
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harder thanI can speakL28
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easier than朝L31
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easier thanこの男は人生最大の過ちです 1L29
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harder than時をかける少女L23
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harder thanDear FriendsL25
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harder than記憶の森の魔女L24
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さんかく窓の外側は夜 6L28similar in difficulty to怪人二十面相L29
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さんかく窓の外側は夜 6L28easier thanよるのばけものL27
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さんかく窓の外側は夜 6L28similar in difficulty toコーヒーが冷めないうちにL27
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さんかく窓の外側は夜 6L28harder thanおじさまと猫 1L18
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さんかく窓の外側は夜 6L28harder thanヴァンピアーズL24
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さんかく窓の外側は夜 6L28easier thanかがみの孤城L28