デカワンコ 1

デカワンコ [Deka Wanko] #1

by Kozueko Morimoto, 森本梢子

警視庁捜査一課・強行犯捜査第6班。検挙率はナンバーワンだが、トラブルも多い。そこにやってきたフリフリの新人女刑事!!　花森一子、通称「ワンコ」。犬並みの嗅覚を持つこの新人が、犯罪捜査に大活躍!!　（…するといいなぁ）。

Genres: Manga, Comedy, Mystery

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 17, 2008

About the author

Morimoto Kozueko (森本梢子)

Reviews

[Grace*dnfing books since 2022* · Rating 4 out of 5]

I mainly checked this out because the author was the same as the one for Gokusen. This was labeled as a spinoff series, but mainly because the police force is in the same district (Shirokin).

This series didn't receive as high a rating as Gokusen, and many people felt that the author was trying to do the same thing, humor-wise, as Gokusen, but I don't think so. That said, I haven't managed to read the whole series, so I'll update when I do.

Synopsis:
Wanko is a newbie police detective on a prestigious team in the Shirokin police force. Unlike the US detective shows or books I see, it seems that Japanese police are organized into teams and teams work on a case under 1 section chief. The team is then also divided into small groups of 2. Although Wanko features on the cover, the series seems to cover the entire team. Wanko is on the squad only due to her bloodhound nose (and because she can talk, unlike police dogs). There's her partner, Kirishima, who's also a young, good-looking, hot-headed detective who seems to use brawn instead of brains. There's Wada, who's a gorilla of a detective; Komatsubara, who's young and wants a girlfriend; Gara, who's the best interrogator in the business; and Yanagi, who's the cool and collected young brains behind the business.

Each few chapters cover a new mystery, and each is interesting on its own. I figured the author wanted to write mysteries after Gokusen because Gokusen's last few books always featured some silly mystery in the additional chapters. And the author also said she wanted to draw a super girly, frilly dressed-up chick after drawing a spectacled woman wearing jerseys for any number of years.

Not the same vein as Gokusen, although I see that the author really likes cool, intelligent, level-headed guys (Yanagi) because she's had these as main(ish) characters in three of her series already. Not complaining. Hot-headed impassioned dudes are kind of boring after a while.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

同じ作者の「アシガール 1」を読んでるので、こっちも読んでみた。
が、絵のイメージや物語の流れ的に「ごくせん 1」に似てるので、「アシガール」ほど好きにはなれない。
（「ごくせん」の直後に連載始めたらしいので、納得だが。著者も「メガネにジャージの地味ヒロインを長い間描いていた反動でとにかくピラピラふりふりの服を着せたかった、そしてそんな服着てたらまわりのおっちゃん達が最も眉をひそめそうな職業を考えただけ」と書いてた）

主人公は「アシガール」や「ごくせん」と同じく、応援したくなる部類の猪突猛進型ヒロイン。
なので、今後職場のおっさん達とどうやって友情を育んでいくのか楽しみ。

[Rf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makes me wish I knew better japanese

[Khari · Rating 3 out of 5]

久しぶりに漫画を読みました！

楽しかった。

このストーリは面白いし絵はとっても綺麗。ワンコは私の研究室の仲間の事をよく似ている。彼女の鼻もすごく効いている。まるで主人公は私の同僚。だからこそこの話は面白い。

ただ一つの事は謎。。。主人公は誰と付き合うかな？悪い目付けの刑事さんかカッコイイと優しいの刑事さんか。楽しいね。