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聖女に嘘は通じない [Seijo ni Uso wa Tsuujinai] #2
You Can't Bluff the Sharp-Eyed Sister 2
お金が大好きなだけのただの少女・クロエは、金貨六百枚に釣られ「聖女候補殺人事件の捜査」という超無理難題を引き受けてしまう‥‥! しかも、聖女候補の中には神秘の力『祝福(ギフト)』を持つ者も存在する。クロエには勿論そんな力はない。だが、賭博で磨いた洞察力と記憶力を武器に聖女候補たちと渡り合い、事件の真相を追い求める!
【『薬屋のひとりごと』日向夏&『終わりのセラフ 一瀬グレン、16歳の破滅』浅見ようのタッグでおくる極上のファンタジー×ミステリ!!】
【『薬屋のひとりごと』日向夏&『終わりのセラフ 一瀬グレン、16歳の破滅』浅見ようのタッグでおくる極上のファンタジー×ミステリ!!】
160 pages, Paperback
First published March 19, 2024
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December 30, 2025
VEEEERY divided on this one. Some forward momentum on the murder mystery, but then a COMPLETE ??? at the end… Not to mention CLIFFHANGER. BOOOOOO!!!
3, I’ll give this ONE more volume, stars.
3, I’ll give this ONE more volume, stars.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 27, 2025
And in any era… there are always idiots eager to find a reason to go to war.
To say that the mystery central to this story does nothing for me is a gross understatement, honestly. Having magic abilities flying around and blue squirrels or whatever totally undercuts any possible suspense from figuring out what happened.
Chloe’s shrewd gambler instincts should be enough to carry this along. There’s a potentially great scene where she tries to use Tarot cards to divine information, relying on her observational talents to figure her quarry out.
Instead, one of those blue squirrels runs off with a card and disrupts the whole thing. To call this unsatisfying is a grave disservice to the very concept of unsatisfying. The story just loves to pull me out when it should be drawing me in.
Chloe and Erald also continue to feel like a discount version of Maomao and Jinshi from The Apothecary Diaries. Erald in particular is incredibly dull and more of a face than a realized character. Chloe does get somewhat more interesting as the volume moves forward, mercifully.
The problem is that when the mystery isn’t working you don’t have these two playing off one another well enough to make up the difference so this sags more than once during most of its page count.
Yet it decides to zoom out and examine the politics at large in the realm and suddenly this got so much more interesting. It was genuinely going to be my last volume of this, but the final chapter or so made me rethink my choice.
The history of this country is built on refugees and also no small amount of misogyny, plus that entirely too relevant quote that lead off the review. Suddenly there are factions and the threat of war and an indirect point about the futility of revenge. If the story had been this engaging from the start it would have been way better.
Chloe similarly goes from ruminating about the church’s excesses to crusading hard for a small boy she meets and this energy is everything that I’ve been missing from the story to this point. We even get a little suspense within the main plot that works pretty darn well, even if it is rooted in magic chicanery.
So, I still think the mystery is fairly underwhelming, but we finally get something interesting surrounding that. It’s an uneasy truce that I’ve reached with the material, but it’s no lie to say that the last 20-30 pages were better than anything so far in the series.
3.5 stars - little extra for doing such a good job at the end, but we’re still not holding my interest with the core premise at all, so… what can you do? Hopefully next volume has more of the good stuff in it.
To say that the mystery central to this story does nothing for me is a gross understatement, honestly. Having magic abilities flying around and blue squirrels or whatever totally undercuts any possible suspense from figuring out what happened.
Chloe’s shrewd gambler instincts should be enough to carry this along. There’s a potentially great scene where she tries to use Tarot cards to divine information, relying on her observational talents to figure her quarry out.
Instead, one of those blue squirrels runs off with a card and disrupts the whole thing. To call this unsatisfying is a grave disservice to the very concept of unsatisfying. The story just loves to pull me out when it should be drawing me in.
Chloe and Erald also continue to feel like a discount version of Maomao and Jinshi from The Apothecary Diaries. Erald in particular is incredibly dull and more of a face than a realized character. Chloe does get somewhat more interesting as the volume moves forward, mercifully.
The problem is that when the mystery isn’t working you don’t have these two playing off one another well enough to make up the difference so this sags more than once during most of its page count.
Yet it decides to zoom out and examine the politics at large in the realm and suddenly this got so much more interesting. It was genuinely going to be my last volume of this, but the final chapter or so made me rethink my choice.
The history of this country is built on refugees and also no small amount of misogyny, plus that entirely too relevant quote that lead off the review. Suddenly there are factions and the threat of war and an indirect point about the futility of revenge. If the story had been this engaging from the start it would have been way better.
Chloe similarly goes from ruminating about the church’s excesses to crusading hard for a small boy she meets and this energy is everything that I’ve been missing from the story to this point. We even get a little suspense within the main plot that works pretty darn well, even if it is rooted in magic chicanery.
So, I still think the mystery is fairly underwhelming, but we finally get something interesting surrounding that. It’s an uneasy truce that I’ve reached with the material, but it’s no lie to say that the last 20-30 pages were better than anything so far in the series.
3.5 stars - little extra for doing such a good job at the end, but we’re still not holding my interest with the core premise at all, so… what can you do? Hopefully next volume has more of the good stuff in it.
January 30, 2026
There is nothing wrong with this series.
There is also, so far, nothing wildly extraordinary about it.
Volume 2 still feels very much like we’re in the middle of the world-building phase. The story takes its time explaining how this world works, and that inevitably means that a bit of plot momentum is sacrificed so the reader can get properly oriented. In that regard, I think the manga does exactly what it needs to do. It’s fine as it is, and I’m still curious enough to see where the story will take us next.
That said, depth is still a bit lacking—both in the characters and in the overall plot. We don’t get much more than the continued suggestion that everyone could potentially have a motive for being the murderer, which is intriguing, but not yet particularly layered. At this point, it feels less like a complex mystery and more like the groundwork for one.
The vibe reminds me a lot of Murder, She Wrote—but with younger characters, manga aesthetics, a fantasy setting, and the possibility of a love story quietly simmering in the background. Whether that romance will actually go anywhere remains to be seen.
All in all, there’s not much more to report yet. The story hasn’t fully spread its wings, but it hasn’t lost me either. Consider this a solid “I’m still watching you” kind of volume.
There is also, so far, nothing wildly extraordinary about it.
Volume 2 still feels very much like we’re in the middle of the world-building phase. The story takes its time explaining how this world works, and that inevitably means that a bit of plot momentum is sacrificed so the reader can get properly oriented. In that regard, I think the manga does exactly what it needs to do. It’s fine as it is, and I’m still curious enough to see where the story will take us next.
That said, depth is still a bit lacking—both in the characters and in the overall plot. We don’t get much more than the continued suggestion that everyone could potentially have a motive for being the murderer, which is intriguing, but not yet particularly layered. At this point, it feels less like a complex mystery and more like the groundwork for one.
The vibe reminds me a lot of Murder, She Wrote—but with younger characters, manga aesthetics, a fantasy setting, and the possibility of a love story quietly simmering in the background. Whether that romance will actually go anywhere remains to be seen.
All in all, there’s not much more to report yet. The story hasn’t fully spread its wings, but it hasn’t lost me either. Consider this a solid “I’m still watching you” kind of volume.
January 13, 2026
Erald and Chloe back at it again, their banter and chemisty just as whimsical as ever. Ines the assistant to Erald so funny, she's nonchalant yet loves Laz the blue squirrel. The mystery is deepening, I'm suspicious of every candidate now, even little sweet animal communicator Monique. Salome is also strange, I think she might have been closer to Ciro than we know. We now know there were two people involved in Ciro's murder, including a Paladin, but who, and why? Erald is definitely hiding something. I love Chloe's kindness and determination, especially with the children at the orphanages. However, her actions have gotten her in trouble, will her true intentions and identity finally be revealed?
February 3, 2026
While I enjoy the series well enough, I don’t find it captivating. The central mystery is fine. The cast of suspects are fine. However, something in the pacing and exposition feels a little off to me. Or at least, not quite to my liking. The most interesting bits (imo) are the moments where Chloe uses her keen skill of observation to analyze others and gamble with her social plays, but these moments are few and far between. This volume expands on the world history as it relates to the church and the blessed maidens, but not by much. I’ll probably try the third volume, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be my last for the series.
February 22, 2026
Maybe they are trying to rush cause there is so much world building and info dumping in this volume. I also don’t particularly care for either main character. I will keep reading my library gets it but I don’t think I would seek this out otherwise.
February 14, 2026
Chloe is so fun she’s almost a Nami-Like character who craves the security of money not just for herself but for the kids she takes care of.
March 4, 2026
Definitely not as compelling as the Apothecary diaries but still fun, I want more depth to really care although there’s a few tiny glimpses so far.
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