亜樹 直 Agi Tadashi is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. His original name is Shin Kibayashi (樹林 伸 Kibayashi Shin). He was born in 1962 in Tokyo, and graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and Waseda University School of Economics & Political Science. The penname "Tadashi Agi" is shared with his sister. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for writing Kunimitsu no Matsuri.
The collaboration and cohesity they’ve developed as a group is amazing. (Though they’re still bratty and/or not very nice to each other occasionally.)
Interesting cases but creepy doctor. And, yay, I could solve one myself (well almost, didn’t think of but was considering but the end result would have been close).
Honourable mention: black cat with white nose and socks 🐈⬛ (like the one lying on my lap/legs as I’m reading this (well the one in the manga is a bit more white))
THE ALIBI IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM Class Q meets their new teacher, the brilliant yet eccentric Dr. Dokuro—renowned as Mr. Dan’s right-hand man. To test their deductive skills, he presents a puzzling case: a woman is found dead in her apartment, and the prime suspect lives two floors above. However, his friends claim he was with them the entire time, doing laundry. The case seems airtight—until the class begins to unravel the cracks hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly perfect alibi.
THE GHOST IN THE PHOTOGRAPH While out together, Kyuu and Ryuu witness a man’s tragic suicide at a train station. It seems like an open-and-shut case of despair. But when Kyuu later takes a candid photo of Ryuu near the man’s home, a chilling detail appears—the upside-down face of the deceased is captured in the background. Is it a paranormal manifestation? A warning from beyond the grave? The truth may be even more unsettling than a ghost...
THE LANTERN HEADLESS LADY’S VANISHING ACT Megumi shares the local legend of a ghostly headless woman who roams the streets at night, holding a lantern and disappearing whenever anyone dares to chase her. Intrigued and skeptical, Kyuu insists on uncovering the trick behind the apparition. But when the students of Class Q come face to face with the terrifying sight themselves—only for the figure to vanish without a trace—the line between myth and reality begins to blur.