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人の嘘を聞きわける耳を持つ大学生・深町尚哉は、准教授・高槻彰良に気に入られ彼のもとで怪異を調査するアルバイトをすることに。口から針を吐く少女の真相には、背筋が寒くなる「嘘」が隠されていた…。
200 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 27, 2021
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January 8, 2024
Fukamachi is so strong because if Takatsuki Akira would treat me like that I would be asking for his hand in marriage every breathing second
April 16, 2024
In vol. 3 of the manga adaptation, Fukamachi has a bad flu and ear infection, which removes his ability to hear lies. He’s self-conscious about it and doesn’t want to tell professor Takatsuki, in case the professor won’t need him anymore. The loss is only temporary though, and it turns out the professor keeps Fukamachi around because they share a similar history, not for his ability.
There are two investigations. In the first, an actress claims the movie set she’s working on is haunted. It doesn’t take long for the professor figure out the truth even without Fukamachi’s help. The other case is about a miracle child who has survived a deadly accident and is worshipped as a god. That one isn’t concluded in this volume, but having read the novel, I didn’t mind. And it does give Fukamachi, the professor and KenKen a chance for a field trip. I like how their odd friendship is forming. All in all, an interesting volume.
There are two investigations. In the first, an actress claims the movie set she’s working on is haunted. It doesn’t take long for the professor figure out the truth even without Fukamachi’s help. The other case is about a miracle child who has survived a deadly accident and is worshipped as a god. That one isn’t concluded in this volume, but having read the novel, I didn’t mind. And it does give Fukamachi, the professor and KenKen a chance for a field trip. I like how their odd friendship is forming. All in all, an interesting volume.
November 14, 2025
Ear problems, college festival, a spooky movie set, and a miracle girl (curious how that one will continue it is quite dark). This was so interesting even if most of the time the supernatural stuff is not really that but people doing things (akin to Scooby Doo). I still enjoy the legends and urban legends + of course I am still in need for more information on what happened to the professor and our MC. On to the next and then waiting for the others to be added to ComicsPlus!!
August 18, 2024
really been loving this series
March 10, 2025
I'm enjoying this series, the personalities of the characters. Takatsuki can be really oblivious, or just not able to do things a normal person does without getting side tracked or lost. I love his cop friend that takes care of him, and now also Fukamachi as Takatsuki's assistant. It's interesting how they debunk the hauntings, but yet both of them have something supernatural about them, so I'm looking forward to finding out more about Takatsuki's history especially. A fun series for those who enjoy haunting investigations and learning about folklore.
August 29, 2025
Are these really all 5 stars? I don't know, but I'm definitely enjoying them. I may revise opinions based on the novels' more involved storylines.
The first story in this volume did something I liked a lot: Fukamachi got a bad ear infection, which caused him to temporarily lose his ability to hear lies as warped speech. His initial reaction is happiness - finally, I can be normal again - followed swiftly by the far less happy realization that this might spell the end of his time with Takatsuki. Which he's realizing is incredibly important to him.
This was interesting partly just because it was the first time thus far where we the readers didn't know which parts were false, so we had to go through the mystery unraveling alongside Takatsuki. It also did two important things: it showed that Takatsuki is perfectly capable of solving these types of mysteries on his own, and that he values Fukamachi beyond his special powers.
It's still a little sad, in a way, that he then goes on to say that this is because even if Fukamachi ever did permanently lose his powers - perhaps once they tracked down that festival and the source of the "curse" - they would still be bonded by their shared history of supernatural impacts. I get it; he's saying that everything that happens in your life is part of what makes you who you are. But I feel like Fukamachi would wish for an alternate timeline where he still got close to Takatsuki without all those years to suffering that allowed them to eventually meet.
Interesting things to think about, and weighted as well by Takatsuki's own trauma, which very definitely shaped the path he went down. That's part of the theme of this first ghost story as well, where an aging (30s, heh) actress is trying to cling to her relevance through lying about current supernatural encounters, but had also actively shut down her own supernatural abilities at a young age.
It's the second time there's been an element of supernatural truth behind the human smoke and mirrors, so we're starting to see more and more behind the curtain.
Also interesting that Takatsuki would've never known that part if he hadn't had Fukamachi there to confirm that she wasn't lying about seeing her grandmother's ghost. That's the problem with being caught in some lies, because how will anyone ever believe anything else you say, even if part of it was real...
The second story isn't wrapped up yet, and I can't really tell where it's going. An elementary schooler was the sole survivor of a bus crash, and has been treated as a sort of modern day luck goddess as a result, with a bunch of adults (weirdly enough, you'd think they'd bring their children) visiting her home and bringing gifts so they can take some of her luck away with them.
The girl herself seems traumatized by the experience - she was apparently isolated and bullied beforehand, and stopped speaking after, while drawing lots of creepy upside down pictures that the visitors sometimes take away as talismans. Her mother is the one who does all the talking, listening, and gift collecting, even quitting her job to make this her full-time career.
Interested to see how it plays out and what the explanation is for the accident/miraculous survival, but currently I find the mom kind of messed up for using her daughter, and the tragedy of all those other deaths, to make easy money.
The good part of this trip though is that it involves an overnight stay and some sightseeing with Fukamachi, Takatsuki, and Ken-chan, whom I'm liking a whole lot more than I'd expected. He provides such a good balance to Takatsuki's flighty, foolhardy nature, and he's also the one Fukamachi's constantly turning to for more information about his professor.
I liked how bummed Fukamachi is that he's still being left out of things, but he also needs to start talking to Takatsuki himself if he really wants the answers to some of those secrets, or to see the hidden angel scars on Takatsuki's back.
The fact that Takatsuki is having dreams about sprouting real wings seems like a pretty clear signal that this actually happened to him, since he tells that story right after Fukamachi has a nightmare about returning to the masked festival...which he has clear evidence of having actually been to. It seems like Takatsuki must've torn himself back to the human world, not wanting to become something Different and leave it all behind.
There's also a journalist who tries to dig into Takatsuki's past, and who actually comes up with a pretty decent alternate theory about what had happened to him. Illegitimate child of half-foreign origin (thus the blue eyes), who got taken away by his real father for a while, which would help to explain why his parents are so estranged from him now. That won't be the real history, based on how this story is framed, but it does make a lot of sense. For now, though, the journalist is on the back burner and doesn't seem like an immediate threat to Takatsuki, since he has zero evidence to back up any of his ideas - despite trying to bribe Fukamachi to turn on him.
The first story in this volume did something I liked a lot: Fukamachi got a bad ear infection, which caused him to temporarily lose his ability to hear lies as warped speech. His initial reaction is happiness - finally, I can be normal again - followed swiftly by the far less happy realization that this might spell the end of his time with Takatsuki. Which he's realizing is incredibly important to him.
This was interesting partly just because it was the first time thus far where we the readers didn't know which parts were false, so we had to go through the mystery unraveling alongside Takatsuki. It also did two important things: it showed that Takatsuki is perfectly capable of solving these types of mysteries on his own, and that he values Fukamachi beyond his special powers.
It's still a little sad, in a way, that he then goes on to say that this is because even if Fukamachi ever did permanently lose his powers - perhaps once they tracked down that festival and the source of the "curse" - they would still be bonded by their shared history of supernatural impacts. I get it; he's saying that everything that happens in your life is part of what makes you who you are. But I feel like Fukamachi would wish for an alternate timeline where he still got close to Takatsuki without all those years to suffering that allowed them to eventually meet.
Interesting things to think about, and weighted as well by Takatsuki's own trauma, which very definitely shaped the path he went down. That's part of the theme of this first ghost story as well, where an aging (30s, heh) actress is trying to cling to her relevance through lying about current supernatural encounters, but had also actively shut down her own supernatural abilities at a young age.
It's the second time there's been an element of supernatural truth behind the human smoke and mirrors, so we're starting to see more and more behind the curtain.
Also interesting that Takatsuki would've never known that part if he hadn't had Fukamachi there to confirm that she wasn't lying about seeing her grandmother's ghost. That's the problem with being caught in some lies, because how will anyone ever believe anything else you say, even if part of it was real...
The second story isn't wrapped up yet, and I can't really tell where it's going. An elementary schooler was the sole survivor of a bus crash, and has been treated as a sort of modern day luck goddess as a result, with a bunch of adults (weirdly enough, you'd think they'd bring their children) visiting her home and bringing gifts so they can take some of her luck away with them.
The girl herself seems traumatized by the experience - she was apparently isolated and bullied beforehand, and stopped speaking after, while drawing lots of creepy upside down pictures that the visitors sometimes take away as talismans. Her mother is the one who does all the talking, listening, and gift collecting, even quitting her job to make this her full-time career.
Interested to see how it plays out and what the explanation is for the accident/miraculous survival, but currently I find the mom kind of messed up for using her daughter, and the tragedy of all those other deaths, to make easy money.
The good part of this trip though is that it involves an overnight stay and some sightseeing with Fukamachi, Takatsuki, and Ken-chan, whom I'm liking a whole lot more than I'd expected. He provides such a good balance to Takatsuki's flighty, foolhardy nature, and he's also the one Fukamachi's constantly turning to for more information about his professor.
I liked how bummed Fukamachi is that he's still being left out of things, but he also needs to start talking to Takatsuki himself if he really wants the answers to some of those secrets, or to see the hidden angel scars on Takatsuki's back.
The fact that Takatsuki is having dreams about sprouting real wings seems like a pretty clear signal that this actually happened to him, since he tells that story right after Fukamachi has a nightmare about returning to the masked festival...which he has clear evidence of having actually been to. It seems like Takatsuki must've torn himself back to the human world, not wanting to become something Different and leave it all behind.
There's also a journalist who tries to dig into Takatsuki's past, and who actually comes up with a pretty decent alternate theory about what had happened to him. Illegitimate child of half-foreign origin (thus the blue eyes), who got taken away by his real father for a while, which would help to explain why his parents are so estranged from him now. That won't be the real history, based on how this story is framed, but it does make a lot of sense. For now, though, the journalist is on the back burner and doesn't seem like an immediate threat to Takatsuki, since he has zero evidence to back up any of his ideas - despite trying to bribe Fukamachi to turn on him.
January 31, 2025
Another great volume.
Case 1: an actress being haunted on a horror movie set.
Case 2: a miracle child, suspected of causing a fake cult
I loved this volume. We got to see Naoya struggle, then get some relief, from his "gift" of hearing lies. He temporarily loses his ability, due to an ear infection, which gives him an insight into how important the gift is to him and his connection to Akira.
I LOVED the hint of shyness and underlying connection between Akira and Naoya. It's not really a romance, which is fine, but they do have a deep connection with each other, which Akira points out - they've both experienced a trauma as children, bonding them, because they're the only people who could ever believe each other's stories, and be there to support each other as they search for answers.
I really love grumpy Ken-chan. He's such a good friend to Akira, but he's also sweet to Naoya, helping him know when to back off, when to be careful. It's like a big brother guidance they both need.
Be warned - the miracle child storyline ends on a cliffhanger in this volume, but concludes in Volume 4.
Case 1: an actress being haunted on a horror movie set.
Case 2: a miracle child, suspected of causing a fake cult
I loved this volume. We got to see Naoya struggle, then get some relief, from his "gift" of hearing lies. He temporarily loses his ability, due to an ear infection, which gives him an insight into how important the gift is to him and his connection to Akira.
I LOVED the hint of shyness and underlying connection between Akira and Naoya. It's not really a romance, which is fine, but they do have a deep connection with each other, which Akira points out - they've both experienced a trauma as children, bonding them, because they're the only people who could ever believe each other's stories, and be there to support each other as they search for answers.
I really love grumpy Ken-chan. He's such a good friend to Akira, but he's also sweet to Naoya, helping him know when to back off, when to be careful. It's like a big brother guidance they both need.
Be warned - the miracle child storyline ends on a cliffhanger in this volume, but concludes in Volume 4.
August 6, 2024
Very good!
Love the story! The investigations don't always turn it the way you expect and that's the fun of it! The mcs are interesting and work well together. The assistant has his psychic power to hear lies which helps the professor in his investigation. This ending was a little abrupt but I can't wait to read more!
Love the story! The investigations don't always turn it the way you expect and that's the fun of it! The mcs are interesting and work well together. The assistant has his psychic power to hear lies which helps the professor in his investigation. This ending was a little abrupt but I can't wait to read more!
July 3, 2024
3.75 ⭐️
February 20, 2025
Still a great mystery series. And we got yet another cliffhanger.
June 6, 2025
4.5/5 stars
June 24, 2025
I love this series that is a mix of mystery and supernatural. In this vol we are starting to learn a little more about Akira's mysterious past and who he really is.
December 21, 2025
immense fun right through my eyes to my brain veins
January 15, 2026
Simple fun.
I might need to get into the drama/light novel.
I might need to get into the drama/light novel.
March 22, 2025
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