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The (Pet) Detective Agency
At the Sako Detective Agency works the reliable Rou Nakamura. Despite his rugged looks, intimidating glares and pink hair, animals seem to adore him, making him the perfect candidate for finding lost pets. Rou is also in love with his boss, Detective Fumika Sako. When he isn't helping Fumika out on a case, Rou is always on the lookout for a chance to sneak in a kiss!
214 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2022
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December 27, 2022
The very first page literally has the main character/love interest saying the other dude is “asking for it.” “It” being to be sexually assaulted. They also get together in the end after the other main character almost gets raped and have sex for the first time the same night after that main character literally says they just want to go to bed now (after, you know, almost getting raped!!!). They have (off-page) sex until he’s in horrible pain in the epilogue. Literally all the things that were not the aggressive amounts of forceful pursuit and straight-up sexual assault were good, so what’s the point? What’s the point of making two characters with good chemistry without the non-con stuff engage in “loving” sexual assault and harassment? The “sexual assault/harassment out of love and the other one liking it enough in the end” trope needs to end.
Warnings for sexual harassment, attempted sexual assault by love interest, attempted rape, dubious consent and non-con
Warnings for sexual harassment, attempted sexual assault by love interest, attempted rape, dubious consent and non-con
July 7, 2022
*More of a 2.5*
This was okay. I didn't like it or dislike it.
Fumi runs a detective agency, but he spends more time finding pets and deflecting his assistant, Rou's, advances than doing any serious detective work. This is just a couple of stories following them in their every day lives until they slowly become lovers.
There's not that much romance in this like there's no developing feelings or like cute moments really. Nothing interesting happens between them at all. Rou wants to be with Fumi and Fumi doesn't really want to. Even by the end it doesn't really feel like Fumi likes Rou and it seems like Rou only likes Fumi because he saved him. It's a pretty odd dynamic. Rou also reminds me of a calmer, less aggressive Reo from Happy Shitty Life and that's not a compliment. They even look similar. He's a little more likable than Reo though.
Even the detective aspect felt pretty mediocre. It didn't really commit to be anything. The chapters are episodic which is fine, but I don't think works for a one shot like this. Overall it was just fine, but it was kind of a drag to read.
This was okay. I didn't like it or dislike it.
Fumi runs a detective agency, but he spends more time finding pets and deflecting his assistant, Rou's, advances than doing any serious detective work. This is just a couple of stories following them in their every day lives until they slowly become lovers.
There's not that much romance in this like there's no developing feelings or like cute moments really. Nothing interesting happens between them at all. Rou wants to be with Fumi and Fumi doesn't really want to. Even by the end it doesn't really feel like Fumi likes Rou and it seems like Rou only likes Fumi because he saved him. It's a pretty odd dynamic. Rou also reminds me of a calmer, less aggressive Reo from Happy Shitty Life and that's not a compliment. They even look similar. He's a little more likable than Reo though.
Even the detective aspect felt pretty mediocre. It didn't really commit to be anything. The chapters are episodic which is fine, but I don't think works for a one shot like this. Overall it was just fine, but it was kind of a drag to read.
April 15, 2023
This was a very simple, sweet, playful manga. I think this is the type of manga that's easy to discard as a one-off, you read it and enjoyed it, time to move on, but I do think it deserves a bit more credit than that. Sometimes all we want are the fun, silly manga with little bits of romance here and there, but this one is mostly just about seeing the characters for who they are and what they're about.
If you're looking a romance heavy story, then I do recommend you stay away. But if you're looking for something cute and fun and playful with just a little bit of lovey-dovey scenes, then this might be what you're looking for. I would say give it a shot!
Also I'm a sucker for the tough, scary looking guy with a heart of gold who loves the polished pretty man lol! I can't help myself XD
If you're looking a romance heavy story, then I do recommend you stay away. But if you're looking for something cute and fun and playful with just a little bit of lovey-dovey scenes, then this might be what you're looking for. I would say give it a shot!
Also I'm a sucker for the tough, scary looking guy with a heart of gold who loves the polished pretty man lol! I can't help myself XD
August 7, 2023
*Sako Detective Agency* is run by the elegant, laidback, ex-cop, Fumika Sako and his intimidating, rugged, pink-haired, smitten assistant, Rou Nakamura. Rou has a weirdly wonderful way with animals and thanks to this skill, the agency has become more of a pet detective agency than a human one. Each chapter follows the bickering duo on a new case and sets the stage for their inevitable coupledom.
I think this book was quite an entertaining slice-of-life BL and the banter between a persistently ardent Rou and a flustered Fumika was hilariously adorable. Many readers felt that Rou was being aggressive and pushy but I felt that Fumika wasn’t exactly averse to his assistant’s bull-in-a-china-shop routine. Moreover, Rou never comes across as a toxic ML and you see various instances that highlight Rou’s innately decent nature.
Fumika and Rou, working and living together with their grudgingly acquired temperamental pets provide enough fodder for cute and engaging moments.
I think this book was quite an entertaining slice-of-life BL and the banter between a persistently ardent Rou and a flustered Fumika was hilariously adorable. Many readers felt that Rou was being aggressive and pushy but I felt that Fumika wasn’t exactly averse to his assistant’s bull-in-a-china-shop routine. Moreover, Rou never comes across as a toxic ML and you see various instances that highlight Rou’s innately decent nature.
Fumika and Rou, working and living together with their grudgingly acquired temperamental pets provide enough fodder for cute and engaging moments.
April 29, 2023
This was incredible adorable… plus the cases was funny…
June 6, 2024
Fumi wants to be a serious detective, but his partner, Rou's, tendency to attract all sorts of animals means they are more often solving the case of the missing pet than anything else.
Fumi is intelligent, dramatic, and a secret softie. He's easy to love. Rou is basically just in love with Fumi. Their relationship builds pretty slowly throughout, as Rou has no doubts about who he wants, while Fumi is a bit more reluctant. Fumi realizes his feelings by the end, and the epilogue especially is very cute.
This one wasn't as romance centric as some other BLs I've read, but it has humor, a menagerie of cute animals, and leads that are easy to root for.
Fumi is intelligent, dramatic, and a secret softie. He's easy to love. Rou is basically just in love with Fumi. Their relationship builds pretty slowly throughout, as Rou has no doubts about who he wants, while Fumi is a bit more reluctant. Fumi realizes his feelings by the end, and the epilogue especially is very cute.
This one wasn't as romance centric as some other BLs I've read, but it has humor, a menagerie of cute animals, and leads that are easy to root for.
November 24, 2022
I thought this manga was super cute. All the tropes with none of the yucky stuff….the one main character is younger but still well over 18, there is some pushy-ness but it’s never rape-y it’s more flirtatious…it wasn’t gratuitously spicy and it had some funny humor to it. I would read another installment if there ever was one for sure.
June 8, 2025
Ngl it was cute together with the art style, but the story felt a bit bland at times. Overall, It was more than just ok.
2.5/5🐱
2.5/5🐱
November 8, 2025
This is more slice of life than anything. Very light on the romance and detectiving. The animals are fun though. Love the cat and the art is very nice. Enjoyable read. I hope to read more by this author.
February 12, 2024
4.5⭐
I really enjoyed these silly pet detectives and the art is just plain gorgeous. It's not a very good romance though, not many pages dedicated to it and relying heavily on sexual harassment. The harassment is really not horrible considering the over-the-top humour and the baseline in yaoi manga, but yeah, it's there, and also a sexual assault by a minor character. Wish I could have given this 5 stars, as I don't mind pushiness and Rou isn't sleazy, but he's clearly crossing some lines too. I'll definitely follow the author anyway.
I really enjoyed these silly pet detectives and the art is just plain gorgeous. It's not a very good romance though, not many pages dedicated to it and relying heavily on sexual harassment. The harassment is really not horrible considering the over-the-top humour and the baseline in yaoi manga, but yeah, it's there, and also a sexual assault by a minor character. Wish I could have given this 5 stars, as I don't mind pushiness and Rou isn't sleazy, but he's clearly crossing some lines too. I'll definitely follow the author anyway.
August 26, 2023
My feeling are a bit mixed up on this one.
On one hand I really like the style and the design. The art is absolutely stunning and work really well with the story. The designs are very detailed and the characters are different enough that it makes it very easy to read. Honestly, this aspect was absolutely brilliant.
But on the other hand, i found the story a bit bland and the characters did not have any developing at all. They do like and care for each other at the beginning and they do so at the end. And there is not much happening in between to go from one side of the story to the other. I was expecting something more from this aspect and in that sense if left me a bit disappointed.
In terms of plot, I found most of the chapters ok. They were entertaining and cute to read. The only one that had more to it in terms of plot was the last third but without any real growth or change into the characters and it felt as if the rest of the story was there as a filler for this one part.
On one hand I really like the style and the design. The art is absolutely stunning and work really well with the story. The designs are very detailed and the characters are different enough that it makes it very easy to read. Honestly, this aspect was absolutely brilliant.
But on the other hand, i found the story a bit bland and the characters did not have any developing at all. They do like and care for each other at the beginning and they do so at the end. And there is not much happening in between to go from one side of the story to the other. I was expecting something more from this aspect and in that sense if left me a bit disappointed.
In terms of plot, I found most of the chapters ok. They were entertaining and cute to read. The only one that had more to it in terms of plot was the last third but without any real growth or change into the characters and it felt as if the rest of the story was there as a filler for this one part.
December 24, 2022
Bref, « Des détectives au poil » est un Boy’s Love dont j’attendais davantage. Sur le papier, toutes les critères pour passer un bon moment étaient respectés mais à la lecture, je n’ai rien ressenti du tout. Je n’irai pas jusqu’à dire que je me suis ennuyée ou que j’ai détesté mais ça manquait clairement d’intensité. Sako et Rô n’ont pas réussi à éveiller mon intérêt ni pour eux, ni pour les gens auxquels ils viennent en aide. J’ai eu l’impression d’avoir en face de moi, deux hommes qui jouent aux détectives plutôt que de réels enquêteurs… Seule la toute dernière affaire a réussi à capter mon attention mais c’était déjà trop tard pour que mon avis change sur ce mangas.
February 5, 2023
2.5 stars
Super serviceable in that there wasn’t anything I actively disliked while reading and was a good way to quickly pass an evening while also watching Twitch, but I surely won’t remember any of it a couple days from now.
Super serviceable in that there wasn’t anything I actively disliked while reading and was a good way to quickly pass an evening while also watching Twitch, but I surely won’t remember any of it a couple days from now.
November 5, 2024
The manga was fine. Great? No. Espectacular? Absolutely not. It was just plainly fine. I mean, if I judge it based on the comedy it’s alright, funny even. However, like some other people have talked about this before, the “consent” in the manga was kind of ambiguous. I let it slipped at first glance, because nothing really happened without the consent of both of them. Furthermore, the protagonist, Fumi, was more of a tsundere than anything. The thing is I thought they had been dating from the start, because it was heavily implied. Later, I discovered that wasn’t the case and things got weird from then.
The story followed Fumi and Rou. A detective and his assistant that help people find their missing pets rather than doing doing more detective-like work. The beginning is strong showing us a scene of how much Rou wants to get in a relationship with Fumi, but is rejected since Fumi considers him far to young (the man is twenty for heaven’s sake). I don’t think the age of Fumi is ever established, but I could say the he is twenty something, a big stretch would be saying he’s twenty five. And because of this, I don’t really see a problem? So I jumped to the conclusion that it’s just that Fumi doesn’t like him.
I later understood this wasn’t the case and that Fumi clearly had some affections for Rou. Said affections laying on the romance atmosphere. We have to take into account that Rou has been very straightforward about his feelings while Fumi has been avoiding the subject constantly. From an outside glance, it might be considered perturbing for someone to insist so much. The thing is that it is established within the comic that Fumi has implied he’s interested in Rou, and if it were not for his age (again, I don’t see the big deal), he would be dating him. This obviously encourages Rou to keep trying to win Fumi over.
For the rest of the comic, I feel like the comedic-like atmosphere was very present. Most cases were just solved within the same chapters, and the characters remained the same, with some clear exceptions. I didn’t have a problem with the romance per se, even though I did find it weird that Rou and Fumi got together only after Fumi was almost raped by some teenage boy with a bad case of delusion. I feel like it would have been less weird if it happened sometime farther away from that said moment. The only thing that made it less weird was that Fumi was the one to finally make a move with Rou, at least directly, by straight up kissing him. From my perspective, it didn’t feel force, but it was strange.
What I certainly didn’t like was that the story followed a very episodic flow. The cases lacked depth, and most of the characters were plain. I would have liked little more details or twists.
The story followed Fumi and Rou. A detective and his assistant that help people find their missing pets rather than doing doing more detective-like work. The beginning is strong showing us a scene of how much Rou wants to get in a relationship with Fumi, but is rejected since Fumi considers him far to young (the man is twenty for heaven’s sake). I don’t think the age of Fumi is ever established, but I could say the he is twenty something, a big stretch would be saying he’s twenty five. And because of this, I don’t really see a problem? So I jumped to the conclusion that it’s just that Fumi doesn’t like him.
I later understood this wasn’t the case and that Fumi clearly had some affections for Rou. Said affections laying on the romance atmosphere. We have to take into account that Rou has been very straightforward about his feelings while Fumi has been avoiding the subject constantly. From an outside glance, it might be considered perturbing for someone to insist so much. The thing is that it is established within the comic that Fumi has implied he’s interested in Rou, and if it were not for his age (again, I don’t see the big deal), he would be dating him. This obviously encourages Rou to keep trying to win Fumi over.
For the rest of the comic, I feel like the comedic-like atmosphere was very present. Most cases were just solved within the same chapters, and the characters remained the same, with some clear exceptions. I didn’t have a problem with the romance per se, even though I did find it weird that Rou and Fumi got together only after Fumi was almost raped by some teenage boy with a bad case of delusion. I feel like it would have been less weird if it happened sometime farther away from that said moment. The only thing that made it less weird was that Fumi was the one to finally make a move with Rou, at least directly, by straight up kissing him. From my perspective, it didn’t feel force, but it was strange.
What I certainly didn’t like was that the story followed a very episodic flow. The cases lacked depth, and most of the characters were plain. I would have liked little more details or twists.
September 23, 2024
Kinda confused by this one. It felt like two separate things trying to make sense in one story. The relationship between the two partners felt forced and existed outside of the detective work that really was only there to have something else happen. Rou fought so hard for them to be together and for what when all the romance happened off page. It was a fine read but really nothing special.
December 3, 2024
En un único tomo, tenemos la historia de un detective y su asistente que aunque aspiran a desmantelar grandes casos, acaban siendo los mejores buscando animales perdidos.
Sumado a esto tenemos la relación entre ambos que va fluyendo despacio pero es muy graciosa de leer.
Es entretenido y sencillo de leer.
Sumado a esto tenemos la relación entre ambos que va fluyendo despacio pero es muy graciosa de leer.
Es entretenido y sencillo de leer.
July 12, 2023
This was a whole dose of cute. I hope there's more eventually
October 12, 2023
The cat was funny
February 17, 2025
Not my type
July 22, 2025
A little bit of the ick towards the end, but cute up until that.
August 11, 2025
I borrowed this from Hoopla not knowing what I was in for. It was a cute slice-of-life book about and odd couple running a low-stakes detective agency with some light bantery MM.
November 7, 2025
i want ruo so bad it makes me look stupid. goddddd this was fun as hell and really low stakes despite the ya know... kidnapping
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March 31, 2024
This is my first piece of Manga I've ever read.
I don't mind comics. And reading across the page differently than I'm use to was fine. However, the story was just okay for me.
It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, lol, however, there were a few parts that seemed to "jump" in the middle of the story for me and I'd turn the page back (reading on Hoopla) to make sure I didn't swap the page forward too quickly and miss a page. I didn't.
I think I wanted more of the detective work in the story than the love-pursing aspect too.
I don't mind comics. And reading across the page differently than I'm use to was fine. However, the story was just okay for me.
It wasn't as bad as I was expecting, lol, however, there were a few parts that seemed to "jump" in the middle of the story for me and I'd turn the page back (reading on Hoopla) to make sure I didn't swap the page forward too quickly and miss a page. I didn't.
I think I wanted more of the detective work in the story than the love-pursing aspect too.
January 22, 2025
THEMES: age gap, missing pets
TRIGGERS: mentions of stalker, attempted sexual assault, missing people
Fumika Sako runs a detective agency, after finding that being a policeman wasn't quite what he expected. He's a bit flighty and easy going, in that he'll try any job that appeals to him, but the detective thing has stuck. One day, he saved Rou Nakamura from being beaten and brought him into his home, and his company. From then on, he went from solely handling human cases to also missing pets, because there's something about Rou that draws animals in.
For me, this was a story of two halves - the first explores Rou's ability to find missing pets, which often results in a new addition to the growing menagerie of pets in the office. The second half is more about a human case, and their personal relationship development.
Rou has been in love with Fumika since the start, probably a little hero worship, but definitely since they started working together. However, he was only 19 when Fumika brought him into his life and business, and Fumika considers that to mean Rou is underage. While this probably wouldn't be the case in many countries - like to me, in the UK - the date in Japan was 20 (until 2022) so this caused some age gap dramas.
The art is cute and really well done. There's some awesome chemistry between Rou and Fumika, even while Fumika fights against it, because he sees Rou as underage. Rou is persistent but not to the point that it feels creepy. They live together, which adds an extra layer and dynamic to their relationship. The first half of the story lets them focus on investigations, with only small hints of Rou's feelings; but they really start exploring their relationship in the second half as Rou's 20th birthday comes closer.
While it's really cute, I do feel there was something missing, I just can't put my finger on what. I think maybe the halfway split made it feel like two separate volumes, I'm not sure.
TRIGGERS: mentions of stalker, attempted sexual assault, missing people
Fumika Sako runs a detective agency, after finding that being a policeman wasn't quite what he expected. He's a bit flighty and easy going, in that he'll try any job that appeals to him, but the detective thing has stuck. One day, he saved Rou Nakamura from being beaten and brought him into his home, and his company. From then on, he went from solely handling human cases to also missing pets, because there's something about Rou that draws animals in.
For me, this was a story of two halves - the first explores Rou's ability to find missing pets, which often results in a new addition to the growing menagerie of pets in the office. The second half is more about a human case, and their personal relationship development.
Rou has been in love with Fumika since the start, probably a little hero worship, but definitely since they started working together. However, he was only 19 when Fumika brought him into his life and business, and Fumika considers that to mean Rou is underage. While this probably wouldn't be the case in many countries - like to me, in the UK - the date in Japan was 20 (until 2022) so this caused some age gap dramas.
The art is cute and really well done. There's some awesome chemistry between Rou and Fumika, even while Fumika fights against it, because he sees Rou as underage. Rou is persistent but not to the point that it feels creepy. They live together, which adds an extra layer and dynamic to their relationship. The first half of the story lets them focus on investigations, with only small hints of Rou's feelings; but they really start exploring their relationship in the second half as Rou's 20th birthday comes closer.
While it's really cute, I do feel there was something missing, I just can't put my finger on what. I think maybe the halfway split made it feel like two separate volumes, I'm not sure.
December 1, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️AGAKSKQJAJAJ esto fue tan gracioso, ojalá tuviese mas volúmenes, necesito maaaaaa!!!!
January 2, 2022
Rou Nakamura works for the Sako Detective Agency (run by Fumika Sako) and specializes in locating missing pets, as apparently they are absolutely drawn to him.
Each chapter is a new “case” that Rou and Fumi have to investigate, and we find out a bit about them along the way. Fumi used to work as a policeman but quit when he figured out he wasn’t “cut out” for police work, and Rou ran away from home in middle school and began working to support himself.
In the end, Rou convinces Fumi that he’s for real, or whatever, and of course, they get together.
Overall it was entertaining, but not really memorable. I felt that there was more emphasis on the cases than on the relationship development. I rather like noji’s sense of humor though.
Each chapter is a new “case” that Rou and Fumi have to investigate, and we find out a bit about them along the way. Fumi used to work as a policeman but quit when he figured out he wasn’t “cut out” for police work, and Rou ran away from home in middle school and began working to support himself.
In the end, Rou convinces Fumi that he’s for real, or whatever, and of course, they get together.
Overall it was entertaining, but not really memorable. I felt that there was more emphasis on the cases than on the relationship development. I rather like noji’s sense of humor though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 28, 2023
This was a whole book of good storylines being overshadowed by a bunch of sexual harassment/assault. If Rou was respectful in his pining, this book would've been a nice comfort read for me, but no. It had to be the trope of "I really like/love you, so I'm going to make that your problem," and it's supposed to be cute. Like, no. Forcing yourself on someone isn't cute, and it doesn't make someone like you more.
And at the end, the main character has a thought of "do you really think he'd force sex on you?" And we're all supposed to think he wouldn't even though he's been forcing everything else on him the whole time.
And at the end, the main character has a thought of "do you really think he'd force sex on you?" And we're all supposed to think he wouldn't even though he's been forcing everything else on him the whole time.
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