Officer Ayaki reporting. Naomi Sakaki--the teacher I met in that school bombing case--has been kidnapped. Some guy named Snail left a ransom one billion yen worth of diamonds if I ever want to see Naomi again. What's worse, he's got a big grudge against Himuro for some reason. And now Snail has me running all over town before we make the trade--if I'm not where he needs me to be, no one's going to see Naomi again. But I'm on to this guy, and getting closer--the only thing is, you're never going to guess where the trail finally leads... And there's no way in hell I can solve this one on my own. If I ever needed Himuro, now's the time.
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.
first manga I’ve read! picked up from library. Started w the final series unintentionally... but enjoyed it! My quickest read of the year (mostly coz it’s a comic = accessible for a visual girlie like me). Engaging! And beautiful illustrations
The story is clear; the art is acceptable. But the story is cliche; it borrows from television dramas. I only had volume 10 of this manga series, but it was easy to pick up the story and characters in the middle. I'm glad I didn't have to plow through the first nine volumes to get here.