Reviews for Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture Manga

This review contains spoilers. I haven't watched the drama, and I haven't read the original story, so I can't compare them, but I think it's pretty interesting. It was after reading “Unraveling the Lie”, so I continued reading while thinking it was kind of crappy, but since the subject was completely different, my suspicions were dispelled (laughs).

This review contains spoilers. This is a story about an associate professor of ethnology and a student with an ear to tell lies apart, trying to solve various mysteries, monsters, and strange things like a buddy. They've also uncovered and solved facts and incidents that seem like monsters, but really, there are also monsters. There is also a combination technique called Mysterious - Fact - Mysterious, and the perfect blend of mystery, fantasy, and horror that I've never read before, and it's very interesting and captivating. Actually, the associate professor also went missing for about 1 month when he was a child, and there was a memory gap period where various things have changed since then, and there is a past where students also got involved in monsters when they were children and have an ear for telling lies since then. Case solving and encounters with monsters are also interesting, but the changing feelings of each facing their own past and destiny is also a highlight. There are generally only nice people around, and the associate professor's pride that it is better to make favorite things, important people, and fun memories in order not to fall into a different world (in many ways), and the strength to think deeply and explore the past even when feeling fluffy is also good. At first glance, the kindness of a hypothermic male student and his determination to stop running away from his past and abilities are also good. However, due to the nature of the work, there will inevitably be a lot of explanatory lines, so it may be a bit difficult for people who are not good at reading legends, urban legends, and elucidation for a long time. Even so, in this comicalized version, I understand the events of Gaku-kun's past, but it seems that he remembered the associate professor's past, but he was hindered by someone inside him and he lost his memory, and in the end, the truth remains a mystery. What's... “complete”... huh? that's a lie, right? It became..., so I reduced the number of stars by 1. I'm really worried about the continuation! I wonder if this is the only way to go to the original novel, or since the split edition doesn't have a completion mark, I wonder if it's okay to expect further comicalization, but I'm too worried, so it seems like I'm going to dabble in the novel after all...

This review contains spoilers. I liked the picture, so I bought it. I thought I was just going to unravel traditions and legends academically, but there were also unrealistic stories mixed in, which was interesting. It didn't end quickly at the end, did it? Personally, I thought it was amazing that Takatsuki sensei was able to live with serious injuries and mental illness.

This review contains spoilers. I've read up to 4 volumes. As stated in the review, they were really just self-made performances. Even so, little by little, Takatsuki-sensei's past is revealed, so I never get tired of reading it. If you think this is a story about solving a case that seems strange at first glance, I'm convinced. However, isn't Takatsuki sensei a little too emotionally unstable in volume 4? I thought so. Hmm... I thought it would have been better as a character if they had a slightly worse personality right from the start. I was a little disillusioned that even though he was a good-looking guy and seemed like a good person, he had an attitude of being beaten by an old acquaintance. Because picking up an affair from 10 years ago or more would be a violation of manners. It must have made me feel uncomfortable because my husband didn't even have to know about it. Wouldn't it have been better to just say “don't talk to me anymore”?

This review contains spoilers. It was so cheap that I couldn't help but feel like it. It's interesting. I wanted to know more about the true nature of the mystery. It's a work I'm happy to come across. Why did you think that? In other words, the true nature of the mystery was mostly artificial, and the point of solving the mystery was placed in “psychology (why did they tell such a lie)” rather than “folklore studies”... On the other hand, the mystery they both hold themselves is different from that. I'm terribly intrigued by the footsteps of the two people who are desperately pursuing them.