The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency Manga Reviews (P.2)

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Apr 14, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

いい！

That's good!

This review contains spoilers. なんでも屋感が強い探偵松田（受）と高校時代に接点はないが女たらしで不誠実そうで松田が嫌悪していた神子（攻）との再会から始まる物語。単話ごとのエピソードと作品全体を通して描かれる人間関係や神子のトラウマ、それらをひとつずつ丁寧に解決していく。大人シーンはもちろんあるけれど甘々とは程遠いビターな様相。でもその分リアルな感じがした。本当に神子と松田がいる商店街がこの世のどこかにありそうに思える。とても面白かった。単話ごとの掲載時期を見ると数年に渡り不定期掲載されてた模様。ゆっくり待つので続編を期待したいです。初見の作家さんでしたがとても好きです。他作品も読んでみます。

This review contains spoilers. The story begins with a reunion between Detective Matsuda (Osamu), who has a strong sense of everything, and Miko (attack), who had no point of contact in high school but seemed to be feminist and disloyal, and Matsuda disliked. Each episode of each episode and the human relationships and Miko's trauma depicted throughout the work are carefully resolved one by one. There are adult scenes, of course, but the bitterness is far from sweet. But it felt so real. It seems like there really is a shopping district where Miko and Matsuda are located somewhere in this world. It was very interesting. If you look at the publication period for each single episode, it seems that it was published irregularly over several years. I'll wait slowly, so I'm looking forward to the sequel. It was my first time seeing the artist, but I really like it. I'll read other works as well.

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探偵バディ物語

Detective Buddy Monogatari

食えない男×怒りん坊の組み合わせで全体的にドタバタ感が強めですが、ワチャワチャしつつも妙に色っぽい二人のやりとりにニマニマ。話が進むにつれて二人の良い所や息の合ったやりとりが増えてきて、二人にどんどん愛着が湧いてきました。草間さんにしては珍しくエロが多め（各話）でしたが、ストーリーにエロが自然と溶け込んでいるのでバランスが良かったです。

There is a strong sense of slapstick overall due to the combination of The Man Who Can't Eat and the Angry Boy, but I'm nervous about the exchange between the two, who are both clumsy and strangely sexy. As the story progressed, the number of good points and close interactions between the two increased, and they became more and more attached to them. Unusually for Kusama-san, there was a lot of eroticism (each episode), but since eroticism naturally blended into the story, the balance was good.

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よかったです(^^)

I'm glad (^^)

絵が(線が)少しニガテな感じで、いままで草間先生の漫画は読まなかったのですか、クーポン利用して購入！ストーリー的にもしっかり読ませてくれて、大人なまじわりも多めかな。二人の関係がちょっぴりせつなくて、好きなタイプのお話しでした。(暴力的な痛い話やただエッチなだけの話は苦手なので)星的には4.5かな。ちょっとおまけの5つで

The picture (line) feels a little bad, so haven't you read Kusama sensei's comics until now, so I bought one using a coupon! It made me read it really well in terms of the story, and I think there's a lot of adulthood. The relationship between the two was a bit strained, and it was my favorite type of story. (I'm not good at violent painful stories or just naughty stories), so it's probably 4.5 in terms of stars. With 5 little bonuses

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エモい！

emo!

初めての作家さんでした。昭和のにおいが残る商店街で、高校時代の元同級生が再開してはじまる物語なのですが、二人の関係性がいい！

It was my first time as a writer. It's a story that begins when a former high school classmate reopens in a shopping district where the smell of the Showa era remains, but the relationship between the two is great!

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続きが読みたいです

I want to read more

あまり得意な絵柄ではないし、受けも好みとは違うけど、皆さまのレビューを信じて読んで良かったです。バディものとしてとても面白かったし、キュンもありました。ちゃんと互いに見てたんだな、昔から。

It's not a design I'm really good at, and the reception is different from what I like, but I'm glad I believed everyone's reviews and read it. It was a lot of fun as a buddy, and I had a lot of fun. We've been watching each other for a long time.

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面白かったです。

That was interesting.

草間ワールド、大好きです。小さな探偵事務所でのお話なんですけれど、事務所長の高校生のころの幼馴染が事務所に転がってきた時から物語は始まります。その事務所長がおいでやす小田さんのようによくキレるんです、苦笑。まぁ、幼馴染の神子に挑発されてキレるのですが。そして二人はセフレ以上（だと思う）の関係になります。嫌よ嫌よも好きのうち、とは事務所長のことだと思いました。嫌だと言いながら、神子さんをしっかり受け入れてますから（いろんな意味で、ｗ）。事件という事件は起りませんが、商店街のちょっとした事件を解決していくのを見ているのも楽しかったです。

I love Kusama World. It's a story about a small detective agency, but the story begins when the office manager's childhood friend when he was a high school student comes to the office. That office manager is often sharp like Odeyasu Oda, lol. Well, I'm scared to be provoked by my childhood friend Miko. And the two will have a relationship that is more than friends with benefits (I think). Of dislike disgusting, disliking, I thought it was the office manager. While saying I don't like it, I'm firmly accepting Miko-san (in many ways, lol). There was no incident called an incident, but it was fun watching them solve small incidents in the shopping district.

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戸村は何処にいる？

Where is Tomura?

高レビューどおりに面白いお話でした。一気に読めます！登場人物が皆昭和な感じで良いです。絵柄はちょい見にくいですが、ドラマを見ているようでした。最後まで戸村探偵が登場しなかったのが気になるところ。

It was an interesting story as per the high reviews. I can read it all at once! It's nice that the characters all have a Showa feel. The design is a bit difficult to see, but it was like watching a drama. I'm worried that Detective Tomura didn't appear until the end.

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おもしろい

entertaining

口は悪いけど優しいのが仇となってる男運のない受けと、これまた優しくてふわふわしてていついなくなるかもわからない攻め。ヘラヘラしてるのに見てると切なくなる。探偵モノということで謎を解いていく感じも面白く、また依頼が解決していくたびに２人の関係性も少しずつ変わっていくのもよかった。見えない角度とかシーツごしとかがよりエロさを増してて好みでした。

Bad mouthed but kind is an unlucky man's revenge, and this attack is also kind and fluffy, and you don't know when it will go away. It makes me sad when I look at it even though it's fluttering around. Since it's a detective thing, the feeling of solving mysteries was interesting, and it was also nice that the relationship between the two changed little by little every time the request was solved. I liked the invisible angles and the fact that the sheets were more erotic.

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草間作品に馴染みの薄い方へ

For those unfamiliar with Kusama's works

This review contains spoilers. 草間さんの同人誌時代からのファンです、今作も大好き。その上で、レビューは購入を迷っている人のためにあるものだと思うので、作者御本人のキャラクターにならって超現実的に話をするなら、これをBLといっては不幸な出会いも産んでしまう気がします。探偵ものバディものとしても、もちろん世にはずっと上もいらっしゃる。(まあ探偵というよりは町の便利屋さんなんだけど)(探偵ものコメディとしては十分な練度だと思うしとても楽しい)個人的には、ブロマンス、関係性萌えものとして楽しむ作品かなと思います。下半身はそこそこフリーダム(草間節)な主人公のおかげで、ブロマンスもので物足りないエロスも見られるよ、といった感じ？高校生のころ、結局直接話すことはなかった２人がいいおっさんになって再会し、お互いに相手の言動が自分の精神性の底に引っかかり続けていた相手だったことが一冊かけて詳らかになる……うん！たまらん！あのとき始まらなかったものが、大人になった今だからこそ動き出したのだ-----。不細工に、だけど。(その不細工具合が愛しいしエロい、というのが草間作品だと思う)短編でもこういったことを上手く表現される作家ですが、今作は260ページですから…満足…。ブロマンスのロマンス:愛が、BLのラブより軽いとは限らない。これぞやおい。BBAですみません。しかし皆さん書かれてますが、本当にまだまだ続けられますよねコレ。情報うまく探せないんだけど続きあるんだろうか。ライフワークみたいにゆるゆる描き続けてくれないかなぁ。／／草間作品が口に合いそうでお仕事ものが好きな方は『はつこいの死霊』が個人的イチオシなので試してみて欲しい…。話のクセ(好き…)も絵のクセ(大好き…)も今より更に強いですが。

This review contains spoilers. I've been a fan of Kusama since her doujinshi days, and I love this one too. On top of that, I think reviews are for people who are unsure about purchasing, so if you follow the author's own character and talk surrealistically, I feel that calling this BL will also give birth to unhappy encounters. Whether it's a detective or a buddy, of course, there are far superior people in the world. (Well, it's a handyman in town rather than a detective) (I think it's sophisticated enough for a detective comedy, and it's very fun) Personally, I think it's a work I enjoy as a bromance and relational one. Thanks to the main character who has a decent amount of freedom (Kusama Setsu) in her lower body, you can also see Eros, which is unsatisfactory in bromances? When they were high school students, the two people who never spoke directly after all became good old men and reunited, and the fact that each other's words and actions were partners that kept getting caught to the bottom of their own spirituality is a book to make it clear in detail... yeah! unbearable! Things that didn't start back then are only starting to move now that I'm an adult-----. clumsy, though. (I think Kusama's work is that the combination of fine tools is adorable and erotic) He is an artist who can express this kind of thing well even in short films, but since this work is 260 pages long... I'm satisfied... Bromance romance: Love isn't necessarily lighter than BL love. this is yay. Sorry BBA. However, everyone has written it, and I really can continue this. I'm having trouble searching for information, but I wonder if there's more. I wonder if they'll keep drawing loosely like Life's Work. //If Kusama's work seems to suit your taste and you like the work, I personally recommend “The Persistent Ghost”, so I want you to try it out... The story habit (I like it...) and the picture habit (I love it...) are even stronger than it is now.

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アダルトでスタイリッシュなバディもの

Adult and stylish buddy stuff

出てくる人が人間味溢れるクズ多く、物語としても面白かったです。松田がちゃんと男で悪態吐きながら受けているのが萌えポイントでした。草間さかえさん素敵！

The people who appeared were full of humanity, and it was also interesting as a story. The fact that Matsuda was taking it while swearing was a proper man was a great point. Kusama Sakae is wonderful!

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面白くて満足

Interesting and satisfying

This review contains spoilers. 松田も神子も学生の時からお互いが気になっていて、今もはっきり好きだ等の好意の言葉は伝えられずにもだもだしていますが、お互いが好意を持っている事は周りは気づいているという感じが良かったです。いつか言葉に出して、はっきりと付き合って欲しいです。

This review contains spoilers. Both Matsuda and Miko have been interested in each other since they were students, and even now, words of favor such as clearly liking each other cannot be conveyed, but it was nice to feel that people around them are aware that they have a crush on each other. I want them to put it into words sometime and get along clearly.

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ドラマ見てるみたい

It's like watching a drama

バディものなんだけど、全然スタイリッシュじゃない。それがいいんです。ひとりは何かと不幸な探偵と、もうひとりは根無し草の自称助手。持ち込まれた案件を解決していくんだけど、かっこいい場面なんてない。人間くさーい展開がまさにドラマ向きじゃないかなぁと。実写で見たい作品です。

It's buddy stuff, but it's not stylish at all. That's good. One is a somewhat unhappy detective, and the other is a self-proclaimed assistant to Rootless Kusakusa. They're solving the cases brought in, but there aren't any cool scenes. I wonder if the human-like development is just right for dramas. This is a film I want to see in live-action.

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好き過ぎる世界観

A worldview I like too much

This review contains spoilers. 初めて草間先生の作品読みましたが好きだわ。懐かしさ残る商店街の探偵事務所、お人好しにも程がある自称不幸体質なゲイの松田（受）。そこに不幸な子に惹かれるイケメンでヒモの同級生だった神子が転がり込んで関係を持つ…。独特なタッチとお話が合ってて、大人な性事情もなんだか本当にありそうで、すっかりこの世界に引き込まれました。ミステリーも好きなので、少し事件味ある展開も大好物。怒りながらも周りを助けてしまう松田の優しさに「そんなんじゃ、つけこまれちゃうよー！」と心配しつつ読んでたら案の定。松田は流されてチョロい人っていうより、自分の正義を常に持っててソレが人助けにたまたま繋がってるだけ。そんな人となりを見てたら、神子の言う通り「松田は不幸になっちゃいけない人」だな〜ってしみじみ思う。とっても読後感良い作品でした。あと、なんだかんだ喚いてても神子のこと好きなんだなって分かりやすい松田、めっちゃ好きです！そしてエロいこと好きなのも最高。

This review contains spoilers. I read Kusama sensei's work for the first time, and I love it. A detective agency in a nostalgic shopping district, Matsuda (Oku) is a self-proclaimed unhappy gay with a friendly attitude. Miko, a handsome guy who is attracted to unhappy children and was a pimp's classmate, sneaks in and has a relationship... The unique touch and story matched, and I was completely drawn into this world because it seemed like there was some kind of adult sexual situation. I also like mysteries, so I love developments that are slightly incidental. Matsuda's kindness, who helps people around him even though he's angry, says, “If that's the case, you'll be taken in!” If you read it while worrying, sure enough. Rather than being swept away and called a jerk, Matsuda always had his own justice, and that just happened to lead to helping people. When I look at people like that, as Miko said, I really think “Matsuda is a person who shouldn't be unhappy.” It was a very pleasant work after reading it. Also, I really like Matsuda, who is easy to understand that she likes Miko no matter how much she shouts! Also, it's great that they like erotic things.

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バディ感

Buddy feeling

This review contains spoilers. お初の作家さんです。こちらは人からお薦めされて購読したのですがサッパリしたバディ感がいつまでも見ていたくなる作品でした。元同級生同士、ヒモで行くあてなく探偵社に居候することとなった神子×探偵社で働く松田。ある依頼から再会した２人、体の関係も持ちつつ探偵社の仕事を手伝ったりとストーリーが進んでいくごとにバディ感が増していきます。それぞれの案件がそんなに大きいものではないですが、味のある雰囲気も相まってホッコリします。いつも怒ってばかりの松田も、神子が自分の前から消える前にとわざわざ人を雇って神子の過去のわだかまりを解消させてあげようとしたりで愛が感じられるし、神子も松田に執着を見せてきたりで面白い。ずっとこの距離感が続くんだろうなと思うと、もはや愛おしいですね。

This review contains spoilers. This is my first writer. This was recommended by someone and I subscribed to it, but the refreshing feeling of being a buddy made me want to watch it forever. Former classmates work at Miko x Detective Agency without a pimp and end up staying at a detective agency. As the story progresses, the two reunited from a request and help with detective agency work while also having a physical relationship, their sense of being buddies increases. Each project isn't that big, but combined with the tasteful atmosphere, I'm relieved. Matsuda, who is always getting angry, also feels love by going out of her way to hire people to try to resolve Miko's past rut before she disappears from her, and it's interesting that Miko also shows her obsession with Matsuda. When I think that this sense of distance will continue for a long time, it's adorable now.

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確かに

surely

どこかノスタルジックな感じがある作品。なんだか続きがありそうで読んでみたいなぁ～と。昔からお互い意識してて、両思いと言って良いような・・・エッチする友人と表現した方が良いような・・・微妙であり絶妙なところがまた味わい深い気がします

This work has a somewhat nostalgic feel. There seems to be a continuation, and I want to read it. We've been aware of each other since a long time ago, and I feel like it's okay to say mutual feelings... it's better to express them as friends who have sex... the subtle and exquisite things are also tasteful

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大人な二人が良い！！

Two adults are good!!

話の内容と言い、流れと言い、テンポと言い、登場人物の感じと言い、関係性と言い、絵の雰囲気と言い、もう、全てが大好きでした！！大人の唐突に、そして曖昧に始まり、そのまま曖昧に続く爛れた関係が良い！！熱い恋とは違うけど、生温い愛と言うか、何だかんだ言いながら、ちゃんとお互いに思い合っているし、信頼もしてる二人の切れないモダモダした感じが凄く良かったです。

The content of the story, the flow, the tempo, the feeling of the characters, the relationships, the atmosphere of the picture, I already loved everything!! A flamboyant relationship that starts abruptly and vaguely as an adult and continues as it is is is good! It's different from passionate love, but it was really nice to have an unbreakable modern feeling of two people who properly care for and trust each other while saying something like warm love.

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面白い！！

interesting!!

神子と松田のお互い言いたい放題だけど思い合ってる感じが良い。最初ゴツゴツした絵のタッチはどうかなぁと思っていたのに、まんまとハマってしまいました。エチの時もなんだか色気があって良かった。修正は白抜き。探偵社としてのストーリーも読み応えあり、ミステリー好きなので楽しめました。

Miko and Matsuda can say whatever they want to each other, but it feels good that they have feelings for each other. At first, I was wondering how to touch the lumpy picture, but I really fell in love with it. I'm glad they had some sex appeal even when they were ecchi. The correction was blank. The story as a detective agency was also worth reading, and I enjoyed it because I like mysteries.

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いやいや、面白い

No no, that's interesting

This review contains spoilers. 草間さかえさんのお名前はよく聞くけれど、画が苦手だと思っていて、この作品が初読みです。いやいや、とんでもない。とにかくストーリーが良いです!すごく面白い。出会いは高校時代の同級生の2人。大人になって、松田(受け)の仕事の探偵社に、依頼主からの探して欲しい相手が神子(攻め)だった。お互いに憶えているけど、松田には良い思い出はない。でも憶えていたってことは当時から印象深い相手だったんでしょう。神子に「2日泊めて」と言われて一緒に住み始め、身体の関係も。ズルズルと同居は続いて、依頼も一緒に解決していくわけです。神子は人たらしだけど、昔から人をよく見ている。松田は文句を言いつつも基本、優しくて、商店街のお年寄り達にも頼られている様な人なので、神子の掌の上で転がされています。探偵社への依頼も興味深くて、神子の貢献もあって解決できたり、テンポ良くて、そちらも面白い。2人のやり取りが本当に爽快なんです。BLあり、ミステリーありの盛り沢山なストーリーで、飽きさせません。特に、松田がトラブルにあってしまった時の神子の行動力。なんだ、最高のバディじゃないか、危機だけど2人の様子に嬉しくなってしまいました。神子はずっと居候して、2人で居るのが当たり前になるんだろうなぁ。

This review contains spoilers. I often hear Sakae Kusama's name, but I don't think I'm good at painting, so this is my first time reading this work. No, no, that's ridiculous. The story is good anyway! It's really interesting. Two of my high school classmates met. When I became an adult, the person I wanted Matsuda (receiver) to search for at the detective agency that the client worked for was Miko (attack). We both remember each other, but Matsuda doesn't have any good memories. But the fact that I remember is probably an impressive partner from that time on. Miko told them to “stay 2 days,” and they started living together, and they also had a physical relationship. They continue to live together while cheating, and they resolve requests together. Miko is a person, but she has always watched people a lot. While complaining, Matsuda is basically a kind person who seems to be relied upon by the elderly in the shopping district, so he is being rolled around in the palm of Miko. The request to the detective agency was also interesting, and thanks to Miko's contributions, they were able to solve it, and the tempo was good, and that was interesting too. The interaction between the two is really exhilarating. It's a full story with BL and mystery, so you won't get bored. In particular, Miko's ability to act when Matsuda gets into trouble. Wow, they're probably the best buddies, and even though it's a crisis, I'm happy with how the two of them are doing. Miko has been living here the whole time, and I wonder if it will become commonplace for the two of them.

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続編希望

Hope for a sequel

作者買いです。ストーリーが面白く伏線の回収もきっちりされて読み応えがありました。まだまだ探偵業も2人の関係も見守りたいので、続きが読みたいです。

I'm buying the author. The story was interesting, and the collection of foreshadowing was perfect, and it was worth reading. I still want to keep an eye on the detective business and the relationship between the two, so I want to read more.

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読みごたえある！！

It's a great read!!

本当にストーリーテラーです！面白い！作り込んでてるのでそうなんだ、だからこんな感じなんだって納得しながら2人の関係が今後どうなって行くんだろうってハラハラしたりとても読みごたえあって楽しめました。

He really is a storyteller! interesting! It's made up, so that's right, so while being convinced that it's like this, I was so excited to wonder how the relationship between the two would go in the future, and it was so satisfying to read.

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