Stigmata: Love Bites Vol. 02

Stigmata: Love Bites Vol. 02

Homicide investigators utilize supernatural abilities to solve their cases while simultaneously investigating their own feelings for each other!

Officer Asako, part of a special investigations unit, has the unique ability to react to the residual thoughts of murder victims, replicating their wounds on his own body. Together with his partner, the reserved Detective Kuroiwa, he works hard to solve the toughest of cases.

One such case, the murder of Detective Kuroiwa’s ex-wife, has Officer Asako reliving her life in his dreams. And since it appears the only way to pull Asako out of such a dream is to be touched, Kuroiwa orders him to move in temporarily so he can always be close at hand. But sharing the same space—and the same bed—has Kuroiwa thinking less about his failed marriage and more about his awkward, shy subordinate.

Series Overview: Asako Minami has a “unique constitution.” He senses the lingering thoughts of the deceased and experiences the circumstances under which they died with his own body in a reaction similar to stigmata.

This proves useful in solving difficult cases with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit Six. Asako’s partner is the reserved Superintendent Kuroiwa Hiroto, rising through the MPD ranks despite doubting his own abilities.

Biographical Notes:

Hidebu Takahashi began her career creating shonen manga under the pen name Keiichi Sagawa. In the early 2000s, she transitioned to writing seinen under her current pen name.

She has worked exclusively on boys’ love since 2017 and has been published internationally in French, German, and Korean.