Usotoki Rhetoric Vol. 08

Usotoki Rhetoric Volume 08

SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL CALLED USOTOKI RHETORIC ONE OF THE BEST MANGA’S OF 2022

When a beautiful, mysterious woman appears on poverty-ridden detective Iwai Soma’s doorstep and decides to stay with them, she asks Kanoko a disturbing question: “What will you do if Mr. Iwai gets married?”

Series overview: It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Urabe Kanoko has left her hometown after it turns against her for having the ability to hear lies when spoken. She collapses from hunger after arriving in a town called Tsukumoya, where she meets a poverty-stricken detective named Iwai Souma. Is this fate? Or something more?

Biographical Notes:

Ritsu Miyako debuted with The Hana to Yume in 2003. Her biggest works include Usotsuki Rhetoric, Gunjou Cinema, and the manga adaptation of Psychic Detective Yakumo ~Akai Hitomi wa Shitteru~, amongst others.

Title Notes:

400,000 copies sold worldwide and 11,600 copies sold in English.

The series has a busy online English language fandom, series has received thousands of online reviews on popular English-language manga sites.

Included in Comic Beat’s 2022 Best New Manga for Teens Grade 6 or Older.

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