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M&C! Licenses Psychic Detective Yakumo: The Red Eye Knows Manga

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Ryō Azuki's Urban Legend Jr., Cursed Doll manga also slated for April

Indonesian publisher M&C! announced on Thursday that it has licensed Manabu Kaminaga and Ritsu Miyako's Psychic Detective Yakumo: The Red Eye Knows (Psychic Detective Yakumo: Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru) manga, as well as Ryō Azuki's Urban Legend Jr. (Toshi Densetsu Jr.) and Boneka Terkutuk ("Cursed Doll" or Kisekae Doll Mami-chan) manga.

Psychic Detective Yakumo: The Red Eye Knows' story follows Yakumo, a young man who can see the spirits of dead people with his red left eye. He uses this ability as a gift to solve murder cases, and is assisted by his classmate Haruka.

The manga is based on Manabu Kaminaga's Psychic Detective Yakumo novel series. Since 2004, Kaminaga has written eight main volumes and one side story volume in this series. Miyako published the manga in Hakusensha's Bessatsu Hana to Yume magazine from 2007 to 2008. Hakusensha published two compiled book volumes for the series. M&C! did not indicate a specific release date for the manga.

Suzuka Oda launched a separate manga adaptation of Kaminaga's novels in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Asuka magazine in 2009. The manga is currently ongoing, although it is on hiatus due to Oda being on maternity leave since last April.

The story also received a 2006 live-action television drama series, as well as a 13-episode television anime adaptation in 2010.

Urban Legend Jr. collects four short horror stories that Azuki published in Shueisha's Ribon magazine in 2012. "Manhole" tells the story of children who live in the sewers. "Akane" begins when Akane tells Miyu that a kotodama can grant any wish. "Seven Mysteries Girl" centers on Hitomi, who is trying to solve the seven mysteries in her school so that a guardian spirit in the school can grant her wish. "Playing Ghost" centers on Rina, a transfer student who finds a strand of hair under her desk belonging to a long-dead student.

Shueisha published the compilation in 2012. M&C! will release the compilation book on April 6.

Boneka Terkutuk begins with the titular "cursed doll," which supposedly curses to death anyone who looks it in the eyes. Ami receives a strange package in the mail, which turns out to be the doll itself. But she doesn't know who sent it.

Azuki published the story in Ribon in 2006. Shueisha published the manga's one compiled book volume in the same year. M&C! will release the volume on April 6.


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