Summary
A new manga by creatorTaishi Tsutsuiis now being serialized inShonen Jump. In theauthor’s comment section, Tsutsui stated that he plans to work hard to deliver “tons of fun mysteries” to readers.
The new story is titledSyd Craft: Love is a Mystery, andit is a detective story. Syd Craft is indeed a well-known detective who can solve most anything. But he is not really interested in that. Syd doesn’t want mysteries, he wants love, and this is a subject he does not master. It’s not that his love interests get killed, it’s that they set up dates with him to have an alibi.
Bokuben: We Never Learn
The author’s most famous work is very different from this new one
Taishi Tsutsuiis mostly known forWe Never Learn,also known asBokuben,a manga he serialized from 2017 to 2020.Bokubenis a bit different from his new work. It’s a harem seriestaking place in high school. Nariyuki Yuiga starts tutoring three girls, who are genius in one subject but terrible at others. Yuiga is initially doing it in order to be able to get a university scholarship.
So he has to teach different subjects to them (and by the end of the day, he basically teaches all the subjects). The catch is that all the girls start developing feelings for him, and he also develops feelings for each of them. Who he ends up with is actually up to the reader.
Bokuben spawned an anime adaptation by studiosSilver LinkandArvo Animation. It is written by Go Zappa, who also worked on animations such asAhiru no Sora, Moriarty the PatriotandKengan Ashura. Yoshiaki Iwasaki was in charge of the direction, and this is probably one of his most known works. Iwasaki also worked on series such as Miss Monochrome The AnimationandEscha & Logy no Atelier.
Syd Craft brings a different premise from successfulBokuben, so fans might be excited to see Tsutsui doing a totally different thing. Despite that, in a way, the two stories are about romance, so those who like how the author develops characters and relationships might already have a good idea about what to expect from this series (and we could actually feel a potential harem coming in chapter 1). We will still have to see what he is planning for the story, which begins as a mystery comedy with a light tone.
Syd Craft: Love is a Mysteryis available on Manga Plus and Viz Media’s Shonen Jump.Bokubenis published in English by Viz Media and the anime is licensed by Aniplex of America.
