Juunikyuu de Tsukamaete

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Synonyms: Zodiac Detective, Junikyu de Tsukamaete

Japanese: 十二宮でつかまえて

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 4

Chapters: 20

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 3, 2001 to Dec 3, 2002

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Nakayoshi

Authors: Ando, Natsumi (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #4181²

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Popularity: #4477

Members: 4,519

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MangaNakayoshiAndo, Natsumi (Story & Art)

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Chapters: /20

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In recent times, a mysterious private investigator under the name of "Spica" has been solving crimes before the police arrive, leaving only a star mark nearby to indicate her involvement. The true identity of this rising star is Lili Hoshizawa, an energetic 13-year-old girl who enjoys solving mysteries, athletic activities, and running her mother's fortune-telling business, "Fortune Teller Spica." Using her knowledge of astrology, Lili reads clients' horoscopes by day and catches criminals by night!

But Lili soon finds that her carefree, crime-solving adventures will need some more caution when her childhood friend Hiromi Oikawa returns from America and is suspicious of her and Spica. His extensive studies in criminal psychology seems to have helped him in solving mysteries—rivaling Lili's astrology and crime-solving skills. But this zodiac detective has no time to worry about a possible rival, for there are many cases and mysteries out there that she must solve in the name of the star!

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Juunikyuu de Tsukamaete was published in English as Zodiac P.I. by Tokyopop from July 8, 2003 to December 9, 2003.

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Hoshizawa, Lili

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Oikawa, Hiromi

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Muhomatsu, Kazuo

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Sirius

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Nov 22, 2009

AnimeQT

Recommended

Hmmm, writing a review isn't my best point. But I dont know, I just wanted to write one for it.

Zodiac P.I. is a mystery book with romance. I have to admit the mystery side of the story isn't detailed like other's. They solve the crime short and fast, sometimes not even knowing how they could even think of that from just noticing something. If you prefer the much more detailed detective work, then I would advice you to stay away from this as you might be in for some dissapointment. However if you simply just anjoy the mystery genre not minding how detailed it is, ...

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Aug 9, 2009

madbrilliant

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Ok, I keep reading reveiws around the net about this manga and how it's unrealistic and therefore somehow sub-par. And I'll concede that a few of the mystery solving explanations are a bit more Scooby Doo than CSI, but I thoroughly enjoyed this story.

Lili Hoshizawa is an astrologer that moonlights as a private investigator (Spica) who solves mysteries with her partner, love interest, and childhood friend, Hiromi Oikawa. The characters are sweet, quirky, and sympathetic.

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Nov 2, 2023

aaasherr

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Story: 4/10

I think that this series, first and foremost, would have benefited from being longer. There was a cute idea for the plot, but I think it could've been better executed if there was more time TO execute it. For being a mystery / detective series, the cases were all really rushed, and only extremely surface level explanations were ever given for how the crime went down.

The story was so rushed, in fact, that the skip between some panels was so jarring, and it was difficult to follow what was going on. I feel like some important contextual information was missing, just because ... there wasn't enough time in the series to draw it all out properly.

The story itself was also pretty basic. Pretty much every twist is either easy to guess because of how simple the story was, or almost nonsensical because of some of the stretches that were made for the executions of the crimes and detective work.

That being said, I do again think that the story had potential, and I think it could've been a great story, though still basic to a degree, if the series had been stretched out a bit more. I don't think the series needed to go any further than where it ended, I just think each scene needed to be stretched out a bit more.

Also a bit of a side note, some very basic information was inconsistent, but I don't know if it's a fault of the author or the translator. I did read scans of this online, but it seems like the person scanned the official English translation by tokyopop for most (but not all) of it, so I'm not sure where the error occurred. The main character was mentioned at one point to be an aries, and then at another point she was said to be a taurus, and she had three different birth dates listed that I saw. Seeing as astrology is a major plot point, it seems odd to me that more attention wasn't paid to that?

Art: 7/10

Okay, I will admit that I am a bit biased here because I personally really like pretty shoujo art styles, but I did enjoy the art in this manga. It isn't anything TOO fantastic, though, and there are definitely some anatomy issues and issues with panels being cluttered / the sequential timing being off (as discussed in the "story" section). But it definitely is pleasing to look at for the most part, and it's pretty nostalgic as well if you're a fan of 90's-00's shoujo styles.

Character: 6/10

The characters in this series didn't really have much time to be properly fleshed out (again), but most of them are trope-y enough that you can get the gist of their character without too much information from the manga itself. I do think that they did a decent job though considering the limited series length, but I would probably say that the main characters are likeable but average, and pretty much everyone else is pretty forgettable.

Enjoyment: 7/10

While I did have a lot of issues with this series, I do think it would be a good read for either a younger audience, someone who's just looking for some 90's-00's shoujo nostalgia, or if you're just going into the series not expecting too much to begin with.

Conclusion:

This manga felt very very rushed and not fully fleshed out. It never really got any deeper than the surface level plot and characterization that you would expect, but I did enjoy the series nonetheless. If you just want to read a cute shoujo manga, it's definitely worth a shot.

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