Can You Have Both Good Food and Romance in Beika Town?

>>> Original female protagonist Kano Miharu, sharp-tongued character

Also known as The Daily Life of Miss Kirin's Tongue in Beika Town

* A person with a kirin's tongue can remember and recreate every flavor, possessing an absolute sense of taste.

(This is the inspiration behind the title.)

Inspired by the Japanese film The Last Recipe: Kirin no Shita no Kioku

[Blurb]

Lemon tea that tastes like a stinky leather glove, black coffee as bitter as a deep-sea fish's bile... Food-review influencer Kano Miharu is known for her mercilessly scathing critiques. The public assumes her real life must be miserable, and that she's an ill-tempered, sharp-tongued woman who spends all day nitpicking online.

"Bitter almond..."

"Almond!"

During an in-person review, Kano Miharu and a bespectacled little boy said the same thing at the same time.

"Huh? You can smell what's in his mouth from all the way over there, sis?"

"Well, because of my job, my sense of smell and taste are a little more sensitive than most people's."

The little boy, Edogawa Conan, who claimed to be a detective, tugged at Kano Miharu's sleeve. His stern expression from moments ago gave way to an awkwardly pleading one. "Sis, since your sense of taste is so good, could you try the ramen the victim ate?"

"Are you trying to poison me?! Do you have any idea how much one of my reviews is worth?" A vein bulged at Kano Miharu's temple.

Ran and Sonoko took Kano Miharu to Cafe Poirot. When she first met the blond waiter, she instinctively murmured the name "Furuya"...

Kano: Ugh, detectives are all the same. Stalking, wiretapping, taking secret photos, doing every awful thing under the sun. How are they any different from perverts?

That night, as usual, Kano Miharu was checking her inbox when she found a threatening letter among the advertising flyers.

Had all those thin-skinned people decided to get revenge because she'd been too sharp-tongued?

"...What should I do?" Kano Miharu asked her assistant in a low voice. It was the first time she'd ever faced something like this.

"H-How would I know?!" Her voice seemed to catch with fear. "But the letter says not to call the police, right...?"

"Are you suggesting..."

"We should go to a detective!"

No! Absolutely not! Not even if I die!

Just a few hours ago, she'd publicly called detectives perverts, and now she was going to ask one for help? She couldn't live that down!

After a long pause, Kano Miharu bit her lip, then immediately turned and followed her assistant back to the car.

Her driver looked puzzled. "Where would you like to go?"

"Mouri..." She shut her eyes and gritted her teeth. "Mouri Detective Agency!"

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* Police Academy boys' otome story (the pairing is already set, feel free to guess)

* I want to practice writing ensemble casts, so I'm having my girl get close to the main group. I also want to write more about the Detective Boys, their personalities changing, and their growth.

* Love doesn't happen overnight. I want to properly build up the journey from strangers to familiarity, affection, and love. The story will probably be a slow burn, but I'll do my best to make it exciting!

* Since my girl is always eating (I'm so jealous), there may be a lot of food descriptions. I'd be delighted if this story could become everyone's digital snack (laughs).

**Estimated length: 200,000 characters. Updates should begin around April 2023! I'm stockpiling chapters now!

**I may post the first 10,000 characters soon!! Please bookmark, bookmark, bookmark!! Comment, comment, comment!! Please!!

Theme: Speak up and take action. Courage is the secret to surviving in the Detective Conan world.