Kyogokudo the Exorcist Makes an Appearance in the World of Detective Conan

Black clothes, a black cloak, black wooden clogs, dark circles under his eyes.

Yumiya, who worships his older sister's husband, Akihiko, imitates his every pose, outfit, and emotion. The only thing that might set him apart is his passion for cases, which he records one by one in a book.

Beneath his black-feathered cloak, his dark eyes gaze straight into people's hearts, and into the yokai possessing their bodies.

Soon after arriving in Beika Town, one strange incident follows another: the Dojoji Temple Bell, Maple Leaf Hunting, the Carriage Apparition, and the Two-Mouthed Woman.

[Drowning Woman] The eerie, withered bones at a hot spring; the family secrets of Yufuin, laid bare beneath serpent eyes.

A Nure-onna who can take human form mingles among people, searching for prey.

Strange cases that leave detectives puzzled, and the bizarre, sorrowful truths concealed beneath everyone's fear.

[Maple Leaf Hunting] Blood-red leaves too terrible to behold; a vicious child born to a couple desperate for a baby, beautiful beyond compare yet cruel at heart; and strange cases unfolding beneath the maples in Naniwa Castle.

In the detectives' eyes, a peculiar man appears from a corner of utter darkness, carrying a peony lantern that glows with warm light.

Reading Guide*

1. The story includes stories within the story. Its ideas are inspired by Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hyakki Yako series. The protagonist is neither black nor red, but neutral.

2. The cases are original, and the club president is an idiot. Please overlook any plot holes. This yokai is not that yokai.

3. This is a stock-picking novel, with romance and ambiguity as secondary elements.

4. There may be out-of-character moments.

Theme: Return death to the dead, and let the dead rest in death.