Manga: In/Spectre 8

In/Spectre Vol 8
Rating: 4/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher! 

Totomizu was a flourishing little seaside tourist town until suddenly, thousands of dead fish started washing up on shore. No one knows what's causing it--no one, that is, but the spectres. They say a strange wooden doll is behind this unnatural phenomenon. Can Kotoko solve the mystery and save the town? 

I do really love the storytelling for this series, we hear about the problem along with Kotoko and then we head to the town and a character called Tae, who lives there along with her talking cat...who may or may not be an alcoholic. Via her we get all the speculation about what's causing, including a legend/story of the town that's almost like a ghost story. It did kind of creep me out, I won't be looking at Pinocchio the same way again. So creepy. 

But the mystery builds up and we get all the clues and threads, and Kotoko shows up to add more theories to it and give us some lore. She's kinda like a supernatural Sherlock, in my opinion. Of course no volume of this series is complete without the relationship bickering between she and Kuro. According to Kuro "boyfriend is such a strong word", would it kill him to act cute for once!? I mean he does in his own way sometimes but still! 

This time round the case is solved within a couple of chapters and it's kind of a sad one, actually. Before the volume finishes we get a cute, yet amusing chapter with Kuro and Kotoko doing a spot of sightseeing on their way home. 

I feel like we're kind of chilling out, having a couple of cases come in that are easily solved in one volume, as we build up to another big and weird case like the Steel Lady Nanase case of previous volumes! But with this volume, we're definitely getting back in to the swing of things compared to last volume!