tas's manga / #murder(1)

4.5/5 amazing premise w sae-ah's ability to see smells and then using it to help the police (and then later the brazilian gang) in various little mysteries that lead up to the main one about her parents' death. her character felt very real and all of the actions (many times morally gray) she took also felt very natural and not forced--i could completely understand and sympathize. what also made this series more interesting was depicting very real legal consequences for our main characters--def improved worldbuilding. also, every chapter's lil ending with a fact about a type of smell was super interesting and each note about the chemistry behind perfumery was so so good. the artstyle is pretty unique but you get used to it and overall, the story was great and kept me interested till the very end. [SPOILERS] my only qualm is the whole pyeongan/sae-ah relationship . that's why it's not a 5/5 for me. she was 17 and he was in his 20s, already in a stable career, when he confessed to her, and ik they got together when she became an adult but that just does not sit right w me.