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Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Inference

Name: Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Inference
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Released: 2021-08-07

2021 | 2 seasons | 25 min | Mystery, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Tell Me Lies or Sugar, start here.
The mood: Tense.
The pace: 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 7 hours in all.
What might put you off: It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Eight years ago, a boy who got lost in a festival surrounded by the suspicious light of blue lanterns. Everyone wears a mask and continues to dance silently. It was a festival that no one should ever enter—the boy meets his grandfather, who should have died there. "Naoya, you couldn't come to such a place…" Naoya Fukamachi, who became a college student, lived with loneliness. Naoya has been able to understand people's lies since the day of the Blue Lantern Festival. When a person tells a lie, his voice is distorted and sounds strange.