Shibatora

A gentle, quirky mix of high school comedy and police procedural, with a supernatural twist that adds poignancy to the crime-solving.

Created by

Junichi Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Iwata

Genres

Comedy, Crime

Starring

Teppei Koike, Suzuka Ohgo, Shige Uchida

Overview

No matter how you look at him, Taketora Shibata (Teppei KOIKE) is just a quiet, ordinary junior high student. He looks so vulnerable that bullies try to rip him off on the streets, but he is actually a police detective and an expert swordsman in kendo. Taketora has a special to see the "hands of death" around people whose life is nearing the end. One day, Taketora is assigned on undercover operations. He sneaks into a high school, a maid cafe and a juvenile detention center... With the cooperation from his various friends, he gets to the bottom of the matters.

How it feels

Light, earnest, whimsical and melancholic. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Justice, identity, friendship, death

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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