This messy supernatural thriller plays with time and doppelgangers on a small island off the shore of Japan's Wakayama Prefecture, just south of Osaka. Shinpei Ajiro, a 19-year-old, returns from cooking school in Tokyo for the funeral of one of his foster sisters. The possibility that she was murdered kicks off an overly-complicated plot that allows the creator to dump in frequent twists and turns -- so many that I started to weary of them after a while.

The fan service that mostly targets a 15-year-old girl is unwelcome and the various crushes between the foster siblings and their small group of friends are more cringe than romantic.

I have another volume on hand from the library, so I'll give that a go, but I'm pessimistic that I'll ever make it to the end of this tangled web. ( )

Okay, the whole murder mystery time loop is intriguing, and I like the art style. But I could do without the story’s cheesy, perverted gaze. ( )