Denpa-teki na Kanojo

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Associated Names
電波的な彼女

Genre
Mystery, School, Thriller

Author(s)
Kentarou Katayama

Artist(s)
Yamato Yamamoto

Year
2004

Original Publisher
Shueisha

Official Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20101007100943/http://dash.shueisha.co.jp/-denpa/index.html

Volumes: 3

Manga Adaptation: None

Synopsis (from MyAnimeList):
Juuzawa Juu is a delinquent high school boy who just wants to be left alone. One day, he is approached by Ochibana Ame, who claims that she knew him in a previous life, and now wants to serve him as his "knight". At first Juu wants nothing to do with Ame, but after a classmate is murdered, he accepts her help as he looks for the killer.

Reader's Opinion:
Right, a little bit of story: Once upon a time there was an anime named Kure-nai, you might even have heard about it. Straight to the point, an OVA adaptation of Denpa-teki was bundled with the then-new BD disc format release of Kure-nai, and the rest was history.

This is a hard-hitting thriller that also serves as a deconstruction of the same-old-same-old 2000s school mystery schlocky fad we had back then (still haven't forgotten you, Another!) that successfully became a sleeper cult hit classic in the following years, but unfortunately never went anywhere in regards to a possible TV anime and the novel itself was canned a couple of years before it hit the small screen. If you can read the language, go check it out! You won't regret it.

[Zogzor]

@anizawa Yes! Please get Denpa-teki na Kanojo on J-Novel Club!

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Wikipedia: JA | EN
Book✰Walker Series page

Originally published in 2004-2005, reissued in 2020; in the meantime, the publisher changed its name slightly, and the re-issued series has a slightly different name ("New Edition" is appended to the titles for each volume), but the text and illustrations are unchanged per the publisher's page for the Author's works.