I just started watching The Law According to Lidia Poët, a deliciously silly procedural set in the 1880s. The title character is modeled loosely on Italy’s first woman lawyer, who fought a lonely, decades-long battle to be recognized as a member of the Order of Advocates in Turin. Though the series addresses the many hurdles the real Poët faced as a trailblazing figure in a male-dominated field, the show also makes room for romance and adventure. Poët is portrayed as a free spirit who has a lover and a handsome male frenemy with whom she trades barbs and nabs suspects. Oh, and she has a wardrobe to die for, even though she doesn’t have any paying clients. If Lidia Poët sounds like something you’d watch, you might like My Dear... The post My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files, Vol. 1 first appeared on Manga Bookshelf.

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