By Ito Iino and Kinokohime. Released in Japan as “Haraiya Reijō Nicola no Komarigoto” by DRE Novels. Released in North America by J-Novel Heart. Translated by Joshua Douglass-Molloy. It is somewhat interesting having a locked-room mystery (which this entire third and final volume is) in the universe of Miss Nicola the Exorcist, a universe that has, since the very beginning, dealt with supernatural threats to her love interest. It’s interesting because for once the initial thought CAN in fact be “hey, locked room is not an issue, because this world has demons and ghosts and cursed people”. And then of course it spends most of the book walking that back, because the author really is trying to do a locked-room mystery. That said, this is not exactly Agatha Christie. Once... The post The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist, Vol. 3 first appeared on Manga Bookshelf.

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