Ako and Bambi Volume 1: 03/08/24

Ako and Bambi Volume 1 by Hero was published in Japan in 2022 as Ako to Bambi (あことバンビ) and released in English this year by Yen Press. Bambi is beginning his career as an author and has found one of those too cheap to be believed apartments. The reason it's so cheap: it's haunted.

Although Bambi was expecting a certain kind of ghost (because it had been a death by suicide), what he finds is a teenaged girl with amnesia. She appears at night and disappears at dawn. Since Bambi does most of his writing at night they have lots of time to spend together.

Meanwhile there's another Ako who has memories of the ghost's conversations with Bambi. Before this twist I was already enjoying the mystery behind ghost Ako. Note the many cozy mystery series I read that involve ghosts! Having her story, though, now be linked to a living girl made things extra interesting.

Volume was is primarily focused on introducing the characters and situation. Then it moves onto establishing the rules for how Ako's haunting works. Finally it begins to fill in some of Bambi's backstory.

I'm curious to see where things go in volume 2. The translated volume is expected on June 18, 2024.

Five stars

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