i tell c

'Fighting Poison With Poison'- i tell c is kind of about it. If you read the synopsis on Manga Plus, that's what it says.

COMMENTS from Readers on Manga Plus- an Official reading website/app by Shueisha: readers' interest were captivated by this manga. They felt excited by the twist and turns introduced and were waiting to see more, especially the main plot.
Other readers were able to notice this story is an opposite of Ron Kamonohashi: The Deranged Detective, yet they seem similar. Ron Kamonohashi: The Deranged Detective is a really good manga. Give it a try.
One reader commented 'i tell c' has the same plot to 'Unubore Deka' (Detective Lovesick), a Japanese comedy drama series. I have not watched this comedy drama TV series but I read a summary of it. Quite the same plot but I cannot talk much about it. I will find time to watch the series though. I'm sure it is not on my Netflix. It might be for you.
Other readers were not impressed but rather annoyed by Miss Aioi, the female MC for the manga. Reasons? She sounds annoying. That's funny.

My thoughts so far on the series:
STORY- as said above, this manga is the opposite of Ron Kamonohashi and has the same plot as Unubore Deka. Interesting. I'm interested because I would like to know the MC's story more- she has Stockholm Syndrome. Falling love with criminals and making them uncomfortable to the extent they confess-that's some weird techniques to solve a crime. The police force uses her because there is a high chance the criminal will confess if she is there, not that she is a detective. This sounds more like being a tool being used. Interesting but it doesn't sound right to use someone as a tool.
Ron Kamonohashi sounds more interesting though. Ron is a detective who uses his high intelligence to solve cases but condemns the criminals to death without thinking about it. I like this story better than 'i tell c'. I won't give much more on Ron though, sorry.

ART- it is good. it is cool to see. I rate it 7/10. I enjoy reading the manga also due to the art. It is not anything special but its cool.

CHARACTER- they are interesting. The recent character introduced is mysterious and he is quite an interesting guy.
Miss Aioi is the most interesting one of them all. A Stockholm Syndrome victim? I haven't seen more of them in animes/manga/movies, etc so good to see them as a reminder that people with this exists. She is the poison fight against other poison. That drew me to the manga.
The twin detectives Futatsuki Ukon and Sakon are interesting characters but not new to me. Ukon, the older twin is quite reserved, quite and probably has the potential to be an anti-hero. His younger twin Sakon is a display of emotions, the definition of a hero, youthful and quite loud for me.
These two's personalities are quite common in shounen anime/manga but okay.

ENJOYMENT- I'm not quite enjoying it but it is okay to read if you're dead bored. I dunno for you but yeah, this is what I get from it.

These are my thoughts on it so far. It's just the beginning of the story, a few chapters into it. It's still to early to properly evaluate it and give judgement. But if you're going for it, you might come to like it....
Or not...like some Readers on Manga Plus by Shueisha.

I Tell C is one of those mangas that draws you in with an interesting gimmick but struggles to use it properly throughout the series. I think something similar would be Promised Neverland, that starts off strong as a thriller, mind game series and ands up as a generic action series. In I Tell C the gimmick is that our MC is a stalker of criminals, she falls in love with a perp and finds more info on them by stalking them. The stalking is related to an incident in her past that is the driving force of the story and we get little bits of info after each case.

However, by the second case the gimmick has already run its course. The stalking lasts all of one chapter, and the deductions are completely hidden from the viewer. Usually in a good crime drama you want to sprinkle clues and suspects throughout several chapters so that the audience can play along. In I tell C, she will always have the case solved from the beginning because stalking requires you know who you're stalking.

Another issue is the secondary characters, black cop and white cop. Neither are important to the cases. White cop sits at his desk saying how much he distrusts MC girl, and black cop will come in and karate chop the suspect as they're about to kill her. Neither of them are interesting or add anything to the story. Any screentime wasted on them debating "using poison against poison" could be used to build an interesting case or show some stalking.

By the third case, MC has given up stalking. We meet the killer straight away, we have a mysterious author who is likely another killer/rival character, and the cops continue to be useless. Sad to say this manga is definite axe bait, I really enjoyed the concept but it does nothing with it. I'm hoping future cases are longer and we get to see the stalking process more, and that the criminals are left in the shadows a bit longer.

Recommendation: Just read Red Dragon