History Literature / PsychicDetectiveYakumo

* AnimalMotifs: Yakumo resembling a cat when he's sleeping (and a caterpillar when he's in his sleeping bag), and Gotou resembling a bear.

* BreakTheCutie: This is what happened to [[spoiler:Yakumo's mother]], who was revealed to have been kidnapped by [[spoiler:the man with two red eyes]] and was raped and impregnated by him. It is also implied that this was taken further leading to [[spoiler:her attempted murder of Yakumo]]. Multiple antagonists attempt to do this to [[spoiler:Haruka]] in order to "break" Yakumo.
* BrilliantButLazy: Considering the amount of time the guy spends asleep and cutting classes, you'd never think that he's a deductive genius.

* DamselInDistress: Haruka is an ordinary person, so when being attacked by murderers and the like, she tends not to fair very well. This is justified by [[spoiler:the red-eyed man]] designating her as a target to get at Yakumo, and downplayed by her sometimes figuring that it would not be a good idea to provoke her captors, or by being drugged. At other times, Haruka manages to be a DefiantCaptive or even a DamselOutOfDistress by misleading her violent captors, and provoking them.

* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: These seem to be very common in the Saitou family (partially a case of [[spoiler: DeceasedParentsAreTheBest]], with one exception). There is also a case where a child's father became abusive after his wife walked out on them.

* FriendOnTheForce: Gotou and Ishii.

* ISeeDeadPeople: The English title is actually something a misnomer to Yakumo: he isn't psychic, he has the ''physical'' ability to see ghosts.[[note]] The Japanese title uses the word "''shinrei''" which specifically refers to seeing disembodied souls.[[/note]] Not only can he see them, he can communicate with them and can show an image of them to others [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness (only in the Locked Room case).]]

BadassInDistress: During the "Connected Feelings" case, Yakumo is held captive by [[spoiler:his DeadAllAlong father]], and is saved by [[spoiler:Haruka's arrival and his mother's ghost]].

* LukeIAmYourFather: Oddly zigzagged. It turns out that [[spoiler:the red-eyed man]] is [[spoiler:Yakumo]]'s father, he refuses to acknowledge it (an inversion of LukeYouAreMyFather, being "Luke, You Are Not My Father"), as a ChildByRape.

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:After attempting to strangle him]], Yakumo's mother disappeared. We also don't know what happened to his father. In the anime, his father [[spoiler:turns out to be the silver haired antagonist that's been trying to provoke Yakumo, and his mother is revealed to have been DeadAllAlong]]. Meanwhile, in the novel and in the Sazuka manga, it turns out that [[spoiler:both of his parents and his biological father]] are all revealed to have been DeadAllAlong, the former two, due to the latter's machinations.
* ParentalSubstitute: Yakumo's uncle Saitou Isshin, this would cross into HappilyAdopted territory, if Yakumo would allow it.

* UnfinishedBusiness: This is why ghosts are attached to the human world and cannot move on. They cling onto feelings, whether it's the desire to be avenged, to the desire to live, to have their bodies found and cared for, or genuine feelings for a living person.

* BookDump: For a detective, Gotou is far from well-read. For example, a discussion about adipocere has him asking "who is this Eddy Poser you keep talking about?"

* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: These seem to be very common in the Saitou family. There is also a case where a child's father became abusive after his wife walked out on them.

* [[ItsAllAboutMe It's All About Me]]: Tatsuya. According to Yakumo, he's inconsiderate for always only thinking of himself and what solely affects him. And if anything doesn't go his way, [[SelectiveObliviousness he'll just laugh it off]]. As it turns out, Yakumo is ''completely right''.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Oddly zigzagged. It turns out that [[spoiler:the red-eyed man]] is [[spoiler:Yakumo]]'s father, he refuses to acknowledge it, as a ChildByRape.

* ParentalSubstitute: Yakumo's uncle Saitou Isshin.

* TheReveal: The red-eyed man turns out to be [[spoiler:Yakumo's father]], and Shinsuke Takeda is [[spoiler:Yakumo's mother's fiancé]]. Then there's [[spoiler:Nanase Miyuki]], who hides behind multiple identities.

''Psychic Detective Yakumo'' (or in Japanese ''Shinrei Tantei Yakumo'', or 心霊探偵八雲 ) is a series of novels by Manabu Kaminaga.

The series has spawned two completed manga series: one by Miyako Ritsu, subtitled ''Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru'' (''The Red Eye Has a Clue''), and the other by Oda Suzuka, who is the character designer for the {{anime}} as well. It has also inspired a live-action drama, a stage play, and a ThirteenEpisodeAnime series by Creator/BeeTrain which aired on NHK in Fall 2010.

* BreakTheCutie: This is what happened to [[spoiler:Yakumo's mother]], who was revealed to have been kidnapped by [[spoiler:the man with two red eyes]] and was raped and impregnated by him. It is also implied that this was taken further leading to [[spoiler:her attempted murder of Yakumo]]. Multiple antagonists attempt to do this to [[spoiler:Haruka]] in order to break Yakumo.

* CreepyChild / TheFaceless: The ghost of the boy from The Dark Tunnel arc.

* HeroicBSOD: Haruka goes through one of these when she finds out that [[spoiler:Shiori is dead]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the novels and both manga series, Yakumo tries to hide it, but he really is a kind person when you come down to it. That said, he comes off more as a {{Jerkass}} in the anime.

[[folder:Miyako Ritsu Manga Series]]
* {{Keet}}: Tatsuya.
* TheNicknamer: Yakumo often calls Haruka a "busybody" for always trying to solve other people's problems.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: After Haruka goes to Yakumo's place to consult him on seeing a ghost in her apartment, he starts taking off his shirt to change into a warmer one. Gato happens to pick that time to drop in on Yakumo to ask him about a case. Subverted in that Gato ''knows'' it's not what it looks like and is simply the ShipperOnDeck for Haruka and Yakumo.
* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:Tatsuya]] shows elements of this.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Tatsuya. [[spoiler:To possibly a very terrifying degree.]]
* TeacherStudentRomance: In The Locked Door arc, Yuri Shinohara had an affair with [[spoiler:Takaoka-sensei]] and threatened to tell his wife.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Anime Adaptation]]
* Tsundere: There's really no other way to describe Yakumo.
-->'''Yakumo:''' If I'm bored to death that day and have errands to run nearby, I might make an appearance [to your concert].
* UnbelievableSourcePlot: Detective Gotou tends to keep the fact he's using a teenage boy who sees ghosts to help solve cases well under wraps. Yakumo himself, not so much, although in the beginning he does hide his ability to see ghosts... by using some tricks to make people think he's plain psychic.
[[/folder]]

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: This happens in all three of the cases in volume one of the novel, as well as their adaptations in anime and manga, only replace "accident" with "suicide." In the Locked Room case, it was not so much making it look like anything as simply claiming it to be so. In the Dark Tunnel case, this was played straight by differing people depending on the adaptation, by avoiding an accident looking like it had been caused by them. Finally, this is the crux of the [[spoiler: Message From the Dead]] case, the BigBad pulled this twice, first by making [[spoiler:her husband]]'s poisoning look like illness, and later when FakingTheDead.

* {{Megane}}: Although there are some minor characters who also qualify, the most important one is Ishii.
* [[MementoMacGuffin Memento [=MacGuffin=]]]: Seemingly the red gemmed necklace that Yakumo always hold onto. It belonged to his mother. He later lets Haruka hold onto it.

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:After attempting to strangle him]], Yakumo's mother disappeared. We also don't know what happened to his father. In the anime, his father [[spoiler:turns out to be the silver haired antagonist that's been trying to provoke Yakumo, and his mother is revealed to have been DeadAllAlong]]. Meanwhile, in the novel and in the Sazuka manga, it turns out that [[spoiler:both of his parents and his biological father are all revealed to have been DeadAllAlong]], the former two, due to the latter's machinations.
* ParentalSubstitute: Yakumo's uncle Isshin Saitou.
* PetTheDog: As Yakumo starts [[DefrostingIceKing defrosting]], he slowly becomes less of a jerk to Haruka.

* ShipTease: Yakumo and Haruka.

* YouWakeUpInARoom: [[spoiler:When Takaoka-sensei (in the Ritsu version) / Yuuichi (in the Suzuka version) ''thinks'' he killed Yuri after hitting her a little too hard, he hides her body in the basement. Turns out she wasn't dead after all. Until she died trying to get ''out'' of the room.]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Haruka delivers one to [[spoiler:Tatsuya]] in the Ritsu manga when it's clear that, in spite of being the culprit for an accidental hit-and-run murder, he's only considered for his own welfare, triggering Haruka's memories of her late sister.
* CreepyChild / TheFaceless: The ghost of the boy from The Dark Tunnel arc.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Yakumo's uncle.
* HeroicBSOD: Haruka goes through one of these when she finds out that [[spoiler:Shiori is dead.]] Averted big time with [[spoiler:Tetsuya]], who is unable to see the wrong in his actions, even after getting slapped by Haruka.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Haruka realizes that [[spoiler:Takaoka-sensei]] murdered Yuri Shinohara when he mistakenly asked who Haruka thinks ''murdered'' Yuri, as there was a lack of evidence as to identity how the victim died or ''if'' the victim died (as Yuri's body hadn't been discovered yet).
* [[ItsAllAboutMe It's All About Me]]: Tatsuya. According to Yakumo, he's inconsiderate for always only thinking of himself and what solely affects him. And if anything doesn't go his way, [[SelectiveObliviousness he'll just laugh it off]]. As it turns out, Yakumo is ''completely right''.
* [[ItsPersonal It's Personal]]: For Haruka in the Message From The Dead arc when her friend Shiori [[spoiler:is killed.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Yuri Shinohara was one in the Miyako Ritsu manga.

* WrongGenreSavvy: In the Ritsu adaptation, Tatsuya thinks Yakumo dislikes him because he's [[GreenEyedMonster "close friends"]] with Haruka. Yakumo just ''doesn't'' like him (especially after Tatsuya unintentionally "disrespected the dead" in Yakumo's perspective by thinking a ghost was killing people in a discriminable way).

* MysteriousProtector: [[spoiler:Shunsuke Takeda]] seems to be one for Yakumo and Haruka.
* TheReveal: The silver haired antagonist turns out to be [[spoiler:Yakumo's father]], and Shinsuke Takeda is [[spoiler:Yakumo's mother's fiance.]]
** The silver haired antagonist's female accomplice is [[spoiler:Nanase Miyuki.]]
* ShoutOut:
** A self ShoutOut in episode 8. Makoto holds a card with the words D-Station written on top. D-Station is a subdivision of Creator/BeeTrain the studio that animates the series. Besides the name, even the address is the same.
** One takes place in episode 12. Read the quote, then no further explanation is needed:
-->'''Silver Haired Antagonist:''' [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi I can feel it, Yakumo ... Your strong hatred!]]
* ThirteenEpisodeAnime
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: Azusa and Shinsuke Takeda.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: We're not shown what happens to [[spoiler:Tatsuya]] in the end of third episode, but it can be assumed he'd been arrested for the hit-and-run. The Ritsu manga adaptation, however, sheds a little more light on this.

** [[spoiler:Nao]] used to have a twin brother. His [[spoiler:red eyes]] reminded their mother of his father ([[spoiler:her rapist]]), which made her panic and [[spoiler:drop the newborn baby]].
* AdaptationDistillation: Plot elements of the manga arcs had been shortened or cut out to fit the ThirteenEpisodeAnime [[AnimatedAdaption adaption]], and some character roles have been changed or added in to avoid plot holes. For example, Tatsuya is a co-worker of Haruka's instead of an acquaintance she met at Miki's party. Both the Ritsu manga and the anime only cover the beginning of the series, and the Sazuka manga does cut out and change a few things from the novel, to despite otherwise following it closely.

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: In the first volume of the novel and in the beginning of the Ritsu manga, ghosts have a more direct effect on the world and Yakumo can [[PsychicPowers show people what ghosts look like]]; both of these characteristics disappear afterword.

* ISeeDeadPeople: The English title is actually something a misnomer to Yakumo: he isn't psychic, he has the ''physical'' ability to see ghosts.[[note]] The Japanese title uses the word "''shinrei''" which specifically refers to seeing disembodied souls.[[/note]] Not only can he see them, he can communicate with them and can show an image of them to others [[EarlyInstalmentWeirdness (only in the Locked Room case).]]

* KnightInSourArmor: Yakumo is one of these. He's always got a rude, sarcastic remark for everyone, but he still assists the police department in solving murder mysteries. Not to mention requests from the dead or people he cares for, although he complains all the way.

* CaptainObvious: [[spoiler: Doctor Sakakibara]], upon seeing Haruka and Detective Gotou, runs away from them. They had never met him before, but Gotou chases him anyway.
-->'''Haruka:''' Why are you going after him?
-->'''Gotou:''' Obviously, because he's running away!
* CoolShades: The mysterious silver haired BigBad and his female accomplice.
** They frequently practice SunglassesAtNight.
* CuteMute: Nao.
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: Yakumo's mother and Shinsuke Takeda.]]
* GratuitousEnglish:
** A bit in the opening song.
** Not to mention Nanase Miyuki's singing a whole verse of London Bridge is Falling Down.
* GreenEyedMonster: Haruka was a little saddened to see Yakumo with another girl in the second episode, but as it turns out, the girl was the client who had asked him to investigate the episode's ghost.
* HollywoodFire: The first episode.
* {{Jerkass}}: Yakumo is a bit more of a cocky jerk in the anime adaptation than its manga counterparts.
* LighterAndSofter: Certain episodes--such as The Locked Room arc and The Dark Tunnel arc from the Ritsu manga adaptation--based on the manga arcs have been altered to a degree (thanks in part to the fact that the anime will only have [[ThirteenEpisodeAnime 13 episodes]]), but nevertheless some of the twists in the anime are much more lighter compared to its manga counterparts.
* LimitedWardrobe: Come on, a female college student who wears the same outfit everyday? At least she finally changed in the last anime episode [[spoiler:for Isshin's funeral.]] Everyone did, actually.
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: The silver haired antagonist is Yakumo's father.]]
* [[MementoMacGuffin Memento [=MacGuffin=]]]: Seemingly the red gemmed necklace that Yakumo always hold onto. It belonged to his mother. He later lets Haruka hold onto it.
* MistakenForGay: Yakumo hilariously convinces Gotou that Ishii has a thing for him. Ishii doesn't; he just loves the occult and thought Gotou was a psychic detective instead of Yakumo. And he actually has a thing for Haruka.

[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder:Novel series]]
* JapanesePronouns: In the main series, university student Yakumo refers to himself as "boku." The "Secret Files: Kizuna" volume has Yakumo referring to himself as "ore" during middle school, which was generally [[CharacterDevelopment much less polite than how he currently refers to himself university]].
* TrueCompanions: Gotou spends several moments of volume eight thinking about how he thinks of Haruka and Yakumo as family members (of sorts).
* VitriolicBestBuds: Gotou and Yakumo, Type 2. [[spoiler:Gotou risks and eventually loses his job helping Yakumo escape when the latter is under suspicion of murder]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shared by all series']]

* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost: In the midst of all the actual ghosts, one apparent ghost turns out to be the projected spirit of a terminally ill but still-living girl, whose anxiety about her impending death causes her to project her spirit to other people at night while she's sleeping.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Yakumo and Gotô.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Oda Suzuka Manga Series]]
* GeniusSweetTooth: Yakumo. This is lampshaded in the Oda Suzuka series, where after interrogating the ghost possessing Miki, he needs to rest a while. It cuts to him eating ice cream at a cafe, with his excuse being that after "being forced to use his head", he needs sugar.
* TeenPregnancy: In the Oda Suzuka version, where [[spoiler:Yuuichi]] is the culprit of The Closed Door arc. [[spoiler:He indirectly killed Yuri Shinohara following a fight because she got pregnant.]]
[[/folder]]

* AdaptationDistillation[=/=]AdaptationExpansion: Plot elements of the manga arcs have been shortened or cut out to fit the thirteen episode series, and some character roles have been changed or added in. For example, Tatsuya is a co-worker of Haruka's instead of an acquaintance she met at Miki's party.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In both manga adaptations and the novels, Haruka has [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow matching brown hair and eyes]]. In the anime adaptation, she has pink hair and [[PurpleEyes light purple eyes]]. Her hairstyle also varies between adaptations.
* AdultsAreUseless: Haruka's mother seems strangely fine with sending her daughter into what could be a dangerous situation. She barely puts up a fight to talk her daughter out of it.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Made into a ThirteenEpisodeAnime, based on the novel series.
* BreakTheCutie: Implied with Yakumo's mother, [[spoiler:who was revealed to have been kidnapped by Yakumo's father and was impregnated by him.]] The antagonists attempt to do this to [[spoiler:Haruka]] in order to break Yakumo, but [[spoiler:Shunsuke Takeda]] protects her.

* DeadpanSnarker: Yakumo is constantly being TallDarkAndSnarky without any change of expression (when [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he isn't, something is up]]). Haruka and Gotou sometimes manage to send a barb or two his way.

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: In the novel (as well as the Ritsu manga and in the anime), early in their acquaintance, Yakumo jokes that Haruka has bad taste considering Tatsuya, which disgusts Haruka, ilicting this response. Yakumo and Haruka are often mistaken for a couple.

* ISeeDeadPeople: The English title is actually something a misnomer to Yakumo: he isn't psychic, he has the ''physical'' ability to see ghosts.[[note]] The Japanese title uses the word "''shinrei''" which specifically refers to seeing disembodied souls.[[/note]]

* TheKlutz: Ishii.

* {{Megane}}: Ishii. Also, Takaoka-sensei.

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:After attempting to strangle him]], Yakumo's mother disappeared. We also don't know what happened to his father. In the anime, his father [[spoiler:turns out to be the silver haired antagonist that's been trying to provoke Yakumo, and his mother is revealed to have been DeadAllAlong]]. Meanwhile, in the novel and in the Sazuka manga, it turns out that [[spoiler:both of his parents and his biological father are revealed to have been DeadAllAlong]], the former two, due to the latter's machinations.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Yakumo's left eye is red and allows him to see ghosts. Yakumo's uncle wears a red contact lens to match Yakumo's left eye in order to understand him a little more and share his burden. Also, the mysterious man [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Yakumo's father]] (his appearance differs between adaptations).

* UnfinishedBusiness: This is why ghosts are attached to the human world and cannot move on. They cling onto feelings, whether it's the desire to be avenged (The Locked Door / Closed Door arc) to the desire to live (The Dark Tunnel arc) to genuine feelings for another (Ayaka's desire to watch over Haruka and the Message to the Dead arc, specifically [[spoiler:Shiori's feelings of guilt for involving Haruka in her murder.]]

* ISeeDeadPeople: The English title is actually something a misnomer to Yakumo: he isn't psychic, he has the ''physical'' ability to see ghosts.[note] The Japanese title uses the word "''shinrei''" which specifically refers to seeing disembodied souls.[/note]

* MeaningfulName: Mentioned in the novel, the Ritsu manga adaptation, and the anime, Yakumo roughly means "multilayered clouds."[note] Yakumo literally means "eight clouds" (八雲), thus thick or multilayered.[/note]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Yakumo's left eye is red and allows him to see ghosts. Yakumo's uncle wears a red contact lens to match Yakumo's left eye in order to understand him a little more and share his burden. And the mysterious silver haired antagonist [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Yakumo's father]] from the anime adaptation.
* SacrificialLamb: It varies between adaptations. In the Ritsu manga version--[[spoiler:Yuuichi and Shiori]], in the Suzuka version--[[spoiler:Kazuhiko]], and in the anime adaptation--[[spoiler:again, Yuuichi.]] In a way, it's easy to sympathize with Haruka, considering that all these people are [[spoiler:''her friends''.]]

* SpiritAdvisor: Haruka's dead sister Ayaka is sort of one for Yakumo and Haruka (in all versions). In the Ritsu manga adaptation, [[spoiler:Shiori]] is also one for Haruka.

''Psychic Detective Yakumo'' (or ''Shinrei Tantei Yakumo'') is a series of novels by Manabu Kaminaga.

* TrueCompanions: Gotô spends several moments of Volume 8 thinking about how he thinks of Haruka and Yakumo as family members (of sorts).
* VitriolicBestBuds: Gotô and Yakumo, Type 2. [[spoiler:Gotô risks and eventually loses his job helping Yakumo escape when the latter is under suspicion of murder.]]

** In volume six of the novel series, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Yakumo's father has also been DeadAllAlong, his ghost trying to drag Yakumo down to his own level of despair so he can take over his body]].

* ISeeDeadPeople: The English title is actually something a misnomer to Yakumo: he isn't psychic, he has the ''physical'' ability to see ghosts.
* {{Kimodameshi}}: The first story happens because of one of these.

* MeaningfulName: Mentioned in the novel, the Ritsu manga adaptation, and the anime, Yakumo means "multilayered clouds."

* NaiveEverygirl: Haruka is an older, more mature version, who doesn't have body image or tormentors to worry about. However, in all adaptions, she is overly trusting of people she hardly knows and is less difficult to convince when she has no moral objections (there she is strong).
** In one of the episodes, Haruka is shown to be a bit self-conscious about her body image.

* ParanormalInvestigation: Well, it ''is'' about a guy who can see ''ghosts''...
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:After attempting to strangle him]], Yakumo's mother disappeared. We also don't know what happened to his father. [[spoiler:In the anime, his father turns out to be the silver haired antagonist that's been trying to provoke Yakumo, and his mother is revealed to have been DeadAllAlong.]]

* PsychicPowers: Yakumo isn't literally psychic, but he can see and communicate with the dead.

* JacobMarleyApparel: This is a constant throughout the series, and in both manga incarnations.

* ISeeDeadPeople: The English title is actually something a misnomer to Yakumo: he isn't psychic, he has the physical ability to see ghosts.

* KnightInSourArmor: Yakumo is one of these. He's always got a rude, sarcastic remark for everyone, but he still assists the police department in solving murder mysteries.
* LimitedWardrobe. Come on, a female college student who wears the same outfit everyday? It's even weirder than the ghosts.
** At least she finally changed in the last anime episode [[spoiler:for Isshin's funeral.]] Everyone did, actually.
** In the novels, we often get updates on what she's wearing when the story is told from Ishii's perspective.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: This happens to [[spoiler:Yuuichi]]/[[spoiler:Kazuhiko]] (in the Ritsu version and Suzuka version, respectively)'s murder, which is supposed to look like suicide, and to the ghosts' murders in the Dark Tunnel plot in the Ritsu manga.
* MeaningfulName: Mentioned in the Ritsu manga adaptation and the anime, Yakumo means "multicolored clouds."

* NaiveEverygirl: Haruka is an older, more mature version, who doesn't have body image or tormentors to worry about.

* OneHeadTaller: Yakumo and Haruka.

* AbusiveParents:
** [[spoiler:Yakumo]]'s mother attempted to strangle him when he was younger.
** In Volume 6 of the novel series, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Yakumo's father has also been DeadAllAlong, his ghost trying to drag Yakumo down to his own level of despair so he can take over his body.]]
** Nao used to have a twin brother. His [[spoiler:red eyes]] reminded their mother of his father ([[spoiler:her rapist]]), which made her panic and [[spoiler:drop the newborn baby.]]

* {{Bishounen}}: Yakumo. Also a good amount of the other male college students that pop up.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Yakumo, when he has his contact lens on. Haruka in the Ritsu/Suzuka mangas and novels, but not the anime.
* DeadpanSnarker: Yakumo. ''Constantly''.

* FirstNameBasis: In both manga versions, Yakumo tells Haruka to call him by his first name so it would less of a hassle. In the anime, she starts calling him "Yakumo-kun" on her own, much to Yakumo's initial chagrin.
* FreakinessShame: When Haruka discovers Yakumo's red eye after he wounded from an attack, Yakumo tells her she must be disgusted (in the Ritsu version) or thinks that she would scream (Suzuka version). Instead, Haruka is the complete opposite and reassures him of it. She even thinks it's "pretty."
* FriendOnTheForce: Gotou.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Nao.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Yakumo and Haruka are often mistaken for a couple. At one point in the Ritsu manga and the anime adaptation, Haruka denies that Tatsuya is her boyfriend.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Yakumo and Haruka. Yakumo feels he can not help others and can only "see" using his red eye, while (in the Ritsu manga adaptation) Haruka feels she can not help others in spite of so many people helping her.

* IntergenerationalFriendship

* ISeeDeadPeople

The series has spawned two manga series (one by Miyako Ritsu, subtitled ''Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru'' [''The Red Eye Has a Clue''] [completed], one by Oda Suzuka [ongoing], who is the character designer for the {{anime}} as well), a live-action drama, a stage play, and a ThirteenEpisodeAnime series by Creator/BeeTrain which aired on NHK in Fall 2010.

No relation to [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Yukari Yakumo]].

** A self ShoutOut in episode 8. Makoto holds a card with the words D-Station written on top. D-Station is a subdivision of BeeTrain the studio that animates the series. Besides the name, even the address is the same.

The series has spawned two manga series (one by Miyako Ritsu, subtitled ''Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru'' [''The Red Eye Has a Clue''] [completed], one by Oda Suzuka [ongoing], who is the character designer for the {{anime}} as well), a live-action drama, a stage play, and a ThirteenEpisodeAnime series by Creator/BeeTrain which aired on Creator/{{NHK}} in Fall 2010.

* AbusiveParents[=/=]OffingTheOffspring:

* AnimalMotifs: Yakumo resembling a cat when he's sleeping (and a caterpillar when he's in his sleeping bag), and Gotou resembling a bear.

-->'''Silver Haired Antagonist:''' [[ReturnOfTheJedi I can feel it, Yakumo ... Your strong hatred!]]

The series has spawned two manga series (one by Miyako Ritsu, subtitled ''Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru'' [''The Red Eye Has a Clue''] [completed], one by Oda Suzuka [ongoing], who is the character designer for the {{anime}} as well), a live-action drama, a stage play, and a ThirteenEpisodeAnime series by BeeTrain.

[[quoteright:349:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdytvtropes_5190.png]]

* AdaptationDyeJob: In both manga adaptations and the novels, Haruka has [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow matching brown hair and eyes]]. In the anime adaptation, she has [[RoseHairedGirl pink hair]] and [[PurpleEyes light purple eyes]]. Her hairstyle also varies between adaptations.

!!''PsychicDetectiveYakumo'' provides examples of:

''Psychic Detective Yakumo'' (or ''ShinreiTanteiYakumo'') is a series of novels by Manabu Kaminaga.

* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost: In the midst of all the actual ghosts, one apparent ghost turns out to be the projected spirit of a terminally ill but still-living girl, whose anxiety about her impending death causes her to project her spirit to other people at night while she's sleeping.

* AdaptationDistillation[=/=]AdaptationExpansion: Plot elements of the manga arcs have been shortened or cut out to fit the thirteen episode series, and some character roles have been changed or added in. For example, Tatsuya is a co-worker of Haruka's instead of an aquaintance she met at Miki's party.

* AdultsAreUseless: Haruka's mother seems strangely fine with sending her daughter into what could be a dangerous situation. She barely puts up a fight to talk her daughter out of it.

* HollywoodFire: The first episode.

* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: Azusa and Shinsuke Takeda.]]

* FoeYay: Well, the blond haired woman working for the BigBad sure seems interested in Yakumo...

* MismatchedEyes: Yakumo has one normal black eye, and one red eye that can see ghosts. He wears a contact lens to cover it, though.

* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Older Sister]]: Haruka's older twin sister Ayaka, whose death Haruka blames herself for.