Eiji Asuma is a high school delinquent with an interesting ability. His psychic powers allow him to read the memories of objects and people. One day, he bumps into a young policewoman named Ryoko Shima. She is struck by the fact he uttered secret info about serial killer case she was working on. Intrigued by this, she decides to try to Eiji convince Eiji to help her solve the case. He agrees and together they go to solve many cases throughout the course of the story.
Psychometrer Eiji is a mystery manga written by Shin Kibayashi (under the pen name Yuma Ando) and illustrated by Masashi Asaki. The manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine ran from 1996 to 2000 and is complete with 25 volumes. The manga has been adapted into a TV drama and a video game. The series later received a retelling named Psychometrer that ran from 2011 to 2014.
Tropes:
- Calling Card: The serial killer in the first case puts the clothes of his victims inside out and leaves a piece of paper in the shape of a mobius next to them.
- Dodgy Toupee: In chapter 1, Eiji tells Ryoko that he knows that the Haneyama is bald and that his hair is actually a toupe. This info sends Shima into a laughing fit. A couple of chapters later after the Moebius case was resolved, Eiji snatches Haneyama's toupe and plays catch Shokichi because Haneyama lost the bet they had (Eiji said that if he cleared Shokichi's name that he will show everyone that Haneyama is bald).
- Honor Before Reason: Evil Chef Yasuo Aoki is a Know-Nothing Know-It-All who was too hung up on appearance and the taste suffered. His latest victim had to tell him this even if it killed her. Surprisingly this proved to be a good thing as Yasuo saw his food as Serious Business so he ended up being Hoist by His Own Petard trying to prove her wrong.
- The Killer Was Left-Handed: A significant clue to the Moebius killer's identity was the fact that he was left handed which indicated by the use of left handed scissors in one of the killings.
- My Beloved Smother: In chapter 7, Shima mentions that Endo's mother smothered him so much that he never had a chance of having a healthy relationship.
- Nosebleed: In chapter 8, Yuusuke gets a nosebleed so intense that it re-opens his head wound after Eiji picks up Emi's underwear.
- Not Blood Siblings: Eiji's younger sister Emi has a crush on Eiji and feels justified about it because they aren't blood related. Eiji doesn't see her as anything more than his sister though.
- Primal Scene: Deconstructed in one case of called "Justice, the Bloddthirsty Killer". The culprit saw his mother having sex another man when he was a child he became so traumatized he developed an extreme hatred toward girls whom he deems "whores."
- Police Psychic: Eiji uses his psychic abilities to help Shima and the rest of the police department solve cases.
- Psychometry: Eiji has the ability to see an object or person's history just by touching them. He doesn't have much control over what he sees however.
- Revenge Is a Dish Best Served: Commissioner Haneyama was so unbearable to Shima when she was a new recruit that she felt compelled to wring out the water from a dirty wet rug into his coffee.
