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Innocent Black
"There is, perhaps, nothing of which the layman is so grossly ignorant as of the law. He has grown to depend upon what he is pleased to call common sense. Indeed his refrain, "The law is common sense,"...
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Trials & Tribulations
"The miracle never happen (sic)""Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Justice for All"And it's the final review in this month of legal mystery fiction. Of which most were actually stage plays. Weird things...
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Turnabout Memories - Part 6
"I have to go over everything that's happened. I have to remember" Another Code R: Journey into Lost Memories Like always, I end the year on this blog with a look back of the posts this year, because...
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La Demeure mystérieuse
炎と燃えさかる私のこの愛あなたにだけはわかってほしい絆で私をつつんで・・・「炎の宝物」 （Bobby）This love of mine burns like a flameI hope only you will understandEmbrace me with a bond with you..."A Treasure of Flames" (Bobby) I often comment on...
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Secret Code
見えそうで見えないキミの心のなか過去は気にしないタイプだけれど「Secret Code」（KinKi Kids） I thought I could see it, but no, I can'tInside the depths of your heartBut I'm not the typeWho minds the past anyway"Secret Code" (KinKi Kids)...
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Misty Mystery
会えない… 長い長い日曜日 あなたをずっと待ってるだけ「会えない長い日曜日」（藤本美貴）I can't see you... On this long, long Sunday I'm stuck waiting for you"The Long Sunday We Couldn't Meet" (Fujimoto Miki) Useless fact of the day: the...
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It Is What It Is
'There's an east wind coming, Watson.' - 'I think not, Holmes. It is very warm.'"His Last Bow" It was a deliberate choice on my part to not write individual posts on the episodes as they were airing,...
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Puzzle for Players
「私は安楽椅子探偵。それ以上でもそれ以下でもありません」『安楽椅子探偵ON STAGE』"I am the Armchair Detective. I am nothing more and nothing less than that.""The Armchair Detective ON STAGE"Disclosure: I translated novels by both...
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The Gentle Rain From Heaven
ペガサス幻想（ファンタジー） そうさ夢だけは 誰も奪えない心の翼だから「ペガサス幻想」（Make-Up)Pegasus Fantasy / Yes, Dreams areThe only wings of the heart nobody can steal from you"Pegasus Fantasy" (Make-Up) Today: a series I've been wanted...
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Play It Again
Please Set Disk Card(Famicom Disk System boot-up screen)PrologueYou wake up in a room to find you have lost your memory. Next to you lies a small pocket-sized book. On the cover are a young man and a...
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New Classmate of the Dead
「自分を信じるな！俺を信じろ！お前を信じる俺を信じろ！！」 「グレンラガン」"Don't believe in yourself! Believe in me! Believe in me who believes in you!!""Gurren Lagann"I just realized this third entry in the Danganronpa series took ages...
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Sea Breeze in Yokohama
波の上漂う海月をみるのが好きでいつまでもどこか遠い世界想い馳せるよう「君という光」 （Garnet Crow）I like watching the jellyfish floating on the wavesLike I am always thinking of a world faraway"A Light Called You" (Garnet Crow)Man, I love these...
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Hotel Dusk
「いや、人は疑うべきだよ。多くの人は誤解しているけれど、人を疑うことは、つまりその人間を知ろうとする行為なんだ」『Liar Game』"No, you should be doubtful of people. Most people get this wrong, but to have doubts about someone, means you're trying to get to...
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Double Sin
邪魔はさせない わが道行くぜ戦え！ 戦え！戦え！ 戦え！戦え！ オタキング「戦え！ オタキング」（辻谷耕史） I won't let anyone stop me! I'll go my own way!Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!Fight! Otaking!"Fight! Otaking!" (Tsujitani Kouji) I have read some...
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Candidate for Crime
この大空に翼を広げ飛んで行きたいよ悲しみのない自由な空へ翼はためかせ行きたい「翼をください」（赤い鳥）I want to spread out my wingsAnd soar through the wide skyTowards a free sky, where there is no sadnessThat's where I want to go flapping my wings...
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A Journey for Truth
"The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.""The Blue Cross"It's actually amazing how many one-shot adaptations they make of mystery novels in Japan. It's almost like every...
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Lost Shadow
気楽なアプリが画面を埋め尽くして視界まで遮る 愛しい人の姿あさえ「2012Spark」（ポルノグラフィティ）Screens are buried in handy appsBlocking our sights, even the figures of our loved ones"2012Spark" (Porno Graffiti)I have visited Shinjuku in the...
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On The Lake Shore
水のない晴れた海へたたどり着いたwhite mermaid「水のない晴れた海へ」（Garnet Crow）Towards the sunny sea with no waterArriving there is a white mermaid"Mizu no nai hareta umi he" (Garnet Crow)Time for another Lupin!Raoul d’Avenac...
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On The Rocks
Crime, it's the way I fly to you (Snake Eater) "Snake Eater" (Cynthia Harrel)Yes, yes, I know, I'm behind with my Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo R ("The Young Kindaichi Case Files R") reviews... Today's...
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The Magic Book
一万年と二千年前から愛してる八千年過ぎた頃からもっと恋しくなった 「創聖のアクエリオン」（Akino）I've been loving for ten and two thousand yearsI yearned for you even more after eight thousand years"Genesis of Aquarion" (Akino)I have a lot of...
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