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「DL6号事件を忘れるな」
"One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place”"The Sins of Prince Saradine"Of course, even though I have all my books now, the problem just shifted from /no books to write...
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Cards on the Table
白露に風の吹きしく秋の野は つらぬきとめぬ玉ぞ散りける文屋朝康Through a gust of wind the white dew on the autumn grass Scatters like a broken necklaceFunya no AsayasuThings I do when I don't write about Japanese detective fiction:...
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Strawberry Jam
「クラーク博士は北海道大学の学生に『紳士たれ』という言葉を残したというけれど、ぼくと小佐内さん も似た信条を持っている。「紳士」によく似ているけれど、それよりはもうちょっと社会的階級が低い。『小市民たれ』。これ。日々の平穏と安定のため、ぼくと小佐内さんは断固とした小市民なのだ。もっとも、その表れ方はちょっと違う。小佐内さんは隠れる。ぼくは、笑って誤魔化す」『...
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「ぶっこわせ そうパズルね！」
"Weet jij het ook?""Inspecteur Netjes""Do you know too?""Inspector Netjes"I am not a creative writer, so I had no experience in writing fiction before I wrote my guess-the-criminal story in March....
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Ten Days Wonder
"But while you are doing this important and rewarding work, Mr. Queen, I ask you to keep in mind always a great and true lesson. A truer lesson than the one you believe this experience has taught you."...
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And On the Eighth Day
「だが、殺人者が、君を殺しにくる可能性もある」私は最悪の事態を危惧した。「だったらその時には、黎人宛てにダイイング・メッセージを残しておいてあげるわ。あまりむずかしくないのをね」 『聖アウスラ修道院の惨劇』"But the murderer might come to kill you."I feared the worst case possible."In such a case, I'll...
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UN-GO
Two's company, three's a crowdWith more and more English-language blogs on detective fiction popping up, I always hope more on Japanese detective fiction appear... but it never happens. I'll just keep...
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『完全犯罪に猫は何匹必要か？』
「この本は、ネコの手の届かないところに保管してください。殺人をたからむ恐れがあります」 『キャットフード 名探偵三途川理と注文の多い館の殺人』"Keep this book away from cats. They might be planning a murder" ("Cat Food - Great Detective Sanzunokawa Kotowari and the Murders...
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"Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle"
Don't judge a book by its cover So I noticed that the next post will be the 400th post. Well, actually, the 401st post, because I have removed one post for sinister reasons I will unveil when all the...
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Recipe for my Love
"Let's split up gang!""Scooby Doo, Where Are You!"Three notes: 1) Post 400! 2) Yes, I should post more often. And 3) I switched computers, with a slightly different keyboard, and I keep mistyping stuff...
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"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing"
君のいない未来がただ大きな闇に見え死んでしまえば生きなくていい そんな事ばかり考えてた穏やかな月明かりに『Holy Ground』 (Garnet Crow)A future without you is covered with darkness, so I might as well die,I was thinking beneath the gentle moonlight "Holy...
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「名探偵と言われた俺のジッチャンと、俺自身の誇りにかけて！」
「Good Luck, 名探偵」『金田一少年の事件簿 黒魔術殺人事件』"Good luck, great detective""The Young Kindaichi Case Files: The Black Magic Murder Case" Another ten days until the new Gyakuten Saiban / Ace Attorney is out! Last...
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High Rise Hair Raiser
“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear"Edgar Allan PoeHaving survived a summer in both Fukuoka and Kyoto, I thought I'd be better prepared for the summer here; I mean, if I can...
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Author! Author!
"All the world's a stage""As you like it"No, I don't have an Ayatsuji Yukito quotum for this month. Really. Next week the new Gyakuten Saiban / Ace Attorney will be released, so expect something on...
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The Clue of the Chocolate Box
お願い 想いが届くといいな対決の日が来たチョコレイト・ディスコ 『チョコレートディスコ』(Perfume) I hope my feelings reach himThe day to face him has comeChocolate Disco"Chocolate Disco" (Perfume) Ignoring the Ellery Queen review series (which...
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Sherlockian!
"I think that I had better go, Holmes.""Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell" "A Scandal in Bohemia" Okay, so maybe blogs on Japanese detective fiction are a bit of a...
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Justice ~Future Mystery~
FIRE AWAY 心解き放つ研ぎ澄ました瞳で 全ての謎を解き明かす胸騒ぎの未来を今"Justice ~Future Mystery~" (Two-Mix)Fire away and release your heartSolve all the mysteryWith your sharp eyesCan you feel the thrilling future now?"Justice...
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『蒼ざめた星』
「認めたくないものだな...、自分自身の...若さ故の過ちというものを」 『機動戦士ガンダム』 "Nobody likes to admit them. The mistakes one made because of one's youth""Mobile Suit Gundam" A wild translation appears!It has been over a year now...
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『ドグラ・マグラ』
胎児よ胎児よ何故躍る母親の心がわかっておそろしいのか『ドグラ・マグラ』 Ding dong... dong.... dong...... --------The continuing sound of a bell faraway awakened me. I found myself in a small room, with only one bed and one chair as its...
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Cat Food
「なに、依頼人を殺されたからといって驚くには値しない。一説によると、探偵というものは、依頼人を殺されてはじめて半人前なのだそうだ。事実、過去の探偵たちも、その多くは事件のさいちゅうに依頼人を殺されている。結構、よくあることなのさ」...
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