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Moonlight Madness
「お お か み が く る ぞ ！！」『レイジングループ』"The wolves are coming!""Rei-Jin-G-Lu-P"It's been a good year in terms of gaming for me, I noticed. I seldom play the newest releases right away, so I do have the luxury...
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Identity Crisis
「このカクテルの名はXYZ―つまりもう後がないということさ」『シティーハンター』"The name of this cocktail is XYZ... In other words, the end of the line.""City Hunter"I adore the covers for Yokomizo Seishi's novels for publisher Kadokawa....
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The Witch's Ghost
I'm a Hex GirlAnd I'm gonna put a spell on you"Hex Girl" (The Hex Girls)My reading skills improved a lot after I went to study in Japan the first time, and it can feel a bit strange going through the...
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
“Yes, yes, I know. Life is like a train, Mademoiselle. It goes on. And it is a good thing that that is so.” "The Mystery of the Blue Train"It's always weird reading books with complex and intricate...
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Detective Chronicles
気づけば懐かしい川原に来てみたり昨日みた夢の続き想像してたり「忘れ咲き」（Garnet Crow）Before I knew, I had come to this nostalgic riversideOr imagined how my dream last night would continue"Blooming Late" (Garnet Crow)By the time this...
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A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground
Now Garm howls loud | before Gnipahellir, The fetters will burst, | and the wolf run free; Much do I know, | and more can see Of the fate of the gods, | the mighty in fightVöluspá (Bellows translation)...
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Beyond Time
"Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?"- "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with...
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The Siren's Song
Once he hears to his heart's content, sails on, a wiser man.We know all the pains that the Greeks and Trojans once enduredon the spreading plain of Troy when the gods willed it so—all that comes to...
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Limits of Truth
"My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.” "Forrest Gump""There must be something comforting about the number three, people always give up after...
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The Scarlet Thread of Murder
忍ぶれど 色に出でにけり わが恋は物や思ふと 人の問ふまで（平兼盛）Even though I tried to hide it / my face betrays / my love So obvious that people ask me / what is on my mind(Poem by Taira no Kanemori) It's always such a long wait...
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The Din And Bustle
"Spoilers! Goodbye, sweetie."Doctor WhoOne of the weirdly specific memories I have of my brief visit to Yokohama's Chinatown (the largest Chinatown in Japan) was how the waiters in the restaurants...
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Crooked House
時には迷宮みたいなmindやけにバカげた気分になる 投げやりな感じそれでも孤独じゃ淋しい生き物ですぐに君にあいたくなる「君の家に着くまでずっと走ってゆく」（Garnet Crow)Sometimes my mind feels like a labyrinthIt makes me feel so foolish, as if I want to give up right nowBut even...
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Angels Flying In The Dark
残酷な天使のテーゼ窓辺からやがて飛び立つ「残酷な天使のテーゼ」（高橋洋子）This cruel angel's thesisWill soon take flight out of the window"Cruel Angel's Thesis" (Takahashi Youko) Mystery fiction encompasses much, much more than just...
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Lucky Seven
時の流れには逆らえず色褪せてゆく想いもあり「As The Dew」（Garnet Crow）Unable to go against the flow of time, some feelings will fade away"As The Dew" (Garnet Crow)The cover of today's book is simple and clean, featuring...
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Double Death
ざわめき Cry 大空へ飛び立つように時を通り抜ける哀しい位ささやか 淡い記憶 やさしくそそぐ光「Nostalgia」（Garnet Crow）Noisy cry / Jump in the blue sky like you're passing through timeA memory so faint and small it's sad / The light gently pouring...
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Distant Memory
Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world "The Man Who Sold The World" (David Bowie) The longer a book remains in my backlog of unread books, the less...
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Foul Play in Funland
やさしい音色にまばゆい光心ん中に秘められた愛しい人は目の前で笑う確かなmarionette fantasia「Marionette Fantasia」（Garnet Crow) A gentle soundAnd a blinding lightAnd hiding within the depths of my heartA loved one is smiling in front of...
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The Mourning Locomotive
"My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.""Murder on the Orient Express" A lot of the media we consume nowadays is an adaptation of some other work. I myself...
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Bitter End
「事件の謎は、この舌が味わった！」『神の舌を持つ男』 "I got a taste of this case's mystery!""The Man With the Tongue of God"The best detective series about food that I know is still Kuitan. The comic, mind you, not the TV...
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A Little Man With Enormous Moustaches
“There’s no doubt at all about what the man’s profession has been. He’s a retired hairdresser. Look at that moustache of his.” "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"The transformation from an image conjured up...
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