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Classic Creep Capers
"Can't sleep! Clown will eat me!""The Simpsons"In Japan, there's a very lively market for self-published works, commonly referred to as doujin works. You can find doujin material in any form, from...
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That's Snow Ghost
"It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast.""His Last Bow"I suddenly remembered I have ridden on an elephant once, at some children's festival. Weird how you...
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The Melody of Death
「悪魔ここに誕生す 」『悪魔が来りて笛を吹く』"Here the devil was born.""The Devil Comes Playing The Flute"It's really weird to see actors you only know from one, specific role playing someone completely different. The only...
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Sea Breeze
We are all rowing the boat of fateThe waves keep on comin' and we can't escape"Life Is Like A Boat" (Rie Fu)I haven't seen much of Nara, now I think about it. Only spent half a day there in total. I...
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The Stolen Relic
"You have then a private 'Black Museum.'" "Bah!" Mr. Shaitana snapped disdainful fingers. "The cup used by the Brighton murderer, the jemmy of a celebrated burglar absurd childishness! I should never...
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Crime in the Queen's Court
"Not quite. Actually, it's from Carroll's other book, Through the Looking-Glass. And to complete the title?""Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.""The Mad Tea Party"Two reviews with...
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A Secret in Time
"You would have made a good archaeologist, M. Poirot. You have the gift of recreating the past." "Murder in Mesopotamia"A few months ago, I reviewed Honkaku Mystery Comics Seminar, which provided an...
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Search of Truth
The days and the months are drifting byAs though they didn't notice seasons changing in the breeze They all look the same but I sense something's there Waiting around the pathRevealing a truth that I...
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Monochrome Motion
たった一度だけでも抱いてしまった希望君の手の中に踊るのは未完成な音色「未完成な音色」（Garnet Crow）It was a hope I held on for only one single timeBut what is dancing within your hands isAn imperfect sound"An Imperfect Sound" (Garnet Crow)Don't...
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The House of Wax
"Wax on, wax off""The Karate Kid"Never been to Madame Tussauds, now I think about it, even though there's a pretty prominent one close by I often pass by...A few months ago, I learned of the existence...
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Ladies and Gentlemen
「いや、海外の推理小説のみならず、わたしじしんがそういう事件を扱ったことがありますよ。そのときはその地方に昔からつたわってる、手マリ唄のとおりに殺人が起こったんですがね」「わっ、スゲエ！そいじゃ、先生、日本の殺人事件もオレが考えてるより案外進歩してんですね」 『白と黒』"Oh, that doesn't only happen in foreign mystery novels you know....
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Turnabout from Heaven
"Heaven or Hell!""Guilty Gear"Back in April, I reviewed two multi-part episodes from the Detective Conan animated series, which were not based on the original comics by Aoyama Goushou, but written...
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The Temple of Lost Souls
nobody knows, only I know it (you're already know, already over) everybody loves despair さあ Recall from THE END「Recall THE END」（TRUSTRICK）nobody knows, only I know it (you're already know, already...
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Murder Is My Business
「兄は兄。僕は僕ですから」 『浅見光彦～最終章～』 "My brother is my brother. And I am myself." "Asami Mitsuhiko ~ The Final Chapter~"Yes, it's time for my annual review of a mystery novel set in Fukuoka.Uchida Yasuo...
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The Mistletoe Mystery
「世界は一つ 東京オリンピック」東京オリンピックのスローガン"One world - The Tokyo Olympics"Slogan of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics Came across a lot of familiar sights in this novel! Not only the main setting (more details below), but a...
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Borrowed Place
“I will now lecture on the general mechanics and development of the situation which is known in detective fiction as the ‘hermetically sealed chamber.’ Harrumph. All those opposing can skip this...
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The Stolen Turnabout
「いや、奴はとんでもないものを盗んでいきました。あなたの心です」『ルパン三世 カリオストロの城』"No, he did manage to steal something very precious. Your heart.""Lupin III - The Castle of Cagliostro"It's been a while since I did a review of a short...
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The Burglar in the Library
"Everything in red. I keep thinking of that darned scarlet letter.""The Scarlet Letters"I think I'm in the minority here, but I really can't study in libraries. I always found it amazing how fellow...
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The E-mail Mystery
「一週間後、お前は死ぬ。メーラーデーモン」『メーラーデーモンの戦慄』"You will die after one week. Mailer Daemon""The Terror of the Mailer Daemon" Design-wise, I still like those old clamshell flip-phones, and I'd actually prefer them...
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This Love is Thrill, Shock, Suspense
"They were good days. Yes, they have been good days.""Curtain"Hmm, I thought I was doing far too few mystery videogame reviews this year, but I'm actually not doing bad, even better than last...
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