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The Castle Conundrum
「男にとって体の傷は勇気の証しいわば男の勲章だ」『聖闘士星矢』"Scars are proof of courage! Medals of manhood!""Saint Seiya"Added my thoughts on the Tatarigoroshi chapter of Higurashi: When They Cry, as well as for the first of the...
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Terror at High Tide
"And then I threw a rock at him!""Almost Got 'Im" ("Batman the Animated Series")Finished the Higurashi: When They Cry console-exclusive arcs Someutsushi and Tsukiotoshi and added my thoughts/inferences...
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The Emerald-Eyed Cat Mystery
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go,” said the Cat""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"Finished the Himatsubushi arc from Higurashi: When They Cry and added my thoughts/inferences about that episode...
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Secret Seven Mystery
Seven little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six"And Then There Were None"A series about a number of buildings built by the same architect that were...
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The Adventure of the House of Darkness
Deep into that darkness peering"The Raven"Started with the Answer chapters of Higurashi: When They Cry! First one up is Meakashi, and it appears I was on the right track! Added my thoughts/inferences...
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Cross Purposes
「本当のことを言わねぇのが人間だ」『羅生門』 "It's human to lie.""Rashomon"Finished the console original arc Kageboushi (the Answer chapter to Someutsushi) of Higurashi: When They Cry, so added my thoughts on how it...
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The Magician's Secret
“For certain, neither of them sees a happy Present, as the gate opens and closes, and one goes in, and the other goes away.”"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"Finished the answer chapter Tsumihoroboshi as...
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When the Cicada Calls
あなたは今どこで何をしていますか？この空の続く場所にいますか？「You」（雪野五月）Where are you right now? What are you doing now?Are you somewhere beneath the far-reaching sky?"You" (Itano Satsuki)About the title of this post: isn't it...
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A Very Good Year for Murder
「すいません、キムチ丼大盛り、ご飯抜きで」『クビシメロマンチスト 人間失格・零崎人識』 "One extra large kimchi rice bowl please, hold the rice.""Strangulation: Kubishime Romanticist"Two game reviews in one week!? Sometimes, it's just the...
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Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"Inferno" Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."Inferno"To be honest, I was expecting a very different kind of story based on the cover...The amusement park...
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Judge Not
子どものころに わかりかけてたことが 大人になってわからないまま「胸がドキドキ」(The High Lows) The things I started to understand as a kidI still don't understand as an adult"The Pounding of my Heart" (The High Lows)So for some reason I...
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Paint Me a Murder
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind"Colors of the Wind" (Vanessa Williams)I really shouldn't be writing reviews four months after reading the book...It is around the turn of the century, when...
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The Cyclone
" Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"Bill the Lizard has done it again! Last time we saw our not very bright lizard from Wonderland, he...
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Murder in F Sharp
"How do you go about writing a detective story?"- ""Well, you forget detection and concentrate on crime. Crime's the thing. And then you imagine you're going to steal something or murder...
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For Whom the Ball Tolls
Tempus fugitAuthors of mystery fiction often have certain tropes that are often found in their work. Many of them are about plotting techniques. John Dickson Carr is often associated with locked room...
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We're Off to Kill the Wizard
「死んだ人間はどんな事をしても元に戻らない」『鋼の錬金術師』 "People who have died will never return, no matter what you try.""Fullmetal Alchemist"I don't always read series in order. At least, not with novel series. I usually...
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Deadline for Murder
“They always gives me bath salts," complained Nobby. "And bath soap and bubble bath and herbal bath lumps and tons of bath stuff and I can't think why, 'cos it's not as if I hardly ever has a bath....
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Snow White, Blood Red
So when in tearsThe love of years Is wasted like the snow,"The Forest Reverie" (Edgar Allan Poe) I did read this book in the winter, fitting the theme, but by the time this review is posted here, it's...
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Locked in Time
“Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating...
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It Runs in the Family
「論理の路はつながりました」『春ゆきてレトロチカ』 "The path of logic is connected" "The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story"Is there like a rule that when Square-Enix makes a mystery game, it needs to take place across time and...
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