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The Lion's Smile
For every up, there's a down. For every square- There's a round?"The Sword in the Stone"Wow, has it been three years since I last did a double Detective Conan and Kindaichi Shounen post?As basically...
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Once Upon a Thriller
"The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat.""The Masque of the...
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Uncivil War
"Avengers... assemble.""Avenger: End Game"So I will never forget that when I watched Avengers: End Game in theaters, just before Captain America said the line, a kid in the audience cried "Assemble!"...
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Radio Suspect
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?"Colors of the Wind" (Judy Kuhn) One of the...
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The Creeping Creatures
月光も 凍てつく森で 樹液すする 私は虫の女「蛹化(むし)の女」（戸川純） In a forest where even moonlight freezesI drink sap from the trees / I am an insect womanThe Insect Woman (Togawa Jun)Before I forget it again: here's the...
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The Moonstone Castle Mystery
誰だ？とびっきりのrivalはどこだ？まじりっけなしの勇者たち正々堂々 Say say do 「くすぶるheartに火をつけろ!!」（影山ヒロノブ） Who? My greatest rivals are Where? Heroes who aren’t impure Fair and square, Say say do"Light the Fire in Your Smouldering...
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The Door-to-Door Deception
Gave it all that I gotAnd started to knockShouted for someone to open the lockI just gotta get through the door"Gotta Knock a Little Harder" (The Seatbelts)It's not as bad as how it went with...
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Ever After
Made from a tree, But he's like you and me!"Pinocchio: The Series"Now I think about it, I have probably seen much more of Pinocchio: The Series (the Tatsunoko anime) than the Disney adaptation...Don't...
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The Bloodstained Book
'I will now lecture,’ said Dr Fell, inexorably, ‘on the general mechanics and development of the situation which is known in detective fiction as the “hermetically sealed chamber.” "The Hollow Man"I...
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The Dark Side of the Door
And the more that I knocked The hotter I got The hotter I got The harder I'd knock I just gotta break through the door"Gotta Knock a Little Harder" (The Seatbelts)I got the e-book of this book for free...
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Taken at the Flood
“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.""Genesis" (KJV) Finally moving away from short stories!Shuuichi is...
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The Secret of the Tibetan Treasure
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"Is this... the first non-Japanese...
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The Case of the Creative Crime
「月に代わっておしおきよ」『美少女戦士セーラームーン」 "In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!""Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon"I have only been to an anime/manga fan convention once in my life actually, and that was mostly as a...
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At Bertram's Hotel
"There's no place like home""The Wizard of Oz"Semi-regular "Hey, there's a Honkaku Discord server so join it!" message! Ishinomori Shoutarou's HOTEL manga is pretty fun too by the way, if you're...
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He Came With the Rain
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die""Blade Runner"It's been a while since my last game review! Especially of a recent game...A young man awakens in a room, having...
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Badge of Honor
「祟りじゃ〜っ！ 八つ墓の祟りじゃ〜っ！」映画『八つ墓村』(1977年）キャッチコピー "It's the curse! It's the curse of the eight graves!"Tagline for the 1977 Yatsu Haka Mura film Not a really in-depth post this time, but something I did want...
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The Clues Challenge
1 Hey, you can hear me, right? Yeah, I know, it's weird, me calling out to you even though we can't see each other. But I know you're there, so listen to me. I need your help. I am supposed to...
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The Case of the Photo Finish
Where do I Fit in the picture of your world"Impossible" (Nadia Gifford) Most of the books I discuss on the blog are part of a series, and I have mentioned before that's because I generally do like...
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Telltale Weapon
"Up, up, and away!""The Adventures of Superman"Today's book: one I didn't plan to buy so soon after release originally, but it ended up as the 10th title on the 2023 Honkaku Mystery Best 10 ranking...
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The Sea Mystery
No swellings tell that winds may be Upon some far-off happier sea— No heavings hint that winds have been On seas less hideously serene."The City in the Sea"Huh, that's funny, this is a detective game...
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