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Goodbye So Soon
To say goodbye is to die a little Just like a beginning of dying for a moment So long amigoI won’t say goodbye 「さよならを言うことは」 ("To Say Goodbye"), Fukushima RilaThis is one of those rare times where I use...
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ReturN: File 6
「あなた達は一体何なんですか」「平行線・・・ですよ。決して交わる事の平行線。それが私と金田一君です」『金田一少年の事件簿： 薔薇十字館殺人事件』 "What are you two?""Parallel lines. Parallel lines that never cross. That's what Kindaichi and I are.""The Young Kindaichi Case...
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Publish or Perish
「認めたくないものだな、自分自身の若さゆえの過ちというものを・・・」『機動戦士ガンダム』"Nobody cares to acknowledge the mistakes made because of their youth""Mobile Suit Gundam"I read a lot, but my reading pace always has a slow start. I...
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A Riddle For Puppets
ほら ti ta ta taガラスの針 十二回の刻（とき）を打てば聖なるの夜 七頭の影が無力な人形 に手を伸ばす『Marionette Fantasia』 (Garnet Crow)Look ti ta ta taWhen the glass hands strike twelveOn the holy night, my shadow reaches its hand outto the...
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Double Exposure
Two's company, three's a crowdI usually keep an eye out on Japanese TV for interesting mystery shows (I want to see Maya Yutaka's live mystery show!), but I have to admit that this one caught me by...
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A Hunting We Will Go
「キャンプ キャンプ またキャンプ 今日もキャンプ あさっても」 『キャンプの歌』 (『名探偵コナン』より)"Camp! Camp! Camp Again! Today's camp and tomorrow too!""The Camp Song" (from "Detective Conan")I think I've only gone camping just once, near the...
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The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
“Come, Watson, come!" he cried. "The game is afoot.""The Adventure of the Abbey Grange"Takumi Shuu of Ace Attorney fame will give us a new take on Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson next year, but first up...
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Unknown
Don't judge a book by its cover- English idiomThose with an interest in contemporary Japanese mystery fiction have probably heard of the Mephisto Award (which derives its name from the mystery/science...
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The Triple Mystery
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoeWelcome to another Short Shorts post, where I throw a couple short reviews in a mixer and serve it in...
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A Study in Murder
「領収書をちょうだい、領収書」「四股名はどうなさいますか」「四股名はねぇよ。力士じゃねぇんだよ、俺。宛名だね、宛名。伊達で」「ではこちらでございます」「何で伊達の里に書いてあんの。四股名みてぇになっているんだ」『みどりな窓口』（サンドウィッチマン）"Give me a receipt for this""What's your wrestling stage name?""I don't have...
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Spider-Man, Spider-ManDoes whatever a spider canSpins a web, any sizeCatches thieves, just like fliesSpider-Man (theme song)A new translation appears! Kouga Saburou (1893-1945, real name Haruta...
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Amber Sunset
誰カガ罰セラレネバナラヌ『太陽黒点』Someone needs to be punished"Sunspot"Random observation: I've always the characters in the Japanese word for solar eclipse, (日蝕; nisshoku), interesting. It's literally an insect...
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The Quick One
あぁ、あぁ、ひゅるる陽は墜ちてまだ愛があるみたいじゃない 「As the Dew」 (Garnet Crow)Aa, aa, cries the wind and the sun setsBut it seems there is still some love left between us"As the Dew" (Garnet Crow)And as I read another...
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The Wrong Shape
ちりばめられた嘘 本当は見抜いていたパズルみたい もうだめ 全然ハマらない「パズル」 （倉木麻衣) The widespread lies, I had already seen through themLike a puzzle gone wrong, we don't fit together at allPuzzle (Kuraki Mai)I think I once read that...
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The Conspirators
「一つ、よろしいでしょうか？」 『相棒』"Just one more thing please""Partners"I just decided that no Aibou review will go without a mention of the awesome theme song. Sure, this time was not as awesome as last year's...
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Step by Step
無邪気に笑い 踊る君 シェリーを口にする度 妖艶 & 豹変 大人の女に変わってく 「Miss Mystery」（Breakerz）Smiling innocently and dancing, every time you put sherry to your lips,A bewitching transformation, you change into an adult...
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Comic Book Murder
Weet jij het ook?"Inspecteur Netjes"Do you know too?"Inspector Netjes" I read a fair amount of mystery manga, but this might be the first time I review a non-Japanese mystery comic here. I'll still use...
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Blue, Over The Blue
I have a blue house with a blue window.Blue is the colour of all that I wear"Blue (Da Ba De)" (Eiｆel 65)Because of a ridiculous backlog of reviews, this post won't be published until December, even...
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His Alias Is
"One shall stand, one shall fall""Transformers: The Movie"And that's another series wrapped up! I just realized that I've read very few mystery series completely, but that's also because I read many...
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Love Love Guilty
"Guilty or innocent?"- "Innocent""Feed them to the Sharkticons""Transformers: The Movie"Today, a game I wanted to play ever since I first heard about it in 2009, I bought in 2012, but only just now...
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