Showing posts with label 孤島. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 孤島. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

メルカトルかく語りき

After Another and its unnecessary length deprived me of too much reading time, I felt the urge to read something I knew I'd definitely enjoy in at least some way, so I picked up this second short story collection by Maya Yutaka featuring his arrogant and always brilliant detective Mercator Ayu and his assistant and mystery writer Minagi Sanjou, which was waiting on my desk far too long.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

無貌伝 ~人形姫の産声~

"I'll show you a doll."
With this words Haruka invites Akitsu to her home. An island where strangeness gathers, which is inhabited by dolls that look like Harukas younger self and their owners. After Akitsu arrives Haruka and the memories of a whole day vanish. When one life extuingishes, one doll comes to life. The dolls' birth opens the curtain for a tragedy. Will Akitsu be able to discover the sad truth hidden on the island?

Monday, November 1, 2010

夏と冬の奏鳴曲(ソナタ)

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their idol Mamiya Kazune, a group of people in their forties gather on Kazune Island where they once spend a year together worshipping her. Looking back on their young days they are accompanied by Kisaragi Uyuu and his assistant Maina Touri, who are supposed to interview them and write an article about their reunion. Eventually a decapitated corpse turns up... on a snowy morning in August.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

孤島パズル


Invited by their club's first female member Arima Maria, Egami and Arisu go on holiday on her uncle's solitary island resort. Her grandfather, from whom her uncle inherited the island, loved puzzles and also created one before his death, which lets you find his heritage in the form of diamonds once you solve it. While the students ponder on the meaning of the numerous Moai statues scattered over the whole island, 2 guests are found murdered in a locked room and the 2-way radio, the only way to inform the mainland, has been smashed up...

Monday, June 28, 2010

『アリス・ミラー城』殺人事件

Various detectives are gathered on Erikajima to investigate Alice Mirror Castle and find the Alice Mirror. A chess board with 10 white figures makes the detectives aware of their situation being strikingly similar to a certain literary masterpiece and the further development unfortunately supports their hunches...

Friday, May 14, 2010

すべてがFになる

After being accused of murdering her parents at the age of 14 and considered as certifiably insane due to her multiple personality disorder, computer scientist and overall genius Magata Shiki retired from the world and lives in her own little locked room in the Magata research facility on an isolated island. 2 doors separate her from the rest of the facility. The inner one can only be opened with her admission while the outer door can only be opened by the other facility members and she has not left her space for 15 years. When engineering assistant professor Saikawa Souhei and his student and his former professor's daughter Nishinosono Moe request a meeting with professor Magata in this threefold locked room, a corpse wearing a wedding dress advances out of the room and what is left in there is a computer displaying the incomprehensible message 'all becomes F'...

Monday, April 12, 2010

十角館の殺人

Tsunojima, Aoyashiki's burnt down remains and a decagon-shaped guesthouse. The latter is used by seven students from a university's mystery club and as someone would naturally expect considering this setting, serial murders start happening on this otherwise uninhabited island with no one willing to confess the crimes. Two other students who did not visit the island with their fellow students receive mysterious letters from Nakamura Seji, the proprietor of former Aoyashiki and the whole island, who supposedly died in the incident in the mansion half a year ago. They find out that those letters were also sent to their meanwhile absent fellow students and they begin investigating the incident of Tsunojima's past...