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Holmes of Kyoto Light Novel #14
Holmes of Kyoto: Volume 14
A few days after Kiyotaka departs for Shanghai, Aoi goes to New York City with Rikyu and Yoshie. She was invited by world-famous curator Sally Barrymore as part of a training program for up-and-coming female curators, but what awaits her is an intense test. After making the cut and becoming one of Sally’s honor students, she and two others are tasked with producing an exhibit of their own! It’s a tough road ahead, but at least Rikyu is there to help. However, Aoi gradually becomes aware of an inner conflict she has regarding Kiyotaka…
- GenresLight Novel
153 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 11, 2020
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Mai Mochizuki
88 books324 followersMai Mochizuki was born and raised in Hokkaido and now lives in Kyoto, and originally wrote Alice in Kyouraku Forest as a series of novels. She's written numerous other titles, including 4th Kyoto Book Award winner Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes which was turned into a manga and anime series.
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March 8, 2023
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Volume 14 focusses on Aoi's trip to New-York, where (after some tests) she is asked to organize a exhibition together with fellow students while exploring New-York's museums and investigating a mystery surrounding their patron's past. It is good that we get a story focussed on Aoi in which she also has a lot of agency, even if the mystery (and the overall end of the book) was a bit sappy, Still, a light-hearted entertaining story with a bit of a travel and art history mixed in that we are used to. I hope we get to see more of Aoi's independence in future parts.
Volume 14 focusses on Aoi's trip to New-York, where (after some tests) she is asked to organize a exhibition together with fellow students while exploring New-York's museums and investigating a mystery surrounding their patron's past. It is good that we get a story focussed on Aoi in which she also has a lot of agency, even if the mystery (and the overall end of the book) was a bit sappy, Still, a light-hearted entertaining story with a bit of a travel and art history mixed in that we are used to. I hope we get to see more of Aoi's independence in future parts.
October 12, 2025
The events in this book take place at the same time as the events in volume 13. Whereas volume 13 is what Holmes is doing in Shanghai, volume 14 is what Aoi is doing New York.
A stand-out feature of this book is it shows the world of curators instead of the world of appraisers that we have seen with Holmes and his family in the earlier books.
Having Aoi on her own without Holmes actually allows her to grow and face her challenges in a different way than if Holmes had been around. It helps to show how resourceful she can be in adapting to the challenges and opportunities she encounters.
Of course, like all Holmes of Kyoto books, there's a good quality mystery combined with some insightful art history and culture.
A stand-out feature of this book is it shows the world of curators instead of the world of appraisers that we have seen with Holmes and his family in the earlier books.
Having Aoi on her own without Holmes actually allows her to grow and face her challenges in a different way than if Holmes had been around. It helps to show how resourceful she can be in adapting to the challenges and opportunities she encounters.
Of course, like all Holmes of Kyoto books, there's a good quality mystery combined with some insightful art history and culture.
July 30, 2023
An amazing arc ending
We see a lot of growth in the Manhattan arc from our characters. In this new and vibrant setting Aoi takes huge strides forward and even grows closer to the complex rikyu, don't skip this volume whatever you do!
We see a lot of growth in the Manhattan arc from our characters. In this new and vibrant setting Aoi takes huge strides forward and even grows closer to the complex rikyu, don't skip this volume whatever you do!
July 17, 2023
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