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芳雄の住む神降市で、猫の殺害事件が連続して発生!芳雄は同級生と探偵団を結成し犯人捜しを始めることに。そんなとき、転校したばかりのクラスメイト鈴木君に「ぼくは神様なんだ。猫殺しの犯人も知っているよ」と告げられる。嘘つき? それとも何かのゲーム? 数日後、探偵団は、本部と称して使っていた古い屋敷で死体を発見する!猫殺し犯がついに殺人を!?芳雄は「神様」に真実を教えてほしい、と頼むのだが、その答えは!?―。
- GenresJapanese Literature
296 pages, Hardcover
First published July 7, 2005
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July 6, 2018
Title: Kami-sama's Game (first book of The Youth Detectives & Kami-sama series)
PS: Kami-sama is 'god' in Japanese.
(Link: https://giphy.com/gifs/jesus-h3jhFVd2...)
You think the gif above shows you God? Oh you are so wrong, in this book, God appear to be a primary school boy named 'Suzuki', and He had decided to attempt school just in order to take a break from the eternal boredom of being an all-knowing, all-powerful divine being.
What is what in the story: in a suburban small town, there is a serial cat killer on the loose and the children are anxious to catch the offender before their own cats or their classmates' cats fall victim to the murder spree. Our protagonist is a primary school student who goes along with his classmates' self proclaimed 'investigation', but at the same time, the protagonist also encounters a fellow classmate, who claims himself as no other than.........the Almighty God Himself? Plus, after a mysterious killer claims his/her first human victim, God promises the protagonist He will rain down Divine Punishment on the deviant(s)?
Oh yeah, this God isn't going to shy away from rain down His Divine Punishment at mortals (although He claim He usually rarely do that...)
(Link: https://giphy.com/gifs/weird-gun-jesu...)
In the Japanese crime and mystery genre, there is nothing new about teenagers or school kids starring as Youth Detectives (Thinks: Edogawa Conan from the Case Closed series), but once the concept of God is added into the equation, Yutaka Maya delivered quite beautifully!
I also like how the school boy protagonist interacts with the God/Kami-sama (who also appears to be a school boy), the scenes between these two look strangely...innocent but insightful as well!
Some reviewers claimed they had had the shock of their lives when they turned the last page of this book, but I honestly wasn't as surprised as they were when I finished this book. This book can only earn a Level 60 to Level 70 on the Mind Fuck Scale, and I had seen what Mr. Maya is capable of when mind-fucking is concerned.
Though when I was just one page away from the final explanation of the murder mystery, I paused and thought to myself: "Wait, can THAT PERSON () have a part in the death of this certain child?" yet surprisingly I was wrong , though I don't really think the explanation makes so much sense ().
PS: Kami-sama is 'god' in Japanese.
(Link: https://giphy.com/gifs/jesus-h3jhFVd2...)
You think the gif above shows you God? Oh you are so wrong, in this book, God appear to be a primary school boy named 'Suzuki', and He had decided to attempt school just in order to take a break from the eternal boredom of being an all-knowing, all-powerful divine being.
What is what in the story: in a suburban small town, there is a serial cat killer on the loose and the children are anxious to catch the offender before their own cats or their classmates' cats fall victim to the murder spree. Our protagonist is a primary school student who goes along with his classmates' self proclaimed 'investigation', but at the same time, the protagonist also encounters a fellow classmate, who claims himself as no other than.........the Almighty God Himself? Plus, after a mysterious killer claims his/her first human victim, God promises the protagonist He will rain down Divine Punishment on the deviant(s)?
Oh yeah, this God isn't going to shy away from rain down His Divine Punishment at mortals (although He claim He usually rarely do that...)
(Link: https://giphy.com/gifs/weird-gun-jesu...)
In the Japanese crime and mystery genre, there is nothing new about teenagers or school kids starring as Youth Detectives (Thinks: Edogawa Conan from the Case Closed series), but once the concept of God is added into the equation, Yutaka Maya delivered quite beautifully!
I also like how the school boy protagonist interacts with the God/Kami-sama (who also appears to be a school boy), the scenes between these two look strangely...innocent but insightful as well!
Some reviewers claimed they had had the shock of their lives when they turned the last page of this book, but I honestly wasn't as surprised as they were when I finished this book. This book can only earn a Level 60 to Level 70 on the Mind Fuck Scale, and I had seen what Mr. Maya is capable of when mind-fucking is concerned.
Though when I was just one page away from the final explanation of the murder mystery, I paused and thought to myself: "Wait, can THAT PERSON () have a part in the death of this certain child?" yet surprisingly I was wrong , though I don't really think the explanation makes so much sense ().
October 28, 2019
他の方も仰っていた通り、「後味が悪すぎる」の感想に尽きます。推理小説らしからぬどう捉えていいのかわからない結末。好きだったとはとても言い難い作品です、、。
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June 25, 2017
This novel is one of the series called "Kodansya Mystery Land". A concept of this series - For you who were a child once, and boys and girls - Therefore, all novels of this series are written to a primary schoolchild is readable by Japanese famous authors.
But, those most are not suitable contents for them. Especially, this novel has such an opinion "If a child reads this, the child may suffer from a trauma..."
Shocking development, badness of the aftertaste, weirdness of the illustration (But, Masumi Hara, the illustrator does best work for the story.)
Still, this gets a high evaluation to the readers of adult. Actually, by the vote of a certain guide book of the mystery novels, it was ranked the fifth in 2006.
Seemingly, this story is whodunit of the looking for murder. But, Got appears in here; he knows all...
I cannot forget when I had read it. I was shocked so as to be at a loss for words...
But, those most are not suitable contents for them. Especially, this novel has such an opinion "If a child reads this, the child may suffer from a trauma..."
Shocking development, badness of the aftertaste, weirdness of the illustration (But, Masumi Hara, the illustrator does best work for the story.)
Still, this gets a high evaluation to the readers of adult. Actually, by the vote of a certain guide book of the mystery novels, it was ranked the fifth in 2006.
Seemingly, this story is whodunit of the looking for murder. But, Got appears in here; he knows all...
I cannot forget when I had read it. I was shocked so as to be at a loss for words...
August 15, 2019
後味が悪い...
初めは名探偵コナン感があるが、すぐに不気味な雰囲気が行間から湧いてくる。
台風が近づいてる夜に読むんじゃなかった。
これが、「このミステリーがすごい」「本格ミステリ・ベスト10」で年間ランキング5位の作品か....続編『さよなら神様』は本格ミステリ大賞受賞...
この作家が私には合わないのかも。
この作者は「貴族探偵」シリーズ(正直私好みではない)しか読んだ事ないので、他にどのような本書いてるのか知りたくて読んでみたが...微妙だ。
貴族探偵よりはマシだったけど。
この作品は、2003年創設の講談社の「ミステリーランド」シリーズの一作として出版された。
このシリーズは、大人の読者が童心にかえって満足できる、子供読者も満足できる、そういう感じを目指すレーベルらしい。
2003年に受験勉強の合間に図書館で気分転換にこのシリーズ内の小野不由美の作品も読んだが、あれもゾワゾワする不気味な話、という印象が強い。
初めは名探偵コナン感があるが、すぐに不気味な雰囲気が行間から湧いてくる。
台風が近づいてる夜に読むんじゃなかった。
これが、「このミステリーがすごい」「本格ミステリ・ベスト10」で年間ランキング5位の作品か....続編『さよなら神様』は本格ミステリ大賞受賞...
この作家が私には合わないのかも。
この作者は「貴族探偵」シリーズ(正直私好みではない)しか読んだ事ないので、他にどのような本書いてるのか知りたくて読んでみたが...微妙だ。
貴族探偵よりはマシだったけど。
この作品は、2003年創設の講談社の「ミステリーランド」シリーズの一作として出版された。
このシリーズは、大人の読者が童心にかえって満足できる、子供読者も満足できる、そういう感じを目指すレーベルらしい。
2003年に受験勉強の合間に図書館で気分転換にこのシリーズ内の小野不由美の作品も読んだが、あれもゾワゾワする不気味な話、という印象が強い。
June 2, 2024
えー、最後どういうこと？！
June 1, 2025
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