キドナプキディング 青色サヴァンと戯言遣いの娘

by NisiOisiN, 西尾 維新

首を洗って待ってたかい? <戯言シリーズ>最新作
玖渚盾が挑むのは、古城×双子×首なし死体

私立澄百合学園に通う玖渚盾(くなぎさじゅん)、十五歳。
“パパの戯言”と“ママの法則”を携えた「平凡な女子高生」が、
人類最強の請負人・哀川潤に誘拐されて、
玖渚機関の牙城“玖渚城”に送り届けられてしまう!
彼女を待ち受けていたのは、青髪青眼の少女たちとの邂逅と悲惨な殺人事件。
はたして盾は謎を解き、無事に帰還することができるのか?
新青春エンタの傑作<戯言シリーズ>、大団円の先の最新作、ここに結実!!

272 pages, Paperback

Published February 8, 2023

About the author

Nisio Isin (西尾維新 Nishio Ishin), frequently written as NisiOisiN to emphasize that his pen name is a palindrome, is a Japanese novelist and manga writer. He attended and left Ritsumeikan University without graduating. In 2002, he debuted with the novel Kubikiri Cycle, which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Award at twenty years of age.

He currently works with Kodansha on Pandora, the Kodansha Box magazine, and Faust, a literary magazine containing the works of other young authors who similarly take influence from light novels and otaku culture. He was also publishing a twelve volume series over twelve months for the Kodansha Box line; Ryusui Seiryoin was matching this output, and the Kodansha Box website stated that this is the first time in the world two authors have done twelve volume monthly novel series simultaneously from the same publisher.

In February, 2008, his novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases was released in English by Viz Media. Del Rey Manga has already released the first volume in his Zaregoto series. His Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari and Katanagatari novels have been adapted into anime series. Nekomonogatari (Kuro) has been adapted into an anime TV movie, and Kizumonogatari will be release in theaters this year. Monogatari Series: Second Season, adapted from 6 books in Monogatari Series will air in July 2013. Another of his works, Medaka Box (manga), has been adapted into a two-season anime series.

Reviews

[Life · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just an absolute nothingburger of a book.

[Swyfer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've heard a lot of different things about this book, but c'mon, it was a good book after all, pretty fun reading.
これ、マジで言ってんだけど。

Update 2025/10
I've read it again, and I have some different observations I would like to point out (light spoilers):

Pros:
I didn't understand 100% the "motive" described at the end when I read it the first time, but now that I got to think about it better, it makes more sense, a bit extreme, but still.
(Kunagisa) Jun's character is pretty fun — although not quirky like her parents — she was still a good narrator for this book.
Now that I took the time to read all 100 Nonsenses from Ii, I must say the "Dad's Nonsense Series" really has some nice ideas in it.
Something that I was really glad about, even when I read it the first time, was some things that were made clearer. I won't go into details about it, but I felt like the Zaregoto Series had many unresolved foreshadowings, and at least one of them got to be explained this time.

Cons:
Although Jun-chan said herself that this wouldn't be a book about her parents, they were still mentioned many, many times; it was a bit repetitive.
Talking about repetition, the book had some ideas explained over and over; maybe it could have been more on point, or at least explored different ideas.
Jun-chan's "skill" in the last chapter felt somewhat exaggerated, even for the Zaregoto series. It felt more like something from the Saikyou series, which I don't really like that much.
I mentioned the "motive" at the book's end, but although I actually got a better idea now for what it meant, I still feel like it could have been detailed further.
And a weak point that didn't change for me this second time was that the culprit was kinda predictable.