春期限定いちごタルト事件 [Shunki Gentei Ichigo Taruto Jiken]

Shōshimin #1

by Honobu Yonezawa

そしていつか摑むんだ、あの小市民の星を。

小市民を目指す小鳩君と小山内さんのコミカル探偵物語

小鳩くんと小佐内さんは、恋愛関係にも依存関係にもないが互恵関係にある高校１年生。きょうも２人は手に手を取って清く慎ましい小市民を目指す。それなのに２人の前には頻繁に奇妙な謎が現れる。消えたポシェット、意図不明の２枚の絵、おいしいココアの謎、テスト中に割れたガラス瓶。名探偵面をして目立ちたくないというのに、気がつけば謎を解く必要に迫られてしまう小鳩くんは果たして小市民の星を掴み取ることができるのか？ 新鋭が放つライトな探偵物語。

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Slice Of Life, Light Novel

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 18, 2004

About the author

Honobu Yonezawa (米澤穂信), Yonezawa Honobu, born 1978) loved making up stories even as a child and began writing fiction at the age of 14. By the time he got to university he was posting stories on his own website. After graduation he continued writing while working in a bookstore, and first got into print in 2001 when Hyoka (Ice Cream), a YA mystery novel he submitted for the Kadokawa School Novel Prize competition, earned an honorable mention. Sayonara yosei (Farewell, Sprite), a critically acclaimed story of the relationship between Japanese high-school boys and a girl from war-torn Yugoslavia, helped cement his reputation when it was published in 2004. Since then he has been a regular presence on lists of the year's best mysteries. Oreta ryukotsu (Broken Keel) won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Novels in 2011. Though known especially for his distinctive and fresh blending of the tale of youth with the whodunit, Yonezawa has also made forays into science fiction, as with 2006’s Botorunekku (Bottleneck) and 2007’s Inshitemiru (Try Indulging), a sinister "murder game" story. In 2013 he published the novel Rikashiburu (Recursible). He is a leading figure among Japan's younger generation of mystery writers.

source：http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/...

Reviews

[Genma496 · Rating 4 out of 5]

After loving the anime I immediately wanted to jump into the novels. This first one does a great job of introducing the characters and main theme of the series, although it doesn't have as punchy an overarching mystery and climax as Hyouka (Kotenbu)'s first volume did. However, it makes up for that by having some really mechanically fun short mysteries. The stand-out one is definitely the uber-small scale impossible crime story "How To Make Delicious Hot Cocoa", though the final deduction of the novel also showed some impressive chains of reasoning which would make Ellery Queen nod in appreciation (and which I could never write, because my brain just doesn't work that way).
However, I am definitely looking forward to the second installment, since that was my favorite arc in the anime, and might even give Hyouka a run for its money, so I can't wait to read it in novel form.

[Jean · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cozy mystery book. Main characters are Japanese high schoolers. I got tired so quickly of the way these kids talk. Hot cocoa drink mystery made me angry. Is this a joke? I can only blame myself because I cannot resist dessert mysteries. The cover was so cute. There are other books in this series. Their cover was even cuter with such interesting title of the books! No thanks.

[RoninLim_13 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

读完这本书的第一感觉就是，仿佛回到第一次阅读冰菓的那一刻！这两本小说的基本设定有点雷同，像是角色们都是高中生，而且都是在解日常之谜。只不过，小市民系列好像偏黑暗一些，可以感受得到小鸠和小佐内有种同谋或狼狈为奸的感觉。如果论推理方面的话，我觉得谜底都很普通，冰菓和其他的古典部系列似乎更胜一筹。不过还是很享受阅读的过程。我也是很好奇两位主角是因什么事件而许下做小市民的约定，只有继续往下看才能有眉目了。

[Hsien Tsui · Rating 3 out of 5]

兩位主角的設定，說實在一點高中生感都沒有，很難想像，很難想像就很難投入，尤其也沒提到他們在短短的國中生活中到底遇到什麼困難，一味的神秘感造成閱讀阻礙，雖然日常推理沒問題，作者甚至還出了小小謎題給讀者，但整體來說還是無法說這本很有趣。

[Mitha Septiandari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book by Yonezawa sensei and I really enjoyed reading it!
Shoushimin might has similar plotline with Hyouka, but I found this series darker than the infamous one. Shoushimin had its mysterious vibe in it and I couldn't help but feeling eager to finish this novel sooner.
At first, I was so curious of the relationship between our two leads and how it formed, and then I dove into the daily misteries which developed to the climax of the story, and I liked how this first novel ended. Still, I still had the thirst to know the detail story of the incident that happened to Kobato and Osanai in their middle school year which made them striving to become petite bourgeoisie now in high school. Hopefully, I could get a glimpse of it in the next novel. Hahaha..

[CJ Tillman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yonezawa is definitely a one of a kind voice in the mystery genre and this is no exception. The small scale mysteries are all done so well (I especially like “for your eyes only” and the last one) but the best part is the overarching development of the characters backsliding into their old habits (which as a reader is not necessarily a bad thing). I think the idea of striving to be a “小市民” (understood by the MCs to be living a basic/unassuming life) is both unique and interesting, and while it is very frustrating for the reader I actually think that’s the point. Some of the stories have such unsatisfying conclusions that leave the reader feeling frustrated, but I think this is for sure one of Yonezawa’s biggest strengths and it works really well in this novel as well.

[Alessa Lee Ébon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I decided to try the light novel, after being obsessed with the anime's first season. I get some viewers when they said it's boring HAHA.
The book though is focused on the mystery (ofc). Since I started with the anime, the book gave me more details in terms of the 'evidence' and how Kobato-kun processes information. The story in the anime further added a slice-of-life feel with portrayals of highschool life of our MCs. i love it
There must have been 1 or 2 chapters that were not in the anime. I've also enjoyed the 2nd season, so I'll be reading the following volumes too

[Antony Pan · Rating 3 out of 5]

和冰菓比起来，小市民的男女主性格都有点别扭，不是很讨喜。两个人在学校经常待在一起，放学之后还经常一起去图书馆，蛋糕店，甚至连女方家里都去过，这放在其他恋爱小说，已经是妥妥的约会关系，但是就是不承认两人是在谈恋爱。

其次，所谓的日常推理，解决案情也的确有够无聊的。比如中间有一个剧情是美术社的学姐想要知道学长画的很奇怪的两幅画到底是什么，结果就是他是给大侄子画的，猜两幅画哪里不一样，气的学姐当场把画给撕了。我看完之后也是一脸懵逼。

[Mylove4book · Rating 4 out of 5]

男女主角有夠彆扭的. 這種煩惱該說是青春還是中二...

[ツバキ · Rating 3 out of 5]

因為我想看日常推理＋新封面太可愛，就重看。
我應該有讀過，但完全不記得內容。不過整體來說第一集有點微妙，雖然日常推理就是不會有屍體，也沒什麼事件性（？），但是這集的謎的規模也太太太太小了吧。還有男主角廢話有點多（含OS），感覺刪掉一半都不會對故事產生影響。總之就是一本讓我久違想起我跟米澤電波不合的書(。

但因為真的封面太可愛了，我應該會繼續讀下去。我就是封面的俘虜。

[Jenni]

DNF 42%

[Indy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light and entertaining Japanese style mystery solving stories related to 3 high school students.