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少年探偵 #5
青銅の魔人: 少年探偵シリーズ
「少年探偵団」シリーズ第5弾！ 昌一君がしびれたように身動きできないでいるなかで、全身金属の怪物はことばのような音をたてました。「アシタノ、バン、ダヨ」そして「ヤコウ、ノ、トケイ」・・なんども、なんどもくりかえし、そう言っているように聞こえます。——しばらくして、怪物はゆっくり闇の中へ消えて行きました。夢ではない証拠にあとには1枚の白い紙きれが残されておりました。 監督/吉田純子・編集/林岳史
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First published July 1, 1964
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September 16, 2021
人与人的生命是有区别的……不同时代的价值观简直是太可怕了😱
November 4, 2018
Just a couple of books ago, I was complaining about Edogawa's flaws in his literature for younger readers. Well, "青銅の魔人" is here to prove me wrong. By keeping things simple and making for a in-your-face story-line, the Young Detectives Club's novels are in for a very needed breeze of fresh air.
Here we have a bronze 'monster' that goes around stealing clocks (interesting fascination of Edogawa with clock's thieves). But instead of going for big shops and lots of big hits, the books centers on its attempts to steal a particular watch in a house where a young kid and his little sister live. Enter red-cheeks Kobayashi and Akegi Sensei in their fight to stop the thief from getting its objective.
As I said, this one was a surprise. Even if it is the same novel as ever, it is not. It keeps things small, simple, in a small setting (the kids' house) and plays it very tongue-in-cheek (more than ever). The plot, of course, stretches reality, but there are some neat surprises and an amazing and dark atmosphere, Edogawa creating a world in very few pages that will stay with the reader way after they have finished reading the novel.
Really entertaining, and with a small and interesting mystery.
The best: it keeps all simple: simple setting, few characters, not big balloons and things like that...
The worst: deep down, is more of the same
Other options: the first in the series, even if I think I gave it a lower score, is probably the other one that is as good as this one; all the others are quite similar; as with other cases, his books for older readers are more interesting.
7.5/10
(Original Japanese version)
Here we have a bronze 'monster' that goes around stealing clocks (interesting fascination of Edogawa with clock's thieves). But instead of going for big shops and lots of big hits, the books centers on its attempts to steal a particular watch in a house where a young kid and his little sister live. Enter red-cheeks Kobayashi and Akegi Sensei in their fight to stop the thief from getting its objective.
As I said, this one was a surprise. Even if it is the same novel as ever, it is not. It keeps things small, simple, in a small setting (the kids' house) and plays it very tongue-in-cheek (more than ever). The plot, of course, stretches reality, but there are some neat surprises and an amazing and dark atmosphere, Edogawa creating a world in very few pages that will stay with the reader way after they have finished reading the novel.
Really entertaining, and with a small and interesting mystery.
The best: it keeps all simple: simple setting, few characters, not big balloons and things like that...
The worst: deep down, is more of the same
Other options: the first in the series, even if I think I gave it a lower score, is probably the other one that is as good as this one; all the others are quite similar; as with other cases, his books for older readers are more interesting.
7.5/10
(Original Japanese version)
February 12, 2022
4,5/5⭐️
Took too long to finish this😭
Bagus sih. Awal2 ngira bakalan fantasy mystery, but turns out agak2 sci-fi gitu. Menurutku motif pelakunya kurang kuat sih, lebih ke penjelasan how done it. But pengemasan ceritanya menarik
Took too long to finish this😭
Bagus sih. Awal2 ngira bakalan fantasy mystery, but turns out agak2 sci-fi gitu. Menurutku motif pelakunya kurang kuat sih, lebih ke penjelasan how done it. But pengemasan ceritanya menarik
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