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外場全村墜入恐怖的深淵，神祕的黑影乘著夜色四處蠢動。
每晚站在窗外的人影、人跡罕至的村道上新開張的葬儀社、以及廢棄小屋洩出的昏黃燈光......。
察覺異樣的村民一一受到襲擊，自古流傳的「屍鬼」終於真相大白。籠罩全村的陰影到底是未知的傳染病，抑或是古老的詛咒？
恐怖驚聳世紀鉅作，第三部隆重登場。
每晚站在窗外的人影、人跡罕至的村道上新開張的葬儀社、以及廢棄小屋洩出的昏黃燈光......。
察覺異樣的村民一一受到襲擊，自古流傳的「屍鬼」終於真相大白。籠罩全村的陰影到底是未知的傳染病，抑或是古老的詛咒？
恐怖驚聳世紀鉅作，第三部隆重登場。
- GenresFantasy
320 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2002
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Fuyumi Ono
170 books333 followersKanji Name: 小野 不由美.
Fuyumi Ono (小野 不由美, Ono Fuyumi) is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing the Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記, Juuni Kokuki) series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is Fuyumi Uchida (内田不由美, Uchida Fuyumi), but she writes under her maiden name.
Ono was born in Nakatsu, Ōita, Kyūshū in 1960. She graduated from Ōtani University in Kyōto with a degree in Buddhist Studies, and in 1988 was employed by the publisher Kōdansha. Her debut story is titled Sleepless on Birthday Eve.
Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida (内田直行, Uchida Naoyuki), a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻行人 , Ayatsuji Yukito).
Before she started work on Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔性の子), a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: Kasho, Toei, Shokan, Kizan and Jogetsu. In February, 2008, the first new Twelve Kingdoms short story, Hisho no Tori (丕緒の鳥) was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.
According to an interview at the Anime News Network, she is "currently rewriting a girls' horror series (she) wrote long ago."
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Fuyumi Ono (小野 不由美, Ono Fuyumi) is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing the Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記, Juuni Kokuki) series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is Fuyumi Uchida (内田不由美, Uchida Fuyumi), but she writes under her maiden name.
Ono was born in Nakatsu, Ōita, Kyūshū in 1960. She graduated from Ōtani University in Kyōto with a degree in Buddhist Studies, and in 1988 was employed by the publisher Kōdansha. Her debut story is titled Sleepless on Birthday Eve.
Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida (内田直行, Uchida Naoyuki), a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻行人 , Ayatsuji Yukito).
Before she started work on Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔性の子), a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: Kasho, Toei, Shokan, Kizan and Jogetsu. In February, 2008, the first new Twelve Kingdoms short story, Hisho no Tori (丕緒の鳥) was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.
According to an interview at the Anime News Network, she is "currently rewriting a girls' horror series (she) wrote long ago."
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September 28, 2021
Best Shiki novel yet.
My complained about the earlier two books was that they were too slow. Way too slow. Thankfully this wasn't true for this one. In fact, I found it perfectly paced. The shift in points of view came at perfect timings (Or at the worst, resulting in cliffhangers within the book itself). I was never quite done with a pov when it switched, which kept me very engaged. It was an "Oh no, I wanted to read more about these characters. But I was also curious about what happened with these new characters so I guess it's fine." The pov shifts were also crafted in such a way that subtle hints (and some less subtle hints) made new povs extra suspenseful. I'd be a few sentences into a new pov and realize "wait, wasn't XXX mentioned 50/100 pages back? Is this were it happens??"
Toshio, the doctor's POV (and I use that loosely, because it's more him being the main character rather than looking at events through his eyes) were dense with medical jargon, but it was very interesting to read about the medical symptoms of the victims of the shiki. To read how he theorized and eventually figured out what happened. Seishin's pov, which was often Toshio's (they were often together) had less Buddism jargon this time but had a lot of interesting facts about the history of vampires aroung the world.
The other povs were more action-packed, and it was so interesting to have several different characters come to similar conclusions for very different reasons. All in all it was a very fun read, and I'm really said I don't own volume 4 yet.
My complained about the earlier two books was that they were too slow. Way too slow. Thankfully this wasn't true for this one. In fact, I found it perfectly paced. The shift in points of view came at perfect timings (Or at the worst, resulting in cliffhangers within the book itself). I was never quite done with a pov when it switched, which kept me very engaged. It was an "Oh no, I wanted to read more about these characters. But I was also curious about what happened with these new characters so I guess it's fine." The pov shifts were also crafted in such a way that subtle hints (and some less subtle hints) made new povs extra suspenseful. I'd be a few sentences into a new pov and realize "wait, wasn't XXX mentioned 50/100 pages back? Is this were it happens??"
Toshio, the doctor's POV (and I use that loosely, because it's more him being the main character rather than looking at events through his eyes) were dense with medical jargon, but it was very interesting to read about the medical symptoms of the victims of the shiki. To read how he theorized and eventually figured out what happened. Seishin's pov, which was often Toshio's (they were often together) had less Buddism jargon this time but had a lot of interesting facts about the history of vampires aroung the world.
The other povs were more action-packed, and it was so interesting to have several different characters come to similar conclusions for very different reasons. All in all it was a very fun read, and I'm really said I don't own volume 4 yet.
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