僕が電話をかけていた場所

君が電話をかけていた場所 #2

by Sugaru Miaki, 三秋縋

もう一度、あの恋に賭けてみようと思った。
二ヶ月連続、上下巻構成で贈る三秋縋の完全新作。

ずっと、思っていた。この醜い痣さえなければ、初鹿野唯の心を射止めることができるかもしれないのに、と。「電話の女」の持ちかけた賭けに乗ったことで、僕の顔の痣は消えた。理想の姿を手に入れた僕は、その夜初鹿野と再会を果たす。しかし皮肉なことに、三年ぶりに再会した彼女の顔には、昨日までの僕と瓜二つの醜い痣があった。

初鹿野は痣の消えた僕を妬み、自宅に閉じこもる。途方に暮れる僕に、電話の女は言う。このまま初鹿野の心を動かせなければ賭けは僕の負けとなり、そのとき僕は『人魚姫』と同じ結末を辿ることになるのだ、と。

Genres: Light Novel, Romance, Fiction, Novels

274 pages, Paperback

First published October 29, 2015

About the author

Sugaru Miaki (三秋縋) is a Japanese writer. He was born in 1990 in Iwate Prefecture. He debuted in 2013 with Starting Over. He is also the author of Three Days of Happiness, Parasites in Love, and Your Story.

In March 2019, Your Story was nominated for the 40th Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Newcomer Award.

See 三秋縋

Reviews

[Aescwine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just when I thought that I have already read the best of Sugaru Miaki's works, I found one that surpasses all his stories - at least for me. In this story - unlike most of Miaki's novels- the two who loved each other did end up together though there was an unrequited love in the story. All in all, an amazing experience and this is a must-read for lovers of tragic romance

[Annemarie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book didn't start of all that good. I loved 君が電話をかけていた場所 a lot. (I mean, it was my second favourite book of 2021) So I was very disappointed when the start of this book felt like just a regular teenage drama, with Boy A liking Girl A, But girl A like Boy B who likes Girl B who likes Boy A.

This didn't last that long, fortunately. And I'm pretty sure this was a misdirect, like how in most books Sugaru starts with an elementary school scene, before going into the depth of his plot. (There were also several elementary school scenes in this book).

The plot is even more interesting than in the first book, and the ending is just so perfect. I loved the final chapter a lot, and the pay-off is more than worth it.

In my review for the first book I said that the main character isn't as unlikable as Sugaru's main characters usually are, but I kinda have to re-tract that, because his lie was incredibly grating and awful. And there were no actual repercussions either and everything was just fine and I did not like that. Despite that, reading his story was so much fun, so engaging and so intricately crafted that I could barely put this book down, and it's definitely worth the read.

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm still not fully sure my feelings on this story. I enjoyed it, I think it's interesting, the characters have a lot going on, but I feel like this book wants to be saying something about this story and it's themes but falls short of it.

Maybe it's unfair expectation after reading Three Days of Happiness but this comes off a little more shallow and messy. That being said nowhere near a bad book and if you enjoyed Miaki's other works there's no reason you won't still enjoy this one, just take it more at face value.

[MIL · Rating 3 out of 5]

點子不錯
但劇情太套路了...
第一集妳打來的電話從男主角的胎記讓他自卑
到美貌女同學關心他讓男主角墜入愛河
小學畢業後失聯，主軸從高中開始
雖然滿老套但是伏筆不錯
可是到了第二集我撥去的電話一一揭開伏筆之後就....
有種WTF我看了啥的感覺
套路吃太多雖然像毒藥一樣
但看到第二部我那種沉到全面啟動最深層回不來的感覺就全沒了...

最後謎底揭曉
原來主角看似受盡折磨其實一切大道都為他鋪好了
各種他需要的條件都剛剛好發生了"只是沒發現而已"
反正女主就是愛他愛到死心塌地
連胎記都不用換回來留在愛人臉上了
這樣女主角就跑不掉了呢~真棒!!
以日本社會的氛圍來說
我這樣解讀作者的暗示應該沒錯吧

這樣寫那些三角關係啊~情敵啊都變得沒啥必要了嗎
假扮成三角一端的人魚偽絕世美女千草到底出來幹麻的呢?
弄這一堆有的沒的就顯得很矯情了啊~

比起來還是最近看的漫畫
高木同學那種國中生的鬼靈精自然的多~
一樣是套路這種更毒啊

所以還是不要對"所謂"輕小說的好評相信太深= =
但吊詭的是我已經很久讀不進"深刻"的書了...
反而是這些不太需要費力的書讀很快Orz

[Tommy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Place I Called From (English) Part 2 of the other one
A very sweet romance story, although there was a plot point that became anticlimactic towards the end.

Another banger romance by the goat that shows you should be confident in yourself and who you are as a person, since the people the truly love with will not concern themselves with any flaws you believe yourself to have.

[Pan Fong Cindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

#校园 #胎记 #纯爱 #友情

故事的铺陈非常长，到了揭晓真相时少了一种震撼。

[Aprianto Nugraha · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a happy ending story. Unlike three days of happiness. It's a good story though.

[Zubayer Yeaser · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good ending. And with this book comes the conclusion of the reading list that was once given to me a long time ago. Glad I didn't ignore it.

[CH3OH · Rating 2 out of 5]

I despise people in love. They tend to chase someone and that "someone" refrains people in her life, the lack of boundaries lies in this book.

[Quang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book with a good ending, really love it!

[Lycoriz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I intend to write a good detailed review if I end up rereading it but all I can say now is that the way it ended wasn't good enough as it started so nicely I had high hopes for it