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金田一少年の事件簿File [Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo File] (1 case file 1 book) #7
The Kindaichi Case Files, Vol. 7: The Santa Slayings
Hajime Kindaichi and his girlfriend, Miyuki, must uncover who is murdering the cast members of a play, and all signs point to the actor playing Santa Claus.
280 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2004
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December 28, 2018
Di satu sisi ceritanya (kasus dan pemecahannya) oke, tapi di sisi lain dulu aku benci banget kasus ini ^^;;; karena
Sangat seru~
Sangat seru~
August 20, 2016
It is still one of the best Youth Kindaichi murder mysteries. I highly recommend people to try this out.
June 9, 2018
aaaaku suka yg ini!
kasusnya banyak, ga cuma pembunuhan aja. ada kisah dibaliknya, dan ada juga konflik antar tersangka.
sedihnya kenapa salah satu korban pembunuhannya adalah teman Kindaichi :'(
kasusnya banyak, ga cuma pembunuhan aja. ada kisah dibaliknya, dan ada juga konflik antar tersangka.
sedihnya kenapa salah satu korban pembunuhannya adalah teman Kindaichi :'(
December 18, 2025
Pembunuhan telah berlaku keatas salah seorang pelakon semasa pementasan teater drama penyiasatan. Sebelum tu, Hajime menerima jemputan menghadiri pementasan teater di Hotel Ijinkan oleh Detektif Tawarada sebab mereka telah menerima surat ugutan oleh individu yang menggelarkan dirinya Santa Klaus Berjanggut Merah. Beberapa orang pelakon teater yang lain juga dibunuh pada hari berikutnya.
Malang tak berbau, kawan sekolah Hajime, turut dibunuh oleh pembunuh. Pendek kata, jangan dekat sangat dengan budak Hajime ni sebab nyawa senang nak hilang. 😱
Dalam ni ada kemunculan Pegawai Akechi dan pakcik Kenmochi membantu Kindaichi.
Malang tak berbau, kawan sekolah Hajime, turut dibunuh oleh pembunuh. Pendek kata, jangan dekat sangat dengan budak Hajime ni sebab nyawa senang nak hilang. 😱
Dalam ni ada kemunculan Pegawai Akechi dan pakcik Kenmochi membantu Kindaichi.
November 16, 2022
santa’s been a very naughty boy
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although the author departed from the pattern i discovered of who the killer normally is, the identity of the killer in this volume was still predictable. there were still some unpredictable twists, some ott twists, and some just plain eye-roll inducing. all in all, this volume could and should have been shorter.
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although the author departed from the pattern i discovered of who the killer normally is, the identity of the killer in this volume was still predictable. there were still some unpredictable twists, some ott twists, and some just plain eye-roll inducing. all in all, this volume could and should have been shorter.
October 24, 2019
2019 reread: Remembered most of the things that happened. but a few things are just not possible, like . For someone who're all high & mighty when we first saw him, Akechi is just an observer here...
December 21, 2020
Một vụ án hay và rất buồn. Đọc 1/2 vụ án thì ấn tượng ban đầu của mình khá tệ. Lại một cảnh sát hống hách kiêu ngạo và không giải quyết được vụ án, lại phải để Kindaichi ra tay vân vân... Nhưng kết truyện lại thực sự bất ngờ. Một trong số những cái kết buồn nhất của Kindaichi mà mình đã đọc.
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August 3, 2020
Ironically, for a case that largely hinges on drugs (and make no mistake, the take this series has on drug use is so black and white it could be used as the backdrop for a Chaplin film), this is like Kindaichi Case Files on pure cocaine. It takes the excesses of the previous stories and leaves them in the dust for an appropriately theatrical masterclass in melodrama.
There’s a murder mystery being held at a hotel over Christmas and Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Saki (who was introduced in the previous volume) arrive at the request of Detective Tawarada (from The Mummy’s Curse). ‘Mystery play turns real’ is one of my favorite tropes for stories like this, so we start off on the right foot from the get-go.
The bodies start hitting the floor shortly thereafter and the howdunnit becomes the really important part, as this might be the easiest Kindaichi so far to guess who the killer is. I cannot imagine that the choice of culprit is not an homage to Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, which had a similar murderer in a case set at the same time of year, so huge bonus points for that.
Mix in a complete and thorough non-solution to the mystery that explains everything and then suddenly doesn’t, a locked room scenario, a false accusation, a personal tragedy for our heroes (that’s hilariously undercut in later stories with a jaw-droppingly insane story justification), an epic denouement where Kindaichi throws down the solution in stellar fashion (though he totally swipes from his playbook used in The Opera House Murders, it’s still great), and a tragic backstory and explanation that Shakespeare would have said was ‘a bit much’ and you have some classic Kindaichi right here.
This is the kind of Kindaichi I love - ludicrous and suspenseful and the most delicious nonsense. Miyuki even helps point the way to the solution this time. It has some ‘of its time’ attitudes towards drugs and homosexuality I could live without, but they don’t detract from the plot at all.
Excellent return to form after the disappointment of the last case. I’m realizing the series is often fun, but more uneven than I remembered, so it’s important to appreciate when it gets it right.
There’s a murder mystery being held at a hotel over Christmas and Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Saki (who was introduced in the previous volume) arrive at the request of Detective Tawarada (from The Mummy’s Curse). ‘Mystery play turns real’ is one of my favorite tropes for stories like this, so we start off on the right foot from the get-go.
The bodies start hitting the floor shortly thereafter and the howdunnit becomes the really important part, as this might be the easiest Kindaichi so far to guess who the killer is. I cannot imagine that the choice of culprit is not an homage to Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, which had a similar murderer in a case set at the same time of year, so huge bonus points for that.
Mix in a complete and thorough non-solution to the mystery that explains everything and then suddenly doesn’t, a locked room scenario, a false accusation, a personal tragedy for our heroes (that’s hilariously undercut in later stories with a jaw-droppingly insane story justification), an epic denouement where Kindaichi throws down the solution in stellar fashion (though he totally swipes from his playbook used in The Opera House Murders, it’s still great), and a tragic backstory and explanation that Shakespeare would have said was ‘a bit much’ and you have some classic Kindaichi right here.
This is the kind of Kindaichi I love - ludicrous and suspenseful and the most delicious nonsense. Miyuki even helps point the way to the solution this time. It has some ‘of its time’ attitudes towards drugs and homosexuality I could live without, but they don’t detract from the plot at all.
Excellent return to form after the disappointment of the last case. I’m realizing the series is often fun, but more uneven than I remembered, so it’s important to appreciate when it gets it right.
January 13, 2020
Really great Detective/Mystery manga! It has like Sherlock Holmes feel to it😻🧐🕵️♂️😁❤️
December 8, 2013
Each case in this manga is a stand alone mystery, so it's not necessary to read the series in order enjoy the individual stories. That said, a couple of supporting characters here appeared in earlier volumes so there are some minor spoilers for earlier mysteries.
Kindaichi finds himself helping the police again, but this time by special invitation. A theater troupe is holding a murder mystery event over Christmas at a fancy hotel, but the danger might be real according to a threatening letter from the Red-Bearded Santa Claus. Between eccentric actors, police investigating two different cases and a peculiar room with a strange ten year old contract there'll be plenty for him to test his intellect against.
The setting and cast are quite strong for this volume. The parallel of having an interactive murder mystery performance going on within our murder mystery story is nicely used, and the hotel itself is almost another supporting character. The theater troupe is filled with distinct, strange people which helps keep things engaging and tense as Hajime tries to gather information and untangle the events happening around him.
More of the mystery than normal is beyond the reader for this one, and as a result parts of the end do come a little out of nowhere. There are also a couple of points that push suspension of disbelief rather far, even by the previously established dramatic standards of the series (which I personally never had an issue with in prior volumes). That said, the core mystery is still built logically and the identity of the culprit is solvable, so everything's still very much in the realm of fair play towards the reader. Also the way things connect and some of the twists along the way are very interesting, and the more outlandish touches tie directly to characterization and/or true motivation for someone's actions.
The Santa Slayings pushes things a bit here and there, but overall it's a intriguing, tense mystery and yet another respectable entry in Kindaichi's resume of detective work.
Kindaichi finds himself helping the police again, but this time by special invitation. A theater troupe is holding a murder mystery event over Christmas at a fancy hotel, but the danger might be real according to a threatening letter from the Red-Bearded Santa Claus. Between eccentric actors, police investigating two different cases and a peculiar room with a strange ten year old contract there'll be plenty for him to test his intellect against.
The setting and cast are quite strong for this volume. The parallel of having an interactive murder mystery performance going on within our murder mystery story is nicely used, and the hotel itself is almost another supporting character. The theater troupe is filled with distinct, strange people which helps keep things engaging and tense as Hajime tries to gather information and untangle the events happening around him.
More of the mystery than normal is beyond the reader for this one, and as a result parts of the end do come a little out of nowhere. There are also a couple of points that push suspension of disbelief rather far, even by the previously established dramatic standards of the series (which I personally never had an issue with in prior volumes). That said, the core mystery is still built logically and the identity of the culprit is solvable, so everything's still very much in the realm of fair play towards the reader. Also the way things connect and some of the twists along the way are very interesting, and the more outlandish touches tie directly to characterization and/or true motivation for someone's actions.
The Santa Slayings pushes things a bit here and there, but overall it's a intriguing, tense mystery and yet another respectable entry in Kindaichi's resume of detective work.
July 20, 2007
I like these comics, has different side from detective conan. Conan is a genius senior high school student with good academic recordx but not with Kindaichi. Kindaichi only genius when he had dealing with a case, a criminal case. Kindaichi had a life time rival that appear as a handsome guy and have a good carrier in police department. His name is Akechi.Kindaichi is already end fars from conan...hehe, thanks god!
May 19, 2025
I like the background story.
I still think that some of Kindaichi case is more made sense than other crime detective manga.
And how the story always disguise it into some kind of mystery is always a thrill.
This one is one of my favorite, very much unexpected.
I still think that some of Kindaichi case is more made sense than other crime detective manga.
And how the story always disguise it into some kind of mystery is always a thrill.
This one is one of my favorite, very much unexpected.
April 18, 2013
Finish was a little too out of nowhere, even for a Kindaichi book, and I feel like it didn't really nail the balance between mystery and shonen comedy this time around. Still fun.
May 23, 2016
赤ひげのサンタクロース、真っ赤な部屋と印象が強い。シリーズの中で、真犯人が他の人に罪を着せて自殺させるのはこれが初作品か。以降は同じパターンが何度か見受けられる。
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February 9, 2020
Twist càng ngày càng khủng...Truyện ngày càng gây cấn và hấp dẫn hơn rồi đấy.
April 27, 2022
Gimana cara bacanya si
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