記憶使者１

記憶屋 #1

by Kyoya Origami, 織守 きょうや, 洪于琇 (Translator)

你有想遺忘的記憶嗎？
失去這段記憶之後，
你，還是你嗎？

大學生遼一愛慕罹患嚴重夜路恐懼症的學姊杏子，
遼一耐性陪伴著她，希望能療癒杏子的恐懼症，
然而，杏子卻將希望放在都市傳說「記憶使者」──
傳說中，記憶使者能幫人消除想遺忘的記憶。

某一天，杏子竟能自己走夜路回家，
看似治癒恐懼症的她，
卻將遼一的事忘得一乾二淨。

開始追尋真相的遼一，
發現青梅竹馬的鄰居玩伴真希似乎也失落了一段重要的記憶；
此外，就連他自己的腦中也出現不可思議的空白斷層。

究竟「記憶使者」是不可見人的腦外科手術？
抑或是傳說中能「吃掉」記憶的怪人？
遼一努力追查的同時，
卻戰慄地發現記憶使者早就潛伏在他身邊，虎視眈眈……

Genres: Mystery

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2015

Reviews

[Patchara · Rating 2 out of 5]

คำโปรย "นิยายสยองขวัญที่ทำให้เจ็บปวดจนน้ำตาไหล" แต่ความจริงแล้วไปไม่สุดสักทาง จะน่ากลัวก็ไม่ จะเศร้าก็ไม่ค่อยเศร้า อ่านไปหลับไป

[Kamila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kiyoku-ya, huh? I started this book in November 2021 and finished it only today and it’s February! It wasn’t because the books was bad tho, it was pretty good, I give it… 3.75/5 (so 4). The reason why it took so long was because I was busy with school, nothing more 😅 Also I want to underline that even though it’s from Kadokawa Horror, it’s not a horror but rather a mistery with paranormal elements (erasing someones memories). This book is about a university student who’s senpai lost their memories to Kiyoku-ya (because she wanted to). It’s about how memories and past experiences make who we are and when we lost them we are entirely different people then we were before.
In each chapter we meet another person who has lost their memories to Kiyoku-ya to finally get to know who it is and why they do it.
It was very entertaining but I did figure out who Kiyoku-ya was when chapter 4 started, so…. I only gave it 3.75. Netherless it was pretty interesting and I’d recommend it to any mistery lovers (there’s no killing in it).

[Ranko Hong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ryoichi, a university student, meets his senior, Kyoko. They got along well and had fun times together. However, one day, Kyoko forgets him as if they have never met before. Ryoichi was confused but soon realized that she might have met Kioku-ya, an urban legend.
"Kioku-ya: a mysterious person who erases people's memories as they wish."
To find out what happened, he started researching. He used the internet and asked around, and he wanted to tell the Kioku-ya that it is wrong to erase people's memories. While he was gathering information, he began to realize that the people around him started to lose memories as well and he can't believe that Kioku-ya is just an urban legend.

The ending surprised me. The small hints at the end made me thought "could it be...?" It's apparently a horror novel, but it didn't feel that scary. I think it was more of a mystery novel. I still enjoyed it and am looking forward to the movie!