Full Metal Panic! Short Stories Volume 4: Indifferent Four-Wind Scattering?

Full Metal Panic! Short Stories #4

by Shouji Gatou, Shikidouji (Illustrator), Elizabeth Ellis (Translator)

Having left his mercenary life behind for the peace and quiet of Tokyo, Sagara Sousuke is ready for the next chapter in his career... as a private investigator?! With his loyal(ish?) assistant Chidori Kaname at his side, he’ll apply his eagle’s eye to the murder of endangered snails at Jindai High, the potentially shady past of his overachieving student council president, and a new business that's moved in near the school—one that proports to indulge men’s greatest fantasies! Even when clues seem scattered to the four winds, Detective Sousuke is always on the case!

Genres: Light Novel

ebook

First published June 14, 2000

About the author

Shoji Gatoh ( 賀東招二), born on July 11, 1971, is a Japanese author from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for the creation of the Full Metal Panic! series that included light novels, manga and anime. He is not only an author but also an anime scenarist, for example "The Day of Sagittarius" of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and three episodes of Lucky Star.

Reviews

[Chee Sheng · Rating 3 out of 5]

This another book that covers the side stories of the main storyline. However, most of the chapters here are far more serious that the first few books. And there's actually an chapter that covers the encounter between the key characters of the small mercenary team... And some of their forte and their character were covered in these book too.

[Cai · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't clearly remember if Fumoffu covered some chapters in this one. But I have vague memories of some scenes, so maybe?

Anyway, I like that we get backgrounds for Hayashimizu-senpai and Mao (and Kurz as well).

I think the 1st chapter (with the snails) is my least favorite chapter so far for the simple reason that I don't think Chidori would just get things that didn't belong to her. Add to that the unsatisfactory ending to that story.

Anyway, on to the next one.