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柳女 - This one was very fun, probably the most entertaining story in the book yet. Honestly though I do feel like Kyougoku's better at longform storytelling, these stories are TOLD in a fun way but ultimately just feel a bit repetitive in their subject matter and shallow as narratives. I do hope the next books in the series are a step-up, esp considering the stories seem to become more connected.

I COULD FINISH TOMORROW I THINK ...

Read 塩の長司. Another decent story!

Read 芝右衛門狸. The truth behind this one was pretty boring BUT the road there was one of the most fun ones yet. My read of this book as being a grisly romanticist historical fiction anthology with a mystery-like flavor to it keeps proving itself correct, it feels like.

Read 舞首. I was a bit skeptical of this one at first, but the narrative unraveled in a twisty, fun way, with the formula being switched up a bit once more. I feel like there's a repeated "twist" between this one and 白蔵主 which is a bit lame, but as long as it doesn't become a series staple I'll be willing to look past it.

Yeah I'm thinking this book rips

小豆洗い read. Very interesting first story, feels like there's a lot to be done with this format

Guess what. I can't spend more than ~2 months without reading a Kyougoku book now. Good thing that I own around 30 books of his.