Tokyo Literary Godfather

"Everyone, have you all read the answer chapter of "Astrology Killing Magic"?!"

"I've already seen it! The moment I saw Mitarashi's restoration technique, I got goosebumps on my back."

"It turned out that the real murderer was among the dead... We even saw her body."

"To be able to do this... This is the most incredible trick I have ever seen, but it still feels reasonable."

"Before, I always thought that Sima Keita was exhausted, but now I admit that my previous words were a bit irresponsible. After reading the answer chapter, I only have one thing to say: Sima Keita is invincible."

"Among all the corpse dismemberment plots, this one is the strongest. There are no sudden clues or settings, no vague and vague confusion, and the final truth is unexpected and reasonable. After reading it, there is sweat on my forehead. , be happy."

"I was completely misled by the author. I kept trying to find the murderer among the suspects given by the author. I didn't expect that the real murderer was always in my blind spot."

This issue of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" sold out at an alarming speed. With just one article, major bookstores and newsstands have already sold out. So Spring and Autumn Society hurriedly printed more copies and delivered the hot magazines to readers who were eagerly awaiting them.

The day after the magazine was released, the editorial department began to count letters from readers and selected the first hundred reader questionnaires sent to the editorial department for statistics. Quick statistics show that 69 out of 100 authors selected "Genius Detective Mitarai Kiyoshi" as their favorite work.

Fault number one.

Each issue of the magazine has more than nine works serialized at the same time, and other works together are not as high as his achievements.

"Astrological Killing Magic" caused a sensation in the world of mystery literature. Many book reviewers immediately commented that the mystery of Assold created in the book was the most amazing trick of the Change Sect. Sima Guitai lived up to his reputation as a genius.

The famous book critic Chiba Shinichi also quickly published his own review article.

Chiba Shinichi has actually been following the progress of "Astrology Murder Magic". The grand and bizarre murder case described in the book really made him, a senior reader, very excited. But I also worry that the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Anticlimactic is a common problem among some mystery writers. The beginning is brilliant, but the ending is extremely disappointing.

For example, there was a mystery novel a year ago that described a secret room murder case. The deceased was hanged in the room for no apparent reason. No one except the deceased had entered or left the house.

And when the readers keep reading, hoping to know the murderer's method of killing, at the end, the author tells everyone that the murderer can hypnotize the deceased and make him commit suicide.

reader:"……"

There is also a mystery novel about a woman who slashed the air with a knife under surveillance, and blood actually grew in the air out of thin air. A few kilometers away, a man also died suddenly.

Just when the readers were excited about this opening and read all the way to the end, the author told everyone that the reason why the man died was the work of the woman's helper, and the reason why the woman was able to cut blood out of thin air was because of magic. Technique.

Readers are confused when they see this, magic trick? What kind of magic technique, you can tell me.

The author didn't say. I probably can't think of any magic tricks that can deceive the police surveillance and subsequent investigation, so I can just fool them.

The readers were so angry that the author's works became unsalable, unable to be sold even at a discount.

Your story can be ugly, but you can’t always use this kind of deception, right?

When Shinichi Chiba first saw The Mystery of Assword, he did have a bad premonition. This setting is so wonderful and disturbing that it will make some crazy moves in the end, right?

Not to mention that in the fourth chapter, the author also issued a challenge letter to readers in a high-profile manner, claiming that as long as readers can successfully solve the puzzle, they can visit the filming site of "Furuhata Jinsaburo".

This ignited the readers' enthusiasm for participation. Chiba Shinichi also became interested at the time and tried to solve the mystery of Asoud, but unfortunately, his reasoning ability was not strong and he failed.

However, as a result, readers' expectations for "Astrology Killing Magic" have become higher. Once the ending is not satisfactory, Sima Keita may become a best-selling author in the future.

Of course, this was something Chiba Shinichi didn't want to see. When Sima Keita was still an unknown person, Chiba Shinichi began to pay attention to him. He also did his part in the sales of "White Night Journey", which can be regarded as Sima Keita's "original stock". If Sima Guitai really became a great writer, he would also be happy, which proved that his vision was correct.

Therefore, although Shinichi Chiba previously wrote an article accusing Keita Sima of not being attentive in his writing, regardless of whether it is correct or not, it actually contains an idea similar to "deep love, deep responsibility".

As a result, as soon as the solution chapter of "Astrology Killing Magic" came out yesterday, Chiba Shinichi was silent for a long time after reading it, silently unfolding the paper and writing a new book review.

"I have previously published a critical article about "Genius Detective Mitarai Kyō", and just yesterday after the latest chapter of "Genius Detective Mitarai Kyō" was published, I realized that my previous comments were biased."

"The Genius Detective Mitarashiyoshi is not a mediocre work, but a clarion call for Keita Sima, a talented writer, to attack the change-style reasoning after becoming famous for his socialist reasoning!"

"The Assold Murder Case is destined to become one of the most amazing conspiracies in the history of Japanese mystery literature! It is a work that can eclipse countless pioneers of the sect and be admired and studied by later generations."

Chiba Shinichi praised Fujiwara Kei in a more violent manner in his book review. This may be because he had previously published a critical article against Fujiwara Kei. To compensate, he praised Fujiwara Kei as a genius in heaven and earth. The words even made Kei Fujiwara, the person being praised, blush a little.

Chiba Shinichi published a long article, one-third of the article was praising "Genius Detective Mitarai Kyoshi", and the other two-thirds were evaluating other mystery works currently released on the market.

One of the novels is written by Yukie Minakami.

Chiba Shinichi unabashedly sneered in the article: "This mystery writer works part-time as a book reviewer. While he talks nonsense about the excellent works of other authors, he also tirelessly exports cultural garbage..."

"He often claims that trickery is the essence of mystery literature, and believes that the lack of mystery in "White Night Journey" is a shame of mystery literature."

"Although I disagree with this point of view, everyone has different definitions of literary works, and their aesthetics are also biased. Of course, he can have his own ideas, so I don't agree with this point of view, but I won't refute it."

“I’m a critic, but I’m a mystery novelist’s critic, not a critic’s critic.”

"So when I found out that Mr. Minamizu was also an author, I was very surprised and read his new work immediately."

"How can I put it, I just feel like I wasted two precious hours of my life."

"The plot of the story is nothing new, and the tricks are just commonplace stuff. His low standard as a writer is in sharp contrast to his high requirements as a critic. It is simply the biggest performance art and satire of the 20th century. novel."

"Keita Sima, who is also a part-time writer and has been ridiculed by Mr. Yukie Minami, appears to be much more talented."

"Keita Shiba is the famous screenwriter Kei Fujiwara. He can not only create excellent TV series such as "Long Vacation", but also continuously write masterpieces such as "Genius Detective Mitarashi Kiyo".

"On the other hand, Mr. Yukie Minakura not only wrote tasteless novels, but also made many common sense mistakes in his reviews."

"For example, Mr. Yukie Minakami used the example that the ratings of the second episode of "Furuhata Jinsaburo" dropped by 5 percentage points compared with the first episode, trying to show that Keita Shiba is also being abandoned by the audience as a screenwriter."

"But in fact, even if it drops by 5 percentage points, "Furuhata Shinsaburo" is still a TV series with high ratings. Why should we abandon it? What's more, the ratings of this drama's episodes are slowly recovering."

"He himself does not like Sima Keita's works, and even hates Sima Keita himself. This is his freedom, but I hope this crappy book reviewer can respect the basic facts and not lose the objectivity and face of the critic."

After this book review was published, it successfully brought the writer and critic Yukie Minakura into the center of the topic. The criticism of Yukie Minakami's new work was so loud that it was deafening.