tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post3464380757517895142..comments2024-03-29T00:31:02.713+01:00Comments on ボクの事件簿: Borrowed PlaceHo-Linghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-66798640667669476812018-09-18T08:31:01.813+02:002018-09-18T08:31:01.813+02:00Misshitsu Shuushuuka is a great example you mentio...Misshitsu Shuushuuka is a great example you mention there. In a way, it was inevitable it would turn out like that of course: Ooyama writes so obviously in the Queen/deduction school, and that book accomplishes an amazing feat by succesfully combining that notion with locked room mysteries. By focusing on the question of WHY, instead of HOW, he really made it possible to come up with meaningful chains of reasoning about the (actions of the) culprit.Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-79587425023684308292018-09-17T20:38:58.814+02:002018-09-17T20:38:58.814+02:00Ooyama Seiichirou's fantastic locked room shor...Ooyama Seiichirou's fantastic locked room short story collection, “Misshitsu Shuushuuka”, comes to mind. Story #4, "Wake Ari no Misshitsu" from that book had an excellent discussion on WHY a locked room needs to be created under certain circumstances. Since locked room lectures focusing on the "HOW" and "MECHANICAL ASPECTS" of a locked room are a dime and dozen, going after the MOTIVE instead was a breath of fresh air.<br /><br />I definitely concur on how these occurrences of lectures really bring out the "game" element of mystery fiction. I think this is also why I love mystery stories with fantasy/Sci-Fi/magical elements BUT with clearly well-defined rules given at the beginning of the story. Again, those kind of stories give you a laundry list of possibilities of things that can or cannot happen; and the reader is left with digesting that list and see if a loophole or creative usage of rules can be applied toward solving the mystery. Layton vs. Phoenix Wright and that VR case from DanganRonpa V3 comes to mind.deltazechshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060233179207796738noreply@blogger.com