tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post6284561461552581779..comments2024-03-29T00:31:02.713+01:00Comments on ボクの事件簿: N Or M?Ho-Linghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-59200718523816934402018-11-30T17:24:34.951+01:002018-11-30T17:24:34.951+01:00Yeah they use those for the tricks sometimes. Can&...Yeah they use those for the tricks sometimes. Can't think of many examples in Kindaichi but they do have moments where the culprit is assumed to be X but with evidence you can deduce the right one to be of different age.<br />The ages are definitely used more so in Conan with some of the characters, like how you can deduce the age of Shuichi's brother from the ages of the Red Woman case's cast that went to the same school as him. Ages of Vermouth and the boss are pretty huge as well.Anhiksihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817774165396917723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-63754042336630493302018-11-30T09:48:37.520+01:002018-11-30T09:48:37.520+01:00Why not add them? It's not like it's intru...Why not add them? It's not like it's intrusive, it's something easy to flesh out the character a bit and sometimes, it might actually be useful to the mystery (and it'd be strange to only include when the mystery revolves around ages).Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-44911998102187168572018-11-30T09:46:19.993+01:002018-11-30T09:46:19.993+01:00I gather that'd be the case for any novel tran...I gather that'd be the case for any novel translated from a language featuring names you aren't familiar with. I imagine most Western readers would also have trouble with Chinese and Korean names.Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-31082929114057312962018-11-30T09:44:42.528+01:002018-11-30T09:44:42.528+01:00I agree a good story should /need/ a character lis...I agree a good story should /need/ a character list to be understandable, but still, I love it when they're there, even if they're not necessary.<br /><br />Your method reminds me of what they did in the book I reviewed last time, The Murders in the Villa of the Dead. There's a scene early on where the protagonist herself suggest a few mnemonics for all the people they met in the story. Which is rather artificial of course, but it helped (even if the book also had a character list).Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-16901730378625881232018-11-30T09:24:39.939+01:002018-11-30T09:24:39.939+01:00why do they put the age of the suspects in Conan a...why do they put the age of the suspects in Conan and Kindaichi ?<br /><br />what purpose does it serve ?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-45978840775927245922018-11-29T13:32:46.420+01:002018-11-29T13:32:46.420+01:00I think they can be quite useful especially in Jap...I think they can be quite useful especially in Japanese Fiction because their names are very different, and many times they sound really alike.<br />Yannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715425465328002763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-91493244939308940652018-11-29T10:47:09.979+01:002018-11-29T10:47:09.979+01:00Interesting, see, as I'm really not a fan of c...Interesting, see, as I'm really <i>not</i> a fan of character lists and always skip over them; if the story itself can't make it clear who's who and how they relate to each other, well, it needs to be better written!<br /><br />That said, I do often worry I'll forget names and find the most convoluted ways of remembering them. I've recently encountered a vicar (in print) with the surname James, so I think of the King James Bible, and allow myself a moment to picture the vicar with a crown on his head...memory-aiding stuff like that. I've seen one too many character lists hint at too much, so I'll always leave them until last and try to improve my memory in the meantime :)JJ @ The Invisible Eventhttps://theinvisibleevent.comnoreply@blogger.com