tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post7203276906780190603..comments2024-03-29T00:31:02.713+01:00Comments on ボクの事件簿: Deus Ex MachinaHo-Linghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-66652070696298086682016-10-07T08:48:39.953+02:002016-10-07T08:48:39.953+02:00To be completely honest, it's been about a yea...To be completely honest, it's been about a year since I last read the book, so I really can't recall more details than the basic set-up of the trick and the X-message.<br /><br />Though with the murder weapon, I remember it was the location/particular circumstances that made it possible to do that unnoticed. I mean, I have been in similar situations before, and when it's *really* like that, it's quite easy to pull of something like what the murderer did. Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-15611130581590009242016-10-06T06:11:21.841+02:002016-10-06T06:11:21.841+02:00Never saw your response my post before. Even now I...Never saw your response my post before. Even now I came across as accident. Cannot remember what the comment was either now. Was about him being at the house every day according to the landlady which contradicts having a second job?<br /><br />For the rest. We know why he was not noticed? Did he have plastic surgery? It said he had so there is no reason to assume he looked different. And waiting how many years? That is really waiting a long time.Let us not forgot nobody noticing the poison weapon being handed to the first victim. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-83699025437582304262016-03-28T09:20:54.275+02:002016-03-28T09:20:54.275+02:00Well, isn't that the thing? We know why: it...Well, isn't that the thing? We know why: it's one of the oldest tropes of mystery fiction. And as for waiting: again, it's because the whole plan revolved around not arousing suspicion. The murderer needed the time to prepare every part. I don't know what statement you're refering to, but *that part* was the whole trick. (it was not just two though). As for your last question: who knows? Perhaps he hoped he'd get off without having to reveal a rather dirty part of his past. Even if he had spilled the beans, there was no guarantee he'd be saved.Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-64898174461029058872016-03-28T09:09:59.037+02:002016-03-28T09:09:59.037+02:00Anonymous posted another comment, but contains a s...Anonymous posted another comment, but contains a statement which might be a bit too spoilery, I think, so I repost it here w/o the spoiler:<br /><br />"But why would a certain person go unrecognized all that time? And why wait for revenge for that time also? Also,hope this is not spoiler ish,but the killer had ******* which contradicts a earlier statement. Finally why did a certain person not come clean and give information about the real culprit when they were accused of murder?"Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-8216550258295830072016-03-26T21:38:31.876+01:002016-03-26T21:38:31.876+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-64439364368109104962016-03-12T09:12:41.874+01:002016-03-12T09:12:41.874+01:00The first chapter explains all of that. The victim...The first chapter explains all of that. The victim /did/ notice the cork, but only when he was scratched by it and afterwards, he was rather busy dying from nicotine. The second question comes close to spoiler territory, but it is explicitly noted the streetcar was very crowded, so there's nothing strange about nobody noticing it. Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-15735603258190464752016-03-12T02:00:54.288+01:002016-03-12T02:00:54.288+01:00I am surprised you like this one. The solution is ...I am surprised you like this one. The solution is pretty far fetched. Explain how 1.the victim did not notice the poison ball in his hand when he felt it in his hand and 2. Nobody noticed the murderer had a ball of little spikes in their hand when it was handed it to the victim. And those are just the non spoiler flaws in the solution. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-55401707324491110462016-02-20T23:02:32.802+01:002016-02-20T23:02:32.802+01:00I'll make sure to read these.I'll make sure to read these.Anhiksihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817774165396917723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-58161899712684276402016-02-05T08:49:55.472+01:002016-02-05T08:49:55.472+01:00I always refer to the writer as Queen, and to the ...I always refer to the writer as Queen, and to the character as Ellery. The same with the Alices (Arisugawa for the writer, Alice for the character). Now I only need a way to differentiate between the student Alice and the (fictional) writer Alice!<br /><br />Funny story; I'm actually also (ever so slightly) responsible for getting the Tragedy of X in the Tozai Best 100 ranking. It's compiled by basically asking a top 10 rank from writers, critics, mystery clubs etc., and I was a member of the university mystery club when we got the request of handing a list too.<br /><br />I remember it was a loooooong night of discussion. And politics. The Tragedy of X was our choice, but because we figured that a lot of people would vote for a Queen, we decided to put it as the last on our list, reserving the higher rankings (more points) for less popular books.Ho-Linghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673330638260132388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031063966272508587.post-929044172492900302016-02-04T16:56:51.320+01:002016-02-04T16:56:51.320+01:00Thanks for the review. :) Of the Drury Lane novels...Thanks for the review. :) Of the Drury Lane novels, I've only read 'Tragedy of Y', which I enjoyed, but not as much as I enjoyed some of the Ellery Queen (character) novels. I've never doubted that Ellery Queen (writer) should have had at least one entry in the Top Ten of the Tozai ranking, but I have wondered if some other Ellery Queen (character) title would have been more deserving. (Having to differentiate between Ellery Queen the character and the writer reminded me of the Student Arisugawa Alice novel I recently read...) <br /><br />Perhaps I should track down 'Tragedy of X' and give Drury Lane another shot! Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.com