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Title:
Another
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Originally Posted by Reception
- Ranked 3rd in 【Kono Mystery wa Sugoi!】(This Mystery is Amazing!) domestic division.
- Runner-up for the 10th 【Orthodox Mystery Award】 (lost by one vote).
- Winner of 2010 【Mystery ga Yomitai!】/(Want to read mystery!).
- Also ranked 3rd of 2010 【Orthodox Mystery Best 10】.
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Author:
AYATSUJI Yukito
綾辻 行人
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Originally Posted by Brief Biography
- Husband to ONO Fuyumi of 12 Kingdom fame and were both in Kyoto University Mystery Research Club
- A detective mystery novel writer of the orthodox-school.
- Debuted with 【Jukkakukan no Satsujin】(Murder of Ten Corners Mansion) of the 【Yakata Series】(Mansion Series) in 1987. The fifth book of the series, 【Tokeikan no Satsujin】(Murder of the Clock Mansion) was regarded as the best in the series and was winner of the 45th Japan Mystery Writers Association Award of the long novel division along with MIYABE Miyuki's 【Ryuu wa Nemuru】(Sleeping Dragon) in 1992.
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Story:
Spoiler for Not really spoilers, but hiding for those who absolutely do not want to read anything about the story beforehand:
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Originally Posted by ANN
26 years ago, in a third-year classroom of a middle school, there was a student named Misaki. As an honors student who was also good at sports, the charming girl was popular with her classmates. When she suddenly died, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Kōichi Sakakibara transfers to that classroom, and he grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere in that classroom. In particular, there is a beautiful, aloof girl named Misaki Mei who wears an eyepatch and is always alone drawing pictures.
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I'm a super, duper mystery lover (though not as much for horror)! The manga adaptation of this title by KIYOHARA Hiro is a decent read. I wonder how this 677 pages novel adaptation would be animated =).