"Por muy estrecho que sea un camino, no deja de ser un camino".   

Hideo Yokoyama

Gosho Aoyama's Detective Picture Book # 72:

Our next detective on this list is a deputy inspector and coroner who, if I have to describe him using Detective Conan characters, is like a brainchild of Detective Kansuke Yamato and Detective Takaaki Morofushi (i.e. Komei). Kuraishi has the irascibility and scary countenance of the former with the confidence and genius of the latter. Nicknamed the "Lifetime Coroner" because he stayed in his division for a long time while resisting efforts to relocate or demote him, he is a terse man of few words who is notorious for his accuracy in analyzing a situation at the crime scene. This longevity has caused him some tensions with upper management, while the younger detectives tend to idolize him and regard him as a mentor. His approval means a lot to his "student" detectives like Kazuyuki Ichinose and his supposed favoritism for Takefumi Nagashima has earned Nagashima the ire of one Morito Fukuzono.

His catchphrase is "The crime scene is 70%, the corpse is 30%", which reflect his philosophy when looking at a case. Kuraishi is intensely meticulous, even caring about what appear to be trivial things like dust in a room or a pot of plant outside the door. But it is this exactness and persistence that makes him invaluable to the division. Inside his tough demeanor is also a kind man who is willing to risk his reputation to investigate the apparent suicide of a former employee and defy his boss to give his subordinate a chance at closure.

I've only been able to find Rinjo (臨場) which is a collection of short stories featuring Kuraishi in a language I could read. Out of that collection I would recommend The Red Business Card and The Seventeen-Year Cicadas.

This book... no words. One of my faves

I’m diggin’ in!

Get to Know Me

@nananarc my beloved tagged me to do this a few weeks ago, and I'm just finally catching up on these. 💙

🎨 Favourite Colour: "hmm many. I guess it's more about the combination of colors." ← YES, same. There are some colors I do tend to gravitate towards on their own, but even then, it depends on the context. Like for clothes? Black or dark earth tones or deep jewel tones. Home decor? My home office has a lot of deep, warm browns, mint green, and orange. It's about the combination. 🤌

📖 Currently Reading: Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama, translated by Jonathan Lloyd-Davies. It's pretty dense, so I've been going through it slowly, but I'm enjoying it. I saw it described as a "slow burn crime novel" that focuses more on characters than action--That is my shit to a T.

🎶 Last Song: I've been having a 90s Garbage revival, and I've had their remastered debut album on repeat. You Look So Fine is an underrated fave.

🎬 Last Movie: Um... I don't know, lmao. It was either Barbie or John Wick 4, I think. I haven't watched a lot of movies lately.

📺 Last Series: Currently watching (for the first time) The Righteous Gemstones with husbando, which is the insane, hilarious shit I expect from Danny McBride and Walton Goggins. Also been rewatching Better Call Saul now that S6 is on Netflix--Debating slipping another rewatch of Breaking Bad in before BCS S6.

🍴 Sweet, Spicy, Savory: Savory, for sure.

🤤 Craving: Nothing food-wise at the moment, but I'm so ready to be moved into a new place and settled in and enjoying autumn weather to the fullest.

☕ Tea or Coffee: Coffee during the day, tea at night

🤓 Currently Working On: I've just been on a huge VP kick lately, so mostly doing that while not working and house/apt hunting.

Tagging @theviridianbunny, @chevvy-yates, @elmknight, @togepies, @voidwife, and @gloryride 💙

THE IDOLM@STER M@STERS OF IDOL WORLD!!!!! 2023

Information regarding the MOIW 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 11th and 12th of February 2023. This live will feature all five brands of IDOLM@STER on the stage together after 8 years.

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1&2

IDOLM@STER 765PRO ALL STARS 　Eriko Nakamura (Haruka Amami), Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi), Akiko Hasegawa (Miki Hoshii), Azumi Asakura (Yukiho Hagiwara), Mayako Nigo (Yayoi Takatsuki), Hiromi Hirata (Makoto Kikuchi), Naomi Wakabayashi (Ritsuko Akizuki), Asami Shimoda (Ami/Mami Futami), Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha), Rie Kugimiya (Iori Minase)

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Triad Primus [Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Eriko Matsui (Nao Kamiya), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo)], Eldritch Loreteller [Haruka Chisuga (Ryo Matsunaga), Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)], Cyber Glass [Mina Nagashima (Haruna Kamijo), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki)], Foreign Seaside [Nao Toyama (Mizuki Kawashima), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami)], from U149 [Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Strawberry Pop Moon [Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki)], TIntMe! [Eri Inagawa (Tamaki Ogami), Akari Harashima (Iku Nakatani), Keiko Watanabe (Momoko Suou)], HanaSakuya [Yuu Kahara (Emily Stewart), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi)], Cleasky [Asuka Kakumoto (Elena Shimabara), Chouchou Kiritani (Miya Miyao)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　DRAMATIC STARS [Shugo Nakamura (Teru Tendo)], Jupiter [Takuma Terashima (Toma Amagase), Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin)], Beit [Shun Horie (Pierre), Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe)], MofuMofuEn [Shogo Yano (Nao Okamura), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana)], C.FIRST [Yuri Ise (Shu Amamine), Masaya Miyakaze (Momohito Hanazono), Takeo Otsuka (Eishin Mayumi)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　 Hokago Climax Girls [Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa)], Straylight [Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi)], noctchill [Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa)]

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Threat Sign [Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Teru Ikuta (Natalia)], Dimension-3 [Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya)], flamme martini [Maki Kawase (Tsukasa Kiryu), Sayaka Harada (Miyu Mifune), Satsumi Matsuda (Syoko Hoshi), Minori Suzuki (Hajime Fujiwara)], HappyHappyTwin [Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Rei Matsuzaki (Kirari Moroboshi)], miroir [Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Chrono-Lexica [Yuka Saito (Subaru Nagayoshi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Rika Abe (Mizuki Makabe)], Senkou☆HANABIDAN [Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayam), Nana Hamasaki (Noriko Fukuda), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama), Eri Ozeki (Minako Satake)], 4 Luxury [Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Minami Takahashi (Konomi Baba)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　FRAME [Kentaro Kumagai (Hideo Akuno), Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Takuya Masumoto (Seiji Shingen)], Café Parade [Sho Karino (Yukihiro Kamiya), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Daiki Kobayashi (Saki Mizushima)], F-LAGS [Yuko Sanpei (Ryo Akizuki), Shunya Hiruma (Kazuki Tsukumo), Takehiro Urao (Daigo Kabuto)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Illumination Stars [Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya)], L’Antica [Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku)], ALSTROEMERIA [Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama)], SHHis [Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)]

SPECIAL GUEST 　ZWEIGLANZ [Minori Chihara (Leon), Rie Takahashi (Shika)]

I'm not sure if you ever gave a review and no pressure at all but how did you like Infinite Wealth? I am almost done with it and I am curious what you think of it after so so much hype. I have largely enjoyed it though there are some things I have not loved

SPOILERS for those reading this

Bryce was such a lame villain even if I usually like cult villains but with so many villains it felt really crowded. I want to like Ebina and I like him more than Bryce but his twist felt lame especially given what we knew about Arakawa. I LOVE Yamai but it all felt so crowded.

But overall I love the game play and the characters and I have cried multiple times. But yeah, I miss really good villains like Aoki. Also I developed a really strong soft spot toward Sawashiro in the game

Yeah, the villains were easily the weakest part of the game. Tbh it was kind of a mixed bag for me overall lol. Especially since Gaiden was so fucking good and Y8 manages to cock up a lot of the best story parts of Gaiden. Hanawa getting killed off so unceremoniously after all the buildup and characterization he had was unsatisfying as fuck.

I also think Bryce would have worked better in the Japanese version by having his English lines be spoken by the dub voice actor because holy fuck, any characterization and actual intimidation flies out the window when you hear this white American fella speaking lines by a seiyuu who is NOT pulling off the English voice lines.

Joon-gi was basically stapled onto the story at the very end and it sucks since I really liked his character (the real Joon-gi in 6 and the agent in 7). He also got nerfed in terms of skills but considering how busted Kiryu is it kinda evens out.

Also regarding the Memories of Kamurocho, RGG TEAM IS RYUJI ALIVE OR NOT, HOW ARE YOU STILL TEASING THIS MOTHERFUCKER BEING ALIVE AND NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT

The gameplay is easily the biggest improvement and my favorite class was Kunoichi! It was also awesome to have Seonghee as a party member and getting to know more about her. Also I still think Saeko/Seonghee is a better ship than Ichiban/Saeko but I don't take shipping bullshit that seriously lol

The final boss was just a damage sponge, but the soundtrack was fucking great. Though I don't know why Saejima, Majima, and Daigo even show up when all they do is help in one mob of basic enemies and do nothing in the final fight. Ebina already sucks as a character but having the three of them come in during stages of the fight as strikers or assists would have been better so they actually like. Contributed as opposed to just standing there

Yamai is the best new character and the fact they end the story with him back in Japan makes me hopeful that he'll come back in future games. Though I'm a little worried he'll suffer from the same problem as Ichiban who...Look, Ichiban is a great character, but after LAD and his personal arc, IW would up with him being very static and I'm a little worried about his staying power as a protagonist. If each game just has him trusting everyone, staying optimistic af and never straying from that it'll get a bit old yk? Also I personally feel like end of 7!Ichiban would forgive Eiji as quickly and easily as he does in 8, he should have struggled with it at least a little. The dude threw a child down a flight of stairs, tied to a wheelchair for fuck's sake. He almost felt like a parody of himself in some spots, and that vibe carried through a lot of 8 for me in a way that I really didn't like.

As for the story, I feel like Yokoyama needs someone on staff to wrangle him the way Hideo Kojima does. 5 and 8 both have plots that kinda go off the rails and are messes regarding pacing.

Kiryu has a great sendoff and as someone who's had family members pass away from cancer, seeing him at the end in the wheelchair looking so frail was heartbreaking. But the fact he finally has his family back and is with Haruka again makes me so happy. He deserves to rest. Like in Gaiden, you see just how much it hurt him to be separated from them--I was bawling when he broke down seeing the kids at his grave and saw Haruto's drawing. And 8 kiiiinda lessens the impact of that plot point since he gets to see some of the kids in the end, but I am happy and satisfied with him reuniting with Haruka. The fact it was at the last second of the game and the actual reunion happened offscreen was kind of a letdown but still. Good end for Kiryu.

So if I had to TL:DR, Infinite Wealth is a delicious brownie in the parts where it's actually baked properly. A lot of spots are undercooked as fuck though, but it's still quite good.

tagged by @macbethwitches for this, ty gemma! 💕💕

currently reading: six four by hideo yokoyama, and bi: the hidden culture, history, and science of bisexuality by julia shaw

last song:

last series: i’m in the middle of a few rn, i’m a few episodes behind on westworld, i still need to finish the latest series of the umbrella academy, i’m caught up with wwdits, but last night i was watching my nth watch through of ofmd soooo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

last movie: i was at the cinema a few weeks ago watching vera chytilova’s daisies which is one of my most beloved films and is a criminally underrated piece of cinema

currently working on: a bookstagram! and also a secret event w work that I’m super excited/terrified about 😈

tagging @truthhux @flashbastard @ickyhands @p1cassobaby if you fancy it

«La luz del norte», de Hideo Yokoyama

«Tras el éxito de público y crítica de ‘Seis cuatro’, Hideo Yokoyama, vuelve a cautivarnos con ‘La luz del norte’, una novela de enigma bellamente escrita, colmada de suspense y construida como un rompecabezas.» «Anoche soñé que volvía a ir a Manderley» es uno de los inicios literarios más famosos del canon inglés, una frase […]«La luz del norte», de Hideo Yokoyama

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9 people you'd like to get to know better

@theweirdsenpai thx and SORRY!!! it got lost!!!

List 3 ships you like: (Just my recent ones) Crowley/Aziraphale, Mahiro/Kuro, Prompto/Noctis

First ship ever: I think it was at Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, so Maron & Chiaki

Last song you heard: Mc Thunder - Electric Callboy

Last film you watched: Dave made a maze

Currently reading: 64 (Hideo Yokoyama) and way too many manga...

Currently watching: Shameless

Currently consuming: Milk coffee

Currently craving: Sleep

Favorite childhood book: don't remember, but I got used to "Moomin"s again!

I'll tag some of my favorite people @call-my-master @tokyogems

🧿🪬If you’ve been tagged in this please do not reblog this, please post your own. 🪬🧿

The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama trs Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17 @riverrunbooks @QuercusBooks

I was happy to take this journey and learn more about Japanese culture as I did so. I love Yokoyama’s style.

Source: Review copyPublication: 12 October 2023 from riverrunPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-1529411133 My thanks to riverrun for an advance copy for review Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career…

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I don’t even notice anymore how thin the pages in Japanese books tend to be because I handle them so often, but it’s kind of insane. The one on the left is the English translation of Yokoyama Hideo’s Six Four, 656 pages. The one on the right is 風が強く吹いている (kazetsuyo/Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru) by Miura Shion, 672 pages. It’s actually got more pages but is only half the thickness of 64!

Kevin McKidd, Vinette Robinson in ITVX's 'Six Four': First Look Images

ITV has revealed first-look images for crime drama “Six Four,” starring Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and Vinette Robinson (“Boiling Point,” “Sherlock”) as leads Chris and Michelle O’Neill. The four-part drama, inspired by the bestselling novel “Six Four” by Hideo Yokoyama, is created by BAFTA Scotland-winning screenwriter, Gregory Burke (“Black Watch”). Set primarily in Glasgow, the series is…

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"クライマーズ・ハイ[Kuraimāzu hai]" (Seventeen) by Hideo Yokoyama for #PaginedaYamato and #mangiolibriacolazione; 🥧 hazelnut cake. photo #Fujifilm: ©Dolci Fusa Mah... Premetto che il protagonista principale, Yūki, è strano... perennemente in conflitto con sé stesso, indeciso, a tratti collerico, e pusillanime. Non si riesce ad entrare in empatia con lui, tocca sopportarlo per tutto il libro. La vicenda poi, che io ho scelto perché pensavo fosse thriller, chissà perché*, è invece incentrata su due accadimenti slegati tra loro, ma a cui lui ripensa ossessivamente e che alla fine fa nauseare anche il lettore. Per non parlare delle frasi ripetute, dei nomignoli idioti che l'autore si premura di ribadire ogni volta che appaiono quei personaggi, e se il suo intento era di renderli ancora più repulsivi, allora ha centrato il bersaglio con questa tecnica fastidiosa. *Ho capito perché: nella copertina, Mondadori promette ingannevolmente che si tratti di un thriller... https://www.instagram.com/p/CloVyjuNmGx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Lo bueno de una novela es que tu libertad se amplía

Un millón de ejemplares en una semana. Eso fue suficiente para que Hideo Yokoyama destronara al inigualable -hasta hace poco- Haruki Murakami y se convirtiera en uno de los novelistas policiales más populares de Japón con su novela Seis cuatro que publicará la editorial Salamandra. 

"Mis personajes llevan una pesada carga mental, y por eso viven los conflictos más puros. No hablo de lo importante para la sociedad, sino de lo importante para el individuo", ha declarado Yokoyama en una reciente entrevista al diario El Mundo.

"Es complicado definir la maldad humana. ¿Es malvado un psicópata? Me interesa la chispa que prende esa maldad. A medida que se expande la sociedad digital, se hace más visible esa voluntad, que crece de forma imparable, y nos hace dudar sobre si nosotros también tenemos dentro la voluntad de hacer el mal".

Seventeen—Hideo Yokoyama

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