Si Kaoru | Reasoning | "Mantis" Kotaro Isaka | After reading

@奇奇 I like the recommended books, especially I rarely read novels of reasoning before. I recommended Miyuki Miyabe "Who Can Sleep This Night". After reading and chasing several novels, I feel addicted, although every It's so thick, but I can't stop it. It turns out that mystery novels really have this kind of feeling of chasing dramas. If I want to know the result, this time Izaka Kotaro's mystery novels are also my first time to read, this style is really good Interesting, especially the description of the characters is really subtle, and I really have to admire the scrutiny on the psychological level of the characters, it is so real, as if he is the party himself.

In fact, this killer series also includes "Grasshopper" and "Ladybug". I also made an appointment. I feel like watching it together, I can feel the whole picture of the killer series!

🌿About the author

 Kotaro Isaka (born May 25, 1971) is a Japanese writer who was born in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and now lives in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Northeastern University. In 2000, he won the Trendy Reasoning Club Award for his "Audubon's Prayer" and entered the literary world. Now a full-time writer, married with one son.

The author has extensive knowledge, covering biology, art, and history. It can be said that he understands astronomy and geography. The style of writing is heroic, humorous, and transparent. One of the most popular writers who is alive and well. His recent works include the novel "Reaper's Buoyancy", "Otherwise You Move to Mars", "Mantis", a collection of short stories "Gyroscope" and a collection of essays "It's Okay, It's Isaka! His 3652 Days, etc.

🌿 Awards experience

 In 1996, the 13th Suntory Reasoning Award was a masterpiece "悪 Party た ち が に し み る", which was greatly revised to become "Genius Robbers Turning to the Earth" (Yang Qi な ギ ャ ン グ が Earth を Hui す), published in 2003, the fifth time in 2000 Trendy Reasoning Club Award "Audubon's Prayer"
In 2004, the 25th Yoshikawa Eiji Literary New Talent Award "The Coin Locker of Domestic Ducks and Wild Ducks"
2004 The 57th Japan Reasoning Writers Association Award Short Story "Reaper's Precision" (Reaper's Precision)
2006 Heisei 17th Annual Miyagi Art Selection Award 2008 5th Bookstore Award, 21st Yamamoto Shuro Award "Golden Slumbers: A Homeboy and the Beatles Lullaby" (ゴールデンスランバー)
2014 The 7th University Reader Award "MariaBeetle-Ladybug"
2017 6th Shizuoka Bookstore Awards "AX"
The 33rd Renzaburo Shibata Award in 2020 "Reverse Socrates"

Refer to Wikipedia for the above

🌿Story content

 "Mantis" consists of five short stories. The protagonist is a famous killer in the world. His code name is "Dou". On the surface, he is a salesman of a stationery company. In fact, he uses murder as a means of making money. He is most afraid of his wife. Angry, in front of his wife, he is just a small mantis. The highest action policy is "don't make his wife angry". When he completed the task, it was already late at night. In order to avoid waking up his wife, he always fed his stomach with extremely quiet "fish sausage" . In order to keep his wife from getting angry, he actually wrote it into a teaching and warfare manual for himself. As long as his wife complained, he would reflexively answer "It's really hard", soothe his wife and give him 100% healing.

"Death is not scary. But when I think about accidentally dying, my wife will be angry, and I'm a little scared." After having a son, he wanted to wash his hands, but the "doctor" in charge of the intermediary threatened to pay back the "discharge fee", and the day's mission ended , but was accidentally attacked. The conspiracy behind this attack, even a trivial mantis, will raise its front feet, cross it into an axe, and strike hard!

🌿 experience

This is the first time I read Kotaro Isaka's mystery novel. It's really special. I can't smell a killer's breath on Dou's body. Instead, he is a middle-aged man who is afraid of his wife. Even his son sympathizes with his father's standing. It's really interesting. When he is a killer, he has a lot of inner drama. He finishes the task neatly. I'm very moved, especially the story behind it, it's beyond imagination, shocking, and heart-warming. I didn't expect it to bring tears to my eyes. I have to admire this layout. It's really beautiful. And profound.

Just reading the title of the book is really confusing, and I really admire it after reading it. The content is completely close, and he uses metaphors to present his thinking completely naturally. I have to admire his profound knowledge of biology. thorough.

His novels are super picturesque and really have a movie style, sometimes witty, sometimes tense, and there are really a lot of inner dramas. The process of reading is a kind of enjoyment.