1. People who write mystery novels are children who like to play pranks, at least I do. He always thinks about how to "deceive" readers on the edge of fairness and unfairness, and is narcissistic.

Therefore, it is always inevitable to be timid when presenting your works, and to secretly spy on other people's reactions.

This feeling is so wonderful.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－Ayatsuji Yukito

2. To me, mystery novels are case reasoning. It wouldn’t be a mystery novel without intrigue.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ Utano Akiko

3. "I think exploring criminal motives and character creation are complementary to each other. Yes, when a person is forced into desperation, his or her psychological state forms the motive for committing a crime... I think that in addition to the motive, sociality should also be added, so that the development potential of mystery novels will be broad."

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－Matsumoto Seicho

4. Because he is a very ordinary, kind and gentle person, in order to protect that Only with tenderness will the desire to commit crime arise.

As life in the world becomes more affluent, it is gradually difficult for the famous detective to exist as a "god" anymore. He slowly becomes a superhuman intellectual, and then a professional, getting closer and closer to it. Ordinary people. The famous detective who is no different from ordinary people holds in his arms the "reason for being a detective" that only he understands, and engages in detective activities as a professional on the surface, and then the fascinating famous detective is born.

However, no matter how charming these famous detectives are, they are no longer Kindaichi Kosuke. In the era when Kindaichi Kosuke lived, no one would ask the famous detective why he wanted to be a detective. Because the famous detective is the master of Buddhism, no one will pretend to ask why the master of Buddhism travels around the country. But today's famous detectives will be asked for reasons for every move they make. Therefore, I answer the superficial questions from my position as a professional, but I have to make people unable to see the real and deep reasons.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－Miyuki Miyabe

5. "Human birth is an abnormality" < /p>

"Death is inherent, and survival is like a mechanical failure. Life is simply a bug."

The bugs in the programs created by God can be said to be human beings .

"Do you know the difference between recollection and memory?"

"Recollections are all good things, memories are only unpleasant things"

"There is no such thing Ah. There are also unpleasant memories and beautiful memories."

"What is that?"

"Memories can be remembered, but memories cannot be remembered."

p>

A person who is intoxicated with joy in his own field is always incomprehensible to others, just because only he can understand that joy. However, this joy is also the most pure and precious, because it is not mixed with any desire. The joyful person cannot actually get anything from his own field, but he just feels extremely happy. It makes no sense, but it is also the most natural.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ Mori Hiroshi (borrowed from the mouth of the character in the book)

6. I think "Original style" "Mystery" is a novel with a sense of synthesis and artificiality. To explain it more deeply, it can be regarded as a combination of "essay", which is "an explanatory article written with essay-like ideas", and "poetry", which is "mysterious phenomena or events described with poetic sensibility" novel.

Poetry and essays are inherently different styles of writing, and they cannot be integrated so easily. Just like water and oil need to be mixed manually, I think it requires an ability like an "interface active solvent". This kind of qualification can combine "original style" and "mystery" into one.

Therefore, I do not intend to call novels that do not describe mysterious phenomena "mystery". I always use the title "crime novel", "mystery novel", "detective novel", etc. when describing someone who dies and the culprit is unknown.

This is not a question of which one is better or worse, it is just a description of the nature.

On the other hand, if you organize the reasoning process well and write a good-looking novel, I think it has the value of being called "original" regardless of the nature of the events being described. Therefore, although there is no mystery of mystery, a novel that can smoothly explain the criminal's reasoning and ambiguous events will be a "mystery novel" of "original style", or a "detective novel" of "original style". . I would call this "mystery" a "mystery" that skillfully combines the mystery-like "poetic fog" and the "theory" that unravels the mystery, and is beautifully balanced.

————————————————————————————Shimada Shoji

7. “Mystery novels are the literature of deception.”

Crime investigation is like the reconciliation equation. First, several unknown numbers will be provided to relevant investigators. Their task is to find the right "numbers" to solve these unknowns. However, the important thing is not the "value" itself, but how to use the unknowns X and Y to write the correct equation in the first place; does X plus Y become an equation? Or does the equation of X minus Y need to be established? Sometimes there are no unknowns in the maze of events, and it is not uncommon for the equations written out at the beginning to be wrong.

"Detective novels are literature of division." That is: event ÷ reasoning = solution

Mystery novels are literature that requires a certain form. To make it work, artificial puzzles, artificial theories to solve them, and the attendant surprises are necessary. I deliberately add the word "artificial" to emphasize that mystery novels are "fictional stories" through and through. Of course, all novels are "fictional stories," but mystery novels pay special attention to this "fiction". Records of crimes, works known as nonfiction, or reportage about a certain event, no matter how "literary" they appear, cannot be called mystery novels - because there is no creation by the author. Artificial mysteries and artificial theories. The description of "this, that, and then it became this" is just a news report and can never become a mystery novel.

The reason why I compare Benge to the "regular script" of mystery novels is precisely because this is the basis of mystery novels. This style is both the source and the source of mystery novels. The so-called shifting works are just a tributary flowing from this source. If there is no mainstream, where are the tributaries? There is no river without a source. It is a tributary from the beginning.

Never let the fountain dry up. As long as the place is filled with water, the flow of the river will never stop. The tributaries will give birth to tributaries, and the great river of mystery novels will flow through the fertile fields of literature.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－Takao Tsuchiya

8. The MYSTERY world can be divided into two categories according to its nature. . That is, "mystery novels" and "investigative novels" are included in the classification of "mystery novels", and there have always been "detective novels" and "mystery novels"

Included in "investigation" Under the classification of "nature novels", there are "tough guy novels", "police novels", "crime novels", "suspense thriller novels", "espionage novels" and so on.

Is there any difference between these two properties? The following is my definition of this:

"Mysterious novels" are stories in MYSTERY in which a mystery is solved based on thinking and action.

"An investigative novel" is a story in MYSTERY in which a mystery is solved through experienced actions.

The biggest difference lies in the way the mystery is explored. In the case of "mystery novels", as the name suggests, a detective or someone else solves the mystery based on reasoning, so clues must be embedded in the story. The "challenge to the reader" often interspersed in mystery novels is the author's clear intention to express that enough clues have been given and that the reader has been given a fair degree of fairness.

However, in the case of "investigative novels", clues are not necessarily given, but conclusions are given sequentially to reach the ending based on the progress of the story and the actions of the detective. To be more specific, the solution to the mystery is unilaterally performed by the author.

Therefore, although these two types of novels are named "MYSTERY", their fundamental nature and purpose are completely different. This is a very important factor when discussing MYSTERY. Unfortunately, generally everyone does not have a clear understanding of it.

---------------Nikaido Lijin (excerpted from MYSTERY BY Nikaido Liren translated by YUKA towards the 21st century)

9. "For mystery novels, puzzles or logic are indispensable elements. From this point of view, mystery novels are a novel form that is very different from general literature."

"It is very difficult to write a mystery novel that can be called a first-class literary work without losing the unique interest of mystery novels. However, I do not completely deny the possibility of success."

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－Edogawa Ranpo

10. Good classical puzzle reasoning, its puzzles should be Make it impossible for most readers to guess, but not impossible for all readers to guess--------------------------------- Ayukawa Tetsuya

11. What I write is the detective novel I want to read most now-------------------------------- ----------Wuxeqiao