十角館の殺人 (Murder Mystery Series Meta Book Club)

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Welcome to 十角館の殺人

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Where to buy

See https://learnnatively.com/book/e3353ddaff/

Discussion Threads and Reading Schedule

We will start reading on May 9, 2026.

Week Start Date Chapter Page Count
Week 1 May 09 Prologue & Chapter 1 (1/2) ~37
Week 2 May 16 Prologue & Chapter 1 (2/2) ~37
Week 3 May 23 Chapter 2 ~52
Week 4 May 30 Chapter 3 ~38
Week 5 Jun 06 Chapter 4 ~36
Week 6 Jun 13 Chapter 5 ~62
Week 7 Jun 20 Chapter 6 + 7 ~41
Week 8 Jun 27 Chapter 8 ~28
Week 9 Jul 04 Chapter 9 (1/2) ~45
Week 10 Jul 11 Chapter 9 (2/2) ~45
Week 11 Jul 18 Chapter 10 + 11 ~27
Week 12 Jul 25 Chapter 12 + Epilogue ~56

Discussion Rules

  • Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters.
  • When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading.
  • Don’t be afraid of asking questions, even if they seem embarrassing at first. All of us are here to learn.
  • To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun!

Member List

Are you planning to read 十角館の殺人 with the book club?

  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Not sure
  • No
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If so, which version will you be reading?

  • eBook
  • Paperback
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Murder Mystery Series Meta Book Club
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I’ve added a tentative schedule to the OP. It’s a bit rough, but I think we can even this out by reading a bit ahead / trailing behind if necessary. Chapter 5 is a bit long, maybe we want to split it? :thinking: We can also decide later (once we started reading and got a feeling for the material).

What do you think?

  • Let’s start with that schedule (and maybe adjust later)
  • I want to go faster
  • I want to go slower
  • I have a different idea altogether (please explain)
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I’m looking forward to what the hype is about. I’ve not found one critical review of the book so far, and it’s revered for starting a new mystery movement in Japan. I hope my expectations are not too high already :frowning:

Starting at the beginning of May feels fast, but I just checked, and we should be finished with 後鳥羽 by then o_O.

Since we will be close to finishing Butter at that point as well, I think I’m okay with going a bit harder in some weeks. I’ll probably give feedback again after reading the first 2 weeks, when I can more properly judge how hard it is.

EDIT: The natively club had other page numbers, is that a version difference and they read super fast?

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I was also confused by this initially, but the club‘s home thread explains it:

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I am calculating the pages from my Bookwalker digital version, but I‘m recalculating to more or less match the paperback pages (which is the only reliable number as digital page counts usually depend on screen size and font size). So yes, it seems they read it quite fast.

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I read this a little while back and it was pretty good, hope you all enjoy!

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oh hey that’s me :waving_hand:

I quite enjoyed this book. I’m sure someone will eventually give it a negative review (there are no books that please everyone) but it’s a pretty solid mystery and it’s good fun.

The MBC on Natively read books at a pretty fast pace, definitely don’t feel obligated to keep those numbers.

I’ll probably lurk this club when it kicks off, but of course not comment (unless there’s a grammar question or something I suppose).

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