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Day 12-13
Apr 12-13
I started reading the last story in 本陣殺人事件, which is 黒猫亭事件。I read the prologue to Chapter 2. The prologue is similar to the previous story. It is narrated by the author. The author pretended he actually did meet 金田一 in his life, and got inspired from him. I’m guessing the author is using the literary form of 私小説（a type of confessional literature where the events in the story correspond to events in the author’s life) in the prologue.
I don’t fully understand the background setting of the story. Was it actually happened in 銀座？How is the town related to 武藏野？Is 九十九坂（つずらざか）an original word from the novel, or is it a real place in Japan? We got a map image from the author again! It has the 寺 and 「黒猫」where the woman(?) died. The 寺 might be related to the crime.
Words of the day:
おおうべくもない：Can’t be disguised
かきのける：push away
えたい：得体。正体
ちっとやそっと：to a small degree