This critical essay reads the world of Shoji Yuki through the lenses of karma, anger, and sorrow. It is positioned as an author study that approaches fate and emotional intensity beyond the frame of crime or mystery fiction.

It rereads the anger and sorrow inscribed in Shoji Yuki's fiction as the core of his literary world.

Using the work of Rintaro Norizuki as a point of entry, this critical essay discusses theoretical problems faced by 1990s honkaku mystery. It contains concerns that later connect to the author's monograph on contemporary honkaku mystery.

It reconsiders the survival strategies of 1990s honkaku mystery through Rintaro Norizuki's achievements and limitations.

This critical essay reconsiders the theoretical and critical frameworks surrounding detective fiction. It questions attempts to explain the pleasure of the genre only through rules and classifications, and rethinks the richness of the reading experience.

The pleasure of detective fiction lies not only in logic but also in the moments that unsettle logic.

This critical essay reconsiders detective fiction through the intersection of Western classics and Japanese literature. It places mystery fiction within a wider literary history and questions the assumptions behind the genre.

ウィルキー・コリンズから大西巨人へ is an award-winning work that distills the voice of 石橋正孝.

This essay analyzes mystery fiction through the arrangement of crime, clues, and solution. Its focus is the structure that makes the reader's pursuit of the puzzle part of the form itself.

推理小説の形式的構造論 is an award-winning work that distills the voice of 柳川貴之.

無時間性の芸術へ――推理小説の神話的本質についての討論 is a work by 波多野健. 推理小説を神話的な構造や時間感覚から論じる評論。謎解きの形式を超えて、ジャンルの本質を考察します。

無時間性の芸術へ――推理小説の神話的本質についての討論 centers on 推理評論 and presents its characters through a distinctive literary frame.

物語のジェットマシーン――探偵小説における速度と遊びの研究 is a work by 大森滋樹. 探偵小説の速度感と遊戯性を論じる評論。物語が読者を駆動する仕組みを、ジャンル論として分析します。

物語のジェットマシーン――探偵小説における速度と遊びの研究 centers on 探偵小説 and presents its characters through a distinctive literary frame.

シングル・ルームとテーマパーク――綾辻行人『館』論 is an award-winning work. This criticism award winner examines the structure and reading of detective fiction.

シングル・ルームとテーマパーク――綾辻行人『館』論 presents its award-recognized themes and narrative voice with clarity.

第二の推理小説――ハウダニット Howdunit――について――HowdunitからWhendunit、Wheredunitへ―― is a work by 蓮沼尚太郎. It was recognized by the sogen suiri hyoron award in 1998.

アニミズムのエロス 江戸川乱歩論 is a work by 小松史生子. It was recognized by the sogen suiri hyoron award in 1998.

モルグ街で起こらなかったこと または起源の不在 is an award-recognized work by 並木士郎. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.

モルグ街で起こらなかったこと または起源の不在 is a work by 並木士郎 that continues to be read through its award recognition.

第三の推理小説 ホワイダニットについて 名探偵システムの完成 is an award-recognized work by 蓮沼翔太郎. It leads readers toward the concerns suggested by its title through people, period, society, and memory.

第三の推理小説 ホワイダニットについて 名探偵システムの完成 is a work by 蓮沼翔太郎 that continues to be read through its award recognition.

あやかしの贄――京極ミステリーのルネッサンス is a mystery work by 鷹城宏. Recognized by the award, it centers on the world suggested by its title and follows shifts in character, memory, and atmosphere.

あやかしの贄――京極ミステリーのルネッサンス reflects 鷹城宏's voice and the literary concerns surrounding its award year.

A critical essay on Gothic mystery that treats the genre’s transmission through readers and later works as an endless game of messages. It discusses how fear, houses, secrets, and distorted narration pass into detective fiction.

A critical essay on Gothic mystery that treats the genre’s transmission through readers and later works as an endless game of messages.

A critical work that gathers perspectives for reading detective fiction. It considers the appeal of the genre through puzzle structure, reader expectation, and the methods of individual writers.

A critical work that gathers perspectives for reading detective fiction.

A critical essay that reads Nakai Hideo's The Offering to Nothingness through the faces of Tokyo and the space of mystery fiction.

都市の相貌――中井英夫『虚無への供物』と東京 uses 評論 as an entry point into human emotion.

A critical essay reconsidering Edogawa Rampo's detective Akechi Kogoro and the changing shape of Japanese mystery fiction.

明智小五郎の黄昏――誰が明智小五郎を殺したか uses 評論 as an entry point into human emotion.