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letterfromafifah 's review for:
The Decagon House Murders, Volume 1
by Yukito Ayatsuji
First of all, thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for this review copy in exchange for an honest review.
In this manga adaptation of the Japanese novel with the same name, the story is told from two different perspectives. The first perspective is from 7 students which are members of a university’s Mystery Club that are on a trip on a remote island. They live inside a ten-sided house on that island. However, there was a family murder case that happened on that island a few months back.
According to the plan, they will stay on that island for a week and there is no phone service on that island. The mystery began when they found 7 sets of characters in one morning without knowing who is the culprit behind it. The characters are 5 victims, 1 detective, and 1 killer. With clues and keys that they have, they set out to solve the mystery.
The second perspective is set on the mainland at the same time as the first perspective. One of the former club members has received an anonymous letter regarding the death of one of their club members. After investigation, she got to know that other members received it too. She and another former club member also set out to solve the mystery.
In general, I really like this comic! Because this is an adaptation from one of the famous Japanese mystery novels, I really had high hope for this comic, and surely it does not disappoint me. The drawings are also really nice and the story overall is easy to understand. I managed to read it in a sit if I remember it right. I will not compare it with the original novel because I did not read the novel yet. From this reading, I am really excited to read the next volume and the original novel as well. If you like mystery comics, I encouraged you to read this comic too!
In this manga adaptation of the Japanese novel with the same name, the story is told from two different perspectives. The first perspective is from 7 students which are members of a university’s Mystery Club that are on a trip on a remote island. They live inside a ten-sided house on that island. However, there was a family murder case that happened on that island a few months back.
According to the plan, they will stay on that island for a week and there is no phone service on that island. The mystery began when they found 7 sets of characters in one morning without knowing who is the culprit behind it. The characters are 5 victims, 1 detective, and 1 killer. With clues and keys that they have, they set out to solve the mystery.
The second perspective is set on the mainland at the same time as the first perspective. One of the former club members has received an anonymous letter regarding the death of one of their club members. After investigation, she got to know that other members received it too. She and another former club member also set out to solve the mystery.
In general, I really like this comic! Because this is an adaptation from one of the famous Japanese mystery novels, I really had high hope for this comic, and surely it does not disappoint me. The drawings are also really nice and the story overall is easy to understand. I managed to read it in a sit if I remember it right. I will not compare it with the original novel because I did not read the novel yet. From this reading, I am really excited to read the next volume and the original novel as well. If you like mystery comics, I encouraged you to read this comic too!