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物理波矢多 #2
白魔之塔
經歷過北九州鯰音坑的離奇命案之後，被捲入其中、不得不扮演偵探解決事件的物理波矢多，這次將燈塔視為下一個為日本復興做出貢獻的職場。
燈塔與國家之間存在著緊密的連結。戰爭期間，它是重要的軍事設施與戰略據點、和平時代，它是支撐海運經濟的關鍵角色。處在不同的時空背景下，亦擁有截然不同的面貌。因此波矢多選擇接受培訓，以優異的成績從橫濱燈塔官吏養成所畢業，成為隸屬於海上保安廳的航路標識職員，也就是世人泛稱的「燈塔守」。
某日，波矢多結束了在太呴埼燈塔的勤務，準備轉往位於東北地區的新職場——轟之埼燈塔赴任。然而就在搭乘的漁船來到燈塔所在地的鄰近海域時，他卻突然對眼前的存在產生了抗拒感。
「可以的話，真不想去那個岬角……還是說，我不想去的其實是那座燈塔？」此時，漁夫丹澤以海相不佳為由，選擇改到網引港靠岸、讓波矢多徒步前往燈塔。只是從現場狀況以及他的奇怪態度來看，這似乎只是推託之詞。
「……因為白色的東西在跳舞。」丹澤不經意地吐出的一句話，為物理波矢多接下來的旅程揭開了駭人的序幕。
在前往燈塔的路途中遭遇的怪異事件，因為迷路而闖入了被人告誡「不可接近」的密林小屋，經歷一連串詭譎的波折，矗立在物理波矢多面前的轟之埼燈塔，又會有什麼在等待著他呢……
燈塔與國家之間存在著緊密的連結。戰爭期間，它是重要的軍事設施與戰略據點、和平時代，它是支撐海運經濟的關鍵角色。處在不同的時空背景下，亦擁有截然不同的面貌。因此波矢多選擇接受培訓，以優異的成績從橫濱燈塔官吏養成所畢業，成為隸屬於海上保安廳的航路標識職員，也就是世人泛稱的「燈塔守」。
某日，波矢多結束了在太呴埼燈塔的勤務，準備轉往位於東北地區的新職場——轟之埼燈塔赴任。然而就在搭乘的漁船來到燈塔所在地的鄰近海域時，他卻突然對眼前的存在產生了抗拒感。
「可以的話，真不想去那個岬角……還是說，我不想去的其實是那座燈塔？」此時，漁夫丹澤以海相不佳為由，選擇改到網引港靠岸、讓波矢多徒步前往燈塔。只是從現場狀況以及他的奇怪態度來看，這似乎只是推託之詞。
「……因為白色的東西在跳舞。」丹澤不經意地吐出的一句話，為物理波矢多接下來的旅程揭開了駭人的序幕。
在前往燈塔的路途中遭遇的怪異事件，因為迷路而闖入了被人告誡「不可接近」的密林小屋，經歷一連串詭譎的波折，矗立在物理波矢多面前的轟之埼燈塔，又會有什麼在等待著他呢……
432 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2019
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July 23, 2022
Book title: The Tower of the White Demon
Rating: 4.5 stars. Although this book isn't what I'd expected, but Shinzō Mitsuda simply doesn't disappoint! I actually like how the author explained the 'white demon/yokai' and its activities.
Question:
Do you believe a teenage girl would allow a stranger to enter her cottage in the middle of nowhere even when the stranger claims he has lost his way?!
Unless, it actually isn't an ordinary teenage girl.
What's what in the story: in the post-WWII Japan, a young man applied for the job as a lighthouse keeper, in order to get to the lighthouse, he must went up some mountains, got inside a creepy woods to reach a remote village. However, the young soon lost his way in the woods and was forced to spend a night inside a creepy cottage in the middle of nowhere, which was resided by a strange pair of mother and daughter, who might or might not be the sorceresses (with the power to summon spirits and familiars) feared by the villagers?
The next day, when they young man went on his way again, he got a strong sense of being watched by the strange white figure which seemed to be lurking behind him...
When eventually the guy went to the lighthouse in one piece, an older lighthouse keeper told him about the strange experience he once had when he first arrived to station in this lighthouse, and the older man's experience mirrored the young man's own experience somehow?
What is the secret behind the cottage in the middle of the woods and the white 'yokai' that seemed to haunt the different lighthouses and their caretakers!?
I also quite like the explanation for the 'haunting' at the end of the story! I like this explanation!!
Rating: 4.5 stars. Although this book isn't what I'd expected, but Shinzō Mitsuda simply doesn't disappoint! I actually like how the author explained the 'white demon/yokai' and its activities.
Question:
Do you believe a teenage girl would allow a stranger to enter her cottage in the middle of nowhere even when the stranger claims he has lost his way?!
Unless, it actually isn't an ordinary teenage girl.
What's what in the story: in the post-WWII Japan, a young man applied for the job as a lighthouse keeper, in order to get to the lighthouse, he must went up some mountains, got inside a creepy woods to reach a remote village. However, the young soon lost his way in the woods and was forced to spend a night inside a creepy cottage in the middle of nowhere, which was resided by a strange pair of mother and daughter, who might or might not be the sorceresses (with the power to summon spirits and familiars) feared by the villagers?
The next day, when they young man went on his way again, he got a strong sense of being watched by the strange white figure which seemed to be lurking behind him...
When eventually the guy went to the lighthouse in one piece, an older lighthouse keeper told him about the strange experience he once had when he first arrived to station in this lighthouse, and the older man's experience mirrored the young man's own experience somehow?
What is the secret behind the cottage in the middle of the woods and the white 'yokai' that seemed to haunt the different lighthouses and their caretakers!?
I also quite like the explanation for the 'haunting' at the end of the story! I like this explanation!!
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