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by Kyo Shirodaira (Author), Eita Mizuno (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Yen Press (22 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 075952341X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0759523418
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 212,303 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'I'm going to uncover the mystery of the Blade Children.' World-class detective Kyotaka Narumi's last words prior to his sudden disappearance continue to haunt his younger brother, Ayumu. The cheeky 10th grader becomes further embroiled in the mystery when he is mistaken for the prime suspect in a murder at his school. Led by Ayumu's sister-in-law, Kiyotaka's wife and fellow detective, Madoka, the investigation gives Ayumu a chance to clear his name. But in doing so he not only uncovers ties to the Blade Children but also more questions than answers about who and what they are...

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Kyo Shirodaira and Eita Mizuno are a critically acclaimed creative team.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The rules of logic, 14 Dec 2007
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Most series -- be they book, TV, comics or movies -- are subject to a bit of shakiness when they first start.

And the first volume of "Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning" is no exception. Kyo Shirodaira and Eita Mizuno present us with some genuinely intriguing murder mysteries, but these standalone stories are dotted with clues to remind us of the oblique, rather frustrating storyline.

Two years ago, Ayumu Narumi got a phone call from his older, genius brother Kiyotaka. Kiyotaka announced he was investigating the "Blade Children," and then vanished.

In the current day, a girl falls or is pushed from a balcony, and dies. Ayumu has the bad luck to be near where she fell from, and soon the girl's friend is telling everyone that he murdered her. Even though the police inspector is his sister-in-law Madoka, he's still the prime suspect. But Ayumu has the same astounding analytical skills as his older brother

With the help of a flaky school reporter, he soon ferrets out the real murderer.... only to find that she is somehow connected to the Blade Children. And then she is murdered, and to find more answers, Ayumu must find out who killed her, in the hopes of finding someone who knows where Kiyotaka is.

And there are even more mysteries, when a blackmailing translator is found dead, in a mansion's locked library. Before she died, she drew a squared spiral in her own blood, indicating that it was murder. But how did the killer murder her without entering the room -- and what connection does she have to the Blade Children?

Since this is just the warm-up, there are some awkward moments in the first volume of "Spiral." Most importantly, it feels like the murders were concocted to be difficult and clever, and then strung onto the whole storyline of the Blade Children to connect them. It's not much, as of yet.

What little we know of the Blade Children is pretty dark -- there's talk of a "curse," and murder being a part of who they are. But there's a gentle undercurrent of humour, despite the dark overtones. One of the funniest scenes: Madoka going nuts because Ayumu failed to prepare a gourmet meal, due to a lot of police interrogation.

And Shirodaira and Mizuno do a solid job with detective stories -- their methods of murder are pretty solid, as are the clever solutions that Ayumu comes up with. It takes a bit of thought to figure out the solutions; be forewarned, one of them leaves you on a cliffhanger until Volume Two.

Ayumu verges on annoying occasionally, acted disaffected and disowning his gifts. But it's not hard to see why he would be frustrated by a brother who was a genius at everything. Madoka is entertainingly tightly-wound, but thus far Hiyono the Bizarre Perky Reporter is kind of annoying.

The first volume of "Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning" suffers from a disjointed beginning, but fortunately things get better later on. A shaky beginning to a good series.
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