![]() I am going to call this problem the Hannibal Lecter paradox. I think there’s perhaps an element of tsundere at play here, and perhaps it’s my fault for not being Nisio’s target audience, but there’s an even more annoying problem with his recurring descriptions of genius. When I read his work, I feel like he’s attacking me personally for being so stupid and incompetent, unlike his collection of beautiful geniuses. ![]() Nisio’s problem, however, is that he amps the asshole factor of Holmes and Stark all the way up to eleven and turns it directly towards the reader. Of course, genius and its practical applications are fascinating, which is why characters like Sherlock Holmes and Tony Stark are so appealing. Judging from these stories, Nisio is obsessed with the concept of genius. ![]() I didn’t get a terribly good impression of him from what I had read of his work before, which was limited to Death Note: Another Note, a collection of three short stories based on the manga xxxHOLiC (you can find my review of that one here), and the short story “Magical Girl Risuka” in the second English edition of the literary magazine Faust. I am not a big fan of NISIOISIN (who I am going to refer to as “Nisio” for my own convenience). ![]() Publication Year: 2008 (America) 2002 (Japan) ( Kubikiri cycle: Aoiro savant to zaregoto-zukai) ![]() Title: Zaregoto, Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle ![]()
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