Tsukidate no Satsujin

Tsukidate no Satsujin
First volume cover
月館の殺人
GenreMurder mystery[1]
Manga
Written byYukito Ayatsuji
Illustrated byNoriko Sasaki
Published byShogakukan
ImprintIkki Comix
MagazineMonthly Ikki
Original runDecember 25, 2004 – April 25, 2006
Volumes2

Tsukidate no Satsujin (月館の殺人; lit. 'Murder in Tsukidate') is a Japanese manga series written by Yukito Ayatsuji and illustrated by Noriko Sasaki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from December 2004 to April 2006, with its chapters collected in two wideban volumes.

Synopsis

After the death of her parents, high school student Sorami Karigaya boards the night train Genya to meet her estranged grandfather, her only remaining relative. Her journey is filled with firsts: her first train ride, her first time seeing snow, and her first visit to Hokkaido. Awaiting her on board, however, is a group of eccentric and obsessive railway enthusiasts, known as "Tetsu". The luxurious Genya train, which utilizes former Orient Express carriages pulled by the D51 steam locomotive, contains only seven passengers. Sorami soon discovers her grandfather personally invited all of them. This peculiar gathering takes a sinister turn when a passenger is found murdered aboard the moving train, abruptly dragging Sorami into a brutal and terrifying mystery.

Publication

Written by Yukito Ayatsuji and illustrated by Noriko Sasaki, Tsukidate no Satsujin was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from December 25, 2004,[2] to April 25, 2006.[a] Shogakukan collected its chapters in two wideban volumes, released on August 10, 2005,[6] and July 28, 2006.[7] Shogakukan re-published it in two tankōbon volumes released on January 30, 2009.[8][9] Shogakukan re-published it again in two bunkoban volumes on January 13, 2017.[10][11]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 August 10, 2005[6]978-4-09-188581-4
2 July 28, 2006[7]978-4-09-188333-9

Reception

Tsukidate no Satsujin was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ It finished in the magazine's June 2006 issue (cover date),[3] released on April 25 of that same year.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "AWA LIFE January 2007" (PDF). Tokushima Prefecture International Exchange Association. January 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020. Tsukidate no Satsujin is a murder mystery manga set aboard a luxury train running through the more desolate and rural parts of Hokkaido — Martin O'Brien
  2. ^ 月刊 IKKI 2005年 2月号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 21, 2005. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  3. ^ 月館の殺人. Mangapedia. Digitalio. Archived from the original on February 7, 2025. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  4. ^ 月刊ＩＫＫＩ (バックナンバー). s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  5. ^ IKKI公式サイト「イキパラ」次号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 5, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  6. ^ a b 月館の殺人 / 上 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on June 30, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  7. ^ a b 月館の殺人 / 下 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  8. ^ 月館の殺人 (新装版) / 上 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  9. ^ 月館の殺人 (新装版) / 下 (in Japanese). ASIN 4091884466.
  10. ^ 月館の殺人 （文庫版） 上 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. June 28, 2016. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  11. ^ 月館の殺人 （文庫版） 下 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. June 28, 2016. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  12. ^ "Manga Division – 2006 [10th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive". Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

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