Gosick #016: Maria-holic

Victorique has been kidnapped by her father. Is Kazuya a bad enough dude to recuse her? Old Data East references aside when Victorique is forcibly shipped off to a convent it is up to Kazuya to save her. Using the invitation provided to him by Grevil to attend the Phantasmagoria at the intimidatingly named Beelzebub’s Skull, he springs into action. As all the major players in Gosick gather, a storm is certainly beginning to brew.

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No Case Too Small: Yankee-kun to Megane-chan

The case in question is chapters 115-117 of Yankee-kun to Megane-chan.

hisuiconThe story starts off without a hint of mystery. The new student council is taking a trip to a beach-side inn to plan for the upcoming school festival alongside the old student council made up of the main characters. They blow through their meeting to get as much fun in the sun as they can and then relax at the inn when night falls. But when they find Izumi has been attacked and is covered in seaweed and fish. After talking to a local hooligan who works at the inn the group discovers they have triggered the wrath of a local sea-god. They barge into the only other occupied room in the inn and find an ominous message that they all shall feel the wrath of the curse. Soon they are being taken out one by one in an equally bizarre manner.  Can Shinagawa discover who or what is behind the attack before they are all subject to the brunt of this fearsome grudge?

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Gosick #015: The Mysterious Hidden Rooms of Gold

When Kazuya confronts Bryan Roscoe about his connection to Victorique and the murders it quickly turns to into a fight were he cannot even lay a finger on his opponent. After a few ominous words the red-headed magician disappears in a puff of smoke leaving only the mystery in his absence. This leaves Victorique to put all the pieces of the puzzle together and uncover Leviathan’s identity, the reasons for string of deaths in the clock tower, and the terrible secret of Sauville. But is Victorique actually more involved in this case then she first realizes?
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