四季・春[Shiki Haru]

Four Seasons #1

by Hiroshi Mori

科学者・真賀田四季。幼くして発現する、真の天才。圧倒的人気のカリスマ、真賀田四季の物語、第１弾。天才科学者・真賀田四季(まがたしき）。彼女は５歳になるまでに語学を、６歳には数学と物理をマスタ、一流のエンジニアになった。すべてを一瞬にして理解し、把握し、思考するその能力に人々は魅了される。あらゆる概念にとらわれぬ知性が遭遇した殺人事件は、彼女にどんな影響を与えたのか。圧倒的人気の４部作、第１弾。

272 pages, Paperback Shinsho

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

See 森 博嗣

Reviews

[Life · Rating 3 out of 5]

“You’re just convincing yourself that it’s fun,” Shiki laughed. “Do you know how much of a burden it is for us to be alive, how much it restricts our freedom?”
“Being alive restricts our freedom? Isn’t it the other way around?”
“No. The belief that we must live is the root of what robs humans of their freedom.”
“But if you die, there’s nothing. There’s no freedom or anything.”

A prequel starring Magata Shiki, from Mori’s debut work. Rather than a mystery (there is a locked-room murder, but it is trivial and dispensed with early on) this is more of a character study, though there still are some elements that are reminiscent of mysteries. Also, this ties the S&M series and V series together, not that said link wasn’t obvious from the last book of the latter. Technically all four books are meant to form a cohesive whole, so I’m interested to see where Mori takes them.

[Hiroaki]

すべてはFになる
有限と微小のパン
四季　春
と読み進んできた。
初めて、評価できる本に遇った