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edogawa ranpo covers part 3 – the case of the missing poplars!

back in my first post on these shonen tanteidan book covers, I didn’t really have much info on them – but then I got stuck into digging up more info while I’ve been recuperating from a cold (cough). and so, here I present – the remaining covers that I was missing from that first batch of Poplar Publishing editions. which should be the end of it… OR IS IT??? read more to find out!!

edogawa ranpo book covers part 2 – kobunsha!

while I was hunting for the covers from my previous post, I also found a treasure trove of covers from the same series, but a different publisher – in this case, kobunsha! I also found… some fun facts??! read more to find out!! :^O

edogawa ranpo’s shonen tanteidan/boy detective club book covers

a whole lotta fiends round these parts…

during the pandemic, I took it upon myself to start reading as many japanese mystery novels as I could get my hands on – I won’t go into any of the details on authors or genre distinctions here (for now!!! another time!) but something I’ve become fascinated with is edogawa ranpo‘s era of juvenile literature. for a guy mainly known (particularly in the west) for his ero guro nonsense genre books, I am obsessed with the chunk of time where he churned out 26+ of these shonen tanteidan (boy detective club) mystery thrillers for middle grade readers. what gives!! why is no one talking about this!!! but more importantly – the covers I’ve found so far are amazing. read more to check em out!!