陰陽師

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by 夢枕獏

volume 1 of 陰陽師

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[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: It was the Heian period (794-1185), and in the capital of Kyoto, there was a renowned yin-yang master named Abe no Seimei. It was a time when darkness remained as darkness, and at night, people, demons, and monsters all lived in the darkness of the same capital, breathing in secret. Abe no Seimei was a yin-yang master of the fourth rank, belonging to the onmyōryō dormitory in the Ouchiura. He deals with spirits of the dead, living ...

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Page Count:

333

ISBN:

4167528010

ISBN13:

9784167528010

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pm215says

July 16, 2023

It was interesting to read some historical fiction that wasn’t set in the Edo period for once. I liked this quite a bit, but it’s very much episodic, and there’s surprisingly little character development – I think the author just wanted to tell a bunch of Heian-era ghost/demon stories. The writing style has lots of single-sentence paragraphs, so there’s a lot of blank space on each page, which makes it a faster read. There seem to be a ton of further books in the series; I may pick the next one

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