世にも奇妙な商品カタログ 4 ひとつでふたつの飲み薬・文字起こしマーカー他

And here I am, having finished yet another volume of my "once a year after I've forgotten that the previous volume was kind of disappointing" series. This was definitely better than the last volume, but not quite as good as volume 2.

Scores per story:

• Moji okoshi MARKER『文字起こしマーカー』3.5/5
• Nayami no tane『悩みの種』3.5/5
• Miseyose kanban『店寄せ看板』2/5
• Hitotsu futatsu no nomikusuri『ひとつでふたつの飲み薬』4/5
• Kega ha gashi CREAM『ケガはがしクリーム』4.5/5
• Kage zaiku SET『影細工セット』4.5/5

It's a pity that the quality of the stories varies so much. While it ended on a high note, I definitely remember the stretches where I was asking myself why I'm reading this instead of something that I'd actually enjoy.

The quest to get a complete catalog full of despair continues...

Fully furigana?: Yes (It's a Tsubasa Bunko)

Will Nozome and Noeno be able this time to fill the catalog with despair? No, they won't. But that's also part of the interesting story.

As continuation in the series, it follows the same pattern. Character development and main story of Nozome and Noeno at the beginning and the end of the book, and independent stories that make up for the catalog plot device in the story.

I'll be rating the stories individually again:

• Moji okoshi MARKER『文字起こしマーカー』 5/5
• Nayami no tane『悩みの種』 4/5
• Miseyose kanban『店寄せ看板』4.5/5
• Hitotsu futatsu no nomikusuri『ひとつでふたつの飲み薬』4.5/5
• Kega ha gashi CREAM『ケガはがしクリーム』5/5
• Kage zaiku SET『影細工セット』5/5

Conclusion: I think the quality of the stories from the previous volume has gone up. There was no story that I didn't find myself hooked in this volume and I hope they keep the (what I think is) perfect level of entertainment / tension / darkness.