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A book of two parts
The first three quarters of this book were hands down the most satisfying reading experience I've ever had in Japanese. Thanks to the detailled floorplan illustrations, it was often possible to guess the meaning of words without looking them up. The interview style structure of this part also worked quite well and gave me the feeling that I was dynamically discovering new information along with the characters.
The last part is much harder languagewise and...sucked. The solution is infodumped on the reader and consists of a bunch of scraps held together by duct tape that don't withstand any kind of scrutiny. Some clues contradict each other, a lot of open ends remain unexplored and mysteries that the main characters puzzled over for whole chapters just turned out to be irrelevant and never got a final conclusion. The villains' motivations and the logistics of the whole operation remain shallow and unconvincing.
I also grew increasingly frustrated by how passive the MC is. Even though they are supposed to be a journalist, they almost never research anything that isn't dropped into their lap.