July 16, 2023

The author wrote this series as kind of an homage to Japanese TV family drama/soap opera, and that’s what you get as a reader – a view of a big all-in-one-house family that grows and changes as the books go on. People fall in love, move in, move out, have vaguely mysterious pasts that get revealed, low-stakes stuff happens, the neighbourhood friends and locals lend a hand, the B plot miraculously ties in to the A plot at the end of each chapter, seasons turn (every book has four chapters, one per season), there are some scenes you can guarantee will turn up in every book, like the big breakfast scene where everybody talks over each other.

Language-wise it is straightforward, and because it's family-drama stuff there's no genre-specific vocab to worry about.

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pm215 graded
on March 15, 2025
similar in difficulty to札幌アンダーソングL28
pm215 graded
on September 18, 2024
similar in difficulty to変りものの季節L29
pm215 graded
on August 3, 2024
pm215 graded
on July 23, 2024
easier than金沢殺人事件L30
pm215 graded
on May 13, 2024
similar in difficulty to紫水晶殺人事件L29
pm215 graded
on May 7, 2024
similar in difficulty to密室の鍵貸しますL31
pm215 graded
on May 7, 2024
pm215 graded
on May 7, 2024
similar in difficulty toぼんくら 上L29??
pm215 graded
on March 15, 2024
similar in difficulty to黒い森の記憶L30
pm215 graded
on January 17, 2024
easier than暗殺の年輪L41
pm215 graded
on December 25, 2023
easier than笑う警官L35
pm215 graded
on December 1, 2023
easier thanMy HumanityL40
pm215 graded
on September 11, 2023
easier than渡された場面L35
pm215 graded
on September 11, 2023
pm215 graded
on September 11, 2023
pm215 graded
on September 11, 2023
easier than初ものがたりL31
pm215 graded
on September 11, 2023
harder than恋占いL28
pm215 graded
on September 11, 2023
harder than赤いこうもり傘L28
pm215 graded
on August 30, 2023
similar in difficulty toジュージューL29
pm215 graded
on August 30, 2023
easier than蒼い描点L34
pm215 graded
on August 22, 2023
harder than寝台車の悪魔L28
pm215 graded
on August 22, 2023
harder than雪に消えた悪魔L28
pm215 graded
on August 22, 2023
similar in difficulty to高千穂伝説殺人事件L30
pm215 graded
on July 30, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 30, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 26, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 26, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 26, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 26, 2023
similar in difficulty to東京下町殺人暮色L30
pm215 graded
on July 19, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 17, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 17, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 17, 2023
pm215 graded
on July 17, 2023
harder thanスパイ失業L28
pm215 graded
on July 17, 2023
easier than狐笛のかなたL30
pm215 graded
on July 17, 2023
similar in difficulty toR.P.G.L30
pm215 graded
on July 17, 2023
similar in difficulty toレベル7 (セブン)L29