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Reading Time # 56

"Human Specimen" Kanae Minato

* Synopsis *

I wish humans could be specimens when they are the most beautiful. When the bodies of six badly damaged boys were discovered, society was shocked by the strangeness of the incident. Sakaki Shiro, who studies chemistry at the Department of Biology at the university, monologues that he was so thirsty for the world of butterflies that he picked up six boys, including his son. A man's memoir that he was fascinated by butterflies and created a forbidden "specimen" shows an incomprehensible desire... A mystery of wailing where aesthetics and madness are violently mixed.

* Impressions *

It seems that you can see it in some sub, but I decided to read it in a book because I am a novelist. This story begins with a monologue of a biologist. At the end, it is an unexpected development that disappoints expectations. It was interesting, so I definitely want you to read it!

Declaration to enjoy 2026

My beloved daily life

I bought this at the end of the year.

1/17 Edited to

... Read more『人間標本』は、ただのミステリーを超えた、人間の美しさと闇を深く掘り下げる作品です。私も読む前は「美しい標本」という言葉に違和感を覚えましたが、物語を読み進めるうちに作者・湊かなえの描く世界観に引き込まれました。 作品中の生物学者・榊史朗の視点から、蝶への情熱が歪んだ形で表出し、悲劇的な事件へと繋がる描写は非常に鮮烈です。少年たちの美しい時を止めるという禁断の発想は、深く人間の業と美学を問うていると感じました。 また、原作は2025年12月からプライムビデオで独占配信の予定があり、映像化も期待されています。映像と文字、両方で楽しめることでいっそう物語の奥行きを感じられると思います。 この物語を読み終えた後、「美しさとは何か」「人の記憶や存在はどう在るべきか」といった自問が自然と湧いてきました。もしあなたがミステリだけでなく心理的深さも求めるなら、ぜひ本作を手に取ってみてください。心に響く一冊になるはずです。

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