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Domestic Mystery
Takarajima Island Sha Bunko / 『 This mystery is amazing! 』 Grand Prize Series. Associate Professor Ryuji Sakurazaki, an up-and-coming folklorist who studies legends about past disasters such as floods, tsunamis, and epidemics and studies "legends about disasters" as lessons for the future, and is often exposed in the media. He established "Yokai Disaster Prevention Studies" which studies legends about disasters using the names of gods and monsters. He says, "Yokai extermination is a history that has overcome mysterious events beyond artificial ones, in other words, a legend of disaster prevention." Lectures and books on "dangerous old names hidden in new names" and "the true nature of monsters appearing in legends and myths" are popular, and he is a unique folklorist who also serves as a commentator on disasters. However, he was also suspected of plagiarism. He solved the well-known mysteries of "Momotaro and Oni extermination," "Kappa and Hitobashira," and "Ryomensukuna (a fierce god with faces on both sides of the head and eight arms and legs combined)" and eventually came to an unexpected conclusion. And the sad truth hidden by the suspicion of plagiarism. This is a historical folklorist full of intellectual excitement. There are many real place names that explain the origin.