Japanese Boys and Girls Detective Series The Scary King of Kids

Author: Shun Neng Jiangzhi
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Since the detective novels in Japan began with Seigo Matsumoto, there has been a sub-genre of socially focused mystery novels. It seems that the "social mystery novel" style, which emphasizes intellectual depth, has also influenced children's detective fiction. In The Terror Child King, as the story unfolds with Xiaojian getting involved in the fatal incident of the "Child King" to save his friend Youye, it depicts the hidden psychology of children as they explore the unknown and the bittersweet outcome of Xiaojian's desperate efforts to save his friend, only to lose him in the process. Understanding the complexity of human nature, Xiaojian takes a step forward in his growth. In The Dark God, the story revolves around the competition for inheritance, where through the plot of Xiaojian's father considering giving up the competition for the inheritance, it guides children to think about the relationship between money and the value of life. Xiaojian and Youye are good friends. Youye dislikes school and often takes sick leave to stay home and read, so he makes up many stories. Once, he told Xiaojian a story called The Terror Child King. To Xiaojian's surprise, he actually saw the figure of this fierce "Child King" in his residential community. When he told this discovery to his friend, Youye was so scared that he screamed. To protect his good friend, the brave Xiaojian independently launched a secret plan.