Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou

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Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techo (ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖) is a light novel series by Mikami En and illustrated by Nakano.

Story Synopsis

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou is a mystery series where Shinokawa Shioriko, a young owner of a bookstore in Kamakura, unravel mysteries of ancient books that are taken there.

The story begins with a young man named Daisuke, who grew up practically without reading books due to a "phobia", brings the complete (and autographed) works of Natsume Soseki, Japanese writer of the Meiji era, inherited from his grandmother in the mysterious bookstore. Will the shy and introvert Shioriko solve the mystery of the books?

(from Baka-Updates)

Translation

Registration

Those who wish to contribute are asked to first notify a supervisor beforehand.

Translators are asked to register which chapters they're working on

Format Standards

Every Chapter (after editing) must conform to the general format guidelines. Editors must look at them before changing the script.

• General Format/Style Guideline
• Project specific Guidelines: Names, Terminology and English-related Issues

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Updates

• 11-October-2012:
  • BKJT Volume 1 Prologue Completed
  • Biblia Koshodu no Jiken Techou teaser project initiated
• 11-January-2013:
  • BKJT Volume 1 Epilogue Completed as a courtesy of Teh Ping as part of the "A translation a day initiative"
• 27-September-2013
• First volume (draft edition) done and uploaded here. Complete edition will be uploaded here as well. As for pdfs and other downloadables...still working on the kinks.

Biblia Koshodo no Jiken Techou by Mikami En

Volume 1 - Miss Shioriko and the Peculiar Guests

• Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 - Sōseki Natsume "Sōseki's Complete Collection, New Edition" (Iwanami Shoten)
• Chapter 2 - Kiyoshi Koyama "Monument Gleaning + Saint Andersen" (Shincho Paperback)
• Chapter 3 - Vinogradov/Kuzmin "Introduction to Logic" (Aoki Paperback)
• Chapter 4 - Osamu Dazai "The Late Years" (Sunagoya Bookstore)
• Epilogue
• Afterword

Volume 2 - Miss Shioriko and the Enigmatic Daily Life

• Illustrations
• Prologue - Michiyo Sakaguchi "Kula Kula Diary" Bungeishunjū Part I
• Chapter 1 - Anthony Burgress "A Clockwork Orange" (Hayakawa NV Paperback)
• Chapter 2 - Sadaichi Fukuda "Essay of Wise Sayings - Salaryman" (June Paperback)
• Chapter 3 - Fujio Tezuka "UTOPIA - The Final World War" (Tsuruya Printing)
• Epilogue - Michiyo Sakaguchi "Kula Kula Diary" Bungeishunjū Part II
• Afterword

Project Staff

• Project Administrator:
• Project Supervisor:

Translators

• Teh Ping

Editors

• The Heretics

Series Overview

• ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖 〜栞子さんと奇妙な客人たち〜 (March 25, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-870469-4)
• ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖2 〜栞子さんと謎めく日常〜 (October 25, 2011, ISBN 978-4-04-870824-1)
• ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖3 〜栞子さんと消えない絆〜 (June 23, 2012, ISBN 978-4-04-886658-3)
• ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖4 〜栞子さんと二つの顔〜 (February 22, 2013, ISBN 978-4-04-891427-7)
• ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖5 ~Title Unknown~ (December 20, 2013)