Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou

Project Status: ACTIVE This project has been updated within the past 3 months.

volume 1 cover

The Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techo series is also available in the following languages:

• French (Français)
• Italian (Italiano)

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

Translations and editing by Nanodesu.

Updates

• Oct 11, 2012: BKJT Volume 1 Prologue Completed/Biblia Koshodu no Jiken Techou teaser project initiated
• Jan 11, 2013: BKJT Volume 1 Epilogue Completed as a courtesy of Teh Ping as part of the "A translation a day initiative"
• Sept 27, 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.
• Jan 01, 2014 First volume edited and uploaded completely on Baka-Tsuki.
• Sept 17, 2016 Second volume complete
• June 25, 2017 Third volume complete

Biblia Koshodo no Jiken Techou by Mikami En

This novel is hosted from Nanodesu.

All main links below are external links to NanoDesu

Volume 1 - Miss Shioriko and the Peculiar Guests (PDF/ePub from Nanodesu)

• Volume 1 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 Her Enigmatic Daily Life (PDF/ePub from Nanodesu)

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

Volume 3 - Miss Shioriko and the Lasting Bonds (PDF/ePub from Nanodesu)

• Volume 4 Illustrations
• Prologue - "The King Has Donkey Ears" Part I (Poplar Publishing)
• Chapter 1 - Robert F. Young "The Dandelion Girl" (Shueisha Bunko)
• Chapter 2 - A Children’s Book with a Tanuki, a Crocodile, and a Dog?
• Chapter 3 - Spring and Asura
• Epilogue - "The King Has Donkey Ears" Part II (Poplar Publishing)
• Afterword

Volume 4 - Miss Shioriko and the Two Faces

• Volume 3 Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 - Demon of the Lonely Isle
• Chapter 2 - The Boys Detective Club
• Chapter 3 - The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture
• Epilogue
• Afterword

Project Staff

• Supervisor:
• Project Manager:

Translators

• Teh Ping
• erebea (Nanodesu)

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 〜栞子さんと繋がりの時〜 (January 24, 2014, ISBN 978-4-04-866226-0)
• ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖6 〜栞子さんと巡るさだめ〜 (December 25, 2014, ISBN 978-4-04-869189-5)
• ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖7 〜栞子さんと果てない舞台〜 (February 25, 2017, ISBN 978-4-04-892640-9)