ギャル探偵、翔る
While browsing ebay one day I came upon a lot of 10 or so Japanese books which I subsequently purchased so that I’d have something to read once I finished Harry Potter in Japanese. I knew nothing about the books (except for Don Quixote in Japanese which I have previously read in English).
I merely picked the one on the top up and began reading. That one was called “ギャル探偵、翔る” or “Soar Girl Detective.” The title sounded corny and the contents weren’t much better. I just finished all 250+ pages last night. This was only about the third or fourth Japanese novel I have read that didn’t include furigana. It wasn’t too difficult to get through and I learned lots of interesting new vocabulary.
In what way was the vocab interesting you ask? Well, this novel is rather racy. It’s about a former prostitute, turned detective, named Mayumi. Her side kick, and detective-in-training is the virgin Ruriko. Mayumi’s boyfriend is a cop who also helps out in their detective agency set in the Roppongi district of Tokyo.
There are about 12 stories in this novel. All are pretty similar, featuring beautiful people (models, actresses, etc.), naked people in one way or another, and usually some sort of sexual escapades–either in the crime itself, between Mayumi and her boyfriend, or both.
Mayumi usually comes up with some sort of brilliant plan, solving every case, and nets the agency ridiculously high commissions that seem to grow from one episode to the next. Amazingly enough, the author, 胡桃沢 耕史, wrote tons of these books–three in this series alone.
If this sounds like your cup of tea, I’ll gladly sell my copy to you for $5 plus shipping.