[Simple Synopsis] Princess Toyotomi (Minor Spoilers) [Manabu Makime / Bunshun Bunko]
"Goodbye, Princess—that is"
"Adults and children"
"Bureaucrats and middle school students"
What happens when two elements that should have absolutely no connection
become deeply intertwined through a secret story?
It is an entertainment work that is fully characteristic of Mr. Makime's style.
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"Introduction"
Since the middle of October, the temperature has dropped sharply. Also, as the weather has not been very good lately, I think people are spending more time at home or in their rooms. Reading during a little bit of time before going to sleep is also very productive.
This season has long been called "Autumn for Reading," and since it is a time when you can get the perfect situation for reading, I would like to write my impressions of books that have left an impression on me recently or that I have bought and left in a pile. I am writing this with the hope that these impressions will make you even slightly interested in the work or the author, but please be aware that there are descriptions that include "minor spoiler elements," such as characters and vague plot summaries, so please be careful about that.
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"It is the Board of Audit of Japan"
In Japan, there is a government office called the Board of Audit office.
It is a mechanism of the country,
an agency that does not belong to any of the three branches of government: "Executive (Cabinet)," "Legislative (Diet)," or "Judicial (Courts)",
and it possesses that nature.
An agency that has existed as an organization directly under the Emperor since the era of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, and which still stands aloof from the influence of all state power today.
The three members of the Board of Audit's Sixth Bureau—Hajime Matsudaira, Tadashi Torii, and Asahi Gainsbourg—are tasked with inspecting whether national budget funds (subsidies) distributed across the country are being used appropriately.
During one business trip, the three finish an inspection of the Osaka Prefectural Government, and subsequently go on to inspect the OJO Corporation, but...
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From the very beginning, the book explains this unique government office, the Board of Audit, and starts with the tense development of an inspection within the Osaka Prefectural Government, before suddenly shifting to the everyday setting of an Osaka shopping district and a junior high school.
"Adults and children"
"Government officials (civil servants) and junior high students"
What happens when two elements that should have absolutely no connection become intricately intertwined through a certain story?
Such stories go very well with "Osaka Castle" and the "Toyotomi clan." Of course, it is a wild fantasy, but it is a story whose possibility is hard to completely deny.
With Edo Castle or the Tokugawa clan, such a story would not be able to expand in this way, and it would immediately feel hollow and unbelievable.
*This is a topic only an old guy like me would understand, but
when I think of Osaka Castle, I remember the 'Mr. Ajikko's Aji-Oh reaction' lol
Also, I really liked how the reveal about the "large-scale organizational management" spoken by certain people toward the end was told from both male and female perspectives.
From the male perspective, I only had the doubt, "Can they really maintain something like that for so many years?" so I think it was wrapped up well.
It is an impossible story that could be called absurd, but it is an entertainment work that is full of the typical Makime-style, making you think, "Maybe..."
Please give it a read.
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