亜樹 直 Agi Tadashi is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. His original name is Shin Kibayashi (樹林 伸 Kibayashi Shin). He was born in 1962 in Tokyo, and graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and Waseda University School of Economics & Political Science. The penname "Tadashi Agi" is shared with his sister. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for writing Kunimitsu no Matsuri.
Snow Spirit Murder is a surprisingly well written murder mystery in the New Kindaichi Case Files series. I enjoy the story very much and like how the mystery is eventually solved, and the bonus short story about a dangerous criminal snaking into party hosted by a pop idol (Kindaichi's friend) is humorous and refreshing too.
The main story is well-crafted, the explanation for the murder mystery is well-explained and the plot twist about the twin brothers is decent, I enjoy it.
Story plot of this manga really drive me to boredomness land.. Kindaichi always stumbles across mysterious murder case, where cold-blooded murderer kills his subjects one by one for vengeance, with no way out of the place. In the end Kindaichi solves the mystery after it's too late.
The reason I give it 4 stars is for the short story afterward. It's much much more enjoyable to read, with comedy touch and simplicity.
finally :) saya perlu membolak-balik halaman untuk mengerti pemecahan kasusnya, walaupun jujur tema yang diangkat di komik ini menurutku kurang menarik ditambah pelakunya mudah di tebak. tapi semua tertolong dengan cerita tambahan, "tapi saya tetap melihat case inti karena itu yang utama". tidak terlalu buruk menurutku