Kagami Family Saga

* Vol 1
* Vol 2
* Vol 3
* Vol 3.5
* Vol 4
* Vol 5
* Vol 5.5
* Vol 6
* Vol 6.5
* Vol 6.6

**The Kagami Family Saga** (鏡家サーガ Kagami ke sāga) is a 21st Mephisto Award-winning series of novels written by Yuya Sato featuring the Kagami Family members as the main characters. Set around Chitose City, Hokkaido, the novels depict incidents centered on the Kagami Family, the Hasegawa Research Institute, and the Ketōin Conglomerate.

# **Background Information**

The "Kagami Family" is a spin on the "Glass family" from J. D. Salinger's "Glass Saga". the book Nine Stories is homage to Salinger's Nine Stories, and the titles are all taken from Japanese titles translated by Takashi Nozaki.

It has a similar feel to Ōtarō Maijō's "Natsukawa Saga" and Nisio Isin's "Zaregoto Series", which were popular in Kodansha novels and "Faust" in the early 2000s, and most of the works took the form of mystery novels. It also contains elements of science fiction and youth fiction. The short stories contained in Nine Stories were purely literary works, some of which were published in the pure literary magazine Gunzo, and were published as monographs rather than Kodansha novels when they were turned into books.

At the time of the release of the first three titles, it became a hot topic with bold quotations from subcultures such as Adult and Moe based games, but its reputation as a new full-fledged mystery was low and it did not lead to sales, so the series was canceled once in Kodansha Novels. On the other hand, he was appreciated by non-mystery critics such as Eiji Ōtsuka and Hiroki Azuma, and continued the series with their support.

Although not numbered in the Kagami Family Saga, there are multiple short stories and spinoffs set in the same universe. In addition, in "Danganronpa: Togami", features characters and plot points of the Kagami Family Saga as a crossover albeit shown as a false augmented reality projected into Danganronpa: Togami through the in-universe novel series.

In November 2021, "Flicker Style", "Specific Gravity of the Soul Coated with Enamel", "Sunken Piano" and "Christmas Terror: Invisible x Inventor" were published by Seikaisha FICTIONS for four consecutive months as "Reprint Project to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Yuya Sato's Debut".

# **Books and Characters**

## Main Series

### Flicker Style: Perfect Murder for Kimihiko Kagami

Book 1 of the Kagami Family Saga Series. Won the Mephisto Prize.

* Kimihiko Kagami

* Sōji Kagami

* Ryōko Kagami

* Naomi Kagami

* Sana Kagami

* Yuna Kagami

* Junichirō Kagami

* Sasaki

* Tōko Kobayashi

* Asumi

* Yukiko Hasegawa

* Yūko Arai

* Eri Saitō

* Miyuka Fujimoto

* Mayumi Īda

* Naoki Andō

* Robots
* Hiroyuki Ketōin

* Yuika Ketōin

* Hatakiyo Ketōin

* Akiko Mikuni

* Yoshiaki Mikuni

* Yumie Tōdō

* Sōjirō Tōdō

* Suzuhiko Ōtsuki

* Professor Ōtsuki

* Mr and Mrs Kagami

* Kudan

* Stabbin' Jack

* Misaki Kuhara

* Sugai

* Ōki

* Morioka

* Unnamed Minor Characters

### Specific Gravity of the Soul Coated with Enamel: Ryoko Kagami and the Dress-Up Locked Room

Book 2 of the Kagami Family Saga Series.

* Sunae Yamamoto

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### Sunken Piano: The Crime that Souji Kagami Restores

Book 3 of the Kagami Family Saga Series.

* Yoshinobu Hasegawa

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### Kagami Sisters in the Flying Classroom: Kagami Family Saga Exceptions Arc

Book 4 of the Kagami Family Saga Series. Originally published in chapters on Kodansha's website.

* Haruo Hyōdō
* Taeko Kanai
* Saimon Ketōin Sr & Jr

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### Cream Sodium Cyanide: Kagami Family Saga Introductory Arc

Book 5 of the Kagami Family Saga Series.

* Mejika Haikake

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### Last Order Restart: Sana Kagami is an Eternal Detective

Book 6 of the Kagami Family Saga Series. Had a limited release of only Twelve copies, each with a different ending. Currently Lost Media (none of 12 versions archived online).

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## Spinoffs and Short Stories

### Christmas Terror: Invisible x Inventor

The first full length novella spinoff set in the Kagami Family Saga Timeline. It also serves as a pseudo-biography of the author. Due to the initial unpopularity of the Kagami series this was initially going to be the last entry.

* Tōko Kobayashi

* Masato Kumagai

* Naoto Kumagai

* 500 Island Residents

* Tsukamoto

* Reiko

* Taki Isshin

* Misaki Isshin

* Kobayashi Family
* Satō

* Suzuki

* Tanabe

* Akiko

* Moke

* Hiroyuki Ketōin

* Yuika Ketōin

* Kimura

### Kagami Sisters Animal Conference: Kagami Family Saga Genuine Arc

Unfinished story set in the Kagami Family Saga Timeline. Released in Mephisto magazine May 2008. Originally set for 12 chapters but only 1 was ever published. May have also become a full novel by the end of publication. Currently Lost Media (not archived online).

* Shinichi Muraki 村木 伸一

* Usari Akaogi 赤荻 宇沙里

* Yumisuke Makizoe 牧添 弓輔

* Kahiko Makizoe 牧添 鹿彦

* Tadashi Makizoe 牧添 律

* Ichiko Makizoe 牧添 市子

* Amano 天野

* Tetsuo 鉄男
* Ushi (Cow) 牛

* Masako Akaogi 赤荻 正子

* Kenichi Akaogi 赤荻 憲一

* Shiori Akaogi 赤荻 志織里

* Natsumi Akaogi 赤荻 奈津美

* Chiyumi Akaogi 赤荻 千優実

* Shōichi Ezaki 江崎 彰一

* Fujino 藤野

### Drifting Carpet

An Anthology Story originally released in two parts written by Kenji Takemoto.

### Nine Stories

Short Story Collection and second novella spinoff set in the Kagami Family Saga Timeline.

### The Seventh Function of Music

Short Story set in the Kagami Family Saga Timeline. Released in Elites fanzine Vol 2. Currently Lost Media (not archived online).

### The Seventh Mourning Year

Short Story set in the Kagami Family Saga Timeline. Released on Twitter. Currently Lost Media (not archived online).

### Well-Behaved Seven Years

Short Story set in the Kagami Family Saga Timeline. Released in Elites fanzine Vol 4. Currently Lost Media (not archived online).

### The Seven Pages of That Child's favorite story, all together, all at once

Short Story set in the Kagami Family Saga Timeline. Released as a crowdfunding incentive for the 20th anniversary reprints of the Kagami Family Saga. Currently Lost Media (not archived online).

### The Catcher in the Rye

An Anthology Story written by Yuki Shasendou as a crowdfunding incentive for the 20th anniversary reprints of the Kagami Family Saga. Currently Lost Media (not archived online).

### A Case Not Suitable For Juvenile Detectives

The second full length novella spinoff set in an unknown part of the Kagami Family Saga Timeline, with some reoccurring characters.

* Yūya Satō (character)
* Subaru Satō
* Makihisa Irikīn
* Suzune Irikīn
* Irikīn Family

See Also:

* Danganronpa: Togami, a spiritual successor series.