Edo Rakugo Ki Tan Yose to Shinigami (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] A second-year university student, Tsukihiko Sakuragi collapses at Yotsuya station on his way home. He is rescued by a kimono-clad writer, Aono Tan, who gives him his business card, saying, "If you can't get help from a doctor, please contact us. Aono tells Tsukihiko that the cause of the lack of sleep he is suffering from is the work of a ghost from the Edo-period rakugo comic storytelling genre. Aono, who says he is a researcher of Rakugo, tells Tsukihiko that the cause of the strange phenomenon lies in his family... This is an odd tale of a beautiful writer and a college student who helps him solve a mystery! Winner of the 6th Kadokawa Bunko Character Novel Award.

大学2年生の桜木月彦は、帰宅途中の四ツ谷駅で倒れてしまう。助けてくれたのは着物姿の文筆家・青野短で、「お医者にかかっても無理ならご連絡ください」と名刺を渡される。半身半疑で訪ねた月彦に、青野は悩まされている寝不足の原因は江戸落語の怪異の仕業だ、と告げる。そしてその研究をしているという彼から、怪異の原因は月彦の家族にあると聞かされ...。美形文筆家と、彼を手伝うことになった大学生の謎解き奇譚!第6回角川文庫キャラクター小説大賞優秀賞。