I go spiral trying to catch up on ‘the trap’ and its loop but it was so thrillingly plotted that I get hooked instantly with Hisataro’s adventure. A neat, descriptive murder mystery with a time travelling sort of plot following Hisataro who needs to live on the loop for at least 9 times before his day could go back to normal. It was a boring repetitive adventure thus far to him but this New Year’s gathering at grandfather’s mansion has turned dramatic when he wakes up on the 2nd day of 2nd January just to get stunned later when his grandfather; Reijiro Fuchigami, the chairman of the Edge Restaurant Group is found dead.

Loved how Hisataro narrating his POV throughout the 9 loops trying to avoid as much as unwelcomed incidents just to save his grandfather yet he failed miserably when a new suspect appeared everytime that grandfather will always found dead at the end before the day gets reset; “Life has a habit of tripping you up… if I managed to prevent one murderer from approaching the old house, another would spring up in their place and successfully carry out the crime.”

From illicit love affairs to jealousy rivalries and inheritance fights, the motive getting deeper and darker it turns so cunning and wickedly exhilarating— I should have trust my hunch after reading Reijiro’s diary and taking note on the hints but couldn’t unfold the tricks until Emi came out with her conclusion in chapter 14 that the twist really got me surprised as much as Hisataro.

A fun murder(?) and whodunnit mystery all and all, the characters too were all crafted so engagingly inviting that I was curious about everyone even until to that last mess. Kind of love the ending; the chaos was expected, the panic was understandable and I liked how ‘the trap’ still being as mysterious and surreal until to that very last chapter. 4.2/5*

**Thank you Pansing Distribution for the gifted review copy!