Full title: GOSICKs - Haru Kitaru Shinigami Author: Sakuraba Kazuki Illustrator: Takeda Hinata Label: Fujimi Mystery Bunko Year of publication: 2005 Pages: 349 If there's a "Dumbest Title" award, this one has a great shot at taking home the prize. It's probably a pun on "gothic", but as a Westerner, it just feels wrong to me. Go sick? What? At least this particular volume's wacky name is mellowed by the poor little 's' that follows it, indicating that it's not a part of the series proper, but rather a collection of short stories that take place here and there on the time line.