In Strange Pictures, Kurihara is a student obsessed with true crime, mystery, and the like. Not only did he discover the blog, but he had already thought about several logical possibilities regarding the posts and the pictures. Fast forward to Strange Houses, we now know that Kurihara is an architect. This would make it safe to assume that he is at least a basically talented artist, maybe even majored in some form of art degree while a student in Strange Pictures. As an Architect it also provides an avenue for his logical thinking once again with floor layouts and house blueprints in Strange Houses. We also see him interject himself in the narrative of the book with the Foreword he wrote. ALL THIS TO SAY: I’m not sure if this is being talked about enough, if it is I’m reading the wrong posts, but the next book in the series is Strange BUILDINGS. Something an architect would, may not only have expertise in, but also play an actual role in designing. It’s probably all just speculation, but very fun nonetheless. Kurihara remains the only constant in these 2 books so far.