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There are a lot of ways to approach this. You could compare, as works, the original Sherlock Holmes stories and Detective Conan. Looking at that, I will simply say that SH is one of the masters that established the field. Not only is it better known, it is is a true cultural icon. Even people that don't read mysteries know who Sherlock Holmes is. DC simply isn't as well established, and probably never will be. A century from know Sherlock will still be a household word that invariably refers to the Great Detective, while Kudo will be just another Japanese name, and Conan will bring to mind the barbarian. That being said, in some ways, DC is more advanced as detective fiction, having the benefit of an author that is clearly as well informed about the many developments of the field since the time of Sherlock. In other ways, it is worse as detective fiction, because it depends too much on impossible technologies like drugs that can shrink people, perfect masks that can be applied almost instantly, a voice changer bowtie that defies physics. Not to mention that everyone seems willing to believe that someone can perfectly articulate a complicate deduction without ever opening their mouth. Too many of the Detective Conan cases also are solved within a matter of hours of in-universe time. In most detective literature, the Great Detective spends days, weeks, and even months on the case. This is far more realistic. So in a way, Kudo could be considered better than Sherlock as a detective because he on average seems to solve his cases quicker. He also has had more recorded cases so far in the manga, which spans less than a year of his life, than Sherlock Holmes had in all of the years that Doyle published the original stories. Then again, maybe that is just because Holmes never bothered to write up all the short cases that were solved in a few hours, or Sherlock refused to take cases that he knew he could have solved so quickly. Sherlock, unlike Conan, did not have dead bodies turning up every time he crossed the street. He only took cases that people brought to him, and was selective about those. Also, as an aside, I'd like to point out that Moriarity was not Sherlock's "constant" enemy. In fact, he appeared in none of the cases until the story in which he was intended to kill off Sherlock, and was never mentioned again after Sherlock first reappeared. The notion that the two had many battles in the past was invented just for that story, leaving many readers latter with the false impression that Sherlock vs. Moriarty was one of the driving forces of the whole Sherlock Holmes canon. In regards to the conversation about letting killers off: Keep in mind that under the British justice system at the time, being a murderer, no matter the reason, almost always meant you would be executed. Sherlock was sending most of those killers to die. In Detective Conan, under the modern Japanese justice system, there are options for lesser punishments. In fact, there are some episodes where comments are made to the effect that the killer will have the chance to start their lives over once they get out of prison. There is also at least one episode where someone (Kogoro I think) recommended Eri as a defense lawyer to that the sympathetic criminal. There were also times that Kudo told criminals that if they turn themselves in, Japanese law allows for a reduced sentence. Therefor, I don't think that Kudo is blind to the injustices suffered by the criminals. I think he simply believes that detective under modern jurisprudence is not to weigh the extenuating circumstances. That is up to the prosecutor, the jury and the judge, who retain the option to pass out the minimum sentence. Prosecutors and judges can also allow people to plea bargin. That being said, Kudo has been very generous on several occasions by allowing people that have commited the crime of attempted murder or conspiracy to murder to go free if the victim didn't actually die. Another point of comparison: As people, Kudo is a lot more pleasant, or at least he is nicer after he has been brought down to size a bit, so to speak. Sherlock tended to be arrogant and anti-social. He was also a drug user, which must be hard for Kudo to reconcile in his worship of all thinks Holmes related.

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