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Don't worry about not replying that fast, real life can get in the way of things. I personally don't mind YKA's art or animation for that matter, though I do prefer Utena's and especially Penguindrum's art to YKA's. My First Episode Impressions! (ranked by impressiveness) My opinions will probably change as the season progresses, but since all the new anime I've planned on watching have aired their first episodes I might as well post about them here. 1. Death Parade Absolutely amazing first episode. After watching and having loved the Death Billiards one-shot when it was first aired, and after nearly falling out of my seat when Death Parade was announced, I was stoked for this anime. The ambiance it gives off is great and it has high-caliber animation. The opening sequence was silly and unexpected, but it somehow managed to fit the anime in a weird way. Anybody interested in watching this anime should watch Death Billiards first, and if you like what you see then jump on the Death Parade hype train and enjoy what it promises to deliver. Has the potential to be anime of the season, even anime or the year (if UBW's second half completely bombs, which I doubt), but it's rivaled this season only by... 2. Yuri Kuma Arashi This is another anime I've be excited to see the moment it was announced as it's directly by my favorite director, Ikuhara. The first episode hasn't disappointed me yet, and while I wish it was slated to be longer than just 12 episodes I can't wait to see what it has in store. It's even more sexual than either Utena or Penguindrum, but as it appears to add to the deeper meaning of the anime I won't fault it for that. However, it's not an anime or everyone. Only those who are willing to put in the extra effort of analyzing all the small details, metaphors, and motifs in this anime and potentially re-watching it would end up liking it in the way it was meant to be enjoyed. 3. Rolling Girls Wit Studio has once again delivered out of this world animation. While Rolling Girls's art and style more closely resemble something like Kill la Kill or Kyousougiga than anything the animators of Shingeki no Kyojin would produce, it's still a lighthearted and fun anime that's meant to be enjoyed for the action and little else. The premise is a bit of mess and none of the characters or plot setups are all that engaging yet, and this anime could potentially end up being a drag, but the animation is still stellar. This is something not many people have their eyes on, so it could end up being the underrated anime of this season. 4. Ansatsu Kyoushitsu The premise was the only thing that hooked me about this anime. It's bizarre but has potential. The animation is average and the humor that has been presented thus far isn't anything that made me laugh, but I'm willing to give it time. There are a ton of characters in this anime, an entire classroom full, and I fear that there will be a lac of focus, clarity, or development with most of the cast. Also, the team behind this anime is practically identical with that of Danganronpa's, which was a bit of a disappointment. It's confirmed to be 22 episodes, so we'll see how this develops. 5. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata This is a standard romcom/slice of life anime that looked interesting when it was first announced a really long time ago, and so far it's been just that. Only the "0th" episode has aired, but it's practically the first episode. The humor is better than that of Assassination Classroom's, but even then it's barely above mediocre. Some of the characters have potential to be interesting, or at least as interesting as these types of characters can get. I'm a bit concerned with the amount of fan service I've seen so far, but apart from that nothing really else to add. 6. Tokyo Ghoul √A I've already ranted about this before, but I'll write it again. The second season's first episode feels like a better last episode to the first season than the first season's last episode. As I expected, the animation is pretty bad for an anime that has a lot of action scenes. The opening was atrocious, definitely one of the worst I've ever seen in my life. Tokyo Ghoul's anime has been on a downward spiral since the second episode, and it feels like the people working on this aren't even trying. They know Tokyo Ghoul is somehow popular, the manga especially, and honestly probably just made the second season because it was profitable. 7. Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season I was never a huge fan of the first season but am planning on watching the second one for closure if nothing else. The animation, direction, and soundtrack are the same as the first season's; not much of a comment on that. I've just always felt this anime took itself too seriously and tried to be clever when it wasn't. This first episode was no different, and I didn't particularly enjoy watching it. None of the characters interest me and not even Hiroyuki Sawano's music can make up for it (he was the only reason I decided to pick up this anime in the first place, and he's let me down). I was never a fan of mecha anime either. This is actually tied with Tokyo Ghoul for least impressive anime of the season I guess, but my bias is putting it a notch lower. Leftovers From Last Season (ranked by impressiveness) I won't be writing in great length about these anime, not because I don't want to but because I actually need to get around to my homework *ahem*. 1. Parasyte 2. Log Horizon Season 2 3. Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso 4. Magic Kaito 1412

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For the convenience of discussion, I will summarize some of the important points in this file until full translation comes out. I cannot provide any detailed translation of the dialogues for now. Also note that this is derived from the Chinese translation, not the Raw, so expect some minor errors. Page 1 ~ 8 (Crime scene) After finding Akiyama's phone, they saw a mail sent at 5:32 PM. The content is: "I've found the first victim Takeda's phone inside a certain person's belongings. I'm now sending this mail to you from that phone. Since this person is a police officer, you need to find an excuse and come to that small hut in Saijosan [Note: the mountain's name]. I'll explain in details there. - Yamato Kansuke" Kansuke seems to have turned off his phone so he's out contact. Conan suggests that the mail might not have been sent by Kansuke because it wasn't his own phone, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to leave an incriminating evidence there. Kuroda counters this (after making suspicious comments as spoilered earlier) by saying that he probably didn't have enough time to get rid of it. He also shows that the victim had Kansuke's number black-listed, possibly in order to prevent him from finding the phone. On the rope that was used to hang Kano, Kansuke's fingerprints were found on both the upper part AND the part surrounding the victim's neck, which Koumei said hadn't been touched by anyone until the forensics arrived. Kuroda orders Kansuke's arrest as the prime suspect for the serial murder. Kuroda tells them to retreat to the police station because Kansuke wouldn't stay around the mountain area after they came. Akiyama's body was left there for the moment because it's dark and the ground's muddy after the rain. Kuroda tells Saegusa to return in his car because there won't be enough room inside Koumei's due to the wheel at the backseat, while grinning suspiciously. Page 9 ~ 14 (Inside Koumei's car) Koumei reveals that there has been a similar hanging case in the past. The parents of the bank robbery suspect [mentioned in the backstory] committed suicide by hanging themselves. After Kansuke arrived at the scene, he said that they could possibly still be saved, climbed up a chair and untied the rope. However, unlike the current case, the rope was tied to the roof beam instead. The rope hanging Kano was tied with two loops [see image], Kansuke held the upper loop to put the body down [see 915 images]. Conan asks the positions of everyone after that. [see 915 images for clearer views] Conan asks if there was anything that could distract everyone's attentions, Koumei tells him about the message. [see 915] There are similarities between the police officers' names and the names of the generals that died during the fourth battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shigeru = Takeda Nobushige; Kano Shouji = Hajikano Tadatsugu; Akyama Shinsuke (former surname Aburakawa) = Aburakawa Nobuyoshi; Saegusa Mamoru = Saegusa Morinao; Yamato Kansuke = Yamamoto Kansuke. So Saegusa Mamoru and Kansuke are most likely the remaining targets. Koumei tells the story about the bank robbery: The suspect was about to surrender, however, Takeda's group acted rashly, which enraged the suspect and he began shooting. Takeda had no choice but to kill him. Yamato was mad at this and asked Takeda if he thought that it was alright for him to kill the suspect since he was a police officer. Apparently the suspect's phone had been lost. Before he was killed, he was speaking with someone on the phone: "If I'm caught then you will be done too. The origin of the gun and X will be exposed..." On Yui's phone, Kano was saved on Ta-gyou. This is because his original surname was Tsuchiya (土屋), but was changed after his marriage. He's currently living separately with his wife.　 Page 15 ~ 16 (Police station) Kansuke's still out of contact, but this time his phone is busy instead. Saegusa reports that someone has spotted a person resembling Kansuke, and is going to confirm that, but doesn't have a car. Kuroda orders Koumei to lend his car to him. Kansuke sends Koumei a message: "The events of the past are like a current." [This is a literal translation, it seems to be a poetry of some kind.]

So, you are judging a book character based on his TV interpretation? I suggest you to read some Sherlock Holmes books before commenting on the character. Shinichi is basically created as an overpowered character in accordance with the shounen genre's characteristics, that's one of the main reasons that makes him popular among the shounen fans ( like the majority of this site) . So, it's no surprise that he solves the cases faster. Even though you read Sherlock Holmes stories more than 59 times you are wrong too. C. Auguste Dupin is the forefather of all fictional detectives, not Sherlock Holmes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Auguste_Dupin And you can't know for sure that if there were no Sherlock then there wouldn't be DC either. DC might as well have been inspired by another fictional detective, like Kindaichi did. It's absurd to compare Sherlock Holmes to Shinichi/Conan in the first place anyway. Especially when there are few people who actually read Sherlock Holmes here. Then again, it's not surprising.