The way the anime anime started was pretty slow... When it was put in Mystery genre , I kind of expected it to be like its predecessors (Detective School Q, Gosick etc) ... When it turned out the anime was nothing of that sort, I was fairly disappointed at first and even made me angry.
Well you may be wondering why I gave it a rating of 9.. The first thing you have to do before you see this anime is not to classify it as any other mystery animes... To be specific , the mystery genre has become a cliche.. It is well associated with thriller, horror etc and as a result the very base of mystery has lost its meaning.. As I said earlier, this anime does not have anything like that and this is probably the main reason why people started to take the anime in a negative way. When it comes to mystery, people tend to have lots of expectations and if u invest huge expectations when u see this anime , u will feel let down just like me at the beginning.
To do justice, I felt like continuing the series and not to judge it by seeing a mere 4-5 episodes. Well to my surprise, I loved the anime..The short story arcs were beautiful. And the cases were equally intriguing. The anime kind of radiated a warm feeling through out.. The cases are mostly mundane as some one put it earlier. Well for a real mystery fanatic, it will not seem to matter. Apart from the plot, the sound sort of gives a mysterious aura and an uncomfortable feeling that it may reach to a point that you want to badly know the answer. The art was also good and I loved the characters a lot.
I hope this review helps..(:(: Enjoy
