Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace

Just another pretentious and nonsensical detective show that has nothing good going for it.
Positives:
- The MC is a cute femboy trap with a nice ass, and his classmate is "secretly" in love with him.
- There was one (only one) scene that had an emotional impact and made me feel sympathetic for the killer.

Negatives:
- The stories are too simplistic, devoid of mystery, they lack the necessary depth and impact, and aren't explored sufficiently. The final story is the worst offender here, as it fails to achieve a satisfying closure to the overarching plot.
- The MC might be a cute boy, but he doesn't feel like a ... human being. He always speaks in a robotic cheerful tone no matter what happens.
- It's hard to take anything that happens in this show seriously because of the sudden and drastic tone shifts. In one episode we have a grim and tragic story, which is immediately followed by a cheerful and silly comedy episode. This anime doesn't know what it wants to be.
- The MC doesn't play an important role in most of the cases, making him almost feel like a redundant main character.
- The biggest shortcoming of this anime - illogical and nonsensical writing. I can't cover it all because it would spoil the story, but here's a few examples:
1) An experienced killer falls for an obvious and idiotic trap?
2) Suspects who immediately confess to a crime after being accused (with little evidence) of being the killers?
3) A guy knows where the killer lives, but instead of contacting the police, he leaves it to MC (a 14yo boy) to apprehend the killer? He also knows that MC is a detective for some unexplained reason?
4) A guy has a seemingly magical ability to change his face, body structure, voice and clothes to perfectly imitate anyone? And despite having this amazing disguise ability, he feels the need to wear a suspicious-looking mask in public? And to make it even more stupid - the police are actively looking for a guy wearing that mask, but it doesn't deter him from wearing the mask in public anyway?
5) A wanted criminal casually arrives before the detectives, and they treat him like a guest instead of calling the police? And they let him go free at the end of the episode?
6) The final story is pretentiously pseudo-scientific (read up about the scientist who's in the title of this anime, and you can guess what this story is all about) and it ends on a cliffhanger. It even commits the "you predicted my next move, but I predicted your predicting, but actually the power of love wins in the end" sin.

It all feels like the show was written for a teenage audience that's too stupid to notice any of the pretentious writing. Sorry, I'm not stupid enough to enjoy those type of dogshit shows.
Final rating: 3/10