Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori


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Japanese: TRICKSTER -江戸川乱歩「少年探偵団」より-
English: Trickster
German: Trickster
Spanish: Trickster
French: Trickster
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 4, 2016 to Mar 28, 2017
Premiered: Fall 2016
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 01:05 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Source: Original
Genres: DramaDrama, MysteryMystery, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: DetectiveDetective, PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.251 (scored by 3797537,975 users)
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Ranked: #86662
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Popularity: #2001
Members: 119,659
Favorites: 259

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Preliminary Spoiler
Apr 16, 2017
I have never written a review before, but the injustice this show suffers made me want to actually write one.

I binge watched this show in less than two days and it was a roller coaster ride the entire way! I have seen hundreds of anime by this point and I honestly have no idea why so many people hated on this show.

I love any work having to do with the Boys' Detective Club or Edogawa Ranpo, and this series did an excellent joke of drawing the audience in, keeping you interested, and appreciating it right to the very end.

Was it perfect? No, but what is ...
Nov 21, 2016
Preliminary (13/24 eps)
I went into this show with a lot of hope. There have been other recent anime influenced by the work of Edogawa Ranpo that have been pretty enjoyable, namely Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace and my favorite dumb anime from the 90s Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, so I was really pulling for this one to at least be fun. It didn't even have to be good, just in some small way enjoyable and then I would've been IN.

Then I watched the first episode of the show, and at the end I said to myself, "Well that was kinda boring and lackluster, but I bet ...
Mar 27, 2017
Well about the anime Trickster

Don't know what to tell you the anime at the start looked promising but after few episodes it has become boring and stupid nothing interesting happened,it's not worth watching....
The start was really good I thought gonna be a good anime since Kobayashi appear an immortal guy,and he wanted too die I was excited ,the 1st 7 or 8 episodes were ok really good to be honest,but after that it lost everything the story droped,nothing interesting,just boring conversation and some stupid mission and so it goes to the end....
The end is absolute crap...
If you want to waste your time go ahead ...
Mar 27, 2017
Trickster is right!, as in this anime tricked you into watching this borefest.

Well LA will be quite honest here...from the eyesore of Soul Busters, to the utter lull of Bloodivores...Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori was LA WORST anime of Fall 2016 and had rightfully gained that title. So want to know why?...let's dive into it shall we?

Before getting to the flaws of Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori, let's at least see LA giving "praise"...though there's not gonna be much. For what the one-episode mysteries Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori brings out, some are interesting, no not intriguing or anything but the earliest ...
Mar 27, 2017
Mixed Feelings
Trickster was actually an alright show, overall. It could've been a lot better, but it wasn't a bad show.

The story is about a bunch boys in the Boys Detective club solving cases they take up. Hanasaki meets Kobayashi in the first episode, who has a power that prevents him from dying, and it goes on from there into cases being solved, character turmoil, and bunch of random stuff.

The art isn't really special, but it at least captures the tone of the vents properly.

Their nothing special about the sound. I do like the second opening theme and ending theme. The first ones ...
Dec 20, 2016
Preliminary (12/24 eps)
Wow did this show take a bad turn quickly. I actually really liked the premise and the characters weren't bad to begin with but around episode nine this show went into a different direction. Without trying to spoil anything, one of the main characters personality totally did a 180. This character was almost too difficult to watch and the hole time I expected things to get better but it all just led up to a horrible season finally where nothing was sorted out. Very dissapointing since I thought this series had some potential. If anyone does decide to watch this I suggestion ending ...
Nov 22, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (Unknown/24 eps)
I didn't really come in watching this show with a lot of hope. I didn't except it to be much and it wasn't I simplie watched because I had nothing else to watch. I like the dark and action packed kind of anime, don't get be wrong I did start to get a feel of that at first and got a little excited, but soon I just felt like I was torturing myself in order to watch 1 episode, it just got boring and dull and it seemed like they didn't give a crap about the script anymore. They tried to make the anime funny ...
Dec 20, 2016
Preliminary (12/24 eps)
Most people i have noticed say that Kobayashi is the main even tho it kind of revolves around Sensei and Hanasaki because it drifts into Hanasaki's life with his fathers affection and the whole brother side which then created anoter path in the show which lead to Sensei and 20 Faces fighting at Hanasaki's Fathers company.

What im saying is the show doesn't just revolve around one character Kobayashi

Kobayashi want's to die
Hanasaki is supposed to help him die but gets side tracked by sensei refusing to help his brother.
Sensei wanting to be a badass and avoids helping and sticks to boring shi* jobs until ...
Mar 5, 2017
Preliminary (20/24 eps)
I really enjoy this anime but I recommend it to people who are patient. This is not an anime for a person that likes the story to have a sense from the start. It is for people who like to watch and watch to see how everything is changing and how the MC has his moments but also the other characters. I am a bit angry that the MC is kind of forgotten sometimes but when I started to watch the first episode I would never think that the story will be so different from what I thought it will be. Sadly I wish they ...
Feb 25, 2017
Preliminary (11/24 eps)
I really tried to keep following it by seeing a huge potential in history. Basically as you know a suicidal boy just can not kill himself because of some mysterious power he has that makes him immortal.

Throughout the episodes you know the important characters that will always appear in the story however they are not anything cool and remarkable. They even try a development of each character in some episodes but that simply does not work, in this story development issue and the basis of it, the script is horrible.

Throughout the anime there are few scenes in which they exploit the boy's power and the ...
Jan 15, 2017
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (13/24 eps)
Honestly, it's just mediocre.

I don't mind the characters, the setup, or even the art, but in my opinion it isn't anything special.

For me, I was just waiting for something interesting to happen.

Something happened, but it was just confusing. And boring. The story was just.. anticlimatic for me. Overall, it isn't terrible at anything imo. Story is okay, but just not what anyone wanted. Art was mediocre. Sound.. average. Character wasn't terrible, didn't mind one or two of them. Enjoyment.. i just didn't enjoy it at all. Overall, bang average.

Had pretty high hopes, but it didn't live up to anything i expected.

I wanted to carry on ...
Mar 30, 2017
The anime had so much potential to be good, yet, it missed it.

It had a good start with Kobayashi and his super powers etc... detective club sounds interesting hmm but as the story progresses it just became a mess. It was actually fun at the beginning, but after the Hanasaki thing it lost me. The ending was too a let-down. Art wise, faces were distorted in some frames lol

Also, Twenty and Akechi’s relationship is like ???????? Get a room? Sit down and talk it out? Thrills?? I definitely didn't get any.

Overall, the story just lacked, the character development was also lacking, I probably wouldn't ...
Apr 14, 2020
Story of Trickster revolves around a young boy named Kobayashi, who is immortal and wants to die. No matter how much he attempts, he can't do it, he has no will to live and no memories, but then he meets a boy named Hanasaki who makes it his mission to get him on right track. It's interesting concept and it's fun to watch, so I'd give this story a 7, I don't wanna spoil too much, so I'll leave the rest to you.

Art style of the anime is really awesome, I came to love it during the show, the character art design is incredible and ...
Feb 10, 2017
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (17/24 eps)
At the beginning it went all well and I thought it was another great short detective serie with a big story behind it. I really love de MC (especially his personality). The other characters (except for Hanasaki) are also great. The art style is also pleasant to watch, I really like it. Until episode 9, I really enjoyed it and I thought it was all going to be exciting and full of action and emotion.

But I miss the ,really well explained, backstory of everyone. Also, the story isn't really going well and I don't know where it will go next.
I really hope that ...
Jun 30, 2018
I won't bother myself from writing an entire essay on this anime, for others have already done so, but I'll share few brief opinions, one of which is the fact that the plot is a totally mediocre.

2. Roughly 85% of the characters are just straight bland and/or don't even bother, which brings down the enjoyment to 7, after all character interactions is one of the most important aspects, which is a complete fail in this anime.

3. Hanasaki's character just keeps on getting annoying as he starts to face problems and develops, which is the reverse purpose of character development which is to create a emotional ...
Oct 6, 2019
Mixed Feelings
I started the show with great expectations, the synopsis had grabbed my attention and the first few episodes were pretty good. But everything went downhill after episode 12, in my opinion. I originally thought the show would be focused on Yoshio's past and why he has his powers/ability to not die. But no. It started out well, explaining the situation and pacing the story in a nice pace. But after that, the story was focused all on Akechi's side. I didn't expect it, and I disliked it.

The show hadn't made me grow to like any character yet, and then it gave me this whole conflict ...
May 28, 2017
I see that there are many bad reviews about this anime, but really.. Please watch it till the end first.. Sure, there are some boring episodes in there, I didn't expect too much when watching the 1st episode. But I personally love the characters relationship development in this anime. Not because I'm a fujoshi that I love to see the boys interacting with each other, but more to their friendship, I guess? And that Kobayashi finally be able to...*spoiler*... Just watch it. Well, there are some unsolved mysteries left though I think. Like, what happens to the other characters after the last case.. They should've ...
Nov 17, 2018
i don't know why people who doesn't like these genres even watched this...if you don't like these kinda anime series then do not watch this...you don't have to :D
i like these kinds of stories so i started watching this anime and i ended up enjoying this anime X)

story 8/10 : i liked the story...i love detectives working with weird stuff so i liked the story...main story is about a guy who can't die and he desperately wants to die...another cheerful guy finds him and make him wanna live again somehow :)
the only big problem was that the stories are not stable enough to be perfect...if ...
Feb 20, 2017
Preliminary (19/24 eps)
Now, I'm not much of a "reviewer" and let's just say I've never done this before but... I LOVE this anime so far! Yes, Hanasaki can be a little annoying when it comes to about the ninth episode and so on but my Lord! The story so far has been outstanding! The art is amazing and everyone I've recommended this anime to has loved it! Recently, we've just seen a bit of the main character Kobayashi's past after all this time and things are starting to pick up. So if you really want to review this anime wait till the end when you see why ...
Mar 19, 2019
First time reviewing anything on here but i have to do this show justice and its not getting it with the negative reviews. I have watched this show twice in a row and honestly its now one of my all time favourites.

The main story as well as the subplots are both enjoyable and quite emotional at points and makes all of the characters seem important in someway or another. The main characters are all well written and believable and the case of Kobayashi and Hanasake both have great character depth and development from the start.

My final comments are that this show ends ...