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Aside from L and Detective Conan, who are the best detectives and inspectors in anime?

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Sep 15, 11:38 AM
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Those 2 are a little too obvious. Who are the best detectives in anime aside from those 2?
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Sep 15, 11:45 AM
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All the different Sherlock Holmes variations that exist in anime
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-Taichi Keaton from Master Keaton.

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Detective https://myanimelist.net/character/155904/Maomao
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https://myanimelist.net/character/1048/Kouichi_Zenigata

Excluding lupin doing impossible possible, they were barely escaping zenigata clutches.
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Agreed! Kindaichi case files is solid.
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Sakaido from ID:Invaded
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tchitchouan said:
-Taichi Keaton from Master Keaton.
He was a lot more things than just a detective, but still a great pick.
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Sakaido from ID:Invaded
https://myanimelist.net/character/172213/Akihito_Narihisago
tchitchouan said:
-Taichi Keaton from Master Keaton.
He was a lot more things than just a detective, but still a great pick.
@pk8list Yeah i know, we was an overall very smart and accomplished man.
Sep 15, 12:42 PM

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TheBlockernator said:
Aside from L and Detective Conan, who are the best detectives and inspectors in anime?


Fucking forget L and Conan... Dude like Goku Fuurinji was on a RoboCop detective level. The fucking guy has a bionic eye implant, and that shit isn’t just for seeing either. The dudes “Midnight Eye” gave him access to any digital system on the planet from police records, government files, satellite feeds, security cameras, private corporate data, etc... He is basically a mix between "The Bionic Man" and "Sherlock Holmes" but being able to jack into every database to do their detective work like no one else can... and the guy still finds time to get fucking laid in the process. lol



He’s not neutered by directives, ethics, or restrictions like any other detective in this medium... He’s a chain-smoking, trench-coat-wearing, private eye, that wears a neck tie without a shirt on, and can save the day while still being able to bed the femme fatale without missing a fucking beat. lol

The thing is, "Midnight Eye: Gokuu" (which takes place in the distant future, in the year 2014. lol) is this shit is only seen as a late 80s early 90s cheesy and trashy OVA with an extremely mediocre story. But if this fucker was actually put in a serious modern Anime series, Dude would likely be the new fucking Anime Chad. lol
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The best detective of all anime for me is Jun Aikawa from The Kubikiri Cycle.
And aside of being thief, Lupin III is pretty good detective too.
Ginko from Mushishi gets my "Best fantasy medical detective award".


@jacobPOL

Yeah, Conan is not even the best detective in his own show. One can argue that he is not even second best or third best.
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The best detective of all anime for me is Jun Aikawa from The Kubikiri Cycle.
And aside of being thief, Lupin III is pretty good detective too.
Ginko from Mushishi gets my "Best fantasy medical detective award".


@jacobPOL

Yeah, Conan is not even the best detective in his own show. One can argue that he is not even second best or third best.
@alshu Conan is great but there are so many great detectives that it's honestly hard to choose. That's how impressive writing of Gosho Aoyama is and one of the many reasons why I love this series a lot.
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@dibindibi Yusaku collaborated with the police and solved a lot of police cases so he counts as an detective.

And now he collaborates with
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dibindibi said:
@ColourWheel

Goku never wears a trench coat.


You’re just nitpicking.

Might as well call me out for not mentioning he pulls shit like a bionic-looking "Dragon Ball" Nyoi-bo out of his ass to use at will too. lol

Overcoat… trench coat… same fucking difference. lol


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Ranpo Edogawa from Bungou Stray Dogs
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dibindibi said:
@ColourWheel

Goku does not wear overcoat either, your ignorance about clothes really amuses me, keep on.


Ah yes, my bad... Gokuu clearly has a special stealth coat of infinite badassery that defies conventional clothing categories. Carry on, Anime fashion police. lol

Next your going to start nitpicking the exact brand of cigarettes he smokes or the size of his underwear too? lol
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Cilan and Looker from Pokemon lmao.

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Hershel Layton (actually an archaeology professor, not a detective)
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@dibindibi I know that, I was just referencing the dub with Dan lorge as Zenigata, he delivers the lines perfectly
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No mention of Gesicht from Pluto?



Even though the whole investigation didn't amount to much, I enjoyed watching him work. He was also an interesting character with lots of emotional baggage and thematic complexity.
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I forget his name, but that Sherlock Holmes looking anthropomorphic dog character from back in the day. Somebody help me remember the name. XD
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Ranpo Edogawa from Bungou Stray Dogs
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Spoiled and lazy, yet talented and kind-hearted. I love him.
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I forget his name, but that Sherlock Holmes looking anthropomorphic dog character from back in the day. Somebody help me remember the name. XD
@Retro8bit

"I forget his name, but that Sherlock Holmes looking anthropomorphic dog character from back in the day. Somebody help me remember the name. XD"

https://myanimelist.net/anime/1972/Meitantei_Holmes

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@Retro8bit

"I forget his name, but that Sherlock Holmes looking anthropomorphic dog character from back in the day. Somebody help me remember the name. XD"

https://myanimelist.net/anime/1972/Meitantei_Holmes
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Thank you buddy! I knew I wasn't daydreaming about his existence. XD
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Sherlock hound mentioned! Love that show!
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Sherlock Holmes and Edogawa Ranpo.
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How noone have mention Psycho Pass yet?
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@dibindibi He is in Bungou stray dogs.

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dibindibi said:
Shinku05 said:
Sherlock Holmes

@Shinku05

These are not anime characters.


Sherlock Holmes



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Totally not characters in Anime, right? Your ignorance about Sherlock Holmes in Anime really amuses me. lol
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dibindibi said:
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I am simply glad my previous dialogue with you triggered you that much to make you search and post all these links just to prove me wrong.

Keep on amusing me.


Na, I was just pointing obvious shit out to you.

If anything you're the one who looks "triggered", dropping a reply without any substance, only to try to slip in an insult. lol

So I apologize to you, for getting "triggered" enough to even grace yourself with such a defensive reply.

But seriously dude... take a step back... I am only doing to you what you basically have been doing to almost every other User in this thread... Just fucking anally retentive nitpicking about the most petty things possible. It's so pathetic, it's likely only humorous. Just be glad I am the one who bothered to point this shit out to you, simply so you can view me as some fucking villain instead of others. lol
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There's only one group that comes to mind, the girls of Milky Holmes, worst detectives ever, but a loveable bunch nonetheless.

Girl in Undead Murder Farce was good.

Pet peeve of mine how often Sherlock is dumped into stories and completely butchered. Japanese mystery authors seem obsessed with him.
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dibindibi said:
@ColourWheel

I am simply glad my previous dialogue with you triggered you that much to make you edit your post further in order to just fucking anally retentive nitpicking about the most petty things possible.

Keep on amusing me.


Oh great we got a New JoeChip suddenly that popped out of no where once JoeChip suddenly vanished. lol



Dude you can change your User name, make dozens of alt accounts, but if you keep behaving the same way, you can't fucking fool a User like me. lol

Seriously didn't take you but 4 posts to just randomly drop "The Rapeman" in another thread. lol

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"Best" as in "most proficient" or as in "that you like the most"? If the latter, then Heinrich Lunge; even if his suspicion of Tenma was misplaced he's still a compelling character
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@ColourWheel I even bought the manga from which that OAV series was based on, for very cheap. Like three euros. I resold immediately in a thrift store because it sucked donkey ass, they must have thrown it in the garbage bin because I never saw any mention of that vomit being sold on their site.
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This dinbidinbi guy is the same that got offended in the thread about anime tourists by a tourist himself (because what people define here as "tourists" watch useless crap like the Evangelion Remakes expecting something good to begin with, IMHO) because he used the same kind of language he is using here? or it was another person?
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ProudElitist said:
This dinbidinbi guy is the same that got offended in the thread about anime tourists by a tourist himself (because what people define here as "tourists" watch useless crap like the Evangelion Remakes expecting something good to begin with, IMHO) because he used the same kind of language he is using here? or it was another person?


It's their posting behavior and their posting patterns. I could literlly go to their profile page and see their posting activity and notice just by seeing their 1st dozen posts on this forum they basically were acting like JoeChip (which made sense because that User hasn't been posting since last month).

The User JoeChip would basically shitpost all the time like it was something they just needed to do (it literally stood out that much). They also would troll just for the sake of trolling which is probably why they suddenly disappeared... not sure if they got reported over it or if some moderator just made a call themself to suspend them. But "JoeChip-ish" posts were clearly gone for almost a full week till this random User popped up out of nowhere acting exactly like JoeChip. lol


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This dinbidinbi guy is the same that got offended in the thread about anime tourists by a tourist himself (because what people define here as "tourists" watch useless crap like the Evangelion Remakes expecting something good to begin with, IMHO) because he used the same kind of language he is using here? or it was another person?


It's their posting behavior and their posting patterns. I could literlly go to their profile page and see their posting activity and notice just by seeing their 1st dozen posts on this forum they basically were acting like JoeChip (which made sense because that User hasn't been posting since last month).

The User JoeChip would basically shitpost all the time like it was something they just needed to do (it literally stood out that much). They also would troll just for the sake of trolling which is probably why they suddenly disappeared... not sure if they got reported over it or if some moderator just made a call themself to suspend them. But "JoeChip-ish" posts were clearly gone for almost a full week till this random User popped up out of nowhere acting exactly like JoeChip. lol
@ColourWheel he doesn't even troll well because The Rapeman thing is not Batman, Batman has no need to go around raping women by dozens when he already regularly fucks them due to his public persona. That is The Comedian from Watchmen.
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ProudElitist said:
@ColourWheel he doesn't even troll well because The Rapeman thing is not Batman, Batman has no need to go around raping women by dozens when he already regularly fucks them due to his public persona. That is The Comedian from Watchmen.


Never said they did troll well. lol

The example was just a shitpost which isn't inherently something done to try to screw with others in the community.

Like I said before... likely the reason they suddenly disappeared was due to a pattern of just trying to antagonize other Users. I would try to show you a real example of trolling, but apparently they have all been "moderated". lol
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@ColourWheel he doesn't even troll well because The Rapeman thing is not Batman, Batman has no need to go around raping women by dozens when he already regularly fucks them due to his public persona. That is The Comedian from Watchmen.


Never said they did troll well. lol

The example was just a shitpost which isn't inherently something done to try to screw with others in the community.

Like I said before... likely the reason they suddenly disappeared was due to a pattern of just trying to antagonize other Users. I would try to show you a real example of trolling, but apparently they have all been "moderated". lol
@ColourWheel it's the same person who asked for the thread about the tourists to be locked, when in this thread he's insulting people like the other guy in the other thread did. What a sore loser.

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