STORY (3):
This anime marks the 50th anniversary of Edogawa Ranpo's passing. Edogawa Ranpo was known as the Sir Author Conan Doyle of Japan who produced mystery fiction books. Now, Kishi Seiji the director undergoes this project.
You know a mystery fiction has to build tension and suspense when it comes to mystery solving and riddles to be solved. However, this anime failed on that ground. Everything was extremely cliché and countless mystery fiction have done before in the past years. Everything was unresolved at the end.
Some mysteries try to include all those sexual fantasies of the creators which Japan has been infamously known for. I told you I am very tired of all these sexual fantasies of the creators, they have been done to death in the past decade of anime. Like for example Kuro Tokage being tortured and she shows joy, especially Yaoi in this anime. Yes, I'm not joking.
ART (4):
The animation is below average just like Tokyo ESP. The animation never give the other characters some colors, imagine just like Watamote.
SOUND (4):
The opening was the best thing that will ever stay in my head in this anime.
CHARACTER (3):
I really hate to say this but Kogoro Akechi has great character development other than the rest of the casts. Seriously, Kogoro Akechi was like a wish-fulfilment character.
Souji Hashiba is just like another Azuma Kyoutaro with no personality that can stand out among the generic crowd. And do you guys remember Azuma Kyoutaro in Tokyo ESP, neither do I. But I do remember that Azuma Kyoutaro was useless and relied on Rinka Urushiba for help. Just like Souji Hashiba, he barely did anything but just be there for Kobayashi AKA Mr Transvestite.
I will just define Kobayashi's personality with this quote.
I'm just a sweet transvestite from Transylvania. I can't do anything and I jerk around with Akechi & Hashiba.
Kuro Tokage was the most creepiest person in this anime. She tries to be like a sex desire but she became creepy instead. The voice actress Hikasa Yoko this Summer 2015 anime has now voiced actresses that moaned a lot and including one character from Bikini Warriors. She is just a sex model.
The main villain was as cliché as the main villain as in Tokyo ESP.
CONCLUSION (3):
It seems that this anime is basically Tokyo ESP v2.0 with mystery that is not compelling and characters that are as bland as they can get.
I've got nothing more to say. Lerche has now declined in quality this year.
This anime gets a 3 out of 10.
