Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
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Synopsis
Back in high school, Keiichirou Nagumo was a genius detective, solving cases the police couldn't touch. Now he's in his mid-thirties, can barely use a smartphone, and his office is collecting dust faster than clients. Enter Mashiro Nakanishi, a high school girl who barges in one day demanding to be his assistant, and she absolutely will not take no for an answer. What follows is a 12-episode comedy-mystery TV series where a washed-up detective and his self-appointed teenage apprentice stumble through cases that are equal parts absurd and genuinely clever. The real charm here is the generational friction: Keiichirou's old-school instincts clashing with Mashiro's modern energy creates this back-and-forth dynamic that carries every episode. LIDENFILMS adapted this from a seinen manga, and the gag humor lands without undermining the actual mystery elements. It knows when to be silly and when to let a case breathe. If you liked the cozy detective vibes of Hyouka but wanted something goofier, or if Detective Conan's premise appeals to you but you'd rather watch a grown man struggle with technology while a teenager runs circles around him, this is your show. Think of it as a buddy-cop comedy where one buddy didn't ask for the other and the other refuses to leave. The mysteries won't keep you up at night, but the dynamic between these two genuinely will keep you watching.
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This is like glass onion of Anime. It's deconstruction of Detective/Mystery genre.
A silly goofy finale to a silly goofy show. Nagumo forgot that rent was due so now they have 24 hrs to get enough money for it. The episode is on the chaotic side and brings back some gags and characters from previous episodes. Overall, funny and fairly entertaining show.
This episode was ok. It's a remote village mystery plot. They did change up the art to be a tad more de-saturated to give a "old colored movie" vibe. They even change the ED to be a ballad lol. The cuts to Mashiro fighting was pretty funny I'll admit.
Swimsuit fanservice episode quickly followed by absolute wedding chaos. Fr who decides to hold one DURING A TYPHOON??? Anyways very funny, and the fanservice part was not nearly as bad as I thought it'd be ngl.
This episode gives some background on how Asunaro and Maki met. Much less chaotic episode outside of that first part. Not the funniest, but still a nice chill episode.
The first part of the episode deals with a cybercrime that goes off the rails. That Masaoka Shiki joke actually took me out oml. Love the Maki best girl propaganda at the end a very much needed break from the chaos of the first two parts.
Personally didn't like the first part of the episode. Not a fan of the whole "HS girl crushing on a grown man twice her age" joke, but the later parts made up for it. Nice to see a good ol' phantom thief plot in a detective show. Also Fuu is very silly and cute.
We're at the halfway point in the series and, thankfully, it's still pretty funny. This episode was more on the chaotic side. Also, drunk Maki is absolutely adorable.
Pretty funny episode throughout. I really liked the whole noir film gag they did for the first part.
This episode is mostly a "murder mystery" plot with a bit of generational gap humor at the end. Wasn't as funny as the last couple episodes imo. Kind of just felt like nothing happened. Still got some nose exhales out of me.
This episode introduces two new characters. One of them being more of a straight man for all the nonsense going on which is nice to have. The other one is just as chaotic as Mashiro is lol. Overall a good episode, its ur run of the mill rival plot.
A more rapid fire joke episode with three separate segments as opposed to two like the first episode. Really liked the weird completely unrelated English statement gag in the third one. It caught me off guard and made me giggle lol.
A fine first episode. Very much sets the unserious tone of the show. The animation isn't the best, but they work with it. I very much enjoy the detailed closeup of character's faces gag. Overall, pretty funny.
Watching the agency try to save themselves from being broke with human-face mousepads and a televised obstacle course was the perfect chaotic ending.
This was a serious arc about a village plague, and I felt so bad for Nagumo when I saw his 5 million yen payment turn out to be fake currency.
Think a wedding in a literal typhoon is already insane, but watching Mashiro treat a bouquet toss like a high-stakes battle was legendary.
This felt more like an action thriller, because saw Mashiro being blackmailed and having to use all her physical skills to get her phone back.
I actually found the whole brainwashing VTuber plot kind of creepy until I saw Mashiro start acting like a dog, which brought back the laughs.
Thought Mashiro accidentally falling for Nagumo because of a love potion was pure comedy.
I felt like this was more of a chill "slice of life" episode, especially when I watched the girls venting about their insecurities during their night out.
Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
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