(L) Shinrei Tantei Yakumo (Psychic Detective Yakumo)

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by kitten320

I myself prefer when plot goes slowly not in a rush. However, it is bad when showdrags as well. Bakuman would be one of those examples.

I thing that this show would do better if it had more than 13 episodes, thay could actually build up things then.

That is true, this show is one of those types that people would rather have it go on like Shiki with 22 episodes, so that the plot can go by quite lovely, rather then going by so fast that people can miss many things on the first go. Since things go by so fast, its hard for the anime to develop that sensational, dark feeling its supposed to give.

[shichi-chan]

Originally Posted by Hooves

Since things go by so fast, its hard for the anime to develop that sensational, dark feeling its supposed to give.

I agree lol, I mean not that exactly that it's moving so fast I kinda feel the lack of the "dark" feeling it might supposed to be giving off, However I don't feel at all bored of the show. Every episode entertains me in a way.

[kitten320]

Exactly, because I seriously miss the dark feeling in the show what makes me sad

That's what I was mainly looking for when I started the show.

[ars89]

Spoiler for my take on ep 9:

So wow everything just flew by, Takeda is actually a spirit that comes back to save Yakumo and Haruka, Ishii finds Goto in a secret room, Nanase is crazy, much scarier as a child, Haruka actually helped this time, happy things resolved with his mother, too bad those idiots got away, still don't know how is mother actually died, guessing the villain brought her back to that cabin and killed her, since they found her body anyway, nice touch of Yakumo asking that did she have to leave already, so Yakumo and everyone made it to the concert, so where does show go from here, it feels like it might drag, but hopefully they catch the villain

[karice67]

Spoiler for episode 9:

This snippet from the scene where Yakumo and Haruka are standing outside that ruined building, @ around 20:35, is a good example of one of the two main reasons I watch this series:

Yakumo: As a child, I only thought of Takeda as a kind uncle. It was only recently that I realised that he and my mother loved each other.
Haruka: Why only recently?
Yakumo: ......

The snappy dialogue is the other, though there wasn't as much in this particular episode.

But I'm as surprised as everyone that this particular section was wrapped up this quickly - going by the Japanese wiki, these three episodes covered one volume of the novel (volume 5 - that means they've cut something out...).

Hm...I have the bad feeling I know where they might end the anime though...orz

[Haak]

"You never listen to reason when you've made up your mind."

If anything, this episode convinced me that's definitely a bad thing, rather than a good thing...

Everything about this was stupid really. The glasses guy somehow managing to find out everything so easily. Haruka showing all the intelligence of a door post. The cheesy reunion. The bitch deciding to gloat instead of getting on with it. Yakumo's mom managing to come out from nowhere to save everyone. Everyone deciding to stop what they're doing so they can listen to Gotou explain why Yakumo's mom tried to kill him. Yakumo's mom not even having a good fecking reason. An explosion like that not even injuring anyone.

Rubbish...

Originally Posted by kitten320

But Yakumo's father deserves to die -_-

What? I thought it was revealed he didn't actually kill anyone.

[shichi-chan]

People complain too much lol. I found the episode much better than the rest, However I am a bit off track now with that chick who had the Crossbow, and that she isn't Yakumo mum. (Which I thought she was) So basically she is just some hyped up psycho that wants to kill Yakumo?
A bit of an explanation of her would help.

[fukarming]

Originally Posted by ars89

Spoiler for my take on ep 9:

So wow everything just flew by, Takeda is actually a spirit that comes back to save Yakumo and Haruka, Ishii finds Goto in a secret room, Nanase is crazy, much scarier as a child, Haruka actually helped this time, happy things resolved with his mother, too bad those idiots got away, still don't know how is mother actually died, guessing the villain brought her back to that cabin and killed her, since they found her body anyway, nice touch of Yakumo asking that did she have to leave already, so Yakumo and everyone made it to the concert, so where does show go from here, it feels like it might drag, but hopefully they catch the villain

Spoiler for do i still need to use spoiler tag?:

Everything that you said it flew by actually is foreshadow in the previous episode. Why else would Takeda disappear from from an alley? It is hinted that Takeda is not the real killer, and Seiya Yukiko is Nanase. Nanase is approached by Yakumo's father when she is young (before the murder) and Yakumo's father love to do evil things. Putting everything together then it is not surprising that Nanase kill her family. For the next couple episode I would expect them to solve the conflict between Yakumo and his father (hopefully)

Originally Posted by Haak

"You never listen to reason when you've made up your mind."

If anything, this episode convinced me that's definitely a bad thing, rather than a good thing...

Everything about this was stupid really. The glasses guy somehow managing to find out everything so easily. Haruka showing all the intelligence of a door post. The cheesy reunion. The bitch deciding to gloat instead of getting on with it. Yakumo's mom managing to come out from nowhere to save everyone. Everyone deciding to stop what they're doing so they can listen to Gotou explain why Yakumo's mom tried to kill him. Yakumo's mom not even having a good fecking reason. An explosion like that not even injuring anyone.

Rubbish...



What? I thought it was revealed he didn't actually kill anyone.

If you still think Shinrei Tantei Yakumo is a detective show, then there is nothing much I can say. Yakumo's father is a wicked person. His goal is not to kill Yakumo or Haruka, but to break Yakumo's mind ( to bring him to the dark side). That's why he let Gotoh to finish the story. Besides he hopes Yakumo would "break" knowing her mother tried to kill him under her own free will. Attacking Haruka at that time (or doing anything else) is contradictory to his goal. Yakumo's mother is afraid of Yakumo's father and is guilt ridden by her attempt to kill Yakumo so she is hiding. But when Yakumo/ Haruka is life threatening, her desire to protect trumps everything else so she "come out". I think it is pretty standard drama stuff and don't know what you are complaining about. If anything it is too cheesy and straight forward. The explosion at the end is a minor one, aiming for the villains to escape, not to cause harm. Yakumo's father would not want to hurt Haruka like that.

Yakumo's father is way more wicked than someone who actually kill people. I think the show had been screaming for that for a while now.

Originally Posted by shichi-chan

People complain too much lol. I found the episode much better than the rest, However I am a bit off track now with that chick who had the Crossbow, and that she isn't Yakumo mum. (Which I thought she was) So basically she is just some hyped up psycho that wants to kill Yakumo?
A bit of an explanation of her would help.

She is Nanase, the little girl whose the entire family is murdered. In fact she is the one who murder the whole family with Yakumo's father leading her. After that it is assumed that she travels with Yakumo's father and become his pawn. My theory is that Yakumo's father want to turn Yakumo into someone like her.

[AnnaM]

Ok so I wasn't that into the show but was bored so watched episodes 6-9. Officially I think the show got better. But I have to agree with the people who said it felt rushed. I mean animes tend to take like 10 episodes to finish one conversation, but this time these three could have really been like 5 or 6.
And yes parts of it were pretty over played and cheesy but whatever I am a sucker for stupid romance side stories lol.

[Haak]

Originally Posted by fukarming

If you still think Shinrei Tantei Yakumo is a detective show, then there is nothing much I can say.

It's called Psychic Detective Yakumo and is about solving murder cases and the like.

Yakumo's father is a wicked person. His goal is not to kill Yakumo or Haruka, but to break Yakumo's mind ( to bring him to the dark side). That's why he let Gotoh to finish the story. Besides he hopes Yakumo would "break" knowing her mother tried to kill him under her own free will. Attacking Haruka at that time (or doing anything else) is contradictory to his goal. Yakumo's mother is afraid of Yakumo's father and is guilt ridden by her attempt to kill Yakumo so she is hiding. But when Yakumo/ Haruka is life threatening, her desire to protect trumps everything else so she "come out". I think it is pretty standard drama stuff and don't know what you are complaining about. If anything it is too cheesy and straight forward. The explosion at the end is a minor one, aiming for the villains to escape, not to cause harm. Yakumo's father would not want to hurt Haruka like that.

Yakumo's father is way more wicked than someone who actually kill people. I think the show had been screaming for that for a while now.

Oh the evil guy that raped Yakumo's mom. I thought kitten320 was talking about Takeda.

Anyway, the evil guy's plan was to break Yakumo by killing Haruka. I'm fairly certain that was mentioned specifically. And even if it wasn't, the evil guy also blatantly ordered the blond bitch to shoot Haruka in the leg and was about to do so. And even if his goal wasn't attacking Haruka then it still wouldn't have been contradictory.

And even if that explosion was aimed for an escape, blowing up a gas tank does not cause a minor explosion.

[fukarming]

Originally Posted by Haak

It's called Psychic Detective Yakumo and is about solving murder cases and the like.

Fair enough. Now I can see where all your comments coming from. I agree with you that if this is treated as a detective show, it is horrible. There are no case, no mystery and no evidence presenting. But then I think most people here who like the show consider this a drama show rather than a detective show.

Originally Posted by Haak

Oh the evil guy that raped Yakumo's mom. I thought kitten320 was talking about Takeda.

Anyway, the evil guy's plan was to break Yakumo by killing Haruka. I'm fairly certain that was mentioned specifically. And even if it wasn't, the evil guy also blatantly ordered the blond bitch to shoot Haruka in the leg and was about to do so. And even if his goal wasn't attacking Haruka then it still wouldn't have been contradictory.

And even if that explosion was aimed for an escape, blowing up a gas tank does not cause a minor explosion.

The evil guy is not JUST going to kill Haruka. That won't bring enough impact to break Yakumo. He is going to capture her, bring her in front of Yakumo, torture her and kill her slowly in front of Yakumo.

[kitten320]

Originally Posted by Haak

What? I thought it was revealed he didn't actually kill anyone.

Oh wow! It makes him such a good person *.*
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Are you for real?

1) He raped Yakumo's mother
2) Even if he didn't kill anyone with his own hands, he was the mastermind behind all the kills. He was in control of everything what means he is at fault as much as those actual killers.

[Haak]

Hurr Durr!!!!

Originally Posted by Haak

Oh the evil guy that raped Yakumo's mom. I thought kitten320 was talking about Takeda.

[kitten320]

Takeda was never Yakumo's father to start with, duno how you could confuse them 0_o

[Haak]

Shut up, I thought they married.

Uguu....

[kitten320]

They did get married, but Yakumo was long time born by then

[LKK]

Did they get married? I know they were engaged, but I thought that Takeda's murder accusations happened before they were able to get married.

[PreSage]

Finally got caught up with the last 3 episodes and...wow, I really love this show now. I knew the story has a lot of potential and the last 3 episodes really proved it...the bad side, is that it had to be rushed because of the length of the series. I wish they had lengthened it to 26 episodes, would really give enough time to develop all this better and at a better (slower) pace.

Ep. 9 is really sad. I felt so sorry for Yakumo's mom and Takeda. They were really kind people who just got entangled with the wrong fates. I guess Yakumo's mom also was killed by those villains and hidden there. I didn't even realize that Takeda was a ghost until he vanished after talking to Haruka.

That scene with the little girl killing her family and singing that song...freaked me out. Why is it always the scariest with little kids singing in that deranged voice? >_<

Haruka proved herself to be quite on par with Yakumo when she solved the film/location fake. Thumbs up for her.

That part where Gotou hit Ishii and then got hit by his boss in return was hilarious!

You know...Makoto (the journalist) and Ishii would make a really nice couple.

And I guess Yakumo knows that Haruka is in love with him now...since he obviously heard her confession while tied up. XD (...and that camera angle shot...erm...*pulls mind out of the gutter* ...okay, need sleep...my mind is heading waaay in the wrong direction.

Originally Posted by LKK

Did they get married? I know they were engaged, but I thought that Takeda's murder accusations happened before they were able to get married.

I thought they only got engaged before Takeda was charged with murder, etc.

[kitten320]

Doesn't really matter now anyway, they are both dead.

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by PreSage

Ep. 9 is really sad. I felt so sorry for Yakumo's mom and Takeda. They were really kind people who just got entangled with the wrong fates. I guess Yakumo's mom also was killed by those villains and hidden there. I didn't even realize that Takeda was a ghost until he vanished after talking to Haruka.

I would have expected Takeda to be a ghost from his first appearance, since he was in the same situation as Yakumo's mother, he would eventually have been killed either way. But I do agree that its such a sad for both of them... I give my prayers to them.

That scene with the little girl killing her family and singing that song...freaked me out. Why is it always the scariest with little kids singing in that deranged voice? >_<

You must know by now that little girl's singing a song when a really dark scene appears is always meant to just scare the audience (reminds me of F.E.A.R for some reason...)

Haruka proved herself to be quite on par with Yakumo when she solved the film/location fake. Thumbs up for her.

Haruka seems to have picked up Yakumo's detective skills

That part where Gotou hit Ishii and then got hit by his boss in return was hilarious!

Gotou gets what he delivered

You know...Makoto (the journalist) and Ishii would make a really nice couple.

I agree with this idea also they just seem to fit together for me strangely.

[QUOTE]And I guess Yakumo knows that Haruka is in love with him now...since he obviously heard her confession while tied up. XD (...and that camera angle shot...erm...*pulls mind out of the gutter* ...okay, need sleep...my mind is heading waaay in the wrong direction. [/QUPTE]

I suppose it is, the series has not ended for it to truly be applied yet