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2015-12-24, 09:14 | Link #384 |
Born to ship
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Texas
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I think you may have missed my point. I was saying that if just a little taller, he would look creepily similar to another fictitious character that has become very well known and is similarly infamous for driving people to murder and/or suicide.
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2015-12-24, 09:38 | Link #385 |
Deadpan Rambler
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Episode 12:
So TROYCA ends this series with a flashback, huh? On the other hand, glad that both Shoutarou and Sakurako-san reunited. Still, I wanted more of this as Hanabusa-san is on the loose. Maybe in the future (if Blu-ray sales are good), we'll have another season of this series! |
2015-12-24, 22:45 | Link #386 |
Unleashing the Homu-Rage
Join Date: Apr 2010
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I see I wasn't the only one who thought of Johan in comparison with Hanabusa, at least based on what little we've seen on him. Another one that comes to mind is Shogo Makishima from Psycho-Pass. Still, it remains to be seen if Hanabusa lives up to other examples of the trope or just seems like a low-rent version- we haven't really seen enough of him to say much at this point... |
2015-12-29, 16:04 | Link #391 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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The shows central them was death and the cause/effects of it... rather than being a true mystery show IMHO. Once you start looking at it from that angle, it really works well.
Giving it a solid B+. It's episodes pacing was a bit off at time and I suspect a two part structure is it's natural home, through solid art, characters and a deep exploration of death give it plenty of pluses. |
2020-04-14, 09:35 | Link #394 |
Princess or Plunderer?
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
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As I said before, the cases didn't click on me during the case of the grandmother's painting. However, as I marathoned more of the cases, two things made sense: the tagline of the series and Shoutarou's occasionally-spoken catchphrase, both involving the loss of a loved one. This turned the series into something unlike a lot of the mystery shows I had watched—it's not only about a duo investigating about bones, it's about how they allowed people to move on from the deaths of people they cherished. It added a personal touch to detective mystery, something that other shows try to avoid (sometimes for professionalism's sake).
I was a bit troubled that not enough time was spent on the cases involving Hanabusa the Sphenoider. It was definitely something personal to Sakurako-san, after "inheriting" the cold case somehow and finding that several previous cases were all part of the Sphenoider's elaborate plan to obtain sphenoid bones from people. Instead, the show focused on "relationships after loss", as both Shoutarou and Sakurako-san dealt with losing someone important in their lives. Perhaps the Sphenoider would be the antagonist in the entire story, a grim reminder of Sakurako-san's "abyss", and no amount of airtime is enough to illustrate their encounters. Overall, despite the slip at the start (no offense to the grandmother who died that way) and the unfortunate lack of space to depict the Sphenoider's threat to Shoutarou and Sakurako-san, I think it's a pretty decent show. At least it's not as bad as Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes. ENTRY #362 GET.
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