Detective Conan 20
January 13, 2008
I forgot Ai had joined up with the group of mini-detectives. I was all excited about her finally appearing, too. The first chapter is a wrap-up of what was going on in the stadium in the last volume, as per usual.
I always read the detective profile in the back and Gosho Aoyama’s author notes first, and Aoyama had mentioned a character reappearing in celebration of the 20th volume. I was really, REALLY excited, but I apparently read his note wrong. He says something about how he miscalculated. Maybe Shinichi will show up next time.
Nothing terribly significant plot-wise happens here, not even any teases between Shinichi and Ran. It’s just straight detective cases, which I still appreciate. They’re still really fun to guess at too, even after all this time.
The highlight of the volume for me was yet another case where we saw the culprit clearly committed the crime right in the beginning, and the rest of the case was just trying to connect them to the death. It was a really odd one involving what appeared to be suicide, and I kind of like these because I love seeing how the criminals get nailed in the end.
Not much else to report on, unfortunately, and if you’re not reading the series by now, there’s not much I can say to convince you. I think this is definitely a case of… well, you have to really be into it in order to stomach 50 volumes of this sort of thing, and I am.
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