I started reading Detective Conan/Case Closed a while ago, and dropped it. My friend made me pick the serise back up again, and I'm really glad she did. The one things I really dislike about this manga, though it truly is necessary, is the number of cases that they have to do before they actually encounter the Black Organiztaion. It really annoys me, in my opinion the onyl chapters that really matter are the ones with the member of the BO, but the build up is also needed. So it's agravating to read the 20-30 odd cases before you see a glimspe of on of their members. Other then that I really love this manga. I love trying to guess whos the culprit, and how the weapon was used.
Story: 9/10
Again I said it above one of the only things that bugged me was the amount of chapters in between the meeting of the Black organization members is a bit extensive. I knnow they are needed but I wish the prgression was a little faster. The casews are really orginail from locked room cases, to the occasional bombing. It really makes me wonder where he comes oup with all of this, inclunding the facts. you can't really make things like this up.
Art: 6/10
I really love the art style for some reason, it's nothing that's really special, but it's different I gues you could say. but It's a pretty old style since the manga was created in 1994. but I love reading the first chapter and comparing to the current chapter, and just seeing and comparing the differences in the style and seeing how the lines have become more angular. I wonder how it feels to draw the same characters everyday/week/month/year for about 17 years.
Characters: 7/10
Surprisingly enough I like almost all the female characters in this manga. I usuallly ahte them because they are like damsal in distress, or get kidnapped aoften and held for some sort of ransom. but I love Ran, Kazuha, Sonoko, Haibara.
I have an issue with amy, and the rest of the Detective Boys. really and truly I feel that they have nothing to offer to the story line. To me they are a constant annoyance, a nuisance. The only time they did offer anything of use was in the Raven Chaser, where they took Agasa's joke seriously and went searching for something, and it turned out to be important in the end.
I kind of dislike, the Conan/Shinichi can do no wrong. Their deductions are always perfect, with very little flaws, it's kind of needed yes, but still I always wish that in one case his deduction will have a fatal flaw and that Mouri or another character will have to correct them.
I like how on occasion ( I think it happened twice or so) Conan let Mouri solve the case, because it was an important moment for him, and Conan could see that and let him solve it. Sometimes I wonder how Mouri became a detective >.< his deductions are really out there on occasion.
I think the Black Organization is the perfect villian type character. I am generally scared by them, I don't know why. >.> There's a chapter where something happens and the almost figure out who Conan really is, I was so scared that they were going to kill someone.
I really like the concept of best in the west and best in the east. They should be rivals Heiji and Conan, but I love their friendship. Heiji's cluelessness when it comes to Kazuha is quite interesting.
I like how Kaito Kid, and his friend, are like mirror images towards Ran and Shinichi. They really could be twins.
Overall: 8/10
This anime is really good for those who love a long story, are intersted in mysteries, and a bit of a Sherlock Holmes fan. Truth be told, some of the cases can't be solved unless you know some Japanese, but it's still fun. THough the only truly frustration is the progression. Nothing truly monumental happens untill the Black Organiztion appears, that and a few teachers but yeah....