Kindaichi Case Files Returns Episode 13
What They Say:
Kindaichi discovers the secret that punctures everyone’s supposedly airtight alibi! He assembles both groups, explains the reasoning behind the theme murders, and calls out the identity of Sparrow, the serial murderer of six students! Except as it turns out, Sparrow is actually…
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
Kindaichi Case Files has certainly had its interesting style of approach here with the mysteries and murders, especially in the previous episode as there were quite a few bodies dropping amid the weirdness of it all. That Kindaichi is intent on solving it all is a no brainer, but there’s just something about the arc that hasn’t completely clicked because it does feel like so much, so fast and in such a relatively closed space. And that it went down so quickly that even the police aren’t arriving soon, even with Akechi on the site in the role of a teacher himself, it’s one of those situations where it’s all just too much to really take seriously. But it is still able to be fun to watch how they work it all and as Kindaichi starts putting the pieces together.
Wiht the mystery progressing, it takes an interesting turn here as Kindaichi’s own part in things by being related to a famous detective and being quite good himself, having worked with the police often, he’s set into the position of having the other students being told to assist him in his questions. That leads him to individually questioning each of them to suss out their personalities a bit as well as understanding their answers. There’s so many diverse personalities here and things that goes back to before the camp that getting each new tidbit does help to flesh things out as a whole, but it also reminds you that you’ve been on the outside of a lot of it for a good bit of time now. Therein lies the rub into coming into situations like this, which happens often enough, but feels even more so with the school age based rivalries and issues. There’s a lot that comes out here, and you can see some of the threads, but the pulling it all together feels like it’s difficult in this context, especially the fourth episode into this arc.
Spending the first half going through all of this works well to remind us who these characters are, one-dimensional that they may be, and it allows Kindaichi to make the claim going into the second half that he absolutely knows who Sparrow is that caused all of this. Where it gets interesting is that as he reveals things, he makes it clear that there are two Sparrow’s that have caused all of this to happen, taking advantage of the situation to cause more confusion. The more it goes on and the more the explanations we get, the more complicated it becomes since you have Kindaichi remembering so many details, down to stomach aches, in order to pull it all together that it definitely reminds me that while I enjoy the show, there’s a reason I never try to figure out the culprits myself. It’s just near impossible more often than not since so many details are missing. Of course, as it goes on, it has to tease out a lot of things but not get quite to the final reveal, because that’s what the next episode will be.
In Summary:
While I generally like the reveal episodes as they progress because it shows the things we didn’t know, how it all ties together and the way such overly complex situations occur, this arc has just left me kind of cold when it comes down to it. There’s a lack of a connection with most of the characters and most of what we get here is just a rattling off of facts, albeit placed in proper context, and it doesn’t really generate any kind of excitement and lessens interest as it progresses. The location and the methods have been intriguing but the execution has just been slow and overly complex in a way that makes it easy to end up disconnect from the whole experience.
Grade: B-
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.
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