| Cloudman said: Yeah, that is true. For a half 'detective' manga, it's sure missing the detective part. Without that, it's kind of hard to believe the 'deductions' made by the MC without seeing the investigation part, and there's also part where the ghosts reveal to him who the killer is, which kinda goes against the mystery part. |
I used to be into some detective stuff so it bothers me when a protagonist "solves" mysteries by just pulling answers out of his hat. A lot of writers do that, however, and I know that it doesn't bother some people in the slightest. My mom reads mystery novels one after the other and I'm reasonably sure she doesn't worry much about the details adding up.
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro used to be pretty popular at one time. It's different and probably not for everyone. It has a fair amount of slap-stick comedy mixed in with some dark comedy. Neuro is a demon who enjoys "eating" the emotions generated when a puzzle is solved. He's also quite sadistic toward his "master", a school girl named Yako, who only really wants to eat delicious food. Neuro uses demonic tools to analyze the crime scene, so it's not straight up mystery solving, though he does use logic most of the time. It jumps back and forth from the serious to the absurd, which kind of confused me until I got used to it.
