30 Days of DCMK: Day 4

[ninthfeather]

 
Favorite Detective: Hattori Heiji

 

Since I already used Hakuba for my favorite male character…

 

In all seriousness, I’ve been surprised by how much I’ve been enjoying about Heiji’s appearances since I’ve started watching more recent episodes he’s appeared in.  I love the friendship between him and Conan, and I love his brutal honesty–both the comedy potential, and when it shows up seriously in the narrative.  Mostly I love the fact that this guy just wanders around Japan, calling a little kid his older cousin’s name, lying badly, accidentally insulting people and being almost scarily single-minded in his pursuit of crime-solving, and after a while everyone just rolls with it, because it’s still less weird than whatever the heck Sleeping Kogoro is.