30 Days of DCMK: Day 9

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Least Favorite Case: The Billing Fraud Case (Anime 585-586, Manga 491)

 

AKA that moment when you realize that, while trying to figure out what exactly Hondou Eisuke’s deal is and get to the fun bits with FBI agents, you have instead spent 20 minutes of your life on an animated/manga PSA about a type of fraud that was very common in Japan roughly 10 years ago.  Which, if you are a Japanese time-traveler, you might find engaging, but if you aren’t–it’s just Conan being uncannily smart for a tiny child for, like 15 minutes, while no one really questions it.  Sonoko draws incorrect but logical conclusions and gets shot down, there’s useless suspense, it’s just such a poorly executed case, and it doesn’t have the excuse of being an anime original or during down time–it’s lead up to the Clash of Red and Black.  You’d think Gosho’d be bringing his A-Game.  You would be very wrong.