Shinrei Tantei Yakumo

[Kraco]

"In order to help a friend possessed by a spirit, Ozawa Haruka knocks on the door of her university's movie research association. There she meets Saitou Yakumo, a rude, unkempt young man with a red left eye, who is said to have spiritual powers. At first Haruka is skeptical, but she comes to believe him when he conveys messages from her older sister, who died when she was a child. Together, they work to shed light on the terrifying events happening at their university. But this is only the prologue of what's to come..." -ANN

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Episode 1 SD - FFFPeeps





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A good detective story every now and then is conducive to one's mental faculties. Although they don't come out in anime format that often. It's still of course early to say whether this is good till the end and especially as a detective story, but the first episode made me want to wait for the second as well. Despite the supernatural element, which is pretty prominent, it still feature good old detective work equally, which I count a big plus.

The characters also were quite nice with Haruka voiced by Ayumi Fujimura (Misaki of Kaichou, Niche of Letter Bee (haha)) and Yakumo voiced by Daisuke Ono (Shion of Legendary, Koizumi of Haruhi). This pair also voiced the main roles of Kaze no Stigma, btw, and in fact their positions and attitudes in this show, while less flashy, kind of reflected that, based on this first ep.

Needless to say, I'll keep watching. FFFPeeps did solid job, though I wouldn't have objected an HD video.

[RyougaZell]

I read this show didn't air in 'HD'... so the 480p version is the real one. Others are simply upscaled version.

Dang. The first episode was quite excelent. Hooked me from beginning to end. The detective work alongside the supernatural side with ghosts was well played. A must see for me.

[Kraco]

Episode 2 - FFFPeeps

[RyougaZell]

The 2nd case was a bit dull. No real mystery happened and it was solved too fast. The episode centered more on Haruka's feelings and the introduction of Saitou's family.

It wasn't a great episode, but it really wasn't bad either. I just hope that with introductions left behind the 3rd episode recovers the level of the first one.

[Sapphire]

AonE is doing it too.

[Kraco]

The 2nd case was a bit dull. No real mystery happened and it was solved too fast. The episode centered more on Haruka's feelings and the introduction of Saitou's family.

It wasn't a great episode, but it really wasn't bad either. I just hope that with introductions left behind the 3rd episode recovers the level of the first one.

I felt the same. There was practically no detective work in this one, since they didn't even show how Yakumo deduced the haunting effects were fake. Other than having the motivation to prove them false to serve his opinion of what ghosts are and are not.

Still, I didn't particularly mind this episode. As this tries to be a somewhat logical show, a necessity for detective stories, in the end, they needed some reason for Haruka to stick around. And what's better for that than to take an example of a geezer who screwed up his own love story by ignoring his feelings until it was too late.

Let's hope the rest of the eps are more suitable for the genre.

[RyougaZell]

Indeed. That is why I meant the episode focusing more on Haruka. We did need a reason for her to stick around, so I didn't mind much the weak case. Though I do want a better one next week.

The conclusion of last weeks case, curing Haruka's friend, was a nice addition.

[Kraco]

Initial Y:

Episode 3 - FFFPeeps





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Not a bad episode even if the detective work was very light here as well. Not to mention not turning off the engine or at least yanking up the handbrake or using any other means to slow down the car if the driver becomes possessed.

I like Haruka paying so much attention to Yakumo, but that being the case suddenly ignoring his rare phone call just to pay back becomes inconsistent.

[RyougaZell]

The 'mystery' this time wasn't that big either, and it was really convenient that the person that came with Haruka was the killer as well.

Despite that, the episode itself was an improvement from the 2nd one. The car chase gave it a nice addition to the tension.

The 'end' of the boy was quite the best scene of the episode. Powerless Yakumo hates himself as he sees the boy being consumed. Nice.

And it seems that mysterious dude with the same eyes has more to do with Yakumo than just the same eyes.

[Buffalobiian]

-I really like how people don't constantly walk around in school uniforms. It's simply refreshing to see some other costumes and designs as well as settings.

-Haruka's cute, but not in an overly cutesy way. Her outfit simply works for me.

-Yakumo's power is interesting and insightful, but doesn't give him the winning edge. He has an advantage and can do things other people can't, but it doesn't become the final reason.

-That doctor's creepy, haha. I sure hope I never become someone like him.

-I don't mind any of these eps. They flow pretty well, and feel different enough from many other shows that I don't need each ep to be a hardcore detective one.

- I wonder if that evil guy's a relative of Yakumo's. I'm betting it on him being his father at the moment.

-Regarding braking the car, another effective way that people never use (at least in movies/anime where a car won't brake) is to put the car into neutral. You'll stop pretty fast when applied with the handbreak.

[RyougaZell]

FFFpeeps 04


Setup episode for the overall 'big' case of the series.

And at first I didn't recognize the young doctor as the one with the guys with the red eyes... I wonder how much truth or lies he told them.

[Buffalobiian]

FFFpeeps 04


Setup episode for the overall 'big' case of the series.

And at first I didn't recognize the young doctor as the one with the guys with the red eyes... I wonder how much truth or lies he told them.

Me neither. I thought the doctor that was with them was the one who died and is now possessing the journalist, since he had a picture of the girl who drowned at the bottom of the river (and who I assumed was his daughter).

[Kraco]

This bigger case fortunately has some detective story elements. Even if Yakumo doesn't yet even realise what he's helping Gotou to study. I wonder how rich the doctor is, though. You'd think the red eyed man and the woman aren't working for free, especially considering the failed experiments have already resulted in corpsed being treated as a serial killer case. Such a high risk can't be cheap.

I'm sure Haruka won't end up dead, at least. She's a main character, after all. But it would suck if she ends up with a split personality due to getting possessed...

[Buffalobiian]

It never occurred to me that the criminal team may be working for money. I always assumed that they were the ones who lured to doctor into this mess for whatever twisted things they had in mind.

Yakumo wasn't really in a state of mind for keen observations, so I'll let it slide that he didn't end up asking Haruka about why she was at the hospital in the first place.

[Kraco]

Oh, well, when I saw them looking like rich yuppies, especially the woman, I immediately thought they were working for (big) money only. But I suppose they could have their own agendas and are just using the doctor like you said. Maybe they are academically interested in the idea of resurrection by possession and the doctor's daughter's spirit happened to be suitable for research. It just seems to me that if it was originally their own project, they would have planned it better to avoid criminal investigation.

[RyougaZell]

Or they are just taking advantage of this particular doctor (after they themselves killing the daughter) because of the past connection with Yakumo, seeing as he is their real target.

[Kraco]

Seems like an awfully elaborate plot to get to Yakumo. They have been doing the possession experiments for a while and it was by pure chance that Yakumo now met the doctor (again). It seemed to me more like speeding Yakumo's fall to the dark side was just an extra positive side effect of this endeavour, as much as Haruka turning out to be a promising possession candidate.

[Buffalobiian]

Nordkohl - Episode 05

Gave them a try, and were quite watchable.

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Turns out to be a father and son duke-out after all. The blond woman who's always with him may have a different hair colour and hairstyle (tied up hair) than Yakumo's mother, but the fringe and side-bangs are identical. It would suck if she's the very mother who's fallen into darkness - I'm hoping for a nice reunion down the track.

I found the "killing her over and over again" part pretty powerful. It not only highlights the kindness of the young doctor's daughter, but also just how misguided the doctor's action turned out to be. On the other hand, I really can't give a shit about the one who died, even if he was only doing the kidnapping.

[Kraco]

Episode 5 - FFFPeeps

Quite a stylish ending to this arc, I have to agree. The woman possessed by the criminal was indeed a bit of an extra towards the end but otherwise he was of course needed to solve the case. I guess the possession was nothing but a way to tie him to the case and also serve as an extra hint for the whole possession business. I wasn't unhappy with the detective work either during this arc, even if it was heavily mixed with the paranormal activity.

I even think Yakumo warmed up a little bit to Haruka. But she surely needs to keep pushing to make any progress. Good thing she's determined and lively enough to do that.

[Buffalobiian]

Watchable subs in the meanwhile.

Nordkohl - Episode 06 | 07