Shinrei Tantei Yakumo

[Buffalobiian]

I guess the childless detective's family wasn't the worst possibility for Nao. Probably a lot better than two students, one of whom sees dead people to boot...

The case of the high police official managing to sweep everything under the carpet would have seemed unlikely to me, but after the Senkaku incident I don't anymore doubt the power of the Japanese officials to silence their sorry excuse for a free press.

Withholding information is one thing (Senkaku incident), but I'd put silencing free press as another (that journalist didn't need any more info from the police to write the story. She simply isn't allowed to write period.)

Interesting how they're talking about a culprit who's acting in the physical realm for the ghost. I can't see any hints being dropped at all, but I do hope that it was secretly foreshadowed in some form. The worst case scenario would be some random who has no connection to the main characters whatsoever. The whole Nanase Miyuki murder incident was "out of the blue" enough as it is.

[Kraco]

Based on what we have seen earlier Yakumo's old man has been planning for everything for more than a decade. It would be strange if he hadn't given killing Isshin more than a few thoughts during all that time. Since this series hasn't dedicated its time entirely to Yakumo and his father's case, it's natural we haven't been shown quite as much as more wholesome storytelling might require.

[RyougaZell]

Nao TT__TT

For a moment I was expecting her to recover her voice and start shouting about her dad... not only say 'gao' back at the police's home

[Buffalobiian]

Aone - Episode 12

[RyougaZell]

FFFpeeps Episode 12

Un-official patch for episode 12 audio sync issue

[Buffalobiian]

FFFpeeps Episode 12

Un-official patch for episode 12 audio sync issue

Episode 12v2 here


Well that was a pretty tight episode. The doctor ties in well enough - now it's just to see who takes the hit.

[RyougaZell]

Final Episode FFFPeeps

Eh... nice end I guess.

[Kraco]

It was a pretty nice series with a well defined setting and rules. The atmosphere also was good every now and then. However, somehow this didn't end up impressing me as much as I hoped. It was like a thick blanket had been thrown over most of the characters holding them back (the detective and the ninja woman were exceptions). Maybe it was some way of trying to achieve realism. Who knows. But nevertheless, it made this show duller in my opinion.

I don't regret watching this but it could have been more lively and energetic.

[Buffalobiian]

The problem with this show was the lack of a clear direction (or, some would argue, that the show had a misleading direction). The title and original setting (and the first case) sounded like the series would be a fairly serious detective story with strong cases and a bit of ghost-busters on the top.

What resulted was actually character development, and instead of them sorting out the cases, it was the cases helping them discover their past. Not that it's a bad thing, but when we're still kind of expecting some sort of detective story, it only gives the show a lukewarm feel - like it never really did what it was "supposed" to.

Reincarnation was kind of ... meh. Some good side characters kept the show going. I also agree with Kraco regarding the atmosphere being done right at times.