I was actually wondering how Edogawa Ranpo would feel about all the gay stuff added to this adaption of his work, and then I found this on his Wikipedia page:
edited 15th Jul '15 1:42:19 PM by majoraoftime
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Edogawa Ranpo: Mystery novelist, writing genius, swell guy and the original fujoshi baiter.
Owner of Dead End
If only he were alive today to witness the aftereffects of his obsession...
"And you must be Jonathan Joestar!" - Sue
So, uh, cross-dressing Kobayashi was a thing this episode. That apparently has some precedent from Edogawa's books.
I guess another thing Ranpo liked was "the erotic, the grotesque, and the nonsensical".
This show is definitely indulging in a bit of that.
Tangentially related: this paper is pretty interesting stuff. It notably contains this anecdote:
edited 16th Jul '15 1:33:44 PM by majoraoftime
Wasn't really a mystery at all this episode. No clues. Still entertainingly bizarre
vicarious
Show seems less on pushing the audience to solve the mystery than it being an avenue to show off the bizarre, crime and protagonists.
Kobayashi doesn't give a fuck.
Nyanpasu~
Author sounds like a really fun guy.
Kobayashi looks MORE MASCULINE in a dress than he does in his school uniform honestly.
Is this a supernatural series? Cuz I have no idea what was going on with the shadow man. Dude has got mad skills. What a nice person.
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
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I doubt it's supernatural, but there is a sense of surrealism.
Unrelated, the main character is twisted in his own way.
edited 19th Jul '15 11:17:58 AM by universalperson
Hashiba, when hiding in closets, you should make sure the doors aren't glass
Erotic, grotesque, and nonsensical. Black Lizard is impressive
Looks like we might have something like a plot happening now
For some bizarre reason, before watching the episode I thought this referred to Hashiba actually hiding in a closet with a glass door. I don't know what I was thinking.
The Kobayashi badge joke was pretty good.
This show is really gleefully trashy, which makes it pretty enjoyable.
And yeah, it very much is ero guro nansensu.
edited 23rd Jul '15 6:41:44 PM by majoraoftime
vicarious
Damn, Kagami. His sister...
The fat bastard got shanked by Sachiko's dad in a Twenty Faces mask.
A scenario that's by the numbers yet works.
I suppose it was inevitable, but that stupid "too many criminals get acquitted" cliche still really irritates me
vicarious
I know, the only point I can see is to justify Twenty Faces's existence, and have a crappy system the 'true' enemy.
Not too happy about mentally ill so far be all cheating scumbags. Or implications of those faking it.
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This show sucks, Beavis.
Yes, it's an official daki
◊. Yes you may laugh now.
Nyanpasu~
Wow.
So I rented a book of some of Edogawa Ranpo's short stories from the library. They're pretty interesting. Nice light reading.
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
The actual "The Human Chair" story is pretty good, but the ending is a big ol' copout.
Nyanpasu~
I was relieved! That freaked me out! But it was all just an elaborate prank, haha...ha...
"The Cliff" and "The Hell of Mirrors" were kind of cool. There's got to be a real mirror sphere somewhere. I didn't like "the Caterpillar" though, that was just depressing.
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
vicarious
The funniest episode yet.
I'd ask why, but I enjoyed it too much.
Well, I liked this episode enough that I'm no longer considering dropping the series. Not sure if this is a good thing
Nyanpasu~
Sasuga noitaminA.
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
I guess I should start watching this again.
In other news, Wikipedia credits Edogawa Ranpo with inspiring shotacon:
When will it end.
edited 7th Aug '15 8:23:01 AM by majoraoftime
vicarious
Amazing.
Dude was anime before anime.
vicarious
Some interesting concepts being played out.
So Akechi is also responsible for Twenty Faces, a perpetuating phenomenon.
Because it doesn't have a thread.