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Trickster

“Amnesiac immortal joins Boy Detectives' Club to find death while solving cases against mysterious "Fiend with Twenty Faces."”

Trickster

6.26
9,229 rank · 121,177 viewers · 260 favorites
Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Detective Psychological
24 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Fall 2016 · TMS Entertainment · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Amnesiac immortal joins Boy Detectives' Club to find death while solving cases against mysterious "Fiend with Twenty Faces."

Kogorou Akechi is the founder of a private investigation firm known as the Boy Detectives' Club. Together, this group takes on cases both great and small. One of their junior members, Kensuke Hanasaki, is out solving a case one day when he happens upon Yoshio Kobayashi, a mysterious amnesiac boy with an inability to die. After seeing his abilities in action, Kensuke offers Yoshio a deal: join the Boy Detectives' Club and help them solve cases, and in exchange he will find a way to help Yoshio die. The apathetic Yoshio accepts this deal begrudgingly, unaware of how different his life will become. Although he does not have much use for people, he gradually begins to acknowledge the group as he spends more time with them while solving cases. Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori follows Akechi and the rest of the Boy Detectives' Club as they solve the various cases they are given, all while combating a hidden threat from the shadows—"The Fiend with Twenty Faces."

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Derived from 14 sampled reviews

6.8 /10

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67% recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5 mode 4 σ 2.43
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σ 2.43 · split reception

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The polarity gap

5.1 pts

Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.5

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A Tv Production · Fall 2016

TMS Entertainment.
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Bandai Visual · Yomiuri Telecasting

  • Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 2016 – Mar 2017 Fall 2016
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-11494 catalog

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