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“Kindaichi's Hong Kong fashion trip turns into a rescue mission for kidnapped Miyuki, sparking a new mystery.”
The File of Young Kindaichi Returns
金田一少年の事件簿R【リターンズ】
7.57
1,815 rank · 20,550 viewers · 72 favorites
Shounen
Mystery
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Synopsis
Kindaichi's Hong Kong fashion trip turns into a rescue mission for kidnapped Miyuki, sparking a new mystery.
High school student Hajime Kindaichi is the supposed grandson of famous private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Visiting Hong Kong for a fashion event with Kindaichi, our hero's girlfriend Miyuki is captured by a stranger in a case of mistaken identity. The journey to save Miyuki itself leads to yet another crime case... (Source: YTV)
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7.5
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median 7.5
mode 7
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Running avg · Sep 2014 → Apr 2021
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Likes- When i first heard about, i thought this would be a normal detective anime. But when i watched it, it was so good. The stories are well written. You can't guess the culprit till Kindaichi...”
- 7 “As I had watched the original kindaichi shounen no jikenbo and I totally loved it but in this sequel there are some things that didn't ring any bells like the earlier one did, like the cases are...”
- 7 “I'm a sucker for detective anime, so when I found out Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo got a sequel, I was all over that. Is Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns as good as the original? Not really....”
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- Format 25 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 00m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2014 – Sep 2014 Spring 2014
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-8746 catalog
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- Yomiuri Telecasting Producer