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“Kindaichi solves supernatural murder mysteries using clever deductions and magic at haunted locations.”
The Kindaichi Case Files
金田一少年の事件簿
8.15
636 rank · 8,219 readers · 195 favorites
Shounen
Detective
Award Winning
Drama
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Kindaichi solves supernatural murder mysteries using clever deductions and magic at haunted locations.
Kindaichi (frequently with best-bud, Miyuki) travels to various places where a murder has taken place, typically involving ghosts, curses, myths and folklore of significant events from the distant past, and solves the mystery using ingenious deductions of curious clues and his cool magic. (Source: Tokyopop)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.47
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.33
Running avg · Jan 2015 → Jan 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This is a story about Kindaichi jr. , grandson of the famous fictional detective, Kindaichi. Story: 8 I do not really know how to feel about having the grandson of a detective be one himself. It's...”
- 8 “tl;dr: A mystery manga that has essentially no overarching plot, but consistently has solid well written cases. This manga is very much a hardcore mystery manga. The core of the story is purely a...”
- 9 ““Even if you hit rock bottom and wound up on the darkest place imaginable, I still believe there’s no life that can’t be salvaged.” Classic Kindaichi File series is THE definitive murder mystery...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 219 × 27 ch × vol
- Total read 29h 12m approx
- Published Oct 1992 – Oct 1997
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0382 catalog