An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

No Sanity Is To Figure In The Story – The Detective is Already Dead Spoiler Review

The Detective is Already Dead seems like the kind of show with an obvious premise: it’s literally in the title. So, this should logically be a detective story where, instead of having a brilliant Holmes-style character, that individual is a stiff. Bereft of life. Rests in peace. And instead we have the Watson, the Lestrade, or whoever else can trying to fill in some big, empty shoes when the need for a detective arises.  Maybe we’ll even try to solve the murder of said detective!  Wouldn’t that be an interesting premise?

Unfortunately, I don’t think logic has much of a place in this show.

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