Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions

Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions is pretty fun. I don’t have too much to say about this season other than it’s a fun buddy cop mystery anime. The dynamic between Totomaru Isshiki and Ron Kamonohashi is a lot of fun to watch and the mysteries that these two solve are engaging and always keep me invested every week. I really like how each new mystery in this season introduces an entirely new set of side characters which helps keep the interactions between the two main characters and the rest of the supporting cast fresh and exciting. This anime also introduces an overarching plotline involving some secretorganizations and all of this ties into the titular character’s special abilities as well as his backstory, and I’m really invested in it. I assume the second season will focus more on this storyline but this season primarily centers on building and strengthening the dynamic between Isshiki and Kamonohashi. The only major complaint that I have with this anime is that many of the deductions made when attempting to solve the mysteries are mainly from Kamonohashi, and at first I didn’t mind this since Isshiki was an inexperienced detective in the earlier episodes, but Kamonohashi constantly doing around 70-80% of the sleuthing doesn’t really help Isshiki grow and improve his skills, despite Ron giving him all the credit for solving the various cases throughout this season. Isshiki does see some subtle character development, but I’d like for future seasons to not have Isshiki depend on Kamonohashi so much and have him fully solve a case all on his own. Other than that, this anime is very serviceable in being a good mystery series with many fun twists and turns throughout the entirety of the show so far.

okay first off, this is not a typical mystery series because -im pretty sure- this is all about characters relationships and their subtle impact within their daily lives, at least all of part 1. so if youre looking for realistic plot devices in crime scenes this is probably not your thing (i mean, ron uses something like hypnosis on ep1, what impression does this give you?) narrative isnt that good (plot holes and unreasonable approaches happen often), animation is absurdly fine for it, voice acting is amazing, music is good. -the strong points are character growth, character relationships, character design and script (character and pacing wise), theOP and ED are quite unique for the animes simplicity at first sight. -the weak points are the use of plot devices (theyre awkward), the fact its unlikely you will solve a case along with the characters because theyre kind of too specific sometimes and the fact that ron is too good to be real (i still like him though. hes one of those.) the series are funny and entertaining to watch and are overall loyal to the manga while taking good care about pacing so you get to enjoy the best of each scene. the series concept is easily misunderstood (again, its not your regular mystery story), but if you can bear with the irregularities and focus on characters then youre off to a great start. now as a heads up im actually up to date with the manga so i can firmly say this *will* get good further ahead (still considering the plot holes) so if youre patient you should stick to it. the narrative is ridiculous 90% of the time but it goes from zero to hundred very quickly when the scenes get intense and so, with the animes production quality, i think it will be a nice watch once the important plot points sink in. this is one of those series that start not so well and then get real laaater on. through most of the first part itll feel like theyre just feeding you cumbs before an actual meal. so im looking forward to the upcoming season(s). also, this gets better if you can deal with the fujobait (?) because theyre so homo it doesnt feel real (im fine with it) hope it was useful ✮ EDIT: ik i said this gets good but actually everything after that arc where it gets good just goes down and feels very rushed. the characters are still lovable. but its aaahhhhh fine (?) i peace out

I just finished watching the first season of Kamonohashi Ron no Kinda Suiri and I recommend it for anyone that likes the detective genre. While this show isn't perfect, it has many qualities and I'll try to point them out in this review, without spoiling anything. The pros : + The investigations are interesting, and that's very important for a detective show. They aren't exactly meant to be solvable by the viewers, but the detectives will solve them by paying close attention to details in a believable way. + The character design is neat and the side characters are funny and rather inspired.+ The visuals are good looking, there's a lot of different landscapes, nice colorimetry aswell. + Some plot elements to make this show feel unique make us want to learn more about the story. + The comic vibe this show is going for works at times, there are a few funny jokes & situations... The cons : - But on the other hand, I'll reckon that this show could have used a bit more "seriousness", it sometimes feels like there isn't enough at stake. - It's linked with the last con, but there's a lack of action scenes in the show, and it's a shame because it would have been relevant for a police/detective show. - The MC being goofy is a common trope for that kind of detective duo, but it becomes a bit annoying in this show because there is one "gimmick" that happens everytime that will make the viewer cringe because of how unbelievable the situation is. All in all, I think this show is enjoyable and anyone interested in this genre should give it a try. The detective aspect is respected by giving us some interesting investigations, and the overall cozy/funny mood the show is going for works well enough with the few characters introduced. In order to become more unique, this first season introduces a few plot elements that should keep the viewer intrigued and eager to watch the next season ! However, this anime does have some flaws, this comic choice comes at the expense of the story's coherence : it's hard to justify the lack of action scenes, and a rather "important" detail of the plot becomes frankly quite stupid because of this.

Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deduction - To go from one of the most classic franchises to a tongue-in-cheek series that is a precursor to this show, I'm really left with this thought in my mind: does the author REALLY know how to make Shonen works stand the test of time? To the classic AniManga connoisseurs, I'm pretty sure that the name of Akira Amano is no stranger to you. The female mangaka best known for her series Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, which was featured in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump as one of the top guns alongside the Big 3 at the time, is now, over 20 years later,a franchise that I can recommend to anyone wanting to experience a true and pure classic Shonen series. But her later series of the sci-fi adventure ēlDLIVE which (for some reason) was also serialized in the same publishing company's Shonen Jump+ spin-off, garnered a teeny-tiny fraction of her previous juggernaut series, and even with Studio Pierrot's Winter 2017 anime, it really didn't do much for the community expecting something new out of the acclaimed mangaka. With the failure of ēlDLIVE, while sticking to the same publication platform, comes the brand-new gob-smacking mystery crime series in the form of Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri a.k.a Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deduction, released in October 2020, with Diomedea's anime adaptation just 3 years later. And the series, despite the recommendation from Takarajimasha's Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! a.k.a This Mystery is Excellent!'s winning mystery writers, with one of them (Sako Aizawa) praising the series as "an "authentic mystery manga for the new era" with its fast pacing, as well as the tricks and logic used to identify the culprit", the anime (and its manga source material) may not be neither bad nor garbage, but is rather bland and mediocre, and a draggy slog to sit through. What Akira Amano has done here in this series is to take the ever-so-loving tried-and-true formula of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and give it her take of the Shonen genre by mashing the personalities of both protagonist (Sherlock Holmes) and antagonist (William James Moriarty) into one person, and that's how we get the series' titular character: Ron Kamonohashi, the aforementioned deranged private detective with an affinity to send culprits to their deaths once the confessions are sounded. This, coupled with the fact that he was involved in an incident where he was found guilty, resulted in his detective license being revoked and him being expelled from the detective training academy, thus isolating him in the process. His saviour, who would get him back into sleuthing, is the rather unremarkable Totomaru "Toto" Isshiki, assigned by his superior Amamiya of the Metropolitan Police Department. Toto looks the part of a typical police detective, though he's rather unrefined and looks cowardly at first glance. That is, until Amamiya requested him to look for Ron, to which he slowly improved his craft, playing the part of Holmes's assistant John Watson, sometimes becoming like Holmes himself, and setting the goal of avoiding Ron's supernatural killing instinct for the culprits. The problem with the entire series, as much as it's being marketed as a Shonen work, is that it's pretty much bread and butter when it comes to detective works. Sure, you have your usual evildoer group that landed Ron being the bad guy in the first place, but the cases are very cookie-cutter to the point that no matter how the case looks and feels, it starts and ends exactly one and the same. There are slight movements when it comes to Ron's overarching motive to sniff out those responsible for his expulsion, but it's very methodical and slow at the same time. Even the other characters that come onboard to both Toto and Ron's sleuthing campaign are really nothing special, made worse by the fact that Akira Amano chose to stick to the tried-and-true tropes of what works and what doesn't and doesn't even improve on her writing at all. It's just a shame that even in ēlDLIVE that the mangaka herself was entering into new territory that feels cheap but fresh, but in the case of Ron Kamonohashi, it looks as if she has just completely given up on writing a compelling work, the likes of which we'll never see the Katekyou Hitman Reborn! revival once again in time to come. The aspects where I have the least problems are with the production and music. In-house director Shota Ibata did decent with Diomedea on the production side of things, which looks good, but honestly, this is pretty much what I've expected for anything out of the studio. The music is also decent, with Unison Square Garden and Hockrockb's OP and ED songs, though not particularly memorable. What's even worse is that we had a detective series in the form of novelist Yuugo Aosaki's Undead Girl Murder Farce last season, and I declared that as my new favourite detective series of all time, being a masterpiece work. So going forward, the detective sleuthing bar is quite high, and no matter how many seasons the production committee decides to pump out of this (since Season 2 has already seemingly been confirmed before the anime started), it'll never change my perception that Akira Amano's newest series, if you take it as anything BUT a detective-themed story, its comedy will definitely either be or not be for you. Be it as it may, Akira Amano has already lost her magic, and Ron Kamonohashi, is an abject failure on a crime-solving mystery level. Such a shame, but I'm not surprised at all.