Audience reviews
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odioineri
it's just... shit, i don't know any other word to describe this in a better way... i don't even know why i saw a whole season... what am i doing in my life? I need to write more for being able to publish this review, let me think... I don't even know what to say anymore, it's all random, characters are plain like taiga's chest (from toradora), the base idea had potential but who wrote this just have no idea of how to write e decent story. I STILL CAN'T PUBLISH THE REVIEW WTH
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I like the premise and first episode was pretty engaging... but... after that, it's just rolling downhill with absurdity.
This show has probably the weakest story I've seen in many years. It tries to build a certain catch for those 12 episodes, but you will see these things coming from miles a head. Another issue with the story is that it doesn't make any sense. Nothing these characters do in the world have any reason behind it, things just happen. It almost feels like the writer had the start and the ending in mind and tried his best to fill the middle, but failed miserably. Remember the last season of Game of Thrones? Yes, this is as bad as that sh*te.
Another issue is the animation, its horrendous, apart from the first episode. Characters are like plank woods, showing absolute no emot…
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The blessed airplane scene is pure illusion.
This sentence perfectly summarizes the feeling after watching Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru. The anime practically sells itself on that specific moment, and in fact, it's a sequence that grabs attention, creates mystery, has good direction, and manages to hook the viewer right away. That's exactly what made me give it a chance, along with the recommendation from Intoxi Anime.
The problem is that this scene works almost like false advertising. It establishes an expectation of an engaging investigative anime, with charismatic characters and a well-structured plot. However, after this promising start, the work begins to lose strength gradually and steadily.
In technical terms, the animation is competent, but uneven. Most of the time, it's just "okay"…
Read at the sourceGadgetollic
The Verdict: Great Concept, Poor Execution
The Plot: Started with incredible potential but got lost along the way. It shifts from an intriguing mystery into a confusing mess of genres that lacks a clear direction.
The Characters: Siesta is easily the best part of the show, which is the main problem—the best character is already dead. Without her on screen, the energy drops significantly.
The Lead: Kimizuka (the "Kimi guy") is unfortunately a "potato." He lacks the charisma needed to carry the story, making most episodes feel bland and uninteresting.
Missing Emotion: The series missed a huge opportunity to build solid emotional stakes. The relationships feel superficial when they should have been the heart of the story.
Final Thought: Watch it for Siesta's flashbacks, but don't expect…
Read at the sourceLegionIscariot
The show seems promising...until the detective actually dies...
It stars a boy Kimi who is always around when there is trouble.
During a crisis on a plane he meets a silver haired girl detective Siesta. And ends up becoming her "Watson".
Off screen between episodes 1 and 2 they go on wild adventures for a couple of years around the world.
This is what the anime should have been about...
By episode 2 the detective is already dead.
And she is replaced by an unlikeable c*nt. And that's where it all goes south.
Turns out this girl's heart once belonged to the detective and the heart lead her back to Watson.
This anime does a terrible job with tone. I love comedy but this style of comedy is very out of place here. Its a bunch of lame jokes in what could be a more mature written story. In…
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This anime honestly broke me. While the story isn’t completely unique and can be predictable at times, it still works because of its strong emotional core and mystery setup. If you enjoy this genre, the experience is worth it despite its flaws.
The relationship between Kimizuka and Siesta is beautiful and tragic, and it’s the main reason the anime hits so hard emotionally. I can’t fully explain why it affected me this much—it just did. Some moments stay with you long after watching (and the bed episode says enough on its own).
The art style fits the story perfectly. The animation, effects, and especially the coloring are stunning—easily some of the best I’ve seen, and they enhance both the emotional and action scenes.
The characters feel mostly well-rounded, with clear strengths and weakne…
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I honestly wish there were an option for a negative score, because this series more than earns it with its pretentious tone, subpar animation, weak plot, and overall waste of time. The fact that some fans defend it by saying “just read the light novel” doesn’t help its case. If you’re looking for sharp dialogue and meaningful romantic chemistry between leads, you’d be far better off watching Monogatari or Bunny Girl Senpai—series that clearly inspired this one, but do it infinitely better.
The show's shift from a supposed detective narrative to generic action feels less like a creative direction and more like a result of the author lacking the skills to write an engaging mystery. If that’s the type of transition you enjoy, even Summertime Rendering, which itself has flaws but pulls it off…
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The most confusing storyline ever. I got baited to watch this because I heard Hololive doing a cameo here and I was really happy that Fubuki and Matsuri appeared as a news reporter but other than that, damn, this anime suck. The pacing is bad, and the timeline is bad, even the animation is just outright dull. Oh, brother, I have no idea why I forced myself to finish this.
I want to talk about the animation first. For the majority of the show, the animation is quite alright, but I swear to you that I can't just stay awake to watch it. Because of the dull animation, I legit trying to fast-forward the anime. Yeah, I know, I felt disgusted also. I'm the type of guy who likes slow-paced stories but man this one is not bearable.
Animation is one thing, the plot tho. Look man, even if the anima…
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This is going to be a short review but I just need to talk about how bad this show is. I clicked onto this series thinking it would be something like this: This Ace detective and her sidekick go around the world and solve mysteries, but in an unexpected turn of events, the Ace detective is found murdered. Now the sidekick has to go from being a sidekick to the ace detective to solve the murder of his Partner. There could be some Death note mind games shit happening or they can go for a more dramatic approach. Now take everything I just said and throw it in the trash because this horrible show is a battle harem. And not even a good battle Harem with good fights. I almost fell asleep while watching it. I genuinely wanted to drop this show 4 times but toughed it out because it was only 12 epi…
Read at the sourcesaurabhshivam
Its Really nice and enjoyable anime please don't judge quickly by some others reviews
Season 2 have Happy ending its already annonced it
Volume 5 light novel have super awsome plot twisted with huge surprise.
This anime have comedy interesting engaing story
Worth Watching, Character Design is Really impressive that character design don't Need Fan art that much awesome.
I will buy all Light Novel and Manga to because i want season 2 soon possible with my own earning
i Guaranteed You will like to.
Main Character Siesta girl is super smart like Sherlock home and looks exact Pretty cute doll you to fell in love that character
its Available in crunchyroll app with English DUB,Hindi DUB, Japanese DUB WATCH IT YOUR FAVRATE LANGUAGE
Read at the sourceSasu2chan
After a year of sitting at episode 6, I finally finished this show. There's a reason it took so long. It ain't good. Horrible dialogue, horrible characters (even Siesta), and some of the worst pacing I've seen in an anime. The only saving grace could possibly be the art not looking horrible, and music that is passable at best.
If you're thinking of starting this anime because the premise sounds cool, don't bother. The plot is so all over the place, the main gimmick of the show (the detective already being dead) just doesn't work well. Lots of the show is way too dragged on to the point of nauseum. Aspects that don't even matter all too much either.
All in all, Would not recommend. Don't fall for the trap a lot of us fell into. Escape while you still can.
Read at the sourceLuckyBastrd
This will be my first full review of any anime on this website after over a year of nothing, but this show was so atrocious I felt obligated to dissuade people from watching it. It somehow manages to avoid being either decent or hilariously awful, and has been the single greatest waste of my time since getting into anime. I will try to be concise with my review, because while other reviews may go more in-depth with what makes this show so bad, even spending the time to read about it is a waste of your time.
The first thing that The Detective is Already Dead does is attempt to deceive you. They pull you into what seems to be an interesting story with a mystery at its core. There are mentions of genetic modifications, an incredibly animated fight scene, and an obvious best girl character. T…
Read at the sourceAtomicTopHat
The worst part of this anime is that it could have been good. Besides the first episode, the show feels like random clips from the second or even third season of a show. Plot threads are shown in flashbacks but instead of resolving them, they just create more plot threads that they don't do anything with. I never read the source material for Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru... but I can't imagine how this was all supposed to work.
The anime withholds 90% of the story from you and assures you that stuff was super cool. And then the plot twist only makes sense if the MC is a moron, but he is shown to be intelligent even if not as smart as the improbably Sherlockian titular character.
This could have been a fun show if they had presented things in a better way than completely at random.
Read at the sourcehady44
I put so much hope on this anime , but I'm disappointed it did not rise up to the required level , to be honest it improved in the last 2 episodes. I guess if it got a second season will be better from the first season. but finally everyone had an opinion maybe agree with me or not. I felt like the story didn't fit together, there wan no investigation always the detective knows what will happen and put a plan without any discussion or help or even a little effort, then there was a huge flashback the characters who are still alive are ignored, I know this flashback is important to understand what happened but not like this you give the viewer the information there was randomness so to speak.
Read at the sourceZaphets
This is a series that will be on my mind for quite a while. A very peculiar series. I thoroughly enjoyed that it had a certain calmer atmosphere and wasn't as flashy as many others. They had a very interesting method of storytelling. They weren't linear, but it was played off really seamlessly.
Truth be told, the fight scenes were interesting but nothing spectacular. Although they seemed to have a limited number of tracks to play in the background, I was pleasantly surprised by how delightful many scenes seemed in silence.
I had two major annoyances with it. First, I did not enjoy how this was another case of a (male) main character being bullied by their closest friend(s), and this somehow leading to a very close relationship. Second, although the series seemed to be surprisingly mature…
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This show is really something. The artwork, animation, and music are stunning. The premise is definitely interesting from the beginning, but it failed to keep everything coherent. It feels like it wants to be everything cool in all of anime: cute, overpowered, loveable wifu, awe-spiring main character, grandeur storyline, bits of sci-fi here and there, some mindfuck memory stuff, which all eventually ripped the show apart. There wasn't any focus at all, it's hard to feel anything, I barely even have any feel for Siesta at all, which the show mostly focused on.
I can't say I'm wholly disappointed; the beginning is definitely interesting, emotional, and epic, and the end feels somewhat satisfying. However, the entire mid-story is bland, as all of the lore and build-up lies in there. If they…
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"The Detective Is Already Dead".. it took me a year to go through 12 episodes, because just like every other garbage anime, it takes a while to sit through the cringe for me.
There isn't much to say, except if you're looking for a smart anime, this ain't it.
Look out for:
- The protagonist has the personality of a rock.
- Protagonist is basically useless in every way possible. - Still attracts ladies (usually underage).
- We are supposed to identify with him.. I guess? But you never do.
- Tries to be funny, but it isn't.
- Main characters are a love interest, apparently, but they both compliment each other like water and fire. Not that it'll stop the writer from pretending they don't.
- Has "detective" in title but there is hardly any detection going around. The hilariously named d…
Read at the sourceGarolaSenpai
I think the reviews about this anime a little unfair, so I decided write my review.
This anime isn´t the best in nothing but it isn´t bad.
The perfect Tags of this anime are: Drama, mystery, Romance and adventure.
We have better animes of Drama, Romance, Adventure and mystery than Tantei wa Mou, BUT, this anime is enjoyable.
If you wanna watch a anime enjoyable without nothin special, just to give a few laughts and spend time, Tantei wa Mou is a good choice. But, if you wanna watch a anime with a very nice mystery or a big drama... better watch something else.
About specific details: the sound is Ok, The art is good, the story is ok (but a little predictable).
Read at the sourceGanyuwaifu
I don't realy understand why people hate this show, I really enjoyed it. I didn't read the LN and maybe that's why I don't know why it's bad, but for an only anime watcher I think it's really good and I want to start the LN soon.
SPOILERS!
For some reason the storyline is really similar to Darling in the Franxx, or maybe it's just me but in the DitF Zero Two was the one who dragged the main character into the whole story, it's almost the same here too. The ending is almost the same too: when Zero Two and Hiro dies they met each other, and it even writes that "and the new story begins" or something like that, it's still the same when Nagisa and the sidekick sat at the bar in the ship when an announcement came: "Is there a detective on the board", and the story is continuing, I think y…
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The Detective is Already Dead is a romcom with spices of mystery, thriller, and sci-fi. It follows Siesta and Kimizuka as they travel the world to solve mysteries regarding abnormal humans preceding Siesta's death (and yes, she dies, but it's not a spoiler because it's literally the premise of the show) and Kimizuka's life after Siesta's death.
Most of the mysteries in this show are not your orthodox "whodunnit" type you'd find in Sherlock Holmes or Detective Conan, but the show did a good job of making the audience feel something's not right and dropping sufficient hints for the audience to figure out themselves what's not right and why it is so. It also did a good job of connecting the dots; no questions were left unanswered except some that of course would be more appropriate to be an…
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