This is the best illustration how Japanese producers can kill an anime/story which has the potential to be rated amongst the greats. The story had the potential to be the best but it was somehow stretched out that the main story is not advancing at all. I am certain that they address the main in 5 episodes per season and the rest of the episodes is the repetitive nonsense. In the beginning you are amazed by close room murder but they repeated the concepts so much that it bores you to hell. Ignore all this nonsense episodes and wait for the manga to finish and download only episodes that deals with Black organization. In short it is not worth the mebabytes you use when downloading (show less)

i think this is my 6th review for today --- and the server still ignores reviews. damnit.... feels like i'm doing this for nothing.
anyway.

pros
+ heaps of mystery
+ well-written cases and plots, very logical and uses scientific knowledge
+ real landmarks/cities/roads depicted
cons
- stretched out and way...too...long
- main story doesn't seem to be advancing
- cases are getting repetitive

conclusion: i love this for its unique concept, its logic and the fact that although it uses scientific knowledge etc., it can be understood by all ages. however, it's been running far too long, the cases are getting somewhat repetitive without the main story advancing, and the whole thing has become somewhat nonsensical. it would really be worth the watch were it shorter -- unique, with a nice concept, its mystery and its logic -- but i certainly don't want to be responsible for dragging anyone into a 660+ep anime. it's a pity i have to be saying this, but it would do the whole thing good if they finished it.

peace. (show less)

An anime that had the potential to be ranked along side best anime today was killed by stretching it and a repeat of case with same concepts. You will find yourself watching a closed room murder too many times that it is no longer interesting. The end of the anime is long overdue. They cut short good anime like Slum Dunk and Claymore, yet they continue to produce such nonsense fillers & repeat same concept every season. How do they keep the ratings. If this show was shown elsewhere in the world it would have met its end after 2 years of showing and that is the time it required. Now its just 1 long boring anime with repeating case concepts. Help yourself wait for it to end before wasting your MB downloading this nonsense. (show less)