This character is known for his love of sweets, odd behaviors like holding objects delicately, and being the world's greatest private detective.

This trope, named for a fictional British detective, involves the detective mentioning some non-obvious fact about the person he's just met. The other character looks skeptical or surprised, then the detective reveals his deduction based on small details.

This series tells the story of a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while attempting to save a child's life. He is revived and appointed the title of "Underworld Detective."

This character is known for her long, golden hair, her doll-like features, and is known as the "Grey Wolf" and "Golden Fairy in the High Tower."

This trope appears when a clue leads in the wrong direction.

This anime is set in a future-day Japan that has been affected by a war and numerous terrorist attacks. It follows a detective and his strange partner who have a secret bond.

This character is known for being able to force any human to answer one question, no matter what it is, and they have to answer it truthfully. They use this power to help their partner detective solve mysteries.

This trope occurs when some new event, character, ability, or object solves a seemingly unsolvable problem in a sudden, unexpected way.

This series from Shonen Jump starred an amateur detective who was turned into a child who helps police and tries to uncover information about the organization that poisoned him.

This character was used as the mastermind's puppet to communicate with the students. At the end of the series, the protagonist had to discover the identity of the one controlling this character.

This trope involves a seemingly impossible crime. The overall plot provides pleasure from trying to figure out the puzzle before it is revealed, from moments of dawning realization, and from a satisfyingly logical solution.

This police procedural anime with multiple movies was directed by Mamoru Oshii, who also directed Ghost in the Shell.

This character was the boss of the detective in this series. Despite his childish appearance, he is powerful enough to give the Spirit Detective his starting powers and send him on cases.

This trope, often seen in the anime Kuroshitsuji, involves the characters discovering that the killer is someone whom nobody bothered to think twice about and was therefore not previously considered as a suspect.

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