Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: File Series (2024)

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Synonyms: Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo

Japanese: 金田一少年の事件簿

English: The Kindaichi Case Files

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 27

Chapters: 219

Status: Finished

Published: Oct 14, 1992 to Oct 22, 1997

Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Mystery, Supernatural

Theme: Detective

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Kibayashi, Shin (Story), Kanari, Youzaburou (Story), Satou, Fumiya (Art)


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Popularity: #3066

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MangaShounen Magazine (Weekly)Kibayashi, Shin (Story), Kanari, Youzaburou (Story), Satou, Fumiya (Art)

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Volumes: /27

Chapters: /219

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Kindaichi (frequently with best-bud, Miyuki) travels to various places where a murder has taken place, typically involving ghosts, curses, myths and folklore of significant events from the distant past, and solves the mystery using ingenious deductions of curious clues and his cool magic.

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Background

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: File Series won the 19th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen categpry in 1995.

The first 17 volumes of the series were published in English as The Kindaichi Case Files by Tokyopop from June 1, 2003, and May 13, 2008.

The manga was adapted into multiple live-action TV series and video games.

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Sequel (Manga)

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo - Short File Series

Sequel (Manga)

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo: Case Series

Adaptation (TV)

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo

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Kindaichi, Hajime

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Nanase, Miyuki

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Kenmochi, Isamu

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Takatoo, Youichi

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Akechi, Kengo

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Saki, Ryuuji

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Tawarada, Koutarou

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Chikamiya, Reiko

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Zanma, Satomi

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Aoyama, Chihiro

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Feb 20, 2015

Beobachter

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“Even if you hit rock bottom and wound up on the darkest place imaginable, I still believe there’s no life that can’t be salvaged.”

Classic Kindaichi File series is THE definitive murder mystery manga as far as I am concerned. Featuring a deceptively moronic protagonist with uncanny aptitude at deduction and problem-solving (as well as running into dead bodies...), it’s an episodic whoddunit consisted of 19 individual cases spanned across 27 volumes. Each episode tends to follow more or less the same structure: Kindaichi and his pseudo-girlfriend Miyuki got into a situation where they mingle with a handful group of strangers and/or acquaintances, ...

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Jan 21, 2015

Dayka5

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This is a story about Kindaichi jr. , grandson of the famous fictional detective, Kindaichi.
Story: 8
I do not really know how to feel about having the grandson of a detective be one himself. It's like taking a big fictional character that you did not create and just say : let's give him a son! It's not really something you thought for hours about. Though, Kindaichi jr. is a very likable character, and you can somehow relate to his roots. The story in itself is quite good. The cases aren't just as detailed as Detective Conan, and a little bit difficult to understand, but this ...

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Jan 25, 2021

hexashadow13

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tl;dr: A mystery manga that has essentially no overarching plot, but consistently has solid well written cases.

This manga is very much a hardcore mystery manga. The core of the story is purely a series of distinct cases with very little in terms of overarching plot beyond that. There are characters that repeat from case to case, but it's not really like they have much of a story beyond the cases so it mostly just amounts to relationships. There's a bit of romantic development between Hajime and Miyuki, but it's pretty slight and their relationship basically feels like it's in the stage right before becoming an ...

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