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A review by typewriterdeluxe
Case Closed, Vol. 4 by Gosho Aoyama
3.0
This volume contains 3 cases.
The first is a mystery killing at a museum by someone in a suit of armor, done to mimic a painting in the gallery. I laughed when I read that one because it reminded me of a joke in the previous volume (at the end, in the creator's comics section) where the punchline was that people are less interested in finding the killer when they disliked the victim. In this case, the murdered guy was a jerk who broke his promise to keep the museum open after he bought it, and was instead going to turn it into a hotel. I thought to myself, "Case closed! Time to play soccer in the park or something".
The second case has to do with the men in black and a dangerous situation that Conan learns about on the train. The third case is a Conan & Elementary School Friends mystery about Italian treasure (and Italian gangsters hot on their tail!).
I love this series, but personally I don't think this volume is up to Gosho Aoyama's usual standards. Normally I'm happy to suspend disbelief for the goofy murder-mystery cases, but cases 2 and 3 were a pretty big stretch and I felt like the filler wasn't as enjoyable as usual. Okay overall but not my favorite volume, so I'm looking forward to the next one.
The first is a mystery killing at a museum by someone in a suit of armor, done to mimic a painting in the gallery. I laughed when I read that one because it reminded me of a joke in the previous volume (at the end, in the creator's comics section) where the punchline was that people are less interested in finding the killer when they disliked the victim. In this case, the murdered guy was a jerk who broke his promise to keep the museum open after he bought it, and was instead going to turn it into a hotel. I thought to myself, "Case closed! Time to play soccer in the park or something".
The second case has to do with the men in black and a dangerous situation that Conan learns about on the train. The third case is a Conan & Elementary School Friends mystery about Italian treasure (and Italian gangsters hot on their tail!).
I love this series, but personally I don't think this volume is up to Gosho Aoyama's usual standards. Normally I'm happy to suspend disbelief for the goofy murder-mystery cases, but cases 2 and 3 were a pretty big stretch and I felt like the filler wasn't as enjoyable as usual. Okay overall but not my favorite volume, so I'm looking forward to the next one.