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Case Closed: Volume 47 manga review

By Leroy Douresseaux
July 11, 2013 - 16:37

Case Closed Volume 47 cover image is courtesy of barnesandnoble.com.

Rated “T+” for “Older Teen”

Jimmy Kudo is an ace high school detective.  He is hot on the trail of Gin and Vodka, two nefarious men in black.  They attack Kudo from behind and administer to him a mysterious substance that physically transforms the young detective into a first grader.  While searching for a cure, Jimmy adopts a new identity, that of elementary school student, Conan Edogawa.  Acting alone and sometimes with his friends, the Junior Detective League (JDL), Jimmy/Conan continues to solve criminal cases and mysteries.

As Case Closed, Vol. 47 opens, Conan joins Inspector Joseph Meguire and Detective Takagi Wilder to solve the murder of a cheating wife.  The case began when Richard Moore, “the Sleeping Detective,” was asked to find an important missing cell phone.  Now, a woman is dead and the suspects have been narrowed down to three eccentric creative types.  Not one of them seems upset by the victim’s brutal death.

Meanwhile, Rachel Moore believes that she has discovered a shocking secret about her absentee boyfriend, Jimmy Kudo.  He’s Conan Edogawa!

Next, Detective Takagi’s trip to a jewelry store turns into a robbery, which turns into a suicide.  But is this really a case of murder most foul?  Plus, a reunion of magicians, who were once students of a now-missing master illusionist, turns into a murder investigation.  Conan and Harley Hartwell (the “other” greatest detective in Japan) sift through tricks and clues to solve the case.

THE LOWDOWN:  The Case Closed manga (known as Detective Conan in Japan) is not only mystery fiction in comics form, but it is also one of the great detective comic books of all time.  The best thing about it is that its form/medium, comics, makes it accessible to young readers.

As I’ve written of previous volumes, Case Closed Volume 47 is “steady as she goes;” for this volume offers the kind reliable entertainment that readers can expect of quality detective and whodunit series.  For me, Gosho Aoyama creates manga that is always a joy to read.  Considering that entertainment is often inconsistent, Case Closed is consistent, but also exceptionally engaging.

POSSIBLE AUDIENCE:  Readers looking for fun mystery fiction can find it in the “Shonen Sunday” detective manga, Case Closed.

 

Rating: A /10

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