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SPIRAL
- The Bond of Inference ( Spiral – Suiri no Kizuna, Spiral – Deduction Connection ) |
| AUTHOR |
SHIRODAIRA
KYOU & MIZUNO EITA (Manga) |
| DIRECTOR |
Shingo
Kaneko (TV series) |
| TYPE |
Detective
story |
| COMPANY |
Sony
Music Entertainment (Sony) Visual Works & J.C. Staff (TV Series),
ENIX (Manga) |
| FIRST PUBLISHED |
Oct
1, 2002 on TV Tokyo (Broadcaster) (TV Series), March 22, 2000 in Gangan
Comics (Manga) |
| VDO. |
TV
series (25 eps) |
| Spacial VDO. |
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Animation
& Manga |
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This
story is very outstanding and different from other detective stories and
very entertaining in the style of fighting with strategies and logics,
life gambling and even with mind reading and complicated plans. (This
can be seen from the duel between Rio and Narumi, which, to me, it is
the most interesting part of Spiral.) These points make it a different
story from Conan and Kindaichi, who would normally not have to risk lives
of themselves or people nearby. Spiral is the type of story that uses
logics to predict the next events or outcomes, not the one that uses solid
evidences to conclude everything. This is both advantage and disadvantage.
However, it is still inferior to Conan or Kindaichi regarding the integrity
of concepts and hypotheses used in the story, which sometimes look over-exaggerated.
There is another issue that makes Spiral more intensive than Conan, i.e. the continuity of the story. There are rarely cases or stories outside the original target of the story. Every event is directed to the group called “Blade Children” and “Hunters”; therefore, the length of the story is not overly long like Conan, which enjoys a lot of cases that are not related to the original objective of the story. The total episodes of Spiral are only 25. In terms of soundtrack and graphics, Spiral is well-made. The character design is also pretty much interesting, judged by both appearances of the characters and their personalities. Compliments to the role that Hiyono receives in this story! She is the main character who does not look fragile like those in other stories; still, she is not so strong or outstanding that she would dominate the real main character, Ayumu Narumi. In fact, the roles that Ayumu and Hiyono receive seem to support each other pretty much. In this point, Spiral is praised. For other characters, they also have their own personalities that, even though they are not much interesting or unique, are maintained throughout the story. Even if there are a lot of fights among Blade children and Hunters, there are rarely violent scenes despite some death scenes, bombing and sniping. There is nothing that needs to be censored. Therefore, everybody, esp. the fans of Conan and Kindaichi, should enjoy this show regardless of their ages. ****
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