First Look: The Dinner Table Detective

Alternative title(s): Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Novel Adaptation by Madhouse
Streaming on Amazon Prime

Premise

Wealthy heiress Reiko Hosho secretly moonlights as a detective (under the supervision of a different conglomerate heir who is also a cop), putting on a cool face whilst freaking out internally. Thankfully, her brand new butler and chauffeur is here to do the actual detective work on the sly.

Iro’s verdict: It’s Fine

I didn’t hate this, I suppose, but I’m certainly not endeared to it either. Most of the comedy value is coming from Kana Hanazawa hamming it up in the voice booth which I can enjoy but not as the sole point of appeal. I also think if you’re doing some kind of episodic mystery show, you really ought solve the first episode’s mystery in the first episode; I simply don’t care enough about this murder most foul to tune in for a second episode. If I start to hear some buzz out in the world, maybe I’ll stop in again, but otherwise I”m content to leave this one unsolved.

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