Case Closed Volume Two is rated “T+” for older teens. After reading this volume, I would agree with this rating.

Case Closed Volume Two
Written by: Gosho Aoyama
Publisher: Shogakukan
English Publisher: VIZ Media
Release Date: November 3, 2004

At the beginning of this volume, a shrunken Jimmy Kudo (going by the name of Conan Edogawa) is enrolled into a first grade classroom at an elementary school. Dr. Agasa, his scientist neighbor, invents Super Sneakers for Conan to wear. The first mystery to appear in this volume is a murder mystery story that didn’t appear in the first season of the anime series. While I could tell early on who the murderer had to be, I couldn’t figure out how he could have pulled it off until all the clues were pieced together.

The next case is a story that appears at a later point in the first season of the anime series than it does in the manga. This is also the story where Conan’s next gadget, a pair of homing glasses, is introduced. A young woman comes to the Moore Detective Agency looking for her missing father. Richard takes on the case, but there’s a lot more going on in regards to this case than what appears on the surface. One thing that should be noted is that the ending of this mystery is drastically different between the manga and the anime. Personally, I prefer the manga ending more.

The final mystery in the manga is a haunted house story that appears in the first season of the anime series. In the manga, it marks the introduction of Amy, George, and Mitch. It was nice to discover that these characters actually do appear in the manga, but that they are simply introduced later on in the manga. In this story, Amy wants to go on a ghost hunt in a run-down mansion, and she convinces the others to go along. After making their way into the mansion, they get more than they bargained for on their ghost hunt.

The mysteries continue to be told in the “whodunit?” style. Since I had already seen two of the stories in the anime series, I didn’t have to spend my time guessing at how those mysteries would end. However, for the mystery in this manga volume that I wasn’t already familiar with, it took me until the end for everything to fall into place.

I have to say that the art style in Volume Two isn’t quite as detailed as the art in Volume One. Which, in my opinion, is a bit of a shame, because I thought the more detailed drawings in Volume One really added to the feel of the series.

Even though I was a little disappointed by the fact that the art had less detail in this volume, I would still recommend Case Closed to readers who enjoy reading the mystery genre.

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