Underplayed Gems

Pretty Boy Detective Club (2021)

Pretty Boy Detective Club poster
Original title
美少年探偵団
Genre
animation, comedy, mystery, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A girl meets a club of eccentric pretty boys who help her solve puzzles. Each episode follows the group as they unravel strange mysteries at their school.

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What happens

Pretty Boy Detective Club (Japanese: 美少年探偵団, Hepburn: Bishōnen Tanteidan), also known as the Bishōnen Series (美少年シリーズ), is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Kinako. Kodansha released twelve volumes from October 2015 to May 2021 under their Kodansha Taiga label. A manga adaptation with art by Suzuka Oda was serialized from 2016 to 2019. It was collected in five tankōbon volumes. Both the novel series and the manga are licensed in North America by Vertical. An anime television series adaptation by Shaft aired from April 11 to June 27, 2021, on ABC and TV Asahi's Animazing!!! programming block. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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