A brilliant student detective, shrunk to kid-size, solves perplexing crimes with whimsical charm and earnest wit.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix and Crunchyroll.
No sex or nudity and mild language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
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The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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