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The List - 7 Plucky Kid Detectives

FireballDragon wrote:

Of course Conan would be #1. He's the downright poster boy for this. When you think of anime kid detectives, 9 times outta 10, people will think of him.

Exluding the people who have to seen the show, but since its rather popular in Japan, that probably only applies to those outside it.
Although Kobayashi was written way before him(In the '30s).

Rederoin wrote:

Exluding the people who have to seen the show, but since its rather popular in Japan, that probably only applies to those outside it. Although Kobayashi was written way before him(In the '30s).

Kobayashi?

FireballDragon wrote:

Kobayashi?

Who dat?

Much of that list doesn't really qualify as "plucky." Actually, I have a feeling you mainly chose it because the word sounds childish rather than actually putting much thought into its meaning.

Of course Conan would be #1. He's the downright poster boy for this.

When you think of anime kid detectives, 9 times outta 10, people will think of him.

Don't forget Near from the 2nd half of Death Note. He's quite the plucky kid detective himself. Not sure where he'd fit in this list... he only solved one case but it was the biggest case in the entire world.

however i believed that near is probably in the late teens which is why he wasnt chosen. just because he looks like a kid doesnt mean he's one.

Not sure where the cutoff point for "kid" is here, but I rather like Oreki Houtaro, from "Hyouka." Maybe he's disqualified, though, because he isn't a functional detective on his own; someone has to be badgering him to the point where investigating becomes less troublesome than not investigating.