Postby miakakiri » August 16th, 2009, 11:06 pm
I haven't read many adult mystery books, mostly just the "Cat Who" series (until the more recent books where the cases got lame). I've read a lot more children's mysteries. Nate the Great, Encyclopedia Brown, Cam Jansen, The Boxcar Children, Clue Jr. (I remember swapping off reading one of those aloud in the car and laughing at my oldest little brother for reading "Georgio" when the character's name was "Gregory"--granted he was only in about 1st grade at the time, but we knew at least one "Gregory") I'm sure there were probably more stories like that that I read as a kid. I haven't picked up an Agatha Christie novel, though, and I haven't read most of Sherlock Holmes, but I know the basics of at least a few of those stories. Mostly from watching/reading similar stories.
TV: I loved Ghostwriter back in about junior high when it first came out. Wishbone would occasionally do mysteries, too (Holmes at least a couple times that I can recall). In high school (or maybe a little before?) I discovered The Father Dowling Mysteries and Diagnosis Murder. I remember Mom used to watch Murder She Wrote, but somehow I never really got into it. I've seen a couple episodes of House, but that's more of medical mysteries than murder mysteries. I like murders better, and Doc Sloane (played by Dick Van Dyke) is cooler than House. I prefer more affable detectives. I have not seen much TV in recent years, because my husband and I don't tend to watch TV at all, so we haven't got an antenna hooked up, much less cable.
Anime/Manga: Conan, of course. I tried to watch a little of Matantei Loki, but it's just not as interesting. I like Kindaichi Case Files, though that tends a little more toward horror--I prefer to read the manga. I've been working my way through "Great Detectives Poirot and Marple" and that one is a lot of fun. I also loved Detective Acadamy Q.
Video Games: Phoenix Wright--played through all of the first 2 games and most of the third, haven't gotten around to picking up Apollo Justice. Professor Layton--a mystery game with lots of puzzles to play! Finished the first game, reserved the second, waiting for it to come out. Trace Memory--mystery story visual novel with a "let's show off what the DS can do!" game mechanic. A little odd, but decent enough. Time Hollow--mystery story visual novel where you get to mess with time. Ever 17--visual novel with a really confusing mystery. You have to get 4 endings before you can unlock the true ending and find out what ACTUALLY happened. Fun, but long and REALLY confusing. Persona 4--to a lesser extent practically any Megaten game, but P4 especially. You even have your cute detectives (Naoto!!) and your police officers (your uncle, Dojima, and his idiot/clumsy assistant Adachi). Every time the Fool arcana leveled up, I found myself yelling "Shonen tantei-dan, shuupatsu!" because they really remind me of the kids in Conan. I'm on my second playthrough now, with my main character renamed "Kudo Shinichi" because I think it's hillarious.
Overall, I guess my answer is that I love mysteries. I just like my mysteries to come with a (cute) detective to solve them. *^_^* I'm not very good at actual real-life detective work.
My NaNo 2014 project is a crossover fanfic with Persona 4 and Detective Conan! This year I'm sending the detective from Persona 4 to find out what happened to Shinichi.
I picked up Pokemon Y. FC: 1289-9346-1220
