Detective Mitsuhiko BONUS Discussion Thread (OVA 11)

[kkslider5552000]

Well there was certainly plenty of nothing in this. Nothing story, nothing characters and nothing conflict. Nothing everywhere!

I mean, it could have at least lead to a ripoff of other Okiya scenes or something. To the surprise of no one though, Haibara's incredible amount of awesome kind of saved it. Haibara > Conan. But even she seemed kinda off (like they were trying to push her recent more friendly personality, but went in the wrong direction in it, and then said "screw it" to that near the end). Which is why this is not Detective Haibara. Mitsuhiko's stuff was kinda fun, more than I'd expect from AO Detective Boys. And Kirin's Horn, for it's MANY problems, was really fun for the most part and Haibara as a Detective was pretty amazing. This...not so much.

I mean, it's hard to actually dislike almost anything in this series and there's been worse stuff certainly but cmon. And since apparently people were begging for some more added to the London story and this added nothing, I'm kinda worried about the next episode now. I'll give them credit though, everything was pointing towards there being an attempted kidnapping or something and then nothing happened. I can certainly say I did not see that coming. OH AND THANKS FOR MAKING IT LOOK LIKE OKIYA WAS TALKING TO WHAT'S HIS NAME INSTEAD OF AGASA, THAT WASN'T STUPID AT ALL.  ::)

I guess they were making up for wasting a movie idea for an OVA and decided to not use something worthy of even an OVA for an OVA. Honestly, I have it as a 5 on MyAnimeList (worst for anything Conan related ever for me), but it could have been like a 2 in a less awesome anime, with less fun moments and characters I like.

At least the soundtrack was good. Number of songs from 2007 soundtrack: 5. Arguably 6 as they did use the Movie 14 version of an old Conan song, which is awesome.

[ranger]

Dawg, stop hating, you need to lower your standards - for an OVA this was pretty legit.

This OVA was pretty much Ai fan service, and I'm am not hating.

Some things I need to mention

1.  In the beginning, the photos of Ai - she was wearing HELLA short pants, that was lolicon-esque right there.
2.  She looks super scary/creepy in makeup, little girls and makeup are not a good mix.
3.  Ai rulez.

Favorite OVA yet.  Look at my avatar.  It is awesome-sauce.

[HADAA]

Don't forget the Aicandy in the very last scene. Goddamn that's some serious doujin stuff right there!

Although unlike Conan, Ai usually doesn't blurt out stuff without thinking, so her mumbling about her sweet memories was indeed OOC.

[kkslider5552000]

Honestly, I wanted to love this. I was gonna defend this OVA no matter what if it focused on Haibara (which it did). But, honestly I was stunned at how much I didn't like this.

[ranger]

Don't forget the Aicandy in the very last scene. Goddamn that's some serious doujin stuff right there!

Although unlike Conan, Ai usually doesn't blurt out stuff without thinking, so her mumbling about her sweet memories was indeed OOC.

LMAO I missed that at first,  hahaha the Anime team are truly pervs

Honestly, I wanted to love this. I was gonna defend this OVA no matter what if it focused on Haibara (which it did). But, honestly I was stunned at how much I didn't like this.

I am dissapoint slider   After the countless AOs and OVAs, you need to learn that you can't expect anything from them; don't think about logic, or Out of Character, just enjoy the craziness.  It is Ai-centric, which is why this is the best OVA.

[kkslider5552000]

that wasn't even it. I just thought it was dumb and boring and only saved by some good moments of fun and a few characters. Like I said, without that, it would have gone from tolerable to awful.

I mean, I defend Movie 14, I'm willing to tolerate a lot and just enjoy stuff.  :P

[Jd-]

I mostly enjoyed this OVA outside of the loli-pandering and the coincidences required for it to take place. Having that perfect storm of coincidence just never sits well with me when it comes to storytelling (especially mysteries), given that we have to have Conan calling about not letting Haibara go near the house just as Mitsuhiko happens to notice Haibara has an exact twin out there at precisely the right time while "mafia types" are following her. This doesn't even account for the fact that an exact twin is out there (Grace Aihara to be targeted by the Black Org in OVA12!!11!?!/1/1/).

Not having Conan around is an interesting prospect, and the title "A Secret Order From London" is actually quite clever after you've seen the OVA itself. The above gripes aside, it's not so bad. I didn't expect much, so as a diversion, it's fair enough.

[kkslider5552000]

...BizarroJd-?

[NightxBaroness]

Thank you for this release <3

Winner.

Spoiler:

[Jd-]

...BizarroJd?

Last year we had Kid battling a swarm of alligatorcrocodiles.

[ranger]

that wasn't even it. I just thought it was dumb and boring and only saved by some good moments of fun and a few characters. Like I said, without that, it would have gone from tolerable to awful.

I mean, I defend Movie 14, I'm willing to tolerate a lot and just enjoy stuff.  :P

I defended Movie 13 and 14, you certainly didn't think OVA 10 was better than this did you?  If I recall that was some wacko Kid case w/ Conan taking off his shirt?!

And thank you Jd-, at least I know someone who hasn't been in the Gaffer's home brew

[kkslider5552000]

that wasn't even it. I just thought it was dumb and boring and only saved by some good moments of fun and a few characters. Like I said, without that, it would have gone from tolerable to awful.

I mean, I defend Movie 14, I'm willing to tolerate a lot and just enjoy stuff.  :P

I defended Movie 13 and 14, you certainly didn't think OVA 10 was better than this did you?  If I recall that was some wacko Kid case w/ Conan taking off his shirt?!

the difference is STUFF HAPPENED. It was silly and stupid, but stuff indeed happened.

[ranger]

that wasn't even it. I just thought it was dumb and boring and only saved by some good moments of fun and a few characters. Like I said, without that, it would have gone from tolerable to awful.

I mean, I defend Movie 14, I'm willing to tolerate a lot and just enjoy stuff. 

I defended Movie 13 and 14, you certainly didn't think OVA 10 was better than this did you?  If I recall that was some wacko Kid case w/ Conan taking off his shirt?!

the difference is STUFF HAPPENED. It was silly and stupid, but stuff indeed happened.

I don't understand - why do you care stuff happened?  Deep down in your robotic heart you know that it's not canonical, so why care if nothing happens in the OVA and everything goes back to how it was originally?  Having some B.O. confrontation or epic Ai-ness is okay in my books, since I know nothing that happens in any AO, OVA, or movie matters - I look past that.

[kkslider5552000]

what I mean is that stuff happening is interesting to watch, even if it ultimately doesn't matter. But nothing happened even compared to your average AO. And since I didn't find it funny too often (some funny moments, but I never laughed out loud like in the Movie 13 side story or OVA 8 or anything), I couldn't find that much to enjoy.

[ranger]

Thank you for this release <3

Winner.

Spoiler:

So scary.  OMG.