Reiko Houshou is a rookie detective in Tokyo, but what no one knows, even her partner, the flamboyant heir of Kazamatsuri Motors, Inspector Kazamatsuri, is that Reiko is also the heiress of the global Houshou Group.
While she tries her best to balance he passion for the job and her duties as an heiress, Reiko has found her burden eased somewhat with the appearance of her new butler, Kageyama, who critiques her lack of deductive skills as he helps her unravel cases.
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Anime Like The Dinner Table Detective
For Fans of Wealthy People Solving Mysteries
The Millionaire Detective – Balance Unlimited
Daisuke Kanbe is a man of extraordinary wealth and has been assigned to the Modern Crime Prevention HQ as a detective. He gets himself partnered with the stalwart defender of justice, Haru Katou.
They are polar opposites, with Haru frequently upset that Daisuke throws money at everything. However, they need to find a way to solve mysteries together.
Similarities Between The Dinner Table Detective and The Millionaire Detective
- A wildly wealthy person decides to become a detective.
- Detective duo solving episodic cases
- Fairly serious mysteries, occasionally silly detectives
Differences Between The Dinner Table Detective and The Millionaire Detective
- Millionaire Detective is about the wealthy detective throwing money at any problems, Dinner Table Detective is about trying to hide her status as a wealthy heiress to taken serious as a detective.
- Millionaire Detective features a “straight man” middling detective sidekick to bounce the main character’s ridiculous use of wealth off of. Dinner Table Detective has the detectives as both middling and mildly dim while the butler often carries the actual mystery-solving.
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard
With a deep knowledge of mineralogy, Richard Ranashinha de Vulpian is a handsome British jeweler who opened a shop in Japan. One night, he finds himself harassed by drunks due to his good looks, but is saved by Seigi Nakata, a college student.
Learning Richard was a knowledgeable jeweler, Seigi seeks his help appraising a pink sapphire ring left to him by his grandmother.
After solving that mystery, Seigi becomes a part-time working in Richard’s shop and the pair tackle a number of jewel-themed requests. Piece by piece, Seigi learns the little stories that can be behind every jewel.
Similarities Between The Dinner Table Detective and The Case Files of Jeweler Richard
- A wildly wealthy person solves mysteries while living low-key
- Mystery-solving duo tackles episodic cases
Differences Between The Dinner Table Detective and The Case Files of Jeweler Richard
- Jeweler Richard is framed around jewel-based mysteries, and usually not murder mysteries.
- Jeweler Richard keeps Richard’s wealth very close to the chest except on rare occasions when he write huge checks like they are nothing.
- Jeweler Richard is a very clearly a Holmes and Watson-style duo where one is brilliant and one is normal, but a springboard for exposition to the audience.
Beautiful Bones – Sakurako’s Investigation
Initially, high schooler Shoutaro is suspicious of Sakurako Kujo, a cool beauty in her twenties, for the disappearances in his neighborhood. However, he soon learns her true talent is analyzing bones as an osteologist.
Accompanying her on her outings, he finds himself embroiled in a number of mysteries.
Similarities Between The Dinner Table Detective and Beautiful Bones
- A wealthy woman had a passion for solving mysteries
- Detective duo solving episodic mysteries
Differences Between The Dinner Table Detective and Beautiful Bones
- Beautiful Bones is more forensic mysteries in which the detective, who is passionate about bones, uses bones and forensic clues to sort out what happened.
- The duo in Beautiful bones is between an adult woman who is a somewhat reclusive osteologist and the high school boy who developed a one-sided crush on her that ends up becoming her assistant.
ACCA-13
After a revolt, Dowa and the 13 state kingdoms were reunited and the ACCA system, a civilian organization that monitors activities in every kingdom out of a central hub, was established. One hundred years later, ACCA and its inspections have helped keep the peace.
However, with the current king of Dowa aging and ill, rumblings of a coup have started to pop up as his foolish son reaches for the throne.
Jean Otus, a young inspector with ACCA, is charged with visiting the different kingdoms to unravel the plots that are being put into motion.
Similarities Between The Dinner Table Detective and Acca-13
- A person of a distinguished lineage is living like a normal person, doing a government job.
- They keep their status a well-kept secret from their co-workers
- The plot is often investigating something
Differences Between The Dinner Table Detective and Acca-13
- Acca-13 isn’t an episodic mystery. It is a series of events building up to a larger political intrigue.
- Acca-13 is slow building and very dialogue-dense, though it does make time for some lovably silly moments like Dinner Table Detective does.
- The male main character in Acca often works alone and is a rather quiet guy. So you get a lot of long, lingering moments with him as he looks into things.
- Acca doesn’t present its main character as wealthy at first like Dinner Table Detective does. That’s a surprise for later.
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For Fans Episodic Mystery Solving
Detective Conan
Despite his teenage age, Shinichi Kudou is one of the great detectives of the world. However, one day when he witnesses some illegal going-ons, criminals catch him and dose him with a mysterious drug.
Next thing he knows, he is waking up as a little boy again. Now Shinichi must try to solve his own mystery while stuck as seven-year-old.
Similarities Between The Dinner Table Detective and Detective Conan
- Episodic mystery-solving detective series
- Two detectives often work cases together, though the detective that seems to be the dominant one of the duo is a bit of an idiot.
- The case is usually solved by someone who is not officially a detective. Like a child or a butler.
- Serious murders, occasionally silly moments
Differences Between The Dinner Table Detective and Detective Conan
- Detective Conan is about a teen detective turned into a child that uses an adult detective as a mask and mouthpiece so he can keep being a detective.
- Detective Conan is mostly grounded in realistic mysteries, but can definitely have some things that detach it from reality, like a serum that turned the main character into a child, for example.
- While Detective Conan has plenty of ridiculously wealthy people, usually they are being murdered or investigated for crimes, not solving mysteries.
Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions
Although he was the best student in the history of the prestigious Detective Training Academy BLUE, Ron Kamonohashi was kicked out of school and barred from ever working as detective after being involved in a murder case during his training.
Barely keeping a grasp on his love for mysteries and living in seclusion, he is excited to help rookie police detective Totomaru Isshiki who seeks Kamonohashi’s advice on a case at the urging of an older colleague.
Reluctantly and excitingly agreeing to help, Kamonohashi quickly solves Isshiki’s cold case, but Isshiki soon learns why Ron Kamonohashi cannot work as a detective – upon finding the culprit, Ron possesses the uncontrollable power to make the culprit kill themselves.
Similarities Between The Dinner Table Detective and Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions
- Episodic detective mystery
- Duo detective team solves mysteries, and the one who solved the mystery isn’t actually affiliated with the police
- Serious murders, occasionally silly moments
Differences Between The Dinner Table Detective and Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions
- Ron Kamonohashi is about a man not allowed to be a detective secretly solving the mysteries for a middling actual detective
- Ron Kamonohashi has more of a Sherlock and Watson dynamic, with the brilliant mystery solver being a silly eccentric.
- Ron Kamonohashi starts off grounded enough, but gets increasingly more detached and eccentric.
Case File nº221 – Kabukicho Sherlock
Faced with an odd case, John Watson heads to the Pipe Cat, a bar that is home to someone that might help. Finding Sherlock Holmes inside, the pair deduce that his case is related to Jack the Ripper.
After witnessing Sherlock’s brilliant mind firsthand, he decides to stick alongside this eccentric character.
Similarities Between The Dinner Table Detective and Kabukicho Sherlock
- Episodic detective mystery
- More enjoyable for its comedy than it is for its mysteries at times
- Detectives that are occasionally dim-witted despite being passable if not brilliant detectives.
- Serious mysteries, occasionally silly moments
Differences Between The Dinner Table Detective and Kabukicho Sherlock
- Kabukicho Sherlock is very focused on re-imagining and sometimes parodying Sherlock Holmes, so if you are familiar with Sir Author Conan Doyle, get ready for a lot of head-nods and comedy about various things.
- Kabukicho Sherlock has its detectives be wildly eccentric, but still good detectives. Dinner Table Detective often has the butler solving the mystery.
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