I've been meaning to read Case Closed for a long time now. I used to catch the show on TV when I was younger and I always liked it so I though this couldn't be a better option to enter the world of manga.

Shinichi Kudo is a brilliant teenager detective who has helped the police solving a lot of cases. He also has the tendency to put his nose where it's not wanted and it's going to cost him. While spying in some shady men dressed in black, he gets caught and the made him drink a strange potion that turns him into a 6-year-old. From sixteen to six in just one drink. He assumes a new identity as Conan Edogawa (taking the names from two famous crime writers) to protect himself and the people around him and now must pretend to be a normal child. But how can he when there's so many cases to solve? Well, he manages by going to live with his friend Ran and his father who happens to be a private eye, although not a good one.
There's some things in this series that are pretty silly: first of all, the men in black make Conan drink an untested potion and don't stick around to see that it kill him. Also, who lets a 6-year-old hang around while investigating, let alone a crime scene. With a dead person on it. So, yeah, it's a little silly but doesn't really matter because what's important is the story. The main plot is Conan trying to get back to his old self by locating the men-in-black but we know what not gonna happen until this series stops making money. So, it's mainly Conan solving cases but because no one takes a 6-year-old seriously, he must point Ran's father and the Inspector to the clues and similar stuff. A bit far-fetched too, but whatever.

I really enjoyed this volume but the fact that I'm not going to get any answers regarding the men-in-black is holding me back a bit. I mean, there's 85 books of this, are we always going to be going back to square one to what? I'm probably over thinking but it's spoiling a bit of the fun for me.

I read this while over at my friend who's trash for Case Closed/Detective Conan and-
I'M TRASH FOR DETECTIVE CONAN, but i absolutely hate this american edition because the names were changed and it's just plain dumb, the japanese major in me is just plain offended.
But I love these characters, and this manga is so beautiful and smart.
I still would rather recommend the anime ~

This will always be my favorite manga to read. Love it so freaking much.
1 down 99 more to go. Ugh who am I kidding

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I was so excited to pick up the manga after watching some of the anime and the manga did not disappoint! The mysteries in the first volume were really good and twisty and I enjoyed them very much. There was humor and action as well which really worked great with the pace of the manga.

I am so sad now though cos I never liked the fact that Shinichi got shrunken and he stays shrunken almost ALL the time throughout. I just think it would be more fun if he were a normal high school detective instead of a shrunken high school detective because the story would still have worked.

However, I’m going to put my sadness away and enjoy the rest of the series. There are so many volumes and it’s still ongoing so let’s see how far I make it!