Suteki Tantei Labyrinth – 03

Yup, this was a clear building-up episode. In here, we get to see the real introduction of Mayuki and how “awesome” and cute he’s supposed to be. This episode’s purpose was really to flesh out the different characters and setting a bit. I’m not sure why, but it was actually quite enjoyable. For some reason, the series that take place in the so-called middle school work more often than the high-school ones. But that may also be because the harems and uninspired anime often chose the latter out of laziness… There were a few bugs in this episode, though. Why haven’t there been any attempts to revive the Tokyo Tower after it got destroyed, thirty years ago? Why did the bad guys know that Mayuki was going there? How did they make the elevator operational again? I can’t really think of any logical explanations for this, and that’s rather in a bad way. I’d also wish that the black-haired girl wouldn’t get left behind in everything and actually starts to do something. Also, why doesn’t Mayuki wear the same school-uniform as everyone else? Still, despite all this, I like this series so far. It’s got a nice combination of innocent middle-school adventures and mystery. I think we shouldn’t expect too much of the next coming episodes, as it’ll probably take a while to flesh everything out properly.]]>