Why do you assume there's just one more story left? It's not been announced how long the series is, but I think it's safe to assume it would be at least two-cour (26) considering we already know it's at least 16 episodes, meaning there are still ten episodes left; enough for at least two, three and maybe even four long stories.

Not sure if they are trying to avoid overlap with the drama (considering Kowloon and Cram School, seems unlikely though), but they could well fill the last ten episodes (if it's a two-cour run) with Kenmochi, Lab and Rozenkreuz (and they might well skip the two snow-related stories, considering the season).

I am actually not particularly a fan of Carr; he has written some really good mysteries, but for some reason I just can't get really enthusiastic about him. If we're talking about that period, I'm definitely more of the Queen school. And Christie. It's actually strange I never got really interested in Carr...

Anyway, the French writer Paul Halter is widely seen as a spiritual successor to Carr, as he specializes in impossible crimes and even sets (most of) his stories in the same period as Carr did. The TV series Jonathan Creek also has a lot of the Carr atmosphere; however not all episodes are as strong as another and the quality kinda drops from season three on; in the recent season five they even switched formulas completely). The Japanese writer Nikaidou Reito also specializes in spooky impossible crimes similar to Carr and Halter, but I suppose you can't read Japanese...?

You might want to consider some Japanese writers (in translation) too. Obviously the Kindaichi Kousuke novels by Yokomizo Seishi; The Inugami Clan is available in English and one of the best in the series; more are available in translation in French. Shimada Souji is naturally also of importance (hey, they even plagiarized his story!). The Tokyo Zodiac Murders is one of the most influential mystery novels and a short story The Locked Room of Pythagoras is also available (and more in the future). You might also want to take a look at Takagi Akimitsu's The Tattoo Murder Case.

(Yes, a bit of shameless self-promotion, but there are simply few English-language blogs on Japanese detective fiction...)

The Game House as the ending for R? That is the probably the most lackluster story they could have chosen as a last story....

So did Itsuki ever actually make an appearance in R?

Tweeted today by Kibayashi (who writes Kindaichi under the name Amagi Seimaru): https://twitter.com/agitadashi/status/5 ... 1751777282

I guess Itsuki will appear in the R manga after he finished the currently running Akechi story.

Hello!

I posess volumes 1-22 of the Kindaichi manga in French, and I could translate it in English. I would need a typesetter and a cleaner, so if anyone wants to help me, please ask!

I also possess the latest Kindaichi mangas, but they are in Japanese, so I would also need a Japanese translator!

The manga version by the way, is much better than the anime adaptation, that often changed the solutions, with a different character turning out to be the killer than in the manga for some reason...

Quick summary of Kindaichi Case Files:

Hajime Kindaichi, as the grandson of famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi, picked up the tricks of his trade from Grandpa and, after proving himself to the skeptical police in his first case, finds himself tangled up in the murder mystery from hell on a regular basis.
Kindaichi was Japan's most popular manga for much of its original run (1994-2001) and remains quite popular today. The series relies on a strong formula that mixes the horror and detective genres: the atmosphere is similar to a well-made Slasher Movie, with the killer usually taking the persona of a legendary monster. He then murders his victims in gruesome ways relating to the legend, thus providing a more violent version of a Scooby-Doo Hoax. He still leaves clues, though, which Kindaichi is inevitably the only person to notice. There's always some secret tragedy from the past (often surprisingly moving) motivating the killer as well. All of which leads up to the climax of each story where Kindachi unmasks the perpetrator in a dramatic summation gathering. Each story is also a rather challenging fair play whodunnit so clever readers may be able to beat Kindaichi to the solution.
In the comic's heyday, figuring out the solutions to Kindaichi mysteries became something of a national craze for the Japanese. The storylines typically ran for two or three months, leaving plenty of time for fans to speculate. Later storylines have much tougher solutions as the authors strived to keep things challenging for fans who often collaborated on figuring out the answers.


All I want is for people to enjoy reading this amazing manga for those who don't have the opportunity to do so

That's a great initiative, feel free to send me a PM and I'll gladly polish the translation ! I'm curious about the differences between the langa and the anime adaptation you mention, by the way : in the chapters I've read, the solution was the same each time, what are some examples of cases where the culprit's identity changes ?

In general, the biggest difference between the manga and anime is the order of the stories (and therefore the order of first appearances of some characters) and of course, the whole deal with our cameraman Saki.