Tong Zhi Zhe

There isn't many anime with semi-realistic plot. No Supernatural think in it.
There is too many Questionable ACtion: like jumping and running on a wall,
Suspect jumping from window from of multi storage building and disappear

Still love this Chinese detective anime. Animation is good enough to Enjoyed Throw the end.
Its from 2016 Unfortunately NO S2. Good enough Plot Twist For hyping for the Next SEAson LoL.

There is total 3 Arc else took 3 EP else & every ep is 9-12min long. Last Ep is prologue For S2 @lol.
Want More realistic anime like hyouka, Shoushimin Series.
Its not as good as this two but good enough ... for its short and gripping polt.

It rocks as a Detective/crime anime and even exciting like a thriller. The main character Zhang Dabao, for once with a common Chinese last name Zhang, and last name not Ye LOL which seems to be really common in Chinese anime (looking at both Quanzhis). He follows cases as a detective, but is not a real detective, just a teen in every other regard. He is so cool, and really funny. Nice guy and also really observant, he gets shy, gets sad, gets serious, That just makes him a good main character for this type of setting, very relatable and as from perspective, it is ... more interesting for it being a teen going rogue into a lot of dangerous situations.

The crime is really great horror, assault, and intense. There is no episodic cases, rather the cases become part of a long crime story. Everything that happens goes towards the course of the story. This is what makes it so compelling and impacting as a detective anime. You find a real detective story you can be attracted to. ALL REALISTIC SITUATIONS TOO. It's with this, there are development in the love relationship between Zhang and Tang (the first girl in the case Zhang helped), among the crimes, it tells a really interesting romance story too. And also those that want to seek revenge on Zhang and his partner for what they solved.

I have got my mind wrapped around writing a review about this Chinese obscurity ever since I've watched it a week ago, since this ONA has been enrolled into the database under some rather misleading tags, probably that's not just my opinion.

*Some spoilers ahead in case that anyone cares*

Freshly finished, yet not much of it remained in my memory, even the remnants feel like a fever dream; perhaps because my brain refused to acknowledge the fact that I would watch 100 full minutes of a show that starts out with a panty stealing assailant that smears ladies' ... window with ketchup , all of this attempting to be a horror setting. It would be indeed sort of unsettling if your favorite pair of undies would go missing and your window would be tainted by tomato sauce, but worry not! We have the competent Zhang Dabao on duty, as the synopsis proudly informs us, he is the protagonist and he can solve any job whether or not he has any qualifications, he's the 'Jack of All Trades ' and that makes him more cut out for catching the assailant than an entrie police district. So this mockery of a plot doesn't end here, we need 3 episodes for such a delicate case to be solved. Have I mentioned that the assailant is protecting his identity by wearing his victims pantsu? Nothing really surprising at this point, I know. The very competent Zhang Dabao decides to guard the victim lady's apartment from the outside, but he's knocked out within the first 5 minutes or so and the girl is kidnapped and this is supposed to be a cliffhanger. The panty maniac, in case you haven't figured out until now isn't a gentleman at all and drags the poor girl into the freaking sewer as if the situation wasn't stinky enough. The almighty Zhang Dabao locates the assailant just in time, before he gets to drill the girl, drill like.. for real with the sharp rotating tool, no innuendo intended. The assailant is arrested by the police finally and then we get to know his pathetic reason for assaulting women, ready to hear it ?
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He was being bullied for wearing his mom's freaking bra in adolescence.


I think this pretty much sums up the quality in terms of story and characters, getting to the other sections.
The animation is pretty standard for Chinese productions, nothing really stands out, it fulfills its role into portraying what's happening good enough, this kind of production doesn't deserve outstanding graphics anyways, it would be frustrating if it would manage to obtain a budget to make for great visuals. It gets a 7/10 in this department.
Sound wise I cannot pronounce myself too concretely since I am not in the posture to judge Chinese voice acting, not accustomed to it, as for the soundtracks and themes, they were suitable, but nothing particularly memorable that I would find myself returning to. 6/10

In conclusion, you can watch this whether out of sheer curiousity or on a masochistic whim or can stay the hell away from it because you got nothing truly good to lose.
My verdict overall would be 4.5/10 cause it was laughable at times and got me mildly intrigued in what's going to happen next, at the very ending it was given a hint for a season 2, but I doubt it will be produced given the weak reception it has got.