Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited

Underrated Gem

Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited is an entertaining Anime, the writing is really good and the story narration is on point, there are a lot of funny moments in this Anime which never fail to make you smile, then it immediately changes the mood into a more serious tone when it needs to. So the balance between comedy and seriousness is perfect.

The art style is ok and it looks good, the music is also good (including OP & ED). Also the characters are likeable.

If you're a fan of mystery genre like me, and want some comedy added to it, watch it, it's definitely worth it! not ... to mention there are lots of great combat and fighting scenes, so it's also a good action as well.

It's an underrated gem don't sleep on it. Recommended.

When "I am Batman" becomes "I am super rich", you've made a mistake and are watching the anime "The Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited"!

The policeman by passion Katou was demoted due to an incident, but he catches the eye of a super-rich man who just spontaneously felt like fighting crime! So while Kato tries to knock some common sense into him, his new partner Kambe investigates as he pleases and perhaps blows up a bridge or two, because after all he has an infinite amount of money in his account...

I think you can tell from this brief description that the anime has its own charm, which ... is quite convincing. The chemistry between the two protagonists, but also many of the other, colorful and rather nonsensical characters, are fun - even if all the characters outside the protagonist duo play a rather small supporting role.
The whole thing is further dampened by Katou, who I would hate as an independent character. He complains about the work of other policemen and impulsively puts his life and the lives of civilians in danger all the time. However, this gives Kambe a stage to shine, which makes Katou bearable.

Unfortunately, the fun ends quickly. Although scenes in which Katou fights his trauma and Kambe is amazed at how badly normal people live were to be expected, the anime quickly overdoes it with serious scenes. Soon an overarching story develops in this seemingly episodic series, which really couldn't have interested me less. It very quickly became stale and was too serious for me - even though there were always serious moments beforehand, they still alternated with the rather silly and playful character dynamics. Not only do such moments almost completely disappear from the series, but the overarching "case" is really uninteresting because the villain was obvious from the beginning and at the same time some of his actions made no sense.

All in all, I can't really understand why you have to turn a series with episodic stories into a coherent anime anyway. Do viewers not watch the first episodes because of the episodic stories and are then disappointed because they end? I would have at least liked more focus on everything outside of this rather mediocre crime story, also because some of the case's problems probably wouldn't have been as noticeable if it had only been a few episodes long. Still, I'd like to end by praising pretty much all the characters (except for the one antagonist), who were really well done and fun, but didn't get enough attention.

(Spanish review below).

It's not a bad anime, but it's very boring. The idea behind it is interesting, but I don't think it was executed in the best way. The only episode I liked was the fourth, because it puts Kanbe in a different situation that he has to adapt to. Unfortunately, we go back to normal afterwards.
Towards the middle of the series, it stops being episodic and there is only one conflict to face. I saw the resolution coming long before I knew that conflict would arise.

The characters are okay. Clichés, without much to add.

I honestly don't recommend wasting your time watching it.

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No es un anime malo, pero es muy aburrido. La idea detrás es interesante, pero no creo que haya sido ejecutada de la mejor manera. El único episodio que me gustó fue el cuarto, porque pone a Kanbe en una situación diferente a la que tiene que adaptarse. Por mala suerte, después volvemos a la normalidad.
Hacia la mitad de la serie, esta deja de ser episódica y hay un único conflicto al que enfrentarse. Me vi venir la resolución mucho antes de saber que se plantearía ese conflicto.

Los personajes están bien. Clichés, sin mucho que agregar.

Sinceramente, no recomiendo que pierdan su tiempo viéndolo.