| (As of Episode 5) Since you mentioned Hannibal, I'd say House M.D. is the show that's pretty close in tone, in addition to the story format. It's all very "let's solve this cool mystery" with some smarty-pants snark (definitely not as savage and witty as House, though). No overt "gag comedy," but there are amusing interactions and the occasional cute characters, like the nurse who gushes over the genius doctor. This is not cute-girls-doing-cute-things like K-On or Yuru Camp. It's pretty grounded and focused on the case/mystery at hand; there's almost too little charm or character work, in my opinion. People do sometimes die/get murdered, but there hasn't been too much gore or disturbing violence. I would say the show sometimes gets unintentionally ridiculous and wacky, because the actual logic of the case and medical conditions can get forced and implausible. |
| It's neither CGDCT nor a very dark and heavy drama or thriller. Genre-wise, it's more like Mystery + Drama + Slice of Life + Comedy, or Mystery + Dramedy + Slice of Life. Mainly mystery though. Other genres take a backseat as just supporting elements. Meaning it's about as intermittently dark and lighthearted as an equivalent genre hour-long American live action medical or police procedural show. It focuses on death and subject matter which would be considered "morbid" (as disease and ill health would by many, generally) in each and every episode, but at least thus far there are no major consequences for the main characters (not that I would expect any so early in, even if it was a different type of show) and they have a casual relationship with friendly or teasing banter even while navigating serious and sometimes dangerous situations. By "cliche gag comedy", there are no cutaway chibi segments or anything like that if such is kind of what you're getting at. Because there are no fantasy segments or exaggerations on that level, and due to the modern and realistic setting of just being in the general hospital, people's regular houses, etc., it does feel very grounded. It reminds me of a series designed to be watched by - and which you could easily envision being enjoyed by - a wide demographic range. Both in terms of age and in terms of fans of specific genres, because it doesn't lean too heavily into the "extreme" of any one genre so as to maybe alienate audience casuals. So far it would be a very serviceable introduction to medical dramas/dramedies if one primarily or exclusively watched anime and wanted to start getting into this type of show. Because I would love for someone to correct me if I'm mistaken, but I don't think up to now there are any examples of it in anime despite it being a popular staple on something like American television for decades. At least none prominent enough to catch my notice, and I would think I would have heard of another one by now considering I searched for this exact type of show in anime for years before this debuted and came up empty. |
WatchTillTandavaJan 30, 7:05 PM
| More Detective Conan set in an Hospital. Quite light-hearted so far. Simple crime mystery of the week or 2 weeks. Not as complicated as The Apothecary Diaries or Summer Rendering or dark as Gosick or Psycho-Pass. Still an enjoyable murder mystery with a lot of medical investigation. |
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