#dimensional sniper

call him out!!

HE NEARLY DIES TRICE IN THE FIRST FIFTEEN MINUTES. That’s three (3) times. And that’s not the last times either.

He really sees a sniper on a bridge and thinks it’s a good idea to then run into said sniper’s line of sight while trying to stop the sniping. You really thought that was a good idea, did you, Shinichi, you absolute dumbass, you really thought the sniper wouldn’t, I don’t know, try to snipe your bothersome ass?

I swear, if Sera-chan hadn’t heroically, selflessly and badassly thrown herself into the line of fire and literally caught a bullet for you, we would be one Detective Conan short on this show called Detective Conan.

AND THEN HE FUCKING DOES IT AGAIN IN THE FINAL ACT. Just. Getting in the way of the sniper, where the super precise sniper can see him real well.

I just. I’m sobbing. Does this boy not have any self-preservation skills at all. HOW did you even SURVIVE to get seventeen years old and have two assassins try to murder you with poison. The Death Gods smile upon you and keep saying “we’ll pass on that one” regardless of how often you try to die via dumbness.

Included cases:

Movie 18 (devided in two parts)

Bonus material:

Recap of part 1 in part 2 + introduction of movie characters

Rating:

8/10 snipers

masumi, dear, i think you might be misunderstanding the issue here...

I'm not sure if there's going to be much I can say about Detective Conan Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper (or as some title it "Sniper from Another Dimension")

It's fine. The story's fine and I am really pleased to finally have a movie with Sera in it (as well as Subaru, but his parts were smaller, so I don't feel like I can say much about it).

Anyway, was definitely expecting something more. I'll give credit where credits due and say though that the sniping scenes definitely had this weight of danger to them. I think in media, it's very common to see shoot outs with just hand guns and over all people being killed at closer range.

Or that's my case anyway.

To see scenes of people being shot down by a rifle gun is so brutal in another way. It feels so powerful and like the power of the bullets just does so much more damage. And then of course, the horror of being completely oblivious to it all. Just going about your own business and then it suddenly happen? I don't know, I just very much feel like the movie and animators conveyed how terrifying this sort of thing is.

I overall try to avoid heavy spoilers in case anyone wants to watch the movie for themself, but I do want to make one spoilery comment, so if you'd rather watch the movie first, I'm just going to comment enter in my thoughts in the space below and indicate when I'm done with the same cut off lines.

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I was a bit touched by the relationship between Hunter and Yoshino. Yoshino clearly cared a lot for Hunter and even when Hunter had second doubts about their plan, Yoshino insisted because he wanted to help him get revenge. It's sort of a bittersweet moment, but it was exchange I liked, personally. It was a little touching, in a way.

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Kudos to the guy who voiced Waltz by the way. I'm not trying to rag too hard on the voice casting for this series or the movies, but a lot of times they do hire vas that really do not speak English all of that well and it's very easy to tell. Even in this movie, a lot of English speakers were a little stilted and their performance sort of suffers because they're just not accustom to the language.

But damn, the va for Waltz? He at least has the pronunciation down. I could very easily understand what he was saying and I have to at least give him a bit of praise. Being a native Japanese person and having to do a performance where you need to be a foreigner and speak English through a good majority in your role can't be easy. He did a really good job.

Anyway, onto the ratings list, I suppose.

1.) The Raven Chaser (13th Movie)

2.) The Fourteenth Target (2nd Movie)

3.) The Lost Ship in the Sky (14th Movie)

4.) The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1st Movie)

5.) Magician of the Silver Sky (8th Movie)

6.) Captured in Her Eyes (4th Movie)

7.) Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (7th Movie)/Lupin the III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie

8.) Quarter of Silence (15th Movie)

9.) The Phantom of Baker Street (6th Movie)

10.) Countdown to Heaven (5th Movie)

11.) Strategy Above the Depths (9th Movie)

12.) The Private Eyes' Requiem (10th Movie)

13.) Full Score of Fear (12th Movie)

14.) The Eleventh Striker (16th Movie)

15.) The Wizard of the Last Century (3rd Movie)

16.) Dimensional Sniper (18th Movie)

17.) Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (11th Movie)

18.) Private Eye in the Distant Sea (17th Movie)

Yeah, I have to say, a pretty unimpressive movie overall. I really did try to like it and of course, it has its good moments. But man, just like some of the other movies, the build up and pay off is a little too slow and small for my liking.