Gosick -ゴシック-

[Gosick OP] Destin Histoire
by
yoshiki*lisa

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Ya, well mentioned in previous post I might want to do a review.
But feeling lazy :P
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Title: Gosick -ゴシック-
Genre: Mystery
Total episodes: 24

Anyway, this is definitely one of the top in my 2011 anime watch list.
The first thing that caught my attention was the art and our young heroin reminded me of Rozen Maiden dolls~

So here's a short little introduction regarding the story setting and the 2 main characters.

The story is set in 1924 in a fictional French speaking small European country known as Sauville and has a World War 1 setting counterpart. Their World War 2 counterpart is 10 years earlier than the real world though.

Sauville is a very unique country in a way that the people are into occult, urban legends and superstitions. In their political world they even have a Ministry of Occult.

And so it starts with our characters attending a prestigious school, St. Marguerite Academy with its reputation as the educational institute for children of the aristocracy and they met and the story goes on.

Even though she is 15 years old, Victorique de Blois (pronounce as Victorica) looks like a 10 year old kid but has an older voice.
Not to forget an extremely sharp tongue too.
The power of DNA! Haha.
It's genetic, including the golden hair and emerald eyes which are the trademarks of being a "Gray Wolf".

Not only that, she is also a genius who gets bored easily which she will complain that it gives her headaches.
Her multi-tasking ability is overkill too.
She could read several books in different languages simultaneously and still complain about being bored.

She "smoke" a pipe when solving cases, including those "declared" unsolvable without the need to inspect the crime scene most of the time for her half-brother but it is not lit.
So no, she does not smoke.

All in all, she is a shy and lovable heroin who had little chance of seeing the outside world as she was always in a "cage" and need "special permission" to go outside.
She enjoys eating sweets.

Kujo Kazuya, 15 years old. A transfer/exchange student from Japan.
Third son of a high ranking Japanese imperial soldier who feels overshadowed by his 2 more successful older brothers.

Since he thought studying is the only way to compete against his brothers, he left the military academy in Japan and enrolled into St. Marguerite Academy.
Despite feeling unrecognized as the third son, he is actually a fairly good fighter and smarter than both of his brothers. He doesn't know how to effectively use his intellect though and Victorique is the one who always have to explain the simplest matter to him. He is the simple minded type.

Unfortunately for him, he transferred in Spring and there's a legend regarding a Springtime Reaper who arrives during Spring which brings forth death or misfortune.
Couple that with his black eyes and black hair, the local students fear him and call him the Black Reaper which in turn results in him not making any friends.

Grevil de Blois, Victorique's half brother and eldest son of the main villain.
A terrible detective but I daresay a caring brother in his own ways.

He takes all the credits from the cases Victorique solves.
Not a main character but I still want to intro him with just this picture.

For good reasons I've decided not to show his face but being the smart reader you are you might have figured something out no? =D

So what's up with him?
I would say..
Go watch the anime!

I dislike spoilers so the most I would only do are short introductions.

The main plot advances nicely throughout the anime.
Not too fast and not too slow paced.
The most important thing, the ending was not rushed.

There have been too many anime I had watched that had an abrupt ending and it was horrible which pisses off lots of fans to no end.
It leaves us unsatisfied when it was actually much more.

The mystery genre is also a hard to find treasure for me.
So if you are also into it, why not give it a try?
No harm done =D