

Reducing the character numbers by a few would've helped a bit. They got some development in the second half, but a lot of them were kept off screen most of the time. Kobayashi, Hanasaki, Akechi, and the rest didn't really evolve much during the first half of the show. The character department is kind of a mess. I do like the second opening theme and ending theme. The art isn't really special, but it at least captures the tone of the vents properly.

Hanasaki meets Kobayashi in the first episode, who has a power that prevents him from dying, and it goes on from there into cases being solved, character turmoil, and bunch of random stuff. The story is about a bunch boys in the Boys Detective club solving cases they take up. It could've been a lot better, but it wasn't a bad show. Trickster was actually an alright show, overall. Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori follows Akechi and the rest of the Boy Detectives' Club as they solve the various cases they are given, all while combating a hidden threat from the shadows-"The Fiend with Twenty Faces." Although he does not have much use for people, he gradually begins to acknowledge the group as he spends more time with them while solving cases. The apathetic Yoshio accepts this deal begrudgingly, unaware of how different his life will become. After seeing his abilities in action, Kensuke offers Yoshio a deal: join the Boy Detectives' Club and help them solve cases, and in exchange he will find a way to help Yoshio die. One of their junior members, Kensuke Hanasaki, is out solving a case one day when he happens upon Yoshio Kobayashi, a mysterious amnesiac boy with an inability to die. Together, this group takes on cases both great and small.

A study of Behn's work through a biographical and historical lens aids in understanding her focus, and helps to clearly identify Behn herself, as well as her characters, as trickster figures.Kogorou Akechi is the founder of a private investigation firm known as the Boy Detectives' Club. While many of Behn's characters can be seen to exemplify change, in the end the change is rarely permanent: Behn is well aware of this reality.īehn's heroines use subterfuge and trickery to achieve their desires. Finally, the dualistic nature of the trickster requires that their chaos be balanced by a return to the normal order. Tricksters often appear masked, or altered in some way: Behn's characters often wear masks or costumes to disguise their true identity. Their dualistic nature is found in her poetry, most notably in "To the Fair Clarinda." Her female characters in The Rover represent the range ofwomen who populated the society fo the English Restoration, from noblewoman to prostitute to servant, each faced with a situation and behavior that is unexpected. Trickster characteristics echo throughout Behn's work. Her work, which seems to delight in sexuality, identifies her as one of the few lady libertines. Her strong, sexually aware characters represent women like herselfwho take their future into their own hands while remaining aware of the limitations faced by their gender. In her own life choices Behn herself stepped outside the expectations society had for a woman and took charge of her own future and happiness. Perhaps the best representations of female trickster figures in early modem literature are found in the works of English playwright, novelist, and poet Aphra Behn (1640-1689). This study focuses on trickster figures and characteristics as represented in selected works of Aphra Behn. Two areas where women excel as Tricksters are in persuasive or language tricks and in sexual tricks Sexual tricks can take a variety of forms, and include bed tricks, gender reversal, and creating confusion using sex or gender. Trickster heroines can be found throughout fairy tales and folk tales, in the stories of girls and women who use their wits to achieve their desires or to keep themselves safe. Most frequently connected to Native American tales in contemporary literature, the archetype can be found in the mythology and folk tales of nearly every time and culture. One popular archetype is the trickster figure. Archetypes have long been used by oral historians to help their audience connect quickly and easily to their characters.
