Anime Like Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa
Beika Town's crime rate is so catastrophically high that the actual villain becomes the protagonist, and the show knows exactly how funny that is. Ten-minute episodes built entirely around comedy gags that genuinely land, whether you've watched Detective Conan or walked in cold. The art is deliberately cheap except for Hanzawa himself, tights and all, which somehow makes the jokes hit harder.
SYNOPSIS
Beika Town has a reputation. Crime flourishes here at rates that would exhaust most police departments, and now a shadowy figure arrives with a single obsession: eliminating a certain man. What makes this story different is whose perspective you're watching from. Instead of following the famous detective solving crimes, you're seeing things through the eyes of the culprit themselves. Meet Hanzawa, a mysterious figure draped in tights, sharp-minded and oddly compelling despite their criminal ambitions. This is a comedy that flips the Detective Conan formula on its head, treating the "bad guy" as the protagonist and mining dark humor from the collision between Hanzawa's earnest scheming and the chaos of a town where mysteries solve themselves almost daily. The show plays with expectation and absurdity in equal measure, giving you someone to root for even though their goals are decidedly questionable. It's a parody that doesn't need you to know Detective Conan backwards and forwards to enjoy the ride.
