Nobody talks about this one. Kindaichi returns in a two-episode sprint that proves the detective formula still works when the mystery actually respects your intelligence, you piece together the impossible murder alongside him, not after. The black magic angle is window dressing; what matters is that every clue lands exactly where it needs to, the alibi crumbles in real time, and by the final reveal you've already solved it yourself. This is what mystery anime should be when it stops trying to be clever and just lets the puzzle be good.

Kindaichi returns with a fresh mystery to solve in this two-episode OVA, which adapts the Black Magic Murder Case arc from the long-running Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo detective manga. The pair of episodes first came on DVDs packed with the limited editions of the third and fourth volumes of the manga's 20th-anniversary reprint. Mystery fans who like following a detective through a case will find it a natural fit.