| | |  | NARUTO | Home » » » Case Closed, Vol. 4 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | "Bloody murder is committed at a museum, reproducing a scene from a gruesome painting. Later, the men in black are back! Will Conan be able to come any closer to getting his old body back? Also, Conan's friends from grade school find a treasure map--but will it only lead them to a trove of trouble?"--P. [4] of cover. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Gosho Aoyama | | Paperback:
| 184 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| March 01, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1591166322 | | Product Length:
| 7.48 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.02 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.59 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.38 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 Another fine volume.Jan 23, 2008
By Robert P. Beveridge
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Gosho Aoyama, Case Closed, vol. 4 (ViZ, 1994)
Two more mysteries here. Conan, Rachel, and Rachel's father solve a mystery in an art museum, then Conan and the classmates we originally met in vol. 2 get tangled up in a hunt for an Italian treasure after a field trip. Fast-paced and fun, as all the Case Closed volumes have been so far. Well worth your time if you're a fan of the series. ****
6 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Great ReadMar 09, 2005
By J. Schee
This volume is the best in the series so far, because it shows the true diversity of the concept.
In the first story a horrible murder is committed in an art museum. At first the culprit seems clear, but Conan finds some visual clues that help turn the case on its ear.
I enjoyed it because it was a very "play fair" mystery. All of the elements needed to solve the crime were right there on panel. Yet so cleverly done that I immediately went back and read the story to see the clues for myself after the big revelation.
The second story finds Conan having to race against time to find a bomb on a passenger train. Seeing Conan have to put together what pieces of conversations he heard meant, as well as struggle with the restraints of everyone treating him like a kid. Added a lot of tension, that had me on the edge of my seat to see how he would save the day.
The third story has Conan teaming with his current classmates, to solve a coded treasure map. Seeing the difference in attitudes and expectations between Conan and his fellow students have make the differences between youth and adulthood clear.
The kids see it all as a big adventure and have grand plans for the treasure they want to find. Conan knows the danger they can find themselves in, and his pragmatic response of "putting the money in savings" brings him very down to Earth.
Seeing how varied the stories could be make me feel better about facing the huge number of future volumes to come from the series. Its ability to balance both humor and serious subjects in entertaining and at times thought provoking ways has me very excited to see future volumes.
0 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 WALKING SUIT OF ARMOR COMMITS MURDERDec 18, 2006
By Sesho
"www.sesho.libsyn.com"
When Rachel tells her dad and Conan about a museum that is being haunted by a walking suit of armor, they think it's just a wild goosechase and blow her off. But after she convinces them by making threats to beat them both senseless with karate, they reluctantly agree to accompany her to the museum to investigate. When the aforesaid armor murders the owner of the museum on video, Conan is on the case! Later, Conan takes a train trip and is shocked to find the men in black that poisoned him in Volume 1 are also on the train and up to no good. Volume 4 wraps up with an adventure with Conan and his grade school pals as they try to decode a map that they think leads to a treasure, even as they are shadowed by its original owner.
There's a great chance that this is the last volume of Case Closed that I will read. The mysteries in these books are just not that interesting or arresting and operate more on kid level, except for the gore, which puts this series in a no-mans-land of audience, at least in America. It's also probably why the anime series too has been such a flop here as well. You also feel that the characters only exist to serve the plot and it makes Case Closed very unbalanced. I don't think the cast will have matured or evolved much 17 volumes from now. Too childish for adults and too adult for children.
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