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Chief Detective Kenichi

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Chief Detective Kenichi
Cover of Chief Detective Kenichi volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition.
ケン1探偵長
(Kenichi Tantei Chou)
Manga
Written byOsamu Tezuka
Published byKodansha
MagazineShōnen Club
Original runJune 1954 – December 1956
Volumes2

Chief Detective Kenichi (ケン1探偵長, Kenichi Tantei Chou) is a manga series by Osamu Tezuka published in Kodansha's Shōnen Club from June 1954 to December 1956.

Plot

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The manga follows Kenichi, the chief detective of the national Boy Detectives' Street Society. He is joined by Donguri, a talking bird. Together, they travel to various exotic locations solving mysteries, revealing tricks and settling cases. Every chapter has him solving a new mystery in various locations across the world.

Incident of the House of Spiders

Kenichi's final case ("Incident of the House of Spiders") was published in Akita Publishing's Boken-O magazine.

Characters

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Kenichi

The protagonist and chief of the Boy Detectives' Street Society.

Donguri

A Myna bird that is always at Kenichi's side. He has a special ability to be able to reproduce the voice of a person it has heard only once before.

Kenichi's Mother
Kenichi's Father
Mouse Boy
Mr. Hiranuma
Lemonade Citron
Detective Beringen
Elise
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