‘The Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited’ Season 1 Comes to a Satisfying End: A Review

Holy tone shift, Batman! The final five episodes of The Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited bring to a close this ridiculous season of rich people and cops suffering from a hero-complex going way above their pay grade to fight bad guys. As I discussed in my last review, there is a pretty not-so-subtle tone shift midway through this season. It is pretty dark throughout the final episodes. I almost did not want to finish the season, if I am to be quite honest. I did, simply because, the murder-mystery of Daisuke’s mother did intrigue me.  I am a dub-slut myself. Allow me to explain: I prefer watching dubs because it allows me to do other things while listening to what is happening. When the anime is subs only, I am essentially forced to maintain my focus solely on the show, which can make me antsy. Especially during this quarantine, I have noticed that my attention span has not been at its top form. The episodes were not too long, and it came to a rather unoriginal end. However, it was a decently enjoyable ride, even though I still stubbornly maintain my stance that this would have been way better as a queer romance, slice-of-life comedy. The silliness plays out wayyyyyy better than the drama does, and it’s more interesting to watch.

Now, I feel obligated to speak on a very awful scene that’s in one of the final episodes. There is a really weird scene where Suzue has to relay critical information to Daisuke without their A.I. (which is everywhere) from reading thei…