Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro (Woodpecker Detective's Office) Review – Poetry in Motion... Sort Of.

This largely overlooked Spring 2020 anime follows fictionalized versions of Meiji-era poet Takuboku Ishikawa and his long-suffering linguist friend Kyousuke Kindaichi as they solve mysteries together and get along like two toxic boyfriends who have nobody else to bother but each other. The jazzy OP is a certified slapper and the pastel animation is consistently charming, but what about the story itself? Let’s see if this literature-infused mystery show deserves more attention than it got.

This article was written for Honey’s Anime, so please read it on their site.