is a
manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...
series by
Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him suc ...
published in
Kodansha's ''
Shōnen Club
''Shōnen Club'' (''Shōnen Kurabu'' / 少年倶楽部, later 少年クラブ in 1946) was a monthly boys' magazine begun by Kodansha in November 1914. The magazine initially featured articles, poetry and serialized novels, but it began to focus ...
'' from June 1954 to December 1956.
Plot
The manga follows Kenichi, the chief detective of the national Boy Detectives' Street Society. He is joined by Donguri, a
talking bird
Talking birds are birds that can mimic the speech of humans. There is debate within the scientific community over whether some talking parrots also have some cognitive understanding of the language. Birds have varying degrees of talking ability: ...
. Together, they travel to various exotic locations solving mysteries, revealing tricks and settling cases.
;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
;
Detective Kenichi
The protagonist and chief of the Boy Detectives' Street Society. Every chapter has him solving a new mystery in various locations across the world.
;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
External links
''Chief Detective Kenichi''in the Tezuka World database
1954 manga
Osamu Tezuka manga
Shōnen manga
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