Gosick

Anime: Gosick

Summary:   In the early 20th century, Kazuya transfers to a prestigious academy as part of an exchange program between Japan and Saubure, a small European country. But while Kazuya would love to make friends and have a typical school life, the boy is shunned by his ghost story-loving peers who believe that he's a "Black Reaper" to be feared. Things change one day when Kazuya wanders to the top of the library and discovers a lush botanical garden, and a beautiful, small, blonde-haired girl named Victorique who rarely leaves the building and is fascinated by unsolved mysteries. Together, the two develop a budding friendship and take on many chilling and dangerous cases that even the famous local detective Grevil can't solve.

My Take: This is a short anime only about 12 episodes or so, but if you love mystery, especially murder mysteries this anime is worth checking. Victorique (the girl in the picture) is  the detective while, Kazuya (boy in the pic) is more like an errand boy. Fans of Detective Conan, this is like a back-in-time female version of Edowaga Conan. The story may start off as just a simple mystery solving anime, but as it progressive, you see that the plot gets tangled with the past of Victorique, the conditions of that time ( because this is dated just before World War II) and by the end , you will wish that there were more episodes.