It should be named The Vermouth Arc because it's real purpose is finally filling in what they skipped in the first collection. I wish they could have just added these to that.
My nitpicking the presentation aside, they are all episodes I'm glad to see Dubbed finally and as usual this Cast Dubs them all excellently. It's also nice to finally have one with no extra long episodes and thus an episode count that doesn't look deceptively underwhelming
This was half episodes that barely if at all feature FBI characters, and for the ones that do it's a kind of a spoiler to be advertising them as FBI episodes, these are all from before that was supposed to be known. When they announced the new collection will be FBI themed I expected a few of these but mostly episodes continuing after 425. But this is for the best, those post 425 episodes should be part of a future Collection branded as The Clash of Red and Black.
I'm glad the Nano voice for Sonoko of finally got to do a Deduction show. And I'm pleasantly surprised Higu's introduction got to make a collection at all.
The case this batch ended on is the first case in this Dub that I hadn't already seen in it's entirety before. It's a good case, some unique non standard tension that makes it stand out.
After ending where it did, I'm now expecting the second Cour of this collection to open on Contact with The Black Organization and then include both Four Porsches and The Connivence Store Trap, and I'm hoping at least also the Hidden Bathroom Secret. After that it could go either way on just being the other 2003 Vermouth Arc episodes or including some episode following it's finale. Episode 346-347 is easy to dismiss as a mere aftermath episode but it is the episode that properly reveals certain things. And Aftermath episodes are fun.
Based on the pattern of how the last collection was released, I'm expecting July 1st to be one the second half drops. But I do hope it can happen sooner after having to wait so long for the 3rd Collection.
And then there is the matter of the Watch order. I may add a more refined update on this later, or link to someone laying it out well if I find one. But the gist is...
The first case of this collection should be watched before The Desperate Revival.
The second case in it between where the Rivals Collection ends and The Mysterious Passenger.
The next 3 cases between The Mysterious Passenger and The New York Case.
And the last case after the New York Case.
Update: The Director of the Dub has updated her Chronological order list. I should just always link to that instead of trying to explain it myself.
