For me, my favorite volumes are....
#5: This volume was my favorite since I got interested in the series. I remember carrying the English volume around with me the most out of all of them.
The cases of the Bandaged Man and the Karaoke Murder really intrigued me. #17: About the same as #12, but the cases seemed more fun in a way. The Robbery-Hospital Case was a short and sweet little chapter and the number/letter riddle in the Clock Mansion had a nice set-up.
#23: 20-Year Murder Case = entertaining from beginning to end. Sort of liked the Titanic reference, as corny as it was.
#29: I really nice batch of cases, IMO. Shedded a little limelight on Megure (always wondered why he never took off that hat), a busjack case with Akai's appearance, the Dog case, and the K3 case...all four were well-done case, nicely lined up in a row.
#36: No police-detective story in DC comes close to the Matsuda arc. 'Twas pure gold. Reached out to the dangerous part of being in the police force.
#40: Had some nice character-oriented stories for Sato/Takagi and Agasa. I found the first love case to be very adorable and refreshing from a typical murder case.
#42: Very plot-oriented volume. Elena's tapes to Ai and the Black Org. and the Costume Party cover-up..."wow" is all I have to say. Everything fit into place and is pretty much a must-have type volume.
#48: I swear, Ran in the panda suit was one of the funniest panels in the entire book. It also contained the beginnings of another BO case, so that was pretty nice.
#55: I liked the Suspect Genta case as well as teh flashback case for Shinichi. It was nice seeing how the characters looked ten years before and seeing a connection between Toichi Kuroba and Yusaku. Like fathers, like sons.
#59: It was a shame about Akai, but the Sengoku case was enlightening after such a depressing loss of a great character.
..Phew. Well, all that aside. Oughta stop my babbling and let everyone else list their favorite volumes.
