A young man will soon pass away.
His death will be the beginning of everything.
The world will begin to roll like a stone.
What should we do?
Please tell us, Madame Roxane.
Prepare a large box and float it on the water.
Then...
set loose eleven hares!
Bordering France, Switzerland, and Italy is the small European country of Saubure.
The Kingdom of Saubure
Located at the base of the Alps, Saint Marguerite Academy.
Saint Marguerite Academy
This notorious academy is known throughout the country as an educational institution for nobles' children.
Spring 1924
I am a student of this school.
My name is...
The Black Reaper!
That's right... the Black Reaper.
Look at those eyes that seem to absorb every inch of darkness.
I bet he's dark-hearted deep down too.
It's so easy to walk through here.
"How is life outside the country, Kazuya?"
"Your excellent grades were recognized after the last Great War,
and Saubure, our ally, decided to accept you as an exchange student."
"Our entire family, Father included, is profoundly proud of you."
"I pray for your return to the country as a man who can stand on his own, Kazuya."
"Stand out from the crowd and become a man who serves your country."
"Your eldest brother"
I think you should read ghost stories.
This academy—no, this country—has a lot of ghost stories.
There's even an occult department in the political world.
Everyone loves ghost stories.
Is the "Black Reaper" one of those too, Professeur Cécile?
It's more correctly called "The Springtime Reaper."
"Black" is an honor only you've received.
Honor?
You can make lots of friends as long as you have common ground!
Make a hundred friends and climb the Alps together, Kujou!
Episode 1
The Black Reaper Finds the Golden Fairy
Common ground...
Ghost stories?
Let's see...
The Queen Berry, a phantom ship that only appears during nocturnal thunderstorms.
Leviathan, an alchemist who draws gold from the intestines of the dead.
They all sound scary.
An intelligent gray wolf which speaks in the human vernacular.
A wolf who speaks?
I'd kind of like to make friends with that one.
What's this?
A golden...
A doll...
You're finally here.
Took you long enough, Springtime Reaper.
How do you know about me?
The future seen in the silver vase is the same as that reflected in the magical mirror.
It seems fate has decreed you will set foot here again.
Tomorrow... as the bell tolls at noon.
Wait a second! Why?!
You've been chosen...
as a fragment to relieve my boredom.
A doll... A doll told me my fortune!
It was like a strange dream.
In the botanical garden above the library...
was a mysterious girl who talks about mysterious things.
Oh, that has to be Victorica!
Yeah...
Wonderful, you've made a friend already!
She's your classmate, Kujou!
Remember the empty seat in the classroom?
This is a perfect chance!
Take her these handouts, Kujou.
Well, see you!
Wait a second!
"As the bell tolls at noon..."
You've finally arrived.
What are you doing?
Your arrival was later than I expected.
I got bored.
Are you a fortune teller?
Why?
You seemed to know I would come here.
The "Fountain of Wisdom" told me.
The Fountain of Wisdom?
A student with black hair will begin to wander about the school this spring.
Your ominous countenance stands out and perfectly describes this academy's "Springtime Reaper" rumor, doesn't it?
Ominous countenance?!
What is your name?
Kujou Kazuya...
Therefore, Kujou, a prodigy such as yourself, who is overly serious and solemn,
could do naught but come here to research the story's origin.
You seem to know this already, but it kind of upsets me.
What is it? She seems different from yesterday.
Besides...
Look, your necklace got twisted because you were rolling around.
Don't touch it!
This is... very precious.
Very... very...
What a...
What a unique hairstyle!
Glaviel?
You know him?
What beautiful weather we have today.
And here we have a black-furred baby squirrel.
I have a long poem I want to recite to the baby squirrel.
Yesterday, at a mansion in a certain village,
an old lady, the fortune teller Roxane, was murdered.
What's that, all of a sudden?
The fortune teller lived in the mansion with an Indian servant and an Arab maid.
The incident occurred last night while her granddaughter was visiting.
Why is the servant Indian and the maid Arab?
The fortune teller liked foreign servants,
but could only speak Hindi and Arabic conversationally.
It seems the maid only speaks Arabic.
Is this person a detective, by chance?
Inspector Glaviel de Blois.
He's quite famous in Saubure for his exquisite hair style.
Before the incident, the fortune teller was resting in her room.
Beneath her window, the servant was returning hares which had been running through the garden to their cages.
Hares...
This fortune teller raised a lot of hares.
Apparently she let the hounds kill them sometimes.
Let's get back on topic, my pure baby squirrel.
Are you trying to talk to her through me?
That night, at the sound of a gunshot,
everyone gathered in the corridor of the mansion.
The door was locked.
The maid yelled something, but there was no response.
The servant suggested they break the door,
but the granddaughter was against it.
"If Grandmother is dead, then this mansion is mine. Don't damage it."
What a selfish reason.
However, since the maid couldn't understand the granddaughter,
she took a pistol used for defense from the next room.
And on the other side of the opened door...
was the fortune teller, shot in the left eye.
The window was locked from the inside,
and no weapon could be found.
Now, baby squirrel, what kind of an answer would you give me?
Why are you asking me?
What, is that all it was?
The fragments of chaos have all been gathered.
Let's rebuild it.
The weather really is great!
Rebuild it?
With the fragments of chaos gathered from the world
and the Fountain of Wisdom within me,
I can rebuild the truth.
Does that mean you can solve the case?
Well, I already know who the culprit is.
The suspicious one is the servant who was working under—
The culprit is the maid, Glaviel.
What's with you?! What is that supposed to mean?!
Even if you ask me...!
The only person who could understand the maid's Arabic was the fortune teller.
The maid knocked on the door and shouted in Arabic.
She took the pistol from the next room and shot the lock because there was no response, right?
What do you think the maid shouted at that moment?
It was most likely,
"Someone is trying to kill you, Madame. You just heard the gunshot, didn't you?"
"Stay away from the window and come to the door."
In other words, the maid knew the fortune teller was alive.
She shouted in Arabic to come to the door where it was safe in order to fool the fortune teller.
And along with the lock,
shot the fortune teller.
The fortune teller was likely shot in the left eye because she was peeking out through the keyhole.
Wait a moment!
Then when and where was the first shot fired— baby squirrel?
I am not a baby squirrel, Inspector. My name is Kujou Kazuya!
The first shot was probably fired from the next room.
It was done to panic the fortune teller and bring everyone in the mansion.
Go look around, you should find a fresh mark.
I see.
Well then, it's about time for me to return to the office.
I am quite relaxed now.
As for the mystery of the culprit's motive...
it should be hidden in what the first shot was fired at.
What does that mean?
He left...
That was over quickly...
I'm bored again.
Hey, just who are you?
That inspector seemed to rely on you...
but he seemed worried about something.
If you want to know more about me...
If I want to know about you...?
Dance.
Why dance of all things?!
Why...
Very well...
What kind of dance is that?
It's bon odori.
I even danced a samba yesterday!
In the end, she didn't tell me anything!
You're so cruel, Victorica.
Are you eating, Kujou?
What's the matter?
"Another achievement by Inspector Blois"?!
"Beautifully Solved Murder Case of Fortune Teller Roxane"?!
What's the meaning of this?!
Why are you here?
It says you got a kiss in gratitude and an extravagant yacht from the granddaughter!
Oh, that?
I didn't want the kiss, she just forced it on me.
I'm not talking about the kiss!
I meant the extravagant yacht and the family's gratitude!
That shouldn't have been given to you, but to Vic—!
Geez, I get it!
I've been defeated by your passion.
I plan to take the yacht out for a sail this weekend.
I'll invite the two of you as well.
Of course you will!
What do you mean by "of course"?
Her... permission for Victorica to go outside won't be granted if I don't ask for it.
Permission for Victorica to go outside?
No, nevermind that.
I'll see you this weekend then.
Is that why you reached such an agreement with Glaviel?
Yeah, it's unforgivable to do something immoral like steal credit for yourself!
Anyways, we won for now.
Are you that happy to get to spend your precious weekend with Glaviel, Kujou?
I'm not.
First of all, it's embarrassing to walk around with someone who has such an outrageous hair—
How did it turn out like this?!
I was going to ask the same thing.
However, I see.
That means I can leave...
this prison.
I will prepare for travel.
Right now? The weekend is still a couple days away.
There's no way...
Wait, you can't use that without permission!
This elevator is for the use of me and the faculty.
You can run yourself ragged climbing down the stairs sore and in pain.
Victorica!
So...
why do you need all this luggage to spend the night on a yacht?
These are the minimum travel necessities dictated by my wisdom.
Can you carry all this luggage?
It's obviously your job to carry it, Kujou.
What do you think you're doing, opening other people's luggage—
A compass? The yacht will have one.
We don't need a life jacket either.
You only need one spare set of clothes.
Why do you have a set of eating utensils?
Are these snacks?
A chair?!
Are you a refugee?
If I say I need them, then I need them!
How long are you going to stay upset?
Nothing can be done about it.
It's like she's riding a train for the first time.
She really does look like a doll like this.
What are you doing?
It's a game in Japan.
What's that?!
That's an ice cream stand.
What about that?!
A newspaper stand.
Hey, it's about time to go.
All right, get on.
Was that magic, or is he your servant?
Hey, you don't get out often, do you, Victorica?
Yo, comrades!
What's with that outfit?
Isn't it nice?
The theme is "Man of the Sea."
That's right, about that incident...
The first gunshot fired in the next room...
was fired at a mirror.
A mirror?
I see, a magical mirror.
Also, the suspect, that Arabic maid...
is a beauty.
The maid said something strange regarding her motive.
"This is revenge of the box."
Revenge of the box?
Inspector!
Bad news, Inspector!
The Arabic maid has escaped!
Seriously?!
Hey, I'll excuse myself now, Kujou!
You can get on the yacht, but don't sail away!
That's boring though!
Deal with it! Now then!
No way... after we came all this way.
Right, Victorica?
Victorica?
Hey, Victorica!
Oh, there you are.
You...
this yacht belonged to the fortune teller, Roxane, right?
This appears to be an invitation... for Roxane.
Read it.
Sure.
Dinner on a luxury cruise ship docked nearby, "Night of the Box's Garden."
The main dish is hare?!
The fortune teller raised hares,
and there's the similarity between "Night of the Box's Garden"
and the "revenge of the box" the maid mentioned.
Both of them are boxes, right?
What should we do?
What do you think?
Shall we take a look?
There's the Reaper for you.
Having infiltrated the suspicious cruise ship following a series of events...
There's no dinner for me?!
Even the fat off premium meat is delicious!
Next Episode
The Souls of the Dead Raise a Shipwreck