Episode 3
In Ikagawashi there's a really
questionable spot.
This is Ikagamijinja, also known as Ikasamajinja and
the inside of it is probably the most suspicious out of anywhere.
A lot of gamblers and
students in their test periods come from all over the country to pray here.
Behind the outer-shrine there's a squid shaped "Ika-sama" shrine and**
**Ika also means 'squid' in Japanese.
a upside down squid "Ika-sama" shrine.
Neither of them are popular.
Hey guys
why don't you try some delicious Ikagawa sakiika?** Ikanga~!
**Fried, shredded Japanese squid snack.
Ahhh there's so many mascots around these days.
They think just throwing mascots at things will fix them.
It makes it kind of hard to take their service seriously
in the first place.
Plus that name "Ikanga" is awful. It sounds someone
**famous Japanese long-distance runner
who would get overtaken by Seko right before the finish line of a race**
Haha! Ms. Landlord, you're really young
but you always sound like an old person.
N? What's the matter?
You said you had something to get at the supermarket and
that you'd only follow me to the entrance. - Yeah I know
Then how come you're following me?
Ha! Sorry it's become a habit!
Stop putting on an act.
I can't believe you got asked to do an investigation at the shrine.
That's not very normal at all. - No it IS a NORMAL investigation.
Oh really~?
I kind of get the feeling it's not.
I don't get that feeling at all.
Huh? How many was I on? Ukai-san take me to the top!
Ukai-san I just lost count of what step I was on
and it's all your fault!
I'm this shrine's Chief Priest, Gonzo Ikagami.
I don't think it's appropriate to talk here, please come inside.
Ok, thank you. - Ms. Landlord go home.
Aa aa aa!?.Let's just... Let's just talk here.
Please give us the details.
Ahhh actually, I really don't want to be overheard by someone.
That's my wife Hanae.
Ms. Landlord you're free to join us too. Come this way.
Yes~!
I want you to perform a simple investigation.
My eldest son Masumi has...
Is the "sumi" from Masumi
the Kanji that looks like a squid spurting ink?
There's no way it'd be that. - Yes, that's right young lady.
What a strange name.
Masumi's eldest sister is Kasumi, and our middle child is Sumire.
He's dating a girl at the moment
and I want you to investigate her.
Ee- Don't your trust her?
Well I've heard a rumor that the girl is actually
doing some questionable things lately...
I can't believe an Ika would get caught by a Sagi haha.**
This is a play on words, in Japanese Sagi means 'scam' and 'swallow' so he's joking about a squid getting caught by a swallow.
That's not funny at all.
Her name is Isako Kajimoto.
A friend from one of the clubs I go to
said they saw her extorting money out of a man.
My son's spending has actually increased a lot lately.
He must be getting scammed too.
So how about it? Will you do the investigation for me?
Hmmm well...
I'll ensure you're paid handsomely. - Let's do it!
We can start from today!
So this time really is just a NORMAL investigation.
Yeah, so hurry up and go to university or something.
Ha! I don't need you to tell me, I've been going properly.
Ahhh...Even though I'm letting you rent that office for 10 000 yen a month
you hardly get any interesting jobs.
Stop jinxing me, Ms. Landlord.
That's the scream of a murder!
Ms. Landlord? Don't run so fast!
What's the matter? - Are you okay?
Near the upside down shrine...
Upside down shrine? - There's an upside down squid shrine here.
What about the upside-down shrine?
Behind the shrine there's a woman's...
Dead body...!
What?
It was Masumi's girlfriend...
Isako...
Let's go! - It's that way!
This way?
Ms. Landlord you're way too excited!
There's nothing here.
Does that mean this is...
Yeah it must be. - A disappearing body trick!
Ee? - Disappearing body trick!
Are you sure you weren't dreaming?
Don't talk to her like that...
Miho said she definitely saw it, right?
Was she still breathing?
She had a knife in her back...
And when I checked her pulse it was gone.
And you're sure It was the eldest son of this house's girlfriend,
Isako Kajimoto?
Unbelievable! There's no way that could have happened!
Where are you going? There's a news team here to see
our mascot Ikanga.
I don't understand the appeal...
Is it true that Isako is dead?
Well...We're not 100% sure yet...
Are you Masumi? - Yes.
Isako and I are dating. - We know.
But we haven't seen the body yet so
we can't say for sure if she's dead or not yet.
No matter how many times I call her she doesn't pick up.
Something MUST have happened to her.
Well I guess she's dead then. - Don't say that!
Isako is...dead...
No way! It must be some kind of mistake!
Okay okay, calm down a little please.
Ms. Detective!
Please solve this incident.
I'm scared...
Of course.
I swear it on my grandfather's name.
Thank you. - No problem.
I can still do the investigation you requested before but
the other incident isn't within my scope.
Please Mr. Detective make an exception...
I'm sorry but rules are rules and I don't...
I'll do it! - Thank you so much!
I wonder how the killer got rid of the body...
Do you believe that shrine maiden girl?
Are you saying that she's lying?
Do you think that she was just acting?
If she was acting she'd easily be able to win the award for Japan's best young female actor.
Why didn't you just say best young female actor?
I don't see why you had to cram Japan in there.
Why do you need to poke holes in everything I say?
Oh yeah! - What?
Maybe they used some kind of trick
to hoist the body up into the tree it was near.
That's stupid! - Let's go check!
They always say the murderer returns to the scene of the crime later.
Now I think about it a dead body tied onto a tree is pretty grotesque.
Yeah...
Alright. Prepare yourself.
1...2...!
Huh? It's not here. How disappointing.
Look down. - Ee?
Wow I'm tired... - Gokurousan
Gokurousama desu.** - Where was the crime scene?
**Japanese expression used during and after work.
Behind the small shrine. - Behind the shrine.
Ararara! Look who it is!
Hey! - What are you doing here?
This isn't somewhere greenhorns should be allowed to walk around in.
We can make and exception right? After all she's Ukai's assistant.
Ukai! - Why is he passed out?
Ahhh...I dunno.
Is it shock from seeing the body? - I thought he'd be used to dead bodies by now though.
Detective, the time of death was approximately two hours ago.
Is it over there? - Yeah, it's this way.
The victim died from being stabbed in the back with a knife.
A knife? Oh yeah, who is the victim?
She had a wallet in her breast pocket, her name is Isako Kajimoto.
Remember that. - Okay.
I think you all know why I've gathered you here.
The girl that the oldest son of this house was dating
[Eldest Son: Masumi, but in this case youngest CHILD]
Kajimoto...What was her name again? - Isako-san.
[Eldest Daughter: Kasumi]
Isako-san has been killed.
[Middle Child: Sumire]
We've decided that we want to pursue the incident
[Wife: Hanae]
as a murder.
From our investigations we have heard that
Isako was committing marriage fraud.
You're gunna say that here? - Huh? No-one told me about that.
What'd you say? - I'm a private detective and
your father asked me to investigate Ms. Kajimoto.
Why'd you tell him that? - What's this all about Dad!?
Watch your tone Masumi!
We heard that kind of rumor,
and Dad was worried about you so he hired a private detective.
I can't believe you'd do something so...
There's no way Isako would scam anyone!
Because there are members of this house that
were opposed to a marriage between Masumi and Isako it's possible that one of them
committed the murder.
Alright, we better hear everbody's
alibis' and investigate them too.
She says remembering the incident makes her feel ill
so please keep it short.
Okay, I'll be as quick as I can.
Are you okay?
He just said she feels sick.
How about you try eating something?
There's a Yakiniku store out the front. - Uu..!
No, we better not have Yakiniku. It'll make her think of blood!
But if we eat now the police will pay for it.
Mr. Detective! - If she doesn't eat something soon
she'll probably start getting weak.
That's enough...
Um, you wouldn't by chance have a baby in your stoma...
What? - Ms. Detective!
Ee? - Stop screwing around!
Ms. Landlord right now your face looks like a pigeon that's been shot with a peashooter.
Miho-san could I have moment? Sorry.
I want to know about the victim Isako.
What kind of state was she in when you found her?
Could you tell me specifics?
She was on the ground facing down.
Ahh okay, I suppose there WAS a knife in her back.
And...She had the Ika-sama statue in her hands.
Ahhh...That's good information.
It was really strange because...
Ahhh it's my wife. Sorry.
Hello? - You're picked up!?
Yeah yeah I know. I'll get some side dishes.
If I have to work 'til late they'll have to be from the convenience store.
What?
Huh? I'm not saying anything in a tone.
No, I don't think work is more important than family!
But I'm doing stuff around the house too...
Fine I'll do the washing tonig... - So what was that about the statue?
She was holding onto the statue
in a really strange, unnatural way kissing it.
She was kissing the Ika statue?
Was she doing that when we saw her?
No...
Wait, you were doing cleaning at the time right?
Yes I was cleaning around the shrine.
Is there anybody that can confirm that for us?
Ee? Am I a suspect?
No, no it's just for our investigation.
Miho-san are you okay? - Miho-san!
Huh? Was that my fault?
I wonder if the detective was able to get those side-dishes.
Who cares?
So it WAS a body disappearing trick.
This incident just keeps getting more and more mysterious! Ku~!
NMaybe it's not such a tough case after all.
Why not? A disappearing body is a pretty
high level trick in the world of mysteries.
Did it really disappear though?
Do you have another explanation?
Like an opposite theory kinda thing...?
That's what most good detectives do. Look at stuff in reverse.
Ahhh! - What? You're being too loud.
I've got it! - Ee?
I understand what happened!
Okay, spill it then.
This isn't a trick at all.
This misunderstanding was all borne from one person's good will.
Do you understand what...
A good samaritan saw Isako's dead body here.
"I better save her quickly" he thought and he carried her on his shoulder
he took her body to many doctors but it was too hard of an operation for all of them.
But that's obvious. I mean, she WAS dead after all.
Eventually he found a doctor
that claimed he could bring people back to life.
But the operation would cost 200 million yen.
The Good Samaritan was happy to pay, and he did using his pocket money.
What a nice guy. - But!
In the end the doctor COULDN'T save her.
"Because she's dead! BEEP." is what he said.
So in the end she couldn't be revived.
And the Good Samaritan begrudgingly
returned Isako's dead body to where he found it.
The first thing that doesn't add up is him returning the body and
could he REALLY have done that all in only 30 minutes?
And all of that was...A lie!
Ee? I don't understand why you'd lie.
Do you want to hear the REAL explanation?
Next time I want you to ONLY do the real one.
This is actually an amazing love story. - Are you sure?
When Isako Kajimoto was found by Miho-san
she was actually still alive. - Wow it's all backawards.
But when Miho-san found her body she said there was no pulse.
That can be explained easily.
If you tie up the base of your arm really tight you can stop it.
Really? Must have been a pretty tight string.
Yeah she would have used one of those blood pressure thingies.
A nurse told me that if you tie that on your arm it'll stop your pulse.
And she stabbed a knife into clay she had on her back.
Alright let's say hypothetically that's all true.
Why would Isako Kajimoto go to the lengths of faking her own death?
Because she's a wedding scam-artist. - That's only a rumor, though.
She's a real bitch who has cheated hundreds maybe thousands of men out of money.
But Masumi-san was different.
"I'll never fall for a man"
"Men are only for money" is what she used to think but
something unexpected happened this time.
She fell for Masumi.
She thought of actually get married this time around.
But ironically, despite being a scam artist
she couldn't believe Masumi.
So she decided to test him.
Is it really okay if to continue assuming she's a marriage scam artist?
Do you know the Rakugo** tale "Umayakaji"?
**Ancient form of Japanese entertainment
No.
A wife stops believeing in her husbands love for her.
They fight alot and
she starts thinking he might be cheating on her.
To find out if he is she starts a fire.
It's the same as that. - N? ...N?
I don't get this Umayakaji story.
Like I said she started a fire
the the husband got caught in it and... That kind of thing y'know?
Ahhh who cares.
Next time use an example you actually understand please.
To sum things up Isako-san pretended to be dead at
Masumi's house here
to test if he'd actually be sad when she died.
Oh okay.
She made sure she'd be found by Miho and then afterwards she got up
to go see Masumi's reaction.?
When we first saw Masumi find out about her
being dead he was acting all upset about it but
when he went into his room he changed his tone completely
and started calling another woman.
once he made plans to have dinner with her
he sat down and started reading magazines
and he even was relaxed enough to do the fold-in parts
What a bad guy.
Isako who was watching the whole time thought about showing herself to him but
realised that everything that was happening
was all a result of her own countless bad acts.
She couldn't bring herself to blaming Masumi
So she decided to kill herself.
This was all a way for her to get back at Masumi's family
because they would be the first ones to be suspected of her "murder".
I can't believe a love story like that was behind all of this.
Oh and she was kissing the statue as a symbol for her love for Masumi.
You tied up that end well. - Ukai-san!
I investigated Isako-san.
Oh! Did you find anything out?
Nope nothing.
You just said you "investigated her" though?
All I said was "investigated"
I didn't say I'd found anything yet.
Oh yeah...I also investigated the son, Masumi.
Did you find anything out? - Nothing.
All I said was "investigated" guys.
Okay. You can go home for today if you want.
Thanks!
Wow he's simple.
Un...
What's the matter?
Ah, that's the face a good Detective makes when he realizes something!
No, no.
If you take this arm and put it up to your face
then tap between eyebrows with your middle finger
**Character from 90's Fuji TV Detective drama "Furuhata Ninzaburo"
you'll look like Furuhata-san** - I don't need to look like him.
Or if you changed this hand a little... I don't need to look like Galileo either!
What? What? Doesn't something add up?
Nee, are we going to a CM here?
Like will they zoom into your face and then
cut to the commercial kind of thing?
What? What? Hurry up and tell me. Don't be like thissss.
I get the feeling something is missing.
I don't know exactly WHAT though.
Something's missing? - Ee, what do you mean?
Oh yeah, there's another Ika-sama shrine you know?
The other one is meant to be made the same
wanna go there and think? - Okay.
Yoshi.
Wow, it's completely opposite.
I guess to decide what's missing if you're
Not at the scene. - Un...
I wonder why Miho was able to find the body.
Because she was cleaning, right? - Yeah.
She was doing it like this with a broom.
And when she was just normally cleaning she decided to clean the back too
and when she went around the other side the body was there. - Then it disappered.
I wonder if someone hid it?
There's no reason to hide it. - Yeah.
Aa! - What's the matter, Gonzo-san?
Ahh I forgot something. - What was it?
Ahh was it this broom? - No it was my wallet.
Do you want us to help search for it?
Yeah, thank you. - Okay.
Whereabouts was it last? - Around here. Here here.
A place to hide and a reason...
That thing's huge.
Nee Ukai-san, help search for the wallet too!
Ahh! - Ee?
I've cracked it!
No way! That was quick!
Nee, this is a one hour drama and we're only half way through.
If this was Doyou Wide we'd still be relaxing in an onsen!**
** 2 hour long special drama slot that has been broadcasted on TV Asahi since the 70s
I've got it!
Are you gunna explain it? - Do you want me to?
How about after dinner?
After dinner is too late.
Kuuu-!
I'll gather everyone now!
Huh? It's clearly after dinner.
Hehe...Sorry about that...
In the end I decided night-time was the best for explaining mysteries.
Ee? What are you talking about?
The puzzle of this incident is how the body was found
and then disappeared and came back.
Why was it done like that?
A story of love and hate is behind all of it.
Huh? You stole that off me! Nee you just stole my idea, didn't you?
Quiet! It's true that
this time this girl with a face like a bird
Isako Kajimoto was actually still living when
she was found by Miho-san. - Ee?
Miho-san was really shaken by seeing the body with the knife in it
so when she took the pulse
she wasn't calm enough to properly feel it.
Why would Isako do that...
She did it to test your love for her.
Yep, it's just a copy of my explanation.
She wanted to see your reaction after
finding out she was dead.
Why would she do something so stupid...
But when she tricked all of you into thinking she was dead
another character came out.
And that character is this incident's real murderer. - Who is it?
The murderer is...
You! Ikanga!
Ee? But I didn't do itga-!
You were one of Isako-san's
marrige scam victims.
She took your money and then disappeared.
But your love for her didn't disappear.
You were searching for her for awhile
And then you finally found her. But when you did
she had already decided to marry the eldest son of this shrine.
But not a fake marriage this time,
a real one. When you heard about that
Your hate for her reached its maximum.
So you thought
"How about I kill Isako-san and"
"her husband with her too"
To find a good chance
you took an audition to become this area's mascot and passed.
And with that you were able to get closer to them.
Ahhh...I thought that might be the case too.
None of that is true ikanga-!
Ummmm... - Shhh!
And when Isako-san pretended to be dead
to test Masumi's reaction your hate for her overflowed
when she went to go check Masumi's
reaction you made your strike and attacked her!
"Who will know?" you thought
Isako, who was still alive disappeared from the shrine
and wasn't witnessed by anybody.
Plus whoever killed her needed a place to hide the body.
You hid her body inside your
squid costume.
You didn't want to be seen with her.
You opened the magic tape on your back...
I'm a REAL squid so
I don't have magic tape!
Stop acting!
You opened the magic tape at the back of the costume
and pulled Isako in.
You talked with her inside the costume.
"Why did you trick me?" "I want you to be with me again!" you said
But Isako-san rejected you hard.
Anyway you couldn't forgive her for saying
she was in love with Masumi
When Isako turned her back on you,
you stabbed it with a knife.
I thought that happened too.
The rest was simple.
You took Isako-san's body with you to the upside-down shrine
and pushed her out of the costume like you were giving birth.
Isako-san used her last strength to
grab the Ika statue and attack you!
But! Because you were wearing the costume there was no damage.
With that Isako-san died.
Is that the truth Ikanga?
It's a lie ikanga-!
Stop talking like that
and come out from there!
I can't do that ikanga-.
Because I'm actually a real squid ikanga-.
Oh right, right.
Because you coming out of there will give birth to unshakable evidence.
I bet Isako-san's DNA is all over
the inside of that costume.
Ikanga take that costume off. - Maybe he's not right...
I wonder why the whole family is speechless at the moment.
I can't ikanga~. I don't want to kill the childrens' dreams ikanga-.
There are no children here! Wow you're stubborn.
This is a police order. Come out of there.
The Detective's explanation is full of mistakes.
How come?
I can't believe this...
Because I'm a woman.
My name is Maika Kensaki.
Is it the "ma" from "majime" and "ika" from "ikagawa"?
No it's the "mai" from "mau" and "ka" from "kaori". - Oh okay...
B...But it's still possible you're a lesbian...?
I'm not! If you don't believe me I'll call my boyfriend.
Umm, did all of you know that she was a girl?
Why didn't you tell us earlier?
He seemed really concentrated on the explanation
so it didn't feel right to stop him...
Another failure.
Giant Squids are way too hard to make Ukai-san.
It's okay you don't have to make them anymore.
But you were the one that said you wanted to put them
around the office so badly. - I never said that.
Aaaahhh. Do girls usually do those mascot characters?
Yeah I'm pretty sure most have girls inside. - Shut up!
It's me! - Oh wow...I got surprised for a second.
That was kind of unnecessary...
Wow when you make a mistake you make a really big one, Ukai-san.
Hee- even Ukai-san makes mistakes?
He was acting all cool though.
Saying stuff like "I cracked it!"
What'd you crack?
Shutup! This is your fault again for
making me think that the victim was still alive.
But still a murder committed in a mascot suit...
I've read a lot of mystery novels so far
but I've never heard of something so stupid.
I guess reality is actually more unpredictable than fiction.
I'll remember that next time.
Well anyway, how about you eat some of my cooking
it'll make you feel better!
Jyan! - Oh crab!
You can't call if cooking if all you did was boil the crab
By the way...
Lately all anyone talks about is squid
so I wanted to eat Ikameshi but**
**Japanese dish of squid and rice
Ikameshi is kind of typical so...
I made a Ninomiya special: Kanimeshi!**
**Akemi's own creation, crab with rice
- Ee? Try this leg.
How is it?
Umm...What happened to the crab's innards?
I threw it out. - Wait a sec.
Ikameshi is good because you can eat
squid and rice at the same time.
Crabs are shellfish right? They're hard.
They don't go together well.
Just try some.
It's just plain old rice. Ee what about the crab pieces?
You threw them out so there is none.
Okay I've had enough. I'm going to sleep.
Ah, you still wanna go to Ikagami-sama tomorrow?
No way. Everything's a mess. This is why I hate murder cases.
But we still haven't figured out the disappearing body trick?
Who cares.
It could have disappeared itself for all I care.
If you say stuff like that we'll go there tomorrow
and there'll be a string of murders!
The father Gonzo's head will be on the top of the Ika shrine...
Kya~! - That won't happen.
And you'll be able to see a leg floating by itself in the sea water nearby.
Kya-! There's no sea water around there.
You watch way too many movies.
...And a cockaroach!
Ee- I don't think you're qualified to be a famous detective.
See? You clear still have SOME energy Ukai-san.
How about we do some dancing tonight? And make it a happy night!
Look, I told you you were better than I imagined but only by a
little so stop that now.
Ukai-san this is really fun!
Ninomiya-san is doing all of this to try and make you feel better.
Come dance with us!
He's awful...
I just can't forgive people who are bad at dancing!
And while all of that was happening at Ukai Private Detective Agency
a string of murders broke out.
Aha I'm kidding.
Are you okay, Hanae? - I'm fine, why?
Ahhh just everything lately...
Well of course...I was shocked about that.
This is probably very cold of me to say but
she WAS suspicious all along.
And we needed to protect our son...
Is something the matter?
Ahhh no, no...
And the string of murders...!
Didn't happen. - Is something wrong?
No there's just a bird who says weird things at my place.
It looks like Miho has recovered a little.
What are you guys doing?
This is a tradition in the Ikagami household.
Every morning we calm ourselves and record our goals for the day.
- Houhou Our ink is
extracted from special squid in Ikagawa city.
So that's why it smells so fresh.
Ahh I quit I'm just not in the mood today.
Yeah I guess you wouldn't be.
What's the matter sister?
Unnn nothing.
So the normal Ika-shrine is here. and the upside down one is on the otherside.
There was no sign of a body around after the incident.
We can only assume that it disappeared.
Wow a disappearing body trick! So cool!
But you need something to MAKE it disappear with.
like burying it in flowers or hiding it in the garden...
There's a lot of possibilities.
In most cases disappearing body tricks are
used to create fake alibis and
in most cases they move the body to another place.
That's why this case is so weird the body disappeared
then appeared again.
Yeah I just don't understand what the killer was thinking.
Maybe it was an illusionist crime or something?
Ahhh like David Packerfield?
You mean David Copperfield. - Well what was the motive for the murder?
Maybe the killer was showing off. A "I can make anything disappear!" kind of thing.
So maybe the one who killed her was a different person?
Someone else killed her then David Packerfield made her disappear
and then brought her back. - David COPPERfield.
So what's the relationship between David Copperfield and the murderer?
They were friends. The murderer asked David to make things a little more fancy.
Yeah! That sounds right.
Wow ikameshi is good.
Sorry for making you come here.
I just really wanted to eat the real thing.
There's a fake type? - Yeah...Inside a crab...
Anyway who cares about that. - Oh by the way I did some investigating and
that rumor about Isako Kajimoto committing marriage fraud
is absolutely baseless. - Oh really?
But she was definitely popular
and the number of guys she dumped over the years was uncountable.
I guess one of the guys she broke up with spread all those rumors.
How typical. Oh yeah...
I'm not sure if it relates to this incident but
I found out something pretty interesting.
Otsukaresamadesu! - Arara, it's Akemin!
You finish university for the day? - Yeah!
Oh, are you guys eating ikameshi? Looks good.
Granny could I have an ikameshi too please!?
Granny? - Yeah it's just a nickname.
So I thought a lot about the case.
Do you guys wanna hear my latest logic?
I'll listen! - Before that can you finish
what you were saying before Detective - Ah it wasn't anything big, don't worry about it.
Let's hear Akemin's logic.
The killer is a member of the family.
Hee! When you think about it
murders at a house are always done by a family member - Ohhh! This sounds interesting.
Oi! You guys are ruining my Ikameshi
Hurry up and spill it detective. Actually this timing is creepy.
my investigations are pointing to a member of the family too. No way! Really?
Actually the two daughters of the family
are Hanae's children from a past marriage.
Ee~!? Really!?
Ara? It looks like the famous detective has caught onto something?
But now I think about it
it's probably about time that he caught onto something big.
What do you mean by that?
Ahh it's my wife. Hello?
You've hardly even eaten your ikameshi
I'll have some!
What are you doing!? The head is my favorite part.
What are you talking about? That's not its head.
But squid swim like this right?
Are you sure about that?
Imagine a squid catching its prey.
They swim like this and latch on with their legs.
Hey look, there's a tasty bird in the middle of the sea too!
Ahhh! I'm being eaten ...Wait stop that!
But I've seen them swim the opposite way before.
Wellll there IS an explanation for that too...
Look, I told you that's way too much.
Hey hey, why're you putting that in your breast pocket?
Ahhh well the reason for that is... Well you're right
It does swim both ways but when you think about it simply
This is the head and this is its body
So this is the top and this is the bottom.
Hee-! I love 20 questions
Only twenty? Isn't there more? - Nah.
Who the hell is that person? - What's the matter?
I've cracked...
this case...!
You really cracked it this time? I've really cracked it.
So you wanna do the explanation after lunch? - Sure
I guess Ikameshi DOES work.
I love Ikameshi!
If you love it so much why don't you kiss it?
I just realized something else!
Sorry about that guys. That's not a granny!
I told you, granny is just a nickname
So you gave an old man the nickname "granny"?
Is it really okay if we don't go to a cliff?
Yeah it's fine.
If we go with this many people someone will definitely fall off.
Yeah you're right. Okay.
Okay, I'll start my explanation then.
Are you going to get it wrong again? - No, it'll be perfect this time round.
So who killed Isako then?
Can I be straight-foward?
I'm pretty sure I know who it was too.
The killer is...
You...! - Actually before that.
There was someone who made this incident more difficult to solve.
It was you, Gonzo-san.
What!?
Our biggest mistake was
mixing up the two Ika shrines.
We thought that the triangle part of the squid was its head and the other side the legs but
it's actually the other way around.
Miho-san screamed and we ran to where she was
Then we heard there was a dead body at the upside down Ika shrine.
There's a dead woman at... the upside-down shrine...!
And of course we went to the
shrine WE thought was upside down.
Gonzo-san, you directed us to that statue too.
But it actually wasn't upside down at all.
It was the regular Ika-sama shrine.
And of course, there was no dead body there.
That's because Miho-san didn't see the body there.
So you watched us run the wrong way and didn't stop us
and you told the rest of the family
not to tell us about that mistake.
You had a reason to do so too.
I...I didn't...
Because you had seen your wife
Hanae-san, walking towards the real upside down shrine.
After that the murder occurred and you immediately thought
that Hanae-san had committed it.
Me?
I just went to go get some flowers.
Ee!?
That's right Gonzo-san, Hanae-san didn't do it.
I bet you noticed too.
"She looks pretty carefree for someone who just comitted a murder"
Oh...I thought because you were talking about
Isako Kajimoto comitting marriage fraud that maybe
you had gotten really mad about it and killed her...
You thought your wife would be suspected immediately if the body was found at the real upside-down shrine.
So after you had carried Miho-san into the main house
you said there was an interview on and
left the house then moved the dead body.
And then when we went to
the normal shrine again we found it there.
Yeah.
After finding the body I couldn't help but
feel that something was missing.
It was the broom.
Miho-san was cleaning, saw the body
got scared, dropped the broom and ran in our direction.
But there was no broom.
And we ended up finding that broom at the real upside-down shrine.
Gonzo-san realized that and got worried so he came to take the broom away.
But we were already there before him.
Ahhh...Yeah you're right the broom being there WAS weird.
Really, really weird.
...So who's the killer?
It's that person. - Who?
I know but we're not at the stage to say it yet.
There real killer is Kasumi-san!
He just said it. - Yeah that's right.
Haa!? What are you talking about?
There's evidence of
you fighting with Isako-san too.
Could you show us that arm please?
Excuse me, Kasumi-san.
It'd be pretty hard to hold a brush like that.
I just fell over on some stairs.
Oh really? Well what about
Isako-san's dying message?
Ee? There was a dying message?
Ahhh right! The blood written...
When Miho-san found the dead body
Isako-san was pressing an Ika statue to her mouth.
Oh that~!
Squid and mouth...which spells out
**The left spells out "ika" in Katakana and the right is the kanji for mouth if you put them together you get the "Ka" of "Kasumi"
The Ka in Kasumi.**
Yeah. - You didn't realise that
and left the scene as soon as you had killed her.
Kasumi-nee-san, why did you...?
Why did you kill...?
Because she couldn't forgive a woman who had deceived her brother.
No no no no no... isn't it the opposite?
Ha?
Isako-san wasn't even a marriage fraud in the first place.
She wanted to marry Masumi because she loved him.
That's why you killed her, right?
- Ee? Why was it necessary to kill her?
Because she liked Masumi too.
Kasumi...Nee-san?
Don't call me that name!
Just because I live here... having to have "sumi" in my name...
What's your real name?
Yukiko...
Just like white, white snow.
So white, white turned into dark black... That's not good.
So that means the one who started
the marriage fraud rumors about Isako-san was you?
Yes.
Can I take that reply as a confession?
Yes...
When my mother remarried and we moved to this house...
Ah, you don't need to give specifics. - Ee?
I don't listen to criminals' stories after I catch them.
Listen to it~! It's the climax!
If this was Doyou Wide they'd talk for like 15 minutes.
Plus this is the part where the ratings go up really high.
I don't care.
How about you guys do it without me? See you all later.
Ahhh sorry. I'll make sure I really give it to him later on.
Really sorry. Okay, otsukaresamadeshita.**
**Japanese word used after work
Okay, time to make the arrest.
Alright.
Okay, c'mon.
helloheydays.com
Ah, it went that way!
Leave it to me.
Yes! Aahh...
Look, it's over there!
Come here boy, come here. - Good work!
Okay, you're officially hired. I've always needed someone with fitness like you.
Thank you!
Looks like we'll be having Yakiniku tonight.
How much was that dog? - You don't need to know.
Excuse me. - Yes?
Um this morning there was a dead threat shoved into my postbox...
Oh really? Unfortunately this office
specializes in cheating and lost dog cases.
Ee? But what about that?**
**The plaque says "Murder Specialist"
Must have been Ms. Landlord. - Ahh well that's...
If it's a threat I'll take the case!
Thank you. - That's not good. We should report this to the police.
Okay, I'll listen to the details upstairs.
Is it okay if I only pay 300 000 yen to start with?
Sorry about before! Please, come this way.
Hey! Don't steal my customer!
If my investigation is successful
another fee will apply. Is that okay? - No problem.
I wanna listen too~!
Today's a good day but the birds are kind of loud.
Birds? Really?
Bentora Bentora Space people.
Let's just go home!
And apparently they ran really really fast in to the wall
Ahhhh! It's not here! - What's not here?
The criminal is an alien! - I've cracked this case!