Episode 5
It's okay, just leave it all to me.
Please sort out the bill while I'm in the toilet.
Sure.
Why does she have sunglasses on at night...
If this was Saturday wide she'd definitely be the criminal
Sorry for making you wait.
Okay well, that's all for today. - See you again.
**Hit 70's Japanese song by Pink Lady, there was also a reference to them in the UFO episode if you're interested.
Wanted!**
Oh, hey Ms. Landlord. - What a calm reaction!
I guess 70's hits just aren't that scary to you!
So just what are you doing here at the moment?
You just took a really suspicious case didn't you?
Oh were you watching?
It was just a normal cheating case.
No no no no no...
With a girl like that around
there must have been a murder. Especially if this were Saturday Wide.
Ahh she tripped.
It's because she's wearing sunglasses at night.
Yeah because she came to request a cheating investigation.
But...She didn't want to meet at your office right?
That's why she picked this store.
Even if you aren't a viewer this SHOULD seem suspicious.
No, I came here because she said she'd buy me dinner
on the phone. - Are you a young actor** or something?
**Young actors/TV personalities in Japan who haven't made their break yet will do anything for a free meal.
Alright, you see later.
Ukai-san, over here!
Thanks for coming. - What's going on?
Calling me out here suddenly for an investigation.
Our target is the owner of this store. The client is his girlfriend.
I've never heard of a detective who starts Investigations on the same day.
She said she looked in his organizer and
Tonight had a heart mark on it.
How girly!
His name is Chiaki Tatsumi, he's 28 years old.
His girlfriend said she saw him
On a date with somebody in a really Bright dress
in town
LN...With a face like that you'd probably Be pretty popular.
Plus he looks really manly when he's Throwing around
That shaker thing. - Yeah you're right.
But...
The store's name is really weird...
**The store's name is Ikashita Bar. Ikashita can mean stylish but it can also mean making somebody come sexually
With a name like that you wouldn't think such a stylish guy would ACTUALLY own it.**
It's closing time soon. - Yeah.
N?
Oh, here comes the pretty boy!
Eh? How can he eat ice cream when it's This cold...
It's not summer stupid!
Let's go.
I could go for some donuts right now.
It's cold BECAUSE you're eating ice cream, dumbass.
Exactly.
Looks like nothing's gunna happen today.
Who knows. His apartment is in Sumitanicho, it's called Residence Sumitani.
It's the third floor.
Yeah...Looks like day one's a miss.
Cheating investigations are always like this.
What's with young people these days...
Leave them be, they're ugly so they deserve some kind of happiness.
Watch the way you say things...
By the way for a stylish guy he's not living in a very stylish place.
This place isn't very residential...
Yeah and the 'n' has become a 'ni'.
It's 'residenitial' hahaha... - Hey yeah, it is.
Hm? Is someone else in there?
Yeah it's strange that the lights are on.
We're gunna roam around. - Okay.
Is it okay if we just walk in? - Yeah. Number 304...
"Fine: 1 000 000 yen"**
Ukai-san, the fine is 1 000 000 yen if we're found.
Ohhh? - Hey hey
I can't believe how lucky we are getting
conclusive evidence on the first day.
The girl is really beautiful too.
Yeah, they're way different from that ugly couple downstairs.
Is he going to undress her?
Ahhh~! No way~!
I can't believe they'd cut things off there!
Well it's not like they know we're watching.
Alright, we've secured evidence. Let's go home.
Wai-...Ukai-san! Let's wait a little.
Wait for what?
They might pop out again!
What are you, an elementary school kid?
No, no don't say that!
An elementary schooler still wouldn't be interested
in this kind of thing...
Must be some kind of weird sex thing?
Frying play...
Frying play!?
Nah, must be smoke play? - Smoke play?
Like using something to make smoke so you keep losing
and regaining sight of the other person.
to make eachother really excited
and become one with eachother
By now they're probably coughing heavily and...
Coughing heavily and...
Nope, this is just a fire.
Eee...fire!?
Ne ne nee...!
Nee one more time.
Stairs...
Ukai-san hurry! We're almost there!
Tatsumi-san! Tatsumi-san!
Sorry for bothering you when you're busy.
Huh? It's open.
Wai-...Ukai-san! They're doing it!
Tatsumi-san!
Water!
Huh? There was one of those here? - Yeah.
Tatsumi-san! Tatsumi-san?
There's no way you're still doing it...right?
Aa...
I knew it.
Akemi-san! Why are you here?
Because I was tailing you guys
the whole time, Watson-kun.
Eee...Who's that?
I knew that woman was suspicious...
Ryuhei-kun call the police.
And with that us citizens can go and leave this to the authorities.
Wait a minute.
As a detective the fact you were investigating this person should mean
that you wouldn't be willing to leave it up to anybody else.
No, as a detective that's exactly what I'm going to do.
That's impossible. The police are going to want to talk to you
as a witness to the scene anyway.
And I'll co-operate as a witness.
That's to be expected of a good citizen.
I'll also surrender this video as evidence.
Both of those actions will help their investigation.
If you're a REAL detective you should solve this incident.
I think if we're around it'll just make it more difficult to find the killer.
Both of you, try not to leave any unnecessary fingerprints.
Preserving a scene is really important. So for now let's just leave without
touching a thing...
I'll solve this mystery no matter what.
I swear it on my grandfather's name!
Ee!? What kind of job did your grandfather do?
He was a normal office worker!
All the windows are locked which means
The culprit left through the front door.
Can you still not get in contact with the
girl who requested the cheating investigation?
I've called her a few times now.
Never mind, I'm sure you'll get her eventually.
I'll investigate her too. Tell me her name.
I can't do that. I have a responsibility as a private detective to keep my client's information...
Ahh nevermind then.
In any case that girl in the red dress
stabbed the victim and then in an attempt to destroy evidence
started a fire. That's everything, right?
It looks like it. - Okay, that's it!
I'll just be... - Detective, not so fast!
But...I was already asleep...
and I got woken up at THIS time...
I'm not even fully awake yet.
If I go home now I'll definitely be able to sleep again.
Detective.
It looks like the fire was started with a dress.
It has burn marks on it...
Ahhh, so she must have taken the dress off
changed in to some kind of dark coat
and fled the scene.
The murderer definitely isn't stupid.
If she'd been wearing a red dress she would have stood out.
So what we caught on the camera might not have been
Tatsumi-san and the woman hugging but rather,
the moment that she stabbed him.
I feel embarressed about what I imagined they were doing.
Like smoke play and stuff...
Smoke play?
Well the way Ukai-san described it was using smoke so
you lose and regain site of the other person over and over...
Alright stop there.
You lose and regain site of the other person over and over...
See look, you're getting excited. - Ah...
I feel awake now, probably from just hearing about that.
N...This incident has a lot of questions to be answered.
It should be pretty easy though.
If a girl was walking around town in this kind of dress
she would have been seen by SOMEONE and
I'm sure people would have seen them on dates together before the incident?
We'll solve this one really fast!
And with that I'm going home to sleep again.
I'm sure I'll be able to fall back to sleep.
The Mystery Society girls would probably
be happy if it was a more difficult incident but
I think you're right Detective, this one should be solved quick.
I'll go and try to get some witness accounts.
Apparently this one's gunna be easy.
"There's no way it will" thought Ukai-san.
Can you stop narrating without my permission?
It's probably about time for a CM.
Go~!
Ahhh sorry.
What're you here for, Ms. Landlord?
Isn't it obvious that I'd come!
We can't get in contact with the client.
There's no one who saw the red dress woman.
And the police who said this case would be easy haven't found the culprit.
Above all else the chances that the killer
will come here are very high and that's because...
She's here. - Ee?
The client.
Don't point.
Ayaka Chiba-san why didn't you answer my calls?
Sorry.
I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognize...
Didn't you memorise my number?
Umm...You never actually told it to me...
Oh right.
But your partner that you requested an investigation on is dead.
Why didn't you try calling our detective agency?
Sorry.
When I heard Tatsumi-san had died...
I started to feel really scared...
I've got it.
The murderer is...
You! Ayaka Chiba!
Ha? - Don't point.
You thought that Tatsumi-san was cheating with the
red dress woman.
And you got an idea on the night you requested the investigation.
You decided to wear a red dress and go to Tatsumi's room before him.
and you waited at the door with your back turned.
You decided that if he called the name of the girl you thought he
was cheating with it'd be evidence!
Ms. Landlord wait a...
You would have had a spare key to his room if you were dating.
You brought the red dress and
a coat to wear after conducting the murder and
waited in Tatsumi-san's room.
and when he got home you turned your back.
And then Tatsumi-san said it...
"Oh, you're here already, "
"Ca-ther-ine" - Catherine.
Your neck spun around like you were some kind of demon.
"Who the hell is Catherine!?"
"Ee!?"
By the way, we saw the scene from the rooftop of the opposite building.
By the way, you weren't there with us Ms. Landlord.
You held the knife you had brought and
stabbed his heart.
"Why'd you betray me!?" you said.
Tatsumi-san, who had been stabbed
said "sorry, I like girls who wear slutty clothes"
and lost consciousness holding onto you.
You followed your plan and took off the red dress and put on
a normal coat
To make sure no evidence was left behind you started a fire
and then you fled.
So, what do you think of my theory?
Perfect, huh? Was I right!?
Ee?
Why do I think you're the criminal?
Mostly because even though you're lover is dead
you don't look sad at all.
You were ignoring our calls too.
If you really aren't the criminal
you should be lining up crying at the foot of your boyfriend's coffin.
The thing is... - Hey!
Do you have just ANY idea what you've done? If we weren't there watching
the fire in the apartment could have gotten bigger
and killed other people living in the complex.
It wouldn't have stopped at just Tatsumi-san.
I can't believe you'd kill dozens of people just
to dispose of some evidence.
Do you think I can forgive criminals like you?
I can't!
Thank you.
She was working overtime on the night of the incident. I confirmed it too.
Sorry! I'm realllyyy sorry!
No...I cried all my tears out yesterday.
Of course, of course.
Umm...Please go ahead and pay your respects.
There might be something we need to ask you again so
please memorise my office's number.
Okay.
Ms. Landlord stop jumping to conclusions like that.
Would you have preffered after dinner?
No it's not that it's... - I was on a roll.
But you ended up being wrong anyway?
Well yeah but. - Ununununun.
Stop pulling a face and moving like
a Piciformes damn it.
I came here to search for the red dress woman.
I doubt she'd come here in a red dress though.
Of course not. But I remember her hair was quite long,
around Sadako** length...
**Ghoul girl from hit horror movie 'The Ring' which was based on the original Japanese version.
There's Sadako!
Don't point.
That amount of crying seems like an act to me.
Any normal person would have cried themselves out yesterday.
That girl is definitely the criminal.
Calm down. I'll go.
Excuse me, could I please ask you some questions?
Yes?
I can't see her.
Excuse me.
How do you know Tatsumi-san?
I was a regular at his bar...
And what was your name?
Saki Mizuhara.
Sorry for asking so bluntly but did you have
anything more than a customer-bartender relationship with Tatsumi-san?
No, not at all.
Really? - Ms. Landlord!
Sorry. We'll be going now.
Ummm...
...He did tell me once that he liked me though.
Gochisousama** - Ah wait a second!
** Japanese phrase said after eating
I really, really like you.
I'm sorry...
But I'm not interested...
I rejected him.
Ahhh...That flashback...
I heard that he was dead and... I felt really bad...
Do you usually wear dresses that stand out?
Yes I really like primary colors in particular.
Did you go on any dates?
No I...
But why did you reject him?
He was really good looking AND owned his own store.
Hm, you don't know?
Ee?
S-sorry, just a moment.
Hello. Ee!?
Chiaki Tatsumi was a girl!? - Yes.
** Japanese stage play where all roles are played by woman, pretty much the reverse of Kabuki. There's also an actual city in Hyogo called Takarazuka, not sure if they're connected.
So she was a Takarazuka** actor? - No she wasn't.
Are you sure? - YES.
But she was wearing men's clothing?
Not everybody who wears mens clothing is a Takarazuka actor
A lot of Takarazuka actors who play male parts
still dress like girls in their daily lives.
**Main character from hit manga "Berusai no Bara" who is a girl that dresses and acts like a man.
No way! I better Oscar wears leather jackets in and stuff.**
Yeah but Oscar isn't a performer.
In the end you're basing everything off your own conception, Ms. Landlord.
Yeah but it's likely.
Right? With big black sunglasses and a motorcycle.
She definitely should be wearing a helmet though.
Detective! Forget about that,
why didn't you tell us about Tatsumi-san?
Ee- why was it necessary for me to tell you?
Yeah I guess you're right.
Anyway I was kind of stuck too after hearing she was female too so
I came to consult with you guys.
It's pretty early for you to get stuck, Detective.
Now it makes sense that she got rejected.
I would too if a girl suddenly confessed to me
If it was you what would you say Akemin?
"So-rryyy!"
I bet Saki Mizuhara said it like that too.
Ms. Landlord please say that again. - "So-rryyy!"
I bet Ayaka Chiba didn't know Tatsumi-san was a woman.
It looks like Tatsumi-san had feelings for Ayaka Chiba but
never told her the truth.
I'm sure getting rejected by Saki Mizuhara created
some kind of trauma to her. - BUT
just because she rejected Tatsumi it's hard to think
that she would have been the red-dress woman.
So who is the red dress woman then?
Didn't you say a woman that stood out so much
would be easy to find Detective!?
That's probably why I'm stuck at the moment.
Whenever Yuko Natori** is stuck
**Japanese actress from Yokohama who stars in a lot of suspense dramas
Shin Takuma always comes running in and says
"I've found it!"
I found it! - Ee?
Oh, our last hope!
I found it~.
My funeral clothes! They were in a closet at home.
Sorry I'm late~!
N? What's the matter?
Ahhh...I can't do this anymore.
"Have you seen a woman in a red dress?"
is a really vague question.
Yes, but what the detective is saying does have merit.
If someone was wearing a showy dress in this town it'd stand out and
our client Ayaka Chiba said she's
heard a similar rumor before.
I wonder if a woman who ISN'T
Saki Mizuhara that wears showy dresses exists...
But because they've committed murder they've
probably fled from this town making finding them like finding a needle in a haystack.
Yeah exactly. All girls who wear dresses like that
hang around in Kabuki-cho and Roppongi.**
**Famous districts in Tokyo.
If the police aren't able to track her down
it means it'd be impossible for us too.
And we have a photo of her back too. How frustrating.
Ah! That person stands out!
But that's not really a dress...
Pin against the wall tactic, huh. Why is it that young people
these days are able to fool around in broad daylight?
Ah!
What? Did you realise something? Huh?
Do you want to draw a mind map?
You can do it on the bridge or even Ryuhei's back!
Hey, wait! - Ee!
There were witnesses!
N...Oh yeah!
What are you two doing? Wait! Where are you going!
What are you talking about?
Ryuhei, do you remember the faces of the couple that were here on the night?
Yeah they were too ugly to forget.
What what? What are you talking about?
On the night there was a couple here fooling around.
Was there? - Both of them were
really, really ugly.
If they were fooling around here
they must have seen whoever left the room.
But if they aren't from around here it'll be
really hard to find them right?
No, it seemed like one of them had walked the other back to their place.
Yeah. Which means they must be living around these apartments.
Alright so we just need to split up and look for the ugly couple?
But you don't know their faces?
Ahh...
Come with me. - Sure!
Yes...
Haa?
Ahh! Kim Yona!
- South Korean figure skater.
Ugly people... Ahh!
Try floor 6, room 2.
Yes?
Ahh Ugly! - Really!?
Um, can I help you?
Nah he's not so bad. - Huh?
The one we're after is wayyy worse.
Ahh, he's here! I did it!
I finally did something useful!
Here's the ugly guy!
Ahhh! This is definitely the ugly guy from that night!
Watch your words... - There aren't many people who look
ugly even in pitch black.
Good too see you again. - We're saying it in a good way.
So what do you want? It's kind of rude for you to suddenly come here like this.
Ah sorry. We want to ask you about the other night
when there was the fire at Sumitani Residence.
Ah you guys were there too.
By the way the girl I was with wasn't my girlfriend.
Who cares. - Tone...
Did you see us run into the room that night?
Yeah and we left almost straight after because it was too noisy.
Did someone run out of the same room before we went in?
Nope. - Ha?
Ha? Like I said no one came out.
Are you sure? The killer should have left the
room beforehand.
I'm sure I would've seen them?
We would have left earlier if that were the case.
To be honest I don't really even like that girl
I wanted to leave a lot earlier than that.
I'm actually a pretty big player.
I just wanted to fuck her.
We're not asking about that!
We done? I have a date with another girl.
She's just for fun too.
Why can't...I be like that?
So this means...
The killer used a disappearing trick?
The killer disappeared?
Is that possible? - Un...
When I was cooking I thought over it a little and...
I've cracked it. - I don't wanna hear about it.
What'd you cook today...?
Today's theme is art.
Tada! Kegon Falls themed Sukiyaki.
**Japanese Konjac that resembles a water fall flowing.
I thought Shirataki** made meat tough?
Ahh it's fine, it's fine.
I picked this really cheap, though meat to use anyways
It's just like a rock of meat.
See it even looks like rocks and a waterfall.
Go ahead and try it. - Are boulders edible?
I've figured out this case. - Huh?
Hahaha, looks like YOU haven't though. It's written on your face.
There's only one way the murderer could have gotten away.
When? And how? - We where there the moment
the fire started... - You weren't, Ms. Landlord.
There would have been a gap of about 2 or 3 minutes until we got to the front door?
No one was watching the windows.
You confirmed that right, Ms. Landlord?
There was a lock on the window. Who do you think shut it?
That's part of the murderer's trick.
The phone who locked it was...
Tatsumi-san. - How could a dead person do that?
He straightened out after dying. - Straightened out?
You know how after when people die
they go all flat?
Isn't that just how you personally imagine it?
Nope, it's definitely fact.
The murderer must have moved Tatsumi-san to near the window and set him
under the lock's region.
The murderer felt through the window and then Tatsumi-san's
dead body straightened out and locked the window!
It all sounds too perfect to me.
That's the trick the murderer used to disappear.
Did you forget the body was found on top of the bed?
That's part of the murderer's trick too.
If the body had been on the floor it would have been obvious he used it to lock the door.
It's not that obvious to me? - And that's when the murderer though....
Okay guys, listen!
Even if a lizard's tail seperates from its body it keeps moving.
The same goes for fishs' bones,
you've seen that right? - Yeah.
Tatsumi-san was dead at the time but some of his nerves were still working.
There was a fire going right near his legs.
His nerves must have responded to it and thought
"Wow that's hot!" and ran.
Okay, your theory is just way too far out of the bounds of reality.
And they ended up going all the way to the bed,
after which we ran into the room.
And that's what's behind this incident. - I have a counter-argument.
Go ahead Watson-kun. - WHO is that?
Do you really think if the nerves were still working they'd cease that quickly?
This incident is special. The criminal would have known that Tatsumi-san's
body would react after death. - How could he have known that?
Mumumu, he knew it!
You don't need to say it like Jay Kabira.**
**Famous Japanese sports narrator and TV personality
Anyway, I'm not sold. Why are you being like this?
You've been so negative since I started talking. - Are you jealous of me or something?
Well no but... Stop bullying me so much!
I'm not bullying you? - Ahhh I'm sick of this.
Maybe you could work on this meat instead. - I haven't done anything.
I'm being bullied~! It's too hard.
And there's a girl named Saki Mizuhara
who resembles the woman in the recording
but she actually rejected Tatsumi-san.
Well yeah, because she's not a lesbian.
And our client Ayaka Chiba didn't even know
that Tatsumi-san was a girl in the first place.
Well despite being a woman
Tatsumi was really, really popular with girls
it wouldn't surprise me even slightly if
she had another girl in the works. I mean that's all well and good but
we still don't know why the criminal wasn't seen fleeing afterwards.
But isn't that simple?
Okay! What do you think happened?
I think the ugly couple saw them fleeing but
they're actually lying. - I see!
That's possible.
The criminal comes out from the scene.
The two uglies get mad at him for being loud,
then the murderer accuses them of cheating together on their actual partners
"how did you know?" they say.
Even though they're ugly they still found some way to cheat.
So anyway the murderer says "don't tell anyone what you saw" to them
"Sorry!" they said and started to get really flustered
because they're ugly it'd be really hard for them to re-marry.
"Sorry!" "Sorry!"
Ahhhhh!
And that's why they lied and said they didn't see anything. - Hou.
Simple, right? - Yeah.
Ahh Ryuhei-kun by the wa- - Shush!
If we get caught here we'll get fined 1 000 000 yen. - Meh, I can pay it.
I didn't think they were cheating.
Yeah they didn't really have faces like cheaters anyway.
Yeah you're right. Ugly people don't cheat.
Oh! You're here too Ukai-san.
Why are you two here? - We thought we'd check the scene of the crime again.
** This refers to a thing that's often in Japanese Detective dramas about seeing the crime scene 100 times.
You're not going to come 100 more times right?**
It's okay, I think we'll be sick of it after one more time.
Don't come here with an attitude like that. This isn't child's play.
Shhhhhh. - Ohhh, looks like someone's mad!
Why is he always so mad! - I'm just thinking.
About what?
Tell us.
Tight-lipped detectives are pretty cool, but this time I think you should spill it.
Was it really necessary to burn the dress?
Ho-hou. - If they wanted to get rid of evidence
taking the dress with them would have been smarter.
I thought it was weird from the start. - I see.
Yeah I thought it was strange too.
Ohhh, you too?
I wonder why they burnt it...
Maybe they were mad at Tatsumi but
they thought if they lit a fire then he might have
been saved kind of thing?
Was that their plan?
Ahhh...But they could have just called 110** themselves then?
**Japanese version of 911 or 000 if you're in Australia
What'd you just say?
That they could've just called 110 themselves?
No, before that! - Shhhhhhhh!
If they lit a fire maybe someone would've seen it and...
Ahhh...So that's why!
Hee? Does this mean...?
I've cracked...this case!
Excuse me Detective, there's something I want you to investigate.
The "Saturday Wide" girl and the "Fire Suspense" woman.**
**Both famous Japanese TV-slots
It should be obvious why I've called you here.
I've figured out who the killer is.
Right from the start of this case we overlooked a vital point.
Excuse me.
We didn't consider the meaning of the fire in room 304.
I thought they must have lit the fire to destroy
all of the evidence and fingerprints.
Isn't that why they did it?
No, it's not. - Then why?
I'll let Ukai-san explain the rest instead.
It was all part of the murderers trap to force us to discover
and all of the evidence with it.
That can't be...
Yes. To make us see the red dress the killer
set a fire in the room, everything was planned from the start.
Yeah, that's right. But who would do that...
There's only one person who COULD do that. And that is...
You, Ayaka Chiba.
Ee...
That'sssss rightttt.**
**Kurokochi reference
Ayaka-san, you're the only person that night
who could've made us go to the scene of the crime.
You requested me to do the investigation that night
and you would have known we'd be looking at the
room's window from the outside.
You but on a red dress and
waited for Tatsumi-san to come home to kill her.
But what about the disappearing trick?
That was pretty crafty as well.
We thought you would have changed into clothes that wouldn't stand out
But instead you changed into...
Fireman clothes.
Fireman clothes!? - I knew it.
Once you changed into the fireman gear you waited for
fireman to come in the bathroom...
So she was still in the bathroom when we got there?
Yes, that's right.
And the moment the fireman came
and made sure the fire was out you mixed in and left with them.
No one would usually count fireman.
Kuu! This is the same trick used by Toshiaki Karasawa in the drama Furuhata.
Think about it guys. - Wow...
So THAT'S how they disappeared.
Ummm...I don't understand why you think I'd do that.
Probably to pin the crime on Saki Mizuhara,
who you thought was cheating with her.
Unfortunately you didn't know that Tatsumi-san was
really a woman and had been rejected hard by Mizuhara-san.
But even so during that time I was
working late at my office?
Sunagawa Detective. I did some investigating.
You have a twin, don't you?
Wow! An identical twin trick! No way!
Yeah, so what?
And the one working late at the office was your twin, Yoshimi-san right?
My younger sister is in America at the moment. - Ha?
And we're not identical twins, we look nothing alike.
Uu! They are different!
This is why I told you guys we should've doubled check.
Ararara? Looks like you did it again?
Right? Ukai Detective.
Well maybe the colleague who confirmed your alibi is in on it too...
That night there were 10 other people working late.
Feel free to confirm with any of them.
Damnit Ukai... - Not again.
Haa...I thought you might be here.
Granny I'm gunna sit down. - Get out of here!
You really have to stop with that. Just because your theory
was a dud doesn't mean you can run off like a child.
It's okay, don't worry about it.
I'd have thought the same thing too.
Ha...Looks like we're back to the drawing board again.
I wonder who that red dress woman really is...
If you eat the rice piece by piece
does it help you think or something? - No...Not really...
Granny I'm gunna take a seat!
Don't come in!
Hm? What's wrong Detective? You look upset.
To be honest he actually looks worse off than you.
Did you mess up again? - What do you mean "again"?
Don't say it like it happens often! Ee? But just the other da...
Hey, I'm Mari Yoshimura!**
** 83 year old Japanese actor/TV personality
I can't believe you know that. You're really old at heart, Ms. Landlord!
Good imitation! - Hey!
Detective. You're investigating Tatsumi-chan's death right?
Do you know something? - I more than KNOW something,
I was really good friends with her. - Really!?
Did she ever say anything about someone being after her?
I dunno about that...
She did say something about being hustled to pay back a debt.
A debt? - Yep.
But debt collectors don't wear red dresses, right?
Maybe it's different these days. Her store seemed to be going well...
I wonder what the debt was for. - I don't know THAT much...
I want a little more than that...
Wait, wait. Because you keep
giving him 10 000s every time he's been
eating out all the time lately.
At this rate in 5 years he'll probably be able to afford a house.
Don't be too nice to him.
Wait a minute.
I think I'm being too nice to you, actually.
She said something about getting in debt to support
her PARENT's store that was verging on bankruptcy.
So it was her parent's debt?
But they guys they borrowed off are rough.
They really scared her mother and she tried to commit suicide apparently...
That's awful.
She pretty much left her parents behind so
she was saying she finally wanted to do something for them.
And then she ended up getting killed.
But that and THIS incident aren't...
Are they related~? Oi!
He started drawing! He looks like Galileo again!
Wow!
Ahhh~ It's just directions for the receipt!
**"Make the receipt out to "Ukai Private Detective Agency"
Does he really need a receipt for this meal?
Wait wait wait... Hey, I'll eat too!
Ahhh who cares. Sorry Tatsumi-san, I'm coming in!
It's not here...
Or under here.
Or here...
Ukai-san?
Not here either. Ee?
Ahhh, there you are.
Here's the receipt. - Thanks.
Did you realise something?
You face said "There's just one piece left to this puzzle"
Well yeah but... What? What?
What are you looking for?
A mannequin. Mannequin?
The person who gives out free samples at the supermarket?
No. The plastic human model things. - Ahhh them.
Why are you looking for that?
Hmm. I guess it'd be pretty hard to hide a mannequin in here
so it wouldn't be found by the police... - Yeahhh, that'd be impossible.
If that's the case...
Haa!
Oi oi oi what was that sound effect just now?
Really? - Yes.
She must have changed clothes. Hee?
I've cracked...This case!
Kuu! Wanna explain it to everyone?
Should we? - Yes, of course!
** Detective actor that Akemi has a cut out of at the Mystery Society
Do you want me to gather Eichiro Funakoshi** and everyone else?
I don't need Funakoshi, just everyone else. - OK Bokujyou.**
** Really old Japanese gag that wasn't funny from the start.
It's over this way. - Thank you.
Watch your step. Ahh okayyy.
Ukai-san if you're friends with the owner
say so earlier.
We didn't have to worry about the fine to begin with.
Ukai-san, go ahead. - Ahh thanks Kame-chan
Kame-chan...
Umm it's kind of inconvenient for work when you keep calling me out.
Sorry about that. This time will be the last.
The wind here's strong like we're on top of a cliff or something hahaha...
Did you find the woman with the red dress?
Yes.
Everybody, please take a look at room 304.
** National Japanese Baseball teams. Maiken is a popular baseball player in Japan.
Ah that's Maiken from the carps and the Tiger's...**
No, it's my assistant Ryuhei.
He's pretty useless. - Anyway just keep looking.
Ryuhei, it's showtime.
Umm...Just what IS the meaning of this?
What are you trying to show us? - Keep watching, you'll understand soon.
One more person...
What happened to the Hanshin Tiger's guy?
This is the trick that was used.
Yeah! - So what does all this mean?
Ryuhei is wearing two different uniforms on the front and back and
he's positioned near a long mirror inside the room.
He hugged his own shoulders and dropped to the floor.
A mirror...Oh yeah there was a pretty big mirror in the room.
So that would mean that...? - That Tatsumi-san
committed suicide.
Suicide!?
I thought that might be the case from the start;
Tatsumi-san played both parts and then
took off the dress she was wearing on her back,
set it on fire and then
stabbed her own chest.
Why would she do that?
For money. - Ee?
Tatsumi-san's parents were pretty deeply in debt
and apparently she wanted to reconcile things for them.
Sounds like she thought pretty highly of her parents.
So it was insurance fraud!
Yes, she realized suicide wouldn't substantiate a claim so
she made it look like there was a murder instead.
To make sure witnesses would run into the room
and see what had happened.
Burning the dress was the only way to achieve that.
Makes sense!
So it WAS that.
But you guys witnessing the scene was a coincidence right?
No, it wasn't.
There was a person who directed us to go there.
It was you, Ayaka Chiba.
Clearly you really did love Tatsumi-san,
but she asked you for a favor, right?
"On the night get some private detectives to tail me"
Yes.
Right? - Oh right so that's why.
But I wonder why she chose a red dress?
I'm guessing it was easy to make the back part with.
That's not right. - Ee?
What? It's simple, isn't it?
She was trying to take revenge against Saki-san.
Ee?
It was all to get back at Saki-san for rejecting her.
She was trying to frame Saki-san for her own death.
That's just how much she liked Saki-san.
But...But I liked him too!
** She still doesn't seem to want to let go of the fact Tatsumi was female.
Because he** was so worried about the debt...
Sorry! - You don't need to go into detail.
Ee? - I don't listen to monologues.
Ee...You don't?
No wait wait wait wait...
I've told you this so many times if this were Saturday Wide
this is where the ratings would rocket up! - He~
Aa...How about I listen instead?
But I want to tell it to the actual detective.
I thought so. I'll go get him.
Ukai-san!
Look we can't stand around too long. How about you tell me what happened at the station?
Ummm what about me...?
Looks like it was confirmed as a suicide.
Which means there'll be no insurance pay out.
Maybe we should have kept
quiet about it for Tatsumi-san's sake?
It was a pretty hard decision but I think we did the right thing.
Yeah but I feel bad for Tatsumi-san's parents.
Reality is cruel, huh?
Well, because of that
I decided to help out Tatsumi-san's parents.
No way!? - They run a pretty old liqour business
so they should be able to pay it back and...
And...?
Ukai-san actually asked me to.
Wow Ukai-san, you're so cool!
I know.
Oo... - Ee ee what's cool about him?
I'm the one who paid? Well yeah but...
But he's still cool!
Ee!
Where are you going Ukai-san?
To look for a dog. So cool~!
Reallllyyy? Pou
What was with that "Pou"? It's just like Michael Jackson.
Pou!