You surprised me!
We're in the red this month, too...
In the red?
Excuse me...Is this a detective agency?
A client!
This is the Holmes Agency.
Do you need consultation regarding an investigation?
Doesn't look dependable...
But we have a proper detective, so...
Please, this way.
Please.
So...I'm not proper?
So, what do you want us to investigate?
I want you to look for my grandson.
Yamada Kouhei, 26 years old.
He was working at a sports store until 6 months ago.
But I couldn't get hold of him all of a sudden.
Please excuse us for a bit... Kyoko-chan!
What?
I prefer not to look for a missing person.
Why?
It takes a lot of time and work, so it's not a good case to accept.
I have 2 million ($20,000US) yen here.
Please let us accept this case.
Excuse me.
I'll give you another 2 million if you can find him.
That means, 2 and 2 is...
4 million yen?! ($40,000US)
But in exchange, I get to stay here until you find him.
No problem!
Right, Ryosuke-kun?
Totally and completely Ok.
- Totally and completely Ok. - I'm back.
Ryosuke-kun, Kyoko-chan,
They're piping hot.
See? Piping hot.
Oh, a client is here...
Please excuse me.
I'm the leader, Takano Seiya.
Would you like one?
Oh, excuse me again.
Here you go.
Now, let's eat, yea?
Let's eat, let's eat.
Itadakimasu (said before a meal).
Piping hot.
It's fun to watch you eat.
Thank you very much.
Please start working as soon as you finish eating.
Please find my grandson as soon as possible.
Oh, your grandson is missing?
Ok.
Please leave it to me, Takano Seiya.
- I beg of you. - Yes.
If you don't hurry...
he might kill someone.
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What do you want?
Igarashi-san, I'm not a suspect...
You should take me to a reception room, no?
File 4: Eat the Poison Nabe !? You should thank me for making time for you,
File 4: Eat the Poison Nabe !? I'm a busy person.
I do thank you, but...
Excuse me.
I've brought it.
Thank you. Thank you, Shinkai-kun.
Yes, this this this...
Oh, this lady, Yamada Fusae-san, I helped her when she came here.
She said that her grandson Kouhei-san might kill someone.
But, there's nothing we can do about it.
We don't even know who he is trying to kill.
We also don't know why he wants to kill someone.
On top of that, we don't even know where this guy is.
This is impossible. Totally impossible.
Oh it's impossible? I was so counting on you...
Noda-kun.
C'mere...
We get more than one unusual deaths a day.
That many?!
Most of them die from disease, not related to murder...
It takes time, however, to figure that out.
And, and??
And...
You do the rest of the research.
Hey you!
Wait, please.
What the hell...
Huh? Kouhei-san was playing the stock market?
He made a lot of money from "Beginner's Luck." He was really into it.
So he quit the store and focused only on trading?
He got fired.
There is no point of hiring him if all he thinks about is his internet stocks, right?
What happened after he stopped 6 months ago?
He didn't contact me.
I heard that he lost it all and is suffering from a lot of debt.
Do you know anyone that still keeps in touch with him?
Let me think...
So this is the place?
Alrighty then...
This is messy...
Yamada Kouhei... Yamada Kouhei...
"Final Notice" letter?
It's from Sara-Kyuu.
It's this person.
Oh, he used to come here a lot.
Are you serious?
Hey, can I have more Oden? [Oden is a popular Japanese hotpot dish, which includes daikon radish, fish cakes, boiled eggs, konnyaku (yam cake), and more]
Sorry, can you ask someone inside?
Ok.
Why the hell are you here?
- Your second, I'll put it here Ok? - Thank you very much... Wow...
Are you eating again?
Oh, Ryosuke-kun.
This place is so good.
You are so simple.
How is it going? Did you find anything new?
Kouhei-san is in a lot of debt.
He borrowed the money from some bad people, too.
It looks like he borrowed more than 20,000,000 yen ($200,000US).
This company's name sounds like a soba restaurant's name. *Soba - Buckwheat noodles
"Sara-kyu Kinyu."
It's "Sara-shina."" Look it up in the dictionary.
It doesn't matter.
Shortened, it's "Sara-Kin," the worst kind of lender. **These kinds of lenders charge illegally high interest, but are popular due to a lack of strict requirements and also because of the high volume a borrower can borrow at one time.**
"Sara-kin" is trying hard to get all of their money back too, no?
Maybe they have some information.
Leave it to me, you can go.
What?
Come on! You get the best part!
"Sara-shina..."
Excuse me, can I have one more Tempura-soba?
What's going on?
All these vegetables...
You're working so hard for me, so...
I thought I would make some good food.
You don't have to...
But I'm happy.
Then, let's get started.
Yes! I'll help you.
Well then, maybe I'll ask for your help.
Gladly!
- Gladly. - Yes.
I'm tired...
Let's hang in there.
In order to eat this delicious Nabe. (Nabe: A kind of Japanese hotpot.)
That kid sounds just like Kouhei when he was little.
It's cold...
Welcome back.
I bet you're hungry.
Do you wanna switch?
Me too.
Fusae-san...
Um...
Did Kouhei-san say who he wanted to kill?
The last time I called him, he said...
"I won't forgive him."
"Him?"
Kouhei-san is pretty deep in debt...
Signing for someone, even being tricked by someone...
That doesn't seem to be the case.
No one holds a grudge against him.
Instead of looking for that person, look for Kouhei.
If we find him, then our odds of finding Kouhei-san...
Anyways, hurry up...
Yes ma'am.
I'm so sorry.
I got worked up all of a sudden...
Well then, let's eat.
That's right.
Sit, sit.
Ta-da!
It looks like snow (yuki)...
It's called "Yuki-mi Nabe." (Yuki-mi: Looking at snow)
Well then, Itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu!
Everyone has such good manners!
Looks good...
Here you go...
Thank you.
Delicious.
Hot!
It's because you rush it.
Nabe is delicious when you eat it together with many people.
It's been such a long time...
But you live with your son and his wife, right?
When was the last time my family gathered around the Nabe...?
Hajime-kun, your chopsticks...
You hold them like this...
This way...
Good, good, hold on to them tight now...
It's kinda difficult...
Do your best.
Time for more...
A root...
Don't throw that away, that would be wasteful.
Daikon gets bigger while in the ground, right? (Daikon is a variety of radish also known as Japanese radish, Chinese radish and Satsuma radish)
The end of the root grows deeper in heavy soil.
There is a lot of energy in there.
If you eat it, you'll get more vitality.
Is that right...?
By eating it, we are receiving its life.
Exactly.
Everyone.
Once again, we give thanks to their lives...
Itadakimasu.
So good...
Really?
You had to run away with your lover?
Yes, a guy that I fell in love with for the first time.
Hmmmm, dramatic.
Where did you guys go?
Everywhere in Japan.
When we were looking at the winter ocean, we became sad...
We decided to die together.
But we wanted to die properly...
So, we went back to the hotel and wrote a will.
It was dinner time.
They prepared this for us.
This "Yuki-mi Nabe."
Both of us ate it without saying a word.
It was so delicious, and our cheeks got softer.
And we forgot we were going to commit suicide.
The Daikon's root...
Probably gave us the energy to keep living.
They're leftovers, but do you want them?
Thank you, sir!
Looks delicious.
I tend to get hungry around this time.
Really?
Thank you, sir.
What? This is the last one?
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I am so hungry...
Don't open it yet!
"First, the choro-choro, inside is pappa."
"Don't open it even if a baby cries."
Do you know?
What is that?
"Inside is pappa"
Rice is dancing inside the pan from the high heat.
You can't open it that time.
Ahh.
Is this "Grandmother's Knowledge"?
If you remember that, you can be a good wife...
Ok, I'll do my best.
Please teach me more...
Gladly.
"First, the choro-choro, inside is pappa."
Well then, Itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu!
Mmm, smells great.
This is great!
You know, Ryosuke-kun...
Since Fusae-san's been here, you've been coming in pretty early...
Can't you say it's my passion for my work?
Shooting for the delicious breakfast, right?
So are you...
There's a brown one in here.
It's Okoge (a burned part), go ahead and eat it.
It's good, right?
Yea!
I can eat a lot of rice with Okoge as a side dish.
You don't eat rice with rice as a side dish!
Ryosuke-kun, are you Ok?!
Such a good feeling... to look at you eating.
Please eat and then find Kouhei, please.
Yes ma'am!
It's only morning and I've overeaten...
Me too...
God, that scared me.
Is this car broken?
It suddenly went into reverse.
Yea, right...
Ryosuke-kun, you can drive, right?
What now, all of a sudden.
Can I ask a favor?
I have a bad feeling...
The president doesn't meet with anyone he doesn't know.
I'm begging you!
Please.
Let me see him!
Fusae-san?
Oh! Kyoko-chan.
What's wrong?
Oh, nothing.
Matsumoto Shizuo.
Ma
Matsu
Matsumo
Matsumoto 296
Matsumoto Shi
Matsumoto Shizu
Matsumoto Shizuo
Matsumoto Shizuo.
Scary looking...
Hometown: Kanagawa-prefecture, Tsukui-county...
They're from the same town?
It looks yummy.
Can I have one, too?
It's yummy.
This isn't a picnic, Ok?
For the picnic...
You'd better bring banana for snack.
He came out!
Excuse me...
You're Yamada Kouhei's father, right?
Kouhei isn't my son anymore.
We aren't parent and son, so leave.
Please wait a second.
You guys are money collectors, right?
Money collectors?
I'm sorry...
For bringing such a bad looking guy...
Me?
We were asked by Fusae-san. We came to look for Kouhei-san.
Grandma? Kouhei?
Where is Kouhei-san?
That's what I'd like to know, that stupid kid.
So where's grandma?
She didn't go to the group home and disappeared...
What's a "group home?"
It's like a retirement home.
The payment she gave us...That was money for her to use to enter the group home...
It's gonna be hard to accept that money if we find Kouhei-san.
Let's go.
Yea, let's go ask around.
Word.
Where are we?
We're here for the "Mountain-Vegetable Nabe."
Alright, let's go.
What about the group home?
"Valley of Beautiful Women Hot Springs...�h
I might look forward to this...
Fusae-san...
Do you have a minute?
I'm sorry. The stainless steel knife was so hard to use, so I bought this.
After you find Kouhei, I'll leave it here. Please use it.
Thank you very much.
Matsumoto Shizuo-san...
Right?
The person living at that fancy estate.
Your first love.
The person you ran away with, correct?
Both of you are from the same town, and same age.
Right?
Well...yes...
I knew it!
That's why you went to see him, right?
You're right.
Why didn't Matsumoto-san meet you?
However...
Leave it to me.
Huh?
As detectives, we also look for people's first loves.
There are people who reunite and live happily ever after as well...
It's alright.
I'll do something myself.
How long are you guys gonna stay in there...?
Now's my chance!
Here they come!
What the... It's the "Valley of Beautiful Women," but there's nothing but old ladies!
Hey, are we not getting out yet?
Humans...
Need patience.
This....is the smell of Nabe!!
This is no good...
Delicious!
Here's some more. Please.
This Mountain Vegetable Nabe is good...
Isn't it? We just picked the vegetables.
"Just picked"?
Can you pick mountain vegetables in this area?
These were grown in a greenhouse.
You can't really pick anything here.
That aside, why is this place called "Valley of Beautiful Women?"
I haven't seen any beautiful women anywhere...
I'm here, aren't I?
I knew it, even your jokes are good because there's dashi in them. Dashi: fish stock made from bonito flakes, kombu, etc. Key ingredient in a good Nabe.
The beautiful Princess Terute from the Muromachi Era was from here.
Kindaichi, you know quite a bit.
It's from this.
She told the commander that bandits were going to poison him.
But in the end, he was forced to drink the poison anyways and died.
Death by poison...
But her wish was granted...
And the commander came back to life and they lived happily.
That's the legend of this area.
That's a pretty good story.
Maybe..
There's poison in this Nabe...
8 out of 10 guests make that joke.
Oh...
On the way home, let's pick mountain vegetables.
All of us.
Ok?
There are poisonous ones out there too, so please be careful.
Poison, huh..
I wonder what it would taste like...
Oh, this one's edible.
Let's go back already...
We finally got warm with the hot springs and the Nabe. We're gonna freeze again...
If you want to eat it, you can buy it at a store, can't you?
Eating something that you picked yourself with hardship tastes better.
Oh! Here's one!
Hajime-kun!
Look here..
Even though it's so cold...
It's extending its roots into the soil and trying hard to live.
By eating that life, people live.
Housewife spotted.
Excuse me.
Matsumoto-san..
Is already retired, isn't he?
It would seem so...
So he seldom goes out, right?
He always walks his dog every morning and evening.
A dog-lover, huh?
What are you grinning about?
Chance of success: 80%
Of what?
Don't worry about that.
How are you guys doing?
Meh.
Do your best, it's a 4 million yen job.
Yea, about that...
I'm hungry..
Is it already that time?
That song..
Sorry about that.
It looks like we're calling you.
Good evening.
Where's Kuitan?
Chief, I've been waiting!
I came here to see how you eat.
What's today's present?
Aren't you sharp-eyed. Since it's winter..
We brought blowfish.
Blowfish!
A blowfish Nabe set sent directly from the fishery!
Here you go..
Thank you for before.
Oh, you're welcome.
I see.
A beautiful way of eating..
Thank you very much.
Is there anything that you DON'T like to eat?
Something I don't like...
Inedible things.
This guy is delightful!
Right, Igarashi?
I was thinking of eating this myself...
But I'll give it to you.
What is this?
Blowfish ovaries.
There's poison in there, right?
The organs and the ovaries are dangerous!
Poison?
Ryosuke-kun.
This..
Is Nishikawa-prefecture's specialty.
The blowfish eggs are preserved in Nuka rice bran.
That's why you're the Kuitan.
Right.
The very poisonous ovaries were salted.
And then soaked in Nuka rice bran for 3 years. The poison disappears.
The poison disappears?
Yep, try it.
Itadakimasu.
Wow, in one swig.
- He ate it!!! - How is it?!
Good? Good?
It's good!
You still haven't found your grandson, yet?
Yes.
It's been pretty rough...
Igarashi.
Do something.
I'm begging you.
How cute..
It's a good thing you were looking for a job as a dog walker. You really helped us out.
I'll get going now.
Not that one.
I want you to walk this one.
Whoa. He's huge. He doesn't bite?
Pleased to meet you.
Alright.
Yo! This way!
I'm sorry..
Aren't you cute?
Oh, thank you very much.
A Great Pyrenees, right?
What's his name?
His name...is Seiya!
Seiya?
My dog is named Ryosuke.
Ryosuke..
Isn't he cute?
Thank you.
Seiya...
Shake!
Ok, Ok..
Shake!
Good, good...
Seiya loves to shake.
We're back!
That surprised me!
What the hell is that?
Because of this guy, I was able to call him over.
Who's coming?
Fusae-san's first love.
Who ran away with her?
He lives pretty close to here.
Since he's a dog-lover...
I asked him if he wanted to have dinner with my grandmother and my dog and talk.
And he said Ok.
You did something great!
Are you having dinner?
She said she would make the Yuki-mi Nabe from their memory.
So she went shopping.
Yuki-mi Nabe?! I can't wait!!
Do you intend on eating, too?
I can't?
Let the two of them eat alone.
That's right.
I'm back.
Welcome back.
It looks good!
Takano-san..
Please play with Seiya.
His name is Seiya?
Seiya?
Oh, I heard about tonight. That's so great.
Fusae-san.
What's this?
It's like a wild carrot.
I picked a lot of vegetables around my home.
You went as far as your home?
Tonight is special.
I want him to eat something delicious.
When is Matsumoto-san coming?
He said 6.
Can I eat dinner with you?
No way.
I won't let him bother you.
Huh? The baked sweet potato guy?
Baked sweet potato?
Baked sweet potato?!
Don't worry about him.
Hello, this is the Holmes Agency.
Igarashi-san
What? You found Kouhei-san?!
Why?
Ok, I understand.
Thank you very much.
Where was Kouhei?
He said, "Tokyo."
But, he also said he doesn't want to meet you.
Why?
I don't know.
I'll go meet him and come back.
I'll go too.
Me too!
Please meet with Matsumoto-san, Fusae-san.
It's been 50 years, right?
You're right.
We'll get going.
Hold on a second.
I'll write Kouhei a letter.
What are you doing?
I'm curious...
Should I look at it?
You can't do that.
Sorry.
Welcome!
Regular or High Octane?
Yamada Kouhei, right?
What?
Yea.
Grandma?!
Yes.
You were gonna kill someone...
So she got worried.
Me?! Kill someone?!
On the phone...
You said, "I won't forgive him."
I did say that.
Who were you talking about?
You probably already know, but I'm in a lot of debt.
I was meeting with some pretty tough-ass lenders.
Compared to the other lenders, Sarashina-Kinyu is damned harsh.
Sarashina-Kinyu?
My life was pretty bad.
So I said I'd kill their boss.
Boss?
Sarashina-Kinyu's president. Matsumoto Shizuo.
He's the bad guy.
Sarashina...Matsumoto?
Ryosuke-kun, where's Fusae-san's letter?
Here you go.
Where's grandma?
What's wrong?
Grandma plans on killing Matsumoto for my sake.
They're together, aren't they?
Together?!
Hey, Matsumoto, her first love...
Is Matsumoto of Sarashina-Kinyu?!
I didn't know Sarashina-Kinyu had anything to do with Kouhei-san..
But would she kill her first love for her grandson?
First love?
Matsumoto-san is Fusae-san's first love, right?
They ran away, then after eating the Yuki-mi Nabe, gave up on suicide.
That story is about my dead grandfather and her.
She was always talking about that love story.
Hurry!
Matsumoto-san may be old, but he's a man.
It's impossible for that frail Fusae-san to kill him.
It says here they're going to die together.
"We'll die together."
"Beautiful..." Hey, that hot spring close to your home.
"Valley of Beautiful Women?"
Right. The legend of Princess Terute.
Poison is the easiest route to take.
What if she puts it in the Nabe?
But it's not easy to obtain poison.
Ryosuke-kun, check on the computer.
Check what?
That thing Fusae-san brought back with the groceries for the Yukimi Nabe..
Oh! That root thing?
That's the one! Hurry up!
Roger.
There aren't any...
Oh! Here's one!
This is it.
This isn't good...It's an aconite! (Poisonous plant with roots containing "pseudaconitine," a deadly poison.)
Aconite? That extremely poisonous one?!
What is this?
It's like a wild carrot.
That was an aconite...
The poison is strong. You'd die from one bite...
This isn't good!
It's my fault.
Oh!
Look who it is! The innkeeper with the Dashi-jokes!
Well if it isn't the big eater from before.
By the way, I picked this..
Mic check, mic check, 1, 2, 3...
5, 6, 7, 8..
There's no cable attached..
Matsumoto-san is coming at 6, right?
We won't make it!
Please do something.
Call Takano-san.
That guy doesn't have a cell phone..
I'll try calling the Holmes Agency.
- I told Fusae-san that she didn't have to pick up the office phone. - I'll keep calling it.
If Fusae-san answers, please persuade her to stop.
Ok.
She's not picking up..
Isn't there anyone else?
There is!
What?! Do you need something?!
Hello, it's me. Kindaichi?
I have a favor to ask.
Hey! Kaneda!
Yes?
Dammit..useless. Why are we stopping...?
A traffic jam!!
Why now?!!
Kyoko-chan..
I know, but.
I'm going.
Kyoko-chan!
By eating it, we are receiving its life.
Exactly.
Everyone.
Once again, we thank the lives..
Itadakimasu.
Good evening.
I'm Matsumoto, I was invited here tonight.
Thank you for being kind to my granddaughter, Kyoko.
Oh, it's nothing.
Seiya-chan.
Good afternoon!
Aren't you cute..
This is Ryosuke.
Do you remember?
This way, please.
Thank you very much.
Where's your granddaughter, Kyoko-san?
She'll be right back.
Is that so. Well then, I accept your kindness.
It looks delicious.
In the winter, Yuki-mi Nabe is the best, isn't it?
Yes it is.
Please eat it while it's still warm.
Itadakimasu.
It looks delicious.
Ryosuke, I'll give some to you later.
Smells good, doesn't it?
Smells great.
I'm back.
It's cold... I feel like I'm going to freeze.
Oh, Nabe? How nice!
During this season it's all about Nabe, isn't it?
Pardon me.
Hey, you!
It looks delicious.
What a cute puppy!
What's his name?
He's Ryosuke.
Ryosuke?
You're Ryosuke, too? How lucky!
You don't look like your owner.
Here, go play outside.
Ryosuke, Ryosuke, Ryosuke!
That was rude!
I can't eat with someone like him!
I'm going home!
Ryosuke, Ryosuke!
Itadakimasu.
Takano-san, don't!
Don't swallow it!
Throw it up! Throw it up!
It's delicious.
Don't eat it!
Kyoko-san!!
I was...Matsumoto-san...But Takano-san...
Did he eat the aconite?
Takano-san! Throw it back up!
Aconite is poisonous!
- Throw it up! - It's delicious.
Takano-san!
Takano-san?
Takano-san!
I'm saved!
Kyoko-chan, there was a lump of Daikon this big.
I swallowed it.
I thought I was going to die it was so delicious.
Why?
Be at ease.
There's no poison in this aconite.
There's no poison?
Yep.
That's why I'm still alive.
Fusae-san..
You picked this aconite at Takao Mountain, right?
Yes.
Did you know?
There are various types of aconite; some strong, and some weak.
There are almost no wild aconite around the Takao Mountain area.
You got the idea of killing by poison from the legend of Princess Terute.
Also when we ate the blowfish Nabe.
You're right.
Since the past, you've been picking vegetables from...
Takao Mountain and cooking with them.
Of course, you know about poison vegetables, even the aconite.
But you've neither picked nor eaten a poisonous aconite.
I heard that Takao Mountain's aconites aren't poisonous.
Earlier today..
I went to the "Valley of Beautiful Women Hot Springs" to make sure.
The innkeeper, who knows a lot about mountain vegetables, taught me a lot.
But why are you eating it?
You can stop eating it right?
But you rarely get to eat Yuki-mi Nabe with aconite.
Want to try it?
No thanks.
What was I thinking..
Fusae-san.
Please sit down.
Fusae-san..
Kouhei-san is worried about you, so he's on his way here.
Kouhei-san didn't want to be a nuisance to you...
He was planning to see you after he paid off his debt entirely.
How nice, Fusae-san.
You didn't disappoint your grandson.
I'm sorry.
My mistakes were the cause of all this.
Fusae-san, thank you very much.
Why "Thank you?"
Because of you, our meals became fun.
Hajime-kun's chopstick technique has become much better.
Kyoko-chan's cooking skill went up a lot.
Above anything else, you taught us precious things.
Eating is receiving one's life.
Right, Fusae-san?
I'm sorry.
Fusae-san..
Everyone!
Once again, thanking these lives..
Itadakimasu.
Delicious!
What? We didn't get the 4 million yen?
There's no way we could've accepted it.
We only took the basic fee.
So the rest is going to the group home?
They quit with that.
She's decided to live with Kouhei-san.
That's great.
I researched the aconites at Takao Mountain.
There are poisonous ones there, too.
Whoa, you could've died.
Ryosuke-kun...
What's wrong?
Is the color of my face bad?
It's a little weird..
Are you Ok?
Aconite poison kills immediately after ingestion.
Ok! Takano-san, let's eat!
Ok.
What kind of Nabe are we having today?
Of course, the Yuki-mi Nabe that I learned from Fusae-san.
Kyoko's version.
Kyoko's version?!
Here I go.
Everyone.
Itadakimasu.
Itakimasu.
How is it?
It's good!
How is it?
Kyoko-chan, you got better!
Great!
Takano-san?
It's good, especially this squid.
Because it's squid, I'm having a hard time. (IKA dake ni, umaku IKA nai ne.)
Ending song: B`Z- Kesshou
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