Itadakimasu!!
Delicious~
Lately all we've been eating is Kyoko-chan's cooking...
Oops, you just said it.
We're eating this delicious food because Kyoko-chan seems a bit tired..
So it's never good.
That's not what I'm saying, Kyoko-chan!!
You're being freed from chores and...
I only cook because we have no money.
Make sure you earn money, Ryosuke-kun.
That's right.
Excuse me! 3 more Omelette-rice!! (Omelette with a rice filling.)
Cancel that!
Huh?
You too, Takano-san.
"Those who don't work, don't eat." Do you know this?
They also say, "You can't fight on an empty stomach."
Right, Hajime-kun?
You can't fight if you eat too much though.
Hey there....
But it's true!
Excuse me.
Yes?
I'm terribly sorry for interrupting your meal.
Are you...Kuitan?
Yes, I'm Kuitan.
Do you know of him?
I knew it was you.
I've been watching you since you got here..
You are a great "kentan!"
Thank you very much!
What? What does "kentan" mean?
Eating a lot.
Well.. Is something wrong?
Yes.
Kuitan, Takano Seiya...
"Leave it to us...
"And your problems are solved." A Holmes Agency Detective.
I'm so happy. He said I could come along.
Why is Kindaichi coming?
I'm a member of Holmes Agency, too.
I wonder what kind of feast he'll treat us too!
Who exactly is this rich guy?
Nonomura Food Chain's president, Nonomura Juzo-san.
The restaurant yesterday is part of that chain.
Awesome!
This is something we can look forward to!
Holmes Agency?
Yes!
I came to pick you up.
Thank you very much!
This is delicious, no?
How rich is this guy?
Good work.
Whoa, real maids!!
Hot!!!!
Welcome, guests.
Please, this way.
Yes, sir.
This is pretty amazing.
I haven't had any expensive food for a long time.
Foie gras, truffles, shark fin?
Mmm. Delicious.
Pardon us.
There are no seconds are there?
Welcome.
Thank you for inviting us today.
Thank you very much.
Well then...
Please.
Please eat.
Yes, thank you.
This is...a croquette?
Yes it is.
Maybe, there's foie gras in it? (Rich duck liver.)
Maybe shark's fin!
Nope.
The filling is potato and ground beef.
The ground beef is aged or something?
What are you saying? It's not wine.
What's so special about it?
Please eat it and see.
Itadakimasu!
This is delicious?
It's just a plain old croquette, isn't it?
Yes it is.
It's the best croquette my chef can make.
Can I have seconds?
As expected of Kuitan.
Bring all of it.
I'm looking for a croquette just like this one.
This is my case.
A croquette search?
This isn't a detective's job...
Let's turn it down..
Ryosuke-kun.
Let's listen to his story until the end.
Here they come! Lots of croquettes.
Viva croquettes!!
All right then...immediately.
Once more,
Itadakimasu.
Sir, Sudo-sama would like to meet with you one more time.
I'm in the middle of an important conversation.
Make him go home.
Understood.
I apologize for the interruption.
Actually...
I haven't been able to forget a croquette that I ate 20 years ago.
I've searched for it, wanting to eat it one more time.
But I haven't been able to find it.
I had my chef make me one with the same taste.
It didn't work.
This croquette is not fried with rough bread crumbs like people use now...
But is fried with fine bread crumbs...without unnecessary moisture...
The potato inside is soft.
The ground beef creates the perfect balance.
The flavor is normal.
A bit of chopped parsley is in it.
That's why you're Kuitan!
Is it in this?
It's in there.
You can easily tell there's parsley in this croquette.
But in the croquette I'm searching for, you can't tell it's in there.
That's the key to the unique taste.
That "unique taste,"
I want to eat it!
I've eaten this somewhere before...
Hajime-kun..
Are you a gourmet?
I want the last thing I eat before I die..
To be that croquette.
You just made me want to eat more.
Understood.
Let's look for it.
With all that we've got.
Noriyuki Higashiyama
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KUI TAN Knark52nd and Dolis!!
File.6: Eat the Memorial Croquette!! .
File.6: Eat the Memorial Croquette!! Where is it?
File.6: Eat the Memorial Croquette!! Tanuki-Bashi shopping street.
File.6: Eat the Memorial Croquette!! Here.
File.6: Eat the Memorial Croquette!! Here?
File.6: Eat the Memorial Croquette!! There's nothing here.
Were you listening?
It's been 20 years since Nonomura-san bought croquettes at this "Kameya" croquette shop.
It's been redeveloped.
Where did the people from the shop go?
I guess they're doing business somewhere else or they quit.
It smells like croquettes!
Where are you going?
Excuse me, croquettes!
Ok.
There was a shopping street this close?
Thanks for waiting.
Thank you.
They look good.
Here, Ryosuke-kun.
Thanks.
Pay the man.
Pay.
Sorry, how much is it?
For two, 160 yen.
At least dish out 160 yen...
I want to ask you a question.
You don't talk to people from Tanuki-Bashi street at all?
They say 10 years is a long time. 20 years is twice that. I don't know where they went.
I see.
I'll have 10 more croquettes.
Ok.
It's not from here. You don't have to buy any!
It looks good, though!
- Whatever, let's go to the next place. - Let's eat some more..
Hey, that's not enough.
"Today is croquettes, tomorrow will be croquettes."
You don't know this song? This song was famous around Taisho Era.
Why do you know such a song?
People first started eating croquettes around the Taisho Era.
Nothing major, but eating while walking is not polite.
What are you saying, Ryosuke-kun?
This is the fun part.
I used to eat like this after school when I was in France.
You never done that before?
The place we would go to after school was the fast food restaurant.
Even though times change...
We still do it.
Again?
Here are some.
Excuse me, 10 croquettes!
I'll give one especially to you.
I'm going to some other shopping street to buy some croquettes.
It saves time if we split up, yea?
Here you go!
Thank you!
What's wrong?
Someone's after my croquettes...
No one's after them.
Laters.
Ryosuke-kun, the money, the money!
"Searching for Kameya croquettes shop from Tanuki-Bashi shopping street!"
Alright!
Yes, this is Holmes Agency.
Back out.
I'm sorry?
Stop your search for that croquette.
Why can't we search for that croquette?
If you don't quit, you'll regret it.
Regret?
I don't quite understand what you're saying.
Excuse me.
Thank you very much.
- Excuse me... - Yes, welcome.
Huh?
I eat this whenever I ask around, or whenever I wait for someone.
Then you know a lot about croquettes in Yokohama.
Oh yea.
Do you remember Tanuki-Bashi shopping street?
Tanukibashi...that name brings me back.
Do you know a croquette place there called Kameya?
That place was good.
Really good.
Do you know what happened to it after the shopping street was gone?
Nope.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
So Igarashi's favorite food from his memories is croquettes...
Did you buy some snacks and eat after school?
After school snacks?
I go to this bakery called "Eat In"...
No one asked you...
Crepes! There's a delicious shop in Okachimachi..
I want to eat one...
Okachimachi?
Yea, Okachimachi.
Not Harajuku?
No.
I'm back.
Welcome back.
You went around and bought croquettes!
It looks good.
Hajime-kun also tried his hardest.
I did too.
Takano-san, how was it?
The wall of 20 years is very thick...
I thought all croquettes were the same...
But once you arrange them like this, they're all different.
Yes you're right.
Everyone, let's eat.
Hajime-kun, you're really dependable.
You're the only one who knew which ones had parsley in them.
Sorry...
For not knowing.
Let's study then.
Kyoko-chan, do we have cabbage?
Yes we do.
I forgot.
I shredded it like there was no tomorrow.
This cabbage...
Plus tonkatsu sauce and the croquette is perfect.
So then, itadakimasu.
Itadakimasu.
Cabbage is really...
Thank you for waiting.
Chikara Udon, 10 bowls.
That'll be 8000 yen.
We didn't order any.
Hello! Pizza-La!
We didn't order any pizza either!
What? We received an order from a person named Takano Seiya!
Takano-san...
No! I didn't order anything!
Pizza with croquettes with Chikara Udon...
Might be good if I ate it...
Once again, we've spent unnecessary money...
Hey, look at how he's eating...
I bet he ordered it.
Oh, that's right.
Today, at noon, I received some kind of threatening phone call.
Threatening phone call?
Yes.
"Back out of the croquette search."
Was he harrassing you?
It doesn't look like harrassment at all.
I agree.
Why was he so opposed to the croquette search?
I don't know.
It's just one person trying to bully.
I wonder how delicious it is.
The legendary croquette...
It seems like something bad is going to happen.
Igarashi, what are you doing?
I was just remembering some old things...
These are cases from 20 years ago, aren't they?
Let's go.
Yes ma'am.
This is good...
Well aren't you energetic today...
So what shops are we going to today?
Let's go then.
Don't screw with me, man...
Did you know how much I had left on that loan?!
How much?
That's not the point!!!
Who the hell did this?!
Dammit...
Is this harrassment regarding croquettes too?
Knark52nd and Dolis!!!
I see...
Who's case are you working on?
I can't really say...
You want an investigation, right?
It's Nonomura-san.
Ah. You told her...
From the Nonomura Food Chain.
Nonomura Food Chain's Nonomura?!
What's wrong?
Huh? Nothing...
Please find the criminal so I can get money for the repairs.
Is this related to that incident?
You were reading investigation data from 20 years ago.
I don't know anything about that.
Is it related to an incident from 20 years ago?
Tanuki-Bashi shopping street was destroyed because of a plan to "redevelop" the town.
People from the town strongly opposed, but one day, their leader Saito-san...
The protesters lost, and the plan went through quickly.
Was it murder?
We investigated land shark gangs in the area, but...
The conclusion was...
Suicide.
His reason for committing suicide?
Saito-san's bakery wasn't doing very well.
Would that kind of a guy be the protesters' leader?
There was no one watching, and there was no proof.
The suspect from the Yokohama-Ginryu gang had an alibi.
However...
Hey, the leaf in the tea is standing, Ryosuke-kun! (means good luck)
Shut up, man...
However what?
Right after the baker, Saito-san died, the owner of the Kameya croquette store...
Tsuruta-san disappeared.
Croquette?
Disappeared?
He said he was going to move because he got sick of the land sharks,
But he didn't tell anyone where he was going.
What if the croquette guy killed the baker?
We know that Tsuruta-san was with Saito-san just before he died.
But those 2 were close friends.
Friends can murder friends...
That's it! They're afraid that we're gonna find out about the murder from 20 years ago, so they told us to stop searching...
A murder from 20 years ago... The statute of limitations has already passed, no?
You don't know? Last year they changed the law so now the statute of limitations has changed to 25 years.
It only applies to murders that have occurred since last year.
Then, the statute of limitations has passed?
There's a possibility that it hasn't.
Do you know?
If you go overseas, the counting stops.
Then, if Tsuruta from Kameya was overseas for more than 5 years...
You can't conclude that he's the murderer...
That Tsuru-Kame-san.
Yo, not Tsuru-Kame!
Tsuruta from Kameya.
"I'm lonely."
"My happiness is to see the happy face of my customers."
This was Tsuruta-san from Kameya's favorite saying.
Would someone who lived for croquettes for several decades kill someone?
That's your bias.
You think so?
The only person who could hate our searching for the croquette must be the murderer from 20 years ago.
Now...
Let's go eat a lot of croquettes!
Do you wanna?
Ok.
First, let's find Tsuru-kame-san.
Do you have a moment?
I heard your conversation.
We're going to look for Kameya's Tsuruta-san.
Don't.
What do you mean?
Don't stick your neck into this case.
But why, sir?
It doesn't matter.
I don't get it.
Just don't.
In that case 20 years ago... The chief was...
The lead investigator.
Oh hey, it went through.
After that.
We drain them...
This is hot, so look out.
Ok.
Here I go.
Alright.
1, 2...
What are you doing?
I'm shaking the water out.
Otherwise, the croquettes will taste like water.
1, 2...
Hajime-kun...
Can you make mashed potatoes for me?
How do you make them?
You crush them with this.
Kameya's recipe looks like it was mashed really well.
Ok.
Thanks.
Now I have to prepare the ground beef.
Alright..
"Today is croquettes, tomorrow will be croquettes."
What is that song?
It's the croquette song.
Takano-san taught me.
Sing it one more time.
"Today is croquettes, tomorrow will be croquettes."
I'm back.
Welcome back.
Oh, this smell is...
Croquettes!
If I can make a croquette that tastes like the legendary one, then we don't have to put ourselves in danger searching for it.
I see.
Well now...
- You can't. - Did anything weird happen?
No, nothing really.
- You can't do it. - What's wrong?
My bike got messed up.
That's scary.
Maybe we should quit this case...
No, I'm not quitting.
"Holmes Agency's Noda Ryosuke."
"Solves a 20 year old case."
Full page story, Bam!
TV Wideshot Bam!
What the hell is he saying?
Dunno.
20 years ago, the owner of the legendary croquette shop Kameya killed someone.
They think we're gonna expose them, so they're threatening us.
Is this true?
Hey Kyoko-chan...
Why don't you ever believe a thing I say?
The statute of limitations doesn't matter?
Well...
Oh yea, there's the possibility that the guy was overseas.
Oh, you knew...
It's common knowledge.
Pardon me.
My name is Sudo.
President Nonomura sent me here.
Sudo...
Oh yea, we met at Nonomura-san's place.
Yes.
I'm a really good friends with President Nonomura.
This is from the president.
Please eat it.
- Mikan? (Satsuma Mandarins.)
- Mikan!!! (Satsuma Mandarins.)
By the way, how is your investigation going?
It's going Ok.
I see.
Thank you.
No, we thank you.
Yes, sir.
If you'll excuse us..
Thank you very much.
- Mikan!! - Nonomura-san is so nice!
Let's see.
Wow, great.
Itadakimasu.
Hahahaha.
Sweet.
Mikan is really good for you. It has a lot of Vitamin C.
Is this much Ok?
Now my stomach is..
So empty.
Should I go out and eat more until Kyoko-chan's croquettes are done?
Whatever. Have fun.
Have fun.
- What? - I don't want that one.
Does the company pay for my bike's repairs?
No, they don't.
Don't you feel weird following our chief secretly?
I hope it's nothing.
He's driving a really nice car.
Igarashi.
Yes yes?
Shut up.
I'm sorry.
He turned.
Hey driver, stay on him.
Don't lose him.
The chief's house was straight ahead.
Please stop here.
That's it?
There's no traffic here. He'll see us.
But the destination is obvious.
Long time no see.
Why are you looking for croquettes from Kameya now?
Because I want to eat it.
It sure was delicious.
I ate it often, too.
It's related to the incident from 20 years ago, yes?
Please excuse me.
President..
You have a phone call..
Who is it?
Someone from Holmes Agency.
Excuse me.
Hello. This is Nonomura.
Did you find the croquette?
We haven't found it yet, but thank you for the mikan.
Mikan?
Yes, a man name Sudo-san gave it to us a while ago.
Sudo?
What happened?
Nonomura-san said he didn't send any mikan to us.
So his friend was nice and sent it to us, no?
What, Kindaichi?
You're still affiliated with Sudo?
It was a misunderstanding.
I don't affiliate with him anymore.
But he's so persistent and tags around.
Is it because he knows your weakness?
The leader of the Tanuki-Bashi shopping street redevelopment was...
Nonomura.
The leader, Nonomura Juzo.
What? The guy who destroyed Tanuki-Bashi street was Nonomura-san?
20 years ago, you made Sudo from Yokohama-Ginryu kill off the opponents of redevelopment.
Yes I did.
And you told Sudo to push the baker Saito-san off of the roof.
That's wrong.
I doubted Sudo and asked him.
He denied it.
The statute of limitations has passed.
I'm not lying.
Then why are you searching for Kameya?
Because I want to eat the croquette he made.
No one hires detectives for that reason alone.
The doctor told me my life expectancy.
I have cancer.
I have 1 year left at most.
That's why...
I want to eat Kameya's croquette.
What's up, Momo-chan?
Don't make such a scary face...
That's everything that he told me.
During my 40 years as a police officer, that incident was, to me..
Was like a small bone stuck in my neck.
I wanted to make it go away.
Was Saito-san's death suicide or homicide?
If it was homocide, then who's the murderer?
Was it really the vanished Kameya?
What if Kameya was the witness?
The murderer was feeling relaxed after he disappeared. Then 20 years passes.
But then Holmes Agency starts to search for Kameya.
So he gets upset and starts making threats.
Wait.
If the people from Holmes Agency find Kameya..
There's a possibility that both of them will be eliminated!
Let's go and save them!
Yes!
This is the person that just brought us the mikan.
Sudo Mamoru...
He's a member of land shark gang.
What if this is the guy that threatened us on the phone and messed up your bike?
We've been caught.
Kill him.
Understood.
Thank you very much.
Hot~
Igarashi-san!!!
- Shhh! - Give me something to write on.
(Listening Device.)
(Talk about something.)
Igarashi-senpai, what are you doing at such an hour?
I was in the area and...
I just came to visit.
(That's horrible.)
I'm sorry..
(IGARASHI~)
Found it!!!
I thought I lost this pen...
(We're going to lure the suspect.)
- (Where's Kuitan?) - He went out somewhere...
Your cat, Miyuki...
Yea, probably went to look for food.
(Call him back here!)
My mother is probably worried about me, so I'll be leaving now.
My apologies!
Please be careful!
Who?!
You know what...
Aren't you hungry?
Yea, I am...
Let's get something to eat.
That sounds good.
Or should we get..
(What are we gonna do now?) - Delivery?
Instead of delivery...
How about Chinatown?
Chinatown?
In Chinatown...
(Pretend like we found Kameya to lure Sudo and arrest him. We're preparing for it.)
Looks delicious.
I'm hungry.
Smells great, that fresh-baked taste.
Kameya-san was a croquette maker. Saito-san was a baker...
Excuse me.
I'll buy all of these.
All of them?
Yes.
Itadakimasu.
I should use my hands for this...
This is good.
"Today is croquettes, tomorrow will be croquettes..."
The day after tomorrow...
Let's make it croquettes.
Wha, what?
I warned you.
Warned?
(They're late.)
(We're waiting for Momo-chan to call!)
What should I do?
Kuitan...
Momo-chan.
You eat at times like this as well?
Throw it away already...
That would be a waste.
Hello?
Kuitan?
I found Tsurukame-san.
What?
Hold on...
What do you mean you're meeting Kameya-san at the #4 warehouse?
Hold on!
What's Momo-chan gonna do?
- Let's go. - Ok.
Our plan succeeded, yes?
It looks like our plan has been changed, Momo-chan isn't calling me.
So the one who found him was Takano-san.
Yea.
This isn't good!
You just said everything out loud!
Igarashi~
Are those real?
Should we shoot and find out?
Hey..
Yes, sir.
What are these?
If you don't obey us, you won't be able to eat food anymore.
Ok.
Where's Kameya?
We're supposed to meet inside.
Move.
Ok.
I'm hungry.
Shut up.
You're not hungry?
Shut up and walk.
Ok.
I can't reach Momo-chan!!
Those 2 are gonna die!!
Hurry up!!
I'm hurrying!!
Um..
Can you return my chopsticks?
I said shut up!
Ok.
Where is he?
You are Sudo Mamoru from Yokohama Ginryu group, right?
Now I'm Sudo from Sudo Construction.
I don't think you should do that.
Yamauchi is waiting at the police station to find out the truth.
Please come with us.
What have I done?
For starters, possession of a deadly weapon.
Shinkai!
Seize them!
Yes ma'am!!
My chopsticks!
Seize my chopsticks!!
I'm glad you're alright!
I won't ever let you go again!
Phone!
Hello, Momo-chan?
You're heading over to the #4 warehouse, right?
Yes, we are, to meet Kameya-san.
The plan to lure him was successful.
I'm taking Sudo now.
Thank you for your help.
But the plan was for you to call Igarashi-san..
The fact that Igarashi said it out loud worked for us.
Was that planned as well?
Of course.
Momo-chan, that's mean!!
Igarashi!!!
Pardon me.
It's been 20 years..
What's going on, here?
I don't think an explanation is necessary.
I don't understand.
That's Ok. The night is long.
It's been a long time since I've done this.
I'll listen to you very carefully.
Welcome.
Thanks for everything.
Please, this way.
Thank you for inviting me.
Instead of an ensemble, we have only a cello soloist. Please forgive us.
Please.
It really looks like it.
How is it?
Did you make this?
No I didn't.
Tsuruta-san from Kameya made it.
I thought you said you found him in order to arrest Sudo...
No, we really found him.
Where did everyone buy their croquettes?
A butcher?
A sozai shop. (Sozai: small dishes to be eaten with rice as a meal.)
Supermarkets also sell them.
Yes, but we forgot one important thing.
Croquettes...
You can also buy them at a bakery.
When we ate the croquettes at your mansion...
Hajime-kun said it..
"I've eaten this somewhere before..."
"Hajime-kun."
"Are you a gourmet?"
Back then, children were always out playing.
They bought croquettes with their allowance and ate it for a snack.
It doesn't happen as often nowadays.
Please eat it.
Eating croquettes with a bread roll is really good.
If you wrap it with a bread roll, the taste gets better.
After saying it, I want to eat one now...
He was right under our noses...
Tsuruta-san is at a bakery that Hajime-kun often goes to.
Tsuruta-san is still making croquettes, concentrating on taste and ingredients.
He only makes 50 a day, so they sell out fast.
He quit it once before, but..
For his best friend..
No, I could say he was a fellow comrade..
Saito-san's son became a baker, and begged Tsuruta-san..
So he started to make croquettes again.
Tsuruta-san happened to see the killer's face.
Because he didn't have the courage, he didn't come forward to say anything.
He has been ashamed of himself since then..
He was willing to make up for it.
Tsuruta-san closing down Kameya... It wasn't your fault.
He couldn't get the bread crumbs.
Those bread crumbs were especially made by Saito-san.
Which was filled with friendship from the shopping street.
That's why the croquettes back then were delicious.
It's my fault.
If I didn't force the redevelopment...
The reason that you wanted us to search for Tsuruta-san was...
You wanted to atone for your sin.
Isn't it right?
Please let me see Tsuruta-san.
Ok.
Let's get in line.
It will be different from the one long ago..
But surely, you'll taste the flavor from your memory.
Takano-san.
Should we get in line?
Of course!
Everyone, let's get in line!
Let's get in line!
Takano-san.
You're number 51.
Number 51?
Yup.
You can't buy a croquette bun.
Ryosuke-kun, let's switch.
Hell, no.
Hajime-kun, let's switch.
No way!
Kyoko-chan, let's trade!
- Let's switch, let's switch! - Hell no!
Croquette bun!!!
Ending song: B`Z- Kesshou
Translator: Knark52nd
Translator: Dolis
Editor: tianj
Timing provider: tianj
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