19,999...
20,000!
Okay!
Can you do that?
No way!
Hello!
Hi.
Aren't you with Rei-chan today?
She has a family thing on.
That's too bad.
Hajime-kun, shall I make you a cup of tea?
Thank you.
Kyoko-san, I have a question about Mathematics.
Can you teach me how to solve something?
Sure.
Which one?
Oh, elementary level Mathematics.
I don't need your help.
Why?
I know they're too difficult for you to solve.
Damn you...
You can't.
It's just elementary level, right?
I'm too busy right now.
Okay.
Takano-san, what happened?
Ah, Hajime-kun. I haven't done a lot of exercise lately.
So, I'm doing it right now.
Okay, why don't you go outside and do it?
Don't you have a sports meeting? I'd go as your parent.
What? I like "bread biting competition" (Run and try to bite into a hanging bread at the goal)
Or "looking-for-a candy competition" (Stick your face into a trough of flour and look for a candy in it)
You seem to like food related competitions.
It'll be in Autumn.
Damn...Too bad.
But I'll have "record meeting" the day after tomorrow.
"Record meeting"? What's that?
We have to do a 50 meters run once a week for this month,
And do the long jump once a week for next month, and then record the results.
Can I join you?
I wish you could run for me.
For you? Why?
It's troublesome.
Troublesome?
That sounds like fun.
Physical Education (PE) isn't included in the junior high school entrance exam.
I don't want to get tired from that.
What's that?
Here's your tea.
Hajime-kun, you are tired because you don't exercise enough.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
"Play" means exercise.
Your brain doesn't work well if you don't get enough exercise.
Well I guess that makes sense...
Hey!
Don't you want to become No. 1 in your class?
Since I'm the smartest one in my class, I'm satisfied.
What an impudent kid!
I don't care what you think of me.
Ah, Kyoko-san, can I borrow your laptop?
Sure.
Yesterday's incident is still on my mind.
Yesterday's incident?
"The Jewelry Robbery Case".
My classmate Uehara Susumu's father was carjacked.
What?!
"The jewelry robbery case in Yokohama. A carjacked taxi driver was later found safely"
A carjacked taxi driver was later found safely...
Right. Thanks God. He was safe.
A taxi driver, Mr. Hiroki Uehara, who witnessed the jewelry robbery case was later carjacked by the criminals.
He was released.
He had a slight injury but not a serious one.
Where did he get holed up?
They haven't figured that out yet.
I see.
What's wrong?
While he was held captive, what did he have to eat?
Of course nothing!
You never know.
He might have had NABE (Japanese hotpot) or Udon (Japanese noodle).
I don't think so. It might have been Oden (Japanese stew)!
Shut up! I'm going to the hospital.
I'll go with you.
Takano-san, there might be a job for us.
Right...
I think so too.
Thank you.
Momo-chan.
What do you want?
Susumu-kun, is everything all right?
Yeah.
Thank you for asking me so, Kaneda-kun.
Umm...
Do you guys know each other?
These two and Rei are classmates. Right?
I see. Then, I'll help you.
I didn't ask you to help me.
No, you didn't.
Momo-chan, please give us permission.
We don't need your help.
Inspector Ogata, why don't you?
Is it food-related?
He was kept at the criminal's hiding place.
We've been trying to figure out where that is. But we haven't had any clues.
Did Uehara-san drive?
He did, part-way.
After that, he was blindfolded until his rescue.
In fact, Uehara-san ate several meals during his captivity.
What?!
See? Really?
And?
He shared food with the suspects.
You're asking me to find the hiding place by identifying the meals, right?
That's right.
There were a few appetizers and "Tsumire Nabe". (A fish ball hotpot)
Tsumire Nabe?
Yes. There're sardine balls in it.
Nabe! I can't believe that.
What's 'Tsumire'?
Mashing fish meat and rolling them into balls.
Ah, I see...
What did it taste like?
Taste? Yes.
well, I was very nervous, so I don't remember at all.
Was there anything noticeable?
They mashed the fish up with a fork, not with a food processor.
It had a rough texture, right?
Yes.
How about the broth?
It was kelp stock.
I see.
Ready? Go!
According to the mileage shown on his taxi's odometer and eyewitnesses...
Menu 7 "I can't solve the case. Omelette tastes like tears"
We could narrow down the area where Uehara-san was held. It's within a 2 km radius of this area.
And there're 20 restaurants that serve Tsumire Nabe.
I've already tried 10 of them.
But none of them fits the description.
Can we assume that the suspects took the victim to a restaurant?
Making Tsumire Nabe requires a lot of time.
Do you think that the suspects bought ingredients for Nabe and then had time to cook right after the robbery?
You're right.
But isn't it too risky to take a blindfolded man to a restaurant?
Everybody in there might think that was strange.
They might not necessarily think that was strange.
If... he was kidnapped by the restaurant owner!!
That's right.
Anyway, can you identify the restaurant as soon as possible?
I will!
Igarashi. Yes. Let's go!
We'll try to find more eyewitnesses.
Please solve the case as soon as possible.
Before the 2nd and then the 3rd crime occurs.
I'll take care of it!
Well, where will I go next?
Oh?
Hello, Susumu-kun.
Ah, hello.
Are you running right now?
Yes.
Is it for tomorrow's "record meeting"?
Yes.
Straighten your back and swing your arms.
Okay.
How's that?
Yes. It's good.
Good luck!
Thank you.
Are you sure you're running?
Yes.
Making Nabe in this season...
I just can't get an appetite.
This is for an investigation.
But... Oh!
When you order a cup of coffee, say, "May I have coffee?". Cool, Ikeda-kun!
It's Rei-chan.
I can't believe it.
What's going on?
That's what I'm supposed to ask!
Rei-chan told me that she had something to do.
Yesterday too, right?
She HAS been avoiding you.
You look very happy.
Who is that good looking boy?
He's my classmate, Ikeda.
Why does she like him?
Kindaichi, you'll lose her soon.
He is a smart boy.
He looks like he takes part in some kind of sports.
He is a captain of a soccer team.
He came out first in the last "record meeting".
That's why he is very popular.
Kindaichi, girls like boys who are athletic... like me.
Even though you aren't as smart?
Shut up.
Ah, what should I do?
Don't be miserable!
You can show her your coolness.
How?
I can't play soccer.
You have to be the best boy on the next "record meeting".
And Rei-chan will like you again.
She will like me again...
It's impossible for Kindaichi.
Why?!
Really?
The difference between that guy and him is 1.5 seconds in a 50m run.
Can you do something for him?
No way.
It's impossible.
Is it all right? Ikeda-kun will take Rei-chan away from you.
But...
Susumu-kun tried his best today.
Susumu-kun?
Yes. I saw him jogging today.
He said that he runs everyday.
Everyday...
Uehara Susumu...He is at the bottom.
The difference between you and him is 1.5 seconds.
The probability that you may lose tomorrow is quite high.
Why?
Because he is trying hard, and you are not.
Because...
If you try harder, you can do anything.
Hard efforts will certainly be rewarded.
Then, Hajime-kun, you don't have to beat Ikeda-kun. But if you lose to Ueda -kun, you won't get your meal.
What?!
You have to beat Ikeda-kun too.
Do you mind if he takes Rei-chan from you?
I'll do my best.
Anyway, Takano-san, have you found the restaurant?
Not yet.
Then, until you find it, you won't get any meals either.
What?!
I'll do my best.
Ready...Go!
Next. Ikeda and Motoki. Yes.
Ikeda-kun, do your best!
Ready...Go!
Ikeda-kun, you're awesome!
Next. Kaneda and Uehara. Yes.
Hajime-kun!
Don't fall on your ass!
Ready...Go!
Yeah!
Kaneda, 9.82, Uehara, 10.12
What? Only 0.3 second difference?
Susumu-kun, how did you increase your speed?
Takano-san taught me how to run yesterday.
Takano-san?
This is the last one.
Thank you for the meal.
What is it?
Is this the one?
Yes, this is it!
Uehara-san, this is the Nabe that you ate while you were held captive, right?
Please try it.
This isn't the one.
Uehara-san, what's different?
I'm sorry, but this isn't the one.
Kuitan!
It can't be...
Try some more.
The feeling on my tongue is different.
That's because you were blindfolded.
Please try some more!
It is the same no matter how many times I try it.
This isn't the one!
What? This isn't the one?
Kuitan made a mistake.
Kuitan made...
Hey, Kuitan. Cheer up!
Hey, we're back at Holmes Agency.
It's not fair! Takano-san taught Susumu-kun how to run.
But Hajime-kun was taught by Ryosuke-kun.
You're not exactly the best coach!
Ah, Takano-san.
What's wrong?
Well...
Leave me alone.
Igarashi-san, what happened?
Takano-san made a mistake?!
Be quiet!
That's right.
That's enough to get depressed, huh...
Is Takano-san all right?
Kuitan has been reduced to a mere glutton.
Is Uehara-san wrong by any chance?
He was a chef before becoming a taxi driver.
We'd checked all of restaurants. But there was no place where they could hold Uehara-san captive.
None of the restaurant workers seemed suspicious either.
Igarashi speaking.
Where are you?
I'm at the Holmes Agency.
Till when are you going to idle away your time?
Go to Uehara's house!
Did something happen?
I have a strange feeling. Keep an eye on him for a while.
Is it "A Woman's Intuition"?
Igarashi...It's "A Detective's Intuition"!
Yes, yes. I'm going.
Please cheer him up.
It's rare. Right.
Takano-san, it's breakfast time!
It's not working... It's very serious.
Hello.
Hi. Yo.
How's Takano-san?
He hasn't recovered yet?
Kindaichi, you're highly motivated.
Okay, let's go!
Yes.
Good luck.
(Omurice = Rice wrapped in an omelete. Usually eaten with ketchup or brown sauce.)
I'll make Omurice today.
What? Omurice?
Yes. Omurice.
That looks delicious! Doesn't it?
This is the restaurant that Susumu-kun's father used to run.
According to this, it was a very popular restaurant but 2 years ago it suddenly closed down.
Why?
I don't know the details, but the cooking became worse right before it closed.
2 years ago...
That's when Susumu-kun's mother passed away.
So he lost his will to...
But was his cooking skill affected by that?
They had been together, and then she passed away. He'd lost his willingness to...
But he still has Susumu-kun.
Susumu-kun's father has a very nice smile.
He looks like different person.
My detective's intuition tells me he's innocent.
Are you hungry?
I want to gaze at the sea.
What?
Ah, hello!
Hi.
Susumu-kun, you're always energetic.
Yes. I want to run faster.
I see.
If I try my best, I'll do well.
This is my father's way of speaking.
If I try my best, I'll do well...
Yes.
See you!
Susumu-kun! Yes?
Running up and down the stairs trains the leg muscles better than running on a flat surface.
Do you want to try that?
Yes.
Okay, let's do it!
Yes.
First, big steps! Go!
And small steps!
1.2.1.2...It's too hard.
Susumu-kun, one more time!
Okay!
We'll do this next.
Bending forward.
Wow, you're awesome.
Try it!
Bending forward.
It's easy to get injured if the body isn't flexible.
What's that for?
This is for relieving tension.
Okay.
Fight! Kindaichi!
Show your spirit!
Spirit?
That's old-fashioned...
Let's do physics-and-chemistry training.
No way! It's all about your spirit!
Stand up!
I said, "Stand up"!
Ouch...
You don't have any spirit either... What?
Show your spirit! Run!
If you can do everything I told now, you can do this.
I'll try too.
Susumu-kun, not yet...
It'll be all right.
Not yet!
Susumu-kun, not yet.
I want to try.
Where would you like to go?
Thank you for driving.
Don't look at me.
You remember my voice, don't you?
Stop there.
Stop now!
Yes.
Thank you for driving.
Don't worry.
We're a team, aren't we?
We're back, Kyoko-chan!
Takano-san.
I'm hungry. I went jogging for a while.
Right, Susumu-kun?
Yes.
Ah, this smell must be...
It's Omurice, right? I love it.
Kuitan is back.
Of course. I shouldn't be discouraged by one or two failures.
It's all right if we try hard.
What happened to all his depression earlier?
Kaneda-kun, I'll beat you at the next "recording meeting".
What?
Kindaichi, don't worry. I'll be with you.
And I'll be with you.
Ah, Susumu-kun.
I'm making Omurice with your father's recipe.
Do you know any special methods of preparation?
I just saw him making it. So I don't know.
Did he mix something in with eggs and milk?
There should be something besides salt and sugar.
My father didn't use sugar.
What?
He said that it was a secret. He used honey instead.
Honey...
Kyoko-chan, can you make Omurice using honey, please?
Okay.
Thank you for the meal.
Wow, it's delicious.
Kyoko-chan, it's really tasty.
Excellent! Good!
Isn't Kyoko-san's cooking as delicious as your father's?
It's bitter.
What? Did you say bitter?
Did I put something in by accident?
Susumu-kun, excuse me.
It's exactly the same... Try this.
It's bitter.
What? Why?
Susumu-kun...
Can you open your mouth?
I see.
What's wrong?
I think I got it.
About what?
The key to the conclusion of the jewelry robbery case.
How did you come to the conclusion by eating Omurice?
(Laver: a variety of seaweed from the families Porphyra and Ulva)
Kyoko-chan, can you prepare some lavers and oysters?
And green tea.
Oh, it's about high-sustenence food?
No!
Is it about zinc?
Yes. It's zinc.
Zinc?
Yes, zinc.
Fukami, you stay here. Yes.
Thank you for coming.
Momo-chan, over here.
Kuitan, what's going on?
Is this the one? Shhhhh.
We don't have time. Can we skip this part?
I want to get this off my chest. I need to do this.
Then, make it quick.
Yes.
Kuitan, explain to us.
This is the chicken ball that was given to Uehara-san by the suspects.
What do you mean?
Uehara-san said that he ate Nabe with sardine balls.
Momo-chan, I want to be sure of one thing.
Be sure of...?
Can you bring Uehara-san to Holmes Agency?
Uehara Hiroki?
Yes.
What's going on?
We've finally found the Nabe that you ate while you were being held captive.
I'm sure that this is the one.
Please try some.
Can you try the broth too?
Momo-chan, Igarashi-san, can you try some as well?
Okay.
Thank you.
Kuitan, what's this?
This tastes awful.
It's more than awful.
It's too salty to eat.
Even I don't want to taste this.
I put a huge amount of salt.
But Uehara-san ate it without any problem.
Uehara-san!
(Dysgeusia: dis-GOO-see-ah; the alteration of taste functions of the tongue)
You have dysgeusia, don't you?
Dysgeusia?
It's an illness that changes percieved flavours.
Although zinc is poisonous in large amounts, as a nutrient, it's essential to humans.
If we have a lack of zinc due to imbalanced eating habits, dysgeusia can develop.
Susumu-kun also has dysgeusia.
When he ate our Omurice, he said it was bitter.
Then, I realized it.
If you can't taste anything properly, you can't tell the difference between chicken and sardine.
Yeah, they're similar, aren't they?
But even though you were blindfolded, you could tell if you had a normal sense of taste.
Uehara-san, what did you say when you had the Tsumire Nabe at the Minato police station?
What's different?
The feeling on my tongue is different.
Ah!
Because you couldn't judge by either smell or taste.
Uehara-san has developed serious taste disorders due to zinc deficiency.
(Anosmia: ah-NOS-mee-ah: the loss of the sense of smell)
Add the shock of losing your wife in addition to stress, you also developed anosmia, right?
Anosmia?
If people have both disorders, they can't smell nor taste anything.
Whatever they eat, all they have is the feeling of it on the tongue.
That's awful.
For a while, you were able to cook through experience.
However, delicate taste adjustments became impossible for you.
And you lost your passion for cooking.
I understand how you feel.
It's impossible to have passion with such a condition.
Is this your business?
Taste disorders can be cured if you recieve appropriate medical treatment.
So...
Leave me alone!
Uehara-san! Igarashi!
It's all right.
We'd suspected that he might have lied and had a hand with aiding the suspects.
But we were wrong.
That chicken ball shop is under suspicion.
The suspects should be there...
Thank you.
Please handle the situation with care.
Let's go! Yes.
Igarashi-san!
Oh, what's going on?
What are you doing?
It's the "recording meeting".
Ah, you're Rei-chan's father... And don't you forget that!
Why are you wearing that thing?
As I said, it's the "recording meeting". Let's go!
Igarashi-san, parents don't have to run with kids. Huh? Is that right...
Oh, here they are.
Teacher, hello!
Ryosuke-kun, Kyoko-san!
Papa! Rei, do your best!
Kindaichi! Susumu-kun, fight!
Show your spirit!
Did he take a day off?
Yes. Uehara told us that he had an emergency.
Does this emergency have something to do with school?
Well, I don't really know.
I saw Uehara-san in front of the station.
In front of the station? Yes.
Thank you.
At 9:30 A.M., open this locker.
I can't do that.
Oh, you're trying to refuse me?
But...
Hey, You don't want your kid to be in danger, do you?
Give me your hand.
At 11 A.M., stand in front of the entrance of Yokohama Jewelry in Motomachi.
What do you want?
Didn't Susumu-kun tell you?
It's the "50 m Recording meeting run" at school today.
Please come with me.
I have something to do.
Susumu-kun tried his best.
He is getting faster.
He'll have a good record today.
So, why don't you come with me and cheer him up?
As I said, I have something to do.
Uehara-san, why do you work?
What?
Is it for Susumu-kun?
He was telling himself.
If I try my best, I'll do well.
This is your line, isn't it?
It also gave me encouragement, once.
Susumu-kun has always looked up to his hard-working father, and also tries his best like you.
So, Let's go.
Susumu-kun, what are you doing?
I'm relieving tension.
I see.
Ikeda-kun! Fight!
Teacher. What?
I want to run with Ikeda-kun.
Motoki, are you all right with this? Yes.
Sorry. No problem.
Motoki, Uehara, can you run last? Yes.
Kindaichi may be too excited.
Fight, Hajime-kun!
That's Rei's doing.
Ready...
Ah...
Teacher, what was my time?
7.92
Kaneda, how are you doing?
That's Ikeda-kun. So cool! Cool!
Their sweet love is falling apart today.
Hajime-kun...
As her parent, what can I say?
There he is.
Next. Motoki and Uehara.
Yes. Yes.
We came just in time.
Okay.
Ready...
Do your best...
Serve up! Two Omurice! Okay.
Thank you for waiting.
It looks delicious.
This Omurice is really the best. Please have as much as you can.
Susumu...
Susumu-kun has improved on his record again.
Thank you very much.
Detective.
Oh, did you see Susumu-kun?
We have to be hurry. What?
They're going to rob Yokohama Jewelry in Motomachi today.
I was asked to drive the getaway car.
They said that if I do, they'll give me part of the money.
But if I refused, they will hurt Susumu.
Ah, they're coming.
Something's wrong. There were 3 of them.
One man is missing. Yes.
Be quiet!
Don't move.
Kuitan, what should we do?
Let's go! Hurry up!
Okay.
The suspects' car is headed toward the Hommoku area.
Requesting emergency backup immediately!
It's all up to you now...
You can go home now.
You know what to do, right? Yes.
Where the heck is this...?
There you are!
That's right, you lot.
Ouch!
Momo-chan!
Inspector Ogata!
We've captured the suspects.
Fukami, take them in.
Igarashi. Yes.
Why are you wearing that thing?
This is a tracksuit...
Kuitan, thank you for your assistance.
Well, about Uehara-san...
Don't worry.
Leave that to me.
The police questioned Uehara-san, but he wasn't charged as a criminal, was he?
I don't think so.
His false testimony wasn't intended to protect the suspects.
And he assisted the police in arresting the criminals.
Susumu-kun's father will reopen his restaurant.
That's excellent.
But first he has to cure his dysgeusia, so it'll take a little time.
He said that he'd invite us to the re-grand opening.
Yeah! We can eat his Omurice as much as we can.
Nobody said that you could eat as much as you could.
Right.
Anyway, Kindaichi. How's it going with Rei-chan?
Hello? What?
Okay. I'll be there.
Kyoko-san, thank you for the meal.
You're welcome.
Who was that?
It was Rei-chan.
Are you guys going out again?
I couldn't beat Ikeda-kun...
But she liked the part of me that always tried his best.
That's good, Hajime-kun.
Yes.
See, Hajime-kun, if you try hard enough, you'll certainly be rewarded.
Yes.
I don't get this turn of events...
Ryosuke-kun, do your best.
What?
Ah, I'll try my best with you.
What about me?
I'll try my best to catch your heart.
What are you talking about?
Well... You're so weird.
Don't I try hard? I don't like the way you talk.
Why?
the joy of having delicious food...
I'm very happy.
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Higashiyama Noriyuki as Kuitan
Morita Gou as Noda Ryosuke
Kyono Kotomi as Ogata Momo
Ichikawa Mikako as Idemizu Kyoko
Suga kenta as Kaneda Hajime
Seto Yoichirou as Uehara Hiroki
Sano Shirou as Igarashi Shunen
Ito Shirou as The Police Chief
There have been a lot of mystery attacker cases that are targeted at female college students.
I can't forgive the suspect.
I'll capture the suspect.
They all ate lunch at the student dining hall.
Lunch at the student dining hall is the best!
My reasoning is right.
Let's go to the world of women!