S01E01 A Pleasant Occupation
Genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku moves to Tokyo with the help of an upperclassman of his, Kindaichi Kyousuke. Enraptured by both drink and women, Takuboku finds himself perpetually out of money. One day, the two men...
Woodpecker Detective's Office
S01E04: Strange Stories of the High Tower
Day after day, the papers are alive with accounts of an apparition at Ryouunkaku. Rokurou, a man who sees to the running of Asakusa, commissions Takuboku to find the truth of the matter. On his way to the scene, Takuboku reunites with an old friend, former newspaper reporter Yamaoka. Takuboku soon sees that Yamaoka is somehow connected to the ghost, but Yamaoka walks away, leaving behind only the words "throat moon." Then, magic lantern projectionist Matsukichi is killed. Two months earlier, Matsukichi had come across a woman who had been sexually assaulted. Takuboku starts looking to see if the two cases might be related.
Overview
A ghost was seen on the 12th floor of the Asakusa Juunikai building. A newspaper article featuring the sighting brought together Takuboku Ishikawa, who runs a private detective agency and his assistant Kyosuke Kindaichi to solve the case.
Episodes
S01E02 A Red-light District Woman
A prostitute from Hananoya, O-Taki, has been killed. When Takuboku says, "I saw Kyousuke in O-Taki’s room," Kyousuke becomes a prime suspect. Meanwhile, based on the fact that Takuboku’s romaji diary was left in O-Taki’s...
S01E03 Casual Remarks
Kyousuke has been arrested. Hagiwara Sakutarou, Nomura Kodou, and the others gather at the "milk hall," a small cafe serving European beverages and foods, to try to discover the truth of the situation. Each of...
S01E04 Strange Stories of the High Tower
Day after day, the papers are alive with accounts of an apparition at Ryouunkaku. Rokurou, a man who sees to the running of Asakusa, commissions Takuboku to find the truth of the matter. On his...
S01E05 Accursed Beast
Thrilled by a friend’s poetry collection, Takuboku begins to lose confidence in himself. Kyousuke tries to cheer him up, but when he finds out that Takuboku was involved in talks of someone buying Oen, the...
S01E06 Honeysuckle
A bizarre incident where popular actor Tachibanaya Orojirou was bitten and killed by the living doll Kinginka has become the talk of the town. Very quickly, a junior member of the same acting troupe as...
S01E07 Gentleman Thief
Someone has stolen all the wages for all the employees at a major company. The culprit was apprehended through a discarded cigarette, but as the whereabouts of the missing money is still unknown, a reward...
S01E08 Young Man
Takuboku collapsed after coughing up blood. Kayo brings him a client named Tamaki. Takuboku turns down the request once, but fascinated by Tamaki’s perspective on life and death, and androgynous charm, he takes the case....
S01E09 Events Fulfilled
Takuboku continues to find himself inspired by the way Tamaki finds a reason to live in helping the needy. Kyousuke hears a rumor from Hirai that ghosts appear in the house where the deceased Kagami...
S01E10 Over Many Mountains and Rivers
S01E11 The Hour of Demons
S01E12 Pale Blue Skies
Cast
Shintaro Asanuma
Takuboku Ishikawa (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
KyĹŤsuke Kindaichi (voice)
Yukiya Hayashi
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Kodo Nomura (voice)
Soma Saito
Isamu Yoshii (voice)
Yuuichirou Umehara
Sakutoro Hagiwara (voice)
Kensho Ono
Taro Hirai (voice)
Makoto Furukawa
Bokusui Wakayama (voice)
Hayato Furusawa
