The Detective Is Already Dead (2021) s01e01 Episode Script

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"Attention passengers:
Is there a detective on board?"
Attention passengers:
Is there a detective on board?
I must've heard that wrong
That's not something they'd say on
a passenger flight at 10,000 meters.
It must be a misunderstanding;
I heard it wrong. I really hope so.
I've always encountered troublesome
events, since way back.
You might say being a
trouble-magnet is my nature.
Walking down a main thoroughfare,
I get caught up in a flash mob
Or if I go down a back street, I witness
a transaction involving white powder
I've run across enough murder scenes
that I've come under suspicion
from police who recognized me.
And now today
I'm flying overseas, having been made
to carry an oversized attaché case
containing who knows what.
I have no idea what
this means; it's absurd!
For starters, in these situations they'd
normally ask for a doctor or a nurse.
But a detective?
Attention passengers:
Is there a detective on board?
So I didn't hear wrong But it's not
a problem, since I'm not a detective.
Yes. I'm a detective.
Hey, what's your name?
Oh! Why did I just suddenly say that?
Oh, that's great. You
Be my sidekick.
Huh?
I'm a detective, and he's my sidekick.
What?
Come this way.
H-Hey, wait! What on Earth is this?
Siesta.
Siesta?
That's my name.
That's an odd name.
It's a code name.
A code name?
People normally have one.
They normally don't.
What's your name?
Kimizuka Kimihiko.
I see. I'll call you "Kimi."
Is that a nickname?
Or just the Japanese word for "you"?
Which do you think?
I've brought a detective and her sidekick.
Ah so there really was
a detective on board.
Younger than I'd imagined, though
Which is the detective?
This is the worst situation imaginable.
More importantly
First off, what's your name?
It's "Bat." Although that's a code name.
See?
Huh?
Like I said, everyone's got a code name.
Who cares? It doesn't matter
even a little to me,
and this is no time to discuss that!
I'm Siesta, and this is
my sidekick, Watson.
We were born and raised
together on Baker Street.
So, Bat, what is it you want? Why did you
call for me, for a legendary detective?
Ha! You're a funny girl!
Right. So try to deduce the reason
I commandeered this airplane.
If you manage to correctly deduce it, I'll
refrain from snapping the pilot's neck.
What?
Hmm Did you call us up here just to
make us deduce the answer to that?
Yes, exactly right. It's a game. A game.
A deadly game in which 600 passengers'
lives are at stake. Exciting, isn't it?
The way you win is to correctly surmise
my reasons for this hijack attempt.
That's all there is to it!
You're saying if we succeed,
everyone's lives will be saved,
and if we fail, they'll die?
Uh-huh. Simple rules, right?
Sure. But if we fail, you'll meet
the same fate, as well.
You don't value your own life?
Unless I do this, I don't feel
truly alive--that sort of thing.
Really you truly have too
much time on your hands.
Yeah, I really do. It's gotten so bad
that I've up and hijacked a plane.
Right. So that's the answer.
Wha--?
You got so bored with all
the time on your hands
that you couldn't help
hijacking the plane.
That's my final answer.
W-Wait just a minute!
Are you saying that for real?
The lives of all these passengers
depend on your answer!
Well this guy just said it, right?
Too much time on his hands,
he got bored, he hijacked the plane.
Sure, he said that, but wasn't that just
some random stuff he was spouting off?
Oh? So are you saying this man was lying?
Huh?
You're saying he was intimidated
by this legendary detective,
that he'd claim that the answer
he had let slip was actually false,
and he's planning to bring the game
to an end by insisting that I lost?
In short you're saying he's scared?
Is that it?
Amazing! That's amazing!
Very impressive! Truly a sight to behold!
I never imagined you'd twist this
into such a tangled knot.
It's a more abrupt outcome than
I had imagined, but that's all right.
My purpose has already been achieved.
With this, I'll stand down.
Don't worry. He's only unconscious;
he's not dead.
When we arrive at the airport,
I'll likely be arrested,
but I haven't killed anyone.
After staying a while in the big house,
I should be able to get right back out.
Ah, so you really were a liar.
What are you referring to?
Oh, nothing.
Here's the deal, Ms. Detective.
Yes, my true reasons for trying to hijack
this plane were indeed different,
but out of respect for your boldness,
I'm pretending to lose, just for you.
Don't make me spell it all out.
You're absolutely right. Let's take a cue
from Bat's mature response here
and we'll return to our places, too.
No, that's not what I meant by a lie.
Huh?
When you said you didn't mind
risking your life in a hijacking,
that was a lie, wasn't it?
The truth is, you are afraid of dying.
What are you saying?
You stood down too quickly--admitted
defeat and stood down too quickly.
In this day and age, there's no way a man
who's singlehandedly attempting a hijack
would back down so easily to
just a girl and her companion.
I suspect you're carrying out this
hijacking under someone's direction.
And you yourself have been ordered
to die, too, in the crashing plane.
But in truth, you're afraid
and don't want to die,
so you used us as a way
to get out of dying.
But if so, then why the elaborate ruse
of this guessing game?
If he wanted to abandon the hijacking,
you'd think he could have just quietly
surrendered, without all this.
His pride wouldn't allow it.
Rather than go down without a fight,
he wanted to be beaten fair and square.
Even if it was just for show.
Is that what all this was?
Hey!
Where are you suddenly off to?
Our task seems to be finished,
so I thought I'd head back.
Okay, but don't leave me behind!
I figured you'd tag along
without my saying anything.
Hey.
Tell me one last thing
How did you figure all that out?
What clues led to those deductions?
Was it really only that I gave up
too quickly? Was that all?
There was that, too but I knew
about you from the very beginning.
Huh?
That you'd be on this plane,
that you were planning a hijacking
and what's more, about your associates
who ordered it. Everything.
A first-rate detective gets a handle
on a case before the incident occurs.
So that's what happened
Whew, I'm glad I asked, just in case,
before all was said and done!
Sidekick, get down.
Huh?
Hey, what are you--?
So sorry. I guess I'm changing the plan.
Now I'll teach you something.
When a first-rate operative discovers
an up-and-coming young talent,
he nips it in the bud
before it can fully develop!
H-Hey.
I shouldn't have hired a sidekick. So far,
he hasn't been of any use anyway
This is absurd! You're the one
who forced me to work for you!
Although I agree I haven't
been of any use.
What is that?
It's an android.
Huh?
That man is a member of the
secret organization SPES.
SPES?
SPES produces androids of superhuman
intellect to covertly menace the world.
In that man's case,
it's still only an ear;
they've merely stolen an experimental
product and glommed it on to his body.
He's what you'd call a partial android.
How do you know all this?
And he's facing a penalty as punishment
for betraying the organization.
Again, how do you know all this?
Wait, don't tell me you're also
I see. You know all that.
In that case, bringing back your corpse
as a souvenir would seem the best plan.
Sidekick!
Wait, you're not--
Are you an android, too?
Are you stupid or something?
Do I look like a monster?
I think the impression you make
is kind of monstrous.
You're no ladies' man, are you?
Hey, what is that?
Remain calm! Please evacuate
this way, without running.
Argh, this is pandemonium.
Things are getting desperate.
I'm going to kill all these excess people.
Slow down! If you do that,
the plane will crash and you'll die, too!
I'll leave the pilot alive.
More to the point, who are you again?
I'm the legendary detective's sidekick!
Oh?
It's not like that! That just slipped out!
You referred to me
as a legendary detective.
You've earned your spurs as a sidekick.
Sidekick!
Seriously, what is the deal here?
You truly don't know anything, do you?
Why would an upstanding middle schooler
know what's going on with
some secret underworld?
I'm sorry, did you say something,
middle schooler who's traveling overseas
with a mysterious attaché case?
Seriously, how do you know
all these things?
I'd never imagined anyone
who could be a threat to us
would be lurking somewhere like this.
Operating covertly is fundamental
to being a detective.
None of your cohorts had
any idea I existed, did they?
That means that if I use
information about you as bait,
I'm hoping those short-tempered guys
may rethink some things.
Are they as forgiving as that?
What would you know?
Come on, what happens if he
punches a hole in the fuselage?
You seem to be breathing very hard.
This ear is custom designed.
The auditory receptor cells
at the tip of this appendage
can distinguish the sound of
a human heartbeat 100 km away.
It's useless to hide.
I didn't have enough intel.
Even I can't fake my heart rate.
If only I had a weapon
Siesta.
Buy me 30 seconds. I have an idea.
Got it.
Clear out! Out of the way!
At these times--especially at times
like this--I'm able to think.
As a born trouble-magnet, I've scraped
through more scenes of carnage
than the number of slices of bread
I've eaten in my life.
Isn't it about time you accepted
your fate, legendary detective?
Siesta!
I don't know what's
in that box. However
my intuition is rooted
in past experiences,
and I'm certain that this
is the best solution!
Take it!
Oh, no, you don't!
Sidekick
That was top-notch work.
This incident isn't over yet,
legendary detective!
You're right, but as of
the moment I arrived,
you might say it was already resolved.
Bang.
Right. You just died here.
Now your compatriots won't target you,
since you're nothing but a dead man.
Why, you Are you taunting me?
I mean, you don't want to die, right?
We'll make it so that you
officially died here
and have the Japanese police cover it up.
It's fine. I have a contact
we can count on.
If you don't kill me here,
you'll regret it.
Why?
Siesta!
See, the bullet I shot into you
was made from my own blood
Anyone inundated with that blood
becomes utterly incapable
of turning against its owner.
In short, you'll never be able to raise
an appendage against me again.
What the hell kind of contrivance is that?
That's a trade secret.
Are you employed by somebody?
No. I was just born to be a legendary
detective--it's in my nature.
Siesta, by the way
About that specialized process where
you manipulated the gun's bullets
When in the world did you
find time to do that?
Are you that stupid, Kimi?
Wha--?
There's no way I could have done that.
That was something I prepared in advance.
In advance? You couldn't have--
Yep. The one who ordered them to have you
carry that attaché case onto the plane
was me.
Huh? So you're saying you had me
in your clutches from the very start?
If you need to blame someone, blame
yourself for not escaping my clutches.
This is absurd.
Come to think of it,
why did you give me--?
"International Airport"
"International Airport"
Siesta?
"International Airport"
I'm exhausted
So in the end, what on Earth was all that?
No, no. From now on, I am not
going to get tangled up in stuff.
Welcome home.
Took you long enough.
Huh?
Huh?!
"Episode 1"
"Attention Passengers:
Is There a Detective on Board?"
I've said it again and again
I refuse.
Eh? What's that?
Stop pretending you can't hear me.
I'm saying there's absolutely no way
I'm becoming your sidekick.
I can't really hear you.
Grrr!
Now just calm down a little
Shall I wash your back?
No thank you.
Maybe I'll come in wearing
just a bath towel
No thank you.
There was a very obvious pause there.
Grr, the way she's trying to ensnare me,
a boy going through puberty
More importantly, haven't I been saying
this continuously for an entire week?
Don't barge into somebody's
house uninvited!
And definitely don't try to come
all the way into the bathroom!
Well, that's because
you won't hear me out!
You're saying nothing worth hearing.
I'm only saying I want you to fly around
the world with me as my sidekick.
The only possible answer to
that insane request is no.
Hmm, you get so emotional.
You do understand that it's not easy
popping in at your house like this?
How can you just do that so
presumptuously? It's my fault?
I mean, I'm positive the door was locked.
Ah. I took it upon myself
to open it with a skeleton key.
That's one of my "seven tools."
There's no lock that this key can't open.
So that just makes unlawful home
invasions very easy for you.
Hmm, that's an uncalled-for thing to say.
Not as uncalled-for as a person
invading someone's privacy.
And so? Why are you so averse
to becoming my sidekick?
I already told you, my knack for getting
tangled up in things has done nothing
but harm to me for as long
as I can remember.
So my dream is to live an uneventful life
that's like bathing in lukewarm water.
You're saying that with me,
you couldn't live that life?
Obviously.
If I get involved in all that,
nine lives wouldn't begin to cover it.
But I'm the only one who can do this work.
So what's the point of dragging me
into what only you can do?
The point is Oh, I know!
You're about to say something you
just now thought up, aren't you?
Fact is, I was utterly taken
with you at first sight.
Um, no
The first time we arranged to meet, you
didn't quite recognize my face, remember?
You do have a face that's completely
forgettable after not seeing it
for a couple of days.
It's perfect for covert action.
Stop insulting me with the
backhanded compliments.
And stop this instant with assigning
me tasks as your sidekick.
You really won't be my sidekick?
Why are you getting disappointed?
At least, if we're negotiating,
lay out the merits of the job.
You're unexpectedly kind, Kimi.
You're overestimating me.
That reminds me: I just ordered
a pizza delivery. Is that okay?
Stop taking advantage
of my being forgiving!
That's the fifth time this week!
Call and cancel it right now!
Here's my prediction: I think that
a year from now, the two of us
will still be cooperating well,
just as we are now.
We are absolutely not cooperating well!
I, for one, have been stressed
out this whole time!
On that note tell me what you think.
Not me; we were at the point where you
were going to lay out the job's merits.
There's something you're
worried about, isn't there?
The merit I can offer is to
assuage you of those worries.
You're asking me to become your sidekick
in return for you reassuring me
about the things that
trouble me about the job?
I think I may have said that.
Even better, if you've seen something,
could you react as if you've seen it?
Ah. That doesn't hold my attention
as much as wondering if the
pizza will arrive on time.
The thing is, at my school right now,
we seem to be having a large-scale
"Restroom Hanako-san" outbreak.
"Restroom Hanako-san"--I see.
Yeah.
That's one of those weird school stories
that everybody has heard of.
If you knock three times at 3:00 am
on the third girls' stall from the front
on the third floor of the
old schoolhouse building
a girl in a red skirt with suspenders
will appear from the stall
and you'll be dragged down the toilet.
A hackneyed, outdated urban legend
that would ordinarily be worthless
to bring up in this day and age.
And yet is the situation a little
different at your school?
Yeah.
Hey, Siesta
Huh?
"Our Favorite Dramas"
"Glee Club" "Shermock"
Stop flipping through magazines about
foreign dramas while eating pizza
Stop flipping through magazines about
foreign dramas while eating pizza
in the home of a guy you just met,
wearing the guy's loungewear.
Are you a girlfriend who's living with me?
Huh? I'm not.
You're not. That's why I'm complaining.
So back to the "Hanako" thing.
Okay but add "-san" to her name. Don't
refer to Hanako-san as if you're pals.
So the gist is that Hanako-sans are
proliferating in your middle school?
Yeah, apparently any student
who meets a Hanako-san
becomes a Hanako-san themselves.
I see--in the way that a person bitten
by a zombie becomes a zombie.
Boo!
"Favorite Dramas"
Oops.
But this isn't just a rumor,
which is why you're discussing it with me.
Yeah, that's it.
At my middle school, there's currently
a sharp increase in students skipping,
mainly among people
in the track and field club.
Not only skipping school, but some among
them have even disappeared from home.
And the rumor is that
Hanako-san is the cause of this.
So the idea is that maybe
the vanished students
have been dragged down the
girls' toilet by Hanako-san.
Yeah. And from the fact that the
numbers are increasing so rapidly,
the suspicion is that the actual number
of Hanako-sans is increasing.
And hence "Hanako-san outbreak."
You're so kind.
You have to pay me back
for the pizza later.
That's not what I meant.
I'm not going to pay for the pizza.
Yes, you are!
The students you say disappeared from
your school obviously aren't your friends,
and yet you're concerned
and want to solve this issue.
Don't talk as if it's an obvious
fact that I have no friends!
I wonder if it's a result of, as you say,
your being a trouble-magnet.
At the same time, helping other people
is really ingrained in your nature.
That's another part of
my DNA I don't need.
But I do want to preserve
a kind of tranquil routine
in the range I can see around me
with my own eyes.
My parents vanished
before I was aware of them.
After moving from place to place,
in various houses and facilities,
now, at this age, I'm living alone.
That would make anyone seek a tranquil,
normal, stable environment,
don't you think?
I see So that's your
Yeah, that explains everything.
If you understand everything about
me after just this conversation,
that's very scary.
You must be lonely,
having no family and no friends.
Again, did I ever say I have no friends?
On that note
"You and I at the Culture Festival"
"New Drama"
"Premieres Monday at 9 pm"
"You and I at the Culture Festival"
"New Drama"
"Premieres Monday at 9 pm"
Over the weekend, let's go to this.
A culture festival? What happened
to talking about Hanako-san?
"Culture Festival"
"Culture Festival"
Seriously
how are we suddenly
having our culture festival?
This is really weird. I have no memory
whatsoever of making any preparations.
Doesn't a culture festival always involve
working together as a homeroom class
to prepare an exhibit?
Did it all get done while I was
unable to attend school
during the continuous fiascoes?
Why wouldn't anybody
tell me about all this?
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Siesta that outfit.
Huh? Oh, right, it's different
from my usual clothes.
While I was at it, I even put on
a ribbon. What do you think?
Why are you suddenly looking away?
It was because of the possibility that,
if I wasn't very careful,
I'd let slip that she looked pretty.
But that felt like admitting defeat,
so I didn't want to say it.
Why are you wearing our school's uniform?
Oh, the reason I'm wearing a uniform?
I mean, doesn't a "uniform date"
to the culture festival seem like fun?
It's so blue Yep, not bad.
Why are you looking up at the sky?
Well,
"Culture Festival"
"Old Schoolhouse" "Haunted House"
"Closed during lunch break"
where should we start our walkaround?
Food stalls, planetarium
"Haunted House"
"Old Schoolhouse"
"Haunted House"
"Old Schoolhouse"
Oh, so the haunted house is in the
old schoolhouse. That's a must-see.
Oh, so the haunted house is in the
old schoolhouse. That's a must-see.
Yeah, but we need to look at the
schedule before making a move.
Hey. Does this haunted house not
let in visitors during off-hours?
Hey, Siesta, it's written right here:
"No entry during lunch break."
But according to the ideal itinerary
I drew up in my brain,
going in at this time is best.
"Big Summer Special"
"If you can eat it all in one hour, it's free!!"
"Big Summer Special"
"If you can eat it all in one hour, it's free!!"
First off, I want to be
fortified with food
"Big Summer Special"
"If you can eat it all in one hour, it's free!!"
the heaping-helping
challenge and such
"Big Summer Special"
"If you can eat it all in one hour, it's free!!"
This is not the kind of planning middle
schoolers do at a culture festival.
And that's why
It's off-hours, but we'd
appreciate your cooperation.
Sidekick, I'd like a crepe.
Huh? Hey!
"Crepes"
"Crepes"
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Um, Siesta, it's no good to push your
absurd demands on people other than me.
You bought that for me without
my even saying anything,
whereas that other time, you got upset
when I ordered a pizza. What's going on?
It's because the situation
keeps changing, hour by hour.
I prefer the culture festival
right before my eyes
to the elusive Hanako-san.
It's adolescent romantic comedy time!
Hm?
Hm?
Eh, what? You didn't think a date meant
I'd become your girlfriend or something?
No, I was absolutely not
thinking that. Not even a little
Not the tiniest bit.
So stupid, Kimi.
Next we'll go buy takoyaki.
"Eat-Until-You-Drop Street"
"Eat-Until-You-Drop Street"
"Mini sponge cake"
This closeness is creating all
kinds of misunderstandings.
Boy, the morning went great. Let's put
that energy into it this afternoon, too.
And
in the third stall from the front on
the third floor of the old schoolhouse,
"Hanako-san is coming for you!"
Hanako-san will totally appear.
Both of us are in one toilet stall
What is this all about?
There's something I wanted to check out.
If it's as I suspect
There!
What do you think this is?
Hmm A packet for cold medicine?
It looks like someone took it
after eating in here.
I can't stop myself from
feeling sympathy for you
if that's the very first thing
to pop into your mind.
The tranquil routine you want to preserve
wouldn't happen to involve
eating a bento box by yourself in the
restroom during lunch recess, would it?
As I said, my parents are missing,
present progressive tense,
so nobody's ever made me a bento box.
The only lunch I've ever eaten
in the restroom is a sweet pastry.
I truly have begun to feel sorry for you.
Shall I make you a bento
box now and then?
I told you to quit saying things
that could be misinterpreted.
Quiet.
"Hanako-san is coming for you!"
I remember you passing out
flyers in the schoolyard
But what are you doing here?
We won't let him get away.
Huh?
Hey! Siesta!
That rabbit is the "Restroom Hanako-san."
Yikes! This is
As they say, "The best place
to hide a tree is in a forest."
So how can that rabbit-suit person
be the Restroom Hanako-san?
I'll explain later.
First, we have to find that rabbit.
Sorry if this is anticlimactic
but isn't that him?
"Costume Rentals"
Sorry if this is anticlimactic
but isn't that him?
If he had just acted casual,
we wouldn't have recognized him.
All right, let's go grab him!
It's great that you're now on board
with the mission and feeling motivated.
Keep it up.
What do you mean, "Keep it up"?
Don't go starting some sidekick training
project; I see where you're coming from.
We're the clothing club! We're offering
costume try-ons, free of charge!
Anyone who has a moment, please join us!
If there were time,
this would be a chance to see Siesta
in a maid costume with cat ears
but unfortunately, we're busy.
Costumes for two, please.
We're trying something on?
We can't! He's going to get away!
This is a tactical move. If our enemy is
trying to blend into a crowd of costumes,
"Make a memory"
This is a tactical move. If our enemy is
trying to blend into a crowd of costumes,
"Make a memory"
the strategy is for us to change our
appearances with cosplay as well.
"Make a memory"
You think that's going to work?
I feel as though a maid with cat ears
would stand out even more.
Don't worry, it's fine.
Ow, ow, ow!
And why were you assuming I'd be a maid
with cat ears? I'm not wearing that.
"Join us in the concert hall!!"
No this is just--
Squeee!
So cute!
That looks amazing on you!
So pretty!
Magnificent.
Sidekick How do I look?
Yeah, uh, well it really suits you.
I didn't think you'd come out and say it.
Well, it would be no use lying.
But that suits you, as well,
that tuxedo look.
Oh. Really?
If you'd like, we'll take a picture.
Well, umm
We went to the trouble of wearing them
Here goes! Say, "Cheese"!
No time for that while we're
in hot pursuit of that rabbit!
We inadvertently took up too much time
with the romantic comedy.
This makes it hard to run.
I agree.
Is she thinking this is
some cosplay event?
Hey. This is fun, isn't it, Sidekick?
Who are you calling "Sidekick"?
Oops, you caught me.
Sidekick, over there.
Uh?
So he's trying to escape outside!
Hold on, I have a bad feeling about this.
I must be wrong--you're not thinking
you're going to jump from here?
No, I'm not thinking that.
Of course, you're too smart for that.
I'm thinking not just me, but you with me.
Huh?
It's fine. The shoes I'm wearing are one
of the legendary detective's seven tools.
Huh?
We can fly.
This is the drug ingested by the students
who stopped coming to school.
Its use causes elevated mood
and improved concentration,
so it was apparently becoming popular,
mainly in the track and field club.
I had no idea
But as a side effect, cases of
memory impairment also occur.
You're saying that's why students
who used it are now skipping school.
Addicted students turn to selling the drug
in order to get money to buy it.
I believe this is what caused the rapid
proliferation of Hanako-sans to happen.
And as slang, that black market used the
urban legend of the Restroom Hanako-san.
In fact, the illicit drug is apparently
made of a flower pollen-like substance
that comes from a certain plant.
Flower pollen. I get it--so that's where
Hanako, meaning "flower girl," comes in.
That's a lame joke.
But didn't they say Hanako-san
only appeared at 3:00 am?
Why did they show up in the daytime
at the culture festival?
They guessed that at the culture festival
they could blend into the crowd,
and what's more, hide their identity
with a costume to get the jump on rivals
and spread the drug around.
Now I get it. Siesta,
you noticed right away
that there was something strange
about that rabbit, didn't you?
You said most of the Hanako-sans were
from the track and field club, right?
It was a dead giveaway. Who wears
running shoes with a rabbit costume?
When I think about it
From the start, Siesta posed
as a customer, used their slang,
and secretly made contact
with the Hanako-san.
I told you--
A first-rate detective gets a handle
on a case before the incident occurs.
Well, to you, this wasn't a
particularly challenging case.
However
There's talk that SPES also had
a hand in this whole flower thing.
You mean that secret organization?
Hijacking planes and using schools' urban
legends as cover for criminal activity
What on Earth is their purpose?
"SPES" means "hope" in Latin.
Their purpose is to offer salvation.
Sounds just like some shady religion.
And so what are you going to do?
I, who had said I wanted an everyday life
where nothing happens, hadn't realized
that that tranquil life didn't exist.
It had already been ravaged
by a potent poison.
Siesta.
I'll ask one more time: What advantages
would I gain by becoming your sidekick?
What benefits will you give me?
Why do you want to make me your sidekick?
The reason lies in my being
a born trouble-magnet.
For Siesta, who's pursuing SPES,
I'm a valuable resource.
The legendary detective
isn't looking for a sidekick,
but rather for the incidents I'd attract.
That's why the only rewards
she could offer
were half-assed things
she improvised on the spot.
My feelings have firmed up.
No matter what Siesta may say,
I'll refuse. That's the only option.
I'll protect you.
Whatever incident or trouble your
unlucky nature drags you into,
I'll put my life on the line
to protect you.
So become my sidekick, Kimi.
You're trying a clever way
of twisting things around.
An invitation that glossed over
the reality of things.
Well
If you're willing to go that far,
I'll go along with you.
With that said
In coming all the way here,
you'd already given your answer.
Still, when you toss out the word
"sidekick," the definition is unclear.
Waking me up every morning, making me
brush my teeth and get dressed?
All that would be a no.
You took a while to reply. You were
thinking that life would be kind of nice?
All right, shush, I get it! I'll become
your sidekick, just as you wish!
So stand by me, for as long
as we both shall live!
Eh?
Are you propo--?
I take it back!
And thus did my dizzying tale
of adventure with Siesta begin
Until
death did us part.
That's right
The detective
is already dead.
"The Detective Is Already Dead"
"Purse-snatcher Arrested!
Local High School Student is a Hero!"
"High School Hero! Vanished Girl Found!"
"High School Hero! Vanished Girl Found!"
"Boy Hero Saves Lives"
"Episode 2"
"I Still Remember, After All This Time"