The Detective Is Already Dead (2021) s01e10 Episode Script
So I Can't Become a Detective
1
The new life I got from Kimizuka,
as a legendary detective, had begun.
And not as an ordinary detective, but as
a detective who fights against androids.
The first night after I resolved
to be reborn into a new me
as a legendary detective, I had a dream.
It was a dream about a person
who had formerly fought against
the world's enemies
as a true legendary detective.
I could consider the one in the dream,
Siesta-san, to have the exact
opposite personality to me.
She, the intellectual one,
and I, the intuitive one,
had a big squabble in the dream.
It was unbearable to see,
a quagmire of drama.
In the end, though, I won; but no, I feel
as though Siesta showed more maturity
and ceded the argument
to me of her own accord.
But in the end, Siesta-san said she would
leave responsibility of Kimizuka to me.
With that, both in name and in reality,
I can become a legendary detective.
At last, I can become a somebody.
Or, to put it in opposite terms,
failure is unacceptable.
I hate the me that's a nobody.
I don't ever want to
go back to that place,
like a birdcage,
to the days of nothingness.
That darkness was just
"Episode 10"
"So I Can't Become a Detective"
One week after Saikawa's live stadium
show, school's summer vacation had begun.
It was the ideal chance to follow
through on promises I'd made
to Natsunagi and Saikawa.
I was thinking of just going to
a nearby seashore for starters, but
We're now on our way--
on course for the Aegean Sea!
Hooray!
The scale of this is too huge!
Umm, Saikawa, we did say
let's go to the sea together,
but how did that turn into an
eight-day shipboard journey?
Well, come on. The ship has left port,
so let's shift into vacation mode!
She's absolutely right.
Everybody hates a wishy-washy guy.
Still, it's my first time on one of these,
too, so I'm looking forward to it.
Thank you, Yui-chan.
Don't mention it, Nagisa-san.
It's the very least I can do to repay you.
Fight by our side against SPES. If you'll
do that for us, I have no complaints.
Yes, of course. I'll do
anything I'm able to.
Well, for nothing to happen
at all would be ideal.
Kimizuka?
Huh?
Char?
It's been, what, a year?
Yeah. Since that day
Kimizuka, she's someone you know?
Yeah, Char was my--
our associate back in the day.
By this point, I didn't think
we'd ever meet again.
Yeah, I was surprised, too.
Have you been doing well?
By the look of it, it seems like
you're on this ship by chance.
Is there something on this ship?
Seriously what on Earth have
you been doing all this time?
All this time?
Since Mom passed away.
Kimizuka, did you have no intentions
of taking up Mom's work?
If you mean her dying wishes,
I've taken on that task.
And you are?
I'm Nagisa Natsunagi. Legendary detective.
Nagisa Natsunagi? Oh You're
Could you go play cops-n-robbers
somewhere else?
Don't parade your game of make-believe
that exploits Mom's life in front of me.
I'm not playing any game!
There absolutely has to be some purpose
to my being given life this way!
A purpose that she entrusted to me!
So I'm taking up her dying wishes.
I swear it by this heart!
I see. Do as you like.
But I'm the one who's taking
on Mom's dying wishes.
Umm I'm sorry.
On account of my inviting you two
on this ship, it's turned into all this
No, it's not your fault, Saikawa.
My apologies to you, too, Natsunagi,
for entangling you in this weird--
Natsunagi?
That pisses me off!
There's nothing make-believe about it!
She has no idea what I've been through
How about going for a dip in the pool
as a mood changer? Eh, Saikawa?
Right! There's even a waterslide,
Nagisa-san! Let's go!
--Off, off, off we go
--H-Hold on, Yui-chan!
So
How come?
This makes 17 losses
in a row, only for me.
Something's definitely off about this.
One more hand. One more hand!
What are you doing, goofball?
Who was--?
Who's stupid enough to keep
gambling until they're in tears?
So? You were looking for me
for a reason, right?
Yeah. Weren't you saying earlier that
there might be something on this ship?
Mom's bequest.
Siesta's bequest?
Yes, shortly before dying, Mom left behind
her dying wishes--her bequest--
for the goal of defeating SPES
across the world.
And one of them lies
untapped on this ship.
It took time to delve into it,
but my information is accurate.
A bequest from Siesta
is on this cruise ship
What's the connection to the casino?
You know something worthy
of being a bequest from Mom,
I thought maybe if I kept
winning in the casino,
they'd bring out some
jackpot prize kind of thing
"Bequest"
they'd bring out some
jackpot prize kind of thing
You really are a proper idiot.
What do you mean a "proper idiot"?
Well, since you have no intention
of taking on Mom's dying wishes,
at this point, it has nothing
to do with you anyway.
I'm sorry I made you worry.
So why didn't you try to become
a detective in Mom's place?
It was what she, Siesta, said to me
on that day four years ago.
You Be my sidekick.
So I can't become a detective.
On into the future,
I will always continue to be her--
the legendary detective's--sidekick.
I'll live on, for her.
You're a fool. The one who's truly
tied down by Mom is you, not me.
Well, it's fine. I'll handle
things in my own way.
So you find Mom's bequest--
your own answers--in your own way.
Ha. I guess it's good they're
cutting loose while they can.
After all that, I didn't
come across any leads.
Something's weird here.
What's weird?
Sitting face to face with you
like this and eating.
What else can we do? Saikawa said she's
making the rounds as a guest of honor.
Are you dissatisfied being with me?
I didn't say that.
Kimizuka, what were you doing
when you didn't come to the pool?
Well, I--
After I went and bought a new swimsuit
What?
Nothing.
Natsunagi, do you have time after this?
Huh? Well, um
If so, there's a little something
I want to discuss with you.
Discuss? I mean, we could
discuss it here, now
Yeah It's something that'd be
a bit awkward to discuss here.
I'm remembering there was
a bar across from this place.
Would you meet me there an hour from now?
Umm, just me? You and I alone
together at a bar?
Yeah, that'd be the situation.
Yes, that would be fine
Huh?
Did you wait long?
You went to the trouble of changing?
Eh? Oh, no, it's just, after showering,
this happened to be all I had to wear
So, what did you want to discuss?
That was not the discussion
I expected. It's a different
Ultimately, it's the influence
of my heart's former owner
What are you muttering under your breath?
Huh? What's that now?
Eh? Why are you suddenly flipping out?
I'm not flipping out.
You are flipping out.
I said I'm not flipping out!
Here's your payback!
This is absurd!
But still she's not as bad a person
as I thought, that Char.
Yeah, she's a pure and simple fool.
That's also her strong point.
The truth is, I knew that I was
the one who was wrong.
I merely received this heart,
and got it into my head that I was
taking on her dying wishes.
But, Natsunagi, why did you decide
you wanted to take up Siesta's mantle?
Because from a young age,
my body was a wreck.
That sickroom was just like a birdcage,
and I thought I'd never get out
of it for my entire life.
I felt sure that stuck in there,
I could never be anything at all.
That was really frightening.
But I received a newfound life,
and I wound up flying free of that cage.
And yet I didn't know
how to, you know, fly.
How to fly?
Yeah, and so the way of living of the one
who relied on this heart previously
would become my own way of living
that's what I thought.
So that was it. The only way Natsunagi
could live was by relying on Siesta.
And that was the same for me as well.
Excuse me I'm going to go to bed.
Okay.
Repeat. This is an announcement
for all passengers.
Hey, what's this announcement?
Where's that voice coming from?
There wasn't anyone in the
radio room. What's going on?
What's all this?
A girl is being held in the lounge.
The girl's name is Nagisa Natsunagi.
Kimizuka-san!
Saikawa!
It's Nagisa-san I checked her room,
but she's nowhere to be seen.
So is that bequest of Siesta-san's
related to this incident?
Yeah, we can't rule out that possibility.
We've finished a sweep for explosives
--All right, once more
--Any sign of Natsunagi-san?
--All right, once more
Saikawa-sama It's regrettable,
but we did not find her.
However, we did find this
Kimizuka-san, this is
"At 8:00 p.m., bring the legendary
detective's bequest
and come to the main deck."
Would this be SPES?
If it's the legendary detective's
bequest they're after,
that's sufficient as
circumstantial evidence.
But unfortunately,
we don't know what that is.
If that's the case
All we can do is search for Natsunagi
herself, rather than for Siesta's bequest.
Nothing here either, eh?
I'm using my left eye; there shouldn't
be anything I'm overlooking.
I guess that's true.
Squeeze the hands together.
Roll out the shoulders, too.
Breathe in rhythm.
Close the eyes once, breathe in deeply,
and let it out. The blood will flow.
Open your eyes, and your field of vision,
which was clouded, will be clear.
What is all that?
It's a kind of an incantation
to calm my heart
when it feels like it's about to burst
from stress before a live performance.
I apologize for troubling you.
Pretty pathetic.
Pathetic? You, Kimizuka-san?
Yes, don't you think?
Shamefully losing my cool
That's a funny thing to say.
I didn't expect that much of you
from the very start, Kimizuka-san!
Wait, am I being dissed
in a huge way right now?
No, it's not like that.
I was the same way, too.
The same way?
Just like you, Kimizuka-san, I used to be
a person who couldn't live life alone.
After my parents died, I lost sight
of any reference points for living.
I got completely caught up
by promises from the past,
and as a result, I attempted to commit
an act that could never be undone.
Saikawa
But the ones who saved me, of all people,
were you, Kimizuka-san,
who were seemingly in the same
circumstances as me, and also Nagisa-san.
The two of you, trying to save me,
encouraged me to move forward.
That's why I was able to take the hand
you offered without hesitating.
That's why, I'm sorry to say, I won't
expect any more of you than is necessary.
So in the same way,
please don't be concerned
about me any more than necessary.
That's the kind of partners we are.
Yeah, that works. That's fine.
If you call yourself the legendary
detective's sidekick,
then maybe I should be
the sidekick to the sidekick.
The legendary detective's
sidekick's sidekick?
Yes, that's right!
True, it's an arrangement somewhat
like Matryoshka nesting dolls.
I don't know if I could
become your right hand,
but I do think I could become
something like your left eye.
Yeah, that would be ideal.
After all that, we haven't
found anything yet.
But, Kimizuka-san--
Yeah, we were able to achieve the result
of not being able to find anything.
If our adversary can't be found
even using your left eye
Has something occurred to you?
Yeah. From here on, we don't need
deduction or tactics or anything.
It's all-out war, you lowlifes.
Enough with these roundabout dealings.
Show yourself, Chameleon!
You're going to return Nagisa Natsunagi.
Astute of you to know I was here.
Natsunagi!
Easy, now.
I'd like you to hold still for me there.
What is it you're after?
I believe I've already
told you what I'm after.
We'd be thrilled to hand over
that supposed "bequest,"
but unfortunately, we don't
know a thing about it.
Won't you just civilly
return Natsunagi to us?
Well, this is a problem
That's not any sort of bargaining at all.
Stop, Chameleon.
Kimizuka
Natsunagi!
I really seem to have
screwed things up. Sorry
All right. This girl's life,
--or the lives of the passengers they're
now desperately trying to evacuate.
--Everyone, come along! This way!
--or the lives of the passengers they're
now desperately trying to evacuate.
I shall give you the honor
of choosing between these!
What's the point of doing that?
Well, it's frosting on the cake, of sorts.
Frosting on the cake?
Yes. If the legendary detective's
bequest can't be found,
then this entire ship should be sunk.
So why Natsunagi? What do you
creeps gain by taking her life?
That's an extremely simple matter.
It's because this girl is imbued with
the legendary detective's blood.
Well, now. Make your choice: This girl's
life, or the passengers' lives.
Kimizuka
Shoot me.
What are you saying, Natsunagi?
The response that's called for now is to
shoot me and save the passengers' lives.
That kind of dispassionate way
of thinking is unlike you.
Is it? Maybe so
But what's needed
in this situation right now
is a legendary detective's reasoning,
not my strong emotions.
You're a legendary detective, too!
No, I'm not. I'm not anything at all.
Kimizuka, when you said I didn't need
to replace anyone, I appreciated that.
Thank you.
Keep your "correct response."
You say you're not anything at all?
If you're not anything at all yet,
you should be free to become
anything you want.
If you don't know how to fly,
you can learn from someone
how to flap your wings.
If you don't know how to live life,
you can walk in line with someone else!
Have you arrived at your answer now?
Yeah. My answer was settled
from the very start.
The arrangement is that Nagisa
Natsunagi can't die before I do.
Sorry, but that's what was promised.
"Episode 11"
"A Light in the Midst of Hope"
The new life I got from Kimizuka,
as a legendary detective, had begun.
And not as an ordinary detective, but as
a detective who fights against androids.
The first night after I resolved
to be reborn into a new me
as a legendary detective, I had a dream.
It was a dream about a person
who had formerly fought against
the world's enemies
as a true legendary detective.
I could consider the one in the dream,
Siesta-san, to have the exact
opposite personality to me.
She, the intellectual one,
and I, the intuitive one,
had a big squabble in the dream.
It was unbearable to see,
a quagmire of drama.
In the end, though, I won; but no, I feel
as though Siesta showed more maturity
and ceded the argument
to me of her own accord.
But in the end, Siesta-san said she would
leave responsibility of Kimizuka to me.
With that, both in name and in reality,
I can become a legendary detective.
At last, I can become a somebody.
Or, to put it in opposite terms,
failure is unacceptable.
I hate the me that's a nobody.
I don't ever want to
go back to that place,
like a birdcage,
to the days of nothingness.
That darkness was just
"Episode 10"
"So I Can't Become a Detective"
One week after Saikawa's live stadium
show, school's summer vacation had begun.
It was the ideal chance to follow
through on promises I'd made
to Natsunagi and Saikawa.
I was thinking of just going to
a nearby seashore for starters, but
We're now on our way--
on course for the Aegean Sea!
Hooray!
The scale of this is too huge!
Umm, Saikawa, we did say
let's go to the sea together,
but how did that turn into an
eight-day shipboard journey?
Well, come on. The ship has left port,
so let's shift into vacation mode!
She's absolutely right.
Everybody hates a wishy-washy guy.
Still, it's my first time on one of these,
too, so I'm looking forward to it.
Thank you, Yui-chan.
Don't mention it, Nagisa-san.
It's the very least I can do to repay you.
Fight by our side against SPES. If you'll
do that for us, I have no complaints.
Yes, of course. I'll do
anything I'm able to.
Well, for nothing to happen
at all would be ideal.
Kimizuka?
Huh?
Char?
It's been, what, a year?
Yeah. Since that day
Kimizuka, she's someone you know?
Yeah, Char was my--
our associate back in the day.
By this point, I didn't think
we'd ever meet again.
Yeah, I was surprised, too.
Have you been doing well?
By the look of it, it seems like
you're on this ship by chance.
Is there something on this ship?
Seriously what on Earth have
you been doing all this time?
All this time?
Since Mom passed away.
Kimizuka, did you have no intentions
of taking up Mom's work?
If you mean her dying wishes,
I've taken on that task.
And you are?
I'm Nagisa Natsunagi. Legendary detective.
Nagisa Natsunagi? Oh You're
Could you go play cops-n-robbers
somewhere else?
Don't parade your game of make-believe
that exploits Mom's life in front of me.
I'm not playing any game!
There absolutely has to be some purpose
to my being given life this way!
A purpose that she entrusted to me!
So I'm taking up her dying wishes.
I swear it by this heart!
I see. Do as you like.
But I'm the one who's taking
on Mom's dying wishes.
Umm I'm sorry.
On account of my inviting you two
on this ship, it's turned into all this
No, it's not your fault, Saikawa.
My apologies to you, too, Natsunagi,
for entangling you in this weird--
Natsunagi?
That pisses me off!
There's nothing make-believe about it!
She has no idea what I've been through
How about going for a dip in the pool
as a mood changer? Eh, Saikawa?
Right! There's even a waterslide,
Nagisa-san! Let's go!
--Off, off, off we go
--H-Hold on, Yui-chan!
So
How come?
This makes 17 losses
in a row, only for me.
Something's definitely off about this.
One more hand. One more hand!
What are you doing, goofball?
Who was--?
Who's stupid enough to keep
gambling until they're in tears?
So? You were looking for me
for a reason, right?
Yeah. Weren't you saying earlier that
there might be something on this ship?
Mom's bequest.
Siesta's bequest?
Yes, shortly before dying, Mom left behind
her dying wishes--her bequest--
for the goal of defeating SPES
across the world.
And one of them lies
untapped on this ship.
It took time to delve into it,
but my information is accurate.
A bequest from Siesta
is on this cruise ship
What's the connection to the casino?
You know something worthy
of being a bequest from Mom,
I thought maybe if I kept
winning in the casino,
they'd bring out some
jackpot prize kind of thing
"Bequest"
they'd bring out some
jackpot prize kind of thing
You really are a proper idiot.
What do you mean a "proper idiot"?
Well, since you have no intention
of taking on Mom's dying wishes,
at this point, it has nothing
to do with you anyway.
I'm sorry I made you worry.
So why didn't you try to become
a detective in Mom's place?
It was what she, Siesta, said to me
on that day four years ago.
You Be my sidekick.
So I can't become a detective.
On into the future,
I will always continue to be her--
the legendary detective's--sidekick.
I'll live on, for her.
You're a fool. The one who's truly
tied down by Mom is you, not me.
Well, it's fine. I'll handle
things in my own way.
So you find Mom's bequest--
your own answers--in your own way.
Ha. I guess it's good they're
cutting loose while they can.
After all that, I didn't
come across any leads.
Something's weird here.
What's weird?
Sitting face to face with you
like this and eating.
What else can we do? Saikawa said she's
making the rounds as a guest of honor.
Are you dissatisfied being with me?
I didn't say that.
Kimizuka, what were you doing
when you didn't come to the pool?
Well, I--
After I went and bought a new swimsuit
What?
Nothing.
Natsunagi, do you have time after this?
Huh? Well, um
If so, there's a little something
I want to discuss with you.
Discuss? I mean, we could
discuss it here, now
Yeah It's something that'd be
a bit awkward to discuss here.
I'm remembering there was
a bar across from this place.
Would you meet me there an hour from now?
Umm, just me? You and I alone
together at a bar?
Yeah, that'd be the situation.
Yes, that would be fine
Huh?
Did you wait long?
You went to the trouble of changing?
Eh? Oh, no, it's just, after showering,
this happened to be all I had to wear
So, what did you want to discuss?
That was not the discussion
I expected. It's a different
Ultimately, it's the influence
of my heart's former owner
What are you muttering under your breath?
Huh? What's that now?
Eh? Why are you suddenly flipping out?
I'm not flipping out.
You are flipping out.
I said I'm not flipping out!
Here's your payback!
This is absurd!
But still she's not as bad a person
as I thought, that Char.
Yeah, she's a pure and simple fool.
That's also her strong point.
The truth is, I knew that I was
the one who was wrong.
I merely received this heart,
and got it into my head that I was
taking on her dying wishes.
But, Natsunagi, why did you decide
you wanted to take up Siesta's mantle?
Because from a young age,
my body was a wreck.
That sickroom was just like a birdcage,
and I thought I'd never get out
of it for my entire life.
I felt sure that stuck in there,
I could never be anything at all.
That was really frightening.
But I received a newfound life,
and I wound up flying free of that cage.
And yet I didn't know
how to, you know, fly.
How to fly?
Yeah, and so the way of living of the one
who relied on this heart previously
would become my own way of living
that's what I thought.
So that was it. The only way Natsunagi
could live was by relying on Siesta.
And that was the same for me as well.
Excuse me I'm going to go to bed.
Okay.
Repeat. This is an announcement
for all passengers.
Hey, what's this announcement?
Where's that voice coming from?
There wasn't anyone in the
radio room. What's going on?
What's all this?
A girl is being held in the lounge.
The girl's name is Nagisa Natsunagi.
Kimizuka-san!
Saikawa!
It's Nagisa-san I checked her room,
but she's nowhere to be seen.
So is that bequest of Siesta-san's
related to this incident?
Yeah, we can't rule out that possibility.
We've finished a sweep for explosives
--All right, once more
--Any sign of Natsunagi-san?
--All right, once more
Saikawa-sama It's regrettable,
but we did not find her.
However, we did find this
Kimizuka-san, this is
"At 8:00 p.m., bring the legendary
detective's bequest
and come to the main deck."
Would this be SPES?
If it's the legendary detective's
bequest they're after,
that's sufficient as
circumstantial evidence.
But unfortunately,
we don't know what that is.
If that's the case
All we can do is search for Natsunagi
herself, rather than for Siesta's bequest.
Nothing here either, eh?
I'm using my left eye; there shouldn't
be anything I'm overlooking.
I guess that's true.
Squeeze the hands together.
Roll out the shoulders, too.
Breathe in rhythm.
Close the eyes once, breathe in deeply,
and let it out. The blood will flow.
Open your eyes, and your field of vision,
which was clouded, will be clear.
What is all that?
It's a kind of an incantation
to calm my heart
when it feels like it's about to burst
from stress before a live performance.
I apologize for troubling you.
Pretty pathetic.
Pathetic? You, Kimizuka-san?
Yes, don't you think?
Shamefully losing my cool
That's a funny thing to say.
I didn't expect that much of you
from the very start, Kimizuka-san!
Wait, am I being dissed
in a huge way right now?
No, it's not like that.
I was the same way, too.
The same way?
Just like you, Kimizuka-san, I used to be
a person who couldn't live life alone.
After my parents died, I lost sight
of any reference points for living.
I got completely caught up
by promises from the past,
and as a result, I attempted to commit
an act that could never be undone.
Saikawa
But the ones who saved me, of all people,
were you, Kimizuka-san,
who were seemingly in the same
circumstances as me, and also Nagisa-san.
The two of you, trying to save me,
encouraged me to move forward.
That's why I was able to take the hand
you offered without hesitating.
That's why, I'm sorry to say, I won't
expect any more of you than is necessary.
So in the same way,
please don't be concerned
about me any more than necessary.
That's the kind of partners we are.
Yeah, that works. That's fine.
If you call yourself the legendary
detective's sidekick,
then maybe I should be
the sidekick to the sidekick.
The legendary detective's
sidekick's sidekick?
Yes, that's right!
True, it's an arrangement somewhat
like Matryoshka nesting dolls.
I don't know if I could
become your right hand,
but I do think I could become
something like your left eye.
Yeah, that would be ideal.
After all that, we haven't
found anything yet.
But, Kimizuka-san--
Yeah, we were able to achieve the result
of not being able to find anything.
If our adversary can't be found
even using your left eye
Has something occurred to you?
Yeah. From here on, we don't need
deduction or tactics or anything.
It's all-out war, you lowlifes.
Enough with these roundabout dealings.
Show yourself, Chameleon!
You're going to return Nagisa Natsunagi.
Astute of you to know I was here.
Natsunagi!
Easy, now.
I'd like you to hold still for me there.
What is it you're after?
I believe I've already
told you what I'm after.
We'd be thrilled to hand over
that supposed "bequest,"
but unfortunately, we don't
know a thing about it.
Won't you just civilly
return Natsunagi to us?
Well, this is a problem
That's not any sort of bargaining at all.
Stop, Chameleon.
Kimizuka
Natsunagi!
I really seem to have
screwed things up. Sorry
All right. This girl's life,
--or the lives of the passengers they're
now desperately trying to evacuate.
--Everyone, come along! This way!
--or the lives of the passengers they're
now desperately trying to evacuate.
I shall give you the honor
of choosing between these!
What's the point of doing that?
Well, it's frosting on the cake, of sorts.
Frosting on the cake?
Yes. If the legendary detective's
bequest can't be found,
then this entire ship should be sunk.
So why Natsunagi? What do you
creeps gain by taking her life?
That's an extremely simple matter.
It's because this girl is imbued with
the legendary detective's blood.
Well, now. Make your choice: This girl's
life, or the passengers' lives.
Kimizuka
Shoot me.
What are you saying, Natsunagi?
The response that's called for now is to
shoot me and save the passengers' lives.
That kind of dispassionate way
of thinking is unlike you.
Is it? Maybe so
But what's needed
in this situation right now
is a legendary detective's reasoning,
not my strong emotions.
You're a legendary detective, too!
No, I'm not. I'm not anything at all.
Kimizuka, when you said I didn't need
to replace anyone, I appreciated that.
Thank you.
Keep your "correct response."
You say you're not anything at all?
If you're not anything at all yet,
you should be free to become
anything you want.
If you don't know how to fly,
you can learn from someone
how to flap your wings.
If you don't know how to live life,
you can walk in line with someone else!
Have you arrived at your answer now?
Yeah. My answer was settled
from the very start.
The arrangement is that Nagisa
Natsunagi can't die before I do.
Sorry, but that's what was promised.
"Episode 11"
"A Light in the Midst of Hope"