Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro - Season 1

Kitsutsuki Tanteidokoro - Season 1

Season 1

It is the end of the Meiji Era. The genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku, who’s struggling financially, starts a detective business out of his lodging in response to a certain murder case. He calls it the Woodpecker Detective’s Office. “The ghosts of the Twelve-Story Tower in Asakusa,” “the man-eating figure who wanders the streets on snowy nights”… Takuboku involves himself in one bizarre case after another with his hometown acquaintance, Kindaichi Kyosuke, as his assistant. Other literary men such as Nomura Kodo, Yoshii Isamu, Hagiwara Sakutaro, and Wakayama Bokusui are also dragged into Takuboku’s exploits as he races all around Tokyo at the height of Westernization!
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DatesApr 13, 2020 - Jun 29, 2020

Episodes

A Pleasant Occupation
Season 1Episode 130 min

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 decide to drop by Asakusa and find themselves primary witnesses to a murder. The victim, Tatsukichi, worked in the home of Oguri, the head clerk to the Arakawa mines. When the murder weapon and a letter of accusation written by Tatsukichi are discovered, Oguri is arrested for the crime, but Takuboku isn’t convinced…
Apr 13, 2020
A Red-light District Woman
Season 1Episode 230 min

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 room, Kyousuke begins to suspect that Takuboku might have done it. Where does the truth really lie?
Apr 20, 2020
Casual Remarks
Season 1Episode 330 min

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 the literary men unveil their deductions. Natsume Souseki introduces Akutagawa Ryuunosuke who also participates in the puzzle solving, but none of them come up with a deciding theory. As they ponder, a boy named Hirai Tarou steps forward. Hirai tells them that everything started two nights ago…
Apr 27, 2020
Strange Stories of the High Tower
Season 1Episode 430 min

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.
May 4, 2020
Accursed Beast
Season 1Episode 530 min

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 prostitute from the same province as them, he can’t conceal his indignation. Meanwhile, at the milk hall, Yoshii, Sakutarou, and Bokusui hold a poetry contest, refereed by Nomura, to see who will confess their feelings to Kiku, the waitress.
May 11, 2020
Honeysuckle
Season 1Episode 630 min

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 Otojirou, Senjaku, turns himself in to the police and the case is considered solved, but Senjaku’s girlfriend is Kiku, who works at the milk hall. She asks Yoshii, who is in love with her, to prove Senjaku’s innocence. Takuboku, who is short on money since Kyousuke cut ties with him, jumps into the conversation, and, together, he and Yoshi begin to investigate the incident…
May 18, 2020
Gentleman Thief
Season 1Episode 730 min

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 is being offered for anyone who finds it. Kyousuke happens upon a coded message that seems to indicate the hiding place. Leaving Takuboku behind since he’s still cut ties with him, Kyousuke sets out with young Hirai to decipher the note.
May 25, 2020
Young Man
Season 1Episode 830 min

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. Tamaki had a deep connection to the "bat-man," the acrobat, Kagami, but, because of the accident that caused Kagami’s death, Tamaki is now being threatened by Kagami’s younger brother. Meanwhile, Kyousuke can’t restrain his anxiety for Takuboku who is writing poems that smell of death.
Jun 1, 2020
Events Fulfilled
Season 1Episode 930 min

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 lived and goes there to investigate with Takuboku where they discover the surprising truth behind the ghosts. Meanwhile, Tamaki’s husband Sonobe is dragged out the window by an unknown person. Is it Kagami’s younger brother?
Jun 8, 2020
Over Many Mountains and Rivers
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Over Many Mountains and Rivers

Jun 15, 2020
The Hour of Demons
Season 1Episode 1130 min

The Hour of Demons

Jun 22, 2020
Pale Blue Skies
Season 1Episode 1230 min

Pale Blue Skies

Jun 29, 2020

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