Motokare no Yuigonjou (My Ex-Boyfriend's Last Will / Will of Ex-Boyfriend / 元彼の遺言状)

Is there anything in the prosecution that is untrue?

I...

I didn't kill him.

He's lost his place, his name,

no one knows him, he lives in seclusion, has no money,

and continues to write mystery novels that has no way of being published.

That's his six years.

...has been found not guilty.

We did it! We did it!

Is it around here?

Alrighty.

Like I said, we are a law firm.

If you want an affair investigated, go to a detective agency.

Hey, hey, hey... Hey!

What are you doing? I'm taking a TikTok video right now.

Don't get in the way.

But Reiko, social media is so much fun.

What're you saying so optimistically?

Since your case, I've been getting calls non-stop mistaking us for a detective agency.

- Ah... Really. - Ah... Sorry.

So I thought I'd take the time to apply for various things:

a passport, my number card, dental checkups, a library, and a community swimming pool.

Reiko, the world is such a big place.

Excuse me.

Oh, sorry, I've come to deliver your order.

Wow, that was quick! As expected!

- Thank you very much. - Yes, thanks.

No, that's amazing, Reiko.

Nowadays, they are delivered right to you with just a smartphone, huh?

- Here, your lunch. - Huh? Are you slacking off?

No, there's something I can't miss after this.

You're supposed to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

I am your assistant, but I am also a man with a dream.

The Wandering Cook's Brilliant Case File Keitaro Shinoda

What do you think of my manuscript?

I thought that you worked very hard in writing this.

I think...

Please be frank with me.

I understand.

You know...

it's outdated.

So extremely outdated!

It's so outdated that I wonder if it's new all over again,

but then it goes full circle again.

As a result, it's outdated.

It's not often to see an outdated one nowadays.

Oh, that's enough. Well, thanks.

I knew enough that it was outdated.

But, with all due respect,

I don't think anyone has done

a wandering cook as a detective yet.

Ah... that's not what I meant.

From start to finish, déjà vu is all over the place.

I know what you want to do.

"I love traditional mysteries!" is what I'm getting out of it.

But, you know, at least for us, it's a bit...

I'm sorry!

- I'm sorry! - I'm terribly sor...

- Did you bring it there? - Yes.

Ume Publishing Co.

It's interesting, Mr. Shinoda.

Really?

Wherever I took it, I was met with harsh criticism.

Like it's outdated, or conventional.

Indeed, this industry has lost its connoisseurs.

Rather, its datedness of the work is its charm.

John Dickson Carr and Freeman Wills Crofts

Doyle, Christie, Poe, Carr and Crofts.

Actually, I used to be addicted to foreign mysteries

when I was a student.

But that's not the only thing about your work.

There's something new that shines behind a good old mystery.

Thank you very much!

But, you know, interesting alone is not enough.

It needs to have a selling factor.

You know, like having won a famous award, or the writer being famous.

Oh, are you the one from that Jugahama case?

- Ah... Yes. - Ah... good for you!

The whole thing was a false accusation. It's such a terrible thing.

I'm really happy for you and good luck.

Thank you.

Ah, I'm sorry.

Oh, yeah!

I thought I've seen you somewhere before, you were in that case?

Yes, my real name is Tanaka, but Keitaro Shinoda is my pen name.

- It might be possible. - Huh?

Would you leave this manuscript with me?

- Does that mean... - Yes.

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My Ex-Boyfriend's Last Will

Furritsubs

Ah, thank you for hard work.

Aren't you in a good mood, Mr. Shinoda?

I'm celebrating today.

I'm sorry, Mr. Kanda, for even helping with that.

I think Reiko will be back any minute now.

Mail.

Please sign here.

It's here, it's here, it's here!

Thank you very much.

- Okay! - Here you go.

- Thank you. - Thanks.

It's here, it's here, Mr. Kanda.

Mr. Keitaro Shinoda

The other day I had a meeting with you, I am Kurumazaki from Ume Publishing Co.

A sample of the book is now available. We are pleased to offer it to you.

Ume Publishing Co.

There it is!

The Wandering Cook's Brilliant Case File

Keitaro Shinoda

Look at this, Mr. Kanda.

It's my book!

- Congratulations, Mr. Shinoda. - Yes.

Here.

I decided that my first reader would be you, Mr. Kanda.

Let me know what you think.

Please give me your honest opinion.

O--Okay.

Reiko will be surprised!

- Hello, Shinoda? - Hello, Reiko?

What time will you be back?

I'm traveling.

Traveling?

- Tahiti. - Tahiti?

Yes.

What? Now?

The plane is about to leave.

I won't answer the phone while I'm over there.

No, no, I said come home early today...

I'll be back when those irritating phone calls stop ringing.

Bye then.

Hello, Reiko? Reiko?

What the hell...

It seems that Reiko has gone on a trip.

It can't be helped, so let's both eat this, Mr. Kanda.

If Reiko isn't here, then I'm good.

- What? - I will read this.

No, since you're here, let's eat.

Mr. Kanda!

Why not with me!?

Ms. Kenmochi!

- Shrimp chili. - Where's Ms. Kenmochi!?

Mr. Tsutsui...

- This is a serious matter. About a case. - What is it?

My daughter said she's bringing her boyfriend,

a guy 20 years older than her, who makes money in stocks

or virtual currency or something. - Isn't that a good thing?

No, I had no intention of meeting him.

But my wife persuaded me to stay home and wait.

- How is that a case? - Please hear me out.

However, her boyfriend didn't show up.

We waited but he never came.

I gave up my precious time off for sushi, but he never did.

- Well then, that's good. - Seriously, listen to me!

- What's the problem? - Not just my daughter.

Everyone I know seems to be out of reach.

A Case of Identity by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Japanese title literal translation "A Case of the Disappeared Groom"

- They disappeared. Disappeared! - Is it "A Case of Identity"?

Please don't make me the groom.

It's a mystery story. Sherlock Holmes'...

I don't give a damn about some fiction!

This is bad. They are going to blame it on me.

They said I must have scared him.

- Did you scare him off? - I did not!

- So, did you molest someone again? - I did not molest anyone!

Okay. What do you want us to do?

So you have to find him, whatever it takes.

Where is she? Where's Ms. Kenmochi?

Ms. Kenmochi!

- You see, Reiko is... - Mornin'!

What's the matter, Mr. Tsutsui? I can hear you outside.

- Kuroshiki, what's with the bags? - They're cakes.

I got them from customers on my birthday yesterday.

- Aren't you getting popular? - There's still a pile at the club.

You see, due to various circumstances, there is no longer a number one or two.

It was a drama-filled case, huh?

- Let's all eat the cakes. - I can't eat that much.

Don't you know? It's food loss.

You know, I don't have time for that right now!

What's all the fuss?

Look, I bought a cake.

- Ms. Sae, you got cake too? - Huh?

Hey, what are you wearing!?

Like I said, I don't care about the cake...

- It's not about your case. - If you seek counsel, I am first in line.

This is not just some minor case.

After all, 300 million yen had disappeared.

300 million yen!?

300 million yen!?

300 million yen!?

300 million yen of Shinichi Minemura's money disappeared.

He is a member of the Lower House, has experience as a minister,

and has his own faction.

A friend of mine told me that a politician he knew was in trouble

and asked me to talk to him.

- Why with you, Ms. Sae? - At a party, we talked a little bit

about the Jugahama case.

And before I knew it,

I was regarded as a great detective in the high society.

They got me.