Enmadou Sara no Suiri Kitan (The Mystery Collection of Enmado Sara /閻魔堂沙羅の推理奇譚)

- What? - Yes.

Don't you, "Yes", me. What the hell is wrong with you?

As you can see, I'm hitting the shuttlecock towards you.

- Hey, stop that! - Go ahead. There's yours.

No, I'm not doing it. ...I mean, who the hell are you?

I'm Sara. I am the Enma's daughter.

Huh? Enma?

Insolence, huh? That attitude.

I've had enough of this. Who are you hitting at...

Welcome to Enma Hall. This is the place where souls are decided whether they go to heaven or hell.

- Huh? - Remember them quickly.

It means you are dead.

Sawaki Kaho, age 22. The cause of death was a traffic accident.

ECOTV Presents

The Tales of the Mysterious Sara in Enma Hall

Former Japanese Representative

Sawaki Kaho

I won. Okay, that's it for today.

Another game, please. Coach Kaho!

All Japan Jr. Champion

Uchiyama Shizuka

- No, no. I'm tired. - Then please teach me how to do a drop shot.

- Right time. Right time for shot such as that. - Kaho, explain it to her properly.

I'm gonna leave now. ...Or maybe Shizuka is pushing it too far.

- It's overworked, no matter how close the competition is. - I'm fine.

No, just because you lose in badminton

doesn't mean you'll die.

- I will die. - Huh?

I want to be the best in the world at badminton and I don't want to lose to anyone.

Losing is the same as dying!

Good job.

Does your leg still hurt?

Not at all. It's been a year and a half, and I'm not giving my all to the kids.

- More than that... - As for Shizuka, she's good.

She's got the fighting spirit of a junior champion and she's also taking great care of herself.

Actually, if you had the same fighting spirit like Shizuka, surely by now...

Mom

I'm sorry.

- Hello? - Ah, Kaho?

The hospital called and said that tonight is the night for your dad.

I understand.

My father was a man who devoted his life to badminton.

He is a former player who has contributed to the development of badminton in Japan since his retirement

and is currently a vice-director of the association.

Because of that, me and my sister Nao, who is three years older than me, both became badminton players.

Kaho's sister

Sawaki Nao

- Great work today. - You, too.

I quit a year and a half ago because of an injury.

Honey.

Dad.

Everyone's here!

Kaho, you too...

Dad? Hey, Dad. Dad!

Nao.

Time of death at 10:51 p.m..

I hadn't told my father that I retired.

Kaho. This is for you from your Dad.

Kaho

Continue

A few weeks later, a memorial service was held for my father at our house.

Akitaka really worked hard. We have to do our best too.

- Shizuka, eat a lot of food, okay? - I will.

The guests were the current top players of the national team, their coaches and the director.

They're all very close to my father… and it's really uncomfortable.

Japan National Team Director

Inaba Hiroyasu

- Kaho. How's the leg? - It's all thanks to you.

I see.

Even so, don't think about going back now.

I have no intention of doing that.

Really, you were a talented player.

Akitaka and I have devoted ourselves to making Japanese badminton stronger.

In the middle of all that, did you ever think about how much I was counting

on your natural talents?

- I'm sorry for disappointing you. - Yes, I was disappointed.

You were undoubtedly a genius, but you didn't inherit Akitaka's soul.

I'll tell you one more time, don't ever think about going back to active duty.

That's why I have no intention of doing that.

- Coach Kaho. - Ah... Did you escape too, Shizuka?

Yeah. They're all grownups.

Hana.

I hope they go home soon.

Hello.

What?

Kaho-san was just as I imagined.

Japanese Representative

Shida Mai

What's with that depressed look on your face?

I have a feeling that you are living life in a daze.

A returnee, indeed. That was a tough shot, huh?

I've heard all kinds of rumors during your active career.

Anyway, she said that she was a lousy player

who hated practice and she was only doing it based on talent.

I'm not denying it. It's a fact.

What about this rumor then? A year and a half ago, the reason she was practicing

so unusually was because she was about to be caught up with the lower-ranked Nao-san.

After doing something she's not used to doing, she tore her ACL in her left leg.

I feel sorry for Akitaka-san.

Both of his daughters have become athletes,

and the older sister is a mediocre player with no talent and only a muddy effort.

As for the younger sister, she was a worthless piece of trash

who was throwing away all her talent.

"Piece of trash" says the lowest rank.

But you have no right to say that about Nao, either.

Well, just one last thing.

Don't even think about returning to active duty. It's a disgrace to Akitaka-san's reputation.

There are two dogs in the garden.

You don't know what I'm talking about?

The "There are two chickens in the garden." The dog version of it.

- There's only one of them, though. - There is.

One is Hana, the other is me, the failure.

It pisses me off, but... it's true.

I just took a bath.

- Nao, you should get in there too. - Okay.

Ah, Kaho. Can I have the racquet that's in your room?

Huh? Why?

I thought I'd give it away to some of my college juniors.

Because you don't need them anymore, do you?

Do what you want.

Really? Thank you.

Speaking of juniors, isn't that girl, Shida Mai , one of your juniors?

Why don't you teach her how to speak properly for once?

What did she say?

She looked down on you.

She said that you're an average player with no talent, just a muddy effort.

- Well, ability is everything in this world. - But still...

I'm sorry, but it's more disturbing to me when a retired genius

thinks I'm an idiot than it is to have an

active Shida look down on me.

Good.

Not "good". More importantly, now...

That's a living memory. By the way, that's a life flashing back to people see just before they die.

So, that means I'm really dead?

You died.

But it's too soon... I didn't even see me die.

I am short on time.

You have been selected to go to heaven without judgment by Enma.

- No way, why? - It's because of your father.

Your father, Sawaki Akitaka, is a bronze card holder.

- Bronze card? - It's like a medal given to you for your deeds

during your lifetime. Gold card is for those who have made significant contributions to humanity

on a global scale, silver card is for those

who have contributed to the development of society

in the field of culture, arts and other areas and bronze card

is for those who served the world in a lesser degree.

Well, it's true, my father was

the kind of person who lived for the badminton world.

The family of the cardholder has the benefit of preferential access to heaven,

unless he or she was very badly behaved during his or her lifetime.

And so for that reason, please go to heaven immediately.

Eh? I can go now?

Go ahead.

For someone like you, who is not worthy of evaluation and who has lived a boring life,