The Memorandum of Kyoko Okitegami

On that morning,

one person found a note on their body...

Yes~!!

Joy

...and uncharacteristically raised their voice.

One person collected information without another thought...

Greed

One person had a secret ambition hidden in their heart...

Deviousness

One person poured coffee just as usual...

Magic

And for one person,

the day had finally come

Combat

when they left home ready for battle.

The day before,

the master of the mansion where they gathered

had finished decorating for a festival.

Pleasure

Although he would never return to this house again,

the life that had given pleasure to so many

had engraved happy memories on the heart

of even someone whose memories

of even someone whose memories

lasted only for a day

lasted only for a day.

Publishing Company

Several Days Earlier

Well well well... You really came.

You're working at a secondhand bookshop?

- Sorry, it's like I'm an enemy of publishers. - Sit down, sit down.

- Jun-chan 2 coffees. - Okay.

I'm only a casual employee,

but it lets me study mystery novels.

Oh~ That's a good attitude.

That reasoning really helped that time.

- That was Ky?ko-san's. - Right!

The beautiful, forgetful detective, Okitegami Ky?ko.

forgetful detective

Okitegami Ky?ko

Without Ky?ko's excellent reasoning,

I don't know what would have happened.

As an editor, I'm also extremely grateful.

It's no exaggeration to say Ky?ko-san saved the company.

I've had great respect for Ky?ko-san since then.

Why do you call her "Ky?ko-san"?

- Shouldn't I? - You've only met her once.

- It's overfamiliar? - A bit.

So in anticipation of Ky?ko-san's reasoning skills...

Again.

...will you participate in Sunaga Festa?

Sunaga Festa?

The Sunaga Festival,

known as Sunaga Festa.

Sunaga Hirube is one of Japan's representative mystery novelists.

His style, focused on entertainment,

is loved for its breadth and layers,

and Ky?ko-san is an ardent fan.

Sunaga-sensei has hidden the manuscript

of his new work somewhere

and editors will search for it

based on a series of clues given.

That is Sunaga Festa.

In the bubble era, it took place in amusement parks and baseball stadiums

and even an overseas casino.

There's also a legend of an event on an uninhabited island

where the food floated away, and people

had to live off the land for 3 days.

The Sunaga Festival has been arranged

for the first time in 11 years.

The location is Sunaga-sensei's Karuizawa villa.

Eh~ That sounds fun.

- Is it today? - Next Sunday.

Then it's no good.

Ky?ko-san's memory resets when she sleeps.

She can't be reserved in advance

and has to be paid on the day.

- You know that, right? - Yes, plus it's unpaid.

Then there's no way. Impossible.

Ky?ko-san's a miser.

That's right.

However much of a Sunaga fun she is...

I'll go! I'll go, I'll go!

I'll definitely go!

- Sensei himself won't be there. - I'll go.

- You can't read the new work... - I'll go!

Plus...

I'll go! Whatever the conditions I'll go!

I'll rewrite it over and over

with permanent marker so I won't forget,

and whatever happens, I'll go!

Let me go, please!

We'll go.

Hooray! It's like a dream come true.

Sunaga fans nationwide

long to participate in Sunaga Festa!

Don't you dare forget, okay?

I look forward to next Sunday!

This is like...arranging a date!

Sunday

Bus Terminal

Ky?ko-san!

- For Sunaga Festa? - Yes, I'm Yakusuke.

Yakusuke-san, this morning

I was so happy I squealed when I saw this!

This will be the best day of my life.

Yes. Put your leg away.

Yes.

I couldn't decide what to wear.

What do you think?

It suits you.

I'm glad!

I get it, this isn't a date.

The mansion will be full of editors.

But that's fine.

Hopefully we can have a date mood

while we're travelling alone to Karuizawa...

The bus is here.

Ah, the stop for Karuizawa is over there...

Thanks for waiting!

Eh?

How come you're here, too?

For a bus trip?

- Want some shredded squid? - No thanks.

You could tell by looking.

Makuru-chan and Nuru-kun said they wanted to visit Karuizawa, too.

- Nuru-kun? - Yes.

Nuru-kun, who doesn't usually do anything but work, look!

Huh? What's that?

- That's the Skytree. - Skytree?

It's Japan's tallest broadcasting tower,

with a height of 3776 metres.

So high! That's incredible!

Ky?ko-san hasn't noticed such a stupid error...

- She's unusually relaxed. - Are you the same?

You're lucky, aren't you?

I'm going to sleep.

It's true this is unlike her usual detective mode.

If I can spend a day with Ky?ko-san like this,

it might be greatest day off for me, too.

I'm excited, aren't you?

Yes.

At that time, I had completely forgotten.

Of all things, in my own name

the "Yaku" of Yakusuke means misfortune.

However far I go, someone with bad luck like mine

could never have a truly good day.

This is one of Sunaga-sensei's 2 villas,

which he lives in from June to October.

It's long been said

my bad luck spreads to those around me.

- Hello? - Something big has happened.

Sunaga-sensei has died in his hotel.

It seems it was heart failure.

He was quite elderly.

This appears in his novels, too.

- Really? - Yes.

Are you listening?

Yes...

Understood. Today is cancelled, right?

No, continue the search as planned.

Eh?

We need to find Sunaga Hirube's final work.

This is a formal request.

Explain the situation to Ky?ko-san...

Wait a minute!

Can we continue Sunaga Festa like this?

What?

We just have to find the manuscript, right?

I'm sorry, Sunaga-sensei.

Just for today, let me keep

the news of your death to myself.

In return,

I'll make sure Sunaga Festa goes perfectly.

If I attract all the bad luck to myself,

I can protect her greatest day.

Because for Ky?ko-san, there is only today.

For Ky?ko-san

there is only today

Yakusuke-san, let's go in.

Yes.

Okitegami Ky?ko's Memorandum

Subtitles by Candylemon

Living Room

Where are the editors?

They'll be late.

They don't know when they'll get here.

Is something wrong?

I'm a part-timer, so I don't know much.

I was just told where the key was, and to come in their place.

So you're here, Kakushidate Yakusuke.

- You're under arrest! - T?asa-san!

You can't joke like that.

Let me have fun on my day off.

Day off?

They're detectives from the MPD.

You're well informed.

They're fans of Sunaga-sensei,

so they wanted to participate

and abused their power to come here, apparently.