Bishoku Tantei Akechi Goro (Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi / 美食探偵 明智五郎)

What would you eat if you were to die tomorrow?

Kobe-beef steak cooked with Binchotan charcoal?

Aged sushi delivered directly from Sea of Japan?

Chocolate exclusively for Belgium Royal Household?

Ramen with roasted pork fillet and extra pork back fat?

Or simple is the best?

T,K,G,(=Tamago Kake Gohan=raw egg on rice)?

My last supper would be...

I can't remember!

What was my last meal?

If I knew this was going to happen, then I should have eaten with that intention!

That's right. We never know what's going to happen in the future.

How many people can be aware that this is their last supper when they eat?

We may be able to be killed by somebody accidentally.

Our final day...

If I haven't met this man...

Because I met him...

It's your own fault.

It sucks!

Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi Episode 1

Thank you for waiting.

I'll pay with coins.

Thank you for the exact amount.

I'll come back.

Thank you.

Welcome. Are you ready to order?

Hi, chef. What are the main and the side dish?

Would you please check the board for today's menu?

How many times do I have to tell him that?

I stopped by my favorite boulangerie before coming here.

I bought cranberry and walnut bread.

Ah, boulangerie! That's good.

Hey, Clook, what's boulangerie?

Boulangerie means "Bakery".

Just say bakery!

Neglect your customers and play with a smartphone?

I'd like to carrot salad as my side, and...

This man is a detective whose office is in the corner building.

He has a bad haircut and wears weird clothes.

And I don't know why but he wears a bolo tie.

However, he is reasonably good-looking...?

650 yen altogether.

Oh, shoot! I don't have a 1,000-yen note.

Can I pay by credit card?

He is annoying.

I only take cash payments.

You can use a 10,000-note. I have enough change.

I mean that I don't have 1,000 yen note or even 10,000 yen note.

Well, I've already made a take out for you.

Then, I'll pay you later.

Wait a second! How many times have you done that so far?!

Do you want me to go out of business?!

That's not good.

So...

If you went out of business, I'd have to find another lunch shop. That's not good.

It's I who would be in trouble!

We're running out of time. We have to go.

Ah, my customers...

They went to the other lunch shop since they were disappointed with your service.

Your cooking isn't so bad.

Because you chose the side dish graciously!

Hey, Akechi. I heard that you broke into our territory again.

Oh no, are they yakuza men?

He told me everything.

Akechi, please forgive me!

You don't have to apologize to him.

You don't!

Why don't we go to your office, instead of standing out here talking?

Hands off!

Hey, walk briskly (he said Xiang Xiang)!

Xiang Xiang is the name of a giant panda...

Hey!

Get out of here!

We can't!

Are you trying to kill me?!

Kill him?

Edogawa Private Investigation Firm

Please stop!

Wait! Otherwise, I'll call 911!

What?

Are you police officers?

To be precise, we're Inspector and Assistant Inspector of First Investigation Division.

To be more precise, since I'm a career-track detective, I'll be his boss in 3 years.

Did you do something bad?

You're so rude.

I'm saying that even though you're the police officers, you have no right to disturb my lunchtime!

It's my precious lunchtime.

I deserve to die if I can't have my lunch at lunchtime.

You went to the bakery earlier, didn't you?

You disturb our investigation by loitering the crime scene.

Did something happen to that boulangerie?

The owner was found dead in the mountain this morning.

Marks on the victim's head indicated that he'd been struck several hard blows with a blunt instrument.

A rolling pin of the weapon was found near the body.

However, not much bloodstain was left at the crime scene.

The way I see it, the suspect killed him in the boulangerie.

And the suspect is an employee of the boulangerie.

The owner's son and his wife witnessed that the owner was arguing with that employee the other day.

That doesn't make sense.

What?

This yeast bread is so springy and moist.

Hey, we have no time to argue such a thing!

Yeast that is used for this bread is very delicate.

It's sensitive to the humidity.

If the owner was killed in the boulangerie, the suspect had to wash out the blood.

If so, there's no way this bread was baked so springy and moist.

Plus, do you think that a baker who has a pride choose a rolling pin for a weapon?

I agree.

Even though that employee was told that boulangerie was closed permanently and restarted as a convenience store...

Who told you that?

The owner's son and his wife seemed to talk about that to the neighbors.

So, the suspect is...

Wait!

They fought over the business plan...

Wow, I found the truth!

The suspects are the owner's son and his wife!

That's exactly what I was thinking of.

I wasted my time.

Let's go, Takahashi!

I'll explain the reasoning to you on the way.

You don't have to...

Don't be shy! This credit goes to you.

Just kidding!

Oh boy. I waste my 7-minute of precious lunchtime.

So, what do you want?

Yes, you forgot this.

And here is your lunch.

Thank you.

I like a lunch box at Ichigou Deli (=Deli 1).

It's Ichigo Deli (=Strawberry Deli).

That comes from my name, Kobayashi Ichigo.

Kobayashi Ichigou (=Kobayashi 1)

Not Ichigou, it's Ichigo.

See? Strawberry.

It's not bad.

Anything else?

You owe me 650 yen.

That's right.

Can I pay by credit card?

I told you that you can't pay by credit card.

Coming!

Sorry, are you in the middle of lunch?

Do you have a request? Please have a seat and wait.

Yes, I have Japanese black tea.

Would you make tea for us?

Certainly.

Wait, why do I have to do this?

So, do you want to request an infidelity investigation?

Akechi Goro?

Or do you prefer Akechi Kogoro?

Akechi Kogoro=a fictional private detective created by Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo

Ah, I didn't mean that.

I smell different smells every day from my husband's clothes.

Smell? Is it the perfume smell?

It's a food smell.

Food smell?

One day, it was the smell of spice.

The other day, it was the smell of smoke.

My husband works as a researcher, so-called...

I'm sorry but can you speak louder?

I'm sorry.

My husband is a very serious man majoring in science.

He comes home on time.

He is really a serious person.

His hobby is to read Science Fiction.

He may have lunch with a gourmet boss every day.

It's impossible.

He hates changes.

He has rice, miso soup and fish dish for dinner every day. He doesn't eat meat.

And does the smell get stuck in his clothes by just having lunch at the restaurant?

Good point.

It's unforgivable.

Are you still here?

You asked me to make tea!

Did I?

Yes, you did.

Is she your assistant?

Something like that.

I'm not!

I'm a chef.

I don't like it.

He has an affair at lunchtime and has dinner with you like it's no big deal.

I can't stand that if I were you.

Ah, I'm sorry.

I'm fine.

I pretty much got it. I'll accept your request.

But there's one problem.

What's wrong?

He does suspicious behavior at lunchtime.

If I have to do an infidelity investigation during the time...

I can't have my lunch.

What?

Just because it's my job, I don't want to compromise one of 3 meals.

But if I'm unaware of his destination, I can't find the restaurant where they have lunch.

What should I do?

What the hell are you talking about?

She is trouble with that.

Leave this to me. I'll let him investigate it properly.

Do you say to me that I should skip lunch?

I'll deliver lunch to you.