Case File N° 221: Kabukicho (歌舞伎町シャーロック)

Hold it, damn it!

Kobayashi!

I'll kill you!

He's alive!

Morning! Why are you sleeping on the garbage?

"Burnable Garbage" "Moron" Morning! Why are you sleeping on the garbage?

"Burnable Garbage" "Moron" Where are your clothes?

"Burnable Garbage" "Moron" I don't remember...

"Burnable Garbage" "Moron" I drank a ton last night.

What are you doing up this early?

Commuting time is prime earning hours!

Business is going well, huh?

You're only taking it from the rich, right?

--Of course. --Obviously.

What's his deal?

What's up?

What is he doing?

That looks fun.

Let's go see.

Hey, mister. What are you doing?

I'mma cuttin' the sun.

The bright and shiny sun...

Sugimoto-san?

"Kaneko Financing Mid-Level Thug"

Tama?

You're back, huh?

Diamond head!

So, Tama, what are you doing these days?

I teach at a cram school. They're my students.

I'll bury you.

I live at the Detective's Row House.

You're a detective, huh?

Boss!

"Sugimoto's Henchman" I got a Kabukinger Z!

Feel the power!

All right, up it.

On it!

Evil spirits begone!

Did it sell?

It's still upping!

Who's the nut job?

Sugimoto-san. A member of Kaneko's gang.

So is Tama like, your old name?

Why Tama? Like "balls"?

No.

"Shinjuku Ward"

"Shinjuku Ward" Shinjuku's west side.

On the other side of the wall from its well-ordered, well-lit streets

lies the chaos of the east.

In the darkness of Kabukicho,

where elephants roar to sound the time,

and villains lurk in every shadow,

you'll find six detectives.

"Sherlock Holmes" Weirdos, freaks, bozos and fools to a man,

"Fuyuto Kyogoku" Weirdos, freaks, bozos and fools to a man,

"Michel Belmont" Weirdos, freaks, bozos and fools to a man,

who knows what madness they'll bring with them.

"Lucy Morstan" "Mary Morstan" who knows what madness they'll bring with them.

"Torataro Kobayashi" who knows what madness they'll bring with them.

The mystery-solving battle of the detectives is about to heat up!

"Kobayashi the Man, Giving It His All" I updated the list of criminals.

"Kobayashi the Man, Giving It His All" That was fast.

Hey, give me a bigger job.

Come back in a decade.

Future dreams? That's so boring.

"Future Dreams" Future dreams? That's so boring.

So, since we're talking about our futures, why don't we ask the grown-ups?

That's a great idea.

Hey, Gokkun, was your dream to be a detective?

No, my dream is to get a lot of money and move to the West Side--

Never gonna happen!

'Cause you're a virgin, Gokkun!

Wh-What's that got to do with anything?

-Even if, hypothetically, that were true,

--What's a virgin? --Even if, hypothetically, that were true,

--I heard it means he's never fired --it has nothing to do with...

--a rocket beam from his body. --it has nothing to do with...

Then I'm a virgin, too!

--Me, too! --Me, too!

What about you, Sherlock? Why'd you become a detective?

For rakugo, right?

Rakugo?

What does that mean?

I don't get it.

What does that mean?

So, what are all your dreams?

Detective!

I don't have one! You can't eat dreams!

Marry someone who makes 100,000,000 yen a year.

Live off my real estate portfolio.

I want to fire a rocket beam.

I...

I want to be a leader who protects this town!

Never gonna happen!

We've got the captain already!

The captain might be able to!

But not Yoshio!

What about Tamatama, then?

Tamatama?

Um, I guess Balls' old nickname was Kobayashi.

It's the other way around!

Or wait, no, that's still wrong.

Someone from the Kaneko Gang just called him "Tama."

Hey, you were in the Kaneko Gang before you became a detective, right?

Is that true?

Why'd you quit?

'Cause being a detective's a much better job!

You're lying!

They kicked me out.

That's the lamest reason possible.

Pathetic.

Guys, that's enough homework.

Let's go to our secret base.

Yeah.

What about you, Captain?

I'll pass.

Again?

I remember when I had a secret base.

Where's yours?

We ain't tellin' somebody who got kicked out of a gang!

I see.

Here you go.

The X Lunch.

X...

What's wrong?

It's him again.

Um...

Hand over this week's protection money.

And the other stuff.

Yes, sir...

"Ramune"

"Ramune" I love it!

That's Dokkiri-man chocolate, right?

You can't get that stuff anywhere.

"Protection Money"

"Protection Money" Wow, look at all.

Wow, look at all.

See you next month.

That was close.

Yeah.

This area's getting dangerous.

Yeah. The Kabukicho Irregulars need to do something about this.

I remembered something I had to do.

Go on without me!

--What's up? --Gotta poop?

That sticker goes for a lot of money, right?

Yeah. The foils go for 100,000 yen, minimum.

The rarest are worth over 1,000,000.

--Wow! --He's going to sell it himself.

--Scum! --And he's creepy, too.

Coming through.

"Protection Money"

"Sugimoto's Office" The old man is too soft on people!

But just you wait!

Once I've got the money, I'm going solo!

Or I'll just take over the Kaneko's territory!

War!

Bro, I got 20,000 yen for that Kabukinger Z I upped this morning!

Don't get excited over petty change, wimp.

Right now I've got the hottest sticker around...

Welcome!

Bro, we're here.

Tama!

Cross counter!

Bro, that was a self-introduction!

I'll do it for you!

I don't know.

That the kid?

--Nope. --Grab him.

Right!

Let me go, musclebrain!

Hey, Tamatama.

Can you steal some food from the bar for me?

Hi, I'm one of Kobayashi's buddies.

He's in the shitter.

I'll give him the message, so tell me where you are now.

"Kabuki Bowl"

"Kabuki Bowl" The sixth floor of the old Kabuki Bowl building.

Okay, thanks.