Disco Detective Wednesdayyy

* Original
* Reprint

* Part One
* Part Two

* Part One
* Part Two
* Part Three

**Disco Detective Wednesdayyy** (ディスコ探偵水曜日(たんていすいようび), *Disuko Tantei Suiyōbi*), also known simply as **Disco★Wednesdayyy**, is a mystery novel by Outarou Maijou, and cover illustrations by KEI. It was published by Shinchosha, originally released in 2008, the book split into two parts released simultaneously, with a reprint version later released in 2011, split into three parts. It is widely considered the Fifth Great Mystery.

## Synopsis

### Original

When Disco Wednesdayyy, an American detective specialized in finding missing children, visits Japan, the symphony that heralds Götterdämmerung​ sounds. Daughters having their souls stolen; a jet-black man transforming the world into hell; people traveling through time; The Pinehouse, a mansion filled with infinite mysteries; a never-ending feast for the great detectives. The Apocalypse of the 21st century is now complete.

### Reprint

#### Part One

Disco Wednesdayyy, an American detective specializing in lost children, lives with six-year old Kozue Yamagishi in Chofu City, Tokyo. One day, right in front of his eyes, a seventeen-year-old girl "invades" Kozue's body. The door to the biggest case in human history opens. A soul thief, a black bird man who embodies all evil, a series of deaths of great detectives gathered in a strange cylindrical house── "You are at the center of this disaster." Just Facts! Chasing only the truth, run through three thousand worlds, Disco!

#### Part Two

Kiyuu Choukuuji, Tansetsu Sakurazuki, Nils Mikami and the other great detectives are about to show off their great deductions. Will they be able to solve the puzzling death of the mystery writer, Owaru Anabyouin, and the mystery behind the Pinehouse. And what will happen at 23:26 on July 15th, 2006? The truth is like a mirage; the closer you get, the farther away it goes. "It's useless. This case will never end." Go, Disco! The world is waiting for you!

#### Part Three

Is weakness a sin? Heartbreaking words echo throughout the orphanage. Barons whipping crying children, Götterdämmerung​ and the Lamia Syndrome. "Get dancing, Discotheque. Hurry up." A lost detective learns of hell on a journey through space and time. What decision will he ultimately make? The battle of Disco Wednesdayyy and the great detectives reaches its climax.

## Contents

* **Part One: Kozue** (第一部(だいいちぶ)　梢(こずえ), *Dai Ichi Bu: Kozue*)
* **Part Two: The Pinehouse Dead** (第二部(だいにぶ)　ザ・パインハウス・デッド, *Dai Ni Bu: Za Painhausu Deddo*)
* **Part Three: Resolution and "〇N〇N"** (第三部(だいさんぶ)　解決(かいけつ)と「〇ん〇ん」, *Dai San Bu: Kaiketsu to "〇N〇N"*)
* **Part Four: The Ark** (第四部(だいよんぶ)　方舟(はこぶね), *Dai Yon Bu: Hakobune*)

## Characters

* **Disco Alexander Wednesdayyy** (ディスコ・アレクサンダー・ウェンズデイ, *Disuko Arekusandā Wenzudei*)**:** The protagonist. A 35-year-old hard-boiled private detective from LA, America, specialized in locating missing or kidnapped children. After rescuing a young girl named Kozue in Japan, he decided to take a break from investigative work to take care of her.
* **Kozue Yamagishi** (山岸(やまぎし) 梢(こずえ), *Yamagishi Kozue*)**:** A kidnapped 6-year-old girl who was rescued by Wednesdayyy, and then started living with him. When she goes to sleep, she is periodically replaced by her 17-year-old self from the future, who is herself unsure how she is able to time travel.

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* **Mercury C** (水星(すいせい)Ｃ, *Suisei C*)**:** A mysterious man, friend of Masato Hoshino, who has a strong hatred of detectives. He accompanies Disco to the Pinehouse.
* **Shakuko Muroi** (室井(むろい) 勺子(しゃくこ), *Muroi Shakuko*)**:** Disco's sex friend. A married woman living in Shizuoka.
* **Kikyou Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 桔梗(ききょう), *Shimada Kikyō*)**:** A strange girl possessing Kozue's body. Disco discovers that she was the victim of a string of incidents known as the "Panda Lover Case".
* **Norma Brown** (ノーマ・ブラウン, *Nōma Buraun*)**:** Disco's high school crush.
* **Sharon Styron** (シャロン・スタイロン, *Sharon Sutairon*)**:** The daughter of a drug lord who was murdered and cut to pieces in a drug cartel conflict.

* **Kazuo Yamagishi** (山岸(やまぎし) 和夫(かずお), *Yamagishi Kazuo*)**:** Kozue's father.
* **Kanoko Yamagishi** (山岸(やまぎし) かの子(こ), *Yamagishi Kanoko*)**:** Kozue's mother.
* **Kenji Osada** (織田(おさだ) 健治(けんじ), *Osada Kenji*)**:** The man who kidnapped Kozue.
* **Charles Thomas Wednesdayyy** (チャールズ・トマス・ウェンズデイ, *Chāruzu Tomasu Wenzudei*)**:** Disco's father. The head of the sales department at a farming machinery manufacturer.
* **Masato Hoshino** (星野(ほしの) 真人(まさと), *Hoshino Masato*)**:** A 16-year-old delinquent, member of a gang of 6 young boys.
* **Keisuke Hoshino** (星野(ほしの) 啓介(けいすけ), *Hoshino Keisuke*)**:** Masato's father.
* **Hiromi Hoshino** (星野(ほしの) ひろみ, *Hoshino Hiromi*)**:** Masato's mother.
* **Shingo Yogawa** (横川(よがわ) 慎吾(しんご), *Yogawa Shingo*)**:** Hiromi Hoshino's lover.
* **Yasuhiro Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 保弘(やすひろ), *Shimada Yasuhiro*)**:** Kikyou's father.
* **Tomoka Shimada** (島田(しまだ) 友香(ともか), *Shimada Tomoka*)**:** Kikyou's mother.

* **Owaru Anbyouin** (暗病院(あんびょういん) 終了(おわる), *Anabyōin Owaru*) / **Saburou Mitamura** (三田村(みたむら) 三朗(さぶろう), *Mitamura Saburō*)**:** A mystery writer found murderered in his home, a cylindrical building known as the Pinehouse. Dozens of great detectives gather in order to solve the case.
* **Nils Mikami** (美神(みかみ) 二瑠主(ニルス), *Mikami Nirusu*)**:** One of the great detectives at the Pinehouse. A young boy genius known as the "Prince of Reasoning".
* **Sachiari Hakkyoku** (八極(はっきょく) 幸有(さちあい), *Hakkyoku Sachiari*)**:** One of the great detectives at the Pinehouse. He is known for having solved the case of the Kohajima Minotaurus a month prior to arriving.
* **Keraku Choukuuji** (蝶空寺(ちょうくうじ) 快楽(けらく), *Chōkūji Keraku*)**:** One of the great detectives at the Pinehouse.
* **Kiyuu Choukuuji** (蝶空寺(ちょうくうじ) 嬉遊(きゆう), *Chōkūji Kiyū*)**:** One of the great detectives at the Pinehouse.
* **Nyannyannyan Nekoneko** (猫猫(ねこねこ) にゃんにゃんにゃん, *Nekoneko Nyannyannyan*)**:** One of the great detectives at the Pinehouse.
* **Judy Dollhouse** (ジュディ・ドールハウス, *Judi Dōruhausu*)**:** One of the great detectives at the Pinehouse.
* **Takeshi Takeshi Hongou** (本郷(ほんごう) タケシタケシ, *Hongō Takeshi Takeshi*) / **Takeshi Hongou** (本郷(ほんごう) 雄士(たけし))**:** One of the great detectives at the Pinehouse.

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Disco Detective Wednesday Part One (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Disco Detective Wednesday Part Two (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Disco Detective Wednesday Part One (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Disco Detective Wednesday Part Two (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Disco Detective Wednesday Part Three (in Japanese). Published by Shinchosha.