Omito Kawasemi

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### **Alias**

Eagle Eye Kawasemi (慧眼のカワセミ, *Keigan no Kawasemi*, lit. Kawasemi with the keen eye)

## Portrayal

### **Japanese voice**

Jun Fukuyama

**Omito Kawasemi** (翡翠臣疾かわせみおみと, *Kawasemi Omito*) is a police detective at the Aichi Prefectural Police. Because he is the detective with the highest number of solved cases in the entire country, Kawasemi is already considered for police superintendent general despite his young age.

## Physical description

Kawasemi has dark blue hair with a single lighter blue streak running through it, and dark blue eyes.

To work, Kawasemi always wears suits paired with ties. His most common ensemble consists of a dark turquoise suit, a matching tie, and a black shirt.

## Personality and traits

As a highly pedantic and observant person, Kawasemi dislikes disorder and futility and carries around a pair of tweezers at all times. He uses it to point out or correct all kinds of disorders; this is known as his "tweezer discipline." He has no qualms to call attention to other people's messes or mistakes and use his tweezers on them. Kawasemi even corrects his superiors.

His eye for detail gave him the nickname "Eagle Eye Kawasemi" and makes him an excellent detective, having helped him to solve the most murder cases in the country.

Although Kawasemi's direct- and strictness makes him seem cold, he deeply cares for his subordinates and will even lie for them on certain occasions to protect their well-being. At the same time, his subordinates, particularly his right-hand man Yamane, put immense stress and pressure on themselves to meet Kawasemi's standards.

After Kawasemi realizes what damages his "tweezer discipline" can do to others, he becomes more careful, refraining from correcting others and suppressing direct comments. Because he stilts himself too much, Kawasemi begins making mistakes and falls into a case-solving slump. He later gets over his slump with Ron Kamonohashi's help.

## Biography

### Early life

When Kawasemi was still a novice police officer, he worked at the same police box as Amamiya.

One night, while Kawasemi was investigating the Hand Collector Killer Case, he stopped a man near a crime scene. After he found weapons in his bag, Kawasemi identified the man as the murderer, and the killer escaped into an abandoned factory. Kawasemi and Yamane covered the factory's two entrances. Yamane got to him first and handcuffed him, but the man still managed to escape. At that time, Kawasemi was looking for the culprit in another room.

### Hand Collector Killer Case

To further investigate the Hand Collector Killer Case, the Aichi Prefectural Police teams up with the Metropolitan Police Department. Right after arriving at the Metro Police's headquarters, Kawasemi points out everyone's mistakes and labels Totomaru Isshiki as having "zero talent" and being unsuited to be a detective. Dissatisfied that Amamiya assigns Toto to work with him and Yamane, Kawasemi promptly "erases" Toto's existence in his mind before they leave for the crime scene.

At the Tokyo Central Art Museum, Yamane tells Kawasemi and Toto that a truck driver brought some sculptures here from the Aichi Prefecture, and when he unloaded them, he noticed that one of them is a corpse. When Kawasemi sees that the culprit cut off the man's hands, he notes that it is "the same M.O." but does neither elaborate nor pay attention to Toto.

Shortly afterward, Ron Kamonohashi arrives and introduces himself as "Kamomi Tekemono," a hand puppeteer and consultant for hand-related cases. Although Kawasemi is displeased by Ron's presence, he reluctantly allows him to stay as he does not seem to be a "half-assed" civilian, at least.

When Yamane tells Ron and Toto about what occurred the night before, Kawasemi joins the conversation and adds that the man they chased and who tackled him to escape is the corpse found at the museum. Excited, Ron goes to examine the corpse and notes the body's under-dressed state and the tattoo on the arm stump. Yamane clarifies that it is a bird tattoo and that he saw it last night while handcuffing him. Ron then tricks Kawasemi and tests his reaction time: He could effortlessly dodge Toto and, thus, must be lying: The killer could not have easily tackled him.

Kawasemi admits that he was lying, but only to shield Yamane. He was there when the culprit escaped, and Kawasemi realized that the situation must be unsettling Yamane: After all, a button was missing from his orderly partner's sleeve. Ron then points out that Yamane is missing a button again which sends him into a panic; only when Ron says he has it, does Yamane calm down, relieved to know that it is "here this time."

Afterward, Toto receives a call from Spitz Feier from the room of the corpse in the trunk, Minoru Mushanokoji. He found the three victims' hands in a fridge, proving that Mushanokoji is indeed the Hand Collector. Kawasemi doubts that Spitz's information is accurate as he could not have been faster than his investigators. To his surprise, his colleagues call to say they identified the corpse as Mushanokoji only a moment later.

Though Kawasemi does not think that Totomaru's deduction could be true, he still listens when he presents it: Mushanokoji committed suicide last night after Yamane and Kawasemi cornered him. Yamane found the body and removed Mushanokoji's blood-stained jacket, cut off his hands, and placed him in the truck so that he could report that Mushanokoji ran off with the handcuffs. In reality, Yamane had lost them but was too frightened of Kawasemi to admit it. Kawasemi is horrified and apologizes to Yamane for putting so much pressure on him.

Kawasemi later approaches Toto and Ron: He has seen through their relationship, and it made him see Toto in a new light because Ron can only display his abilities with Toto's help. Kawasemi adds that he is looking forward to their next joint case—which he will solve, not them. Ron, on Totomaru's behalf, accepts the challenge.

### Mad Chameleon Murder Case

Since he lost Yamane, Kawasemi's arrest rate has been falling drastically. To check up on him, Amamiya sends Totomaru to Nagoya. When Totomaru finds Kawasemi, Kawasemi is accidentally lecturing an undercover officer about his appearance and asking another officer for his name although he gave it already. Afterward, Kawasemi spots Toto, and they head to a restaurant to catch up. Kawasemi admits that he is indeed in a major slump. Because it is already so late, they go shopping for souvenirs; Toto gets a lot for his grandmother.

While Kawasemi and Totomaru walk around in the shopping center, Totomaru spots a sign that warns passersby about the Mad Chameleon. Kawasemi explains that someone is attacking students during the day with a wrench and stealing their smartphones. Because no victim described the culprit the same way, they were dubbed the "Mad Chameleon." A moment later, they witness a Mad Chameleon attack. Totomaru chases after them, whereas Kawasemi tends to the victim. Unfortunately, the victim dies shortly afterward.

Meanwhile, Toto loses the culprit after he runs into a clothing store, but he can lock it down and gather four suspects. Kawasemi joins him in the store and states that the murderer must also be the Mad Chameleon as this incident matches the previous ones. As the Mad Chameleon crossed the line this time by killing their culprit, Kawasemi becomes angry and is determined to find them. However, when he examines the five suspects, he cannot see anything.

Kawasemi and Toto then speak to a police officer. Because the culprit disguised himself well, the security cameras could not get a clear image of his face. Still, they could discern from the angle of the wench wound on the victim's head that the Mad Chameleon is at least 5'6" which narrows down the five suspects to three. Kawasemi re-examines them, and when this attempt proves unsuccessful again, he lets the suspects go; their contact information was already recorded.

Thereafter, Ron arrives in handcuffs as the police considered him a "suspicious person" and arrested him. Only when Kawasemi informs them that Ron is a crime consultant, he is set free. Ron asks why the victim, a student, was wearing a suit. Kawasemi tells him that he must have been at a job interview and that all of the Mad Chameleon's victims had been wearing suits.

Ron remarks that they must be hiding something; after all, nobody can fully change their appearance. Kawasemi immediately understands what he means: The "It's Me!" scam in which fraudsters dress in suits and impersonate bank workers to gain the trust of their targets. All victims are receivers in the scam and they lied to hide their connection to the fraud ring as the Mad Chameleon is part of it as well. The victims' phones were stolen to get rid of any evidence of their contact with the fraud ring.

With the mystery solved, they only need to identify and catch the culprit. Ron insists that only Kawasemi can do it; when Kawasemi persists that he cannot, Ron vexes him until he breaks Kawasemi out of his slump. He then makes him think about the suspects, and Kawasemi immediately "sees" the answer: The culprit did not elbow anyone; he checked his watch because of the sign announcing the time of the road closure. He thought he still had time because he was wearing a watch that showed the incorrect time. Because of that, he had to hide in the shop.

As the Mad Chameleon gave the police the wrong contact information, they need to wait for him to return for the stolen smartphone that he had hidden in the shop. Ron points out that the phone is right in front of them and is "making a call."

Ron and Toto head home shortly afterward; Kawasemi remains in the shop, and he and some other police officers can catch the Mad Chameleon when he returns to retrieve the phone. Kawasemi later calls Toto to inform them about his success.

A week later, Kawasemi has not only recovered from his slump, his arrest rate has even increased.

### Missing Cabbage Case

When Toto arrives at Ron's apartment, he is surprised to see Amamiya and Kawasemi there too, as Ron wrote him a message about an urgent matter. Ron admits that he exaggerated in his message to ensure that Toto would come because it is his birthday today. Only when Amamiya, Ron, and Kawasemi congratulate him does Toto realize that it is indeed his birthday.

When Chicory Monki and Mofu Usaki join them as well, Ron reveals that he invited everyone to throw Toto a hot pot party. Toto is touched by everyone's effort and he thanks them for everything. Then, Chicory tells everyone that she could not get any Chinese cabbage despite having been to three supermarkets. Toto is fine with not having any cabbage, but Kawasemi and Ron insist that Chinese cabbage is essential to hot pot, and Ron calls Spitz to search a bit farther away.

While Mofu, Amamiya, Chicory, and Ron prepare the other vegetables, the television is running in the background, and a news broadcast announces that a jewelry store in Tokyo was robbed this morning catches Kawasemi's interest. He then suggests using the *hatchō miso* he brought for the hot pot which leads to an argument with Amamiya who insists on using the standard soy sauce flavor as they are in Tokyo. Ron ends the quarrel by telling them that the flavor was decided already: The hot pot will be brown sugar-flavored.

A moment later, Spitz arrives; to everyone's shock, he announces that he was in 15 shops and none of them had any Chinese cabbage. Suspicious of the situation and not wanting to forgo cabbage, Kawasemi, Amamiya, Ron, Mofu, and Chicory get ready to investigate this case. Toto and Spitz, however, think they are exaggerating.

After everyone agrees to Ron's plan to solve the mystery of the missing cabbage for Toto's birthday, they realize that they all know him by different names: Amamiya knows him as "Kamoo," Chicory as "Kamokyu," Kawasemi as "Kamosemi," and Mofu as "Kamonohashi." Ron explains that he sometimes does not feel like using his real name; Toto then thinks of a suitable nickname. Everyone readily accept this "lame" explanation and decide to keep calling Ron by the name they know him.

They then review the facts, and Chicory says that cabbages have not been trending anywhere, but she found out that a greengrocer reported having seen a man in disguise buying all the cabbages. With that in mind, Mofu, Toto, Kawasemi, Amamiya, and Ron each make a guess. However, they are all dismissed.

Mofu thinks the culprit may need so much cabbage because they keep ruining them out of clumsiness (dismissed because no one is as clumsy as Mofu). Totomaru believes a Korean chef he knows may be the culprit as he always covers his face and may need that much cabbage for kimchi (dismissed because no one can make so much kimchi). Kawasemi theorizes that the robber on the news hid the jewels in a cabbage truck and later had to buy out all Chinese cabbages to retrieve the stolen goods (dismissed because the thief was caught and cabbages are cut up before they are displayed). Amamiya suggests that the culprit may be a farmer who wants to "erase" Chinese cabbage from the market to force shoppers to buy something else as a substitute, e.g. lettuce (dismissed because the farmer would not make any profit like that).

Ron says he also thinks the culprit may be a farmer: He may have gotten into a fight with his son who poured pesticides over the cabbages in his anger. The father then delivered the cabbages without knowing any better, and the son had to rush to buy out all the Chinese cabbages so that the reputation of his family business would not be jeopardized because of his anger-fuelled action.

Everyone is satisfied with Ron's theory. However, he insists that he is only an amateur and that Toto will solve the mystery. Everyone roots for Toto and awaits his deduction—only, he has no other idea than his kimchi one. Stressed, Toto reaches for a drink in Spitz's shopping bag and discovers multiple receipts which all show that Spitz has purchased dozens of cabbages in various supermarkets. Caught, Spitz confesses that he bought up all the cabbages because he despises Chinese cabbage which shocks everyone.

Thereafter, everyone wishes Toto a happy birthday, and Ron brings the nabe hot pot to the table. The pitch-black brown-sugar-syrup-based hot pot garners many unnerved looks. Ron innocently says they agreed on *hatchō miso* in the end and wonders where the brown sugar came from. He suggests searching for the culprit, but Toto replies that they already know who it is. Ron praises him for the quick deduction, and Toto tells him to shut up.

### Ron Kamonohashi's Homecoming Case

Because of what happened the last time they travelled, Kawasemi sends Ron and Toto his lucky tweezers.

## Etymology

* The name "Omito" means "retainer, subject" (臣, *omi*) and "hurricane" (疾, *to*).
* His surname "Kawasemi" means "jade, kingfisher" (翡翠). A kingfisher is depicted on the cover of Chapter 5.
	+ Kingfishers have excellent vision and "long, dagger-like" bills. Kawasemi is known for his "keen eyes" and uses long, sharp tweezers to "hunt" mistakes.

## Trivia

* Kawasemi has a pair of lucky tweezers; he once stopped a culprit's knife with it.

* Since the Plateau Auberge Serial Murders Case, Kawasemi has been teaching Toto English, together with Spitz Feier. Kawasemi insists on doing two-hour-long sessions every day, even on his days off or when he works late. He also often wakes Toto up for lessons at 3 a.m.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 5, page 2
2. ↑ Character Visual Release: Kawasemi — Official Ron Kamonohashi TV on Twitter
3. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 5, pages 5-8
4. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, pages 4-6
5. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, pages 7-8
6. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, pages 19-22
7. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 17, page 14
8. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 16, pages 10-12
9. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 16, page 5
10. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 17, pages 15-17
11. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 5, page 7
12. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 5, pages 21-23
13. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, page 5
14. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 5, pages 2-14
15. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 5, pages 16-19
16. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 5, pages 23-31
17. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 6, pages 3-27
18. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 16, pages 4-6
19. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 16, pages 10-18
20. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 16, pages 20-23
21. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 17, pages 3-24
22. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 17, page 26
23. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 58, pages 8-18
24. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 59, pages 2-19
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, page 5
26. ↑ Wikipedia:Kingfisher
27. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, page 9