The Detective Is Already Dead
Premise. Ever since he was a child, Kimihiko Kimizuka has attracted trouble. According to him, he was born with a condition that naturally attracts him to troublesome situations, such as being forced to join a flash mob while taking a leisurely walk, accidentally stumbling across an underworld transaction between drug dealers, and being at the site of crime scenes often enough to sometimes be considered a suspect. One particular day in his third year of junior high, he was kidnapped and forced to carry a suitcase onto an international flight; on that flight, he met  Siesta, a woman who proclaims herself to be a "legendary detective". Forcefully made into her sidekick, Kimihiko helped her stop the plane from being hijacked, but not before Kimihiko discovered the existence of underworld organizations. After being constantly pestered, Kimihiko agrees to be Siesta's sidekick and for three years, they worked together, finding and solving an innumerable number of cases. Now in his last year of senior high, Kimihiko is once again confronted by the ghosts of the past as he tries to solve new cases that fall into his lap. He is extremely bothered by the fact that  he is called a detective; after all, "the detective is already dead". Media. Light novel. The series is written by Nigojū and illustrated by Umibōzu. Media Factory has published six volumes since November 2019 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It is licensed in North America by Yen Press. Manga. A manga adaptation by Mugiko has been serialized in Media Factory's "seinen" manga magazine "Monthly Comic Alive" since May 27, 2020. It has been collected in four "tankōbon" volumes so far. Yen Press also licensed the manga adaptation. The manga series covers Vol. 1 of the novel series. A  second manga adaptation by Poni titled has also been serialized in "Monthly Comic Alive" since January 27, 2021. It has been collected in three "tankōbon" volumes so far. The manga series covers Vol. 2 of the novel series. Anime. The 12-episode anime television series adaptation was announced on January 20, 2021. The series is animated by ENGI and directed by Manabu Kurihara, with Deko Akao handling the series' scripts, and Yōsuke Itō designing the characters. Yuuyu, Naoki Tani, and Tatsuya Yano composed the series' music. It aired from July 4 to September 19, 2021 on AT-X and other  channels, with the first episode airing as a one-hour special. Mary × jon-Yakitory performed the opening theme song, "Koko de Ikiteru." (lit. "I Am Alive Right Here"), while Kagura Nana performed the ending theme song, "Kodō" (lit. "Heartbeat"). Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia, and streams the series on its YouTube channel (has been removed), iQIYI, and Bilibili and aired on Animax Asia. It was announced that the VTubers Shirakami Fubuki and Natsuiro Matsuri of  Hololive will have a cameo in the third episode of the anime. On July 14, 2021, it was announced that the anime would receive a German dub with the first dubbed episode airing on July 18 the same year. On October 2, 2021, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day. Episode list. The first part of Ep.1, Ep.2 to Ep. 4, Ep. 10, and part of Ep. 11 to Ep. 12 cover the story of Vol.1 of the light novel series. The second part of Ep.1, Ep.5 to Ep.9, and part of  Ep. 11 to Ep. 12 cover Vol.2 of the series. Reception. The light novel series won the 15th MF Bunko J newcomer award in 2019. The light novel series placed third and first in July and August 2021 respectively on the Oricon monthly light novel chart.