Trickster

Trickster

It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorō Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.

Action & AdventureAnimationMystery

Seasons

Mirage on D. Hill

1. Mirage on D. Hill

Air Date: 2016-10-04

The Boy Detectives' Club searches for answers when a security robot goes on a rampage in Shibuya in the year 203X.

The Golden Tracker

2. The Golden Tracker

Air Date: 2016-10-11

A young woman approaches the Boy Detectives' Club and asks them to find the intended recipient of a series of threat letters her boyfriend made.

The Hopeless on the Tower

3. The Hopeless on the Tower

Air Date: 2016-10-18

Kobayashi somehow feels that maybe he can die if he stays with Hanasaki, so he joins the Boy Detectives' Club.

Underground Labyrinth

4. Underground Labyrinth

Air Date: 2016-10-25

After school, Inoue watches Katsuta's tennis club practise before heading home, and Hanasaki tests out some tools of the Boy Detectives' Club trade.

Spider's Thread

5. Spider's Thread

Air Date: 2016-11-01

kobayashi and Inoue are trapped in the underground channels as a result of Twenty Faces' manoeuvring.

Holiday Stalker

6. Holiday Stalker

Air Date: 2016-11-08

Hanasaki has been trying to help Kobayashi die, but nothing has worked; while Akechi is away, Hanasaki takes the liberty of accepting six job requests.

Pure Tryst

7. Pure Tryst

Air Date: 2016-11-15

Akechi is relaxing at a spa to relieve the exhaustion of his recent cases; Nakamura asks him about his history with Twenty Faces, and Akechi recounts the trauma of his youth

Paradise in a Miniature Garden

8. Paradise in a Miniature Garden

Air Date: 2016-11-22

The residents of the Kokorogaoka Housing Complex refuse to vacate their homes for the sake of urban development, so they declare its independence from Japan as an autonomous borough.

Fallen Hero

9. Fallen Hero

Air Date: 2016-11-29

Isuzu negotiates with the police for three billion yen in exchange for the removal of the residents of the housing complex.

Innocent Scale

10. Innocent Scale

Air Date: 2016-12-06

Hanasaki flees the office after an argument with Akechi and the others; after, Twenty Faces makes an appearance.

Cruel Tool

11. Cruel Tool

Air Date: 2016-12-13

Hanasaki's act is successful in convincing Akechi and the Boy Detectives' Club that he was kidnapped by Twenty Faces.

Shade by Haze

12. Shade by Haze

Air Date: 2016-12-20

Hanasaki is brought to tears by the conversation between Twenty Faces and Akechi, even with a gun pointed at him.

Nocturnal Dance

13. Nocturnal Dance

Air Date: 2017-01-10

With the Le Waqua incident resolved and Twenty Faces in custody, the world appeared to be at peace again but the trauma of the incident left Hanasaki psychologically unstable

The Spiral Ladder

14. The Spiral Ladder

Air Date: 2017-01-17

Yamane Tasuku, a member of the Scientific Experiments Club, is troubled by three things: Ohtomo picks on him, he's always left behind in conversations, and he doesn't know how to become a member of the Boy Detectives' Club.

Beetle of Conviction

15. Beetle of Conviction

Air Date: 2017-01-24

After being out of touch for so long, Akechi calls the office; the Boy Detectives' Club receives an odd request.

The Beast Reborn

16. The Beast Reborn

Air Date: 2017-01-31

To escape the enemies targeting Fukiya, the death row prisoner they're guarding, the Boy Detectives' Club takes refuge in the abandoned building that Kobayashi had once been using as his base

Scattered Recoil

17. Scattered Recoil

Air Date: 2017-02-07

Inoue and the other detectives are disheartened after being told that the Boy Detectives' Club would be disbanded; the strange air around Kobayashi has returned and is working hard to heal his wound.

Pure Evil Mistake

18. Pure Evil Mistake

Air Date: 2017-02-14

Inoue and the other detectives are disheartened after being told that the Boy Detectives' Club would be disbanded; the strange air around Kobayashi has returned and is working hard to heal his wound

Response to Malice

19. Response to Malice

Air Date: 2017-02-21

As he's resting to recover from his gunshot wound, Kobayashi has an odd dream in which he sees a woman in a bed and a man approaching her; he doesn't recognize them, but the dream gives him a strange headache.

Fallen Clown

20. Fallen Clown

Air Date: 2017-02-28

Kobayashi searches for the place that he saw in his dream; Hanasaki and Hide-chan then show up and offer to help.

21. Veracious Victim

Air Date: 2017-03-07

Miyanishi was shot to death by Nakamura; during her interrogation, Nakamura testifies that Twenty Faces is actually Akechi.

22. Small Moth Flying into a Flame

Air Date: 2017-03-14

Akechi, stunned to learn that Nakamura was brainwashed by Twenty Faces, ends up captured by the special security force. Meanwhile, at the New Tokyo World Fair, the plane built to carry people to the stratosphere is involved in a catastrophic crash

23. Return of the Evening Star

Air Date: 2017-03-21

The Boy Detectives' Club arrives at the Space Expo; Hanasaki and Kobayashi board the shuttle for Twenty Faces' base, where Akechi is being held captive, but things don't go as planned.

24. The Boy Detectives Club

Air Date: 2017-03-28

Hanasaki left Kobayashi behind and took off for Twenty Faces' hideout alone, planning to put an end to everything; Kobayashi can't accept that, so he follows him even though the aura surrounding him has already disappeared.

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Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

2016-10-04

Episodes

24 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

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