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<i>The Detective Is Already Dead</i>

The Detective Is Already Dead

Japanese light novel series

The Detective Is Already Dead (Japanese: 探偵はもう、死んでいる。, Hepburn: Tantei wa Mō, Shinde Iru., Spanish title: La detective está muerta[lower-alpha 1]) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nigojū and illustrated by Umibōzu. Media Factory have published the series since November 2019 under their MF Bunko J imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Mugiko has been serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive since May 2020. Both the light novel and manga are licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation by ENGI aired from July to September 2021. A second season has been announced.

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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.

Characters

Kimihiko Kimizuka (君塚 君彦, Kimizuka Kimihiko)
Voiced by: Arata Nagai[3] (Japanese); Austin Tindle[4] (English)
An 18-year-old high school student with a talent to attract criminals so that in his past he often witnessed various crimes and was even later questioned by the police as a suspect himself. This talent, which he himself calls a "trouble magnet", apparently also led to his encounter with the master detective Siesta, who wanted to recruit him as her assistant, which he initially refused due to his characteristic of always ending up in unpleasant situations. Author Nigojū initially planned to give him the alias "Kurokage" when creating the series of novels.[5]
Siesta (シエスタ, Shiesuta)
Voiced by: Saki Miyashita[3] (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh[4] (English)
A mysterious woman and self-proclaimed "master detective" who owns a musket and seven items with magical abilities. Her motto is to solve criminal cases before they happen. Until her death, Siesta was a member of the Twelve Tuners, an organization of twelve people who want to save the world from chaos. Originally, Siesta was just a minor character in the series. After Nigojūs manuscript won the top prize in the MF Bunko Newcomer Award, she eventually became one of the main characters in the novel series.[5]
Nagisa Natsunagi (夏凪 渚, Natsunagi Nagisa)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[3] (Japanese); Arryn Zech[4] (English)
An 18-year-old high school student. She has a strong and dominant personality. As a child, she suffered from a heart defect and was forced to stay in the hospital bed because of it. A year before the actual plot began, she received a donor heart from an unknown donor. Originally, according to the author's plans, Nagisa was to become the only main protagonist of the novel series.[5]
Yui Saikawa (斎川 唯, Saikawa Yui)
Voiced by: Kanon Takao[3] (Japanese); Jad Saxton[4] (English)
A middle school girl who is already a successful idol at the age of 14 and regularly appears in magazines or commercials. She hires Kimihiko and Nagisa to protect her and an heirloom from a thief. Although Yui is the youngest character in the novel series at 14, she is considered the most adult character. Originally, Nigojū planned in his manuscript to put Yui in the role of the detective, but later changed this.[5]
Charlotte Arisaka Anderson (シャーロット・有坂・アンダーソン, Shārotto Arisaka Andāson)
Voiced by: Saho Shirasu (Japanese); Megan Shipman (English)[3]
A 17-year-old assassin who was originally set to assassinate Siesta. However, after losing a fight against Siesta, Charlotte began to idolize her. She is half-Japanese and was born in the United States. She becomes an assistant to Fūbi Kase.
Hel (ヘル, Heru)
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)[3]
Hel was Alicia's alter ego, who now "lives" in Nagisa's body. She was Siesta's archenemy. To save Alicia's life, Siesta sacrificed her own life, but after her death has the ability to take control of Hel's consciousness and suppress her evil side.[6] Hel was known to "devour human hearts".
Fūbi Kase (加瀬 風靡, Kase Fūbi)
Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami (Japanese); Michelle Rojas (English)[7]
A senior police officer who has met Kimihiko several times. Because of his talent for being in the wrong place, she is particularly skeptical of him.
Chameleon (カメレオン, Kamereon)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Kellen Goff (English)[3]
A member of the secret organization SPES. He has the ability to transform into a chameleon, hence the name. In his human form he has white hair and purple eyes. In his chameleon form he is much larger, has sharp teeth and takes on a fearsome appearance.
Bat (コウモリ, Kōmori)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[3] (Japanese); Kayleigh McKee[4] (English)
Bat is a former antagonist of the series. He was a member of the secret organization SPES and was behind the plane hijacking, but was confronted by Siesta and Kimihiko and defeated in a fight. Bat is a liar and a coward who only acts on his own whim.
Cerberus (ケルベロス, Keruberosu)
Voiced by: Jouji Nakata (Japanese); Steven Kelly (English)[3]
A member of the secret organization SPES and is an android, who also has genes of a Kerberos and a werewolf. He is Hel's guardian. Like Chameleon, he also has the ability to assume another form - that of a werewolf. He is smart, but follows his primitive instincts.
Alicia (アリシア, Arishia)
Voiced by: Maria Naganawa (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)[3]
A girl with pink hair, which is tied into two ponytails. She wears a dress that is similar to Alice, the title character from the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Production

The idea of The Detective Is Already Dead started from a random sentence the author, Nigojū, thought of one day. The sentence was "Is there a detective on the plane?", and later became the first sentence of the story.[8]

Media

Light novel

The series is written by Nigojū and illustrated by Umibōzu. Media Factory has published eleven volumes since November 2019 under their MF Bunko J imprint.[9] It is licensed in North America by Yen Press.[10]

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Spin-off

Its spin-off Natsunagi Nagisa wa Mada, Joshikōsei de Itai. (夏凪渚はまだ、女子高生でいたい。, "Nagisa Natsunagi Still Wants to Be a High School Girl.") is written by Shusui Tsukimi, illustrated by Hanekoto, and supervised by Nigojū. Media Factory has published two volumes since August 2023 under their MF Bunko J imprint.[28]

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Manga

A manga adaptation by Mugiko was serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from May 27, 2020 to October 27, 2023.[30][31] It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes so far.[32] Yen Press also licensed the manga adaptation.[33] The manga series covers Vol. 1 and Vol. 3 of the novel series.[34][35]

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A second manga adaptation by Poni titled The Detective Is Already Dead: The Lost Memory (探偵はもう、死んでいる。-the lost memory-, Tantei wa Mō, Shinde Iru. -The Lost Memory-) has also been serialized in Monthly Comic Alive since January 27, 2021.[46] It has been collected in four tankōbon volumes.[47] The manga series covers Vol. 2 of the novel series.[34][48]

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Spin-off

Its spin-off Toaru Meitantei to Joshū no Love Com-deki Nichijō (とある名探偵と助手のラブコメ的日常), illustrated by Moyashi Itame, has been collected in two volumes so far.[52]

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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.[3] 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.[54][55] Mary × jon-Yakitory performed the opening theme song, "Koko de Ikiteru." (ここで生きてる) (lit. "I Am Alive Right Here"), while Kagura Nana performed the ending theme song, "Kodō" (鼓動) (lit. "Heartbeat").[7] Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia.[56] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.[57] Muse Communication licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia, and streams the series on its YouTube channel (has been removed),[58] iQIYI, and Bilibili and aired on Animax Asia.[59][60][61]

It was announced that the VTubers Shirakami Fubuki and Natsuiro Matsuri of Hololive will have a cameo in the third episode of the anime.[62][63] 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.[64] On October 2, 2021, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.[4]

On July 24, 2022, it was announced that the series would be receiving a second season.[65]

Episodes

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.[34][66]

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Reception

The light novel series won the 15th MF Bunko J newcomer award in 2019.[3]

The light novel series placed third and first in July and August 2021 respectively on the Oricon monthly light novel chart.[70][71]

As of July 2022, the series has 1 million copies in circulation.[72]

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. This title is seen on the cover of the Japanese version of the light novel.

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