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I've got to say, the writers of this dorama are brilliant. They were able to make a connection between food and crime. Ang galing. Hehe. Di ko akalain na pwede kang gumawa ng detective movie sa pamamagitan ng pagkain. Way to go!

WARNING: This post contains spoilers. 

Kuitan Episode 1 - Gluttonous Detective! Eat the evidence at the scene?

The aptly named Holmes Agency is a struggling detective office wanting of clients. Their 'biggest' client of the day is a bratty elementary school boy with a missing cat.


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Takano Seiya aka Kuitan, on his nth meal on the plane

Their prayer for a bigger case came a few hours later, courtesy of their connections with the Minato Police: a murder of a business man. 'Balikbayan' detective Takano Seiya, just fresh out of the plane, finds himself rushing to the scene of the crime with Ryosuke and Kyoko, his colleagues at Holmes Agency.


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Yummy sushi from Usagi Sushi shop

The three managed to sneak into the house to take a peek into the crime scene. While Ryousuke and Kyoko appeared disgusted at seeing the dead body, Kuitan has his eyes on something else: a box of sushi left on the coffee table. Ryousuke and Kyoko can only watch in horror as Kuitan struts into the living room, kneels in front of the table and eat the sushi (but not before saying 'Itadakimasu', of course!). The official investigators turned around just in time to see him gobble up their evidence.

The Holmes trio were rounded up and brought to the police for questioning by a temperamental inspector, Ogata Momo, who is often called Momo-chan in the office. Apparently, big boss Yamauchi is a fan of Kuitan and lets the group go scot free if they promise to help with the case. The police themselves were rather puzzled with the case: no forced entry, no blood at the scene, no disturbed surroundings.

The murder case was evidently a piece of cake for Kuitan - rather, a piece of sushi. Yep, the secret lies with the sushi.


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Ryousuke and Kuitan at Usagi Sushi, "investigating"

*** SPOILERS BEGIN HERE. Highlight below to read. ***

Apparently, the preparation of eat-in sushi is different from sushi for take-away or delivery. I won't go into the details, do watch it for yourself! :P When Kuitan ate the sushi at the crime scene, he knew it was eat-in sushi. He then paid a visit to the Usagi Sushi shop to test out his theory. Eventually, he managed to extract a confession out of the desperate sushiya-san. 

The victim was a ruthless loan shark who was extorting money from the sushiya-san. One day, he pays a visit to the sushi shop to further bully the gentle shop owner into handing over more money. The sushiya-san finally snapped and strangled the loan shark to death with his apron belt. The sushiya-san then drove the dead body using his delivery truck to the victim's home and arranged the scene to make it appear that the victim was eating sushi at home when he was murdered.

The sushiya-san was not really a bad person, and he eventually turned himself in.

*** SPOILERS END HERE ***

End of episode 1. Stay tuned for the next food adventure! ^_^

Ang sarap naman ng picture na yan! Hehe.

First case involves a sushi. Way to go. Hintayin ko susunod na episode.

Wigent:

Ang sarap naman ng picture na yan! Hehe.

Nakakainis nga e, nagcrave tuloy ako ng sushi...kahit siguro ung mumurahin lang, papatulan ko ^_^ 

wow, ang sarap nga po nito! di ko binasa ung sa may spoiler section, ung summary lang tapos di ko na tinuloy. hahanapin ko muna sa voeh or youtube. 

my first to hit the mark after a long while,

kuitan is another super makulit na dorama. in the story you will be able to see a lot of traditional japanese foods at the same time learn more about how they are done. if you are into cooking, marami kang mapupulot na tips. 

nakakagutom. 

hello winston-san! where have u been?

are u done w/ all the episodes? i'm still on the 4th. mejo dahan-dahan ako dito kasi everytime i watch it parang naiinis lang ako kasi parang ang sasarap ng mga foods.  now, i am hoping that one of these days i will have a japanese for a neighbor.

one of these days too i will try to cook koroke.  

hope to see more of u here.  

ikaw din po laging gutom? ang sarap nga po ng role ni kuitan. laging busog and then masasarap lahat ang mga featured menu.

i will recall all the featured menu and then i will post it here. so far ang natatandaan ko po ay yung nabe, koroke, sushi at okonomiyaki. aside from the foods, nagagandahan ako sa yokohama. parang semi laid back ang buhay nila unlike sa nakikita ko sa mga doramas shot in tokyo.

domo arigatou. i will do my best for more postings.  

I'm glad you guys liked this dorama. Kagabi lang naisip ko bigla: baka pwedeng maging si Kuitan ung si Yujiro (Eguchi Yosuke), ung 2nd kuya sa Lunch no Joou. Pero baka hindi rin bagay; medyo tan si Eguchi Yosuk, baka di masyadong mukhang 'sosi' unlike Higashiyama Noriyuki. Medyo brusko pa umarte. Dapat kasi si Kuitan, parang gourmet/connosseiur. Si Yujiro kasi, may pagka jologs ng konti, hehe. ^_^

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Kuitan Episode 2 - Eat all of Chinatown 

A Chinese restaurant owner was found dead, floating in the river; his wife, though relatively unharmed, was taken to a hospital to be treated for shock while their young son Yan was under police custody. Igarashi, Momo-chan's subordinate, entrusts Yan-kun to Holmes Agency, promising extra money for 'babysitting' the victim's son while the murder investigation is ongoing. Meanwhile, an autopsy on the victim revealed that his stomach contained tofu, ground meat, chili peppers, miso and green onions - ingredients for Mabo Tofu. This lead investigators to believe that if they can find the restaurant where he last ate, they will find the murderer. Thus, Kuitan's services had been enlisted again.


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Mabo Tofu - Mmm...oishii!

As Kuitan makes his rounds of Yokohama Chinatown's almost 200 Chinese restaurants, Ryohsuke and Hajime-kun (aka Kindaichi, aka the bratty kid who keeps on losing his cat) were kidnapped by goons who mistook the kid as Yan, the victim Wong's son. Eventually realizing their mistake, they let Kindaichi go, with the orders to bring back Yan-kun as his replacement. If he will not do as he was told, they will kill Ryohsuke. Kindaichi made his way back to Holmes Agency, pretending to look for his cat and would not talk about his abduction. Eventually, Kuitan managed to get through to him by a good sermon, a meal and a good whack to the head.


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Ryohsuke and Kindaichi plead with their kidnappers

The police learned that Wong was killed over a card-skimming device (used for fraud) - that was cleverly hidden inside Yan-kun's game console. Now, after learning their deal with Kindaichi, they decided to use Yan-kun as bait. Meanwhile, Kuitan, Kyoko and Kindaichi scour the city for Ryohsuke's hiding place.


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Kuitan, Kyoko and Kindaichi pretending to be out on a family dinner

*** SPOILERS BEGIN HERE. Highlight below to read. ***

It was almost past the kidnappers' deadline when Kuitan dragged Kyoko and Kindaichi inside a Japanese restaurant. Expectedly, the two protested and insisted that they look for more Chinese restaurants instead. Kuitan did not listen and asked them to pretend to be a family while they ordered traditional Japanese fare - niku dango (meatballs), hiyayakko (cold tofu) and natto (fermented soybeans). These same ingredients are also used to make Mabo Tofu! Kuitan and company concluded that Ryohsuke was being held captive in that same restaurant. Kuitan and company were finally able to rescue Ryohsuke, but not after an exciting 'combat' involving a knife (bad guy #1) and a  pair of chopsticks (Kuitan).

The murderers were eventually captured, and the Minato Police awarded certificates to each of the Holmes Agency member - including Kindaichi, who is now an official member of the group.

*** SPOILERS END HERE ***

i've finished watching this and I rate this 7/10. i really enjoy watching it.

ohayo.. 

si morita go ba yan?? parang may bigote?? har har..

Welcome to Japinoy, JEstar08-san! You sure know your JE, hehe. Si Morita Go nga po yan. Di ba bagay ang bigote?  

Sino pala yung bida? It's my first time to see him in a dorama.