is a Japanese

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novel series written by Tokuya Higashigawa and illustrated by Yūsuke Nakamura.

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have published three volumes from September 2010 to December 2012. A

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adaptation illustrated by Aya Kawase was serialized in Shogakukan's ''josei'' manga magazine ''

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'' from April to November 2011, with its chapters collected into two ''

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'' volumes. A sequel novel series by the same author and illustrator, titled ''Shin Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de'', was published by Shogakukan in two volumes from March 2021 to September 2024. A 10-episode

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adaptation aired from October to December 2011 on

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and its affiliates. An

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television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired from April to June 2025 on the same television network's

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programming block.

Plot

Reiko Hosho, a wealthy heiress of the Hosho Group, secretly works as a rookie detective for the Kunitachi Police Department under Inspector Kyoichiro Kazamatsuri, who himself is the heir of Kazamatsuri Motors. At home, Reiko wears an elegant dress while she eats dinner. Whenever she seeks advice from her butler Kageyama concerning a difficult case, he questions her inability to solve mysteries before he proceeds to figure it out for her.

Characters

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Media

Novels

Volumes

=''The Dinner Table Detective''

=''Shin Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de''

Manga

Volumes

Drama

Stage play

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adaptation ran at The Galaxy Theatre in

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, from August 31 to September 10, 2012. A musical adaptation is scheduled to run at the Nippon Seinenkan in Tokyo on September 9, 2025, with

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as Kageyama,

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as Reiko, and Ryosuke Hashimoto as Kazamatsuri.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on November 25, 2024. It was produced by Madhouse and directed by

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, with series composition by Mariko Kunisawa (with Masuhara co-writing Episodes 5B and 6), original character designs by Oreco Tachibana, animation character designs by Izumi Kawada and music composed by Takeshi Hama. The series aired from April 4 to June 20, 2025, on the

programming block on all FNS affiliates, including

. The opening theme song is "Montage", composed by

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and performed by Kento Nakajima, while the ending theme song is "Rhapsody", performed by Billy Boo.

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is streaming the series worldwide.

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

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