The world's worst great detective strikes again — spectacularly wrong at the finish line.
Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe case files of a most unfortunate detective Detective Oshii is brilliant. His flair for seeing through the mystery is unequaled. And yet… at the very last minute, his finger points to the wrong culprit! Always so close to the truth, and yet so far—. While the credit goes to everyone else but him, there never seems to be a shortage of cases for the "great" Detective Oshii!
Acting
Shunsuke Kazama's perfect deadpan despair as Oshii suffers beautifully.
Writing
Ingenious mysteries where the solution being wrong is the whole point.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series is based on mystery short stories by Keisuke Matsuoka, himself a former editor who knows the pain of watching others take credit.
Oshii's surname phonetically mirrors 'oshii' (惜しい), meaning 'what a waste' or 'so close' — the entire character in one pun.
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