Close Tail – Detective Academy –

Aired on Saturdays from April 9, 2022

Close Tail – Detective Academy –

Story

Tailing, bugging, stakeouts...this riveting human drama realistically portrays the work of private detectives, charting the growth of a group of trainee detectives.

University student Tasuku graduates from university without a career path planned.
Returning home, he finds his father Jinpei has abandoned him, leaving behind a letter reading: “Congratulations on your graduation! I’m graduating from being your father!”

Once a best-selling mystery author, Jinpei blew his entire fortune, leaving behind only mountains of debt. With no evidence of foul play, the police refuse to investigate his father’s disappearance, and Tasuku eventually ends up at “Joker Detective Agency” after finding their business card in one of Jinpei’s novels. Unfortunately, the cost of investigating the disappearance is far beyond Tasuku’s means.

Troubled, Tasuku’s eye’s fall on a poster looking for new students at a school for detectives. He makes the decision to become a professional detective and search for his father himself.

One day, whilst practicing tailing a suspect, he gets sidetracked saving an old woman and loses his mark. He’s later reprimanded by his teacher who tells him “90% of a private detective’s job is to investigate affairs, uncover people’s secrets and weaknesses. Being resented by people is par for the course! If you want to be a good person, this job isn’t for you.”

Compared to the heroic detectives in his father’s book, the reality of the job comes as a sharp shock to Tasuku. On top of this, the classmates he has to work with are an overwhelmingly eclectic mix of people from different ages and backgrounds, leading them into unforeseen trouble on almost every case. At this rate, will Tasuku ever become a full-fledged detective?

Cast

Ouji Suzuka
Mayu Hotta
Rei Dan
Itsuji Itao

Others

Production Credit

▼©2022 TOKAI-TV, TELEPACK 
▼Produced by Tokai Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd., TELEPACK Co.,Ltd

episode1

Tailing, bugging, stakeouts...this riveting human drama realistically portrays the work of private detectives, charting the growth of a group of trainee detectives…

episode2

The class theme at the school for detective this time is wiretapping and sneak photographing…

episode3

Seemingly ordinary instructor is actually a professional for inquiries…

episode4

The theme of this week’s class is missing persons investigation…

episode5

Tasuku hears from a mysterious man that his father, is a former detective…

episode6

The assignment this time is an actual stalker investigation…

episode7

An old group photo tucked away in Riko's desk. In it is Tasuku’s father, Jinpei and a mysterious man who is in pursuit of Jinpei…

episode8

Tasuku discovers the current address of his client from 20 years ago...

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