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“How does it feel Kamonohashi Ron? The despair of being unable to save someone you know?”

Winter from the Moriarty family asks Ron as a blast rips through the city, insulting his deduction skills as a detective. Ron and Toto were supposed to save the third hacker from being murdered, but the cliffhanger scene in Episode 15 of ‘Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions’ indicates that they failed yet again.

But in a turn of events in episode 16, turns out the duo still have a few minutes before the hacker is killed and they desperately need to outwit the opponent to save him. And to add to the tension, Winter claims Toto’s senior Amamiya is also with the hacker, so if they fail, she might die too.

This edition has little time for jokes, is largely serious (though exaggerated, of course) in tone, and is swiftly paced. Winter is surprisingly chatty and offers more than a few useful hints for Ron Kamonohashi to piece together some of the mystery. The two also exchange some heated words over the Moriarty family’s criminal lineage and Ron being a descendant of Sherlock Holmes.

It’s interesting how Winter is referred to as ‘he’/’him’ in the English subtitles, but the voice-over artist, Yumiri Hanamori, is clearly a woman. Since I haven’t read the manga, I found it confusing to determine whether Winter is male or female, as both the name and character design are androgynous. It turns out there’s no clarity in the manga either, leading many to assume Winter is either gender-fluid or trans.

The episode concludes with two tragic twists that deeply unsettle both Ron and Toto. Though undeterred by the Moriarty family’s violent tactics, Ron remains as committed as ever to helping Toto solve crimes and catch murderers. However, he now has a new, clear mission: to bring down the Moriarty family

There’s a small bonus scene post the end credit song of Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions, so be sure to catch that.

You can stream the series (Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri) on Netflix or CrunchyRoll

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