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“It’s okay. I will catch the killer!”
For the first time in Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions, Totomaru Isshiki might have to solve a murder mystery – a serial murder mystery, no less – on his own!
Episode 23 ended with exciting revelations about Ron’s life when a guest at the Auberge remarked that Ron looked exactly like a man he met seventeen years ago. When the man mentioned a crescent-shaped scar, Ron recalled a childhood memory of a man with the same mark and realized that this man might have been his father. Episode 24 of Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions delves deeper into Ron’s childhood memories and the mystery of the man with the scar.
Titled “The Case of the Highland Auberge Serial Murders (Part 2),” this episode begins with Ron and Toto examining the body of the second murder victim. Ron deduces some intriguing connections and reveals an interesting link between all the guests invited to the mysterious dinner. However, when another guest points out Ron’s resemblance to the man from seventeen years ago, Ron is deeply shaken by the possibility that his father was a wicked criminal – and might still be alive.
This episode strongly emphasizes Toto’s fierce protectiveness toward Ron, as he unwaveringly defends his brilliant detective friend in the face of a crisis. But with Ron’s personal connection complicating the case, Toto may now have to push his intellectual limits to uncover the orchestrator of the killings.
From the invitation postmarked seventeen years ago to the elaborate full-course menu and the gem Ron received with it, everything is pieced together in this episode. It’s a fast-paced, tense installment that plunges Ron into an existential crisis. Despite the suspense, viewers are also given subtle hints about the mastermind behind it all. Can Toto truly crack the case without Ron? We’ll have to wait and see.
Stream the series (Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri) on Netflix or CrunchyRoll.
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