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Of all the things that could happen in the season finale of Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions, I wasn’t expecting the creators to take a direct dig at fans who’ve been shipping protagonists Ron Kamonohashi and Totomaru Isshiki together! The following is a conversation from episode 26, where their lives are in danger:

“Put me down, Ron. I don’t want to be misunderstood.”

“Misunderstood?”

“If our bodies are found together arm-in-arm, people might think we were a detective couple.”

“What? A couple?”

Toto then starts to laugh, and so does Ron. Despite the gravity of the situation, it’s clearly a joke meant for the audience. Ron simply doesn’t have the personality or social awareness to make such witticisms, especially when, throughout the last 25 episodes, nobody within the show’s story has ever mistaken them for a couple. Considering that both the manga and anime are post-2020 creations, it’s likely the creators borrowed this meta humor from the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Sherlock, which frequently joked about Sherlock and Watson being mistaken for a couple.

Anyway…! Episode 26 of Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions marks the finale of season two of the anime. It’s a tense episode where the Auberge Serial Murders are finally solved, but after three people lose their lives. Ron surmises that Tiger Dan is the killer in episode 25, a member of the Moriarty crime family, who seems to be tying loose ends from a 17 year old case. Why bother after so many years? We get the answers in this edition, and even though not wholly satisfactory, they’re passable.

Tiger Dan, of course, has every intention of killing everyone, so the episode primarily focuses on how Ron and Toto attempt to save the remaining guests while unraveling the House of M’s motives. Along the way, Ron unlocks new memories of his father, which propel him further in the case. But as he told Toto before, will this really be the last murder mystery he solves? And what will it take to change his mind?

It’s an entertaining season finale that’s sure to leave fans eager for a season three… and shippers crossing their fingers that Ron and Toto finally drop the denial and become a couple. L-O-L!

Stream the series (Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri) on Netflix or CrunchyRoll.

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