Trickster

Season 1

TV-PG

It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogoro Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogoro Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.

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24 Episodes

Mirage on D. Hill
E1
Mirage on D. HillThe Boy Detectives' Club searches for answers when a security robot goes on a rampage in Shibuya in the year 203X.
The Golden Tracker
E2
The Golden TrackerA young woman approaches the Boy Detectives' Club and asks them to find the intended recipient of a series of threat letters her boyfriend made.
The Hopeless on the Tower
E3
The Hopeless on the TowerKobayashi somehow feels that maybe he can die if he stays with Hanasaki, so he joins the Boy Detectives' Club.
Underground Labyrinth
E4
Underground LabyrinthAfter school, Inoue watches Katsuta's tennis club practise before heading home, and Hanasaki tests out some tools of the Boy Detectives' Club trade.
Spider's Thread
E5
Spider's Threadkobayashi and Inoue are trapped in the underground channels as a result of Twenty Faces' manoeuvring.
Holiday Stalker
E6
Holiday StalkerHanasaki has been trying to help Kobayashi die, but nothing has worked; while Akechi is away, Hanasaki takes the liberty of accepting six job requests.
Pure Tryst
E7
Pure TrystAkechi is relaxing at a spa to relieve the exhaustion of his recent cases; Nakamura asks him about his history with Twenty Faces, and Akechi recounts the trauma of his youth
Paradise in a Miniature Garden
E8
Paradise in a Miniature GardenThe residents of the Kokorogaoka Housing Complex refuse to vacate their homes for the sake of urban development, so they declare its independence from Japan as an autonomous borough.
Fallen Hero
E9
Fallen HeroIsuzu negotiates with the police for three billion yen in exchange for the removal of the residents of the housing complex.
Innocent Scale
E10
Innocent ScaleHanasaki flees the office after an argument with Akechi and the others; after, Twenty Faces makes an appearance.
Cruel Tool
E11
Cruel ToolHanasaki's act is successful in convincing Akechi and the Boy Detectives' Club that he was kidnapped by Twenty Faces.
Shade by Haze
E12
Shade by HazeHanasaki is brought to tears by the conversation between Twenty Faces and Akechi, even with a gun pointed at him.
Nocturnal Dance
E13
Nocturnal DanceWith the Le Waqua incident resolved and Twenty Faces in custody, the world appeared to be at peace again but the trauma of the incident left Hanasaki psychologically unstable
The Spiral Ladder
E14
The Spiral LadderYamane Tasuku, a member of the Scientific Experiments Club, is troubled by three things: Ohtomo picks on him, he's always left behind in conversations, and he doesn't know how to become a member of the Boy Detectives' Club.
Beetle of Conviction
E15
Beetle of ConvictionAfter being out of touch for so long, Akechi calls the office; the Boy Detectives' Club receives an odd request.
The Beast Reborn
E16
The Beast RebornTo escape the enemies targeting Fukiya, the death row prisoner they're guarding, the Boy Detectives' Club takes refuge in the abandoned building that Kobayashi had once been using as his base
Scattered Recoil
E17
Scattered RecoilInoue and the other detectives are disheartened after being told that the Boy Detectives' Club would be disbanded; the strange air around Kobayashi has returned and is working hard to heal his wound.
Pure Evil Mistake
E18
Pure Evil MistakeInoue and the other detectives are disheartened after being told that the Boy Detectives' Club would be disbanded; the strange air around Kobayashi has returned and is working hard to heal his wound
Response to Malice
E19
Response to MaliceAs he's resting to recover from his gunshot wound, Kobayashi has an odd dream in which he sees a woman in a bed and a man approaching her; he doesn't recognize them, but the dream gives him a strange headache.
Fallen Clown
E20
Fallen ClownKobayashi searches for the place that he saw in his dream; Hanasaki and Hide-chan then show up and offer to help.
Veracious Victim
E21
Veracious VictimMiyanishi was shot to death by Nakamura; during her interrogation, Nakamura testifies that Twenty Faces is actually Akechi.
Small Moth Flying into a Flame
E22
Small Moth Flying into a FlameAkechi, stunned to learn that Nakamura was brainwashed by Twenty Faces, ends up captured by the special security force. Meanwhile, at the New Tokyo World Fair, the plane built to carry people to the stratosphere is involved in a catastrophic crash
Return of the Evening Star
E23
Return of the Evening StarThe Boy Detectives' Club arrives at the Space Expo; Hanasaki and Kobayashi board the shuttle for Twenty Faces' base, where Akechi is being held captive, but things don't go as planned.
The Boy Detectives Club
E24
The Boy Detectives ClubHanasaki left Kobayashi behind and took off for Twenty Faces' hideout alone, planning to put an end to everything; Kobayashi can't accept that, so he follows him even though the aura surrounding him has already disappeared.