Trickster

Trickster

2016
1 Season
6.5
Action & AdventureAnimationMystery

It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō 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 Kogorō Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.

Episodes

Mirage on D. Hill
E1Oct 4, 201624m

Mirage on D. Hill

The Boy Detectives' Club searches for answers when a security robot goes on a rampage in Shibuya in the year 203X.

The Golden Tracker
E2Oct 11, 201624m

The Golden Tracker

A 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
E3Oct 18, 201624m

The Hopeless on the Tower

Kobayashi somehow feels that maybe he can die if he stays with Hanasaki, so he joins the Boy Detectives' Club.

Underground Labyrinth
E4Oct 25, 201624m

Underground Labyrinth

After 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
E5Nov 1, 201624m

Spider's Thread

kobayashi and Inoue are trapped in the underground channels as a result of Twenty Faces' manoeuvring.

Holiday Stalker
E6Nov 8, 201624m

Holiday Stalker

Hanasaki 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
E7Nov 15, 201624m

Pure Tryst

Akechi 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
E8Nov 22, 201624m

Paradise in a Miniature Garden

The 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
E9Nov 29, 201624m

Fallen Hero

Isuzu negotiates with the police for three billion yen in exchange for the removal of the residents of the housing complex.

Innocent Scale
E10Dec 6, 201624m

Innocent Scale

Hanasaki flees the office after an argument with Akechi and the others; after, Twenty Faces makes an appearance.

Cruel Tool
E11Dec 13, 201624m

Cruel Tool

Hanasaki's act is successful in convincing Akechi and the Boy Detectives' Club that he was kidnapped by Twenty Faces.

Shade by Haze
E12Dec 20, 201624m

Shade by Haze

Hanasaki is brought to tears by the conversation between Twenty Faces and Akechi, even with a gun pointed at him.

Nocturnal Dance
E13Jan 10, 201724m

Nocturnal Dance

With 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
E14Jan 17, 201724m

The Spiral Ladder

Yamane 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
E15Jan 24, 201724m

Beetle of Conviction

After being out of touch for so long, Akechi calls the office; the Boy Detectives' Club receives an odd request.

The Beast Reborn
E16Jan 31, 201724m

The Beast Reborn

To 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
E17Feb 7, 201724m

Scattered Recoil

Inoue 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
E18Feb 14, 201724m

Pure Evil Mistake

Inoue 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
E19Feb 21, 201724m

Response to Malice

As 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
E20Feb 28, 201724m

Fallen Clown

Kobayashi searches for the place that he saw in his dream; Hanasaki and Hide-chan then show up and offer to help.

No Preview
E21Mar 7, 201724m

Veracious Victim

Miyanishi was shot to death by Nakamura; during her interrogation, Nakamura testifies that Twenty Faces is actually Akechi.

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E22Mar 14, 201724m

Small Moth Flying into a Flame

Akechi, 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

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E23Mar 21, 201724m

Return of the Evening Star

The 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.

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E24Mar 28, 201724m

The Boy Detectives Club

Hanasaki 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.

Top Cast

Ryota Osaka

Ryota Osaka

Kensuke Hanasaki (voice)

Gackt

Gackt

Kaijin Nijuu Mensou (voice)

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Yoshio Kobayashi (voice)

Ibuki Kido

Ibuki Kido

Azusa Tadokoro

Azusa Tadokoro