What I See in That Eye (その瞳に視えているもの Sono Hitomi ni Miete Iru Mono?) is the fourth episode of the The Detective Is Already Dead TV anime adaptation.
Synopsis[]
「斎川唯は、嘘をついている。」犯人の狙いが宝物庫にあるサファイアではなく斎川自身だと見抜いた君塚は、ドームライブ当日、夏凪と共にライブ会場へ向かう。ライブで盛り上がる会場に潜む犯人を探す2人だったが、なかなか居所がつかめない。焦りだけが募る中、刻一刻とその時が迫っていた。
On the night of Yui Saikawa’s big stadium show, Kimizuka and Natsunagi struggle to protect her from a hidden assailant. But the further the two dig into the plot against Saikawa, the clearer it becomes that the teen idol has secrets of her own.
Summary[]
While en route to the stadium show, Kimihiko reaffirms to Nagisa that Yui was lying to them. It's at the stadium, they scope out the crowd, while at Yui's mansion, Fubi arrives there with her backup. Back at the stadium, Yui was yet to perform the Eighty-One, however, she instead does Sapphire Phantasm. As this song is performed, Kimihiko and Nagisa split up, and thanks to a tip from Nagisa Kimihiko spots the assailant from the 2nd-floor balcony armed with a crossbow. During the song, Yui takes off her eye patch and reveals that her left eye is in fact a sapphire eye. Leaping into action, Kimihiko saves Yui from the assailant's attack.
Backstage, Kimihiko and Yui learn the truth behind Yui and her sapphire eye. However, that was not the end to that as Kimihiko reveals Yui hasn't revealed the truth to her lie. He then contacts Fubi who informs him that the bomb attached to the vault was defused by the bomb squad. Furthermore, the bomb was to be used to wipe out Kimihiko and Nagisa while they protected it and that SPECS is interested in Yui's eye sapphire eye. Not only that it's the same kind of artificial prosthetic that Bat has with his ear. Once this is all revealed, both Kimihiko and Yui draw their guns at each other startling Nagisa and Kimihiko deduces that Yui had a deal with SPECS. He also reveals how he knew about her eye. This leads to Kimihiko striking a deal with Yui to form an alliance with her.
A flashback shows Kimihiko, Siesta, and a young lady named Charlotte Arisaka Anderson on a boat where Siesta assigns Char to work with Kimihiko. It was also on that day, that Siesta died.
Staff[]
- Screenplay: Nanto Teranishi
- Storyboard: Toshihiko Masuda
- Director: Ryuta Yamamoto
- Chief Animation Director: Yosuke Ito
- Animation Director: Lee Seong-jin, Hwang Seong-won, Tomoka Noumi, Chinatsu Kameyama, Masaaki Uikawa, Yoshinori Masui
Characters (In Order of Appearance)[]
Adaptation Notes[]
- Volume 1, Chapter 2:
- "Sunday showdown"
- "Sapphire Phantasm"
- "Thus spoke the super-idol"
- "What that eye sees"
- "More than any idol"
- Volume 1, One day, one year ago
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