Episode
Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions: The Case of the Metropolitan Serial Drownings
Overview
The Metropolitan Police Department is struggling to investigate a series of murders, yet Detective Isshiki is ordered to go home. Kiku of the General Affairs Division sends him to meet a certain sleuth—a shaggy-haired eccentric named Kamonohashi Ron.
Details
- Series
- Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2023-10-02
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Case of the Metropolitan Serial Drownings is Episode 1 in Season 1 of Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions. It aired on 2023-10-02. The runtime is 25 min.
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