My name is Yūsaku Kudō...
I'm a private detective...
Oh, is it that woman again?
The mysterious woman who always calls at 7 o'clock...
She's been giving me a hard time lately...
Subtitled by Puto QC by RattleMan http://pu7o.wordpress.com Special thanks to PositronCannon.
Hello? Kudō Detective Agency...
Good evening, Mr. Detective.
You know who I am.
The one who wanders on a quest for a new home. The Red Butterfly.
Thanks to the two news,
I finally found the eight freesias.
But they bloomed on the alley in the back, with no sunlight.
You must hurry, or they will die...
Well, under this sad rain that falls after high noon,
come join me with a poem...
Well...
Wait! There's something I--
Silly woman... She doesn't realise that I recorded her...
I can investigate from any angle.
Good evening, Mr. Detective.
You know who I am.
I am the one who wanders on a quest for a new home. The Red Butterfly.
A new home?
Shinjuku?
(lit. "New District")
Thanks to the two news...
News?
Nishida, the minister of foreign afairs, is currently visiting America...
Nishida...
(Nishi = West)
The west exit!
Still, I don't know where in Shinjuku's west exit...
Well, under this sad rain that falls after high noon, come join me with a poem...
High noon... rain... a poem...
shougo
ame
shi
Shougo is ''high noon''...
Ame is ''rain'', Shi is "poem"...
But they bloomed on the alley in the back, with no sunlight.
The alley...
...in the back? Backwards?
P, R, H...
The Princess Royal Hotel!!
I finally found the eight freesias.
Eight freesias...
8F...
The eighth floor!
I am the one who wanders on a quest for a new home. The Red Butterfly.
- A coffee. - Yes.
Have you found a new home, miss?
Who are you?
Odd man...
It wasn't here...
Where did I get it wrong?!
The new home has to be Shinjuku.
The two pieces of news... the... news...
Wait a minute. The words in "news" refer to the four cardinal points...
The second character in "news"...
...is an E for "East"!
The east exit!
Damn, I got screwed over! Where in the east exit?
Well, under this sad rain that falls after high noon, come join me with a poem...
High noon... rain... a poem...
shougo
ame
shi
If it's not English...
If we read it backwards...
shi, mea, go...
No, that's not it either. What about in rōmaji?
We can't really read it backwards...
What if shi is C...?
I'm close... I can feel I'm close.
Sad...
yūutsu
U... two...
Under the rain, a poem...
ame ni shi o soete
Ame...
But they bloomed on the alley in the back, with no sunlight.
If we write it backwards...
Santa Claus in Summer
Wait for me
Yo!
You waited?
Geez. You took so long, Yū-chan! I was wondering if you were coming at all!
Sorry, sorry. There were a lot of people on the road...
The first one just ended!
I think we'd better stop meeting like this.
Have some confidence. I'm a Great Detective, after all...
My name is Yūsaku Kudō...
I'm a private detective...
Actually, I'm a mystery novel writer getting started.
Santa Claus in Summer