Publishing company Shogakukan opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Tokuya Higashikawa’s Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (The Dinner Table Detective) novel on Monday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured). The anime, featuring original character designs by Oreco Tachibana (Hotaru no Yomeiri manga), will premiere in 2025.
Higashikawa penned the three-volume mystery novel under Shogakukan between September 2010 and December 2012, with illustrations by Yusuke Nakamura (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei). A sequel novel, titled Shin Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de, began in March 2021. Shogakukan published the second volume on September 18.
A manga adaptation by Aya Kawase ran in Flowers Comics α magazine from April to November in 2011. Shogakukan released the second and final volume in August 2012.
Synopsis
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (The Dinner Table Detective) is set in Kunitachi City, Tokyo. Reiko Houshou, a rookie detective at the Kunitachi Police Department, is also the heiress of the globally renowned “Houshou Group.” She tackles challenging cases alongside Inspector Kazamatsuri, heir to the “Kazamatsuri Motors” family business, and Kageyama, her sharp-tongued butler and driver.
With biting remarks like, “Are your eyes merely decorative, my lady?” Kageyama not only critiques Reiko’s lack of deductive skills but also brilliantly solves the mysteries at hand. A sharp-tongued butler meets classic detective fiction in this unique mystery series.
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Source: PR Times
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de on MAL