Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de

Reiko Houshou, heiress to a large conglomerate, seems like any other wealthy lady. However, not many people know that she is a rookie detective for the Kunitachi Police Department. In addition, she hides her identity from her incompetent boss, Kyouichirou Kazamatsuri, a flashy heir to his family's motor business.

During an investigation involving her college friends, Reiko has trouble identifying the culprit and their motive. Out of nowhere, a man approaches Reiko and introduces himself as Kageyama, her newly assigned butler. As soon as Reiko confides in him about her worries, he criticizes her lack of deduction skills and helps her quickly crack the case. Now with the sharp-tongued Kageyama at her side, Reiko may just become the detective she desires to be.

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Kazamatsuri, Kyouichirou Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Kageyama Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Houshou, Reiko Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kanbara, Satoshi Supporting

Kawamoto, Katsuhiko Japanese

Shibayama, Satoru Supporting

Miyamoto, Takahiro Japanese

Kanbara, Shiho Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Williams, Leo Supporting

Hamano, Daiki Japanese

Nagae, Kouji Supporting

Yoshida, Kenji Japanese

Actor Supporting

Hayakawa, Takeshi Japanese

Ishiguro, Ryouta Supporting

Maedou, Tomoaki Japanese

Takeeda, Yoshinori Producer

Nishi, Kei Producer

Taguchi, Ayuri Producer

Hattori, Yuuta Producer

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Jun 21, 2025

5iv3_

Recommended

To be honest, this show was not what I had imagined this show was gonna be, but I really enjoyed it! It's honestly just a lot of fun comedy with a bunch of different little mysteries to solve (this show did make me realize i'm so bad at mysteries though, omg).

The artstyle is fun and very comic book-y, animation is pretty nice. Nothing over the top, but it's better than decent. Plot was fun and I think the characters are quite entertaining and make for some fun interactions. Truly, it's a fun show. (don't understand why it isn't liked :/. it's funn).

Also, as ... a little tidbit, i cried a bit (granted I cry really easily haha. i have a soft heart 💕) But the episodes that were a little sad/bittersweet were really well done (Episode 6 especially).


Anyways, It's a good show 👍 You 🫵 should watch it :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 27, 2025

Otaku_Senpai

Mixed Feelings

I liked the main characters at their introduction. The lead detective and his assistant are both heirs of very rich families. The lead detective is a bit incompetent but makes a big show with his loud mouthed flair. The assistant is more competent but she isn't much smarter either. However, the butler seems to be the real genius who can solve cases on the spot mainly with observation skills, kind of like Sherlock Holmes. This guy is my favorite in the show. And he isn't afraid to blatantly insult his boss, the assistant detective, which lead to a funny dynamic between them.

Highlight of the ... show for me is not when the murder mystery is solved but every time the butler would insult/tease the lady detective Reiko's 'detective skills' before helping her solve the case. Because that is the funniest moment, though that lost its charm a bit by the end of the show as it was predictable.

The cases they solve are decent but I don't buy how the butler can solve some of them without even visiting the site but by just talking to Reiko. My skepticism is maybe because he would need to see the things for himself, the tiny details which the lady detective probably would leave out as she wouldn't think it was important detail. I mean in one case the butler knew what background picture was on a suspected cell phone. Or he knew about the flower petals on the car of one of the suspects. How detailed description did the lady detective give him, offscreen? Did she show him all the pictures taken in the crime scene? I don't think I saw her showing the butler pictures and videos. The doesn't show us the butler prying out the details from Reiko that would make sense for him to know for his to solve the cases.


Finally I like the opening. I didn't skip it. This is a good detective show that has humor.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 22, 2025

Chuy_diazz

Not Recommended

A mystery story that lacks mysteries.

I'm not a huge fan of the detective genre because I always get frustrated when I can't even guess who the culprit is in each case. Although that's also my indicator of how well a mystery is done. In Nazotoki, I guessed every single case without even trying. Despite being detectives, it feels like I'm watching my local police force trying to figure out who committed a crime despite having all the video evidence. The detectives seem to have their IQs lowered as the episodes went by. The figure in charge of solving the mysteries, who was the butler, wasn't ... exactly intelligent or a genius; he just had common sense. In Nazotoki, the mysteries are a secondary element to the story, as they don't want to tell a super-complicated mystery but rather give a glimpse into high-class society and offer a few critiques.

As a social critique of wealthy society, there are stories that work and others that don't. Because it's not a typical script in the social critique department either. Sometimes they appear and sometimes they don't. It has episodes that are truly enjoyable to watch due to the animation and production work, but the weak link is the script, so narratively you're left a bit dissatisfied with what you're seeing, even though it looks beautiful. The main characters, who start out as people in a world of luxury, end up being jokes of their initial portrayal. You never really get to know them. Nor does the story work as a slice of life about the lives of two detectives because they always place a mystery in front of you.

Nazotoki is a story that wants to be many things but ultimately fails to find its identity in any of them.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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