亜樹 直 Agi Tadashi is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. His original name is Shin Kibayashi (樹林 伸 Kibayashi Shin). He was born in 1962 in Tokyo, and graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Musashi Senior High School and Waseda University School of Economics & Political Science. The penname "Tadashi Agi" is shared with his sister. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for writing Kunimitsu no Matsuri.
Suspension bridges and other mysterious pathways, but more importantly, more backstory on the artist, the organisation and the prince, gleich drei Wünsche auf einmal! Detektiv-Überraschung.
THE MURDER IN YOZAKURA VILLAGE Determined to dig deeper into the mystery of the elusive artist Takumi Kuzuryuu, Kyuu and Ryuu split up. Kyuu travels alone to the secluded Yozakura Village to investigate the legend of “Senrinryu,” a trick box crafted by Kuzuryuu. But when someone sabotages the suspension bridge, Kyuu finds himself trapped—and soon, a brutal murder rocks the village. As the killer’s shadow closes in on him, Kyuu is forced to face the danger head-on, recalling his mentor Renjou Satoru’s words: “A detective uses deduction as a weapon to fight evil.” With danger mounting, Kyuu must rise to the challenge before it’s too late.
A CASE THAT ECHOES THE PAST Back at DDS, Class Q is assigned a new murder case involving a suspicious hanging in a laboratory. But as they investigate, Ryuu is overwhelmed by a sudden sense of déjà vu and collapses. Later, he confides in Kyuu—he has no memories from before he was five years old. Kyuu, in turn, reveals a photo of Takumi Kuzuryuu and a boy—evidence that stuns Ryuu. The man in the photo is none other than Ryuu’s grandfather: the enigmatic King Hades, leader of the Pluto organization. The mystery deepens, not just about the case, but about Ryuu’s very identity.