Aibou TV Season 4 Episode 12 - Green Murderous Intent(緑の殺意)

Subtitle: Green Murderous Intent(緑の殺意)

 During an event showcasing Organic Restaurant Cuisine's amazing vegetable dishes, Toshiomi Kawabata(川端 敏臣), the owner of Nature Food Cuisines, dies after falling down a set of stairs and breaking his neck. He was rushing to get to a bathroom on another floor when the tragedy occurred. His death appears to be an accident but two pieces of flattened boxes were left on top of the stairs, and the bathroom located on the same floor as the event had a "Closed for Cleaning" notice placed outside of it, even though no one was inside. Was Kawabata's death really an accident?

Other characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Haruna Nozaki(野崎 春菜) - She used to be an idol singer, and she now owns a vegetable farm at Hayama(葉山), which was formerly run by her parents until they passed away shortly before she turned 30. Since she was still in the show business at the time, she had considered selling the farm, but decided to take over the farm instead after being told that her parents had taken very good care of the farm and that the land was very fertile.

On the day before the event, she spied Chef Kubodera getting into a heated argument with President Kawabata. She later admits that she regrets telling President Kawabata about Chef Kubodera's Organic Restaurant Cuisine.

Inspector Itami is her fan.

Taichi Kubodera(久保寺 太一) - Chef at Organic Restaurant Cuisine. Their main restaurant is in Hayama(葉山). After President Kawabata's death, he secretly takes the contract his restaurant made with President Kawabata's Nature Food Corporation from the president's briefcase.

He did not use chives in his herb sauce for the event even though Ms. Nozaki recommended them because chives have a strong smell, and it could overpower the smell of the other vegetables.

Toshiomi Kawabata(川端 敏臣) - He was the manager at a talent agency, but he was fired because he had money problems, got into fights, and worst of all started a relationship with a talent he was responsible for, Haruna Nozaki(野崎 春菜).

He then started a company, Nature Food Corporation, which arranged events for popular restaurants trying to open their stores at other locations. He was the director, president, and owner of the company, and he alone was responsible for the company's money and wording of the contracts.

He also had lent several tens of million yen(数千万円 sūsenman'en) to Haruna Nozaki(野崎 春菜)'s farm.

He rushed out an of event showcasing Organic Restaurant Cuisine's delicious vegetables while Chef Kobodera was giving a speech around 2:40 PM. His body was discovered at the bottom of the stairs around 3:15 PM.

He didn't eat soba or noodles that much because he was very allergic to onions.

Itō Asami(伊東 麻美) - Kawabata's secretary who talks to Takagi and Kikuchi about the contract President Kawabata made with them after the president's death.

Takahiro Kuramochi(倉持 隆弘) - Organic Restaurant Cuisine employee who discovered President Kawabata's body. He also provides the recording of the event a staff member had taken to the Tokumeigakari pair.

Takagi(高木) - Chef at a restaurant that lost money as a result of working with Nature Food Corporation.

Kikuchi(菊池) - Owner of the restaurant that lost money as a result of working with President Kawabata. He and Takagi explain to the Tokumeigakari pair that President Kawabata would propose to help popular restaurants open new stores, but leave after getting a lot of money from the events, leaving the restaurants with the debts.

Asami Ito(伊東 麻美) - Moderator for the event at Organic Restaurant Cuisine.

Trivia

Sergeant Kaoru doesn't like hijiki.

Inspector Ukyō doesn't like umbeboshi, sweet and sour pork with pineapples (or at least claims that he doesn't understand why such a dish exists), and truffles harvested after the end of the season. He also eats only certain brands of caviar.