Aibou TV Season 6 Episode 17 - The New ・ Tragicomedy of W(新・Wの悲喜劇)

Subtitle: The New ・ Tragicomedy of W(新・Wの悲喜劇)

 Just as in the previous tragicomedy episode, one spouse of a couple who lives in Sergeant Kaoru's apartment wants to kill the other spouse. However, this time, it's the wife who wants to kill the husband. Also just as in the previous episode, people are coming to visit the Kameyama apartment. Miwako injured her foot while trying to frolic around, and Inspector Ukyō, Ms. Tamaki, and Superintendent Kakuta drops by to see how she is doing. This time, Ms. Tamaki brought her "Tamaki special" for Miwako and Sergeant Kaoru to enjoy.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Shiratori succeeds in killing her husband by throwing a large amount of dry ice into her husband's bath to knock him out, then boils him the bathtub causing severe burns. He passes away at the hospital a short time later. Inspector Ukyō and Sergeant Kaoru notice that the Shiratoris left their apartment unlocked after Mr. Shiratori was taken away to the hospital, and decides that, as responsible policemen, they will keep the Shiratori apartment safe by staying there while Mrs. Shiratori stays near her husband's side. Inside the apartment, the Tokumeigakari pair discovers several clues indicating that Mr. Shiratori's misfortune may not have been so accidental.

Notes

Heisei Shiokinin(平成仕置人) - The web site advertising murder for hire, The title makes a reference to the famous Japanese Hissatsu(Sure Death!) television series.

Sentoraru Terebi(セントラルテレビ) - Central TV station, the TV channel that was on at the start of the episode.

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Suzumi Shiratori(白鳥 寿々美) - Sergeant Kaoru's neighbor. Mrs. Shiratori lives right above the Kameyama household. During the day, she accepted a package delivery containing box of dry ice. The Tokumeigakari pair found a set of wet footprints leading from the bathtub to the front entrance, but none from the bathtub to the living room. Both the land line and the cellphone were in the living room. When questioned how she made the phone call, she changed her story several times before finally claiming that she called from the public phone located outside the apartment because 119 calls are free from a public phone.

She finds many of her husband's habits annoying: he pushes on the toothpaste from the middle of the tube instead of pushing from the end and he falls asleep with half of his eyes open.

Shinzō Shiratori(白鳥 晋三) - Sergeant Kaoru's neighbor, Mr. Shiratori worked with Sergeant Kaoru on the apartment's management association two years ago. He calls during the day to tell his wife that he forgot to take the keys to work that day.

He ignored his wife's requests to end their marriage. To save their marriage, he even stopped eating his favorite nattō because his wife didn't like it.