Aibou TV Season 8 Episode 4 - An Illusory Murder(錯覚の殺人)

Subtitle: An Illusory Murder(錯覚の殺人)

 The Tokumeigakari pair visit the Central Television(セントラルテレビ) station to report that the unknown powder delivered to the station was just regular flour. In Atsumare Tonchitchi(集まれトンチッチ), one of the kid's shows aired by the station a few days ago, the gang of characters ran out of flour for making udon because of the actions by the mischievous main character of that show. Apparently, one of the young viewers of the program decided to send some flour to the station so that Tonchitchi and his friends could finish making that udon. As they're about to leave the station, they hear that a female employee working at the station, Emi Yamana(山名 絵美), fell to her death in an unused studio in the building. As they investigate, Inspector Ukyō starts to suspect Kiwamu Kōda(好田 究), a professor of perceptive psychology at Jōtō University(城東大学), who arrived at the station entrance to record a variety program shortly after Emi's body was discovered.

Location

Suginami(杉並) - Yamana lived alone in an apartment in this district.

Central TV Shows

Luna Crisis - Band scheduled to perform live at Central TV station later that day.

Atsumare Tonchitchi(集まれトンチッチ) - Kid's show with the mischievous main character Tonchitchi. In an episode of the show which aired a few days ago, the gang ran out of flour to make udon because of the actions by Tonchitchi. A child who saw the show sent in flour to the station, but being a kid, didn't write the sender's address nor any explanation what the powder was. The station panicked after receiving the package and had contacted the police. After the mysterious powder was discovered to be flour, the Tokumeigakari pair was sent to the station to explain what had happened.

Timeline of Events

10:55 Professor Kōda calls Producer Ōoka at the Central TV station to tell the producer that he's stuck in traffic and will be getting there late, but by 11:30.

11:00 Emi leaves her office and heads to meet the professor in Studio A. The professor kills her shortly after meeting her.

11:15 The professor tries to leave though the parking lot exit but stops after seeing Luna Crisis fans standing outside the exit.

11:25 A security guard discovers Emi's body.

11:30 The Tokumeigakari pair are about to leave the station when they see Professor Kōda arrive at the station entrance. They also hear the station's security guards say that a woman fell from the top of the stairs in Studio A.

The time and days marked on Emi's calendar matching the time and days when Professor Kōda visited the Central TV station

22nd: 14 o'clock
26th: 18 o'clock
30th: 11 o'clock

Other

Tatsumi Kyūbin(タツミ急便) - Tatsumi Delivery Service. Luna Crisis fans waiting outside the Central TV station's parking lot entrance recalls seeing a deliveryman working for this delivery service walk out the doors shortly before 11:30. That fan calls this service Tacchanbin'no Haitatsu(たっちゃん便の配達).

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Kiwamu Kōda(好田 究) - Jōtō University(城東大学) professor of perceptive psychology. Recently, he has appeared on numerous TV programs. On the day Emi died, he visited the Central TV station building to appear on the station's variety program. Inspector Ukyō noticed that although the professor was wearing a pair of well tailored suits, he was also wearing a pair of sneakers.

Yoshihiko Iketani(池谷 佳彦) - Emi's colleague working at the Central TV station. He later tells the Tokumeigakari pair that Emi rejected his advances because she was already seeing someone. That someone was much older than her, and she called him "Sensei."

Ōoka(大岡) - Producer for the variety program at Central TV station, Professor Kōda calls the producer at 10:55 AM to say that he's stuck in traffic but will get there by 11:30. He was in the studio all morning until he went to meet Professor Kōda. Though Emi died in the adjacent studio, the studios are soundproofed, and he says that he did not hear anything.

Emi Yamana(山名 絵美) - 24 year old employee of Central TV station working in the general affairs department, Her coworkers described her as a quiet, thoughtful young woman who worked hard. She was Professor Kōda's student and attended his seminars until two years ago.

She stood up from her work desk around 11:00, and a security guard discovered her body at 11:25 in Studio A. Both her hand's handprints were discovered on the handrail at the top of the stairs, and the Sōichi determined that she fell to her death. Her lipgloss was found near her body, and Lieutenant Kanbe surmised that she fell trying to reach it after accidentally dropping it. Though she tied her hair back during work, she removed her hairband before she died.

CSI Yonezawa later looked through her cellphone log and discovered that she had talked to Professor Kōda numerous times.

Minoru Fukunaga(福永 ミノル) - The MC (master of ceremonies) for the variety show Professor Kōda appears in.