1x1 - Shintaro Returns

January 10, 1996

While celebrating the solving of another murder, Imaizumi realizes he doesn't quite agree with his boss's reasoning. Drunkenly he calls Furuhata.

1x2 - Episode 2

January 17, 1996

1x3 - Shintaro Deduces

January 24, 1996

Shintaro announces that he has better deductive skills than Furuhata so Kuwabara challenges him to find out who ate the contents of his bento box.

1x4 - Shintaro's Rival

January 31, 1996

Shintaro's rival Haga visits the laboratory and the two argue over which one Furuhata likes better.

1x5 - Shintaro Has a Close Call

February 7, 1996

Kuwabara shows Imaizumi some unusual murder weapons including a poisonous spider which accidentally becomes loose in the lab.

1x6 - Shintaro Pulls a Prank

February 14, 1996

Kuwabara teaches Imaizumi a trick to help him always win at quizzes. Imaizumi immediately phones Furuhata to try to catch him out but Furuhata isn't easy to trick.

1x7 - Shintaro Must Not Lose

February 21, 1996

While Imaizumi is gluing together his Buddha statue which his boss dropped, Mukojima comes to the lab to ask how to get Furuhata to remember his name.

1x8 - Shintaro vs. Magic

February 28, 1996

Imaizumi does not understand a trick used by a recent murderer so Kuwabara endeavours to explain it to him.

1x9 - Shintaro in a Box

March 6, 1996

Imaizumi hides in a cardboard box to surprise Furuhata but Kuwabara has surprises of his own to spring on the unsuspecting goofball.

1x10 - Shintaro Strikes Back

March 13, 1996

Imaizumi returns from New York and is thrilled to show his friend Kuwabara all the new things he's learned. But what's hiding in the large cardboard box delivered to the lab?

1x11 - Shintaro's Farewell

March 27, 1996

Imaizumi is despondent because he thinks Furuhata does not treat him as a human being. Kuwabara and Haga try to raise his spirit through the medium of song.

1x12 - Mysterious Case in the Sky

January 3, 2004

After they leave Furuhata looking for his passport in a South American country, Imaizumi and Saionji try to watch a movie on a plane in Spanish. The trouble is, neither of them understands the language.

Masahiko Nishimura

Imaizumi Shintaro

Toshihito Ito

Kuwabara