Father's Clue

父の手掛かり

Air date: April 22, 2001

Important things that happened

The young man in black in police custody has been transferred to a hospital due to a problem with the psychiatric exam.
Detective Kouno, Houjou's and Hikawa's partner while in criminal investigation, is charged of Mana's father murder case. He tells Hikawa about Mana's father murder case.
- Mana's father didn't have any external wounds, but his internal organs were torn apart.
- He went to a cafe with another man before he died. It was the shop's 10th anniversary that day.
- The two got into an argument soon after, with the other man kept saying "That's impossible!"
Kouno and Hikawa goes to check the now unoccupied house after the murder. They find a hidden compartment with a video tape and a black ball hidden within.
Sawaki Tetsuya tells the young man in black that he wishes to know about humans, himself, everything.
Mana is attacked by an Unknown.
While fighting the Unknown, Agito is stung by the Unknown's scorpion tail.

Kazaya Nobuyuki (Mana's dad) - Nakane Tooru 中根徹

Little Mana - Tanimura Satomi 谷村聡美

Fish shop owner - Tadano Ikko ただのいっこ

Cafe owner - Nakamura Bunpei 中村文平

Cake class teacher - Kataoka Tomie 片岡富枝

Leiurus Acutia レイウルス・アクティア

Voice Actor: Souya Shigenori 宗矢樹頼
Lord: Scorpion Lord
Motif: Scorpion
Killing Method: Plants a metal near the victim's heart. The metal steals the body's heat energy, causing the victim to age and dies in 24 hours.

Shouichi can tell the freshness of frozen fish by sticking his finger in the fish's mouth.
The story that little Mana is telling is Momotarou.
The young man in black comments that in ancient times humans were able to escape the end of the world by riding a boat.
Fish shop owner is also the actor of Ooishi Raita (Yellow Owl) in Choujin Sentai Jetman and Kameo (Daimugen) in Gosei Sentai DaiRanger.