CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective (2022)

CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective 2022 / 名探偵ステイホームズ 2022 / Detective Stay Homes , Meitantei Stay Homes , Meitantei Suteihomuzu

Ataru Aida lives with his mother and has never moved out of his childhood room. A clean freak since he was a little boy, Ataru hates to go out, is cynical, and seriously lacks communication skills. He was having a blast with his work-from-home situation brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic when, one fateful day, he is fired for having an attitude problem. Desperate without an income, Ataru surfs the net in hopes of relieving his frustrations and discovers that his favorite pop idol is having an affair with a married man. Using his internet search skills, he gathers information and connects the dots with his deductive reasoning as if he were a seasoned detective. But Ataru doesn’t stop there—he exposes the extramarital affair and earns praise from netizens. With some lauding him as if he were a hero, his ego inflates. Getting a bit too smug, he posts hateful and slanderous comments, causing him to be charged with defamation. Amidst Ataru’s predicament, he gets a visit from a Metropolitan Police Department investigator. ‟I want you to help us with your research abilities. If you cooperate, I’ll wipe off the charge against you,‟ proposes the officer. Will Ataru’s investigation, aided at times by his friendly team of ‟online detectives‟ from all over the world, lead him to successfully solve the difficult case? (Source: NTV)