A detective who hears your lies—and headphones can't save her from the screaming.
Nagisa, the heroine, has the ability to “synch” with all the powerful emotions that linger in crime scenes. When this happens though, she blacks out. Even in her day-to-day life, she can hear people's evil intentions and true colors and senses their lies and deception. That is why she always wears headphones in order to shut out people's emotions. She works well with her colleagues at the "Red Spider Lily" (Higanbana) unit, who are all brutally honest acid-tongued women with no qualms about speaking their minds. "Red Spider Lily" is an eclectic unit that includes a science geek, a single mom, and a woman who grew up abroad. Seen by many as a department that's been taken off the main career track, "Red Spider Lily" turns out to be full of fabulous detectives!
Acting
Horikita's headphone silences speak louder than dialogue.
Production
Spider lily motif woven through crime scenes beautifully.
Writing
Acid-tongued team banter that actually passes Bechdel.
Director
Tarō Ōtani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Higanbana (red spider lily) traditionally guides dead souls to reincarnation in Japanese folklore, making the unit's name a dark joke about processing murdered victims.
Maki Horikita specifically requested the headphone prop be heavy and uncomfortable to physically embody Nagisa's constant sensory burden.
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