Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation or A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet (櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている) is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Shiori Ōta, with illustrations by Tetsuo. Kadokawa Shoten has published seventeen volumes[1] since 2013 under their Kadokawa Bunko label, with over 1 million copies in print. The final volume in the series was released in March 2021.[2] An anime television series adaptation by Troyca aired in Japan between October and December 2015.[3][4] A live-action television series adaptation aired between April 23 and June 25, 2017, on Fuji TV.[5]

Plot

Characters

Sakurako Kujō (九条櫻子)

(radio drama), Shizuka Itō (anime)

Played by: Alisa Mizuki

She is a beautiful woman who comes from a prominent family and lives in a big old house with only a housekeeper as a companion. She has a hobby of collecting the bones of dead animals and reconstructing them. However, she is more interested in human remains. And with her being an osteologist, she also developed forensic skills from her uncle, a prominent forensic scientist in the prefecture, and has helped with many unsolved murders. She has a dislike for interpersonal relationships, although she has a fiance working with the Hokkaido Prefectural Police. She would often refer to Shōtarō as "shōnen" ("boy") instead of his real name.

Shōtarō Tatewaki (館脇正太郎)

(radio drama), Junya Enoki (anime)

Played by: Taisuke Fujigaya

He is a high school boy who assists Sakurako in her bone-digging expeditions. It so happens that they always find human remains in the process. He keeps Sakurako in check, as she tends to go crazy and try to keep the human remains for herself.

Yuriko Kōgami (鴻上百合子)

(anime)

Shōtarō's classmate who keeps becoming entwined with his cases by coincidence.

Ume Sawa (沢梅) Gran (ばあやさん)

(anime)

Played by: Machiko Washio

Sakurako's caretaker, who is kind-hearted but also strict, particularly when it comes to Sakurako's love of sweets.

Itsuki Isozaki (磯崎齋)

(anime)

Played by: Takaya Kamikawa

A life science teacher at Shōtarō's school. He is handsome and slightly arrogant though he does care for his students.

Naoe Ariwara (在原直江)

Naoe is Sakurako's fiance who works as a police officer, and vouches for her when she works on a case.

Hiroki Utsumi (内海洋貴)

(anime)

Utsumi is a police officer who often helps Sakurako and Shōtarō on cases.

Hector (へクター)

A dog previously owned by a family Sakurako helped. After said family moved into an apartment they gave Hector to Sakurako. Hector consistently exhibits a powerful interest and excitement toward corpses, seeking them out and staying near them when he finds them, and getting as excited as Sakurako when new skeletons arrive.

Haruto Imai (今居陽人)

(anime)

A classmate and friend of Shōtarō's.

Sōko Chiyoda (千代田薔子)

(anime)

Sakurako's aunt who is a florist.

Hanabusa (花房)

(anime)

A professional painter. He is the mastermind behind many of the homicides that Sakurako investigates.

type	tv series
director	Makoto Katō
producer	Kenjirō Gomi
writer	Takayo Ikami
music	Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund
studio	Troyca
network	Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun TV, HBC, TV Saitama, Chiba TV, tvk, GBS, BS11, MTV, TVQ
first	October 7, 2015
last	December 23, 2015
episodes	12
episode list	#Episode list

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation

Plot

Characters

Media

Light novels

Volumes

Volumes

Anime

Episode list

Episode list

Live-action series

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