Kochikame Episode 42 Apr 2026

Ryotsu climbs down, opens the bin, and finds a dazed, feather-covered Nakagawa holding up the lottery ticket.

Ryotsu crumples the ticket, throws it on the ground, and stomps on it. "Stupid flying suit! Stupid pigeons! Stupid Nakagawa!"

The numbers are read...

Ryotsu, desperate, has a "brilliant" idea. He runs to a nearby pachinko parlor and grabs a giant magnet used for cheating at the machines (a running gag). He climbs to the top of a police watchtower. Kochikame Episode 42

Nakagawa sighs. "It's covered in pigeon... souvenirs. But yes." Back at the police box, the station chief announces the lottery results on the radio. Everyone gathers around.

Ryotsu wakes up, sees Nakagawa drifting past the second story of a department store, and grins. "What a stupid way to go. Oh well, time for tonkatsu ."

"The Great Flying Nakagawa" (とんだ大空の逃亡者) Original Air Date (Imagined): November 15, 1998 Episode Synopsis The episode opens on a quiet afternoon at the Kameari Police Box. Nakagawa is polishing his already immaculate motorcycle, while Honda (the former juvenile delinquent turned traffic cop) watches with a mix of admiration and annoyance. Ryotsu is, predictably, asleep at his desk, drooling onto a lottery ticket. Ryotsu climbs down, opens the bin, and finds

But then he sees a small, familiar yellow cap flutter down from Nakagawa’s pocket: that Nakagawa had been holding for the station’s communal pot.

Of course, the magnet is too strong. It yanks the entire suit—Nakagawa and all—toward the tower. Nakagawa slams into the side of the watchtower with a comical splat , deflating the suit like a sad balloon. He slides down the side, landing perfectly in a recycling bin full of old newspapers.

Just then, Noguchi returns, having fixed the suit’s remote control. "I've improved the stabilizers!" He presses a button. The discarded, crumpled lottery ticket—which was still stuck to the magnet—activates a backup battery in the suit. The suit inflates again , this time attaching itself to Ryotsu’s back. Stupid pigeons

Ryotsu’s tiny figure flying over the Tokyo skyline, his angry shouts fading into the sunset. The narrator (with deadpan humor) says: "And so, Kameari's most financially irresponsible officer became the first man to orbit the Kameari Shopping District. Twice."

"THE LOTTERY TICKET IS IN YOUR BACK POCKET! I’LL MAGNET IT!"

"Nakagawa! Bend over!" Ryotsu yells.

Noguchi proudly announces his invention: It’s a bulky, inflatable vinyl suit with small ducted fans on the arms and legs, powered by a lawnmower engine strapped to the back.