RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi
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| RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sato (left) and Rena (right) | |
| RoOT / ルート オブ オッドタクシー (RoOT/ Rūto Obu Oddo Takushī) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kazuya Konomoto |
| Illustrated by | Takeichi Abaraya |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Big Comics |
| Magazine | Superior Dalpana |
| Original run | February 24, 2023 – April 25, 2025 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Takafumi Tsuchiya |
| Written by | Takafumi Tsuchiya |
| Studio | P.I.C.S. |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 3, 2024 – June 4, 2024 |
| Episodes | 10 |
RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi (Japanese: RoOT / ルート オブ オッドタクシー, Hepburn: RoOT/ Rūto Obu Oddo Takushī) is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuya Konomoto and illustrated by Takeichi Abaraya. It is a spin-off to the Odd Taxi series. It was serialised on Shogakukan's Superior Dalpana website from February 2023 to April 2025, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. A television drama adaptation aired on TV Tokyo from April to June 2024.
Taking place at the same time as the events of Odd Taxi, two detectives from the Ibusuki Detective Agency (IDA), Rena and Sato, are tasked to investigate whether a banker's having an affair. But when a yakuza gangster named Dobu steals the evidence, the two are forced to take up another job when Taeko Harada wants them to tail Hiroshi Odokawa and find out the extent of his involvement with the missing girl in Nerima.
Rena subsequently gets involved because she knows the missing girl on a personal level.
Characters
- Rena (玲奈)
- A private investigator who works at the Ibusuki Detective Agency. She's the partner of Sato, who's recently recruited to the IDA.
- Sato (佐藤)
- A new recruit to the IDA. He's known for getting into unusual situations.
- Ibusuki (指宿)
- The head of the IDA.
- Sekido (赤道)
- A fixer who assists Rena and Sato in their detective work.
Media
Manga
Written by Kazuya Konomoto and illustrated by Takeichi Abaraya, RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi started in Shogakukan's Superior Dalpana website from February 24, 2023, to April 25, 2025.[2] The first volume was released on May 30, 2023, and the sixth and last on May 30, 2025.[3][4]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 30, 2023[5] | 978-4-09-861807-1 |
| 2 | September 28, 2023[6] | 978-4-09-862523-9 |
| 3 | December 27, 2023[7] | 978-4-09-862622-9 |
| 4 | May 30, 2024[8] | 978-4-09-862802-5 |
| 5 | November 28, 2024[9] | 978-4-09-863071-4 |
| 6 | May 30, 2025[10] | 978-4-09-863429-3 |
Drama
In January 2024, it was announced that RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi would be adapted into a television drama, which premiered on TV Tokyo on April 3 of the same year.[11][12][13][a] The show is also available on various streaming sites in Japan including Netflix, U-NEXT, TSUTAYA DISCAS, Hulu Japan, ABEMA, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and DMM TV.[14]
The show stars Yuumi Kawai as Rena and Ryota Bando as Satō.[15] It is directed and written by Takafumi Tsuchiya.[16]
The series' opening theme is "Chikagoro" (近頃; lit. 'These Days') by Bialystocks, while Sirup and Sumin performed the theme song "Roller Coaster".[17] Crunchyroll has licensed the series for worldwide streaming outside of Japan in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS countries.[18]
| No. | Title [b] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "This is the Ibusuki Detective Agency" Transliteration: "Kochira Ibusuki tantei jimusho" (Japanese: こちら指宿探偵事務所[20]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[20] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[20] | April 3, 2024[20] |
| 2 | "Fancy Merch" Transliteration: "Fanshīguzzu" (Japanese: ファンシーグッズ[21]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[21] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[21] | April 10, 2024[21] |
| 3 | "Love Thy Neighbor" Transliteration: "Nanji Rinjin o Aiseyo" (Japanese: 汝隣人を愛せよ[22]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[22] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[22] | April 17, 2024[22] |
| 4 | "All Kinds of Dads" Transliteration: "Iron'na Papa" (Japanese: いろんなパパ[23]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[23] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[23] | April 24, 2024[23] |
| 5 | "10 PM in Tokyo" Transliteration: "Tōkyō wa yoru no 22-ji" (Japanese: 東京は夜の22時[24]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[25] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[25] | May 1, 2024[25] |
| 6 | "It's tough being an idol" Transliteration: "Aidoru wa taihen" (Japanese: アイドルは大変[26]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[26] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[26] | May 7, 2024[26] |
| 7 | "The Price of Regret" Transliteration: "Kōkai no nedan" (Japanese: 後悔の値段[27]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[27] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[27] | May 14, 2024[27] |
| 8 | "The Trajectory of a Fall" Transliteration: "Tenraku no kiseki" (Japanese: 転落の軌跡[28]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[28] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[28] | May 21, 2024[28] |
| 9 | "I am a cat" Transliteration: "Wagahai wa neko de aru" (Japanese: 吾輩は猫である[29]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[29] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[29] | May 28, 2024[29] |
| 10 | "Children are the Clamp" Transliteration: "Ko wa kasugai" (Japanese: 子は鎹[30]) | Takafumi Tsuchiya[31] | Takafumi Tsuchiya[31] | June 4, 2024[30] |