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It’s best to own up when you’re running late, or just show up early. It’s good to try new things, but new things don’t always turn out to be good. There’s being mature, and then there’s being a nuisance.

An ordinary day filled with stolen fish, an explosion, strange objects raining from the sky, and a slippery wiener incident. Follow the adventures of Yukko and Nano as they try to sort out the events of their daily life!

Shana continues to investigate the events of Junko’s last days to find the Denizen who devoured her. The fiery warrior backtracks a date with Junko’s boyfriend to uncover a suspicious shutterbug—and works to snuff him for good.

Tracking a tricky Denizen’s trail, Shana puts herself in one of its victim’s shoes to find out more clues. During her research, she sorts through the teenage girl’s recent memories, and shares a touching moment with her mother.

Shana’s hiding something from Wilhelmina and Yuji, so they band together to investigate. While the two stalk Shana around town trying to find out what scheme she’s cooking up, Yuji manages to warm up Wilhelmina’s ice-cold feelings toward him.

While searching for a Treasure Tool Friagne left behind in the wake of his defeat, Yuji accidentally uses it on Shana! They scramble to fix the inconvenient effects, but it gets harder to hide with each friend they run into!

On a shopping trip to the capital, Kujo accidentally stumbles into an apparent criminal operation at the Jeantan department store that involves a terrified girl in the basement. But when he returns with Inspector Grevil, nothing is as he remembers it.

In true genius form, Victorique reveals the other visitors’ criminal intentions. Kujo aids Victorique in a ruse to draw a confession from the murderer of elder Theodore while the bond of Kujo’s and Victorique’s friendship is strengthened.

As Victorique attempts to clear her mother’s name and track down clues to the real murderer of the village elder, suspicious accidents begin to claim the lives of the other visitors.

Kujo follows along as Victorique responds to an odd summons to the descendants of the Gray Wolves. As they travel to a village in the mountains, Victorique relates the tale of her mother, Cordelia Gallo, and the criminal accusations leveled against her.

The Phantom Thief Kuiaran returns after an eight-year absence. Kujo is knocked out as he investigates the strange sounds emanating from the haunted storehouse. And, as usual, Victorique must put the pieces together before anyone else gets hurt.

When Kujo sees a motorcyclist decapitated, Victorique must prove his innocence. Later, Kujo and the beautiful new exchange student from England, Avril, uncover an eight-year-old murder in the academy crypt.

Kujo throws himself in harm’s way to save Victorique from a killer. At police headquarters, Victorique brilliantly reveals the true mastermind behind the harrowing events aboard the haunting ship, as well as the dark reasons behind the original tragedy.

With the help of Brian Roscoe, Victorique evades her pursuers and escapes Saubure. As war breaks out, Kujo joins the Japanese army. Letter after letter, he writes to Victorique. Will they be reunited in the end?

After exposing the Minister of Science and his secret plans, the Marquis rises to power and pushes Saubure toward a military alliance with Germany. But Victorique’s mother, Cordelia, has other plans.

After Kujo receives a Christmas gift from Victorique, soldiers seize him—intent on removing him, along with all foreigners, from the country under the king’s orders. When Kujo escapes, is it only to flee into the clutches of a more devious faction?

Armed with knowledge gained from Nicole Lulu’s grave and watching the play from a box seat, Victorique reveals how the Queen’s death was executed and covered up. But does Victorique know more than she tells Grevil?

As Victorique is escorted into a room below the theater filled with old articles and clippings, the Marquis demands she solve the unsolved murder of Coco Rose, the Queen. Kujo aids her by independently rounding up clues around a missing dancer.

When Kujo, Victorique, and the other guests are drugged at dinner, they begin to suspect someone seeks revenge for the tragic events of ten years earlier aboard the same mysterious ship, The Queen Berry. Then, one by one, the guests begin to die.

The Marquis arranges for a performance of the Blue Rose of Saubreme to draw out Cordelia. While Cordelia recollects her past, Victorique is summoned by the Marquis to solve the unsolved mystery behind Coco Rose, the Queen of Saubure.