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Trick.

7.2 / 1020003 seasons31 episodesEnded

Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. After being fired once again, her boss shows her an ad of a physics professor, a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she comes to meet Professor Ueda. Falling prey to her simple magic tricks, Ueda is impressed, and enlists Naoko to help him uncover the tricks behind a local cult. Their hilarious antics, along with those of police officer Yabe, leads them onto further mysteries, all with tricks needing to be solved in sort of an "X-Files" meets "Scooby-Doo"...

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Created by Yukihiko Tsutsumi

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Season 1.

Mother's Fountain: Clairvoyance

2000-07-07 · 47m9.0

Struggling financially, and months behind with her rent, magician Naoko Yamada responds to an advertisement from Professor Jiro Ueda. He is offering a reward of ¥300,000 for anyone who can convince him of their supernatural powers. Naoko aims to collect the cash by trickery, using skills that she has learned throughout her career as a magician. However, Ueda will only pay out if Naoko helps him to uncover the mysterious secrets of The Mother's Fountain, a religious cult.

Mother's Fountain: Through walls

2000-07-14 · 47m9.0

Naoko and Jiro rescue Miwako and flee, but Jiro's car runs out of fuel. They are forced to seek refuge in a house owned by a hunter called Aoki, but Big Mother and the cult know precisely where they are.

Mother's Fountain: Mother's death

2000-07-28 · 47m8.0

Left with little choice, Naoko and Jiro return to the cult's headquarters. Naoko is compelled to shoot Jiro to prove her beliefs, and she receives a chilling prediction from Big Mother.

Whole Village Vanished: All the villagers disappeared

2000-08-04 · 47m8.0

Jiro and Naoko are enlisted by the police to find out why the entire population of a village has disappeared. When they arrive, they meet the sinister Miracle MItsui. Can Mitsui make Jiro's head disappear?

Whole Village Vanished: Missing Village... Resolution Guide

2000-08-11 · 46m

As Naoko, Jiro and Yabe unravel Miracle Mitsui's elaborate web of deception, a much more sinister truth begins to emerge.

Women who kill with pantomime: The secret of the teleportation murder

2000-08-18 · 47m

Miyuki Kurosaka claims that she can kill using psychic powers. Naoko and Jiro don't believe it but then bodies start to pile up.

Women who kill with pantomime: Surprising remote murder trick

2000-08-25 · 47m

Kurosaka mimes another murder and a third man dies. Satomi makes an impromptu visit to see Naoko and Ueda is inspired to solve the case by watching his favorite TV show.

Clairvoyant man

2000-09-01 · 46m

A man claiming to be a clairvoyant is charging exorbitant prices for his good luck charms. Naoko and Ueda must find a way to expose his deception.

Kuromon Island: The real culprit killed him

2000-09-08 · 46m

Naoko speaks to her dead father. Two men from Kokumon island, her mother's old home, contact Naoko and insist that her spiritual powers are needed there. Meanwhile, Ueda experiments with an aphrodisiac.

Kuromon Island: The real culprit is you

2000-09-15 · 46m

Naoko goes to Kokumon island to marry and her new husband reveals some alarming details. Ueda turns up in pursuit of the treasure on Kokumon, but when it's discovered, neither he nor Naoko get what they expected.

Cast.

Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

Naoko Yamada

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe

Jiro Ueda

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Kenzo Yabe

Yoko Nogiwa

Yoko Nogiwa

Satomi Yamada

Masumi Okada

Masumi Okada

Yamada's father

Riko Narumi

Riko Narumi

Young Naoko

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