After School is Mystery Time! (2012): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2012, After School is Mystery Time! is a mystery and comedy series.

What it’s about. A huge fan of the Hiroshima Carp baseball team, you the viewer become the story protagonist, Ryo Kirigamine, vice-president of the Young Detectives Club at Tokyo’s Koigakubo Academy. In the search for truth, each week the school club gets tangled in perplexing local crimes and mysteries, including murder! Ryo is a self-avowed super detective, but tends to get lost in the maze of clues at critical junctures of a case. But never fear; there are plenty of people to come to get her back on track, including the biology teacher, Hiromi Ishizaki. Take part in an intricately-constructed, hardcore mystery every week.

Who’s in it. After School is Mystery Time! stars Haruna Kawaguchi as Ryo Kirigamine, Mokomichi Hayami as Hiromi Ishizaki, Masanobu Takashima as Okura Soshigaya and Alice Hirose as Naoko Takabaya, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, After School is Mystery Time! has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch After School is Mystery Time! page.

If you liked it. Fans of After School is Mystery Time! tend to enjoy Attack on Titan, Stranger Things, House and Riverdale.