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 started in Shogakukan's Superior Dalpana website in February 2023, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes as of November 2024. A television drama adaptation aired on TV Tokyo from April to June 2024.
Plot
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 on February 24, 2023.[2] The first volume was released on May 30, 2023.[3] The series will end with the release of its sixth volume in May 2025.[4]
As of November 28, 2024, five volumes have been released.[5]
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 by Takafumi Tsuchiya.[16]
The series' opening theme is "Chikagoro" (近頃, lit.'These Days') by Bialystocks [ja], while Sirup [ja] 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]
