Trick (Season 2)

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"...

Six Graves Village: The six graves (Episode 1) 9.0
Air date: 2002-01-11
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: A hotel owner approaches Ueda, concerned that one of his guests dies on January 11th each year. Ueda and Naoko travel out to the hotel at Six Graves Village to solve the mystery.
Six Graves Village: Routed warrior's riddle (Episode 2) 9.0
Air date: 2002-01-18
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: The villagers of Six Graves believe that the deaths which occur each January 11th are caused by vengeful spirits of wounded warriors. Naoko and Ueda are not so sure about that.
Six Graves Village: Song of Mystery & 100% Infallible Fortune Teller: New Mystery (Episode 3) 8.0
Air date: 2002-01-25
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: The first half concludes the "Six Graves Village" story, in which the mystery is solved. The second half begins a new story, "The 100% Accurate Fortune Teller". Kenzo Abe approaches Ueda to help him solve the mystery of a fortune teller whose predictions are accurate. Woe betide those who ignore her warnings.
100% Infallible Fortune Teller: Time Gap (Episode 4)
Air date: 2002-01-25
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Yoshiko Suzuki, the fortune teller, seems to possess extraordinary powers, even to the point of being able to warp time itself. Naoko and Ueda remain unconvinced.
100% Infallible Fortune Teller: Mystery Solved (Episode 5)
Air date: 2002-02-08
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Naoko is dared by Yoshiko to drink a glass of water, with a 33% chance that it contains poison. The mystery of Yoshiko's power is solved.
Psi-Trailing: The Man Who Always Finds the Missing (Episode 6)
Air date: 2002-02-15
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Yamada and Ueno are approached by Mr. Okamoto. He wants them to check the psychic abilities of Mr. Fukami of the Parapsychology Academy. Fukami claims to be a psi-trailer, someone who can trace missing people. Three years ago, Okamoto's fiancee got into a strange taxi and was never seen again. Three other women also went missing around the same time. Once Fukami brings his powers to bear, the bodies of three of the women are quickly discovered, but not Okamoto's fiancee.
Psi-Trailing: Missing Person Found (Episode 7)
Air date: 2002-02-22
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Okamoto falls to his death, apparently killed by spirits of the dead, but his death reveals a clue. Yamada uncovers a web of secret family ties, debts and deception, but will she be able to claim the 10 million yen reward?
Child Who Punishes the Guilty (Episode 8)
Air date: 2002-03-01
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: A young boy appears to be able to call on God to damn people. Ueda is asked by Emi to investigate her cousin's death. This was apparently a result of God's judgment after she asked the boy to punish her cousin following a minor disagreement. Ueda, smitten by Emi's charms, is unable to refuse. But when he approaches Naoko to assist him, she is already involved in an investigation of her own.
Child Who Punishes the Guilty: Solution (Episode 9)
Air date: 2002-03-08
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Naoko is suspected of murder. Photographs that she took show evidence that link both her and Ueda's investigations. The true cause of "God's damnation" is revealed. And is the lovely Emi all that she appears to be?
Final Chapter: The Sorcerer's Forest (Episode 10)
Air date: 2002-03-15
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Yamada and Ueda are approached by a construction manager from Kisamura village. There are plans to construct a major highway through the woods near Kisamura, but no-one leaves those woods alive. A sorcerer from the Southern islands is reported to live there, so Yamada and Ueda must investigate.
Final Chapter: The Mystery of the Sorcerer (Episode 11)
Air date: 2002-03-22
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: People are dying violently and everyone is growing mysterious hair from unusual places. Who is doing the killing? Can it really be the sorcerer? As the body count starts to rise, it falls to Satomi to solve the mystery.