"Detective! Night Scoop" (ABC TV, Fridays at 11:17 PM) is a popular variety show where "detectives" tackle bizarre requests and worries submitted by viewers. On April 3rd, Detective Takanori Takeyama investigated the case of "A giant painting won't fit in my parents' house!" Special Director Shingo Murakami, Assistant Director Kemuri Matsui, and Secretary Saori Masuda appeared on the show.
The request came from a 22-year-old woman from Tokyo. She majored in Japanese painting at Tokyo University of the Arts and graduated last month. For her graduation exhibition in January, she painted a picture that was about 2 meters high and 2.5 meters wide, but after the exhibition, she realized it was too big and she had no place to display it. So she thought about displaying it at her parents' house in Aichi Prefecture, but she found out it wouldn't fit in the elevator.
My family home is on the 12th floor of an apartment building, and I can't get my artwork inside myself. Currently, it's being stored at my aunt's house in Chiba Prefecture. I'm really hoping someone can help.
The woman spent six months creating the artwork, which was themed around "arcades." She wants to keep it at her parents' house, "where her parents, who have taken care of her, can see it." For now, she's arranged for an art-specialized moving company to transport the painting to Aichi Prefecture.
Meanwhile, she and Detective Takeyama head to Aichi, where her family lives. There, they enlist the help of a local moving company to devise various plans, but first, the replica, which is the correct size, won't fit in the elevator. They try to carry it up the stairs, but it can't make it around the curve from the second to the third floor. What kind of human-powered plan do they come up with with the help of her classmates?
