Kanidoge is a food company specializing in the distribution and sale of crabs.
Description#
Kanidoge is a food-products corporation based in Osaka, dedicated to the import and sale of different varieties of crabs throughout Japan, from fresh produce to farm-to-table products. The company has crab-shaped mechs used primarily to move its products, but they also have an advertising function.[1]
History#
The Kanidoge company was involuntarily involved in Trigger traffiking when the Villain Factory decided to take advantage of the networks of the legitimate businesses to introduce and distribute the drug throughout Japan, working their way into distribution channels and slipping their drugs into the mix. This way, they can flood the market before the Police Force know about it.
They had chosen Kanidoge to move the medicine hidden in Kanidoge's food packages because the company ships out all types of crab, but the packaging doesn't change, so nobody can tell them apart by looking at them. And since it's all frozen, they are crated up real tight. This clandestine smuggling network became known as the "Crab Route".
Police investigations led by detectives Eizo Tanuma and Naomasa Tsukauchi had discovered that the arrival of the next shipment of Trigger would take place in the SS Mall in Super Minami, during a Mascot Idol Carnival event. The police wanted to pin down their distribution routes by catching them in the act at the marketplace, and thus, bring them closer to figuring out the Villain Factory.
To achieve this, they made one of their agents, Monika Kaniyashiki, be hired as a member of the sales staff, giving her the ability to verify the merchandise. She went to the SS Mall loading dock and discovered that Trigger was indeed hidden in the packaging, specifically through fake ice packs. She also discovered the criminal responsible for that, an agent of the Villain Factory known as Number 6, who posed as a part-time worker.
Unfortunately, Number 6 had everything prepared in case he was discovered, introducing a code that caused the company's Mechs to start rampaging the docks,[2] exploding next to the batch that contained Trigger and destroying all evidences, while he escaped with important information, leaving numerous police officers injured in his flight.[3][4]
Trivia#
- Kanidoge means "crab buffoonery" in Japanese.
- The company is a parody of the real-life restaurant found in Dotombori location, called Kani Doraku ("crab amusement").