Shiawase no imi shiranai watashi I didn't know the meaning of happiness
Oshiete kureta no wa The one who taught me that
Ah, that's a good song.
Right? Even without her kimono, Hiiragi Shizuka is nice, too, right?
Oi, where are you going?
Help out once in a while.
Can I cut it with cotton on?
- That's okay. - You have a live concert today, don't you?
- Don't be out too late. - Yes.
Yorisotte itai I want to cuddle up with you
Furikaereba soko ni aru When I look back, it's there
I've been ripped off.
"Bar Association Building"
At this time, I will be adjourning to the Komikado Law Office.
From now on, the Komikado Law Office will work sincerely...
...on even the smallest projects you may have...
...so please entrust us with any type of work.
Ah! Earlier...
This request for a consultation came in by phone...
Good morning.
Is something the matter?
The economic situation of our firm has put us on the verge of a crisis.
Are there any unnecessary expenses that we could cut back on, Hattori-san?
There are the three sports gyms in the city to which you have never appeared.
There is also your private violin lessons in which you haven't improved.
You have three luxury foreign cars although you do not possess a driver's license.
In spite of the fact that you hate the ocean, you have a large cruiser.
- I couldn't get rid of any of those. - You could get rid of ALL of those.
I am turning the Japanese economy around all by myself.
During such economic conditions...
...show your thanks that I'm employing a salary thief such as yourself...
...by at least bringing in a slightly profitable lawsuit!
Please don't point your finger at me.
What would be a "profitable lawsuit"?
Copyright infringement, for example.
Just how much of a profit do you think that mouse amusement park makes?
In that case...
- I have taken up this one... - Eh?
Ah, I'm the vocalist, Arakawa Bonita.
I'm the guitarist, Danjo-Danjo Higashikurume.
We have a self-destructing spirit band.
A song I composed was ripped off.
Who was it that "ripped you off"?
Ah, hello everyone. Thank you very much for coming.
"Music Producer: Kasai Satoshi-san" I normally write songs for Idols...
...but on the other hand, I do compose songs for adults.
As the years have piled on...
...I've been wondering what songs could be sung in this current era.
"Hiiragi Shizuka-san" I think Kasai-sensei has brought out a novel aspect from it...
...so I'm very thankful to him for that.
Currently on sale, Hiiragi Shizuka-san's CD single...
..."That Was Love," has sold more than 2 million copies...
You're saying that is your song and that they plagiarized it?
- Yes! - Yes!
Anyhow, let's listen to your song.
My head's cracking open! They're not similar at all!
Those guys can't say their song was plagiarized, Mayuzumi!
Mayuzumi?
It's was totally ripped-off, wasn't it.
What?!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Legal High"
Episode 2: "Can a Copyright Lawsuit Become Money?!"
Seiyoku no sakkakuda! It's just a trick of lust!
An'na mon koi-jane! It ain't love!
Koi-jane! Ain't love!
Ah. Um... About those last 2 measures...
...they go from D to an E-minor, right?
No, from D to E.
When written in music...
It's like this.
You can compose music, too, huh?
Long ago, I had a hand in some folk songs.
Yes.
Bonita-san doesn't sing following sheet music, so it can be confusing...
...but when you compare them this way, you can tell that they are similar.
They ain't just "similar."
Let's undertake this one, Sensei.
How much can you guys pay?
I am not, by nature, a lawyer who can be hired by poor musicians such as yourselves.
You're not in a situation to say that. We're having financial difficulties, aren't we?
About 30,000 yen. ($370)
Happy jokers, aren't you?!
That's big money for these two.
As I recall, Komikado-sensei is a fan of Hiiragi Shizuka-san, aren't you?
So you won't accept this one?
It's not a problem of bringing my personal feelings onto the job. It's only matter of money.
If you were to undertake it...
...there may be an opportunity for you to meet Hiiragi Shizuka-san.
Yes.
Can't be helped. I'll take it on. I won't need a retainer fee.
Eh? You won't?
In exchange, in the event I win you compensation for damages...
...I am to receive half of whatever is awarded to you.
That's excessive.
Oh... that's fine. If you would please.
Well then, I will assault and crush this Kasai Satoshi.
Write up the official documents, you asadora heroine.
Asadora?
Ala?
What's the matter?
Kasai Satoshi's legal adviser is...
All I hear are the sounds of monkeys during mating season.
Suing Kasai-san is just a typical publicity stunt for self-advertisement, isn't it?
Bringing a false charge against Kasai-sensei can only end in failure, right?
Truth is, they won't get anyone to aid them, will they?
I can't believe they could even find a lawyer...
"Representing Lawyer: Komikado Kensuke" ...who would take part in such a thing.
They have.
And the named lawyer is a hard case.
A hyena, huh?
Of course Miki-sensei, you will take this on yourself, won't you?
In regards to intellectual property suits, I have studied far more than enough.
I promise you I will bring Miki-sensei a certain victory.
A list of his intellectual property class suits. In descending order of performance.
Sensei?
"I applaud Mayuzumi-kun's efforts."
Are you afraid of fighting against your former boss?
That would be so for Sensei, too, wouldn't it?
I couldn't care less.
In the first place, Miki himself won't come out.
Because he's a chicken who's gotten cocky...
...he'll send out one of his small fry so his own reputation won't get hurt.
You know him very well, don't you? Like a best friend.
The mail has arrived.
It's from the Miki Law Firm.
Who's the representing lawyer?
There.
Sensei, we're relieved that you'll be personally handling this case.
Because this case involves none other than Kasai-sensei himself.
- I'll have a refill. - Certainly.
I've heard that our opponent's attorney is formidable.
He's just an ill-mannered brat.
I guessed I'd find you here.
It's said Kasai-san imbibes here most every night, so you would be here this evening.
Who are you?
Excuse me for being late. I am Arakawa Bonita's attorney, Komikado and...
I'm Mayuzumi.
This is a VIP area.
Sorry, but I'm ill-mannered.
I see. The hard case, huh?
- Have a seat. - Well then, I'll feel free.
They say the hopping-in charge is 100,000 yen. ($1,200)
I'll stand.
Kasai Satoshi-san.
Since it seems your song, "That Was Love"...
...was plagiarized from Arakawa Bonita's "Don't Look Back"...
...all sales of the CD as well as online deliveries and other goods will be suspended...
...and a payment of 70% of the entire revenue...
...from Diva Entertainment's musical publications of the same will be demanded.
According to this person's investigation, that would be...?
Approximately 130 million yen. ($1.6 million)
Have it prepared.
Mayuzumi-kun.
It's regrettable you would attach yourself to such a man.
I'm worried about your future.
I'm worried about Miki-sensei's.
You should back out of this case. I only came to tell you that.
If I became afraid of my opponents, I wouldn't have the standing to stick around.
I'm worried about Sensei's status.
You wouldn't be able to boast of your trivial un-defeated record any longer.
Losing to a hard case like me would be a supreme disgrace.
You were trained by me, Miki Choichiro.
You'll soon be sobbing into Sawaji-san's chest.
I suggest you kneel down quickly and beg for forgiveness.
Well then, see you in court.
I'm looking forward to it.
What was the cause of such bad blood between you two?
"Courthouse"
"First Round of the Trial"
Please rise.
Well then, court is in session.
I will first give examples of how closely the songs match overall.
For example, this verse from, "That Was Love."
"If my wish came true"
"I'd fly like a bird and nestle close to you."
Compare that to this one in "Don't Look Back."
"Right now I'll become a bat"
"and fly to suck out your blood."
Furthermore, the celebrated high point of the song.
"When looking back there, that was love."
"I can now say, that was love."
"That was only love."
It's thick in this area.
"Don't look back!"
"It ain't love! It's a just trick of lust!"
"No, no, it ain't love! Ain't love!"
The lines have just been flipped over in their entirety.
And it's not just the lyrics. Also in the melody, it's actually very similar.
Here.
Arakawa Bonita-san's "Don't Look Back"'s melody is most simply expressed with sheet music.
In this way, when compared to "That Was Love," it's found that there are many points...
...that turn out to be indeed quite identical.
- Really? - They're similar.
Can you sing it?
- Mayuzumi-kun. - Eh?
Then... I'll sing it.
Shiawase no imi shiranai watashi I didn't know the meaning of happiness
Oshiete kureta no wa anata The one who taught me that was you
Excuse me!
Ehh... Was what you were singing just now, "That Was Love"?
Yes. I will continue.
Omoide otado A rain of tears
Excuse me!
Are you singing in accordance to the sheet music?
Yes. I'm singing according to the sheet music.
Tadotte mo namida no ame A rain of tears follows those memories
Ima mo kokoro Now in my heart
This is a mathematical function graph analyzing the similarities between...
...the melodies of the two songs.
"That Was Love" is the X axis. "Don't Look Back" is the Y axis.
This list shows the commonalities between them.
I see.
The overlap percentage is 33.8%
The melody that the two songs share in common is only 30% of the total song.
Incidentally, when we use this chart on those cases...
...that were acknowledged as being plagiarized in the past...
...it was found they were nearly 50% of the melody.
I think there is a problem with the reliability in the calculation method.
- When a function graph... - Be quiet a moment.
Shh!
Welcome back. How did it go?
We're having a hard time.
It's your fault!
Your pitch was completely off!
Me? What did I do?
- You aren't aware of your responsibility? - Huh?
Never mind. It was an error in my leadership.
Did something happen?
Nothing.
Good afternoon.
- Welcome. - Welcome.
What a plain face.
It's the gap, the gap.
And? What is it?
Next up will be Bonita-san's oral arguments.
Ah. That's what I've been hoping for.
Please come wearing a suit.
Bonita-kun. You'll be pressed for proof of contingency.
Contingency?
Copyright infringement turns on points of similarity and contingency.
The basis for contingency is evidence that their song was composed by relying on your original song.
I'd like you to think once more about whether you have made any contact at all with Kasai-san.
- None. - Anything is fine.
We have to show that Kasai-san knew about your song.
Like I said, maybe he came and secretly watched one of our live concerts.
Unfortunately, that's unlikely.
Hmm. He got one of our CD's.
You had 100 of those made at your own expense. We tracked down all of the buyers.
Then, because we set up a video web site, maybe he watched that.
There have been almost no hits to your site.
Even if you ask me, I don't know.
Maybe you did this.
You sent one of your CDs to Kasai in order to promote yourselves.
Did you?
- That'd be impossible, wouldn't it? - You did.
- Didn't. - You did.
To begin with, Kasai receives dozens of such CDs every day.
Having barely listened to any of them, he'd then trash them. That's not hard to understand.
- Sensei, we can't go with that. - It's in order to win.
Ah, geez! My pride as a punk rocker wouldn't allow that!
Then how about this?
We'll say it was your father who sent it to Kasai.
It was out of parental love in order to help his daughter.
- Sensei! - Don't joke around!
I want her to quit outta music as fast as possible!
Dad! I'm always telling you not be eavesdropping on me!
Shut up!
End this lawsuit!
There's no way Hiiragi Shizuka would steal your song!
No one said Hiiragi Shizuka stole my song!
Since you don't know anything, get out of here!
- I'm very sorry. - It wouldn't matter if it's your mother instead.
No. Ma'am, no thank you.
"Second Round of the Trial" I learned about this self-destructing spirit thing...
...for the first time through this case.
You have no recollection of having listened to this song previously, either?
Yes. The pride of my professional life is that once I hear a song, I never forget it.
How do you feel about all this uproar?
"That Was Love," if I may be bold enough to say so myself...
...is a hit song hummed from children right on up to the elderly.
You could say that after such a long time, it's revealed itself as a national song.
That it has become embroiled in this uproar grieves me to my heart.
I, as well.
That is all.
She hasn't come yet?
Not yet.
- Go find her. - Eh?
If the witness doesn't show up, I can't talk, now can I?
Attorney for the plaintiff.
If you have no cross-examination to make, we'll move on to the next.
Question him. Buy us some time.
I'm Arakawa Bonita: Punk rocker.
Your real name, please.
Arakawa Hanae. ("Hanae" is an old-fashioned name; not Punk)
What did you think when you heard "That Was Love"?
The instant I heard it, I knew it I'd been ripped off.
Because up till now, "My uniform slipped off" and "I'd forgotten to wear my bloomers"...
Only a person who was an undisguised pedophile would compose such song...
So I couldn't have made such a song!
Don't say such irresponsible things!
Kasai-kun has made songs in a variety of genres.
The defendant will please refrain from such remarks.
Do you know the 60's song by the American singer, Johnny Coleman, "The Day I Couldn't Get Back"?
- No. - You don't know it?
Here are the lyrics and music.
How about the French chanson singer Amanda Rava's, "Roadside Trees"?
- No. - You don't know it?
Both of these songs as well as yours and Kasai-san's song have the same theme in them.
There are many songs that are recognized as being much the same song...
...that do not infringe upon or match one another.
Kasai-san mentioned this.
"From mother's lullabies..."
"...to those heard across all ages and countries..."
"...many famous tunes accumulate at the bottom of our memories..."
"...where they can suddenly bud forth."
It's like that in all situations of creating.
It may have been that you heard these two songs somewhere or other.
- Mine is original! - You simply aren't aware of it...
- Mine was stolen! - Please calm down!
Shut up!
Oi, thief! Return my song to me!
- Take her from the courtroom. - Thief! Right!
Hotei to iu kyokou no ori no naka de In the false cage known as the court
Saibankan to iu roku de nashi ga There's a good-for-nothing called a judge
What are you doing?
Itaikena kotori o And an innocent little bird
Itabutte iru yo Who's being threatened
What are you laughing about? Komikado, make them stop.
Hey!
Kikoeru darou omae ni wa kikoeru darou You'll hear, for you to hear
Hinjitsu o sakebu This shout for truth
Stop this.
What were you thinking?
That's the first time people were seen singing in the visitor's gallery.
Wasn't it pleasant? It was quite the masterpiece.
It wasn't pleasant.
Bonita-san, didn't I tell you to please come in a suit?!
I told her. "Come in your best clothes."
These are my best clothes.
Why would you tell them such a thing?!
What they call judges are conservative creatures.
That's particularly true of the Presiding Judge.
He will get a very bad impression of Bonita-san.
For the moment.
- Well then, Kanpai. - Kanpai!
Just as expected of you, Miki-sensei. Quite nimble till the end, weren't you?
You could also take the view that they were just self-destructing.
No... It was Miki-sensei's force.
Sensei. Is something the matter?
Kasai-sensei. There's one thing I need to confirm with you.
Please answer me honestly.
"That Was Love" Suspicion of Plagiarism" - Please stop for the cameras. - May we have a moment?
Kasai-san, just a word, please.
More than anything, I feel sorry to all the fans because of all this uproar.
Because this was a love song that I sang in particular...
...I hoped in my heart that a resolution could be found quickly.
Speaking of those who sing it, that would be each and every one of the fans.
Without understanding that, to desecrate this song by asking for money...
...is very regrettable thing, isn't it?
It's a trick.
By Miki-sensei, huh?
Self-destructing spirit! Let's shout it out today, too!
"Just a publicity stunt" "Turn away their passes"
"These guys are impostors"
- What was that? - Dear!
"Quit it"
"You're the thief!" "Go away"
"Die"
Let's quit it.
Do you mean you want to withdraw your complaint?
You'd be playing right into their hands.
But if this is what Bonita-san wants...
I would lose to Miki.
This isn't a war between you and Miki-sensei.
I'm... fine with whatever I'm called...
...but I don't like causing trouble for this store or my parents.
Like I've told you, Dad!
- What is Rock to you? - Huh?
Is tucking in your tail and running away after such harassment...
...what you call Rock?
Is that being a Punk?!
What is this?
Don't worry about this store!
I... know all the nights you didn't sleep trying to compose that song.
Your father, he truly does support you.
To tell the truth, it was your father who sent in your CD and photo to them.
- Eh?! - To Kasai Satoshi?!
To "The National Beautiful Girl Contest"
What'd you send it to them for!?
What are you gonna do about your friends who told you they were quitting?
Didn't you promise them you'd do your best for their parts?!
Originally we were a group of 5...
...but continuing with the band became very tough for them.
The three of them entrusted us with their dream and said they were quitting.
Ah. Welcome back.
Um, we have guests.
They said they would wait in here.
Yes, here you go.
Welcome back.
This is a wonderful home, isn't it?
That's my chair.
Ah. It's a comfortable sit.
Please get out of it.
What is your business with us?
Kasai-sensei said this.
"If they apologize formally, I'm fine with paying settlement money."
He has a big heart for a big shot, doesn't he?
- Hattori-san, they're leaving. - Yes.
Are you sure?
If there's anyone to apologize, it's him. This is my win.
I guess you still haven't changed.
That tragedy will soon be repeated again.
Sawaji-kun, let's go.
- Hattori-san. - Yes?
Your pancakes and black tea were extremely delicious.
Is that right.
Thank you for the meal.
Excuse me.
Sensei.
Miki's in a rush to win this match.
He's become impatient. He must have some Achilles heel.
That may be so.
- Hattori-san. - Yes?
Please have this entire area sterilized.
Ah. Sterilized, huh? Yes.
And it won't be necessary for you to feed such a party as them with your homemade dishes.
That was... frozen food.
I don't always make things.
- Is that right? - Yes.
Well, I did make it look as if I had made it...
I have to skimp myself from time to time.
That's wise.
Whaa!
I wish to thank you for permitting the additional questioning of Kasai Satoshi-san.
There was something I absolutely had to confirm with Kasai-san.
- What is it? - Are you a Mozart?
Huh?
The number of songs you have composed over the last 3 years is 372.
When broken down simply, that means your pace has been to compose more than one song every 3 days.
I thought that was entirely like Mozart.
Since this part's only a rumor, please don't take offense to it.
That the work that Kasai Satoshi-san produces...
...is not all Kasai-san's music and lyrics.
There are a great many so-called "ghostwriters" whose work can be purchased dirt-cheap...
...and released to the world as one of your own works.
Without them, you wouldn't be able to write such a great amount of music.
This may be a completely unfounded rumor...
...but in regards to this lawsuit, it is an issue that cannot be overlooked.
If by any chance there is some truth to it...
...it would be impossible to know the truth without questioning you closely about it.
How about it?
Of course that's a groundless rumor.
All of the lyrics and music were written by me.
I'm relieved.
It's common for those who bear ill-will towards someone called a "genius hit maker"...
...to spread such things, isn't it? That is all.
It would be better to admit to it.
It wouldn't be possible for him to do that, would it?
The songs are being made as a team with many assistants.
That's just common sense given modern music production.
It'd be better just to admit that that's how it's done.
I'm making them. That's why everyone buys them.
Just how much effort do you think he has gone through...
...in order to get the name "Kasai Satoshi" to this point?!
Am I to be broken by a bunch like them?
Umm... Great.
I found someone in the industry with a dislike for Kasai...
...and he couldn't stop talking about him.
He said that Kasai doesn't write them himself and it seems he's relatively famous for that.
He's been using ghosts, particularly for most of these last few years.
But Kasai-san testified that he doesn't use ghosts.
Then we'll force it.
If we can prove the existence of even one ghost, then we'll crush him in one blow.
It'd be nice if we could find someone who would side with us, though.
No, they're firmly guarded.
Kasai's team has an iron unity.
Well, they're making more than enough money off of him.
After what's happened recently, even more gag orders will have gone out.
Thanks for the meal, Hattori-san. Today's was the best.
Come anytime.
Continue looking into it for me.
Sure thing. So long.
Just what sort of person is he?
A grassroots guy.
I listened carefully to songs Kasai Satoshi had composed.
And then I somehow found a song he did for an Idol Group with these lyrics in them.
"A Belly Full of Strawberry Chadzuke." (Chadzuke - rice with tea poured on it)
- That's? - That's in our song, too.
"Strawberry chadzuke."
And then, another Idol Group song had...
..."I want to see the Torikerazauru," in their song lyrics.
That also appeared in one of our songs from 3 years ago.
The coined word, "torikerazaru."
Well, it was only that one word.
Well, guess you couldn't call that plagiarism.
No, they're very effective as indirect facts.
In other words, Kasai Satoshi's ghostwriters...
...have been referencing the songs Bonita has composed for many years now.
No, those aren't mine.
Eh?
Back when we were still a 5 member group...
...it wasn't me writing the music and lyrics, but Sa-chan.
- Sa-chan? - Yeah.
Charlotte Matsudo.
She quit from the band but still drops by to see our live concerts from time to time.
What is she doing now?
"Piano Classroom"
Ako-chan, you've improved quite a bit since last week.
Don't I remember her from somewhere?
Huh?
Then, Yuna-chan, you're next please.
- Ah! - What is it?
There is a connection!
Yes, see you again next week.
- Be careful. - Bye-bye!
Charlotte Matsudo-san.
You're now Itshizuka Saeko-san, aren't you?
Your cocktail back then was delicious.
You're one of Kasai Satoshi's ghostwriters, aren't you?
You quit the band and now during the days you're a part-time piano teacher...
...and by night you serve drinks.
And so by chance you happened to meet with Kasai Satoshi-san.
Thinking to revive the music you had cast aside, you sold him a song you had created.
When some portion of that tune was used...
...you got a guarantee for several more.
Or else was it that your songs which had once been ignored...
...now that they were attached to Kasai Satoshi-san's fame...
...and being played throughout Japan, you derived a secret pleasure from knowing that?
However, because you didn't have much of your own to draw from...
...you turned to what Arakawa Bonita was composing.
That's where "That Was Love" came from. Am I wrong?
Bonita-san is your best friend, isn't she?
You would have known how she was struggling to make songs.
You can testify to this in court, can't you?
Yes.
I will testify.
Thank you very much.
Charlotte did?
Are you serious?
Where are you going?
You mustn't get emotional about this.
- But... - She thinks she did wrong, too.
That's why she's promised to provide testimony in court.
Why did you?
The one who taught me how to compose music was you, Sa-chan, wasn't it?
I wanted to able to compose as well as you could.
And yet... Why?
I stopped with music because of you.
You started composing music by watching me...
...but you were much better at it.
Everyone only wanted your work.
I wanted to triumph using with my own method.
And that's why...
...you sold my song to Kasai Satoshi?
That's right.
Because eventually you'd be in agony over having your songs stolen...
...and so you'd admit defeat to yourself.
I think that was wrong of me.
I'll tell all about it in court.
"Courthouse"
Starting part-time work at a Roppongi club as one of their servers...
...that's where you became an acquaintance of Kasai Satoshi-san, isn't it?
Yes.
And it was there you pitched to Kasai-san a song that you had written the music and lyrics for.
That's correct, isn't it?
No.
Ishizuka-san. I will ask you once more.
Did you offer a song you had composed to Kasai-san...
...and were you not one of his so-called ghostwriters?
No.
"You offered a plagiarized song to Kasai-san and got a guarantee."
"That means you obtained it through fraud..."
"...and that you can be sued for it."
"However, Kasai-san doesn't want such a thing."
"He says, 'You are an important member of my team.'"
"If you are contacted by a lawyer from the other side, tell them this."
"First, 'I will testify in court.'"
Because I had decisively given up on music...
...I didn't even think about offering to sell...
...one of my clumsy songs to Kasai-san when we met.
There are certainly similar parts in both songs...
...but I think that is just coincidental.
More importantly...
...I think "That Was Love" is a song that only Kasai-san could have made.
Very well.
That is all.
Cross-examination?
That won't be necessary.
Presiding Judge.
I would request the court's permission to question the involved party, Yamaguchi Hanae.
She is not in the schedule.
In order to impeach the testimony of the witness just now...
...please grant me special permission.
It's the gap.
Yamaguchi-san. You heard the testimony from Ishizuka-san earlier, didn't you?
- Yes. - What do you think about it?
- I feel sad. - Why?
Because just the other day Sa-chan and I...
Ah... Ishizuka-san and I had a meeting.
At that time, she confessed to a completely different story.
I see.
Would your conversation from that time be this one?
"You started composing music by watching me..."
"...but you were much better at it."
"Everyone only wanted yours."
"I wanted to triumph using with my own method."
"Where are you going?"
"She promised too easily."
"Miki must have ensnared her long ago."
"It's a trap."
"Bonita. Meet with Charlotte."
"Taking this along."
"That's why..."
"...you sold my song to Kasai Satoshi?"
"That's right."
"Because eventually you'd be in agony over having your songs stolen..."
"...and so you'd admit defeat to yourself."
"I think that was wrong of me."
"I'll tell all about it in court."
There's no mistake but that was the conversation between Ishizuka-san and I.
Objection! This evidence wasn't submitted.
I'm very sorry. I will withdraw this for the moment and resubmit it anew.
I will ask this as well of those in the visitor's gallery who have come from the press.
You didn't hear this.
Yamaguchi-san.
Although you encountered slander, slurs and harassment during this current case...
...you have fought back resolutely.
Please tell us what your feelings are right now.
What is called a song is something that can heal...
...and cheer a person's heart.
Truth is, it's not someone's thing.
But...
...composing a song is like giving birth to a child.
The song I composed was painful to give birth to, but it was my child.
Then before I knew it, that child had been kidnapped by some stranger...
...dressed up in new clothes...
...and then debuted to the world as their own child...
I guess that makes me very sad.
I'd...
...like to get my child back.
If we offered a settlement, how much would they want?
What are you saying?
Don't get discouraged. We can still go on.
There's still hands to be played.
What kind?
We'll put it all on Ishizuka Saeko.
We'll admit that she composed it.
She's to be sacrificed?
The truth is that she did do the plagiarizing.
It's strange to have Kasai-san bear the full brunt of this.
He'd be admitting that he uses ghosts.
Legally, there are no problems with that.
All of the fault is hers.
Kasai-san. You are the victim here.
"That Was Love" is a song that I composed.
Why do you have to be so obstinate?
Stop defending your trivial pride.
Pride? That's not what I want to protect.
If the Kasai Satoshi brand falls to earth...
...how many of my disillusioned staff do you think will leave me?
Even I am just one piece in the music business.
I play the part of the genius hit maker.
I have to be a Mozart.
A settlement.
I'll buy a second one! A cruiser!
If you do that, we'll be back to our financial difficulties, won't we?
A phone call. It's Miki Law Firm's Sawaji-san.
Furikaereba soko ni aru When I look back, it's there
Are wa koideshita That was love
Ima nara ieru are wa koideshita I can say now that it was love
Oi! Those lawyers have come!
They've presented us with a settlement plan.
In actuality, Kasai's waving the white flag.
Of course we'll turn it down. We'll fight to the end until their last breath of life is gone.
- Accept it. - What was that?!
- A settlement is fine. - No, no, that's not necessary.
I can win this.
Sensei. The client is hoping for a settlement.
A settlement is impossible here.
The amount of money she will receive from them will be reduced.
Is this because your success reward would be reduced as well?
I'm saying that it should be decided properly based on the merits!
It's because I feel sorry for the song somehow.
Well then, we should get as much settlement money for you as possible, right?
- Ah... It's okay about that, too. - It's okay?!
- Don't want it. - Don't want it?!
If you don't take the settlement money, it can't be settled.
Then, we want you to make a fund with that money.
Ah, that's good!
We can donate the full amount to children who aren't blessed...
Wait, wait, wait. Are you guys idiots?
Listen. For what reason have I been working my hardest up till now for?
Just for reading, I get at least 50 million yen! 50 million yen! 50 million! ($615,000)
Sensei. Such a thing...
...ain't Punk.
I don't know what that means!
Well said!
That's just like my daughter!
You stay out of this! You're always, always just appearing like that!
I'm the one speaking here!
Don't say such things so easily.
I think Hanae-chan's great, too.
Thank you.
And what about my success reward money? Huh? What about my cruiser?
- Sensei should switch over to Punk, too. - Don't mess with me!
I'll file a lawsuit against all of you!
This is the client's request.
- You be silent, crappy tone-deaf person! - Why crappy tone-deaf?
A crappy tone-deaf person is crappy tone deaf! It's your fault we had such a hard time!
You were the one who said to sing, weren't you?
Drink up, drink up! Let's go, let's go!
- Kanpai! - Kanpai!
What are you toasting for!?
I think it's a good settlement.
The Kasai Satoshi Fund. Kasai-san is happy with it, too.
That was a narrow escape for you!
Your legend of invincibility wasn't damaged, was it?
If it had continued though, I would have won.
What's this that mouth is saying? You're the one who's relieved, shouldn't you?
In your innermost thoughts, you were in a cold sweat you might lose your status and honor.
You really don't know anything.
I've decided that you'll be ousted from this world.
And for that sake, I would happily forsake both status and honor.
Even if it means stabbing one another, I'm dragging you to Hell.
Count on it.
That will be my atonement.
Well then, adieu.
That's a really good song.
"That Was Love."
Come see my live concerts again.
So long.
"Atonement," huh?
What was it that happened between those two?
Even I do not know.
However...
This is the first time I have seen him in such a grievous state.
I wonder what he's thinking?
In the end, I didn't get to meet Hiiragi Shizuka!
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