I am truly very sorry!
How many times is this?!?
What are you going to do to compensate!
If you can't even wash a car decently, then what the hell can you do?! Eh?!
Tell me, you blockhead!
You're fired. Clear out!
Ah, welcome.
Yes, yes, yes. Yes, this way. Okay. Yes, yes, yes. Yes, we can do that. Yes.
I'll kill you.
You were abused like that every day...
...was fired and finally couldn't take it any longer.
Wasn't me...
Your fingerprints were also found on the kitchen knife.
It wasn't me.
Oops. Sorry, sorry. My foot slipped.
We'll do this...
...for however many hours or however many days it takes.
Tsubokura!
On the main charge, the defendant is hereby sentenced to 10 years in prison at hard labor.
The 100 days he spent in detention pending his trial shall be included in the sentence.
Oi, oi. Are you okay? Oi.
Can you walk?
Let's go.
"Case Studies in Innocence"
- There. - Take a seat.
Go ahead.
Could you give up your seat?
- Excuse me! Your seat... - It's okay.
No, it's not okay. Hey you.
I'm talking to you.
You're Chinese?
In Japan, the elderly are given priority.
I'm Japanese. "Conversational Chinese"
Then can I suggest you give up your seat for this person here?
- Why? - "Why"?
I happened to see that you're still young, aren't you?
This person is much older than you are.
So?
Don't you think it's just common manners for a person who still has their physical strength...
...to offer their seat to a person without their physical strength?
- I do think so. - Well then.
However, can it be said absolutely and universally that if someone is young...
...they do have their physical strength and if they are old they don't?
Huh?
For example, although I'm 38 years old...
...did you take into account the slight possibility I might be suffering from a severe heart disease?
- Do you suffer from that? - No.
Huh?
He appears to be about in his 60's...
...but he goes to a sports club...
...and moreover, given the condition his bag is in...
...it can be inferred that he is quite the veteran there.
His large pectoral muscles are thick, his back and front muscles are tight...
...and the tension condition of his calf triceps muscles can be sensed even through his clothes.
Rather than the insubstantial me...
...he's the one with the far more admirable body.
But that's...
What's more, his sports club is right in front of this train station.
Since there's just two minutes between his stations...
...there was no need to strongly pressure someone to give up their seat for him...
...and make them stand until a proper judgment could be made otherwise.
That is all. Do you have any objections?
(Thank you.)
What a smarty-pants!
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Episode 1: "The Best Yet Lowest Lawyer... Do Love and Law Lie?"
We still have a long ways to go yet!
Your innocence will certainly be recognized at the Appellate Court.
Please allow me to continue being in charge of your case.
I think...
...it's best just to give it up already.
Tsubokura-san.
It's always been like this.
Could you say...
...I've had an unlucky life?
I've never had even one good thing happen to me.
That's the sort of star I was born under.
You were saving money in order to go to college, weren't you?
To study your favorite plants and become the curator of a museum.
That's so, isn't it?
I will not give up until the end.
And you shouldn't give up hope either, please.
Well... a novice like me would be unreliable, though.
You're going to appeal?
Of course. The judgment of the first trial was unfair.
The only evidence they had could be considered circumstantial...
...and there was also his forced confession.
I haven't heard about such a thing.
You lost, didn't you?
When a lawyer loses, do they fight back by calling for the Appellate Court?
Didn't Miki-sensei tell you that?
"It isn't necessary for you to be a court appointed attorney."
You're in charge of corporate legal affairs.
In particular, as an expert in foreign transactions...
...I was thinking of decorating you for your brilliant victory in your first battle.
I believe in Tsubokura-san's innocence.
In that matter, your work there is finished.
If there's to be an appeal, other lawyers will handle it.
I want to continue being chosen for Tsubokura-san.
Give it up, Mayuzumi.
Anyhow, it'd be impossible to get it overturned. The person himself has given up.
How would you even rekindle it?
You keep dragging this on inconclusively and it will put a blemish on your future.
You may go.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Let's have a report on the capital business alliance between Yamashita Holdings and Sumire Life.
Yes.
I will report on the condition of Sumire Life Insurance's assets.
As for the asset management revenue...
...interest income from foreign corporate bonds have dropped due to the appreciation of the yen.
Mayuzumi-sensei.
Have you accepted Miki's disposal of that case?
Eh?
He might be of assistance to you.
"He"?
You wouldn't know this Sensei...
...but he's a lawyer who was a member of this corrupt firm until about 3 years ago.
Now he has his own office and works independently.
He's kept his distance from lawsuits, but his skill is outstanding.
Ah... Here?
Ah. Excuse me for calling on you so suddenly. I'm...
I've been waiting for you. Come in.
- Huh? - This way.
Komikado-sensei has been waiting for you as well. Now...
Come in.
- In here. - Ah, yes.
Ah, thank you.
Will duck be okay?
Duck?
Yes. Duck in orange sauce.
Does that suit your taste?
- Itadakimasu. - Go ahead.
Yum!
Ah, this is a law firm, isn't it?
As the clerk who will be introducing you to Komikado-sensei...
...my name is Hattori.
Um, where is Komikado-sensei?
(Thank you.)
Ah.
(Ah, I've wanted to meet you.)
(I love you...)
- Hattori-san. - Yes?
Who's this person?
Eh? Um... this isn't the one?
Ah, excuse me, but you would be...
From the Miki Law Firm, my name is Mayuzumi. "Mayuzumi Machiko"
- You're Komikado-sensei, aren't you? - She's Japanese, isn't she!?
Well, I did think she was wonderfully conversant in the Japanese language.
I'd like to have a consultation with Sensei.
Hattori-san. I will be out. Send her away.
I'm very sorry. Sensei will be away from home as of now.
- No, he just welcomed me. - Um, he's away from home.
She's here! Hattori-san, hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry! Hurry, hurry!
Ah, um... could you just hear what I have to say?
Don't you remember me?
The other day, on the train...
Come in.
(Ah, I've wanted to meet you.)
(I love you...)
(I feel the same for you.)
(A present for you.)
(Thank you. I'm so happy.)
I want to help a man who was unfairly sentenced. (You are so beautiful.)
I'm very sorry... (You're so skilled at that, aren't you?)
...but, could you please leave for now?
Um... He was convicted based upon an involuntary confession.
He's a serious youth who's life is irreplaceable...
Hey! Put an end to this!
You are offending her!
I remember you from the train. And your vulgar bowlegs.
Because you were reading that collection of precedents...
...I thought there was no way there were still stupid, shallow women lawyers in this world...
...who go around triumphantly forcing their self-righteous sense of justice on people.
I have no interest in trying to dig out someone...
...who got an unjust sentence placed on them and is doing time with some gay jailer.
If you want to commission me for some work, then first bring me that!
What's "that"?
Money?!
What else is there other than money!?
I won't know until I've spoken to the client...
...but what suitable amount should be prepared?
My retainer fee is 10 million yen. ($122,000)
10 million yen?!
The reward money is 20 million yen. ($245,000) 30 million yen total. Those are my attorney fees.
Even the best partner at our firm charges only a tenth of that.
Comparing me to the mediocre lawyers at your firm is in itself intolerable to me.
- But that amount is too much... - It's cheap.
Because I always win the cases I undertake.
- Do you really win? - Foolish question.
If it was a forced confession, then that in itself means I can't lose.
Come up with my fee and I'll get him acquitted.
This isn't just a problem of money.
If this society just lets justice go by the wayside...
...won't that be the end of law in this country?
If piece-of-junk lawyers like you increase by even one...
...then that's what will finish off justice in this country.
Justice can be bought with money. Bring me the money!
Even so, you're...
If you say even one word more, I'll immediately charge 500,000 yen ($6,000) in consultation fees.
- Hattori-san. - Yes.
- See her out. - Yes.
This way.
Who would ever ask you for anything!?
Yes, 500,000 yen! 500,000 yen! 500,000 yen! I'll send you the bill! 500,000 yen!
Excuse the disturbance. Here you go.
That nuisance is finally gone. Now, let's eat, shall we?
(Let's eat!)
He's the lowest of men.
That's right. No matter how you look at it, he's the lowest of men.
However, he would definitely win.
That is Komikado-sensei.
Don't you think poison can be used as a cure?
I don't think so.
My beliefs are not for sale to some money monger.
I'm bowlegged, aren't I?
Eh... I envy your pretty legs.
Please tell me more about... Komikado Kensuke.
He is a person hated in legal circles.
A Sensei whose name I don't know told me though he just fooled around at a 3rd-rate university...
...he passed the bar exam on his first try.
Amused by his appetites and attitude, Miki-sensei took him under his wing.
(This is too expensive.)
(It looks really good on you.)
Criminal cases, civil cases, enterprise lawsuits.
Once he had found a subject that involved money...
...he would forcibly drag it into the courts.
To the verge of illegality.
On occasion, he would use illegal techniques to bring him his succession of victories.
After several years, he was our Ace.
Even now, he has a record that remains unbroken.
Before long though, he became intractable, even under Miki-sensei's hands.
And so, 3 years ago...
...an event which decisively put a split between the two of them occurred.
Miki-sensei had Komikado-sensei driven out of the industry.
That's why even now, it's inevitable that Miki-sensei hates Komikado-sensei.
From those managers in the financial world who Komikado-sensei had favored...
...he now snatches away exorbitant consultation fees.
Now, free of any discomforts, he lives by playing around.
I came because I was told I would only be talking to you, the President.
Why is he here?
He and I are of as of one.
Executive Director. Truth is, after consulting with the President...
...there appears to be some activity within the company aiming towards a coup against him.
It's said there is a man who is moving to collect stock.
That has nothing to do with you.
It's true I've been a one-man show. And I've also caused a lot of waste. I repent.
But due to my performance, signs are emerging of a recovery.
Such methods are inconsistent with the rights of a person who has served...
...with such distinction across a generation at the company, isn't it?
This for the company's sake.
It's for your own ambition, isn't it?
I don't think you're fit to become President.
President. Your biggest waste has been the consultation fees paid to this man.
Executive Director. Which of these do you think is the most important?
Your ambition or the peace and tranquility of your own family?
- Where did you get these? - Will you wash your hands of this?
Ah...
Eh?!
30 million yen. Please take it.
Does your client have this much financial power?
That has nothing to do with Sensei.
I can't accept money from dubious sources.
- I'm paying for him in advance. - How?
I used my father's family fields as collateral.
You're an incredible fool, aren't you?!
I promised I would definitely help him.
I'm the only one he can rely on.
Let's go have an interview with Tsubokura Yuuichi.
Hattori-san, the royal jelly.
Ah. I've put it in.
Sensei, that's what you said, isn't it? "Bring me the money."
I've paid you the money, haven't I?
Look, look, 30 million yen! 30 million yen.
Look, look! This is what you wanted, isn't it?
Look! Look, look, look!
Breakfast seems to be over, doesn't it?
I'm hated by your Boss.
This is a secret from my office. This is my own decision.
You'll be punished.
I'm fed up with that office's opportunism as well.
I've set out your ironed suits.
- Okay! Hattori-san. - Yes?
Your cheese omelet was ridiculously delicious!
No, no. Thank you very much.
Long ago, I was the master chef for a Swiss hotel.
Ah.
The store manager would often call me and other employees to his office...
...and hold a nabe party.
...I would help out as well.
That's why it's only natural your fingerprints matched those on the kitchen knife, isn't it?
Yes.
During your interrogation, you were kicked in the leg, weren't you?
To be accurate, he kicked the chair leg.
He said it wasn't on purpose though.
In addition to that, he said things to threaten or intimidate you, didn't he?
The police all denied it together...
Are you listening?!
Damn! Someone threw up in here!
This is to explain things for your sake.
What did you say you were doing at the time of the crime?
I was at Kashiwadai Park.
With proof of that, his alibi would be established...
...but unfortunately there were no witnesses...
What were you doing at the park?
Because he likes plants...
...whenever he sees flowering plants in the park, he'll walk around the park all day in a daze...
I was asking him. Did you buy coffee?
At a stand.
It would be better if we had the receipt.
Tsubokura-kun. Enjoy it while you can. The remaining time you have left in this prison.
These are the police's investigation materials.
And, these are related to the trial.
And, these are past precedents that I've collected.
- What's this? - The appeal prospectus.
Wrong! It's trash! It's making my eyes rot.
This, too. This, too. This, too.
Everything you've collected here is trash.
Hurry and put all that in a plastic trash bag.
Then, please specify what I need to do.
1. Collect heartwarming tales of Tsubokura.
Heartwarming tales?
Anything like how dutiful he was or the food he'd send back home will do. "Tsubokura"
All of you who have come today, please tell me stories about Yuuchi-kun.
My son is someone who couldn't even hurt a fly.
He even still sends me an allowance in spite of his low pay.
- He loves living things. - To warm my heart...
...he'd bring me sunflower seeds.
Such a sweet boy, isn't he?
2. Investigate and collect anything regarding the bad reputation of the detective in charge.
Ow. That really hurts!
I'll be magnanimous this time around.
Don't do anything bad again!
- Do you have a moment? - Huh?
3. Get a reporter to write all that up and get the press involved.
"Falsely Charged? The GS store manager stabbing death incident!"
The courts are weak when it comes to the press. "Confession Extorted"
"Exposed! Darkness of the Police Organization"
That detective is terrible.
He kicked me with his foot!
Then he said it wasn't on purpose.
Just like some yakuza!
It wouldn't make any difference if I said I did or didn't.
That's who he is.
4. Kindle a human-rights campaign. "Falsely Charged! Freedom for Tsubokura-kun!"
Please help us out.
We're complaining about the false charges against Tsubokura Yuuichi-kun.
Please cooperate with us for the sake of that innocent youth!
Cooperate with us for the sake of that innocent youth!
I've spoken to the shop assistant over and over, but he says he just doesn't remember him.
- Photo. - Huh?
- The photo of Tsubokura. - Ah, here.
- Good afternoon. - Welcome.
On September 3rd of last year, around 2pm...
...this person should have bought some coffee here.
I've said this before, but I don't recall him at all.
And it's already been a long time since then, hasn't it?
You still have the receipt data tape from then, don't you?
Yes. It's certain that on September 3rd at 2pm...
...a customer did buy some coffee.
The only coffee that went out that day was that one cup.
Then it's strange that that didn't make an impression on you.
And after he bought that coffee, he spent the rest of the day on that bench right over there.
He was observing the plants. That would have made an impression on you as well, wouldn't it?
Well, that's...
Saito Hiroya-san.
Eh?
If you think of the human brain as being mysterious...
...whenever it seems there's something you don't remember...
...nevertheless it is there, sleeping in the depths of your cerebellum...
...just waiting for a trigger that will abruptly wake it up and bring it forth.
Did you know that this incident has attracted people's attention?
Yeah.
An innocent youth could be saved by your testimony.
You are the only one in this world who can save his life.
And truth is, by saving someone...
...you'd be saving yourself as well.
Your estranged wife and daughter might even come to the court to see you.
Eh?
Sensei...
Your figure, as you stand at the witness stand...
...telling the truth and exposing the tyrannies of the prosecutor's and police's investigation...
...will be reflected in their eyes, won't it?
That's...
I'm just helping him to open the door to his memory.
How about it, Saito-san? Do you remember anything?
Truth is... Truth is, I do have a memory of such a person.
I also told that to the police.
Eh?
However, didn't they put it in a different way?
"It was your mis-recollection."
This clinches it.
"Courthouse"
Did it!
They admitted there was a factual error.
It's the decision of the High Court.
"The original decision is revocated. This case is being referred back to the Tokyo District Court."
It's been decided that the first trial has to be redone.
Well... congratulations. Shall you join us?
Yes!
Ala?
Hmm! Delicious!
Ah, thanks for the meal! Hattori-san. Your food's always the best.
I'm very happy. Would you like more?
- No, I couldn't eat another bite. - Is that right.
You worked hard, didn't you?
Thanks for the business!
So long. Call me again if anything happens.
Great stuff!
- What's he doing here? - You don't have to worry about that.
- More important is our performance from here on. - Yes.
Anyhow, the Prosecutor in charge of this case is their young Ace, Prosecutor Sugiura.
Don't make me laugh! Such a shallow guy like him?
You know him?
As a Prosecutor, he was my easiest mark.
Whenever I appear before him, his very existence shrinks and he'd completely disappears.
So much so that even automatic doors wouldn't open for him either.
Once he finds out that he'll be facing me in court again...
...he'll start trembling, soil his pants, cry and start calling for his Mama.
It's a great success, isn't it?
It's somewhat unsatisfactory given that it's my comeback return after 2 years.
Let's go.
Sensei, do your best for him today.
Please, we're counting on you!
Eh, I'll make my comments to all of you once this is settled.
- Mayuzumi-kun. - Yes.
- What sort of feeling do you have now? - We'll definitely prove his innocence!
- Good luck! Sensei! - Sensei, please do your best!
This is your doing, isn't it, Komikado-kun?
Miki-sensei, isn't it?! I didn't realize it was you!
Thanks to you, I'm able to live so comfortably.
I'm glad.
Ah... I'm very sorry for doing this on my own.
Don't worry about it. I applaud Mayuzumi-kun's efforts.
Sensei!
I was able to get admission tickets.
Ah, Sawaji-san, you're as beautiful as ever!
You've come to hear me? I'm honored!
It's my former subordinate's big moment after all.
You've come to confirm just how big a fish you let slip through your hands.
It relieves the tension.
The one the audience has come to see is me.
There's nothing for you to do.
Here he comes; my easy mark.
It's great the court doesn't use automatic doors.
"First Round of the Trial"
Court is in session.
"Slow," "Dunce," "Idiot."
Those were the words that were showered on you on a daily basis, weren't they?
Yes.
How did you feel about that?
That was...
I guess I hated that.
You've acknowledged saying to him, "I'll kill you," haven't you?
Yes.
As a college student in Nakano-kun, you and your lover, Ishizaki Rena, fought all the time.
Seems you abused her by shouting "I'll kill you," over and over again.
Independent business owner, Tomura Kazuya-san.
When you were drunk with him at a bar and fought, you said, "You bastard, I'll kill you," didn't you?
Housewife, Okubo Sachie-san. When her husband made a stale joke...
...you said "Die!" like that.
That's the opinion of the Prosecutor, but though he held malice towards all these people...
...the reality is that he didn't murder even one of them.
A person who really murders doesn't go around saying, "I'll kill you."
Tsubokura-san.
The store manager, Hayashida-san...
...abused you many times over with "You're fired! Quit already!"
However each time, a few days afterwards...
...he would call you saying, "Hurry and come back to the office."
- That's true, isn't it? - Yes.
What sorts of feelings did you have for such a Hayashida-san?
I was grateful.
In other words, you held feelings of thanks, respect and trust in him...
...and not any of murderous malice, did you?
Yes.
Hayashida-san invited you over to his home time and again to share a meal, right?
Did you help him cook it?
I definitely helped him.
What about your fingerprints on the kitchen knife?
I think that would only be natural.
It would be strange if they weren't there.
While at times strict, a senpai who took good care of his adorable junior...
...and this junior who deeply cared for such a senpai.
Such a relationship between the two is what dances into my mind.
"Second Round of the Trial" Tsubokura-san has said that you...
..."threatened me and kicked my chair, knocking me down."
That's groundless.
The policy at my station is that the interrogation rooms are to be kept open.
We try as much as possible not to go behind closed doors.
If I was threatening him, it would have echoed throughout the floor.
Tsubokura-san has said that, "the door to the interrogation room was closed."
He must be mis-recollecting.
The state of the interrogation room is always visible from the Criminal Affairs Division.
Without a doubt, the door to the interrogation room was also open that day.
If violence or threats were going on, everyone in the station would have noted it.
It was very quiet.
The Inspector's investigations were always like that.
I didn't hear one sound that day, either.
Police Inspector Shirai was an active member of the MPD's Unit One Department...
...and is also a famous detective known as "The Master of the Trap."
Up to now, his techniques have never caused even a single a problem.
He has always been a model for his junior colleges.
Sugiura, in his clumsy way, is doing his best.
If he doesn't soil his pants, I'll praise him.
- It's about time for the trial to conclude, isn't it? - Yeah.
Yeah. There.
Sensei. Will this do?
"Innocent"
That's ridiculously good, isn't it?
Ah. Well, I've had a taste for writing ever since long ago.
Mayuzumi-kun. I will leave the important task of waving that before the press up to you.
Eh?! No, no, no. I...
You can do it.
Our star performer now appears on stage. You will provide the killing blow to the Prosecutor.
Yes.
Where are your wife and daughter?
They've come, but it seems they couldn't make it inside.
I will inform them of your gallant figure. Now, let's go!
Yes!
It's not necessary to practice that!
"Third Round of the Trial" Around 2pm on September 3rd of last year...
...the day that the crime was performed...
...do you remember the person who bought coffee at your shop in Kashiwadai Park...
...which is more than 15km away from the scene of the crime?
Yes.
Is that person... in here?
Yes.
Just...
...who is it?
Him.
That will be all.
Saito-san.
You told the police, "I don't remember."
Why are you now suddenly changing your remarks?
The Detective told me, "You must have mis-recollected," and my confidence disappeared.
But, when the lawyer showed me the photo, I remembered clearly.
I'm not mistaken that it was him.
That was quite some time ago, wasn't it?
You can't properly remember the face of a customer, can you?
Easy mark, do your best to struggle.
This person was on a bench looking at the flowering plants throughout the day until sunset.
That's not a mistake since I observed him the entire time.
You observe the customers?
I like people.
That's why I'm in the service sector.
I think about human life while conversing with the customers...
...and seeing the various patterns that people take in the park.
Such things are enjoyable to me.
I have confidence in my eye for human observation.
I see. Is that right.
Presiding Judge.
I would like to request the examination of a new witness.
A new witness?
Since it wasn't applied for beforehand, I cannot approve of this.
- What kind of witness is it? - Yes.
It is a witness who is deeply concerned with the testimony of the Defense counsel's witness just now.
I have been searching for them for some time now.
They were found just now.
The Prosecution's witness, come forward.
I'm Shimamura Tomoko. Student at the Komba University of the Arts.
Shimamura-san.
What were you doing around 2pm on September 3rd of last year?
I had bought coffee at the Kashiwadai Park...
...and was sketching plants on a bench until the sun set.
Did you buy that coffee from this person?
Yes, that's right.
Isn't that your mis-recollection?
- I don't think I'm mistaken. - Why can you declare that?
I write in my diary blog every day.
I haven't missed a single day for about 5 years now.
This is a copy from September 3rd of last year.
I will read this section.
"Today I sketched plants at Kashiwadai Park."
"It's for a school project."
"I was in such a daze from my drawings..."
"...that I only drank one cup of coffee for 4 hours."
"I need to be careful about heat exhaustion..."
It's certain that this was written on September 3rd...
...and there are no traces that it was tampered with afterwards.
This can be proven scientifically.
Please approve of our questioning the Defense's witness, Saito-san.
The Defense witness, step forward.
- Saito-san. - Yes.
Wasn't the one you sold coffee to Shimamura Tomoko-san?
- Let's see... - You aren't sure?
Didn't she make an impression on you?
Don't you have confidence in your eye for human observation?
That day, you only sold coffee to one person.
You said you had, "observed them throughout the day."
Tsubokura-san or Shimamura-san.
Neither closely resembles the other.
You couldn't have made a mistake by looking at them, could you?
So which of them was it?!
Um... My...
It's in my memory...
That's a lie.
It was me.
- Quiet! Please sit down. - I was there!
- I was the one on that bench! - Be quiet!
I was the one in the park that day!
- Silence! - It's true!
- Calm yourself. - Calm down.
- Silence! - Please! Believe me!
We will adjourn for now.
Sensei.
I'll lose?!
Why do I have to lose to Sugiura of all people?!
This is a dream! A nightmare! It's your fault!
Mine?!
Don't play dumb! You're Miki's agent, aren't you?
What's that?
Or maybe you were used, too!
I was used?
Sugiura hid from the start that he had that witness.
Miki knew all about it as well and sent you off to my place.
To pull me back into court in order to humiliate me.
And he succeeded completely!
My record of not being defeated was finished off by such a boring thing.
How splendid!
I... was sent to you...
This no-ability, awkward, misunderstanding lawyer who he was going to throw away anyway...
...was used for this because he had no other use for her!
Get out!
Then, I'll get out!
Did you see how pale Komikado's face got?
I saw it.
Did you see how hollow Komikado's eyes were?
I saw them.
Have you heard that they will lose in their re-do trial?
I have not. Unprecedented, isn't it?
Ha!
I only want to give Inspector Shirai my thanks!
He says he's got nothing to say to you!
He reeks of liquor!
- Inspector Shirai, good job. - Oi! Hey! Get out!
I want to greet Inspector Shirai!
How can Shimamura Tomoko's testimony be explained?
That's a difficult thing for me.
Tsubokura-kun and her...
Which of them is lying...
...or which is just mis-recollecting?
It must be hard work...
...writing up a blog every day like that, mustn’t it?
I have a hard enough time just coming up with the daily meals.
You, huh?! What is it?! Eh? You've found something?
A breakthrough?
What a coincidence.
I just found something myself, too.
"Cornerstone"
"Fourth Round of the Trial" Since the questioning was interrupted last time...
...we will start with its continuation.
Well then, Defense counsel, your cross-examination.
Yes.
Shimomura Tomoko-san.
You have confidence that you were at Kashiwadai Park during the time of the incident.
Yes.
I've read your basis for that, the daily blog you've continuously written in as your diary.
Everything over the past 5 years.
Lots of your friends have been reading it as well...
...and I can understand why it's so popular.
There are occasionally days where I wouldn't have anything worth writing about...
...but your diary doesn't have any of those.
It seems that every day is brimming over with sparkling experiences for you.
I've never had a day where nothing happened.
With my enriched sensitivity...
...even the most trivial event is an irreplaceable experience to me.
So with that aim, I write them down.
That's splendid of you.
I have the following questions to ask you about your blog entries.
March 12th, 2009, Thursday. There is this one sentence.
"Late at night, I sometimes feel like eating..."
"...Matajirou Ramen's heavily oiled, thick ramen."
- I'm not mistaken about this, right? - Yes.
When I checked into that, this Matajirou Ramen store...
...is regularly closed on Thursdays.
I confirmed it with the store...
...and they told me that Thursdays are their day off without fail.
- What meaning does this have? - I object.
This is unrelated to the case.
Denied.
"September 11th, 2010."
"I came across a child from a kindergarten which was having an athletic meet who was so cute."
That kindergarten had held their athletic meet one week earlier.
You said, "I've never had a day where nothing happened."
However, that's not true, is it?
Conversely, let's say you had 2 or even 3 valuable experiences occur in a single day.
On such a day, it would have been a waste for you to write them all down together.
If you had, let's say, 3 in one day...
...you'd write down 2 of them and save the third for whenever nothing happened.
Isn't that the operation that you were keeping in your head?
- Objection! - I'm not condemning her.
In fact, I think it's fascinating the wonderful effort she puts into writing her diary every day.
Because I don't write anything nearly as that.
Still...
...when it's in regards to the dates... your blog has a low credibility.
I will ask the question once more.
Are you certain that you bought coffee and sketched in the park...
...on the day of the incident, September 9th?
Is there a possibility you were off by a single day or even a week?
I'm not sure.
That is all.
Next, the counsel for the Defense would like to request the questioning of a witness.
Josai station, Detective squad, Policeman Hamaguchi.
You said, "During the interrogation, the door was open and it was very quiet."
All of you so testified, didn't you?
Yes.
- "Not one sound was heard." - Yes.
You know this building, don't you?
It's the building standing directly across from the Josai Station.
It was completed on April 7th of this year.
So I obtained the work schedule from Sayano Construction, which had undertaken it's construction.
According to the dates here, from September 3rd of last year and for the next 7 months...
...demolition and removal work of the existing building using heavy machinery took place.
In other words, on the day of the interrogation...
...they were tearing down the building next door from morning until night.
However, all of you have said, "I didn't hear a sound."
Strange, isn't it? Speaking of, you'd know there were brownouts in the summer of last year.
To cut down on air conditioner use...
...public institutions such as police stations would have opened their windows to cool off.
It would have been loud, but there was nothing you could do about it.
Have all of you been mistaken in your memories?
No!
The chances that all three of you would all have the same mis-recollection are non-existent.
This is clearly perjury!
- Objection! - Denied!
Why would the three of you witnesses lie in court together like this?
I request to question Inspector Shirai once more.
Inspector Shirai, as a member of MPD's Unit 1...
...I heard you were transferred by Criminal Affairs to Josai Station to buff their poor arrest rate, right?
That was one of the reasons.
As someone who left behind a brilliant track record with the Investigations Department...
...yours would have been an existence from the clouds to the young detectives under your control.
It would be impossible for them to oppose you.
Is it not that you directed your subordinates to give perjury as backup to your own testimony?
I did not.
You didn't have to direct them. They could have tacitly understood they were to back you up.
- Is it that sort of thing? - Objection!
- Permitted! - I'll change the question.
After you were brought in, did the arrest rate at the Josai Station rise?
You can see the results that were released.
According to the data I obtained, they in fact deteriorated.
There are also results that don't appear in those figures.
Weren't you rather instead afraid of what those around you would think...
...when they were informed that your results were contrary to their expectations of you?
I don't understand the question.
That from a great, legendary detective, you would be changed to an ordinary, old man in their eyes.
Objection!
Wouldn't you feel unease?
That when the entire visualization of investigation data was realized...
...that you increasingly couldn't bring in results.
Called the "Master of the Trap," you had won many confessions up till now...
...but now your techniques can't be used any longer.
That's why, before the visualization data could be realized, you had to get results, no matter what!
"The times have changed." "He's washed up already!"
Against those voices swirling around you, you wanted to show them your power.
"I can still do it." "I'm Master of the Trap."
It was because of your pride that the accused became your victim!
Objection!
Behind closed doors, you threatened the defendant with violence and demanded a confession...
- What would you know? - What was that?
Things like "visualization data" and "rights"; I don't need such weak words to make an arrest!
Shirai-san?!
I have my years of experience! I focused on him from the start.
A detective's intuition?
- It was no good unless I threatened the guy a little... - Stop it!
Your intuition had branded him as the criminal, right?
Like a rotten woman, it was clearly him!
Show me your basis for that!
Open your eyes and you can tell!
That is all.
Oh, it's come!
Whaa!
"Innocent" (upside down)
Whaa!
Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!
Thank you very much.
An asadora heroine, isn't she?
Sugiura-kun! Thanks for your hard work!
I was mistaken. I mustn't think of you as a person for whom automatic doors won't open.
Automatic doors do open for me.
Because they've raised the sensitivity of the sensors recently, haven't they?
Well then...
Let's have another good match!
You guys made a mistake in using and throwing away a useful person like her.
Mayuzumi Machiko, that is.
We haven't used or thrown her away.
She's an important lawyer to my offices and will be in the future as well.
He's said from long ago that he loves traveling along with cute girls like her, right Sensei?
The obedient secretary, Ms. Sawaji Kimie.
The only point that Miki-sensei values you highly for...
...is when you expose your breasts when stooping forward.
Don't get carried away.
I will definitely push you into Hell.
Thank you so very much.
Once things have settled down, I'll come greet you again.
Yeah.
What's with that glare?
I'll beat you to death next.
Just joking.
So long; see you again.
Are you scared?
That maybe you've set free a criminal back into society?
Sensei, do you think he did it?
Either is fine.
Whether he did do it or whether he didn't doesn't concern me nor do I have any interest.
The Prosecutor's evidence was insufficient.
So he became innocent. That's the law.
Please return to your original job with Miki.
But... Then what about the truth?
Don't be so conceited.
We aren't gods. We're just lawyers.
It's impossible to know what the truth is.
In that case...
What is it we should believe in?
Find that out for yourself!
"Resignation"
What are you going to do from here on?
I don't know.
I was under your care.
No way. It can't be.
I was completely driven out.
"If you want to break up my family, go ahead and try."
I didn't think he was prepared to go that far.
- We can still play our next hand. - No...
I feel it's best to leave the company to Kitamura-kun.
My era is over.
Sorry it had to be for this reason, Komikado-kun.
All advisory contracts between both us and our group's subsidiaries will be at an end.
Then... President.
I'm off to play all the golf I want.
- Good afternoon. - Welcome.
What's happened to him?
We lost the biggest source of income for our office just now.
Does that mean he won't be able to do business with the feudal lords of business anymore from here on?
After this he'll need to make it up by...
...steadily drumming in business through small lawsuits, won't he?
What have you come for?!
Well... I thought I should thank you for all the various things you did for me...
I... wouldn't mind working at this law office.
What's with the looking down on me from above!
I just thought you might need a lawyer such as myself.
You make amusingly redundant phrases. My stomach's in knots.
- I'll take any kind of work. - You're a bother.
Concerning my debt of 30 million yen...
...could this office then take that over?
You're still half asleep! Hurry and leave!
The repayment could take the form of this office taking a portion of my monthly salary. How's that?
What are you scheming?
I want to look for it.
What it is I should believe in. Here.
My salary will be 80% of my previous office's.
20% of that will go to the office for the eventual debt repayment.
When calculated simply, I should complete the repayment in approximately 39 years and 1 month.
60% of your previous salary. You can return 30% of it.
Well then, how about you split the difference to 70% and 25%?
Let's see... That would shorten it to 35 years and 9 months.
In regards to my share of any compensation reward upon a successful suit...
...we'll convert that directly over as a yield.
That way the repayment days will be reduced.
If you do anything to tarnish the good name of my office, I'll dismiss you immediately.
I will resolutely fight any unjust dismissal.
That would be killing your avenger.
Could you please stop your habit of pointing at people? It's rude.
Well then, now that the contract has been completed, shall we partake?
- Here you are. - Thanks.
Hattori-san, you're very quick with calculations, aren't you?
Ah... no, no. Just a silly strong point of mine.
Well then, Kanpai.
Ahh...
- I can start work as of today. - Tomorrow's fine. Hurry and leave.
Is 8am okay?
That's too early. 9am. And correct those bowlegs of yours.
- I am not bowlegged. - You're bowlegged.
Ah.
I forgot to tell you one more thing.
What's that?
- I guess Sensei should have turned it over. - Huh?
Your seat on the train.
Sensei assumed from the gym bag the older man was carrying that he was getting off at the next station.
But, there was a possibility that he wouldn't have gotten off.
That he would get off at the next station was only just your unsubstantiated conjecture.
You should have asked him, "Can I offer you my seat?"
Even if he declined you...
...it's the formality that's important.
Going through the proper procedures is the tacit rule behind good manners.
Do you have any objections?
No...
You pass.
IF you had said that on the spot!
Bowlegs!
He's the lowest!
She's the lowest.
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