In here. Ah, over there, please.
- That's the sunniest place. - Understood.
Thank you very much.
Ah, thank you very much.
Maybe I got it a little early, huh?
Hey! Isn't this strange?!
We were still in the middle of our discussions about this!
Even if you tell me, I don't know about it.
What do you mean you don't know?
- Kazumi-san. - Oh, Kumiko-san.
They've started the construction without permission.
If they're doing this, we need a lawyer! A lawyer!
A 15 story apartment complex, huh?
Our homes will be almost completely shaded over.
That's why at the citizen's explanatory meeting, we asked them to decrease the number of floors.
Though the company rep told us, "we'll consider it,"
...they just pushed through with the construction, didn't they?
They just ignored us, didn't they?
- Right! - Right!
"Shimadzu Estate Corporation"
Um, what can we do to stop the construction?
When it becomes clear that your rights to sunshine are being infringed...
...I'll request a change in their design!
Ahh!
Ah, um... How much are your lawyer's fees?
They're very reasonable.
Whaa! All right!
Got you.
- Sensei. Please wake up. - You're fired.
The rude person who disturbs me on my day off is fired!
But today's Tuesday.
Any day I think is a day off is a day off. Don't come to the office on a day off.
That's stupid! In that case, please inform me about it no later than 8:30 am.
Those cherry tomatoes have a nice color to them, don't they, Hattori-san?
Yes.
The radish are also ready to eat.
- I accepted a job. - Don't pick up trash on your own. You're fired.
How about the asparagus?
That needs a little longer.
It's valuable work that needs doing.
The value of the job is determined by the amount of compensation.
This isn't about a problem of money.
Poor people have no right to hire me.
Don't forget that you are indebted to me, too.
Whatever you say, I've taken on this job.
The field of construction is an unsuitable area for a stupid woman like you.
Stupidity isn't limited to women or men.
The field of construction is a strong point of mine, too!
Hmm... Doesn't seem so.
"Elementary Building Standards Act!"
Yes, this is Mayuzumi.
Yes. Eh?
I'm really sorry.
Those in the neighborhood association seem to have chosen a lawyer.
So, we'll be going with that Sensei.
I understand. No, I'll be praying that your efforts succeed. Yes.
More than anything, that is what you get for picking up trash.
- How about the spring cabbage? - It's still too early for that.
- Cute, isn't it? - Ah, you mustn't touch them.
Don't touch them.
"Motoike District Meeting"
There's no sense it doing it in scattered bunches like this.
We have to get united, everybody.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know about this.
Moreover, you shouldn't have asked a lawyer with a dubious background.
After all, that's a lawyer who mostly thinks it's someone else's problem.
Now Onuki-sensei is a person who sides with the common people...
...and who thinks empathetically with them.
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
I am the lawyer, Onuki Zenzo.
Even after asking Shimadzu Estate to hold another explanatory meeting...
...they haven't responded at all.
Building in advance like this...
...is exactly the sort of tactic an unscrupulous company will do.
Well, unfortunately...
...the reality is that the world is infested with such contractors.
They think that in the end all of you will just put up with it.
However, this Onuki will never permit such a thing!
Gathering together our tiny voices...
...we can turn them into one loud voice.
And that way...
...all of you can continue with your modest lives through tomorrow and the days after.
Yes.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Let's go! A lucrative job has come.
Eh?
Have a nice day.
Eh?!
"Warning Letter" We received this.
A request for an injunction against the construction, huh?
What an impertinent bunch. Just because they aren't getting any sun.
Can I confirm your building application forms?
Um, what were you thinking when you still enforced the construction...
...midway through the discussions you were holding with the residents about it?
If we listened to all their demands, there'd be no end to this.
What I want to build on my land, I can do so on my own.
This is a terrible way of putting it.
But aren't you just slapping a roll of bills to these poor people to shut them up like yakuza?
That's right!
It's a developer's obligation to consider the local residents environmental rights today and...
- But there are no problems this time around! - Huh?
You are obeying all of the Building Standards Laws as well as the ward regulations.
There is no basis for them to be ordering an injunction anywhere.
- But... - Exactly.
If they want the sun, they should change the laws.
- There's just one problem. - What's that?
The lawyer for the other side. That Onuki Zenzo-sensei.
I see.
- Who is that? - A kind of litigation professional.
He's brought many injunctions against construction companies and won large amounts in damages.
He's a so-called human-rights lawyer.
For our industry, he is surely a natural enemy.
- That's promising. - Huh?
Ah, nothing. Nothing at all.
I've heard of your reputation. You're strong against troubles of this sort, aren't you?
That reputation is wrong. I am strong against EVERYTHING!
I want you to silence those guys.
However, don't bring it to trial.
Settle it with a private settlement.
To put it in words, it is their wish to have a living environment.
You should seek a proper judicial ruling...
Here is 20 million yen. ($250,000) How you use it is up to you.
As you wish, I won't let them spout one word of nonsense.
You're nothing but a money monger. A minion of evil.
You don't even deserve a decent death!
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Legal High"
Episode 4: "Bring Back the Sun! The Apartment Complex No-Trial Code Battle"
"Apartment Construction Resident Briefing Session"
Please take one and answer the questions. Please take one.
Ah.
I have now taken the commission of the contractor's side.
Ah, is that right.
I'm sorry that it turned out this way.
Ah. It was because I got too far ahead of myself.
Take it easy on us.
I am absolutely supporting all of you.
I am Komikado, who will be serving as the agent for Shimadzu Estate.
I thank you for providing me with this opportunity.
Komikado-sensei. Dispense with the cumbersome greetings.
There is just one thing that I'd like to ask you.
Could you please stop the construction and change the design?
At its current status, interruptions or changes to the construction would be extremely difficult.
What nonsense are you spouting! You're just changing the subject, aren't you?
We are prepared to pay a suitable amount to all of you in the form of a condolence payment.
That's out-of-court settlement money!
Do you take us for fools?!
We didn't say a word about money, did we?!
Komikado-sensei.
We're not yakuza here.
Everyone here just wishes to live their lives.
A modest, humble daily life from working by the sweat of their brows.
When opening their curtains in the morning, they want to see light of the sun pouring through.
To smell their sun-dried laundry.
To have their children carry their backpacks along the bright walk paths.
To keep their important, treasured daily lives...
...in the irreplaceable town that they were raised in.
That is all we are asking you to return.
That's right! That's right!
That's right, that's right.
Bravo!
Indeed, you are the ally of the common person, the human-rights lawyer, Onuki-sensei.
That was an impressive speech. So much so that it was disgusting.
Komikado Kensuke-sensei.
Let me ask about the rumors of you.
It's said you're a master swindler with a doctrine for money-grubbing.
You think whatever happens to the resident's rights...
...is fine as long as you make money.
In a word, the proper construction permits are all legal and the construction confirmed.
It isn't even necessary to us to make this condolence payment to you.
Their right to sunshine is being infringed.
Because the apartment complex ground plan has been zoned as a commercial area...
...neither shadow restrictions nor height limits are applicable.
The reality is, there are no limits when it comes to serious damage.
Even when it comes to people living in a commercial area.
If that were acknowledged, the very meaning of zones-of-use would disappear.
Shall we settle this in a trial?
I have never even once been defeated at trial before.
I'm a leader in this field and I know I can get results.
Then let's meet in a trial, shall we?
Umm! Onuki-sensei is wonderful.
He's a true lawyer.
If you think so, then feel free to go over to him.
In his 40 year old office with fleas jumping around you, you can conference with your poor clients...
...while gnawing on dried cuttlefish baked in a pot-bellied stove.
A pot-bellied stove is warm. And cuttlefish are delicious.
And alcohol from a cup is the best!
Your outlook for paying off the debt you owe me would extend from 37 years to 60, wouldn't it?
This pot-au-feu is supreme, Hattori-san.
Because they are fresh vegetables fully bathed in the light of the sun.
But I'm glad this has to be decided in a trial.
Of course I will be hoping that Sensei violently loses this one. Sooory.
You are a marvelous fool. We aren't really supposed to go to trial.
The client's desire is to have a settlement.
But we have a highly-motivated opponent.
I think reaching an out-of-court settlement with them won't go smoothly.
If you really think that, then your brain is lower than that of a crab's.
If we settled this, how much would we get?
Yamada-san.
You can't let a large company go without a beating.
It shouldn't be settled privately for chump change.
But then, you are my employer.
While you're hoping for a monetary settlement...
...my plan is to rip away at that company until it's bankrupt.
Onuki-sensei vs. Komikado-sensei, huh?
That should be amusing, shouldn't it?
Would Onuki-sensei accept an out-of-court settlement?
He intended to accept nothing else but that from the start, didn't he?
From the start?
Settlement negotiations are Onuki Zenzo's strong point.
Time and again, so they can avoid the publicity...
...he's been plundering companies by making them vomit up money like blood.
That is his true dreadfulness.
Just what you'd expect of a human-rights lawyer.
Bringing down those in power with a burning intensity, he's like an activist, isn't he?
That's one I'd like to watch.
Onuki-sensei vs. Komikado-sensei.
In an out-of-court settlement, which would get closer to their desired amount?
A park brawl between those two is about to begin, isn't it?
A thing to watch, right?
Ah, come in.
We were waiting for you.
You'll accept an out-of-court settlement?! Why, Onuki-sensei!?
It's the result of my consideration of my client's interests.
Everyone's interest is to have the design altered.
You mustn't just settle this. Please do your best, Onuki-sensei!
I really don't understand where you stand in this.
I don't understand either.
Well, but then the settlement will depend upon the terms.
I think we can arrive at an amount that meets your expectations.
The amount of money isn't the problem here.
Then, I will tell you our side's desired amount.
For each family, 5 million yen. ($63,000)
Since there were 50 residents at the opposition meeting, that would be 250 million yen. ($3.1 million)
Well, I may be able to convince them if you have that amount prepared.
You're overcharging quite a bit, aren't you? Couldn’t you compromise it a bit more?
Can I ask you for the amount that you have in mind?
The amount that we could have prepared would be 5,000 yen per household. ($63)
The grand total would be 250,000 yen. ($3,133)
- Joking, aren't you? - I feel that's a proper amount.
What could you do with 5,000 yen these days?
You could get 13 servings of Gyudon with onsen eggs.
- Don't mess with me, kid. - Well then, shall we take it to trial?
If there's a trial, that would be a problem for you guys, wouldn't it?
The one who would be troubled if they received a smaller success reward would be you, wouldn't it?
Okay! Then a trial it is.
Hattori-san. He's leaving.
Resolve yourself. Youngster.
- This way. - Thanks.
Yeah. A trial, a trial!
Don't swallow without chewing each one! That was just part of the haggling.
The enemy simply wants a little more settlement money.
From the beginning, that was his objective in requesting this discussion.
Why can you only take such a perverse view of things?
Their objective is to get back a life with the sun's rays hitting them.
- Do you seriously think that? - Yes.
Do you seriously think they want to bask in the sun far more than they want money?
Of course.
You really are like an asadora heroine, aren't you?
Asadoras are wonderful, aren't they?
I hope you go to an Ugandan rain forest just once and that you sumo wrestle with a mountain gorilla.
A nice strong sumo slap might straighten you out a little.
One of the original members of that opposition meeting is Kuwata Kumiko-san...
...who bought a new home there 2 years ago and is going to have a baby soon.
But when it's born, Kumiko-san's home won't receive any sun. What do you think about that?
- I feel sorry for the baby that will be born. - Right?
They'll have a stupid mother who bought a home without guaranteeing the right of sunshine to her land.
What's that?!
The enemy is preparing. We will prepare, too.
You will prepare a thorough investigation of all the individuals on the opposite side.
I will be sleeping.
I won't do such a thing!
The enemy is showing just how much contempt he has for you by offering just 5,000 yen each!
That's the guy's response.
There's nothing to worry about.
Because it's that side who doesn't want to bring this to a trial.
It's best just to hold out while their price goes up!
Onuki-sensei has made us this promise!
It'll be at least 3 million yen.
He'll definitely win at least 3 million yen per household for us!
Oh!
You have the right to at least that much in compensation!
Even if the power of the individual is small...
...when gathered together in large numbers...
...it's possible for them to smash the tyranny of large companies!
Let's increase the number of residents in opposition!
That will put pressure on the enemy!
Okay, let's do it!
Yes, yes, oh!
Hattori-san, how many years have you been here?
How many years has it been?
You've often worked under that person, haven't you?
Did you hear that remark of his earlier?
He just doesn't sympathize with people and is hard-hearted.
Is that so?
To me... I feel he thinks deeply about them.
- Thinks deeply? - That's how it is, isn't it?
And, thinking you've been tricked...
...this is what you do after Sensei's speech?
Eat rice crackers in despair and starting nothing!
If I've said something unnecessary, I am very sorry.
"Join our rally opposing the high-rise apartment complex! Let's adamantly oppose the construction of an apartment complex...
...that takes away our right to sunshine!
This is a problem for the entire neighborhood association. Right!
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
- Let's protect our right to sunshine. - If you would please.
- Here, if you would please. - Please take one.
- A right to sunshine... - Let's protect our right to sunshine.
Please participate with us. Please work with us.
Everyone, please don't let them take the sun away from our children!
Let's do our best!
Surprisingly, a 15 story high-rise apartment complex is to be built in this calm town.
Wasn't a meeting held to explain all of this to the local residents?
Yes.
But they ignored what we had to say and arbitrarily started their construction.
Your stomach has gotten huge so this must be difficult for you, right?
Well...
Please don't overexert yourself.
Thank you very much.
Sensei. Shimadzu Estate is calling for you again.
I'm out.
Ah, hello? I am very sorry.
Komikado has just stepped out...
Isn't President Shimadzu angry?
It's fine if he becomes angry.
Nothing beats a crystal chess set, does it?
The number of residents in the opposition has increased to 78.
If a settlement of 5 million yen per household is made...
That would be 390 million yen. ($4.9 million)
If it goes over 20 million, then Sensei has to accept responsibility for the remainder.
370 million yen. ($4.6 million)
Oh, a deficit.
- Isn't this dangerous? - Not in the least.
The number of residents opposed to this has increased even more.
The beauty of the knight who reflects the light.
- Aren't you really about to be burned by this? - Shut up!
You just do your work!
- Hattori-san. - Ah.
How about a game of chess after so long?
When you remember the rules.
- Protect your right to sunshine. - Please join our rally.
- Yamada-san. - Huh?
Um, can't we just get them to change the design?
Huh?
I, um, just wanted it to be a low-rise apartment complex from the start.
Kuwata-san, is that okay?
We're fighting as a team now.
You shouldn't say things that disturb the order.
It'll be fine if we just leave it up to Onuki-sensei.
Anyhow, there isn't anything you could do with a lawsuit by yourself. Right?
- Let's go. - Yes.
Excuse me. We're with the neighborhood association.
Yes.
Ah, hello, hello. You just moved in today, didn't you?
Could you join the neighborhood association?
It isn't compulsory, but the general rule is to join up.
Right now we're having a campaign against the construction of an apartment complex.
Ah, you're the guys from this story, huh?
Yes, yes. Would you like to visit our assembly?
Ah, but... I'm not into that.
It'll be well worth your while. Right?
Ah.
Hattori-san.
I've already...
Ah, I am with Komikado Law Office.
Is Onuki-sensei there?
Ah, Komikado-sensei would like to speak to him about the out-of-court settlement.
There has been a proposal from the other side about raising the amount of the settlement.
It's working out just as you said, Sensei.
A large company like that simply can't hold out when their image is being attacked.
The enemy's lawyer amounted to little.
He is just a kid, after all.
Onuki-sensei has proposed that the settlement per each family be 5 million yen.
As the total number of residents in opposition is said to be 85...
...so the total amount would come to 425 million yen.
By no means do we think that amount is enough.
Because we don't know how many former residents might return.
It's as you say.
However, I think that it is also slightly too large an amount when compared with similar cases.
That isn't what this discussion is about at all.
We have presented a respectable amount to you.
The maximum sum that we are presenting to you here is 50,000 yen per household. ($630)
Grand total, 4.25 million yen. ($53,000)
Are you an idiot? This isn't a New Year's gift you're handing out to grade schoolers!
Even as an adult, don't you think you should be grateful receiving a New Year's gift like that?
What's with those remarks? Are you setting up for a fight?
Leave!
Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!
Komikado-sensei.
Can you say such things in front of people who have suffered damages?
- That is far too rude. - That's right!
What sorts of damages do you think we'll suffer!
What are those damages?
- What? - Please tell me what damages you will suffer.
You are Tokuyama Yoshinori, aren't you?
In our investigation into the construction of the apartment complex...
...the maximum amount of shadow that Tokuyama's home would be covered by is 5% of the site.
I can't imagine what sort of damage you would suffer from that, so please tell me.
Your calculations are wrong.
Moreover, the problem isn't only over a right to sunshine.
It's the entirety of their environmental rights. For example, the view.
Yes, that's right.
It will mess up the view I have from my home.
What is your view like?
What sort of view do you currently enjoy?
A clear, beautiful sunset.
As seen from Tokuyama's home, the apartment complex would be to the southeast.
Only in the world of "Tensai Baka-bon"... (Manga and anime series about a dim-witted boy and his insane father)
...would you be able to enjoy a view of the sun setting in the east.
Kaga-san. Is there a Kaga Ranmaru-san here?
Yes. That's me.
You recently met a person from the neighborhood association who asked you to join, didn't you?
Ah.
In your case, what sort of damage will you suffer if this apartment complex is built?
- Sunshine...? - Your apartment is already in shadow.
From the start. And completely.
Why on earth did you join an opposition meeting like this?
It couldn't be that you were invited in order to obtain some of the money, was it?
Don't say such rude things!
How about it, Kaga-san?
They said I would get 3 million yen.
This is a legal brief against you.
Without suffering any real harm...
...you put your name to a meeting of opposition residents and distributed bills slandering Shimadzu Estate.
"Carrying out fraud." That's an act of fraud and interference with a business.
Tokuyama-san. We will be requiring compensation for damages from you as well.
At present, we are conducting a detailed investigation into the current situation of the other people here, too.
As you will receive no serious harm from the complex...
...we will serve a complaint in sequence to all those people who are participating here.
You will eventually receive a summons from the courthouse.
Excuse me! I will be exiting this meeting. I'm sorry.
Don't worry!
Such a thing won't happen.
The condition for settlement is 50,000 yen per household.
With that you could eat 131 bowls of gyudon.
Please consider it.
Brat.
It's said the number of residents in opposition has decreased by 28.
This is how Onuki goes out.
Eh?
Yes?
You seem to be having a tough time, Onuki-sensei.
I'll ask what your business is.
Offices like these make me very uncomfortable.
Here you go. Please make use of it.
The supreme, high class firm of Miki-sensei.
I thought we would be like oil and water.
When it comes to beating Komikado, everyone is my friend.
I thank you for your offer...
...but I will return this.
Don't treat me with contempt.
I've been weighing the timing on using this.
How like you, Sensei.
My actions merely intruded upon yours.
It's just I would like to have Komikado dropped straight into Hell.
We received this from Onuki-sensei.
"2nd Quarter Plan for Motoike District Apartment Units"
This is a construction plan for a new apartment complex.
3 years from now, in addition to the current building site...
...another high-rise apartment complex is to be built to the south side of it, isn't it?
When that happens, could it be said the apartment complex currently being built will also be in shadow?
If this article were to come out right now...
...the value of the apartment complex would slump significantly, wouldn't it?
Where did they get that from?
Were you intending to keep silent about this plan and sell the apartment complex?
This plan is uncertain. It is only one of many such proposed plans.
We don't even know if the land has been bought yet.
This has the same effect as a threat.
- That's the point, isn't it? - Komikado-kun.
Accept their request.
This matter should be left to me. You should not interfere.
Pay them.
From the start I didn't think this would end at just 20 million yen.
That would mean my defeat.
You've already lost.
Settle this immediately.
Otherwise, you'll be fired.
Human-rights party!
Hold this.
What was that just now?
My invitation whistle.
Huh?
Yeah! Great!
Ah... delicious!
You partook, did you not?
I guess Hattori-san's cooking is too delicious.
Thank you very much.
I'm sorry, Sensei.
My infiltration period was short, so I wasn't able to get much inside information.
No, as usual, your work is wonderful.
I also added in your moving expenses.
Thanks for the business.
Thank you for today's meal.
Yes, yes.
Machiko-chan, please do your best too.
Thanks.
Okay! Well then, let's go.
Where to?
To rip that friendly neighborhood association's mask off and shatter it to pieces.
Yum.
I'm sorry for calling you out like this.
I was told not to talk to you guys, though.
Has he grown accustomed to his night life?
Huh?
Your husband. He works as a night guard, doesn't he?
Are you telling everyone in the neighborhood association...
...that he's still working at a foreign securities company? That's very rude.
Still, overstraining yourself by continuing to shop for...
...expensive organic foods at the supermarket in front of your neighbors can't be easy.
Paying off your current home loan must be painful enough.
I'll confess this to you only.
We are willing to prepare a condolence payment amount of 200,000 yen per person. ($2,500)
However, after considering your circumstances, and especially just for you...
...I'm considering doubling that amount.
Please persuade your friends to go along.
If you don't, you may not even receive the 200,000 yen.
That would be painful to me, too.
The Bishop's next move is to take the Rook and Queen.
What a coincidence.
Ah! Don't follow me!
Your son, the college student. I heard he got into a fight with someone...
...and hurt them so much that the doctor's fees are just pouring in, right?
I completely understand your need for money.
The amount we were preparing to pay was going to be 200,000 yen...
...but I think that just for you, Tokuyama-san, we could double that.
This is our secret.
Thank you very much. Please come again.
Okay.
- Are you still open? - It's fine.
We're closed already. Look, leave, leave.
You seem to have a superb Nikakana, don't you? (boiled fish)
There's no way I'm feeding you guys!
It's said it's your gambling habit that's the reason for your husband running off to his former girlfriend.
How much remaining debt do you have?
Just between us, we are going to offer everyone 200,000 yen.
However, given your circumstances and all...
...I was thinking that Komiya-san could receive a little bit more than that.
I'm not supposed to say this to anyone. Only to you.
You're a neighborhood association officer, aren't you?
There's a little something I'd like you to show me.
The enemy's attorney is a dirty guy!
Even if he tries to contact each of you, you are never supposed to speak to him!
What Komikado says are all lies!
Don't let yourself be tricked!
The crucial moment is at hand!
3 million yen! We won't accept anything less than that!
Yes.
Don't forget that we are the ones in the superior position here.
Justice will be ours.
Okay! Let's do our best with one heart!
Oh!
United for life!
Oh!
We love the sun!
Well then, checkmate.
Who is it?
The neighborhood association's expense account ledger.
Of course, these are copies.
What are you saying about this?
The New Year's mochi-making contest. (sticky rice cake)
The performance fee for the invited guest storyteller was 200,000 yen.
When I inquired with that person...
...I was told the amount they received at that time was 150,000 yen.
Also, for the Bon Dance Festival, the Friends of the Bon Dance Association who performed at it...
...said they have yet to receive their performance fee of 100,000 yen.
- And then... - Enough already.
The neighborhood association's budget is made up of everyone's deposits, isn't it?
Are you saying that I've been embezzling?
The money that was pooled together went properly into the neighborhood association's account name.
Please allow me to check the passbook.
That can't be shown to outsiders.
We received a power of attorney from Kaga Ranmaru-kun.
He has withdrawn from the opposition residents yet even now is a member of the neighborhood association.
He has the right to request a full disclosure and you have an obligation to respond to that.
Do you travel as a hobby? How nice.
Hokkaido. Kyoto. And isn't this Yufuin?
Of course everyone feels that since you've taken on all the bother...
...of being chief of the neighborhood association for over 10 years, they naturally think you're good.
I think you're good.
Plunging the town into trouble and in collusion with a human-rights lawyer you caused a huge fuss...
...saying it was for the town's sake while earning yourself some pocket money in the bargain.
You are indeed a professional neighborhood association chief. You are quite splendid.
This current spending money is 400,000 yen.
I took a photo of my dead wife along with me.
Because I wasn't able to take her traveling even once.
How about Taiwan? The yen is strong there.
You don't, do you?
Huh?
You don't think deeply, do you?
You only think of winning.
You only think about how to beat up your opponents, don't you?
For the sake of money.
Something about that?
No.
I'm the pathetic one for allowing myself to get caught up in Hattori-san's smooth talk.
Strange, isn't it? It's a bit early for that.
It's been my dream. A house with a small yard.
And a child who would play on a white swing.
There's to be an out-of-court settlement.
This time around, I'll first start one for Kumiko-san's sake.
All I wanted was a bright yard for this child that will be born.
Those feelings got left behind...
...when this became just a money game.
But, it won't be possible for me to get that any longer.
If you were to withdraw from the opposition residents and not receive any settlement money...
...it'd be possible for you to sue the contractors once more as an individual.
If you work hard to argue for a design change at the trial, you might win.
I was giving advice to the opposing party that is disadvantageous to our client.
I know that this is a conflict of interest.
Why would you do such a thing?
For the sake of justice.
Justice?
I became a lawyer so I could protect justice.
0 points.
What is it that you are doing?
Opening up people's wounds just to show them what they don't want to see.
Who on earth can be saved with that?!
Follow me.
Take a look.
This town's long-established Terada Construction Company...
...belonging to Terada Tomoko-san.
Her husband died in an accident at work.
Having a middle school child to care for...
...that single woman has desperately defended her firm and her employees...
...during this recession where she came to the very brink of bankruptcy.
By the skin of her neck, she was able to find work as a subcontractor for Shimadzu Estate.
Eh?
President Shimadzu, who once ate meals from the same iron pot as her husband, stretched his hand out to her.
It is such city construction companies that have supported the development of this nation.
If Shimadzu Estate becomes entrapped by this crisis, that woman may just hang herself.
You will have lent your hand to that.
Ah, I'm worn out.
- Dear, welcome back. - Ah, I'm back.
- It went smoothly today, didn't it? - I guess.
Eh? "Dear"?
- Eh? Who is that? - Her husband, isn't it?
- Eh? Then what about the dead one? - I made him up.
- You made him up? - I made all that just now up.
I don't know that store.
What on earth is this about?!
What were you thinking when you heard my story just now?
"What was I thinking..."?
Weren't you thinking you'd like to help Shimadzu Estate?
I did think that. But that was a lie, wasn't it?
But there may be a real Terada Construction Company out there that we don't know about. Am I wrong?
The thing you're extracting as "Justice" is only the sympathy of someone looking down from above.
That changes with each pitiful person who happens to appear before you.
But in that case, once you negate that, where is Justice?
To us there is no such God that we can know about.
You need to think of "Justice" as being a special effects hero inside the pages of "Shonen Jump."
We bring our powers to fight for the best interests of our clients.
That is all that we as lawyers can do and nothing more than that.
Got that, asadora heroine?
If Kuwata Kumiko takes your advice and all that I have done comes to naught, at that time...
I will remove your lawyer's badge!
After discussions with Shimadzu Estate...
...we came to the conclusion the most we could offer each family as a condolence payment is 200,000 yen.
You may assume this will be our final proposal.
This is a waste of time.
- Let's leave! - Excuse me...
For me, compared to last time's 50,000 yen, I feel that this is the best we can do.
- Don't you think so? - Eh?
Ah... Yes...
You shouldn't allow yourselves to be tricked.
It was their intention from the start to hand out this 200,000.
No...
Truth is, they can hand out a lot more.
But.
If we just keep fighting it out like this forever...
It'll be mutually boring for us.
Tokuyama-san.
It's true that, for me personally...
...this has been a bother to both the people I do business with and for my daily work.
Well, I'm one who'd prefer to settle this quickly.
What? Have you been indoctrinated?
Is this okay?
Those guys are spoiling the town that all of you love!
And, now, they're teasing all of you...
...with this chicken feed again.
This is the method that large companies use!
Neighborhood association chief. Say something!
When considering this town...
...it wouldn't be bad if the new apartment complex being built brought in new people.
What's that?
What should we do, everyone?
We may be unwilling...
...but it might be realistic for the neighborhood to drop this.
Komikado. Inform Shimadzu.
I will have that document distributed around!
Please stop. That's enough already.
It's not enough!
We can win this!
I'm satisfied with this amount.
You'll be allowing a corrupt company to do as it pleases!
Listen, all of you.
The root of our various national ills are politicians and major construction contractors!
We need to make them vomit up blood!
That's not what we're after!
This is social justice!
That's just your self-justification, isn't it?
The ones who employed you were us.
Everyone.
Those of you who agree to this.
Please raise your hands.
This is a farce.
Well then, with the consent of all members, please sign this mutual consent agreement.
I have one apology to make to you.
I said that you were only after the contingency fee. I'm sorry.
I'm different from you.
I will always be poor.
You. How much profit did you make?
I'll leave that to your imagination.
Are you satisfied?
You were handed so much money.
Are you satisfied with that?
Yes.
In that case it's fine.
Good luck to you.
Disappointed in me, aren't you?
In the end, I just wanted the money, too.
It would have been impossible for you to do it on your willpower alone, wouldn't it?
That's the reason you're living here.
I'm going to have lunch today with Kazumi-san and Chie-chan.
At a hotel's buffet.
It's not every day we get extra income like this.
In the end, everyone was satisfied.
I think I will be happy with this.
Really.
So long.
Um, excuse me.
We were considering that apartment complex over there...
...but what is this neighborhood like?
It's a very nice town. Please by all means do come.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
That's great, isn't it?
I think Onuki-sensei could have done it with just a little more effort.
He did well, didn't he?
I guess that unless it's Miki-sensei...
...it's just impossible to beat Komikado-sensei, isn't it?
My gray hairs have increased.
Ah. The spring cabbage and spinach.
They've grown excellently.
- The eggplants and green peppers, too. - Ah.
The zucchini and cauliflower. The bok choy and komatsuna.
The kidney beans and okra.
Ah. The soybeans are doing well, too.
How are you able to grow so many vegetables in just this much space, Hattori-san?
That is just one of my trifling good points.
- Sensei. - Huh?
I understand that my feelings this time around have been far too hazy.
Don't confess your love to me.
I'm not.
I clearly understand my purpose in coming here.
- It's to clear off your debt to me, isn't it? - Wrong!
It's to defeat you.
I will definitely defeat you someday.
For humor, you earn 100 points.
- There's construction at such a place! - Construction?
What are they making?
Isn't it a high-rise apartment complex?
Eh? Then, won't it's shadow fall here?
Prepare a lawsuit! I'm determined to stop it!
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