Today's guests are a married couple.
The novelist, Kamibayashi Akira-san and his wife, the independent newscaster, Okazaki Anna-san.
- Nice to have you. - Glad to be here.
In the "Ideal Married Couple Rankings" this time around, you were chosen as first place.
How do you feel about that?
We're okay with that. Right?
That was even more marvelous than when I won the Akutagawa Prize.
In the 3 years since your marriage, I've heard that you've never quarreled...
...so what is it that you would say makes for the perfect married couple?
It's just the ordinary things. Like being thankful for what you have.
Originally I was just a man who wrote dark novels...
...and it was this beautiful person who drew me away from that.
Anyhow, you could say I already had a husband who was made for me.
I'm always telling myself that everything my husband says is right.
"Stop it. Stop!"
"Stop!"
"Let go! Let go of it!"
"Stop that. Stop that!"
- "Let go!" - "Enough already!"
I'm the type who will quickly brood over things...
...but her brightness and bigheartedness saves me.
Whenever I'm with my husband, I'm calm.
Whatever happens with him, I just think, "it'll be okay," and that things will get better.
That's true, isn't it?
Always having a smile ready to go.
How will you be spending your holidays?
(Hi Emily. What about cruising tonight?)
(There are going to be beautiful stars tonight.)
(Of course, Linda and Kimberly, too. I can make it with you three.)
(I'm waiting for your call. Bye!)
- What is it? - Nothing.
It's just that after seeing those two, Sensei...
...I felt that your personality was one of dishonesty, and yielding to self-hatred.
- Who is that disgusting couple?! - You don't know them?
Kamibayashi Akira.
Awarded the Akutagawa Award for his novel, "Despair With the Name of Hope"...
...he's an author who is riding high right now.
Would you like to read his work that won the Akutagawa Prize?
Only those in authority would feel thankful for such unprincipled ignorant people.
His wife is the independent newscaster, Okazaki Anna-san.
She was that fool newscaster on the early morning show spreading info on how to have sex appeal.
That was long ago.
There are many women who aspire to be like her now.
They are mutually independent, respect one another and they support one another.
In addition, they're a beautiful man and woman.
To me, they're the ideal married couple.
There is no ideal marriage.
There's only compromise, giving up or washing blood with blood in your fights.
You're a pitiful person, aren't you?
I suggest you say that only after you've experienced it.
Sensei. Someone who wants to consult with you over a divorce.
- Divorce? - Decline it! Divorce disputes are filthy!
I'm taking the phone. I'm the lawyer, Mayuzumi.
Excuse me, but what is your name? Yes.
Kamibayashi Akira-san...
Eh?
You two really do get along together, don't you?
- I envy you. - Thank you very much.
"To understand one another, no words are necessary."
"Just a flavorful coffee is enough."
This is a good ad, isn't it?
While it isn't that particular brand...
...this one is also good. Please have some.
Our marriage started breaking down during our second year together.
I mostly stay overnights at my workshop now.
We were contracted to play the love-bird couple for some commercials...
...but I've already reached my limit!
Isn't there some way you could start over?
You look even more shocked than I am.
Because you're such a well-matched couple.
She hit me with a glass vase. If she hadn't swung it so poorly, I'd be dead!
She gets excited over trivial things and starts throwing things.
I can't help but say that she has an abnormal personality!
- Ah, that is terrible, isn't it? - I thought I was going to be killed.
And your face is also important for your career, isn't it?
I've been making an effort all this time. I've tried mending things somehow.
But... I've reached my limit.
That man... is a devil.
The cause is her wasteful way of spending money.
After we got married and she had retired from her newscaster's office...
...she came to use my income as if it were endless.
When I became aware of that, she got in a frenzy and used violence.
In the end, all she wanted was just a money-maker.
I was thoroughly taken in.
That Okazuki Anna-san...
The one called "woman," is truly a fearful creature.
The cause of this was his affair.
I had realized what was going on for long time, but I put up with it.
While becoming an author, he was also fertilizing his art by playing around with women?
Yes. Moreover, I thought he would change over time.
But that was a waste of time.
When I left my office...
...my sole purpose was to support him.
But in the end, all he wanted was woman who would cook meals for him.
That Kamibayashi Akira, huh?
I've... decided to treasure my own life.
I think that's a wise decision.
Our firm is expert in matters of divorce and we have enrolled large numbers of them.
Please be at ease.
Your husband is an adulterous, DV abuser, right? (DV - domestic violence)
I think you can expect a fair amount of alimony.
Yes.
I will help you to my utmost.
Um, won't Komikado-sensei be doing this?
I've heard about Komikado-sensei's reputation and that's why I asked for him.
Sorry, but I don't take on divorce cases.
I've heard you're expensive.
Still, if you can make a divorce on the conditions I'm hoping for...
...I'll pay whatever price you desire!
However much money you may deposit for me, there are 2 reasons why I never take on such work.
Number 1, it's a hyper-media creator.
I have no idea whatsoever what might happen.
And the Number 2 thing is in arbitrating some lover's spat.
My talents aren't to be used as a substitute for your parents or some meddlesome grannies.
Please do this with me.
At the very least I'd like them to say goodbye to one another amicably and without hating each other.
As ever, the full-throttle asadora heroine, aren't you?
I've told you that divorce disputes are filthy. There's no such thing as an amicable separation.
It will always be a quagmire.
They both once loved one another. They should be able to understand one another!
You're a fool without bounds.
Komikado-sensei.
How about thinking that by taking this on...
...it would be for Mayuzumi-sensei's education?
It may also be of some help towards the repayment of Mayuzumi-sensei's debt.
Um, this call is from the lawyer on the other side.
Ah.
Here you go.
Taking the phone.
Serving as Kamibayashi-san's representative, this is Komikado and...
...this is a terribly familiar voice!
The other party is the Komikado firm.
I... Please let me take revenge!
Will Ide-sensei really be okay for this?
Ide will be an assistant.
Assistant...
Well then, who will lead it?
Sawaji-kun.
What time is it in New York right now?
A divorce dispute is a no-holds barred street fight.
Are you sure you want to mercilessly hollow out your wife?
I want you to do that by all means.
Then watch.
We've written our conditions here.
There is to be no alimony. Their home in Seijo will be common property to be shared equally.
- Please wait. - I think those are reasonable conditions.
His wife used violence to hurt Kamibayashi-san's hand, which is his stock-in-trade.
- However... - Each of them wish to avoid a trial, don't they?
I think it would be wise policy to do something like this as the base.
- Komikado-sensei. - Huh?
Please don't just start chattering off on your own.
The person in charge of this case on our side hasn't arrived yet.
The person in charge of this case?
It's about time for them to arrive.
Anyhow, whoever comes to this firm to be in charge of this divorce had better be a capable person...
I'm very sorry. My flight was behind schedule.
Taking charge as Okazaki Anna-san's representative...
...I am Keiko Schneider.
- Schneider? - Whaa, hey!
- Nice to meet you. - Please take care of me.
I grasped the outlines while on the plane.
- Both parties intention to get divorced is unchanged? - Yes.
- The problem is the state of your face, isn't it? - Yes.
The conditions will be 300 million yen ($3.8 million) as alimony...
...and, in addition, the division of all common property.
300 million yen?!
The husband was committing adultery and using violence against her.
In America, this amount would settle things.
Sensei. Sensei!
Kamibayashi-san has denied any acts of adultery.
And the one who was acting violently was Anna-san...
It isn't possible to discuss the violence of men and women on equal terms.
The scar on Anna-san's forehead may potentially never disappear.
For an independent newscaster like her...
...her economic activity after a divorce could be hindered remarkably by it.
- Sensei? - You take over for a little while.
- Eh? - Excuse me.
Ah, wait Sensei.
Didn't he just run away?
Eh?!
He's in the restroom.
Whenever I would scold him in the past, Komikado-kun's bowels would loosen.
"Komikado-kun"?
You indeed know him well, don't you?
You are his ex-wife, after all.
Eh!?
This is the pits.
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Congratulations on winning the Akutagawa Award.
Could you tell me candidly what your feelings are right now?
"Prize Winner Kamibayashi Akira-san"
I thought I might get this someday...
...but I had no special expectations of it.
I've read it.
How do I put it.
I felt that Kamibayashi-sensei may in truth be an incredibly gentle person.
That's up to the emotions of the person who reads it.
What was that?
Anna-san, Kamibayashi-san. Do you remember this?
This is where the two of you first met.
Anna-san responded afterwards to a weekly magazine interview in this way.
"When we first met I thought, 'Ah, we meet at last.'"
"I just thought that for some reason."
And, "My life up until now has been waiting for this meeting."
On the other hand, Kamibayashi-san said this in his personal essay.
"I hadn't believed there was an existence more important than myself in this world."
"But this person here in front of me makes me certain that there is."
- I think that was so well-written. - Excuse me.
I don't understand what your intentions are.
I want these two to remember the love they have for one another.
And to possibly obtain even a slightly harmonious resolution out of this.
Are you "Anne of Green Gables"?
Huh?
When I think that the quality of lawyers in Japan has fallen this low, I can only laugh.
A worker from a kindergarten would be more suitable.
I was just...
The moment a hippo at the Ueno Zoo opens its mouth to yawn, I hope you'll poke your head in.
That might make you become slightly better.
The woman Komikado.
- He's not in the restroom. - Eh?!
Like I thought, he has run for it.
Did you abandon the client to go home?
Couldn't be helped. My physical condition was in a crisis, after all.
I've infused this Chinese medicine with several herbs.
It should be quickly effective as an internal disorder medication.
Did Hattori-san know?
- That Sensei had a divorce in his past. - No.
Ah, just that when he was with Miki's Law Firm, he had hit it off with a woman lawyer...
...and that their many victorious lawsuits together had led to their marriage.
But that it collapsed after just a few months.
I had heard that his wife had gone to America.
You knew quite a lot, didn't you?
His partner is someone who knows everything about Komikado's skills.
That must be the reason they brought in the strongest kind of assassin.
Your loose bowels make this impossible for you, don't they?
I was just taken aback. I won't lose to such a woman. Now we counter-attack.
How does it feel to be harassing your ex-husband?
Refreshing. This is a good vacation.
Right?
For next time, I've requested the discussion be held at Komikado Law Firm.
I don't mind.
It's home and away for me.
Good luck to you.
From here on, the person himself won't be participating?
Kamibayashi-san says he has work.
I wonder if he lacks enthusiasm?
Anna-san. Can't we find a compromise?
If it comes to a trial, both of your private lives will become known to the entire country.
I'm not interested in compromising.
Anna-san smoothly retired from news casting...
...in order to commit herself to being devoted to Kamibayashi-san.
It was so he could write a wonderful work.
Doesn't this mean there will be no thanks from Kamibayashi-san today for all that?
Taking that into account, this should not be an unreasonable request.
What do you mean by "smoothly"?
At the time Anna got married, her popularity as a newscaster was already past its prime.
- That's not... - Anna-san.
The time when you were popular with your show about sex appeal...
...was valid only back during your foolish 20's, wasn't it?
As you approached 30, your program was snatched away from you by a junior...
...and your exposure on TV declined.
You could say you hadn't acquired the ability to carry a full-blown news program on your own.
Perhaps around your office you were considered as little more than excess baggage, weren't you?
- What's that?! - Didn't you simply seduce Kamibayashi-san...
...who had just been awarded the Akutagawa Prize...
...into marriage at that time in order to obtain a celebrity's life?
How dare you...
It's because you are the wife of Kamibayashi-san...
...and not because you were a newscaster that you are currently being fawned over by the world.
Once divorced, a newscaster with no good points will be a 4-star celebrity in name only.
That's why you've become so spoiled.
That's why you made up that story...
...about Kamibayashi-san's affair so you could at least get as much money as you could...
Oh!
Anna-san...
Anna-san!
- Hey, let go of me! - I'm sorry.
Are you injured?
Hattori-san...
It's okay.
Hattori-san...
Hattori-san?
She should wake up shortly.
Why did you come back?
I'm on an extended vacation, so I came over to play.
When did you become a divorce lawyer? Your specialty is in corporate affairs, isn't it?
Don't decide that on your own. I'm a professional in all types of lawsuits.
And what on earth is this "Schneider"?
Edward J. Schneider. A German-American CPA...
...and a husband 100 times more wonderful than you ever were.
Anyhow, once he knows about your sarcastic personality, your poor sleeping position...
...and how wasteful you are with money, he'll wash his hands of you before long.
I don't want to be called wasteful of money by you.
You filling 2 entire rooms with a shoe collection can't be equaled.
That's better than your collection of luxury imported cars you can't even drive, isn't it?
- He wants a helicopter now. - You be silent.
Convince Anna. 300 million yen is just stupid.
Anna-san is resolved to take it to a trial.
That's the same as making a suicide bomb attack.
You persuade Kamibayashi.
The cause of this is Anna. You just saw what her character is like.
Anna-san wasn't the one who committed adultery.
- That's a false charge. - Men have affairs.
Right, Komikado-kun?
That's the lowest.
Do you intend to win against me in court?
You should know better than anyone that I've never lost.
I was the same when I was in Japan.
That's because I was helping you with those lawsuits!
It wasn't because you were helping me that I didn't lose.
It was because I had persuaded the witness that you were able to win...
...the patent litigation case against that Korean company.
The one who found out that witness was the enemy's trap was me!
The one who found out it had been set up as a double-trap was me!
The one who gave you instructions for that was me!
I can't keep up.
Ah, she has awoken.
- Anna-san. Can you stand? - Yes.
- Here. - Thank you.
After playing around comfortably in such a place...
...do you think you can compete against me in the home of lawsuits?
So cool...
Okay!
This is war!
Mediation is likely to end in failure.
- This will go to trial, won't it? - That's fine.
Has the end come?
Of that guy's myth of invincibility that he boasts so much about.
We're back.
Yes, we're here.
Yes, we've arrived.
Here, we're back.
There were no signs of a new man being around.
I got ahold of her grade school graduation yearbook...
...but she's what you'd call a "good young lady."
There isn't anyone in there who speaks badly of her.
- That's true, isn't it? - And so we need that.
We need to find a witness whose testimony will be advantageous to us.
There is that newscaster from the same office who co-starred with her on "Wake-up Channel"...
...and was speaking strongly about her, Komatsu Rin.
Komatsu Rin?
She was in charge of the Weather Corner and was nicknamed "Rin-Rin."
She married the professional baseball player, Goto Junpei, and is now retired.
Hattori-san, that was very detailed.
Just one of my trivial good points.
Anna and Rin are like cats and dogs, so anyhow they were constantly quarreling.
It might be that we could get her to join us.
What is she doing right now?
Her husband left baseball and she's helping him with a okonomiyaki store they've started. (Okonomiyaki - pizza like pancake fried with various ingredients)
It seems to be flourishing and has even become a chain store or something.
It's true that I did despise her.
At the time when I was writing up about this guy for a weekly magazine...
...she acted all great, saying, "awareness isn't enough"...
...and "break up with a guy like that"...
...so I flared up and we got in a huge fight.
It's reasonable you would get angry over that.
But, when I think back on it now, I can understand.
Back when this guy was still in baseball, it was a standing rumor that he was playing around.
When we opened this place 2 years ago, Anna came over to congratulate us.
She's been a regular customer since then. Now she's my best friend.
Your best friend.
We were talking to Anna's lawyer about me becoming a witness in court for her.
That's why I can't cooperate with anyone.
If I'm going to testify...
...it'll be to support Anna to my fullest.
- You struck out again on your first move. - Shut up.
All done.
Please go ahead and eat. It's our Neapolitan monja. (pan-fried batter with various ingredients, similar to okonomiyaki)
We came up with an original menu item.
It has a great reputation.
Then, after all your trouble, I'll have some.
Go ahead.
Delicious! Sensei, it's incredibly delicious.
I can't eat something that looks like vomit.
It's absolutely delicious.
Please try to eat some.
It's hot! I can't eat it this hot!
Your tongue is incredibly sensitive to heat, huh?
That's why I said I never have. I have never had an affair.
It's just her delusion.
Of course we believe you. I was asking just in case.
Because having an affair can be a fatal wound when it comes to a trial.
Kamibayashi-san. The opponent's attorney is certain to disclose it.
Well, they may have already sniffed it out.
Don't worry. I've cleaned all that up perfectly.
What do you mean?
My partners and I settled things and all evidence such as e-mails were all erased.
- They won't betray me. - Kamibayashi-san.
Please tell me who your partners were.
- No, that's... - You'll be taken for 300 million yen.
Misawa Publication's Editorial Department, Takase Natsume.
The Roppongi hostess, Matsuyama Ai.
Ginza hostess, Kawabe Hiroko. Housewife, Kojima Mika.
Kiosk assistant, Ohara Shiho.
- The lottery's... - I don't have enough paper. Just how many were there?
- 18. - 18?!
- As best I can remember. - I'm so envious!
May I suggest you just pay the 300 million yen?
- Hattori-san. - Yes?
I feel like I'm going unarmed against a line of Tiger tanks on the Western Front.
You have guts.
Ah. If you stomach becomes loose again, please take this as quickly as you can.
The divorce trial between Kamibayashi Akira-san and Okazaki Anna-san is set to start soon.
What on earth could have happened between those two lovebirds?
What kind of treatment did you receive from your wife?
Yes. When I was cooling off on the veranda after a bath...
...she locked it from the inside and so I was locked outside all night in just my underwear.
And then one time when I had a high fever and stuck in bed...
...she brought me dog food to eat.
Why would she commit such abusive acts on you?
I'm not sure why, but she changed during the second year of our marriage.
She was only affectionate to our pet dog and oppressed me.
And she also refused to have sex.
Most likely from the beginning she had no affection for me myself...
...but her goal was just my status and wealth.
And so once she got that, she no longer needed to show affection towards you?
I think so.
Shibuya cabaret hostess, A-san.
Hachioji club hostess, B-san. You know them, don't you?
They have testified to having sexual relations with you.
- I thought so, it wasn't just 18 people, was it? - I envy him so...
Don't you remember?
Or were there so many bodies that you can't recall each and every one of them?
I think the cause was quite clearly your acts of betrayal.
That's...
That was because she didn't have any affection for me anymore.
I had to seek comfort with other women.
A state of fatigue can happen to any married couple.
Don't you think you're being spoiled, blaming your partner for your own behavior?
In your book you compare a man and a woman to a seed and a field.
Were you expressing your own peculiar set of sexual ethics?
"The field examines the seed; there is no need for the seed to choose the field."
"That is the best way." Such were the contents.
This means that a man is justified in having an affair.
I was saying that was only for biological sex differences.
Didn't you mean you have a tendency to hold women in disdain?
I don't think such things.
You came to notice your husband's infidelity somehow or other, didn't you?
Yes.
I thought that possibly because he's a writer...
...it might be something necessary for him, so I endured it.
With all my heart, I wanted him to write a good work.
But, inside of me, I was crumbling.
It would be painful, wouldn't it?
Yes.
Anna-san.
Although you insist it was Kamibayashi-san's affair that caused the collapse of your relationship...
...Kamibayashi-san's claim is different.
That the source of your marital relationship difficulties and his running to other women...
...was because of a change in you.
I think there'd have to be someone to change for.
There was no reason to since we were still newly-married.
Won't you admit that your attitude towards Kamibayashi-san changed?
When living together, the number of dissatisfactions can explode.
For example?
When he was doing his business in the bathroom, he would leave the door open.
No matter how many times I warned him about that, he wouldn't correct it.
Moreover, in the living room I had coordinated, he displayed tank and fighter aircraft figurines.
That became unbearable to me.
Was it to such an extent that you couldn't endure it?
And that because of such things, you treated an ill Kamibayashi-san to some dog food?
That was because of Cherry.
No, it was because he thought it entertaining to feed liquor snacks to my chihuahua.
That's poison to a dog. Dog food isn't poison to a human's body.
What was the reason you began refusing sexual relations with him?
- Because he's a pervert. - A pervert?
In the middle of the act, he made me read out news articles.
And he would coerce me into using obscene words.
He would take movies of us occasionally, too.
He's perverted! I was really in pain!
- You were happy during it. - I wasn't happy.
Please refrain from irregular remarks.
Didn't you often tell me how happy you were with that?
- That was just an act, wasn't it? - An act?
If that was acting, then you deserve an Academy Award.
Wouldn't it be better if you became an actress?
- This is a quagmire. - It was evidence that I loved you...
- Pervert! You pervert! - Is this acting, too?
- You're wrong. - And what's wrong with such things?
He's a pervert.
"The Swamp Trial."
"The Sickbed Dog Food."
"Kamibayashi Akira's Perverted Play."
"Reading News Articles Out Loud During the Act."
Please don't read those, Hattori-san.
Ah. I'm very sorry.
Um... Is the battle going unsatisfactorily?
I get the feeling we're losing the initiative to his ex-wife.
To have my career spoiled by this piece of filthy litigation is impossible, impossible, no way!
I guess Japanese food is delicious.
- Kimie-chan. - Yes?
- Let's go for one more round. - Of course.
- Ala, Mayuzumi-sensei. - Ah.
Mayuzumi...
- How about it? A women-only party. - Huh?
- Come with us. - Eh?
Well but, since we're in the middle of a trial, wouldn't there be an ethical problem doing this?
There's no such rule.
Isn't it okay? Let's go.
I'm not drinking.
Not drinking.
Ah... What is marriage?
A long-term prostitution contract.
Don't take away my dreams, Schneider-san.
"Keiko" is fine.
For someone who looks like you, Keiko-san...
...I can't understand at all why you would get married to Komikado-sensei.
He was charming.
That was when you were in a lawsuit with a Korean company, wasn't it?
Yes. I took charge of that trial and won a total victory.
Miki-sensei was so thrilled by it that he gave her a pure gold medal as a reward.
I didn't need that, did I? It's just like him.
And so Keiko-san gave that to Komikado-sensei.
- He loves gold medals, doesn't he? - That's true.
The next day, he gave me half of it as a gold coin.
It was if he were saying that the two of us had won it together somehow.
I didn't need half a gold coin that much.
So I sold it off right away.
Even so, not being altogether dissatisfied with him, we got married.
It didn't even last a year though.
What was the trouble that caused you to break up?
Since from the start we thought we might divorce, we didn't hold any joint-community property.
That day, when Komikado-sensei got home...
...half of the luggage was missing and later the divorce papers were sent so he could affix his seal to them.
Men are really stupid.
I wonder why would he have an affair?
- You're stupid, too, "Anne of Green Gables." - Huh?
After all, it was because Komikado-sensei had an affair that you left him, wasn't it?
- He thinks so. - Huh?
I was the one doing that. And energetically.
Keiko-san constantly had multiple affairs going on.
That's where men and women are different. Women are good at it.
Ah, this is a secret from Komikado. You're still in shock, aren't you?
Keiko-san, want something to eat?
- A Neapolitan monja. - They don't have that here.
Mayuzumi, want to eat some? That's the only good thing at that restaurant.
All the other original menu items there are useless.
Why that restaurant? Are you going to leave me here?
It's not like that. Want to go?
No, I'll pass.
"Bonds" (Graduation Yearbook)
Okay.
Ranmaru-kun? I need your help for a little while.
- There's no mistake? - No.
A reporter was able to confirm Komatsu Rin and Goto's ardent devotion at that time.
"Komatsu Rin and Goto Junpei's lovey-dovey date" - That's why it's just a possibility. - No, we can use this.
What on first glance seems like rubbish can, depending upon the user, deliver a fatal blow.
Since you got it, you did well. I praise you!
It was after talking to Keiko-san that I happened to think of it.
What?
I happened to meet her by chance last night.
Don't worry. We didn't talk about work...
...and she didn't give me any information at all.
- Is that right? - Yes.
It seems to be moving in your favor, doesn't it?
All thanks to you.
Most likely with the next witness questioning, I think victory will be almost in my hands.
We'll participate along with you.
Well then, I will adjust our schedules.
I'm looking forward to this.
We'll be able to see for ourselves just how Komikado-sensei looks during defeat.
What are you saying. You'll be here tending the firm.
The defense has made a request to have...
...the couple Goto Junpei and Rin be called in as witnesses.
- Does the plaintiff have any objections? - No objections.
I'd like to question Mr. and Mrs. Goto as well, so this is convenient.
Well then, that will do it.
Excuse me.
- Why do you want to question them? - This is a court.
If you asked my best friends some rude things, that would be a problem.
I won't ask any rude things.
There's just a little something I want to make certain of from Goto Junpei-san.
Komikado-sensei.
Please earnestly defend the morals of this court.
I will only be questioning him to learn the truth.
We want him to clear something.
We want to ask him about this article.
Fool! If you divulge our intentions, then what'll you do?!
There's nothing wrong about it.
The best way to end this is by not revealing all of this to the public.
What is that?
The current witnesses, Rin-san and Goto-san...
...had this article written about how ardently in love they were before they married.
I questioned the reporter who wrote this article.
The reporter said it was Anna-san.
They said the spread was going to be a scoop on you two.
That is, the reporter was originally going to get a scoop on Anna-san and Goto-san's ardent love affair.
Goto-san's partner wasn't Anna-san, but Rin-san.
- This is just a misunderstanding, isn't it? - No.
The reporter said that...
"There's no mistake but that the relationship between Anna-san and Goto-san was that of a man and woman."
It's a misunderstanding.
Do you mean that Goto-san had parted ways with you?
That's why you struck Rin-san with those caustic remarks.
In the end you backed off...
...leaving the good-natured Rin-san not knowing the truth even now.
That's just an unfounded rumor.
Do you trust the truth of reporter from a gossip magazine?
Rin-san mentioned to us, "Neapolitan monja is a menu item that Goto-san thought up."
All of Goto-san's original menu items were unpopular...
...and it's said the only popular thing on it is the Neapolitan monja.
Seems a person invented the same thing that otherwise has a reputation of exclusivity.
"Year 6, Class 1, Okazaki Anna."
"My dream for the future is to be a newscaster." "My favorite male type is a sportsman."
"My favorite food is the one my Mom makes, Neapolitan monja."
"The Neapolitan monja my Mom makes."
Anna-san.
Weren't you the one who offered to teach Goto-san about that?
Even assuming this for argument's sake...
...that story was from before Kamibayashi-san and her were married.
Would you be able to declare that is so?
Even after marrying Kamibayashi-san...
...there's a possibility she hid from Rin-san she was continuing to carry on a relationship with Goto-san.
What was that?
You began frequenting Goto-san's restaurant 2 years ago. One year after you got married.
It was at that time that you became cold towards Kamibayashi-san for some reason.
That's not...
You had fallen in love once again with the partner you wanted to be with most.
Isn't that why you couldn't stop your dissatisfaction with your husband?
Those are rash remarks.
And if so, then it could be said that Kamibayashi-san was betrayed by you, first.
I... didn't do anything.
What evidence do you say you have? All of this is just your guess.
In that case, let's confirm it with Goto-san.
I... didn't commit adultery!
You would say that, wouldn't you?
However, the sportsman Goto-san wouldn't be able to lie in court, now would he?
If he were questioned about that, it would hurt Rin.
Can't be helped. Now that he's been adopted as a witness, it's my job to question him.
I cancel it. I cancel my approval for that request!
I would have to approve the request.
No...
Anna-san. It's true I don't know if you physically committed adultery with him.
However, immediately following the marriage of Rin-san and Goto-san...
...you got together with Kamibayashi-san and rushed into marriage...
...but wasn't Goto Junpei constantly in your heart?
You tried to fill the hole left behind...
...by devoting yourself to Kamibayashi-san and desperately raising him to be a popular writer.
However, you realized that wasn't filling in the hole.
You heard that after Goto-san's retirement...
...he had become a great success with his teppan-yaki restaurant...
...and was turning over 300 million yen per year.
Is it just a coincidence that you are claiming the same amount from your husband?
Sensei.
Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
What do you mean, "compromise"?
I accepted the conditions the other side proposed in their entirety.
Couldn't it be understood that we have lost completely?
That's right. Goodbye.
Just a minute.
Would you please give me a detailed explanation as to why?
- That was what the client decided on. - That's not an explanation.
I am not your subordinate any longer.
With my remaining vacation time, I will be taking a tour of the onsens.
It was inevitable.
In order to beat Komikado-sensei...
...I guess unless it's Miki-sensei, it's just impossible.
- If you would please. - Yes.
Wait.
Don't leave this behind.
Ah. Sorry.
Because I know.
That you weren't committing adultery on me.
If we hadn't divorced until sometime in the future...
...we would have come to regret it.
If we should have divorced sometime in the future, that would have been better than regretting it.
You're more of a writer than I am.
Yeah.
So long; take care.
You, too.
You consented to all of Kamibayashi-san's demands, didn't you?
Yes. I won't get any alimony.
Well, you could say I had grown to hate the trial.
I decided on my own just to make a fresh start of it.
I'll face forward from here on.
- You've also resumed your work in earnest. - Yes.
And thanks to that, I've been getting all sorts of calls to give lectures.
The theme I'm speaking on is "Woman's Independence."
Is that right?
There are a lot of people who sympathize with my story.
I myself am encouraged by it.
We have a guest.
Are you in the middle of your meal?
I've gotten tired of my vacation. I'm returning to New York, so I wanted to greet you once.
That wasn't necessary. The loser should go away quietly.
Was it your intention to win using the methods of a petty con artist?
I guess poor losers have to come up with such things to say.
In the past you wouldn't have used such makeshift methods. There's nothing manly about that.
You were packed with such naivety from long ago. There's nothing delicately feminine about that.
I recall arguing with you was a waste of my life.
Then hurry up and leave.
- Hattori-san. - Yes?
Next time I come, I'd like to take my time indulging in your dishes.
It would be my pleasure.
Anyhow you'll just become flabby on all the hamburgers and hot dogs you'll have.
- Mayuzumi-san. - Yes?
If you don't like it, then quit. At being this man's subordinate.
Keiko-san.
Didn't you deliberately lose?
We didn't meet that night just by chance.
- "A women-only party." - "Huh?"
"Let's go together."
"Neapolitan monja."
"That's the only good thing at that restaurant."
"All the other original menu items there are useless."
Keiko-san, didn't you draw my attention to that in order to give me a hint?
Huh?
Given Anna-san's mental state, it was impossible to mend things and make her find a compromise.
That's why you deliberately allowed us to win...
...because that was the best way to guide Anna-san towards a fresh start.
And it has become reality.
Just now Anna-san was putting on airs to win women's sympathy...
...and was shining far more than when she was a celebrity's wife.
Komikado-sensei didn't excel to get this win.
Just like an Anne. You have a wonderful imagination, don't you?
It would be impossible for a lawyer to deliberately lose, now wouldn't it?
I'd like to learn under Keiko-san.
Stop joking.
Just winning isn't everything.
I feel I see in Keiko-san the ideal image of what a lawyer should be.
Please let me come with you.
You should go to Green Gables on your own!
I want to become like Keiko-san.
And then, someday...
...I want to win against Komikado-sensei.
You can't be like me for your entire life.
You have no need to be.
At best you can slip and roll around as Komikado's subordinate.
And if you do that, then maybe someday you will beat him.
Eh?
It isn't that I couldn't win against him.
So long.
What does she mean?
(I'm sorry Emily, but this time for sure we're really going on a night cruise.)
(We can have a barbecue on the ship.)
Oh?!
(Janet and Ekaterina will come as well?)
(Plus Linda and Kimberley?)
(Oh, it will be OK! I can have 5 at a time!)
Welcome back.
Must be nice not knowing anything.
What isn't known?
Knowing everything about Komikado-sensei's abilities, Keiko-san was able to trick him.
It may be that Komikado-sensei is the same in knowing all of her skills as well.
What do you mean?
It's called mental harmonizing.
You're saying Komikado-sensei understood what Keiko-san's intentions were and went with it?
They didn't need words to understand one another.
Surprisingly, that might be the psychology between men and women.
"Legal High To be continued"
"The Next Episode of Legal High"
"3 Wills Left for 3 Brothers"
"The Soy Sauce Family's Blood Relations Feud"
"The Lies and Secrets Hidden in the Will"
"A Vast Inheritance in Someone's Hand"