"My name is Isaka Rei."
"Next to being a hero of Justice..."
"...I've been a Cabin Attendant for 13 years."
Senpai!
You get 1 Million yen!
Return the 5 million yen Akane-san has borrowed from us and has yet to return.
Has Akane disappeared?
You quit the company?
Haru-chan?
Ah, I'm worried about Akane.
Please cooperate with me.
We'll become Bounty Hunters.
But only if we catch him?
Let's go to the police...
...together.
Your special investigation's reward.
When did you meet Akane?
We're going to be living together from here on, so we need to speak honestly to each other.
I only said we become Bounty Hunters in order to search for Akane.
And that was a good start.
I crave more excitement!
I just want to do something with all of you.
"We are..."
"...Bounty Hunters."
Geez, why do I have to do things like this?
Akane!
What is it?
Akane.
Where have you been!?
Don't give me that! Take these, here!
Geez!
Hey you!
Akane?
Eh? Eh?
What is this?
Wait... Eh?
Oneechan, I love you.
I went over to the other side.
A hangover?
I'm no good with alcohol.
Mama loves it, but it's different for her sister.
"When did you meet Akane?"
"I know you talked to her about the debt."
"She wouldn't have known about that if you hadn't told, would she?"
Why aren't you eating?
Where did you meet Akane?
- A park in the neighborhood. - What did you talk about?
She said she had some important business, so wouldn't be coming back for a while.
- Where did she go? - I don't know.
She said she'd definitely call me at least once a week...
...so I don't have to call her.
Then next time she does call, switch it over to me.
All right.
Please don't lie.
I wouldn't do that.
If you don't tell me, it's the same as lying.
Well now, who should we pick as our next target?
I don't know how many times in a row we can be successful, though.
Senpai, you were the one who suggested we become Bounty Hunters, weren't you?
Why do you have bring down the tension like that!
Because...
Um, about the 1 Million yen from last time...
I'm managing that strictly!
It not just about my share.
I don't know if I can be here forever.
Ehh... There's a possibility you might disappear, huh?
If you're found out by your DV husband, right?
That's it.
"Pig Bits" Here.
I don't need any more pork.
This isn't pork. This is...
Ta-dah!
Whaa!
Each of us gets 250,000 yen. ($3,300)
Here. Here. Here.
Thanks for your hard work.
Okay!
These are the 3 candidates I'm nominating this time.
This one has the highest bounty of 10 million yen. ($130,000)
10 Million yen?!
That'd be nice.
This one's crime was in the neighborhood.
Information should be easy to collect on him...
...and I also think it'd be easy for us to work on him between our primary jobs.
This one last one is...
I want to nominate him.
This guy's a wife-beater who also killed her, so I can't forgive him!
Now, now...
The cases we pick should be based on bounty amount or the ease of investigation rather than on empathy.
Well, I think since the police are having a tough time with their investigation of this guy...
...the degree of difficulty in getting him would be quite high.
Machiko-san, I understand why you'd want to do this one...
...but since the police in Hokkaido are searching for him, I think that would make it too tough.
Senpai. Do you recognize any of these faces?
If you do remember, we can solve this in one blow, right?
Huh?
I don't.
Then I guess it'll be this one.
The Komasato-shi murder case.
Sugita Yuzo, 37 years old.
He murdered his company's manager, Saigo Masayasu, and fled.
4 years ago, huh?
He's pretty fat, isn't he? We should be able to find him right way with that, won't we?
Jun-chan.
Because he's been on the run for 4 years, he'll be a formidable enemy.
That's true.
Then what would be the best way to look for him?
Don't ask me.
You wanted to be a police detective, didn't you?
Aren't you the best one for making such arrangements?
What I wanted to be wasn't a detective...
"Do I tell them I wanted to become a Hero of Justice?"
Is it okay just to leave this criminal running around out there?
For now, let's dig into the details of the incident.
There's too little information written on that.
- Could we make use of that detective? - Huh?
You know, that ill-natured but handsome one.
Gondo-san.
Senpai, please seduce him.
That's impossible.
Use your one sex appeal point.
Oh...
- That certainly is impossible. - Why?
- You aren't a woman. - Huh?!
On the inside, you're a man, right? Everything's black or white to you.
Like a panda.
Should I seduce him?
That'd be impossible for a housewife.
Housewife. Another name for... married woman.
Ah, somehow you suddenly became attractive...
Didn't I?
It's about time for me to go on my night shift.
Later.
Ah, I have to go, too.
A man, huh?
I've got my part-time job.
Say, couldn't you help me out here for a little while?
Not just with the cooking, but with serving, too!
Well, I'd have to consider what the hourly wage was.
I'll give you the same as the bento vendor.
How about a 100 yen raise?
I'll think about it.
Yes! Yes, yes, yes!
Then, well, please do your best by yourself for today.
910 yen, huh?
I've done it, Papa!
By myself, huh...
I'll be alone...
Justice is profitable.
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: HUNTER ~Sono Onnatachi, Shoukinkasegi~ HUNTER ~These Women are Bounty Hunters~
Episode 2: "The Police give up! The mystery behind the giant, bloodthirsty killer"
You're no good at drinking.
I don't want to drink and get drunk.
I'm tired.
Mind and body.
I'm off.
"Komasato-shi murder case"
"Saigo-san was killed around 9:00 pm on November 13th, 2007..."
"...after working at his finance business in the downtown area."
Banking business?
The company's name was...
Hello?
It was "WakuWaku Loans."
Jun-chan, I need you to go over right away.
I'd like to do that, but I'm in Okinawa right now.
Eh?
I have to stay here today, so Machiko-san, you take over please.
I can't go walking around.
Is there anything a Bounty Hunter can't do?!
Ah... Sorry.
"WakuWaku Loans"
This is it, huh?
Welcome.
I'm scared...
Ah, um... I'd like to borrow some money.
We can only lend you money that brings a profit to our company, but will that do?
Ah, would money I just play with be okay?
Yes.
Welcome.
So this is old ladies base, huh?
Old ladies...
Hey!
Hmm.
No white rice?
We don't sell that.
I came all the way out here just for a meal...
Then go home and eat there.
Ah, you're single.
Do you have an interest in me?
Who would?
Can you give me any information on that Komasato-shi murder case, please?
It was just beginner's luck you got two in a row...
...so don't go putting on airs about being Shoukinkasegi.
And don't look down on police.
So self-important.
It's because you couldn't arrest him that there's a bounty on him, isn't there?
That's true.
Which types of cases do you think us detectives burn the most over?
Eh? Umm...
Mass murder cases...
...or cases where children are the victims.
When one of our members has been killed.
Policemen?
The police's prestige is put on the line so they'll chase down the criminal frantically.
Conversely, there are cases where they won't bother to put in any energy at all.
The Komasato-shi case is one of those.
Could it be this Saigo-san who was murdered... was Yakuza?
Oh, you pick up things quick.
Well, when a Yakuza is whacked...
Well, we wouldn't mind if they all killed one another till they were all extinct.
Would save us time, too.
Hey!
Aren't you placing very different weights to lives?
Of course.
For that matter...
...there's also a weight for information.
How much?
10,000 yen. ($130)
Thanks.
Wait! Where's my info?!
Go over the crime scene 100 times.
Wait, that's the basis for an investigation, not information.
Wait! Don't just run off without paying for your meal!
"Komasato Park"
"The crime scene was at Komasato Park."
"Sugita calls Saigo anonymously..."
"...then stabs him in the back with a knife."
"Sugita repeatedly stabs the fallen Saigo..."
"...with strong feelings of malice."
A bouquet?
Couldn't that be connected to a local traffic accident or some other case?
I verified it with the park's manager.
He said a bouquet had been placed there every month on the 13th for the last year.
Ah!
The 13th would be the death anniversary for when Saigo-san was murdered.
That's right.
But, why just from a year ago? And who is it that's laying them?
I was told it's a man in his thirties.
I found that out from the florist he buys them from every month.
Someone from Saigo-san's family?
He didn't have a brother and his only family was his wife.
Some subordinate of his, possibly?
None of them seemed the type who would do that sort of thing...
Signs were his wife had succeeded him and was working full out.
Truth is, it also looked like there was something going on between her and the Managing Director.
- "Those two are having an affair." - "An affair, huh?"
This Managing Director, is he in his 30's?
Hmm, more like latter half of his 40's...
Then it can't be him.
Could it be it's the criminal himself?
The age is identical, but their sizes are different.
The wanted man, Sugita Yuzo, is a giant.
That incident was 4 years ago, wasn't it? Maybe he's gotten thin in the meantime.
If we set up a stakeout on the 13th of next month...
...we're certain to catch him on the death anniversary.
That's right.
I wonder if he won't surrender himself to the police?
- Huh? - Eh?
By putting out those flowers, it's because he regrets having killed him, doesn't he?
If he does surrender himself, we won't get the reward.
I don't think he'll turn himself in.
He's been making that offering for over a year now and still hasn't.
Thanks for your hard work!
Jun-chan, thanks for your hard work on the flight.
I went to the criminal's home.
- Eh?! - Eh?!
"Sugita"
"Is it good?"
His mother, Shizue, comes across as a really good-natured, grandmotherly type.
"Good afternoon."
"Welcome."
- "One salmon, please." - "Sure thing."
She's liked by everyone.
At no time did it appear she was trying to contact her escaped fugitive son.
Were there police around?
I don't know about that.
With an elderly mother who's like that, I wonder why he would kill someone?
Maybe he murdered Saigo due to some debts he'd run up...
...and wants to avoid the home where his mother lives.
You can't tell what might happen if he did.
He knows that, but his guts are still seething to do just that...
I understand those feelings.
Eh? What? Eh?
Don't tell me Machiko-san murdered her DV husband...
Eh?! Wait, you're wrong!
I was just imagining the criminal's feelings.
I wonder what the mother's feelings are?
To have the only son she gave birth to murder someone and then staying away for her sake.
That'd be painful, wouldn't it?
Don't say you understand how she feels.
Understand her feelings?
A person who hasn't carried a child inside them and given birth...
...wouldn't understand a mother's feelings.
Say, say, say. If a mother is that great...
I didn't say a word about them being great. I said you wouldn't understand them.
I can imagine it.
Then, do you understand what Haru-chan is thinking?
Do you know what she's looking for?
I'm trying to understand!
Welcome back.
I'm home.
Welcome back.
Yeah.
Ah!
Oh! Good morning.
Say, say, say. It's scrambled eggs. They're delicious.
Scrambled eggs have to be mixed in a bowl and then poured in.
Well?
Oba-chan, aren't you eating any?
I'm fine.
Does it taste good?
It isn't even seasoned or anything.
(Various cooking books)
I didn't know I had such a serious personality.
"What Children Love: A Mother's Flavor"
Mom...
There.
Are you okay?
Thank you.
I've been walking very sluggishly lately.
Thank you very much.
Not at all.
Ah, I'll carry them. You live nearby, after all.
Eh?
You do, don't you?
Yes...
Then, if you would please.
Yes.
- This way. - Ah, that way.
Ah, this is it.
Ah, it is, isn't it?
Thank you so very much.
Okay, she's come. You're Sugita Yuzo-san's mother, aren't you?
Your son killed a man.
It's natural you'd want to talk to him as his parent, right?
Stop it! What do you think you're doing?
What do you want?
Those are my words.
Don't just selfishly push her around.
Please answer.
What do you want me to talk about?
What do you think of your son's crime?
There's no excuse for killing someone.
I properly taught him that from the time he was in elementary school.
Yet even so, he murdered.
That was...
...my son's crime.
My son should compensate for it.
You're the one who gave birth to your son, aren't you?
He's 37 years old.
Should a parent have to take responsibility forever?!
This has nothing to do with you!
You guys are the ones who have nothing to do with this! Nothing to do with you at all.
Should I kill myself?
That's what you are wishing for, isn't it?
If I die, then this amusing fuss of yours will die, too.
We're just reporters.
I won't kill myself.
I won't die!
Not until I've witnessed my son's arrest and the death penalty has been applied.
Hmm...
A strong mother, huh?
Isn't what we are doing the same thing those reporters are doing?
It's different, isn't it?
That mother wishes for her son's arrest, doesn't she?
That's true, but...
We're heroes of Justice.
But, what about our goal of money?
We're just taking the reward. That's only natural, isn't it?
I suppose.
Have you already tried memorizing a few dishes?
It's because you can't cook anymore that you don't have any men around.
That's none of your business!
Saying that...
Couldn't you teach me how to make eggs, sunny-side up?
Sunny-side up eggs? You can't even make that?
I can make them, but I fail at it.
Then you can't make them.
I don't like eggs.
Wouldn't that be the reason why? And why you can't cook other things as well.
Never mind that and teach me!
Oh...
You'd take money for that?!
Couldn't you call it taking cooking classes?
- Then, 100 yen. - 1,000 yen!
All right.
Yes! Yes, yes!
Yes! Yes, yes, yes!
Yes, well then, a special course on sunny-side up eggs.
First off, make some for me.
Yes!
Yes, that's no good at all.
Eh? Why?
Eggs taken out of the refrigerator have to return to room temperature.
Hmm...
And as for the eggs...
You aren't supposed to break them here.
You can end up with egg shell in here and you don't want that.
"Public Phone" Ah! It's Machiko.
Hello?
It's awful. Shoplifting!
It's Haru-chan!
Eh?!
That way, that way.
Over there.
Ala? Ippei.
What's going on?
Were you with Haru-chan?
Why are you here?
A charge of shoplifting is the responsibility of the Department of Community Safety.
Are you her mother?
I'm acting as her foster parent.
This was in her bag.
Haru-chan doesn't know anything about it.
This is the evidence!
Yet even so, she won't admit to it. She's bad!
"Shoplifting" may seem like a non-serious word...
...but in terms of law, it's theft.
It's a serious crime.
I did not shoplift.
Then, what about this?
Haru-chan...
Let's both of us apologize. Okay?
I'm very sorry.
I won't let it happen a second time.
Haru-chan!
I didn't do it!
Then what was that game software doing in your bag?
You don't believe me?
I told you not to lie, didn't I?
I'm not lying!
- Good evening. - Welcome.
Sensei, good evening.
Ah, Yuko-chan, over here, over here. Sit here.
- I'll have a beer. - Yes!
- Something wrong? - Ah, no.
Ah, Oiwa-san.
Everyone calls you Sensei...
...but just what are you Sensei in?
Ah... Unfortunately, it's not in that.
Is that right?
Well, if you were once an elementary school teacher...
...I thought you could listen to a story I had to tell.
Excuse me. Here are the meals our neighbors asked us for.
Yes!
Excuse me.
Here. Thanks for waiting.
Ah, looks good.
Thank you very much.
- Let's hurry and eat. - Yes.
You know him?
A little...
Ah, that was serious about Haru-chan, wasn't it?
Eh?
Did he tell you?!
No. Here in this place, all sorts of information tends to collect.
Haru-chan isn't a child who'd shoplift, you know.
But, evidence was taken out of...
There could be many possibilities for that, couldn't there?
Look, someone could have tempted her into it...
...or someone could have slipped it in there.
What have you come for?
- I came here to have a drink, right! - Right!
So long.
You wasted that 10,000 yen.
What do you mean?
Dobunezumi mitai ni Looking like a sewer rat
Go over the crime scene 100 times?
There...
Haru-chaaan! Please eat this.
- Don't want any. - Eh? Take a look.
Don't you think they turned out wonderfully well?
I'm off.
You have P.E. today, don't you?
If you don't eat properly, you'll collapse.
Ippei, what about that new game software you wanted?
I bought that for you the day before yesterday, didn't I?
You also bought me a necktie as a present...
Have you gotten some extra money in?
Not really.
You're always saying how much you hate me saving so much, right?
So every now and then it's okay.
Hmm.
What's the matter?
Machiko-san.
Kazumi-san.
I have a favor to ask.
Why do I have to do a thing like that?
Hasn't that talk been settled already?
Please!
Didn't you get enough sleep?
I had a Go-kon yesterday.
Don't tell me you spent the night with one of them?
Sensei, it'd be good for you to take a breather yourself like that from time to time.
I'm in mother-mode right now.
Ah, we meet again, don't we?
Liar.
Eh?
You came here to meet me, didn't you?
You're a reporter, aren't you?
Eh?
Well...
You knew Yuzo's age and about my home, too.
I'm sorry.
Is this cute person one as well?
Yes. That's right!
I'd love having a nice long chat with you...
...but I'll have to beg off for today.
My Home Helper is coming.
Is that right?
Anytime is okay with us.
Ah, just who I was talking about.
- Good afternoon. - Thank you for your hard work.
How's your knee?
Could you examine it?
Of course.
So long, another time.
Something the matter?
Huh? I've met him somewhere...
Ah...!
You're saying that Helper is Sugita?
The clerk at the florist shop verified that this was the man.
But, he looks like a totally different person from the one on the police bulletin.
Even if you said he's gotten thinner, what about this face?
Plastic surgery, plastic surgery.
Even if you change the folds from single to double, the atmosphere of the eyes doesn't change.
I'm not mistaken!
I'd also like to believe you saw through the criminal like you did the previous ones, but...
It's just far too audacious.
Having plastic surgery done and then going in and out of his own home.
That'd normally couldn't happen, could it?
Even if it isn't always the police, that home's constantly being monitored.
Still, it's in a blind spot, isn't it?
Does that mother know?
I don't know.
Your Home Helper isn't here today?
That's true, but...
I presumed upon him to buy dinner for me tonight.
Is that right.
Is there something?
Ah... Ah, no.
Do you have any idea about where your son is?
I don't know.
Were you sincere when you said you hoped he would be arrested quickly?
Of course.
If...
If your son came to see you...
...what would you do?
I'd report him to the police.
Ah, hello?
Haru-chan was falsely charged.
Eh?
Even my Ippei says he saw it.
Some middle school kid put that game software into Haru-chan's bag.
And, when we checked the security camera...
Just as Ippei had said, Haru-chan wasn't shoplifting.
Sorry.
Ippei said he was afraid of those middle school kids and couldn't say anything.
Ah, thank goodness.
Thank goodness.
And? What's the feeling over there?
I'm waiting.
"Sugita"
Sugita-san, if there's anything else you need, don't hesitate to call.
Yes! If you would please.
Higuchi-san.
Ah, hello.
Um, I also have someone at my home who needs nursing...
...so could I get your advice?
I don't mind.
Could I trouble you about it at your office?
Ah, it's a little distant, even by car.
Ah, in that case...
If you're thirsty, would a coffee shop do?
Yes.
Someone switch with me.
What are you saying?!
It was under your direction, Senpai, that we got even this far.
Use your powers of persuasion to make him surrender to the police.
But...
Excuse me... Why are we even persuading him?
Can't we get the reward just by reporting him to the police?
I want to hear what his feelings are.
And that's why Senpai has no choice but to do it.
That's true.
I have a gun and knife just in case, but be careful!
No way, no way, no way! I can't, I just can't...
- Go, go! - I can't!
- You'll be fine. - Wait! Don't push!
I'm sorry.
Ah, not at all.
Do you know about the incident that Sugita-san's son caused?
Well, I know a little about it.
I see.
Didn't you want some advice about nursing?
It was you who's been placing flowers at the site of the incident every month, isn't it?
Sugita-san asked me for that favor.
Because she didn't have the physical strength for it herself, she said.
What about it?
Sugita-san didn't know...
...about flowers being placed at the crime scene.
There isn't even a phone number listing for your Home Helper company in the Nadeshiko phone directory.
Because it's a new company.
If you have some business for us, please call this number.
Are those gloves...
...so that you won't leave fingerprints behind?
I have severe eczema.
Sugita Yuzo-san.
If you feel you must hold memorial services for your victim...
...then please surrender yourself to the police.
Who the hell are you?
Um... I think she's selfish.
She only thinks of herself.
She doesn't consider the ones left behind.
Ah, that's my younger sister.
She abandoned her daughter and disappeared.
I can't even contact her to let her know her daughter had gotten involved in a shoplifting incident.
What are you talking about?
Um...
Even your mother said that she personally would inform on you.
They even drew her out to say that in front of the TV cameras.
"Sugita Shizue"
Didn't you see it?
What did you think about that?
I don't know what this situation is about...
...but don't speak so patronizingly.
Please tell me what good reason there is for making your mother feel sad.
"Sugita Shizue" I don't want her to feel sad.
In that case, please turn yourself in.
Your mother wishes that you would compensate for your crimes as well.
I can't be arrested.
I just need one more year.
The statute of limitations on murder is gone now.
Even if you keep running for one more year, or even 15 more years...
...you won't be able to gain your freedom.
Mom...
...was told a year ago that she only has 2 years left to her.
If I'm arrested, I won't be able to watch over her.
That's why...
Even as a fugitive, you became a Home Helper just so you could be at your mother's side...
If you contact the police, I'll kill you.
Sugita-san.
Gondo-san, that's the man!
What's this pretense?
Sugita-san fled because his mother is...
Out of the way.
1 million yen!
You'll be given your share of the special reward money.
C'mon, let's go.
Isaka-san?
Higuchi-san?
What's going on?
- He's your... - He's Higuchi-san!
Higuchi-san, what have you done?
Higuchi-san...
I'm sorry.
C'mon, let's go.
Sugita-san.
In his place...
...I'll go shopping for you instead.
Eh? Did Shizue-san know that he was her son?
Based on her tears...
...I'm sure of it.
Even if they get thin and have plastic surgery...
...mothers still know their own child in the pits of their stomachs...
...probably.
They can mutually recognize and introduce themselves as parent and child with just a touch, huh?
Hey. You aren't thinking it would have been better not to have turned him over to the police, are you?
A crime should be compensated for.
I know that. I know that, but...
We're Shoukinkasegi.
What'll we do if you sympathize with each and every target?
We make money from Justice, huh?
We got another 1 Million yen, didn't we?
Yeah!
"Arakawa Central Police Station"
Oh... Thanks for picking him up.
Did you make the arrest again, Gondo-san?
I guess.
Even if you distinguish yourself...
...you won't be going back to Headquarters.
You're the one who decided that.
You're the one who shot a civilian.
"Yamamoto!"
"Are you okay?"
That was an act of God.
The bullet ricocheted.
It's not only a matter of your shooting.
Everyone was fed up with that dirty investigation of yours.
Make good friends on the team.
Finished!
Well?
Who taught you?
Why do you have to put it like that?
I think for someone who didn't even know how to make sunny-side up eggs, this would be impossible.
It was Kazumi-san.
Well, doesn't look too bad. Itadakimasu.
Not bad.
Did it!
But...
You really do hate eggs, don't you?
Eh? Why?
There's no love in this.
Sorry.
Not to me; to the eggs.
For not believing you, Haru-chan.
Can't be helped. We're not mother and daughter after all.
A woman-to-woman relationship is fine.
All right.
- Say, say. - Huh?
What's going on between you and Kazumi-san and the rest?
Eh? Nothing really.
Being a hero of Justice or something like that?
It's a secret.
Tell me.
I won't tell.
Stingy.
Being stingy's fine.
Cock-a-doodle-doo.
Yuzo?!
Isn't that a perfectly misplaced anger?!
Jun-chan, you're just saying strange things, aren't you?
I'm going to monopolize the entire reward.
His accomplice is a woman? Isn't that husband one of the bad guys?
Do you trust your husband or don't you?
I'm different from you.
Isn't this your trick?
Who are you?
Like I thought, it is you, isn't it?