Mizusawa Sakura.
In the corner of a police station...
...she continually listens, day and night, to the complaints of residents about fugitives from justice.
But this woman has many ears.
As a popular radio personality, she listens to the voices of her listeners.
She understands what are lies and what are truths regardless of age or gender in those streets.
Once she begins an undercover investigation...
...she listens for the cry from the heart...
...of the weak common people who cannot raise their voices.
Yes, her ears...
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
...will never miss the truth.
~The Woman Who Hears Incidents~
Sakura. The woman who hears incidents.
Tokyo - Komagome
Shimofuri
Shimofuri Shopping District
Komagome FM!
Mizusawa Sakura
Good morning, Komagome!
Hey, hurry and get up! It's already 7 am!
Wash your face, brush your teeth...
Episode 1
Are there such rude people out there who would skip their breakfast?
Today's lucky color is...
Pink!
Oh! Hurry up!
Okay!
Now then, our first letter is from someone with the radio name of "Pearl."
"Kokoro-san, hello." Yes, hello there.
"I've just gone with my children to pick grapes."
"Next week we're picking pears while the week after that, we'll pick apples."
They do a lot of picking, here and there.
"No matter how much fruit you eat, it's all healthy."
No, that's a big mistake.
Eating too much of anything can be a poison to the body.
If it's important to you that your children not get chubby...
...then make sure you have proper, simple meals for breakfast.
Today's lucky item is...
Ta-dah!
"Hikiwari natto!"
(natto made from ground soybeans)
Hikiwari natto, hikiwari natto...
Hikiwari Natto
Now, so that today will be good again...
Umm...
Thanks for today.
Thanks for your hard work.
Oh no... I'll be tardy again...
Tardy, tardy, tardy...
'Morning!
Morning.
Hunting... Hunting...
Prey... Prey...
Hunting...
Want prey...
Hunting...
Prey...
Hunting...
Prey...
Hunting...
Want prey...
Hunting... Hunting... Hunting...
Prey... Prey... Prey...
Prey discovered.
Is this what we're hunting for?
Stop it!
Hurry and run away. Please run away.
Aren't you guys ashamed, targeting weak people with so many of you?!
What's with this old hag?
Let's do it.
Ow!
What're you guys doing?!
Shut up!
Whoa!
Oi! What are you doing?!
Take care of it!
Take care of them!
Please beat those guys thoroughly!
You...
Hey you!
How did you sense they were there?
Eh?
Thanks for your cooperation.
But it's just absurd for one woman to deal with four men.
When you don't report these things properly...
This isn't the time to be saying such things, now is it?
And who are you?
I'm with the Komagome Central Police Station.
No way!
Waddya mean "no way"?!
Because you're someone I don't recognize...
Huh?
I'll be tardy again! Geez, I'm tired of this.
Wait! Wait!
What's with that woman...
Police HQ Komagome Central Police Station
I've mentioned this time and again...
...but I think you're right when you say...
...we don't have very much time to interact with those like you.
Residents Consultation
Komagome Central Police - Life Safety Division Yabuki Kaoru
Eh... I'm treating you like a complainer?
Not in the least!
Thank you very much for your valuable opinion!
Good morning!
Good morning.
Sakura-chan!
Good morning.
Do you have any idea what time it is right now?
I'm sorry!
Well, it's not like I'm asking you to handle anything awful...
...but since you're only here between 8 and 5:15...
...anyhow, those things you need to do could be done after you're done here.
That should be easy for you. Right?
Ah...
I'm the one who asked Mizusawa to run an errand for me.
Komagome Central Police - Police Chief Igarashi Kyoko
Sorry for making you late.
What the... If it was an errand for the Chief, then it can't be helped.
You should have told me sooner!
Chief, you've changed your lipstick, haven't you? Is it the new Autumn one?
How like you, Kaoru-san. You have a sharp eye.
I've been wanting to try out that color.
Chief, thank you very much.
You heard some voices that worried you and you couldn't just leave it alone, right?
Yes...
That's fine then.
Keep on catching those voices that only you can hear.
Yes.
Ah, sorry...
Ow...
Ala?
Excuse me...
You're in the way. Move it!
I'm sorry.
Excuse me!
Are you Chief Kiritani of Criminal Enforcement?
That's right.
Assigned to Criminal Enforcement, Detective Division, I am Takeuchi Masato!
Komagome Central Police - Detective Division Takeuchi Masato
My rank is Police Sergeant. Nice to meet you!
You're Taguchi, huh? We've been waiting. You're here?
Yes sir! I was sent from the Nishitokyo Police Station, Detective Division!
We with the Komagome Central Station Detective Division...
...are particularly proud of having the highest arrest record in the nation.
Komagome Central Police - Detective Division Kiritani Yuu
Show us your potential as soon as possible. Follow me.
Yes sir!
Takeuchi.
If you deal with anyone who's a Complaints Clerk...
...you'll get scolded by the Chief Clerk.
Complaints Clerk?
Life Safety Division, Crime Prevention Clerk, Consultation Counter.
Komagome Central Police - Detective Division Motojima Toshiyuki
Aka, the Claims Responsibility Office.
They just take calls from old people with free time on their hands.
They let them vent their bellyaching about family or their dissatisfaction with society.
They're that kind of Department.
Ala...
Isn't that a terrible way of speaking about us?
Ah, Yabuki-senpai! Good morning!
Motojima-kun, you were quite terrible there.
And you were so adorable back in your rookie days.
I wonder if I made a mistake back when I was your trainer!
No, no, not that. Excuse me for being rude.
Well Takeuchi, let's go!
Yes!
Ah... Um!
Ah, ah... You're the Sergeant Takeuchi who won the National Police Judo Tournament five years running?
That's right.
I've been performing judo since I was a child...
...and I've competed in tournaments.
I've always had Takeuchi-san's majestic figure burned into my eyes.
What's your name?
Komagome Central Police - Detective Division Endo Keita
My name is Endo Keita. My rank is Senior Police Officer.
Okay! Endo, bring it on!
Yes! If you would please!
Oh... I see. I understand the main point.
You're naive!
Endo, I'll give you some lessons next time!
Yes! I'm honored, Senpai!
For pete's sake. Those guys are more muscle than brains.
I understand.
I'll contact you as soon as I find out.
If you would please.
Sakura-chan! Are you still working?
Hurry and get ready!
Eh?
I told you, didn't I? About the wine party.
Look, this is a wine party limited to singles looking for marriage partners.
I'll definitely find a good man and then get remarried.
When it comes to such things, I'm a little...
Never mind that. Just come.
When you're next to me...
...my gorgeousness stands out, right? Come!
Why at a time like this? Eh?
Why disturb me?
Yes... Eh?
All right.
I'll come home right away.
Is something the matter?
This is the pits. My Mom says she strained her back and can't walk.
That is a worry, isn't it?
Why... The party is just for today...
Okay. Can't be helped.
Sakura-chan, you go alone.
No... I'm not looking for marriage...
It's not for you, it's for me!
Find at least three good men...
...and then make them promise to go on a Go-kon with you.
Let's see... between 30 and 50, though 55 would be okay.
Who are healthy and educated...
...and who have a decent income would be best.
Anyhow!
Get them to that Go-kon that I'll come to.
Got that!?
Royal Wine Party
This is Chopin, isn't it?
Good afternoon.
Konkatsu Planning Company Staff Fujimoto Kana
Is this your first time at one of our parties?
Yes...
We're having our "talk freely to anyone" time right now.
What kind of man would you like?
Ah... Let's see...
Men between 30 and 50.
You're okay with men who are 50?!
Huh?
In that case...
It's not for me!
Ah... Um...
I'm sorry. I guess I'll go.
Ah!
Are you okay?
Looking for Marriage Party Participant Someya Shiori
You aren't hurt, are you?
Ah, no... I'm sorry.
This is my first time to something like this and I spaced out.
Would you like something to drink?
Ah... I don't drink alcohol.
Then, how about some herbal tea?
This chamomile tea... has a calming effect.
Here you go.
Thank you.
It's delicious!
It's really refreshing, isn't it?
I'm glad you like it.
Thank you very much for your kindness.
You know a lot about herbal teas, don't you?
Actually, this is one of my products.
Eh?
"Tea Shop Select Leaf."
It's just a small shop, but if you'd like, please come visit me.
Shiori-san.
Looking for Marriage Party Participant Hasegawa Mitsuru
Sorry for being late.
My work ran long.
I just got here myself.
Hasegawa-san, you like a white wine to start with, don't you?
If I can drink along with Shiori-san, then anything would be welcome.
Then, I'll see you again.
Yes.
There is something...
...I absolutely must ask Hasegawa-san about.
There is something...
...I absolutely must ask Hasegawa-san about.
There is something I absolutely must ask Hasegawa-san about.
Then... Kanpai.
Well? Have you gotten the setting for the Go-kon?
Eh?!
There's something I've wanted to ask you for some time now...
Hasegawa-san?!
Are you okay?!
Someone, please call for an ambulance!
Ah, yes.
An AED, please!
We need an ambulance, please.
Hang in there!
North Komagome 2-chome, the "Restaurant Agurea."
A man, approximately 50, collapsed suddenly at a party.
He's unconscious. Yes, if you would please.
Please hang in there!
One, two...
The victim is Hasegawa Mitsuru, 50.
There's no mistake but he was a doctor at Wakui General Hospital?
Yes...
Did you happen to see Hasegawa-san's condition at the time he collapsed?
No...
I was close by.
Hasegawa-san was drinking a wine with one of the women participants...
...when he suddenly began suffering.
Where is the woman who was with him?
Ah... Um...
It was the woman wearing badge Number 12.
Chief.
We meet again, don't we?
Someya Shiori-san.
Shall we hear your story over there?
Thank you very much.
Please allow us talk to you in detail about this later.
What is it about that woman?
About a year and a half ago, in our jurisdiction...
...she was someone involved with an unnatural death case.
An unnatural death? Not a criminal case?
We looked into to it as a criminal case, but couldn't conclude it was one.
The man who died was Tokuyama Shuhei...
...who was a doctor with a university hospital.
Akimasa Medical Department University Hospital Doctor Tokuyama Shuhei
We were contacted by a bar owner that a customer had collapsed.
The people are gathered over there.
Together at that time were Dr Tokuyama, who was single...
...and the one he was intimate with, Someya Shiori.
From the results of the autopsy, we found he had consumed a large amount of cold medicine and alcohol.
So there was a possibility that the woman earlier may have killed Dr Takuyama...
...by mixing the medicine into his drink, right?
Yeah.
Someya Shiori had quit her job as a cabin attendant at the time...
...and renovated the tea shop her parents had left to her.
She ran over in her expenses and was having money trouble.
She tried to get money from Tokuyama, but was turned down...
...and so we considered it to be a crime committed out of revenge.
So to have the same person present at the scenes of two murders...
...just couldn't be coincidence, huh?
Well for now, let's go hit on those people for info.
Yes.
Excuse me, can we hear what you have to say?
Ala?!
You handed a glass of wine to Hasegawa-san, didn't you?
Yes...
I went to the drinks corner...
...and brought it to him as it was.
At the party held here a month ago...
...you and Hasegawa-san became friends...
...and the two of you began dating, right?
No...
I was invited out by him a couple of times to have dinner.
But that was all.
Someya-san...
You said the exact same thing at the time of Tokuyama-san's death, too, didn't you?
There was no evidence then...
...but I wonder about this time around?
Although you are the first Japanese...
Wakui General Hospital
...to be nominated for the internationally prestigious World Medical Science Award...
...what are you feeling right now?
Wakuri General Hospital Hospital Director Wakui Ren
I'm delighted that my research is being evaluated.
Therefore...
...so I should have more rivals now.
What do you mean?
In Japan's medical community...
...there have been too many doctors just sitting on their laurels for the last ten or twenty years.
So can it be said...
...that they are fulfilling their responsibilities to the patients?
What we doctors should be striving for...
...are new skills in order so that we can always offer the very best in treatments.
It's regrettable about Hasegawa-kun.
He was one of the very few doctors who held the same aspirations I do.
Did Hasegawa-san have any issues related to his health?
Not sure... Nothing I heard about in particular.
He was a hard-working man...
...so it may have been he gave greater consideration to his patient's health...
...than he did for his own.
For example, was there anyone who bore a grudge against him...
...or is there a possibility Hasegawa-san was having some personal problems?
Well... I think such a thing is unlikely.
Well then, do you recognize this woman?
No, I don't know her.
Is there something about this woman?
No. If you don't know her, that's fine.
We may come to call on you again for various other things.
I will cooperate on anything.
Please help us out.
Looking for Marriage Party
Male Participant's Unnatural Death
Hasegawa Mitsuru-san
It's good I didn't go to that party.
If I had... Even I might have been killed.
It hasn't been decided it was a murder...
It has been determined. I heard someone with the Detetive Division talking.
That they had what that woman's goal was.
Ala? Sakura-chan?
Select Leaf
There is something...
...I absolutely must ask Hasegawa-san about.
Welcome.
Good afternoon.
You came to the party yesterday.
Sorry for calling on you so suddenly. I'm Mizusawa Sakura.
Is something the matter?
Something was on my mind.
How he died when you two were together...
I wondered if you were okay?
You came out here expressly for that?
Yes...
Thank you.
Come, I'll bring some tea.
I had only met Hasegawa-san two or three times.
Truly, that was all there was.
Ah, thank you.
There is something...
...I absolutely must ask Hasegawa-san about.
Um... Shiori-san...
Hello!
Excuse me.
Ah...
Is this your first time at one of our parties?
This is Fujimoto Kana-san.
She was the one responsible for handling my teas at the Looking for Marriage party.
This is Mizusawa Sakura-san.
Hello.
You had it rough yesterday, didn't you?
But I thought it was awesome how you administered those...
...life-saving procedures without panicking.
Please hang in there!
Was that part of a job you used to do somewhere?
Eh? No...
Kana-san, I got a new flavor in stock. Would you like to try it?
Yes.
The base of it is rose hips.
Yes, here you go.
Itadakimasu.
How is it?
Yum!
In the bitterness, a sweet fragrance spreads, doesn't it?
That's right. And by adding mango as an ingredient...
...it seems to make your skin fair, as well.
I think my women customers will be pleased with it.
Umekoma-tei
Toshi-chan said, "I guess you did marry my granddaughter"...
...and then threw a headlock around the groom.
What were you doing, Toshi?
Mizusawa Ume
You've been a bad drunk since long ago.
Shape up and pay attention. Hey, Kaede!
No, no, you don't have to come.
Shut up! You zip it. Stop that before you kill yourself.
Mizusawa Kaede
What did she say?
I really didn't understand it, but...
"Don't you ever come back, you worthless old man."
Why'd she go that far?!
That's right, that's right.
Welcome.
I'm back.
Welcome back.
Onee-chan, welcome home.
You've worked hard.
Thank you.
Say, doesn't Sakura-chan have a nice guy somewhere?
Eh?
Like at her workplace, or a business partner...
...or someone at that part-time job of Sakura-chan's.
Ah...
Sakura and Kaede have come back from New York...
...so we are able to live together at last.
I want to keep them at home for a little while.
I guess you would, huh?
I can understand. They are adorable.
Whaa...
A Poiret liver sauce with choice fois gras...
...along with vegetables and five grain rice in a risalto preparation.
Kajiwara Saburo
Because liver is rich in vitamins, it will help with your fatigue.
Ohh.. That looks good.
Sabu-chan.
I want to eat that, too.
Me, too.
It was useless after all.
There is something...
...I absolutely must ask Hasegawa-san about.
I had only met Hasegawa-san two or three times.
Please hang in there!
Was that part of a job you used to do somewhere?
No...
What are those two hiding?
Chief! The results of Hasegawa-san's blood tests have come out.
Blood Test Report
"Acetaminophen."
Acetaminophen
That's the same drug that was detected when Dr. Tokuyama died.
Ehh...
Where are the results for the analysis of the wine glass Someya Shiori handed him?
Yes. Acetaminophen wasn't detected on it.
The drug didn't come from the glass what was in front of him.
It was the same for Dr. Tokuyama.
There must be some trick behind it, huh?
From the forensic researcher...
...by timing the amount of medication dosage given before drinking alcohol...
...it seems it would be possible to adjust when the spasms would occur to some extent.
I'll unmask that woman this time around for sure.
Someya Shiori...
I want to infiltrate Wakui General Hospital.
Explain the circumstances to me.
I heard a voice I'm concerned about at the party.
It was Someya Shiori's voice who was with the Hasegawa-sensei...
...when he died.
"I absolutely must ask Sensei about it."
Someya Shiori.
The Detective Division has marked this woman in the unnatural death of another doctor.
There's one other woman who is on my mind.
Fujimoto Kana-san.
She's a staff member with Konkatsu Planning Company.
I'm concerned about her as well.
In order to investigate the connection between these three...
...you want to infiltrate Wakui General Hospital?
I'm sure I'll be able to find some clue if I do.
Very well. I'll permit the infiltration.
Thank you very much.
That hospital is for the exclusive use of politicians and executive level police management.
I urge you to be careful during your infiltration investigation.
I will.
Voices that only you can hear.
Listen to them well.
Yes!
Good morning, Komagome!
How about this one first for today?
It's good, isn't it?
Take care of it.
Yes.
Now for our first letter today, with the radio name of "Usamaru"!
"Hello."
"Your spirit always cheers me up."
"As I've gotten old, the time I spend alone is lonely for me."
"My family is busy and I'm hesitant to tell them of an old man's complaints."
What'll you do if you get that gloomy?
When you want to talk to your family...
...then you should just get in there yourself and call them!
Excuse me.
With a boring face you can't...
Excuse me!
Right now...
...I'm listening to Koma Cafe!
Eh? "Koma Cafe"?
You're not wasting time by complaining how lonely you are!
Wanting to cheer Usamaru-san up...
...here's this song!
And? What do you want?!
Ah... Have you seen this person around here?
Ala! She's gorgeous, isn't she?
She might have been coming and going to Hasegawa-san's home recently.
Hasegawa-san... Hold this a sec. I'll ask my wife right now.
Oi!
Kyaa!
Eh?
Are you ready?
In old age, it's all courage and love; hesitation is forbidden!
But if you ever feel incredibly lonely again, just call us here at Koma Cafe...
...and I, Kokoro, will be sure to listen to your story. Right?
This voice...
It gives you an absurdly good feeling, huh?
"Komagome Morning Cafe," aka "Koma Cafe."
Around here, Kokoro-san is popular, even among strangers here.
Ehh... "Kokoro-san"?
Yes.
What sort of person is she?
That's... a mystery.
A mystery?
She doesn't do interviews or make appearances...
...and both her profile and identity are undisclosed...
An Idol on a break since long ago.
Or else...
The daughter of a big-shot actor... or else...
There are too many "or elses."
(Effeminate man)
She's the legendary Onee.
Onee?!
That's the rumor going round.
Truth is, no one knows who she is.
What's that? You don't know anything.
Ala? Takeuchi-senpai, do you have something you want to discuss with her, too?
Huh?! Not really; nothing at all.
You do, huh?
Hey, don't go insinuating.
Excuse me. Kaoru-san, Sakura-san entrusted me with this.
From Sakura-chan?
What could it be...
Time Off Report
I got a crick in my right neck while sleeping last night.
When I stretched to correct it, my jaw on the left side popped out.
Then, when I asked my Grandmother to try chiropractic treatment...
What the hell is this?
Well, they are an interesting family.
Wakui General Hospital
Joining us today as a new assistant, this is Mizusawa-san.
I'm Mizusawa Sakura. Please watch over me.
Please work with us.
There.
Thanks.
Now then...
Hasegawa-sensei's surgical skills were quite good.
But if you asked me, what his specialty was, more than anything else, was the horses.
Horses?
Horse racing and then boat racing.
Just as you'd expect from a doctor...
...he was flashy whether he was winning or losing.
No matter how high a salary he was getting, it wasn't enough for him.
Ehh...
That Hasegawa-sensei died.
He went to that Looking for Marriage party, right?
I went to that party, too.
And I met Kana there.
Kana?
Look, the Fujimoto Kana who used to train with us.
Ahh...
Fujimoto Kana-san? I do remember her.
She was that girl who came to train with us in September, year before last, right?
What sort of feeling did she have?
Let's see...
She was a diligent and observant girl, but do you know Kana-san?
Yes.
I thought she could become a fine nurse...
...but after finishing her training, she quit from nursing school a little while after.
She quit?
Head Nurse Okumura, Tomita-san has...
Eh? Again?
You come along, too.
Ah, yes.
Get out! Hurry out of my sight!
Hey, what's going on! You... that's enough for you.
Tomita-san, I've told you over and over...
Tomita Kenkichi
...that such things are troublesome, haven't I?
Shut up!
That woman is a good-for-nothing and all she does is talk, talk, talk!
Next time such a thing happens, I'll call your daughter and discuss how do deal with it with her.
Here, don't cry, don't cry. Okay?
Shut up!
You take care of the rest, please.
Eh? Ah... yes!
For now... I'll clean this up.
The rabbit in a circle?
(usagi ni maru)
The radio name of "Usamaru"!
"As I've gotten old, the time I spend alone is lonely for me."
"My family is busy and I'm hesitant to tell them of an old man's complaints."
Don't touch that!
Don't ever touch that.
Very well.
Ah...
What are you doing?
Tomita-san, put your body here and then you can reach out your hand for it.
Go ahead.
You're okay... Just a little more...
You did it!
Awesome. You got it all by yourself, didn't you Tomita-san?
Don't exaggerate it...
Are you a newbie?
Yes. I'm Mizusawa Sakura.
Sakura, huh...
The old lady and I would go see those a lot.
The old lady?
My wife.
She died suddenly three years ago.
Is that... your wife's?
This was the only thing she left behind.
If you'd like...
...could you talk to me a bit more about your wife?
Eh?
You there.
Director
Wakui General Hospital
It seemed like I heard voices from there just now.
Yes. Tomita-san was telling me about his wife.
That's unusual.
For that old man to talk to anyone.
Communication is the best medicine for that sort of patient.
Please go on that way.
Yes.
There's no other way.
What's the best thing to do?
Fujimoto Kana-san?
She was that girl who came to train with us in September, year before last, right?
"Hasegawa Mitsuru."
"Tokuyama Shuhei"
Hasegawa-san?!
The man who died was Tokuyama Shuhei, who was a doctor with a university hospital.
Together at that time were Dr Tokuyama, who was single, and the one he was intimate with...
...Someya Shiori.
"Sugisaki Tetsuji."
"September 4th, 8:20 pm."
"Brought to the hospital by ambulance."
"September 4th, 10:05 pm."
"Operation ended."
"10:38, Death."
Death
These two operated on him?
Shiori-san?
Hello?
Ah...
Is this Someya Shiori-san? This is Mizusawa Sakura.
There's a little something I wanted to ask you about.
And there was a favor I wanted to ask of you as well.
Oi!
Wait!
Yes.
Wait.
Let's go.
Yes.
Sugisaki Family Grave
"Sugisaki Tetsuji."
Epitaph
Sugisaki Tetsuji
Died 2012, September 9th
September 9th, Death.
Hasegawa-san?!
The man who died was Tokuyama Shuhei, who was a doctor with a university hospital.
Sugisaki Family Grave
Thank you very much.
It would have been unpleasant coming to a place like this with the police.
I just had to come here...
...during the month of the anniversary of my boyfriend's death.
Boyfriend?
He was a copilot at the same airline I was with.
When was it that he died?
Two years ago.
He was involved in an accident on his way home from work.
I was on a flight overseas...
...so I didn't make it back in time.
Is that right...
It must have been painful, wasn't it?
I think about it even now.
"Why did he have to die?"
Hello?
Yes... All right.
I'm sorry. Some sudden work came up.
Ah, don't worry about me.
Thank you very much for listening to my truly absurd request today.
Please come around to my store again.
I will.
Wakui General Hospital
Have you eaten?
Ah, you ate everything today, didn't you?
Because you'd get angry if I didn't eat, even if it was bad.
Whaa!
Ah... I'm sorry!
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Huh?!
I remember you at the park before...
And... at that party venue!
Ala?!
Oi!
And you're with Crime Prevention!
Shh!
What are you doing in a place like this?!
Be quiet! Never mind that and go over there!
Hurry!
What are you doing?!
Undercover investigation?!
Igarashi Kyoko
Her investigation is a special mission of mine.
Then, her appearance, too...
Therefore, don't say anything about this.
Eh? Well...
Yes.
And? Did you find out anything?
Someya Shiori-san's lover died after having surgery done at Wakui General Hospital.
The surgeons were...
...Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Tokuyama.
Did something go wrong during the surgery?
At the moment, the particularly suspicious point is...
It's just... that Shiori-san may think something did go wrong.
So in order to avenge her lover, she murdered Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Tokuyama.
No... Don't just decide that.
You said there's a possibility of it, right?
What do you think?
I don't think Shiori-san would murder someone for the sake of revenge.
If she did murder for the sake of revenge...
...then the revenge should have ended at the time Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Tokuyama were killed.
But Shiori-san is still hiding something.
And what would that be?
That's what I'm investigating now.
What is that?!
Chief, I think this is strange. Investigations are the job of the Detective Division.
A Detective or not a Detective. Is it that big a deal?
Huh?! And what's with you just lunging forward since earlier?
And what about you?
And what's that about I'm supposed to just listen?
What is this, geez...
What is it with...
I fully understand how both of you feel.
There's not just one way of making an investigation, but there is just one truth.
Hurry and find what that truth is.
Yes!
Yes...
Komagome First Hospital
Emergency Entrance
What's Fujimoto Kana's condition?
Unconscious and in serious condition.
Does this mean it was a hit and run?
She was going to the train station from work, and then discovered having collapsed.
The car that was behind it hasn't been found.
Mizusawa.
The hit-and-run of Fujimoto Kana is the same as what happened to Dr. Tokuyama and Dr. Hasegawa.
It's the opinion of the Detective Division that we consider the possibility these are the crimes of Someya Shiori.
That can't be... There's no reason for Shiori-san to attack Kana-san.
At the time Someya Shiori's boyfriend was having surgery...
...Fujimoto Kana was also at Wakui General Hospital, wasn't she?
Well, that's true, but Kana-san was just an apprentice at their nursing school.
She wouldn't have been involved in such a difficult operation...
She might have known what happened during the surgery.
She then told Someya Shiori that information.
We have to consider that once her business was finished, she attacked her to keep her mouth shut.
That couldn't be!
Where are you going?
To clarify what Someya Shiori did.
It doesn't matter if it was for revenge or what.
This is a serial killing.
Don't just decide that on your own!
Let me just talk to Shiori-san...
This is the end of it for a Crime Prevention Clerk!
If she is hiding something, then I would surely hear the voice of her heart...
...and I would understand the truth.
What naive things are you talking about?!
Listening? I will absolutely not let there be any more victims!
I understand that!
But it's because you and I feel the same...
...that's why you need to listen to the voice of her heart!
That will bring us closer to the truth.
Well done, Takeuchi. And now let's go to that woman...
...and bring Someya Shiori in for voluntary questioning right away.
Yes.
Kana-san is in critical condition?!
Why would such a thing happen?
What's her condition? She's okay, isn't she?
Are you that concerned about her?
That's obvious, isn't it?
Which hospital is she at? Please let me go make a sympathy call on her.
Wouldn't you be troubled if Fujimoto Kana regained consciousness?
What are you talking about?
Two years ago...
...you lost your lover at Wakui General Hospital.
Don't you think his death was the result of the surgery he had?
And that's why you murdered his surgeons, Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Tokuyama.
That's wrong.
And, since Fujimoto Kana knew about your crimes...
...you tried to kill her, too.
That's wrong!
In that case, why did you keep silent...
...and not tell Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Tokuyama that they were your lover's surgeons?
The excuse that you didn't know about them won't work.
In order to get revenge on them, you got close to both...
...and then murdered them.
If what I've said is wrong, then I dare you to explain it so I can understand!
Even when I did talk to you guys...
...it didn't change anything.
Even when I did talk to you guys, it didn't change anything.
Yes? This is Mizusawa.
Police HQ Komagome Central Police Station
End the infiltration?
Why?
There are still voices that must be heard yet.
Even if just a little longer...
I got a direct call from...
...the Central Office's Chief of Detectives.
Including the Detective Division's investigation as well; all have been put on suspension.
Why would the Chief of Detectives do such a thing...
I told you, didn't I?
That hospital over there has strong connections to politicians and higher echelon police members.
The police, huh...
Do they listen to what the hospital and politicians tell them?
I don't know what those above me are thinking.
But, if we can't have a formal investigation...
...then we should have an undercover investigation...
I understand how you feel.
But wait a little while.
Because even I'm not convinced. I'll do something, somehow.
For just a little while... please be patient with me.
I'm back.
Ah, welcome back.
Ah...
Excuse me, I'll be going.
Ah, thanks for your hard work.
Sakura-san, have a good night.
Good night.
What's up? It's not like you to have such a dejected voice.
If your investigation is troubling you so much...
...then it might be better if you discussed it with me.
I don't want to worry you, Grandma.
What are you saying?
I was a police officer myself since before the time of the Tokyo Olympics.
(1964)
I wouldn't have such cheap worries as that.
Sakura, you aren't going to say you want to quit over something like this, now are you?
But...
"Stop the investigation"...
The Chief of Detectives at the Central Office shouldn't be saying such things...
Is the Japanese police that sort of organization?
Ah... it's the same with whatever country.
All the top people run around protecting themselves.
Don't talk about things you don't know about.
In America...
...when I was counseling criminals...
...I thought over and over that if I could just have heard those people's voices sooner...
...then I might have been able to prevent their crimes.
That's why I became a police officer.
I wonder if I made the wrong choice?
Don't be so naive.
You want to do that just because you ran into a bit of a brick wall?
"Is that what the police are?"
You can't say it's that simple a job.
For you, Sakura...
...you have a talent for listening to what people say.
That's not something just anyone can do.
When you were a child and your parents were going around the world for their work...
...it's because you came into contact with people with totally different words and ways of thinking.
The true voice in people's hearts...
Those are the true words you listen to.
Grandma...
You're my grandchild, right? Then straighten up!
All right.
Thank you.
I'm going to get some sleep.
Good night.
Have a good night.
Ah, hello? Sakamoto-kun?
It's me, Ume.
I have... a little favor to ask.
Oi! What on earth is this about!?
I have a favor to ask.
I want you to check into whether Shiori-san has ever visited a police station somewhere.
Huh?
Why do you want that?
You heard them, didn't you? Shiori-san's words.
Even when I did talk to you guys...
...it didn't change anything.
You heard that, too?
Why would she say such a thing?
I want to listen properly to the voice in Shiori-san's heart.
I must listen to it...
...as it's the only way to get closer to the truth of this case.
Hey!
Shut up; I understand.
Eh?
Good morning.
It's 8:32:11 am. Tardy again!
I'm sorry.
Ala? Sakura-chan...
...aren't you on vacation?
I'm fine already.
I apologize for the inconvenience.
That's strange.
I was contacted by the Chief a little while ago and she said...
"Mizusawa Sakura will be continuing her vacation for some time."
Continue your undercover investigation.
Why the sudden...
It seems to be the orders of the MPD's Superintendent General, Sakamoto.
Superintendent General Sakamoto?
I don't understand it, either.
But don't let this long-awaited chance go to waste...
...and listen to those voices that only you can hear.
Yes.
The patient is 42 years old, and at 9:35 in Ojihigashi...
...he received multiple injuries to his cervical spine. He's at a Level 3 unconsciousness at 300.
The emergency patient was in an accident?
Yes. His cervical spine was injured and he's in critical condition.
...but the surgery was successful.
I think depending on his rehab, he could get back to his normal everyday life soon enough.
That's awesome, isn't it?
It's really good that patient was brought in to our hospital.
If it'd been another place, don't know what would have happened.
Is that right?
Only Director Wakui could have performed that operation.
Perhaps he's been nominated for it with an incredible prize even now...
He is.
Two years ago, the success the Director had in September...
...with an endoscopic artificial spinal fusion replacement surgery...
Feature
Wakui Ren's Endoscopic
Artificial Spinal Fusion replacement surgery
...sent the medical world into an uproar.
Two years ago in September?
2012, September 18th, First successful operation.
Sugisaki Tetsuji
Died 2012, September 9th
2012, September 18th, First successful operation.
Please tell me the details of that surgery.
Did this woman come to the Otsukahigashi police station two years ago?
Dunno... I wouldn't know something like that.
Senpai, excuse me, but couldn't you check into it?
Why? What are you saying this woman did?
Well...
An important voice...
...might have been missed.
What are you talking about?
Please!
This is Motojima. The suspect is leaving by car.
I'm following her.
Roger.
Tomita-san, you've been sweating quite a lot, haven't you?
And recently I've been waking up many times in the night to pee.
Ala. I should report that to Okumura-san, shouldn't I?
It might be your medicine isn't right for you.
I'm not good with that nurse. She's always so brusque.
She's exactly like my daughter.
Then your daughter is a level-headed person too, isn't she?
Never mind about my daughter. Ah, about my peeing...
Ah... I shouldn't talk about such things with a young person.
This is a hospital. Please tell me about it properly.
Yes. The other day...
...I got up three times in one night.
As you'd expect, I was half-asleep.
Going to the bathroom, I went in the opposite direction from here.
Eh?
Since I couldn't get back to my hospital room...
...I was like a lost little kitten.
And then I banged into this black mass.
A black mass?
Yeah.
Then a bottle of medicine rolled away.
About what time was this?
A little before you came here.
One week or two weeks ago...
Tomita-san, do you remember what you had for dinner yesterday?
Eh?! What's that out of the blue about?
If you say such a thing so suddenly...
...I can't remember.
Here, look at this. Let's remember it in order.
Yes.
Today is right here.
And, yesterday is right here.
I ate this yesterday?
You did eat that.
And, before that...
Yes, this is Motojima.
Fujimoto Kana has regained consciousness.
Komagome First Hospital
The criminal's face...
I didn't see it.
The moment I noticed the sound of the car...
Wasn't the one who struck you...
...Someya Shiori?
Shiori-san could never do such a thing!
Kana-san was taken to the general wards?
Yeah. The Chief has heard from her...
...but it seems she doesn't know anything.
Please. Let me speak with Kana-san.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Mizusawa.
About that favor you asked for...
How are you feeling?
Yes. Somehow or other...
Thank goodness.
Because Shiori-san's also worried about you.
Shiori-san is?
Kana-san...
One of our Investigation members went over to the Otsukahigashi police staion.
After Sugisaki-san's accident...
Both you and Shiori-san went to the Otsukahigashi station to discuss it with them, didn't you?
Then, you're...
I'm an officer with the Komagone Central Police station.
But I'm not a Detective.
I'm in charge of the Consultation window.
I listen to the voices of the people of this town.
Voices...
You listen to them?
The complaints of even the tiniest of voices, too.
I want to listen and reveal them.
It was with that thought that I came over.
The voices of Shiori-san and Kana-san...
...were crushed by the police.
I am truly very sorry for that.
Couldn't you allow me to listen to it?
The voice from the depths of Shiori-san and Kana-san's hearts?
Fujimoto Kana-sama
Takeuchi-kun, thank you.
Thanks to you, I got to listen to Kana-san's voice.
Someya Shiori had gone out to buy some products.
But it seems she's disappeared.
I'm sure she's going to that person.
Wakui General Hospital
Excuse me, please follow that car.
Wakui Academic Lab (Provisional)
Oi. Oi!
Get out!
Stop it!
Shiori-san!
You're...
Tell the truth!
Stop it, Shiori-san!
I remember.
You're the nurse's assistant who was in our wards.
You're an ally of this woman?
Komagome Central Station, Life Safety Division Crime Prevention Clerk...
...Mizusawa Sakura.
Sakura-san.
The police...
Director Wakui.
Two years ago, Sugisaki Tetsuji-san was brought to your hospital...
...by ambulance as a traffic accident patient.
At his surgery were Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Tokuyama.
At least, that was what was written in the medical records...
I heard all about it from Kana-san.
On that day, I was on night training...
Director, leave the rest to us.
We have to keep this a secret.
What do you mean?
I'll tell you the details later.
Why the Director had left the operating room...
...and why they had said what they did were things I didn't understand at the time.
But, the next day...
Excuse me, a man named Sugisaki Tetsuji was brought here, right?
He's a pilot for Oriental International Airlines.
No, he's passed away...
We're searching for his relatives.
It can't be...
You're joking, right?
Tokuyama-sensei!
Yes?
Um... about Sugisaki-san's operation...
You went in for the Director, didn't you?
What are you saying?
Don't go saying unnecessary things!
There was some secret about that operation.
I couldn't help but think that.
Kana-san just couldn't keep silent about it.
She confided to Shiori-san that something might have happened during the surgery...
...and so you went to report it at the Otsukahigashi station, didn't you?
The police wouldn't investigate it.
On the contrary, it was them who leaked to the hospital that the two of you had gone there.
Director, during Kana-san's training, you had committed a serious mistake...
...and so you reported her to the nurse's school and they forced her into dropping out, didn't they?
In addition, you used your hand to make sure she wasn't accepted at any other nurse's schools, either.
Yet even so...
Kana-san, for my sake...
Kana-san, I'm sorry that it has turned out this way.
I won't give up.
Eh?
Let's clarify the truth about what happened at Wakui General Hospital by all means.
Because...
...that's the only thing we can do for the late Sugisaki-san.
Kana-san...
And then the two of them wanted Tokuyama-san, who was present at the operation....
...to tell them the truth.
Tokuyama-sense!
Please.
Please tell us the truth, Sensei.
Please.
This is my contact information. Please.
Please!
Tokuyama-sensei!
Hello?
This is Tokuyama.
I will be speaking to Director Wakui tomorrow.
After that, I will tell you the truth.
Will you have time?
Yes.
The Director is the lowest.
He doesn't regret anything.
I'm sorry for keeping silent about it until now.
The truth is...
Sensei?
Ah!
Toruyama-sensei!
Toruyama-sensei suddenly died.
I was certain the Director had contrived it.
But if I went to the police with it, they would just hush it up again.
After that, there was only Hasegawa-sensei.
She approached him under the guise of looking for marriage in order to get close to him.
Since I had heard from Kana-san that Hasegawa-san was a womanizer.
Kana-san became a staff member at the Konkatsu Planning Company...
...while I schemed to bump into Hasegawa-san.
I'm sorry!
Sorry. Are you okay?
I'm sorry!
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Are you single?
Yes, that's right.
What's your name?
The Director will follow whatever I tell him.
Ala, why?
Well, he's indebted to me for a lot of things.
I thought if I could wring the Director's weakness out of him...
...then I could threaten the Director with it...
...and find out about Sugisaki-san's operation.
But he wouldn't readily talk about the core subject...
On the day of the party, Hasegawa-sensei had threatened the Director.
And so that's why you put acetaminophen into his drink, isn't it, Director?
Right after that, Hasegawa-sensei went to the party venue...
...where he had a spasm and died.
And after that, Kana-san was attacked as well...
It was all so the Director could shut their mouths, wasn't it?
Don't go joking around.
And the thing is, what's that about "shutting their mouths"?
It's people who talk like that who are nothing but trouble.
Currently you have a paper out that has been nominated for a prize in medicine.
One from September 18, two years ago.
It's about the first successful operation of its kind here in Japan.
Wakui Ren's Endoscopic
Artificial Spinal Fusion replacement surgery
This is the same operation as the Sugisaki-san case who had been brought in two weeks before, isn't it?
Nurse Okamura told me about this.
That it was extremely difficult for this operation to be successful.
At the time, a rumor appeared that as your skills weren't very sharp...
...you needed to gain experience by performing the same surgery.
Sugisaki-san's operation was your trial run at it, wasn't it?
And it failed.
In order to hide your medical mistake...
...you tampered with the medical chart so that Hasegawa-sensei and Tokuyama-sensei performed the operation.
What evidence do you have...
The best evidence is that those people involved with the operation disappeared one after another.
With only that for evidence, I wouldn't have a reason to make them disappear.
No, it was you.
I listened to the voice of Tomita Kenichi-san.
It was the day of the meat tofu.
Meat tofu?
Meat tofu
You were struck that night in front of the pharmacy by someone coming from the shadows?
I investigated into the pharmacy for that evening...
...and found one bottle of acetaminophen had gone missing.
You had taken it out in order to kill Hasegawa-sensei, hadn't you?
Tomita-san had fallen and discovered the bottle of medicine.
Foolishness. That that senile old man would remember that...
Right. Human memory isn't such a simple a thing.
If you listen seriously to the other person's heart...
...you can hear the words of truth coming from the depths of their hearts.
Can such ambiguous testimony become evidence?!
I didn't murder anyone!
That's the first time you've said "I."
It is a characteristic of people who are lying to suddenly switch to the first person.
The beanbag that Tomita-san treasures.
That evening, when Tomita-san fell, you picked up this beanbag, didn't you?
We've taken a fingerprint from this beanbag.
So what about it? Anyone could have touched that beanbag.
No. Tomita-san makes certain that absolutely no one touches this beanbag.
It's a keepsake of his dead wife.
If anyone else so much as reaches out to it a little, it provokes him into anger.
Neither the nurses nor doctors have touched it. It's a famous story around the hospital.
Even though you're the Director there, you didn't know about that?
Other than Tomita-san and his wife's fingerprints, there is a person's fingerprint on this beanbag.
It's from the perpetrator who took the acetaminophen from the pharmacy that night...
...and who murdered Hasegawa-sensei.
The analysis on it has finished.
It was your fingerprint that was detected, Director.
False words and true words...
This ear can clearly discern between them!
Oi!
First off, all of you will disappear.
Wait right there!
Wait!
Over here.
Kaede!
Oneechan.
Huh? "Oneechan?"
So cool!
Don't space out, Endo!
Ah, yes!
You guys... Do you understand how much I'm worth?
I have the power to save millions of lives! It's my mission!
If it's for that sake, it's insignificant if just one patient loses their life!
Just what do you think human life is?!
Ah...
Well done!
I clearly heard out this case.
Director Wakui. For the self-satisfaction of having a technique named after you...
...you handled a precious life and then threw it away.
You tried to obliterate the cries of love from those who loved him...
...by telling a bunch of lies.
I will never forgive you for that.
Take care of the rest, okay?
Huh?
Shiori-san, let's go. This way.
Oi!
Kana-san.
Thank goodness you've returned to consciousness.
It's all over.
Eh?
Sakura-san revealed the truth.
She said all we were trying to say.
Kana-san...
Thank you.
This is because you were there...
Oh...
Takeuchi.
That was a great feat after just starting here.
No...
Hey! We have an emergency meeting on another case!
Let's go!
Yes.
Yes!
Okay, let's go.
Darkness at Wakui General Hospital
Darkness
Director Wakui's "True Colors"
Incidents Discovered
Medical Care Incidents Discovered
Small Restaurant
Umekoma-tei
Thanks for your hard work. In order to cut down on medical errors at giant hospitals...
...it was worthwhile that I got to see New York for the first time.
New York?
Yeah.
I got to know her from the psychology classes she gave while I was in New York training for the MPD.
She was an excellent counselor and I thought that kind of talent was needed by the police in Japan.
So I recruited her.
Ehh... Didn't know that.
With that weird hairdo and dull glasses like some middle-aged woman...
It's true she doesn't need that wig and hairdo.
But... But Chief, you told me that to work undercover, I should erase all traces of my ordinary life.
You didn't just erase your ordinary life, but all traces of being a woman.
And all she gets is told she's tardy.
She can't help that. She's busy in the mornings.
What do you mean?
Endo-kun, Mizusawa's special missions are to be kept secret from your boss.
Yes.
Chief.
It's true things went well this time around.
And she might have a few things going for her. But...
Allowing an officer from the Crime Prevention Division to just do as she pleases...
...disturbs investigations being made by the Detective Division.
Thanks for waiting!
Ah! You're...
I recruited this girl along with Sakura.
Eh? Then could it be Kaede-san is a police officer, too?
Kamogome Central Station, under the supervision of the Chief.
Ohh... A co-worker, huh?
I'm honored!
Takeuchi-kun, I understand how you feel.
But this is an order from your Chief.
Cooperate with Mizusawa's investigations.
But when she screws up, I'll be unmerciful to her.
And you, too.
Do something about that habit of yours of not listening to people...
...and selfishly deciding on things, okay?
Ah, I have to say you're an obnoxious woman.
Disgusting man.
Unusual, isn't it? For Sakura to quarrel like that.
I didn't say anything terrible there...
They might unexpectedly get along together.
You're so picky. Picky, picky, picky.
Even so, that was strange, wasn't it?
How the MPD Superintendent General suddenly gave his OK to the investigation like that.
Even though Superintendent General Sakamoto isn't a man who gets in the middle of things like that.
Ah. Could it be he's an acquaintance of yours?
Eh? No way.
Do it more!
Yes!
Komagome FM!
Good morning, Komagome!
Good morning, Kokoro-san!
Now, today's lucky color is...
Ta-dah! Yellow!
This came in from Usamaru-san.
Eh?
"You read out my letter the other day. This is Usamaru."
"Following your advice, Kokoro-san..."
"I took the plunge and called my family and my daughter brought along my grandchildren."
You did it!
Look! You never know what you can do unless you try!
And from here on, it's these cheerful old people who will light up Japan!
Usamaru, you can do it!
Now, to continue with the letters.
Takeuchi Masato
Please! Let it be mine! Takeuchi!
Takeuchi Masato!
Shimofuri City's Yuki!
Ah! No!
"There's someone I like, but..."
Still...
"...how should I go about making him mutually fall in love with me?"
I won't lose.
Deliver my feelings to Kokoro-san!
Good morning!
Now everyone, do your best today...
...and get going!
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Tanaka Misato
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