Mizusawa Sakura.
In the corner of a police station...
...she continually listens, day and night, for the complaints by residents about fugitives from justice.
But this woman understands what are lies and what are truths regardless of age or gender in those streets.
Yes, her ears...
Heiwa Fansubs Presents
...will never miss the truth.
~The Woman Who Hears Incidents~
Komagome FM!
Good morning, Komagome!
Good morning, Kokoro-san!
Episode 4: The Mystery of Masato's Parents Murder? Infiltration of an Onsen Hotel!
It's been cold in the mornings and evenings, but none of you have caught a cold, right?
Today's lucky color is... Ta-dah!
Green!
Ah! Geez!
Shh! Shh! We can't hear her, can we?!
Going at once to today's letter...
...we have the Komagome-born, Yukarin!
"I'm close to Tokyo right now."
"I work as a parlor-maid at the Kurusawa Onsen Hotel."
"Last Saturday, I was put in charge of a woman visitor..."
"...who had come to the the onsen/Inn after an interval of 22 years"
"She had left her key behind and then exited the room."
"She was someone like Urashima Taro, locking themselves out many times."
I can understand. I got stuck in the hallway in the buff, too.
Hot springs feel great, don't they?
Shh!
Senpai, you've done that before, too, haven't you?
Hmm! Yukarin, onsens are so nice!
Kurusawa Onsen Hotel
Yukarin
I want to go, too! But...
...I can't go anytime soon.
Today's lucky item is...
Bathhouse!!
Oh! All right!
All right! All right!
Ah, feels good.
A little lower, please...
Oh... Ah, feels good.
Senpai, we have a case!
Huh?
From what the coroner tells us...
...he was killed between 2 am and 6 am.
Because of the small amount of bloodstains, he was murdered at some other place...
...and then abandoned here.
No personal effects, either?
Thanks for your hard work.
We're running late.
Kanamori-san...
You know him?
Working with the Detective Division at the North Shinagawa Police Station until last year...
...this was Kanamori Yukio-san.
What?!
North Shinagawa Police Station - Former Policeman Kanamori Yukio
Police HQ Komagome Central Police Station
Good morning!
Kaoru-san, did I make it in time today?
Such a thing doesn't matter. We've got trouble!
A former police Detective was murdered!
Eh?!
It's this man. This man.
Kanamori Yukio-san.
He retired last year...
...and went back to his hometown in Iwate...
...but it's said he would go to Tokyo to give lectures.
Scary, isn't it...
Kanamori-san was asked to speak at this event...
Speaker: Kanamori Yukio-san
"Life Restart!"
Day/Time: October 25, 2014
Two days ago, huh...
What did Kanamori-san do after the lecture?
He ate with his staff...
Criminal Rehabilitation Support - NPO Representative Koike Satoshi
..and after that he went to stay at the Kurusawa Onsen Hotel...
...and from there he'd be close to Tokyo, wouldn't he?
So then the day after that, he was going to run errands here and there...
What "errands"?
He said he was going to meet Hashiguchi-kun.
Hashiguchi-kun?
Hashiguchi Koichi.
A thief Kanamori-san had previously arrested...
...and who was released from prison two months ago.
It seems Hashiguchi told him he wanted some guidance about his future...
"Convenience Store Robbery"
...and Kanamori-san was always trying to care for those from his hometown.
Suspect Hashiguchi Koichi
Takeuchi-kun.
It seems the victim was an alumni of the police?
If there's anything I can do, then...
It has nothing to do with you!
Eh?
The guy who killed Kanamori-san...
I absolutely won't forgive him!
I will make sure...
...to arrest them.
Mizusawa.
I'll tell you this, but...
The man who was murdered, Kanamori-san, was someone special to Takeuchi-kun.
Did you know that Takeuchi-kun's Father was a police Detective?
No.
Lieutenant Takeuchi Hideto.
22 years ago...
...he himself was killed by the criminal he had arrested.
Eh?!
Kanamori-san was a subordinate of Takeuchi-san's Father.
Just a minute please.
What do you mean when you say Takeuchi-kun's Father...
...was murdered?
In those days, Takeuchi Hideto-san's jurisdiction was in the Juvenile Division...
23 Years Ago - 1991
Wait!
Don't resist, Ooki!
Ooki Naoya was having behavioral problems which had been triggered by his parent's divorce.
Repeatedly hospitalized then sent back to reform school...
What are you doing?!
Stop!
Masato's Father - Detective Takeuchi Hideto
Ooki Naoya! You're under arrest for larceny.
As he was 18 years old at the time, he received a prison sentence of two years for theft.
He had a girlfriend who was pregnant...
...but after the shock of Ooki's arrest, she suffered a miscarriage.
He also lost his lover as a result.
It can't be... So then he bore a grudge against Takeuchi-kun's Father?
One year afterwards he received parole and one week after that...
...he broke into the Takeuchi home.
Takeuchi-san and his wife, who also happened to be present, were killed.
Where was... Takeuchi-kun then?
On a school camping trip, so out of the house...
He was still just eleven years old.
Hashiguchi
I haven't seen him since yesterday.
Did this man happen to visit him?
I don't know.
Sobue Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Excuse me.
Where is President Sobue?
President.
Huh?
Sobue Metal Industry Co. - President Sobue Raku
Masato-kun!
Kanamori-san has been murdered?!
Wh... why?
I don't know.
But...
A person Kanamori-san had arrested...
...was released from prison the other day and then disappeared.
Then...
It's the same as 22 years ago?
At that time, I was introduced to Ooki by your Father...
...and I believed he was willing to be rehabilitated.
Ooki-kun, work hard for us.
Since I have high hopes for you.
Everyone, work with him.
Ooki Naoya
Nice to meet you.
It just couldn't be...
...that Ooki would try and get his revenge on your Father...
Oi, Ooki... Okay?
Ah... Wait, Ooki!
I told Kanamori-san about it right away, but...
...it wasn't in time...
I am truly very sorry for you.
Dad! Mom!
Takeuchi
Hideto, Mayu
Masato
Takeuchi Masato (11 years old)
Please let me go.
The Special Investigation HQ has already been set up for the murder of an incumbent Detective.
But the one who knows Ooki best is me!
Please. Please let me the one who takes down Takeuchi-senpai's enemy!
Please!
Kanamori-san tracked down Ooki with all he had.
But...
Masato-kun...
I wasn't able to arrest the criminal.
I'm sorry!
It was at that time that I decided in my heart to become a Detective.
A Detective like my Father and Kanamori-san.
It is precisely because he was able to get through such a painful experience...
...that Takeuchi-kun has a sense of justice that is second to none.
It was in anticipation of that strength that I invited him to our station.
Chief...
So that he doesn't have to carry this all alone...
...I want you to support him.
Yes.
We've been asking around with Hashiguchi's friends and those who have a feel for the area.
But we haven't been able to find his whereabouts yet.
We'll have to expand the scope of our inquiries...
...and be sure to find him.
As for Kanamori-san...
It's been confirmed that he stayed overnight at the Kurusawa Onsen's Tamagawa Hall...
...and that he didn't seem to be in any particularly unusual state.
He checked out the next morning at 9 am.
After that, in order to meet Hashiguchi...
...he returned to Tokyo and was murdered.
Let's continue to look for Hashiguchi in full force!
Yes!
Infiltrate the Inn?
Yes.
Is there something that's bothering you about it?
"I was put in charge of a woman visitor..."
"...who had come to the the onsen/Inn after an interval of 22 years"
Kurusawa Onsen Hotel
Yukarin
Kanamori-san was in charge of the case involving Takeuchi-kun's Father 22 years ago as well.
On the same day Kanamori-san stayed at that Inn, this woman customer was there as well.
Just possibly, this woman customer and Kanamori-san...
...may have some sort of connection.
For Takeuchi-kun's sake, as well...
...and to ascertain the possibility of it...
...I want to investigate everything.
All right. I will permit the infiltration.
Thank you very much.
Kurusawa Onsen Village
Tamagawa Hall
Minagawa Yukari
Excuse me...
Yukari-san, could it be...
...that you're from Komagome?
Eh?
That's right. How would you know?
Your radio name is Yukarin?
Kurusawa Onsen Inn/Tamagawa Hall - Parlor-maid Minagawa Yukari
No way?! Did you hear about me on "Koma Cafe"?
By the way, you're from Komagome too, Mizusawa-san?
Ah, yes.
All right! A local! Let's get along!
Yes! Um...
You said on Koma Cafe you had a woman customer come in to the onsen/Inn after an interval of 22 years...
...but what sort of person was she?
She was...
Well then, please contact the front desk if you should need anything.
Thank you very much!
...a very polite person.
She was by herself?
Yeah, it was just her alone.
Maybe she was meeting someone at the Inn...
No, I didn't get that sort of feeling from her. Yeah.
Ah, that's right.
This is what that customer forgot.
I phoned her over and over, but I couldn't reach her.
Ooki Yoshie
Ooki...
Ooki Naoya was having behavioral problems which had been triggered by his parent's divorce.
Takeuchi-san and his wife, who also happened to be present, were killed.
Ooki Yoshie
Mizusawa.
What did you want to talk about?
Ooki Yoshie is...
...the Mother of the criminal who murdered my parents.
That she was at the same Inn as Kanamori-san...
I'm going to see Ooki Yoshie.
Ooki Yoshie-san is...
She never came to apologize to me, not even once.
Don't worry.
It's just for the sake of the investigation.
You are Ooki Yoshie-san, aren't you?
Ooki Naoya's Mother Ooki Yoshie
Yes.
You know this man, don't you?
Yes.
It's Kanamori Yukio-san.
He was in charge of the investigation into the incident my son caused.
Did you know that Kanamori-san has been murdered?
Yes.
I found out from the news.
Ooki-san.
Last Saturday...
...you also stayed overnight at Tamagawa Hall, didn't you?
And there you met Kanamori-san, didn't you?
Yes.
Did you call for him to go there?
No. I met Kanamori-san there by coincidence.
In the hallway...
He called out to me...
What did Kanamori-san say to you?
"It's been a long time"...
That was all?
Truth is...
...didn't you and Kanamori-san share in some activity the next day as well?
No...
No!
Ooki Yoshie is involved? What about the line involving Hashiguchi?
There's a possibility the two of them were complicit.
After Hashiguchi was released from prison...
...there was a time when he worked part-time at Ogaki Transportation in Ota-ku...
...where Ooki Yoshie was working as well.
With their bearing a grudge against Kanamori being the motive, the two of them conspired together...
...and may have murdered Kanamori-san.
I understand how you feel, but first we have to get Hashiguchi.
Devote yourself to finding Hashiguchi.
Here. Thanks for waiting.
Dear, hurry.
Yes, yes.
I'm starving, so Itadakimasu!
Itadakimasu!
Well?
It's great!
Right? When it's curry, I guess your Mom's version is the best.
Yeah!
Thank you.
Hey, you don't have to eat in such a rush.
It's just so good, right?
Kanamori-san checked out at 9:30 am.
Kanamori Yukio
Ooki Yoshie
While Ooki Yoshie checked out as well, five minutes later.
Um... Is this enough already?
Did you see Ooki Yoshie and Kanamori-san talking together?
No.
Then, did they call someone or exchange e-mail addresses?
Not with anybody, as far as I know.
Please call for the one who was in charge of Kanamori-san. And then...
...I'll want to talk with all the employees.
Yes.
Police HQ Komagome Central Police Station
Motojima-san, what's this new information you have?
A taverner overheard a call Hashiguchi made the day before the incident.
Huh?!
Be at ease; because I'll clear myself of a grudge.
He said he was clearing away a grudge, right?
Yeah.
We don't know who he was calling...
...but there's now a possibility Hashiguchi WAS colluding with someone else, isn't there?
You have a variety of gift certificates here, don't you?
Per the terms of service, they never expire.
It's been quite a while since some of these were put up for sale.
Ah... that customer.
Ooki-san also had a gift certificate.
Here it is.
This is a pretty old ticket.
Inn Gift Certificate
Ooki Yoshie-sama
Hurry and finish that up.
Yes.
Year Issued
1992...
22 years ago, he himself was killed by the criminal he had arrested.
It was issued 22 years ago?
Ooki
Inn Gift Certificate
Although this was the gift certificate you used...
...it was issued in 1992, wasn't it?
That was the year your son caused that incident and then killed himself, wasn't it?
I am very sorry!
Takeuchi Masato-san.
You are that Takeuchi-san's... son, aren't you?
I've known since quite a long time ago.
I'm truly...
I am truly very sorry!
I'm sorr...
I'll continue the questioning.
Where did you get this gift certificate from?
Um... It had been put into the accessory case.
I found it recently.
I think my son... had secretly...
...bought it for me.
When you found this certificate...
...how did you feel?
Didn't it revive your anger from 22 years before?
At that time you thought...
"Why did my son have to die? Why was he driven into that corner?"
And so you blamed Kanamori-san considerably.
That was...
When I was told of my son's death, I was upset in my head right afterwards.
Your memories of that time were revived...
...and so you called Kanamori-san to Tamagawa Hall, didn't you?
That's wrong! Didn't I tell you about that the other day?
My meeting Kanamori-san there was just a coincidence.
I can't believe that you would, by chance, be staying at the same Inn using a 22 year old gift certificate!
Isn't that just unnatural, however you think about it?
When you met Kanamori-san...
...your feelings of not being able to forgive him grew even more violent.
So the next morning...
...you followed after Kanamori-san when he returned to Tokyo...
No...
Kanamori-san had plans to meet with this man.
You know him, don't you? Hashiguchi Koichi.
I would only greet him...
Just like you...
...he bore a grudge against Kanamori-san and so he contacted you...
...and together you killed Kanamori-san, didn't you?
I...
Takeuchi-san...
I suspected and hated him.
That would only natural, wouldn't it?
We'll listen to you next at the police station.
Hey.. wait...
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry.
I guess I shouldn't have gone...
...to an onsen using a certificate my son had given me, should I?
Are you certain it was one...
...that your son had given you?
Here...
It's my son's handwriting.
To Mom
I'm sorry to Takeuchi-san for having found this...
...but I was delighted.
It felt like I was being touched by...
...my son from 22 years ago.
And so I went to the onsen.
And there you met Kanamori-san?
Kanamori-san was shocked as well.
"Why would you be at the same Inn?" he said...
Thank you very much.
I'm sorry for all the fuss.
To Takeuchi-san...
...I've wanted to take an opportunity to apologize to him.
All this time...
All this time I've felt I wanted to apologize to him.
But it seems he won't accept it...
Eh... Just a moment please.
Um...
Yoshie-san, you did offer to apologize to him?
I heard the factory President whose care Naoya had been under...
...was also close friends with Takeuchi-san's Father...
...so I asked him if I could apologize.
Detective Division
What's up? Have you found some clue as to Hashiguchi's whereabouts?
Ah... Well, not yet...
Chief. There was a person who sent Hashiguchi an e-mail two days ago.
When his pal from jail asked him how he was doing, he replied he was at one of his junior's place.
A person involved in this?
No.
Get it calculated as soon as possible and find out where he's hiding.
Yes.
Sobue Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
It's true.
There was an offer from his Mother to make an apology.
But... I put a stop to it at my discretion.
At that time, Masato-kun was at a sensitive period...
...and I didn't think he would accept an apology.
And that he would just be hurt unnecessarily.
Yes...
Good afternoon.
Ah, good afternoon.
Mizusawa-san...
...I think all teenage children...
...have a brilliant, uncut sparkling jewel in their hearts.
But it's as brittle as glass...
...and unless there's an adult to guide them, it can't become a strong jewel.
It would be best if you spoke to the police about it, Hashiguchi-san.
"Hashiguchi"... Could that be...
...Hashiguchi Koichi-san, by any chance?
I don't know...
But...
I don't know. I don't know anything!
Ohh...
Onee-chan, you're home?
Yeah...
That expression...
...means you've heard something again, haven't you?
Sakura, it's no good to be impatient.
When you take your time and listen closely to the voices of the people you meet...
...you can be sure that words of truth will be there, in them.
Yeah.
Now, let's begin our preparations.
Sure thing!
Yes?
Sorry about earlier.
I might have become emotional there...
But I...
...absolutely can't believe what that Mother was saying.
I think she did it.
Yoshie-san...
...did, many times...
...attempt to apologize to you.
Eh?!
But...
...Sobue-san stopped her, thinking it was for your sake.
And then at Sobue-san's place...
...I heard a voice that I feel anxious about.
Senpai, big news! Please come as soon as possible!
Sorry. I'll contact you again.
Chief, that close friend and junior of Hashiguchi's...
We found the person.
This guy.
This guy... The one at Sobue-san's place...
Aizawa Rikuto. He's a local and friend of Hashiguchi...
...and it seems Hashiguchi cares about him like he's a younger brother.
He's likely to be hiding out at Aizawa's home, isn't he?
Immediately arrest the guy.
Yes! Let's go.
Tamagawa Hall
The meals have been delivered, so let's eat.
Yes.
Whaa, looks delicious.
Kurusawa Onsen's specialty, Hikoroku Restaurant's 100% soba.
Ehh...
Itadakimasu.
It's delicious.
I want to go to that restaurant, too.
By the way, about that customer who died the other day...
...he said he wanted to go to Hikoroku Restaurant, too.
Eh?
Kurusawa Onsen Village
Hikoroku Restaurant
It's about this man...
Ah! If it's this man, he did come!
Really?
Yeah.
The other day, on Sunday...
...he talked a lot about the onsen and about his old boss.
He talked about how his old boss would stay overnight at Tamagawa Hall and eat the soba from here.
He said it was the highest quality.
Could it be, that "old boss"...
...was Takeuchi Hideto-san?
Yeah.
Did you know Takeuchi-san, too?
Yes.
Just a minute.
This photo...
When I showed this to that man the other day, he became very nostalgic.
Thanks for the feast. Takeuchi
Is that right.
Kurusawa Onsen
Inn Gift Certificates
Ah, Inn gift certificates.
Ooki-san also had a gift certificate.
Ah, that man also looked at that sign...
...and asked how long I had been selling them from my store.
Takeuchi-san would also often buy gift certificates from me long ago.
Eh?!
"I do it for the young guys," he said.
"When those little stinkers get into the onsen with their Fathers and Mothers..."
"...they become dutiful children," he said.
Thank you for the meal.
Father did?
It was your Father's wish...
...that those juveniles he had arrested would be rehabilitated.
So he would donate onsen gift certificates to them.
I believe the gift certificate that Yoshie-san had...
...was one your Father had given as a present to Ooki-kun.
Ooki-kun then gave it to his Mother...
...after accepting your Father's feelings that he "Be dutiful to your parents."
To Mom
He did not hold a grudge...
...against your Father.
Rather, he was grateful to him.
Then...
...why did Ooki do that to my parents...
I think Kanamori-san came to have the same question...
...when he found out gift certificates were being sold at that soba restaurant.
Then... It's the same as 22 years ago?
That Ooki would try to get revenge on your Father...
I told Kanamori-san about it right away, but...
...it wasn't in time...
It was Sobue-san?
Kanamori-san also knew that...
It seems a guy named Aizawa is at Sobue-san's place, along with Hashiguchi.
I could be Hashiguchi and Aizawa are...
Sobue Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Get out of there! Hey!
Let me go...
Ow...
What is this? Yer the worst, ya bastard!
Who is the worst?
Do it!
Let me go... Let me go!
Wait!
Let those two go, right now!
What's the matter, Masato-kun?
I was just... I was just discussing their future with them is all.
Save us!
He's gonna kill us!
The one who killed Kanamori-san, was that guy!
What are you saying?!
I heard from Aizawa that this guy was threatening him and forcing him to steal.
Be at ease; because I'll clear myself of a grudge.
I thought I'd have a talk with this guy, so I came here...
...but they had killed Kanamori-san!
I'd been hiding at Aizawa's all this time, but they found me...
Masato-kun...
Don't tell me you believe all that, right?
These kids, ever since they were little...
...grew up in complex home environments...
...and they tell lies with their every breath.
No...
I do believe them.
22 years ago...
...you also forced Ooki into committing crimes.
And then, you knew about Father and Mother being killed.
22 Years Ago - 1992
How about it?
If it's you, it should be easy, right?
I...
...won't steal anymore.
Everyone here...
...has to make money for me. That's the rule.
If you don't like it, both you and your family will have some terrible experiences.
Wait, Ooki!
Ooki, who relied on my Father...
...confided your evil doings to him.
Surprised, my Father called on you...
No, wait just a minute, Takeuchi-san.
Right now you're facing extortion and coercion into criminal activity.
I will be getting a warrant for your arrest.
Everything that Ooki told you was just nonsense.
He just gets a little upset about work the moment you ask him for any.
And so he makes up those lies in order to trouble me.
I believe him. I'll find out if I investigate it.
Well... No, wait...
It was then that my Mother came home...
Dear... Ah!
After that...
...you looked for Ooki.
Then you killed him and made it look like suicide!
You pinned all the crimes onto Ooki!
22 years ago...
...you succeeded in your cowardly escape.
But, when Yoshie-san and Kanamori-san reunited...
...Kanamori-san realized the truth of the onsen gift certificate...
...and so he came here, didn't he?
Ooki was grateful for Takeuchi-san's consideration in giving him a gift certificate.
That's why he presented it to his Mother.
He didn't bear a grudge against Takeuchi-san!
You were the one who phoned me and told me that Ooki...
...was going to kill Takeuchi-san, right? That was a lie!
Wasn't all of this contrived by you?!
Both Takeuchi Hideto-san and Kanamori-san...
...were earnestly facing juvenile boys and trying to rehabilitate them..
Because those earnest feelings got through to him, Ooki-kun was going to change.
You took their feelings...
...and their sincerity and trampled on it.
And, even now...
...you control these boys with violence and threats.
I will NEVER forgive that!
They can change?!
Listen!
I take in those not accepted by society!
For those abandoned by their families as nuisances, I give them a place to stay at.
If these guys tell you I make them steal...
Then you were fooled!
It's so they can live that I lead them, now isn't it?
So is there anything wrong about that?!
Are those your true feelings?
False words and true words...
This ear can clearly discern between them!
Do it!
Sobue!
Stop, Takeuchi-kun!
Masato!
Masato is...
...always a man who does what is right and just.
That's true, isn't it?
That was your Father and Mother's...
...sincere hope when they named you Masato, isn't it?
("Masato" - lit. "man of justice)
Well done.
Thanks for the feast. Takeuchi
Yes! Thanks for waiting!
Your Father's favorite. Our 100% soba.
It's delicious.
It is delicious.
Itadakimasu.
It's good.
Ahh... you went a round without me.
I'm so lonely...
I'll be calling on you again before long so make sure you keep properly trained till then.
Yees!
Um, it's good!
It's good!
It's great having a man who eats well.
I guess it was good I called for you to the Komagome Central Station.
Eh?! You were the one who called for me?
Why?
Ask Mizusawa about the rest later.
Eh? Wait, Chief!
Oi, what was the reason I was called?
Huh? Dunno.
"Dunno"?!
"Dunno"? You're supposed to tell me why...
Ah, there, look...
That mackerel boiled in miso is delicious.
(Saba - sounds like "Saa" - "Dunno")
Mackerel?
It'll make you smarter.
Then I'll have some... no, not that!
It's best if you eat some...
I'm talking about the Chief here...
Looks like you're at a standoff again today.
Not that.
What are you talking about?
The story the Chief was saying about me...
Then, let's go with our final postcard.
Takeuchi Masato
Takeuchi Masato-kun.
Oh...
Oh!
I did it! I did it!
"Kokoro-san, I became a little more of an adult the other day."
"From the obstacle I had been holding in my chest for many years..."
"...it seems I was able to take a single step forward and away from it."
Isn't that great?!
In an era when many kids are only big in their bodies...
...being a cool adult gets a warm welcome!
I've decided with a whack do be one, too!
So let's go all out again today...
...and get going!
Case Number 5
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Management of a long-time Japanese sweets shop...
develops into an incident?!
Matsubara Chieko
Episode 5 Guest Star
And the new murder is
In order to investigate the truth of the case
Infiltration Start!!
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