What's this about?
Cancelling the term deposits of your own accord.
No consultation with me whatsoever.
Just what did you use it on?
A man?
You have another man, don't you?
Hey!
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Asagi Haruya, Noumi Miwa
Yesterday someone tried to hit on me in Shibuya, it was so tough.
Even though I said I had a boyfriend, they were so persistent.
- Hey, are you listening? - Huh?
Haruya-kun!
They've opened a pancake place at the station, won't you come with us?
I heard it's all you can eat to commemorate the opening.
We'll treat you.
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Sakamoto Aoi, Andou Mai, Kojima Momoko
We're going to lunch now though.
Haruya-kun, is that true?
No...
So come eat pancakes with us!
Haruya-kun won't go somewhere like that.
Why are you deciding for him?
Aren't you getting carried away because you're Miss Tougaku?
It's not like I wanted to be it.
And that's what's called getting carried away.
You're too over-familiar with Haruya-kun.
You're a nuisance.
Aren't you more of a nuisance?
Then, let's have Haruya-kun decide. Who he'll have lunch with.
Fine by me.
Haruya-kun!
Huh?
He escaped?
Just meeting those guys is tiring.
Ah, Haruya!
- Well see you. - Okay. See you.
Who was that?
Kobayashi, from the Sociology department.
We were together at drinking parties from the event circle a few times.
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Shinohara Toshiki, Kubodera Kazuomi
Recently, he's pretty well off.
He found a really profitable part time job.
It's probably a questionable job, right?
No, he's a messenger so it's not suspicious at all.
He just works delivering luggage.
Apparently, in just 30 minutes, he can get 10,000 yen.
10,000 in 30 minutes?! Seriously?
That's more than the daily wage of demolition work.
- I'm losing motivation... - Let's do it.
Ah! Speaking of, Haruya-kun, you went already?
Where?
Sometimes it's better if you look at the faculty bulletin board~
Because something bad might happen.
Something bad?
[Faculty of Economics]
[Calling Students Faculty of Economics 2nd Year Asagi Haruya Come to the laboratory. - International Economics Professor Miyazawa Kouhei]
[Faculty of Economics 2nd Year Asagi Haruya Come to the laboratory.]
[International Economics Professor Miyazawa Kouhei]
This...
Didn't you do pretty badly on the test before?
Miyazawa's lectures are compulsory so if you fail, you'll be held back a year.
Repeat?!
Double.
Haruya-kun will be my junior?
- Buy me some bread. - Ooh, immediately sending him on errands?
He's my junior.
I'll be back soon.
2 yakisoba breads, okay?
Shut up!
[International Economics Laboratory Professor Miyazawa Kouhei]
I know! I haven't prepared myself yet.
- Don't push him. Definitely don't push him. - I won't push him. I won't push him.
He said not to!
Cut the crap! I understand.
I'm listening to the reason.
You're full of excuses, huh.
I'm already fed up with you!
Professor of International Economics Miyazawa Kouhei
I'm hanging up.
You need something?
Faculty of Economics, 2nd year. Asagi Haruya. I saw the bulletin board.
So you're Asagi-kun. Come in.
Yes.
You have a perfect attendance rate, yet it's my first time meeting you.
You have good friends, I guess.
No, not really...
- You got an awful score on the earlier test too. - This is bad.
Caught, huh.
- Like this, there's no way I can award you the credits. - That's why I told you not to push him!
You'll need to repeat a year.
Repeat?
Please be prepared.
Um... Can't I take a makeup exam somehow?
I can't hold a makeup test just for you.
Students are taking the same lectures at other universities under the same conditions. Give up.
- Excuse me. - Excuse me~
Professor Miyazawa, even if you leave it alone, the dispute won't be resolved.
What are you kids doing?
Earlier, we happened to pass by your room.
We heard your voice yelling from within.
I, along with Asagi-kun, was worrying about what to do.
Huh?
You said "I'm already fed up"...
Is it trouble with someone relatively close?
- You kids aren't related to this at all! - Well, well, well... please calm down.
Actually, Asagi-kun here is doing detective work aside from studies.
He has a track record of resolving various troubles up 'til now. Right?
Eh? ...Sort of.
I think he'd definitely be able to lend you the power to resolve your worries, though~
Of course, he wouldn't charge you anything, Professor.
Just, if you allow him to take an extra exam,
He'll do anything just for that. Yes.
You'll do anything?
He'll act quickly.
It's embarrassing to bring up my family, but...
Well, take a seat.
Things aren't going well with my wife recently.
She often does things sneakily, hiding from me.
I understand. As promised, I'll ask about it.
Professor Miyazawa's Wife Miyazawa Takako
Yes.
Secretly making appointments with someone...
Without my knowing, the term deposits were cancelled.
Even when I ask what she used the money on, she gives no answer.
Perhaps, she has another man somewhere.
Do you have any ideas who?
My wife takes a ballroom dance class,
But it seems to be very packed.
The partner of her affair is there?
I heard before there was a teacher she was close with.
Young and handsome.
Youth Detective Haruya ~ I won't forgive adults' evils! ~
This is a free fansub by mottofreaky/ihsarafes.
So you're investigating an affair?
I don't want to investigate that sort of thing though.
What are you talking about, do you want to be held back?
- Yakisoba bread, huh? - Quit it!
Even if I repeat, I'm not running errands for you, okay?
A wife attending ballroom dance lessons, huh.
It really gives off a celeb air.
An affair with a handsome instructor?
Senior at Work Isobe Katsuo
Shall we dance?
That hurt!
Owner of "Alabama" Ishida Shizue
I see.
That sort of thing does happen.
What's that, Shizue-san? It looks like you know something.
That's a mature divorce. It happens a lot recently.
Mature divorce?
A couple that has been married for 20 years getting divorced is called a "mature divorce".
There are roughly 40,000 cases per year, you know.
40,000?!
Divorcing after 20 years of marriage feels like "Why now?"
It's precisely because it's now that they divorce!
After 20 years of marriage, their kids are independent and they don't have to be taken care of, right?
They're released from what they've been enduring for the sake of their children.
That's why they think to restart their own lives from that point on.
So it's about being able to have time for oneself?
Also, their pensions.
Penshon?
Part-time Worker Fuyumoto Kaoru
In 2007, a split pension system was created and if there's an agreement,
They can receive up to half of the welfare pension
corresponding to the amount paid in insurance premiums during the marriage.
In 2008, the 3rd split system was created,
And agreement between the couple was no longer needed.
I don't really understand...
Basically, even if they're divorced, they can receive a portion of their husband's pension.
Even if they're divorced, money won't be a worry.
Shizue-san, you're kind of knowledgeable about this.
I know a bit about divorce.
Did something happen in the past?
It's - a - secret.
How suspicious!
Meaning?
- Kaoru-chan, water! - Ah, yes!
- That, that. That's fine! - What?
Huh? Why are you here?
If someone that looked like you was here alone, it'd be suspicious, right?
So I came.
What about me is suspicious?
Look, she's out.
Hey, what?
Stingy.
My wife takes a ballroom dance class,
But it seems to be very packed.
This is it?
I can't really see very well.
Yeah.
As I thought, we don't have any choice but to go in, right?
By go in, you mean enroll?
No way.
It can't be helped. Just peeking from here, we can't understand anything.
Are you looking to join?
Aah, no...
Then, a tour?
- What? - Yes! We'd like a tour!
Is that so? Please, go in.
Ballroom Dance Instructor Kurata Kanyu
If you wish, you can take a trial lesson too.
Right. You're really good.
Yay!
Hey, Haruya-kun, look!
- Then continue doing that. - Okay~!
Ballroom dance is fun, isn't it!
That's nice.
Won't you participate in the next competition?
Eh?
That's impossible for someone like me!
It's alright. I assure you.
So the teacher she's close with is that man from earlier.
Wow, that's lovely!
- Well, I'll take my leave here. - Thank you very much.
- Take care. - I will.
Huh? They split up!
- Noumi-san, keep tailing the wife. - Huh?
- I'll go that way. - Alone?
I'm counting on you.
Wait... Haruya-kun!
Papa!
I'm sorry I'm late.
Picking up his child from daycare, huh.
Mama!
Bye bye!
- Hamburger! - Hamburger!
So he has no reason to cheat?
Miu-chan, sorry to make you wait!
Shh! You stand out too much, you're too loud!
- Welcome. - I'll have a melon soda.
Gosh~ Getting invited by Miu-chan feels like a dream, I got so excited.
It's like 'Excitement MAX'!
Don't misunderstand. I just called you for the investigation.
Eh? By investigation you mean... Haruya-kun's one earlier?
Yeah.
See, Professor Miyazawa's wife is sitting in the chair over there.
What the heck? So it's not a date?
There's no way I'd go on a date with you, you know?
Wait a second, can you not say it so plainly?
I'll get hurt.
Welcome!
- Hello. - Hello.
- Welcome. - I'll leave soon, it's okay.
I brought the promised money.
Giving pocket money, and clasping his hands!
That's totally an affair.
Here.
They met at a coffee shop?
I feel like it was an appointment.
The wife is guilty too, having a secret meeting with the partner of her affair.
But those two had the age difference of a parent and child.
I wonder if it's really the person she's cheating with?
Age difference is irrelevant in romance! As long as there's love.
Love?!
Isn't it that the person you like just happens to be young?
Shizue-san, you'd even go for someone younger?
Younger? Isn't that nice? They're cute!
- Geez... - It's spilling!
Isobe-san... Ew!
That there's no line with the ballroom dance teacher,
Means... This man is the most suspicious.
Haruya!
- What? - What do you think?
What do I think... about the professor's wife?
Stupid! I couldn't care less about a random old lady.
It's Shizu-chan, Shizu-chan.
Shizue-san?
Something must've happened, being well informed about divorce...
And she said age differences didn't matter in romance... Isn't that strange?
As I thought, something happened in Shizu-chan's past?
- That. - Hm?
Yellow handkerchief?
Isn't Shizue-san awaiting the return of a man she parted from, after all?
Returning from prison.
He must be an awkward guy. Shy and handsome.
Unlike a waffly old man.
Ah... ah...
Ignore them, Isobe-san.
Shizue-san told you it was nothing, right?
Yeah...
You guys, don't say unnecessary things!
Sorry, sorry.
We're leaving already. See you.
What, yellow handkerchief?
What's in a little thing like that?
Someone like me needs to be wrapped in a huge sheet.
Sheets Sheets... Andy Sheets.
He was a good foreign supporter, huh~
When he was fired, too.
Saying "I won't play for anyone other than Hanshin!" He made me cry.
Even as a scout, he was first class.
That Murton...
Shizu-chan... What did happen back then?
You don't want to have any connection with me, do you?
Here you go.
Thanks, amigo.
I recommend Sakura on that site.
Even on lonely nights, alone, this will distract you.
Oh...
What's a site?
This young man is who my wife's cheating with...
She met up with him on the way home from the ballroom dance lesson.
I think the contents of the envelope she handed him were probably cash.
You gotta be kidding me!
Asagi-kun... I have one more request for you.
What is it?
I want to confront my wife with this photo, and confirm her affair.
I want you to attend too.
Do you mean, be a witness?
What's this about?
I thought you had seemed strange lately.
Have you been trying to avoid me getting suspicious about your friendship?
Doling out an allowance to a young guy like this.
Are you not ashamed of yourself?
How about you say something!
You're mistaken.
I am? There's even a photo like this.
You can still say something like that?
I'm not having an affair!
Then what is this guy?
The man whose hands you held!
That...
I think it's better if you tell him everything.
Since Professor Miyazawa is questioning you like this and he's prepared himself.
Who's the person in the photo?
A person from a law office.
A lawyer?
About two weeks ago, a lawyer contacted me.
Shota's a molester?
Your son is currently being contained in the south Shinjuku station.
The victims say it is what it is and don't want to turn it into a big matter.
They say if you pay the settlement fee right now, they will withdraw the damage report.
No way...
There is not a moment to spare.
If the damage report is accepted, he'll be prosecuted,
It won't only be your son, but the influence of the parents.
Molestation targets nonresisting women, it's a despicable crime.
What should I do?
Please prepare one million yen in cash by this evening.
One of our people will pick up the money, so please go to the specified location.
After that he claimed additional money about two more times.
So that photo, too?
I brought the promised money.
With this...
Please somehow resolve it amicably.
There was no choice but go pay the money, to avoid it going public!
What did Shota say?
You haven't contacted him...
You didn't get confirmation from your son?
He won't come back home at all,
And no matter how many times I call, it doesn't go through.
Why didn't you tell me immediately?
This isn't a problem you can solve alone, is it?
I didn't want to burden you!
Especially since there was talk of you becoming the next dean.
I thought it'd be bad if Shota's issue went public.
It's because I didn't want him to hinder your career.
That idiot! All he ever does is cause trouble for the family!
Truly hopeless!
Have things like this happened before?
Yes...
Things between my husband and my son don't go very well.
I remarried, you see.
My son Shota is from my past marriage.
When I got together with my husband, Shota was still in middle school.
He was going through puberty,
I don't think he could accept a new father.
And through that,
He started hanging out with some bad friends.
We tried to do something about it, and my husband tried to persuade Shota but...
Wait! Where do you think you're going at a time like this?
Professor Miyazawa's Son Miyazawa Shota
Where I go is up to me!
It isn't!
Listen to what your parents are saying.
Stop hanging around a bad crowd!
Don't go acting like a father!
When we aren't even related by blood.
You aren't my father!
It only made their relationship even worse.
And now he won't even show himself around here.
I wanted things to go well somehow, and
I tried to talk to him too, but...
Your father's worried about you!
You know that, right?
Who cares about that!
More importantly, give me money.
This is... the last time.
Ah, wait...
All he did was mooch pocket money off me.
I couldn't have a decent talk with him at all.
This time too, about Shota causing another problem,
If he heard about it, the disintegrating parent/child relationship would be completely nothing.
Where is Shota-san now?
- Are you Miyazawa Shota-san? - Huh?
I didn't molest anyone.
As if I would.
And I didn't bother any woman.
But the victim's lawyer called your mother.
- About the settlement fees. - Like I know.
I didn't do what I didn't do.
Wasn't it my dad? That damn old man!
Oh! What's up, Shota?
This guy's picking a fight with me for no reason.
Saying I was caught as a molester.
What, you molested someone?
I didn't.
No no... This guy said he did.
So basically...
This idiot picking a fight is a trouble for me.
So I think I'll have you pay a disturbance fee.
Yeah, that's certainly a bother.
You know, 2 weeks ago, I wasn't in Tokyo.
I was with these guys in Nagoya for a club event.
I'll kill you for saying random things, you bastard!
Hey.
Let's hurry up and get him.
What?!
What the heck?
Hey... Shota, leave it.
Okay?
What?
It's fine. Just leave it.
What are you saying? I haven't gotten my disturbance fee yet.
It's fine. Who cares about something like that? Hey, you too. Let's go. Okay?
- Hey! What's with you suddenly? - That guy's dangerous.
- That guy is? - You idiot! Don't look!
That guy's super dangerous. He was a famous thug in his hometown.
I didn't know he was in Tokyo.
Hey, let's go!
He didn't molest anyone?
That's what he said himself. And two weeks ago, he wasn't in Tokyo.
He has an alibi, too?
Someone lied on the phone, and cheated the money from her.
Could that be...?
Identity fraud?
That's what it's about.
Do people get tricked by that these days?
They said the police caught him,
And since she couldn't get through to his mobile, she believed them.
The relationship between parent and child was gone, even worse since losing all contact.
No matter how bad a child is, a parent is a parent.
No matter how much time has gone by, they're worried.
Nevertheless, whether it's an identity fraud, or a fictitious claim fraud,
Crimes of this sort move from one to the next.
Often people handing out tissues by the station or something,
If you access the dating site advertised on it,
The next day it says "Please pay a fee of 50,000 yen."
Can't they just let that go? Are there really people who pay that?
Ah, you surprised me!
What is it?
Wait... Hey, are you okay, Isobe-san?
Are you okay?
I'm feeling a bit dizzy.
You're pale.
I'm fine.
Don't mind me.
[Thank you for your use. Please transfer the usage fee of 50,000 yen today. In the event you do not pay, you may be subject to legal proceedings.]
Transferred... Ah...
I met your son and heard what he had to say.
Your son didn't molest anyone, and wasn't taken in by the police.
Is Shota safe?
Yes.
Your son is innocent, and he has an alibi.
I'm so glad...
This is without a doubt, impersonation fraud.
You were deceived.
Huh? ... Deceived?
Making use of the doting feelings parents have,
Taking advantage of parents estranged from their children. It's a despicable crime.
What should I do?
Since then, have you heard anything from their side?
Ah.
This morning...
They told me to pay again.
An additional 500,000.
They said if I didn't pay, they'd contact my husband's office.
I have an idea.
Will you cooperate?
- Hello. - Hello.
- Welcome. - Ah, I'll leave in a second.
- I brought the money. - Yes.
Certainly.
Then, I'll take my leave.
Okay.
Ah... Please take care of it.
Huh?
- Well see you. - Okay.
- What's wrong? - Well, see you.
That's Kazuomi's friend...
Haruya-kun, Haruya-kun! It's Kobayashi.
That guy's profitable job might be...
- Do you know his phone number? - Yeah.
Kazuomi's Friend Kobayashi Masakatsu
I don't know anything about fraud!
Don't lie.
The envelope you received has the money conned by the victim.
Cash?
This has cash in it?
You really don't know anything?
Yeah.
I thought it was just a messenger job.
- Who's the employer? - I don't know! I've never met them.
'Never met them'...
How did you start that job?
I was referred to it by a guy I happened to meet at a club.
Since the time and place that the mail would come was specified,
I was told to receive the packages accordingly.
- You aren't lying, are you? - It's the truth!
Work correspondence is always done by text, and my rate's always given by bank transfer.
I've never met my employer at all!
You know, without knowing, you're the receptor of the fraud group.
No way...
Absolutely an accomplice.
Arrested.
There's no doubt.
That'd be troublesome!
What should I do...
If you want to be saved, do as I say.
I got it. I'll do anything.
The package you received. What are you going to do with it now?
Oh, someone'll be waiting at the game centre by the south exit of the station.
I hand it to that person.
Okay, hand it to that person as usual.
We'll follow them and find the hideout of the fraud group.
A group of men posing as lawyers, cheating cash out of people have been arrested.
According to the police,
An unemployed man of Shinjuku, Sato Kenichi along with his companions,
"Your son has molested someone and is being held by the police."
If you pay the settlement fee immediately, he can be released."
Deceiving a large amount of cash from victims.
They caught the criminal!
Kobayashi had a terrible part time job too.
That's true. Being a messenger is the same, as being a receptor.
That person wasn't arrested?
The receptor of a fraud like this could be arrested too, right?
Haruya-kun's idea was to have Kobayashi report the criminals' hideout.
Saying he was hired for a messenger job, but something seemed strange.
As expected of Haruya-kun, you saved Kobayashi-kun too.
Well anyway, that's one case closed.
Suspicions of the wife having an affair were cleared,
And the impersonation fraudsters they were deceived by were arrested. Right, Haruya-kun?
One case is not closed.
What?
There's still something unresolved.
The ones committing identity fraud and deceiving your wife were arrested.
Being caught in a scheme like one to lure children...
How pathetic.
I'm so ashamed of being a victim, I can't tell anyone.
I'd end up being blamed too.
Having a stupid son always wandering around,
And a stupid wife who gets deceived by impersonation fraud.
A stupid professor.
Professor, your wife said she remarried, yes?
Yes, what of it?
The whole time, your wife has been thinking
She doesn't want her son from a previous marriage to be a nuisance to you, professor.
She wanted to somehow repair the broken family bonds.
That's why she didn't discuss it, even with you,
And shouldered it all herself.
Getting caught up in an impersonation fraud,
That was also her wanting to protect both you and her son.
That your wife was deceived by an impersonation fraud,
Aren't you also a cause of it?
I'm the cause?
That's absurd!
I've given more than adequate lives for my wife and my son.
'Given'...
A house in a prime location of Tokyo, a car,
Having my son attend private middle, high and tertiary schools.
Allowing my wife to pursue her hobby of ballroom dance.
I don't think you'd find any husband as tolerant. What are you saying?
You don't understand anything, do you?
That's not what it's about!
The reason your wife is dedicated to ballroom dance is...
To fill the gap in her heart left by you, not looking back at the family.
What?
You can only think about yourself.
About your wife, and about your son. You're not thinking about any of it.
Isn't family about helping each other?
Aren't a family's ties about caring for each other?
And your son straying from the right path...
Isn't that because you didn't accept him properly?
There are more important things than only caring about respectability.
Ah, onii-chan? It's Fuuka.
Haruya's Younger Sister Asagi Fuuka
Oh, what's up?
Next I'm going to be taking ballet lessons.
Ballet lessons?
Yeah, classical ballet.
Isn't that a lot of lessons?
Is it?
There's piano, right? English conversation,
Calligraphy, oil painting,
And also ballet. There are 5.
Isn't it tough doing that much?
No, not at all. Dad said if there's something I want to do in the slightest, to do it.
He says it'll open up more possibilities.
He didn't say that to me, though.
Huh? What is it?
It's nothing.
I'll send you a photo of my ballet lesson.
Got it. I'll be looking forward to it.
See you~
Okay.
Family, huh?
I'll definitely make both of you happy.
Yes.
Shota-kun, please allow me to be your father.
Okay.
- Dad, hurry! - Look, it's flashing.
- Hurry, hurry! - It's fine!
Okay, butter! Hey.
Butter!
- He tried to pick up a girl, but he got ignored! - Don't tell them!
You're so lame.
Shota.
Shota. I have something to tell you.
I don't have anything to say to you.
Please, just a moment is enough, won't you please listen to me?
Get over there, old man.
Shota.
Please let me talk to him.
Shut up!
Shota!
Hey, it's okay if we get him, right?
It's okay, isn't it?
I think so.
Yeah. Okay.
Professor, we'll take over these guys.
You guys...
Please have a good talk with your son.
You guys again?
Hey, this is bad!
You're that freaked out?
Let's get him.
I hate people like you the most.
Idiots like you, acting all bad though you're only small fry.
They really look dumb, huh.
What's that, you bastard!
Dammit!
Haruya!
Shota, please listen.
Not facing you properly up until now was my fault.
I know I was wrong.
I couldn't understand your feelings in rebelling, thinking I was providing you with a life without discomfort.
As a parent, I'm the lowest.
I didn't think about your feelings at all.
I was the one in the wrong.
What are you saying after all this time?
You don't know what to do with a delinquent like me.
For you, only caring about respectability,
You can't stand having a relative as crappy as me!
Right?
Shota...
Don't put on a good face!
Just honestly cut the ties between us!
I won't cut them!
Whatever others say isn't related.
You are...
... my son.
Don't go acting like a father!
We aren't even related by blood, aren't you just a stranger?!
I am your father.
That's why I'll slap you.
Quit hanging out with bad guys!
Don't worry your mother!
Live a decent life!
If there's something troubling you, you can tell me anything.
I am...
... your father.
Shota-kun, please allow me to be your father.
Okay.
It hurts.
It hurts, dad.
Shota.
Let's go... back home.
Yeah.
That's good. The professor and his son were able to reconcile.
I heard the wife was pleased too.
'Adversity builds character'
It's really true.
Precisely because they've overcome these difficulties, the family's ties will become stronger.
Welcome.
What, it's Isobe-san?
What do you mean what?
- One hot cocoa. - Okay.
Okay.
I'm beat.
So you were working.
Yeah. Since two days ago until just now, nonstop.
- What? That much? - More than a full day?
There was a soft of costly expense, I had to earn enough.
Aren't you catching a cold from overdoing it?
Isobe-san, your snot's coming out. Here, take it.
Thank you, Shizu-chan. Ah!
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
By the way, where's Haruya?
Taking a makeup exam now.
5 minutes left!
Ah, I don't get it!