I'm back.
Welcome back!
Who ate the cup noodles without permission?
Those were the last cup noodles!
Was it you? Ryo.
It wasn't me.
Hina, was it you?
You ate it?
You!
Hey, Haruya.
Next time, I think I'll invite Shizu-chan on a trip.
What? A trip?
Okinawa. Three days, two nights.
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Asagi Haruya
Okinawa?
But Isobe-san, you haven't even gone on a date with her.
Senior at Work Isobe Katsuo
I thought I'd just skip over those little details.
They're not 'little details'.
Recently I feel like I'm running out of baseball connections.
From now on, as a home run artist like Tabuchi,
I'll aim for it in one shot.
He turned around a losing game in one shot.
- That's dangerous! - Isobe hit it!
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Year Shinohara Toshiki
The ball rising at 45° drew a lovely parabola,
And is getting sucked into the left stands.
Nice, Mr Tigers!
You get me.
Baseball doesn't matter though.
Hey, don't go slacking off!
Oh, foreman!
Won't you come for a drink tonight?
I found a good bar by the office.
Let's have a meeting.
I won't go drinking with you.
- There you go again! Even though you like me! - Hey, wait...
You're getting a bit of a beard! I'l shave you!
He's trying to get a free drink again.
He really is desperate.
I'm hungry.
What shall we eat?
Bean sprouts.
Again?
It's always bean sprouts lately, you know!
We don't have any choice.
We have to start saving up for next year's tuition now.
Bean sprouts, bean sprouts, bean sprouts...
Isn't that bean sprouts every day?
If this goes on, I'll turn into Bean Sprout Man!
The pork limited time sale will now begin!
Pork!
Toshiki, don't succumb to the temptation!
If you eat it once, you'll be addicted.
- You won't be able to return to the bean sprout life! - Shut up!
I'll eat meat!
Damn... I won't lose in!
Cheap, filling food...
You haven't paid for it, have you?
Nii-chan...
You shouldn't do this in front of your younger brother and sister.
I'm hungry...
Hina, don't be selfish.
But we don't have any food!
That can't be helped, right?
I'm sorry.
Don't cry.
I won't do this ever again.
So please don't tell the shopkeepers.
If I wasn't here, they would...
Onii-chan...
They're Ren, Ryo...
... and that's Hina.
Here, fried prawn! Eat up, okay?
You don't have to rush so much, there are seconds, okay?
Thank you very much.
They were definitely hungry.
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Years Noumi Miu, Kubodera Kazuomi
Apparently they haven't eaten anything decent in the past three days.
Huh? Why not?
They said their mother suddenly left.
And their father?
Nanase Ren, Nanase Ryo, Nanase Hina
We don't have a father.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Since when has your mother been gone?
Since a week ago.
A week ago?!
You've been by yourselves for a week?
Yeah.
Do you have any idea where your mother is?
Maybe with that man?
Who's this man?
The president of the company my mother works at.
When she's late coming home,
Sometimes they came home together.
Saori-chan...
Please nominate me again.
Mother of the children Nanase Saori
Next time it'll be a special service.
President of Fujinuma Shipping Fujinuma Junpei
Special service?
I'll go, I'll go. I'll definitely go!
Does that mean they're lovers?
Stupid!
What does that mean?
Ah, no... That, um...
Uh, it means they're really good friends.
That thing where they leave their children to go to a man?
Hey, this is child abandoment, isn't it?
Maybe we should call the police?
Please don't do that!
If we go to the police, they'll take us to our father's place.
I don't want to be beaten again...
We ran away from our father, so if there's some kind of fuss, it'd be trouble.
Their father was violent...
Owner of "Alabama" Ishida Shizue
That's why they ran away with their mother.
Part-time Worker Fuyumoto Kaoru
That's terrible...
Haruya-kun...
Can't you help these kids?
Help how?
Isn't that obvious? You search for their mother.
A mother search?
These kids don't have anyone other than their mother to rely on.
I want to see her...
This is the last of the money I have.
With this, please search for my mother!
Haruya-kun.
Please!
I understand.
What? You'll take a kid's money?
I accept your request.
I'll definitely locate your mother.
Youth Detective Haruya ~ I won't forgive adults' evils! ~
This is a free fansub by mottofreaky/ihsarafes.
This is our place!
201.
What? 201?
What?
Wow... It's nothing.
Come in.
I'm home!
Woah, it's totally full of rubbish.
It's only been children for a week, it can't be helped.
I guess we clean up first.
Y-yeah.
Excuse me.
Alright!
It's clean now!
Thank you very much.
Well, we'll come back tomorrow.
There's food in the fridge, okay?
Yes.
Miu-chan, I don't want you to leave!
Hina, don't be selfish.
Hey, stay over.
Doesn't look like they'll let me leave.
Can't be helped.
I'll stay too.
- What? - What?
Because...
We can't just leave you with the children. Right, Haruya-kun?
Well, I guess so.
Wait a second.
Then Haruya-kun should stay.
Why? I'm okay!
Ryo-kun.
What is it?
I want Haruya nii-chan!
Huh? Me?
Okay, it's decided.
Hina-chan, Miu-chan and Haruya onii-chan will stay over, okay?
Yeah!
Miu-chan...
Aren't you just openly hating me?
What's with her...
Am I that bad?
Hey, wanna stay over at my place?
No way!
- Don't hold back. - I'm not holding back.
- So, you want to eat dog food? - Nope.
It's done!
Wow, you're good, Hina-chan!
My mum taught me.
You spread out this wing like this,
And from the bottom,
See?
- I did it! - Yay, you did it!
You did it, you did it. Good job!
You miss her, don't you.
Yeah.
Here, Hina-chan.
Wow, it looks delicious!
Eat up, okay?
Yeah!
So you can cook.
It's surprising.
Hey, what do you mean?
I'm pretty good at housework.
- Okay! - It looks good.
So, let's eat.
Thank you for the food!
Delicious!
Yeah, it's delicious!
Thank you.
Haruya-kun, did you hear that?
Haruya nii-chan should just marry Miu-chan!
Hina-chan, you're a precocious kid!
Hey, hey, hey...
Tokyo Academy University, 2nd Years Kojima Momoko, Sakamoto Aoi, Andou Mai
Lately, Haruya-kun's always with Miu, isn't he?
It's just because Miu's tagging along of her own accord, right?
She's so over-familiar.
- And she's bothering Haruya-kun, too. - Truly.
Ah!
Huh?
Haruya-kun?
What's this about?
Why are there kids?
Family?!
Why is Miu with them too?
- Illegitimate children? - No way that's true!
And there are three of them.
Yeah.
Be careful, have a nice day!
- We're off! - Bye bye!
See you.
- Bye bye! - Bye bye!
They're so cute.
Yeah.
You should come home quickly too.
Eh?
They kind of look like a couple.
Like a married couple.
- Married couple, you say? - Ah, sorry!
Calm down! Calm down!
Well, I'm in building 5.
Okay. Oh...
Here.
What's this?
Lunch.
Eat it, okay?
I'll make fried chicken tonight, so come home quickly.
See you.
Wow~ A handmade lunch?
Somehow, you totally feel like husband and wife, huh?
A lunch from your wife?
Stupid, it isn't!
That's not it.
You don't have to get so worked up.
- How come only Haruya-kun is popular? - Why indeed.
Haruya-kun~
What's this about?
What's with that lunch box?
Lunch from his beloved wife.
- Lunch from his wife?! - I'm telling you, it's not!
- Okay, let's try opening it. - Ah, hey!
It's fine, it's fine...
It's a heart!
That's disgusting!
I don't like this!
I don't want to hold it! Someone, hold it!
That was a shock... the heart lunch box.
Heartbreak!
Shut up...
Noumi-san was kidding, I'm telling you.
So what'll you do?
- Eat it, firstly. - Not that!
About the mother search.
Oh, that.
First off, I'll try the company she was working at.
Fujinuma Shipping, was it?
According to Ren, it's most likely she's with the president, Fujinuma.
Saori-chan, you see...
Recently she's been on unnotified leave.
It's troubling for us too.
So you don't know her whereabouts?
No.
Fujinuma-san, you were well acquainted with Saori-san, weren't you?
Huh?
To the point of specifically bringing her home.
That... I just happened to be taking her home.
You just happened to hug her?
The kids saw.
What's this about?
Y-yoko...
- Your wife? - Yeah...
They hugged?
Yes.
This man and Saori-chan?
Yes.
No, there must be some kind of mistake.
Ah, it's hot!
Calm down, Yoko!
Did you think I didn't notice?
I know you usually look at Saori-chan with indecent eyes!
It's hot!
What's a mistake?
Don't look with ulterior motives!
It's your misunderstanding, I was being tempted.
Tempted?
Yeah, she was persistently saying she wanted a raise.
We're a privately run micro enterprise,
We don't have that kind of leeway, so I kept refusing. And then...
President.
Oh, good work today.
Hey... not in a place like this.
It's about the other day, but can't I get a raise?
We're done talking about that, right?
Then, please come to the store.
Store?
Oh, but I can't drink alcohol.
All you need to do is nominate me.
I'll give it to you for free.
Store?
After work here, Saori-chan worked at a club.
It's called Santa Fe.
Her favourite phrase was "Give me money, give me money."
Her obsession with money is abnormal!
Do you think she needed to finance a man?
And so,
You went to that store?
Yes, multiple times.
Oh, no... It really was just that!
- It's hot... - Ah...
Even though we're in a serious financial situation... going to a club!
Yoko!
Fujinuma was just being tempted?
Yeah. His wife was really intense, it didn't look like he could have an affair.
Then where's Saori-san?
As expected, the club she worked at at night is suspicious.
Work at a club again.
That's my part.
It isn't your part!
It was disastrous at the cabaret club before.
What's this? Is it soft?
- Are you okay? - Hey!
- Are these soft too? - Please stop that.
What's with you?
We want to avoid any extra trouble.
So who will go?
You're basically useless with places like that, right?
Kazuomi's here.
Too bad~
I have a mixer tomorrow, you see.
You can do that sort of thing any time, can't you?
The girls from Felicia Girls College are coming.
- What? From that rich girl school? - Yeah.
Unlike Haruya-kun, I'm not popular at all, you see.
If I don't frequent mixers, I can't make any female friends, you see.
Oh, speaking of which, how's Miu-chan?
You're still hanging on to that?
Hey hey hey hey...
Haruya-kun is having Miu-chan make him lunches and things...
There was a heart mark on the rice.
Haruya-kun and Miu-chan are going out?
Living together.
That's indecent!
Nicely indecent.
We're just looking after the kids together.
I wonder about that.
More importantly, what are we going to do?
If we don't check at the club,
We won't know where Saori-san is.
You could just go yourself.
I can't do that alone!
Me!
Huh?
Instead of Kazuomi, the pinch hitter... me.
Huh?
Toshiki will?
- You'll eat something nice, right? - No, it's not about eating...
Well whatever, there's no choice.
If you don't find her quickly, I'll feel bad for the kids.
It looks like the kids even want to see parents who abandoned them.
That's how it is.
You see, between parents and children, there are bonds that even if you want to cut, you can't.
But child abandonment is the worst.
Prioritising your own happiness over your children's happiness...
You fail as a mother!
They got tired of various things.
Huh?
Certainly, it seems tough for single mothers to raise their children.
It's not just single mothers!
Normal mothers are the same.
No matter how much they love their children,
Occasionally, there are times when their hearts are about to break, you know.
When they're tired every day with life and work, their kids are there grumbling about it.
Though they know they shouldn't, they end up saying terrible things, and raising their hands to them.
Even mothers are human.
There are times when their hearts lose to frustration and anger.
There are times when they want to throw everything away.
Shizu-chan...
4.
1, 2, 3, 4.
A baby girl is born.
You receive $1000 in celebration from all in the car.
There are three kids.
Like us.
It's true.
But we don't have a dad, right?
This is our family.
That's true!
Mum, Ren nii-chan, me, Hina.
Okaa-san...
Ah, we made her cry.
It'll be alright, Hina-chan.
We'll find your mum soon.
They're sleeping soundly.
Yeah.
They're all good kids, huh.
Ren-kun is such a trooper, trying to protect his younger brother and sister.
Ryo-kun is always bright and lively.
Hina-chan is honest, and laughs a lot.
I was worrying a bit.
Wondering if maybe it was better not to look for their mother.
A mother that abandoned her children,
Even if we find her, nothing will change.
Maybe we'd be putting these kids through unnecessary sadness.
But...
Even so, of course...
The kids want to see their mother.
The ties between a family can't be cut so easily.
Shizue-san said so too.
If I get married one day,
I want to make a home in which the children don't get lonely.
Everyone can live while laughing.
I want that kind of family.
I'm sure you can make that kind of family.
If it's you.
With you?
Noumi-san...
Your phone.
Ah, sorry.
Hello?
Haruya's Younger Sister Asagi Fuuka
Onii-chan? It's Fuuka. How are you?
Oh, Fuuka?
What's up?
Hear this! I got a boyfriend!
Boyfriend?
Daisuke-kun, from my class.
We're going on a date on Saturday.
Isn't it still a bit early for you to have a boyfriend and go on dates?
That's not true.
Everyone's dating.
Don't you have a girlfriend, onii-chan?
No, I...
It's that...
Rather than girlfriend...
Anyway, onii-chan thinks it's too early for you to have a boyfriend.
Right.
#Rokko Oroshi (Hanshin Tigers Fight Song)
? Dash through the cold wind from the Rokko mountains
? The sun soaring in the blue sky...
Shizu-chan...
I wonder if maybe you have a child?
Even mothers are human.
There are times when their hearts lose to frustration and anger.
There are times when they want to throw everything away.
Really speaking as though out of experience.
Up 'til now, I've been thinking something happened in her past but...
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.
Should I make sure?
What should I do?
Ah... What should I do?
Okaa-san, that person's kind of weird!
Don't point!
- But he's kind of weird. - Woof. Woof woof!
But will you really be okay?
With what?
I can't imagine you drinking and enjoying yourself with girls at all.
If I eat I can do anything.
Don't say that like "If you're lively, you can do anything." [Antonio Inoki, wrestler, quote]
Are you lively? [Inoki's catchphrase]
Hey, don't eat too much.
Cause we don't know how much it'll cost.
Rather, you ate a beef bowl before coming here!
Oh, it's here.
Calm down.
If you let them think you're not used to this,
You won't even be able to ask what you can.
Haruya, you calm down.
- I am calm. - You aren't at all!
- I'm fine. - Relax.
Quit it.
Welcome, I'm Maria.
I'm Lily.
G-good evening.
We've been waiting.
Maria-chan, sit on that side. Lily-chan, sit next to me.
- Okay~ - Okay~
- Excuse me. - For now, whiskey with water please.
Okay.
You two are quite young!
- We're university students! - No way!
We are too!
- Huh? - Really?
Right, Haruya?
Yeah.
You seem down.
Maybe he's nervous?
- Nervous? Why? - Why?
I wonder why~
T-this guy... he's as used to it as Kazuomi.
He must go to cabaret clubs with Kazuomi a lot.
Achoo!
Kazuomi-kun, do you have a cold?
Someone must be spreading rumours about me.
What's that?
The worries of a popular guy?
Saori-san?
I don't know her name within the store though.
Isn't it Anita-san?
- Oh, about Anita-san? - Anita?
- It's true that she hasn't come recently. - Yeah.
Do you have any idea where she is?
At any rate, she's gotta be living with a man, you know.
A man...
She went all out at the guys that looked rich, didn't she?
She wanted to find a rich man, and have fun living together.
She's easy to understand.
Carmen-san, a request.
Yes. Excuse me.
As expected, just like Fujinuma said,
It seems like she'd do anything for money.
On a man hunt, huh.
That might be it.
Please wait!
You're searching for Saori-san, right?
Ah, yes...
What Maria-san and Lily-san said wasn't true.
I was friends with Saori-san, so I know.
Can we hear it in more detail?
Saori-san always said she was doing her best for the sake of her children.
Saying "We ran away from my DV husband, we don't have any money, so I have to earn it."
She wanted to properly put her children through to university.
For her kids...
I think she was a good mother to her children.
So that kind of person wouldn't leave their kids, and disappear?
Right.
So exactly where is she?
That man might be to blame.
He caused trouble for Saori-san.
"That person"?
A Black Suit, Aoki-san.
I saw it.
Aoki-san approaching Saori-san.
Like I said, I don't have any intention to date.
Why?
I'm the one who loves you the most!
Kurofuku Aoki Kenichi
I said, I don't want to! You're a nuisance!
You just haven't noticed. Your true feelings.
You're creepy!
If you're any more persistent, I'll tell the manager.
But you actually like me!
Hey!
I like you.
Good morning!
Aoki-san,
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
Saori-san... are you alright?
After that, Aoki-san quit immediately.
Around when?
About a week ago.
About a week ago means...
It's the same time Saori-san disappeared.
You mean she's being kept by Black Suit Aoki?
Right, there's no doubt about it.
So it wasn't child abandonment.
Saori-san devoted her whole life to her children.
Urging Fujinuma to give her a raise,
And working at a club at night.
It was all for her children.
If that's how it is, you need to save her as quickly as possible!
So, what'll you do?
There's no choice but to find out Aoki's address,
... and get in.
Haruya!
- Haruya-kun! - Isobe-san?
Haruya-san, hurry!
Hurry...
What are you doing in a place like this?
Stupid! You're huge, you stand out!
How was Shizu-chan?
How was she? Normal.
Really?
- Give it back! Stop it! - Oh, an Okinawa trip?
You're finally inviting Shizue-san?
I'm worried...
What? Worried?
Weren't you going to aim for it in one shot?
I know! I want to.
But I got curious about the glimpses of Shizu-chan's usually hidden past.
You can just ask her yourself.
Idiot!
What if I did, and something unbelievable came out?
- Honestly. - I've had enough.
We're in a hurry, we're going.
Huh?
Let's go!
Hey...
Wait!
- Hey! - It's the usual thing, huh.
It's pathetic.
Haruya!
What should I do?
I'm back.
I brought something good for you.
My trump card...
... present!
I think it'll suit you well.
It's here.
Guess he's not here.
He must be hidden somewhere else.
If we don't find any clues...
What do you guys want?
Ah no... um...
It's a problem if people other than the residents enter.
Are you the janitor?
Yes.
I'm Aoki's younger brother.
Oh, Aoki-san's?
Yes.
I got worried, and came to see the situation.
- Yesterday I got a call from him hinting at suicide. - Suicide?
He hasn't even given a spare key to family, I'm worried.
Couldn't you open it?
Then, we should call the police...
Ah wait...
We need to check first...
He might already be dead inside.
Such a thing...
- I understand. - Yes.
- I'll get the key right now. - Thank you!
As expected of Kazuomi.
No hesitation to lie whatsoever.
You could say I'm sharp-witted.
- Excuse me. - Excuse me.
If something happens, please tell me.
Yes.
What the heck is this?
What a huge dress-up doll.
It's full of girls... How creepy...
You will become my wife.
Let's be happy together, okay?
I'm begging you...
Let me go home!
I have children!
Worried about your kids again?
I went to see them before.
They seemed well.
- I wonder if there's something? - No, not at all.
- There has to be something! - No, I'm telling you, there isn't!
What's with your way of talking?
They were with some strange university students though.
Who are they? Did you do something to my kids?
Who cares about your kids?
You can just look at me!
Oh... that's right...
If the kids are gone...
You'll be able to only look at me, huh?
Don't touch the kids.
Please!
That's nice...
More...
Plead more!
This is it.
Hey... What?
What's that?
A crane?
It's done!
Wow, you're good, Hina-chan!
My mum taught me.
Hey, Haruya!
Toshiki!
Okay.
Thanks for waiting.
Thank you.
Who are you?!
Saori-san, right?
Yes.
We were asked by Ren to look for you.
By Ren?
You... were with the kids...
The kids are waiting.
Let's go back.
Don't just do what you want!
You're the one doing that!
You're free to like who you want.
But you know,
It doesn't mean you can do whatever you want because you like them!
Y-you're wrong.
It's just that Saori-san hasn't realised her love for me!
That's why I thought I'd teach her...
No matter how you look at it, she hates you!
That's not love!
I'm taking Saori-san back.
Don't...
Don't get in the way of our love!
You're beyond saving, huh?
Hurry up and get out of here!
If you think everything will turn out as you want, you're seriously mistaken!
Properly live, looking at reality.
Are you okay?
Yes.
Having that huge pervert have his eye on you...
A terrible misfortune, huh.
All in all...
He wasn't bad.
Huh?
When he invited me to talk it over properly,
I had a feeling I'd be kidnapped.
But...
I went with him on my own.
Honestly,
I was tired of my everyday life.
Looking after three kids,
Having two jobs...
"Why is it only me that has to have such tough feelings?"
I wondered.
As my consciousness was fading...
I felt a sense of security, being released from reality.
I am...
... a failure as a mother.
Okaa-san!
Ren, Ryo, Hina!
I'm sorry!
Everyone, I'm really sorry.
I'm sorry!
Saori-san...
You aren't a failure as a mother at all.
The kids were waiting for your return like this.
In parenting, no matter how much love you have for your children,
There are times when you just want to throw it all away.
Someone I know said that.
With just that, parenting is a tough thing.
I don't understand yet, but...
Even so...
I think that someone who properly returns to their children, is a mother.
The fact that you're trying your best every day,
The kids really understand.
Miu-chan!
Hina-chan.
You must be glad your mum came back!
Yeah!
I'll give this to you.
Hm? What is it?
[Thank you, Miu-chan.]
Let's play together again!
Okay.
I'm glad their mother returned.
That's true.
Huh? You seem down...
Could it be?
Are you sad you're done playing husband and wife with Haruya?
We weren't playing.
Right, Haruya-kun?
Huh? What's that? What's this about?
It's nothing.
Ah!
Hm?
Isobe-san...
You're still there?
It's been just about 5 hours!
I can't work up the courage.
I guess there's no choice.
- I'll ask her with you... Shizue-san. - Eh?
- Let's go! - I can't.
I haven't prepared myself yet.
Don't say that, let's decide it in one shot!
Okay, okay.
Sock it, Isobe!
Let's go to Okinawa! Oh!
You're a home run artist, right?
I give up!
Baseball references are better than a one shot, after all.
Once, in Kakefu's battle with the third base, he turned it to the left, even while losing...
Thanks to that tenacity, he supported 85 years of victory just like the refined jersey no. 9 Sano Noriyoshi!
Right, right!
Oh! It's to the left, over.
Dammit, I'll get it!
Hmm... Da! Dammit, wait!
There's no helping that person.
Welcome!
Haruya! How was it?
Resolved, somehow.
Really? I'm glad.
And the criminal?
He was reported, so I think he's being taken to the police around now.
Really? I'm so glad!
That's a relief!
Shizue-san, Napolitan.
Me too!
Then me too!
Me too!
Okay!
I'll give you fried prawn too, okay?
Thank you!
She's putting fried prawn!