Youth Detective Haruya ~ I won't forgive adults' evils! ~
Episode 9
That hurt...
Are you okay?
I'm not okay!
Do you have any injuries?
Why were you carrying around such a thing?
Ah!
Ah, a pervert!
A pervert!
Are you alright?
I just tripped a little.
What?
Ah, wait...
Wait!
Ma'am, wait!
- It really was good! - It was good, it really was!
I even cried.
But the best part...
Hey, class is over.
Hey!
Wake up!
Look.
Say, in our campus life,
don't you think we're missing an important factor?
What?
It's excitement, the heart clenching time of youth!
You get excited every day.
Yesterday, you got excited over the cleaning lady too.
Oh, how's it going with Miu-chan?
Nothing, really.
Shut up.
I didn't say a word just then.
Your face is noisy!
You're terrible, Haruya-kun.
Ah, there he is!
Hey, Haruya-kun,
Won't you come watch a movie with us?
I got tickets.
[Sky of a First Love]
I've heard it's a huge hit, sure to tug at your heartstrings!
I still have class.
Huh? Isn't it okay? Let's go!
I can go!
Feel free to, alone.
What? How heartless. Let's go together!
Like we said...
Feel free to, alone.
Haruya-kun?
You have moral philosophy next, right?
Let's go together?
Okay.
What's wrong?
Nothing...
Let's go.
Yeah.
The thrilling life starts with fashion!
Just kidding!
Kazu-chan!
Obaa-chan!
Obaa-chan...
Kazu-chan!
- Obaa-chan! - Kazu-chan!
Sorry.
Of course...
Ah, I'm sorry. Are you okay?
Are you alright?
I can carry it myself, it's fine!
No, it's not a problem.
More importantly, obaa-chan, were you alright earlier?
I just bought this~
Sorry about this, obaa-chan.
It's fine.
It's because you were kind to me.
What?
I just kind of remembered my own grandmother.
How rude!
I don't have any big grandkids like you.
As I thought, you're kind of similar.
I'm Miura Setsuko.
Don't keep calling me 'obaa-chan, obaa-chan'!
Got it...
Secchan!
S-secchan?!
You know, Secchan,
Your bags were quite heavy,
What's in them?
Huh? A kitchen knife?
Ah...
This is...
... my talisman.
Is that right?
You came here from Nagano, with 5 hours on the bus?
If you'd like, please take these.
They look good!
I picked them from my friend's place.
Thank you so much.
Are you sightseeing in Tokyo?
Looking for someone.
Like a friend, or a family member?
Maybe...
It could be her first love!
Uh...
Yeah.
What, really?
That's so romantic!
What kind of person was he?
I know!
He's related to that kitchen knife just now, right?
Kitchen knife?
Yeah.
Her first love...
... was a chef!
Yes, of Japanese cuisine.
I knew it!
That's why you have that talisman, got it.
How was your first love?
Huh? It's not such a big deal.
It's fine, tell us. Just a bit.
Oh, he was a childhood friend.
From a young age, we promised to marry, you see.
He proposed with a ring made of a poppy flower.
A poppy flower ring!
How cute!
But fate was cruel and tore the two of us apart.
What happened?
Our parents opposed, and at 18, we were going to elope.
Right.
That was the night of the storm.
I waited at the station we were to meet at.
But no matter how long I waited, he wouldn't come.
The next morning,
There was a small 'Sorry' written on the station message board.
That was the end of things with him.
See?
It's boring, right?
A heartrending first love, huh.
Huh? Have you had something like that too, Shizu-chan?
I did.
We exchanged the scarf of my sailor uniform and the second button of his uniform.
Sailor uniform...
Ugh!
Currently he's making such a perverted face.
Huh?
That's not it, idiot! I just...
Right now I wasn't trying to imagine Shizuka. I was imagining Jukujou Pub*.
Nasty.
Eh, why?
What happened after that?
Nothing.
I married someone else,
he left for Tokyo.
But two years ago, I bumped into him at a festival in town.
The moving reunion?
We only exchanged greetings.
I heard that he lived in Tokyo,
but, I still didn't know his contact details.
But you know, there's something I want to say to him no matter what.
So I came to all out search for him.
Something to say to him...
Mm... I don't have to hear it to understand.
Okay, let's convey those feelings!
You absolutely can't give up!
Okay?
Right.
Okay.
But, do you have any clues?
Ah,
a picture came up in the newspaper.
Look, this one.
Ah! That photo's from the event they did the other day in the shopping district.
How cool!
Like a dandy man.
His name is Akiyama.
None of you know him?
I don't...
I see.
And this is?
This is my friend, Micchan.
Alright!
We'll search for your first love for you.
Huh?
Though we're like this, we're detectives!
Hey, what are you doing?
Really?
If you're a pro, I'll pay you a proper reward.
A reward?
But I have just one request.
I want you to search so that Akiyama himself doesn't know.
Why not?
Because it's embarrassing!
You really have a girl's heart.
I understand.
Well, tomorrow Haruya-kun and the others will search,
so you can sightsee in Tokyo with me tomorrow, Secchan.
Think about where you want to go.
Thank you.
Her first love, huh?
I wonder what she wants to tell him no matter what.
Wait for me, okay?
Do you know where this man is from?
No, I don't.
I've never seen him before.
Hey!
Huh?
Who was in charge of the column this photo is from?
Oh, if I remember right, it's the Chinese eatery's.
It hasn't opened yet.
Even so,
isn't it strange that no one knows him,
even though he participated in this event, wearing a happi?
So he isn't someone from the shopping district...
I've made you wait...
Have you decided where you want to go?
Sky Tree? Sensouji temple?
Nerima.
Ne... Nerima?
- It's this person. - Hm?
None of our part timers are like this.
Do you know this company?
Yeah.
The boss asked for a helper from this company.
Morning!
Does this place...
... have any relation to Akiyama-san?
He was an apprentice here, long ago.
Just as I thought...
Huh?
Let's go to the next place, the next one.
[Sakura Trading Co., Ltd.]
Excuse me.
Yes?
I'm looking for someone.
Boss, he says he's looking for someone!
Yes?
- This is him. - Hm?
Ah, I can't.
I can't tell you.
These days they're fussy about compliance to share personal information.
Could you possibly...
- Dear, I'll leave the invoices over here. - Okay.
Anyway, there's no one like that here.
Now go home!
But--
Ah, ouch...
Are you alright?
Sorry...
Are you okay?
Here, is this okay?
Oh! Thank you.
I wonder if those guys got any clues.
You all seem like good friends, huh?
Hm?
The people in that shop, they're all your friends, right?
Hm... Our personalities are completely different...
I don't really know why they're my friends though~
That's how it is, with close friends.
They could be the polar opposite of you.
For you, too?
Yes, my best friend too.
She's meek and a really kind girl too.
She's called Micchan.
Look.
My best friend for 60 years.
That's amazing, 60 years.
When we were young, we ate taiyaki on the way home,
Saying things like "I like that person" or "that one's cooler"...
We talked about worthless stuff.
Wow...
Is she well?
Even now...
... we're together.
Always together.
You're good!
Won't you come work here?
- Really? - Yeah, of course.
This person's from here too, right??
Oh, Akiyama.
He quit the other day.
Even though he was a good person.
He was here for about half a year.
Is that right.
Do you know him?
Ah, no, well...
Good timing. If you happen to meet him,
I have something I want to you to give him. Wait a moment.
Like a merry-go-round?
Amazing, amazing.
Oh, this is it...
It's not a big deal, but anyway...
Akiyama, he used to like mahjong...
You know something about Akiyama, don't you?
Nothing really...
You won't say anything to other employees?
Of course.
If you find him, you have to let me know too.
Huh?
He has to return my money, it's bothersome.
Eh, Akiyama disappeared with the borrowed money?
500,000 yen even.
He said it's for the surgery fee for his child.
A sick child?
Later, it turned out to be all a lie.
Seems like the owner's wife hasn't said anything to her husband,
due the misunderstanding her meeting Akiyama alone would bring.
For the time being, let's investigate this clue a little more.
How was it with you? Did you give a proper tour of Tokyo?
In the end, Secchan was just searching for Akiyama.
What kind of places?
Places he used to study or live...
But in the end we couldn't find anything.
Hey, isn't Setsuko-san hiding something?
- Like what? - I don't know...
I don't think it's involved with her search for her first love.
Hey, Kazuomi you're a grandmother's kid, right?
Yeah, she passed away when I was in 3rd grade junior high though.
You loved her very much?
Last time I met her was the summer when I was 2nd grade junior high.
At that time I was crazy about soccer.
When grandmother was hospitalized,
I kept saying I'll visit her next time...
And then she passed away.
I realized that once you think you want to see someone, you really should see them.
That's why I want to let Setsuko meet him.
The one she wants to see.
I see.
Fuuka? What's up at this hour?
I had a nightmare and
I suddenly wanted to meet.
I'll be returning home during my next vacation
and you'll see me soon.
No.
It's not you who I want to see.
Eh?
I want to meet Shuji-kun, who transferred schools last year.
Because of his father's circumstances, he's in London.
Then why did you call your brother?
Because after that I started to miss my brother.
Well, thanks.
If you don't sleep early you won't wake up tomorrow.
Yeees.
So, when you return home bring Yumi donuts with you.
Good night!
Good night.
Someone you long for...
Eh why?
Here.
Thank you.
You're waiting here? Without entering?
Because I was told to look for him without him finding out about it.
Besides that, I can't play mahjong.
Then, I'll accompany you.
Not coming huh...
Want to wear it?
- Like this is okay. - I see.
But still...
Here.
Then, let's do it this way.
Nice and warm.
He came!
Hello!
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Hello.
Who is that?
Temporary employment...
I wonder if he is registered here?
Gardener?
Won't you work for us?
What kind of job?
He said that if speak with grannys living alone,
I would get 10 000 yen for it
It feels fishy, right?
I wonder what the shady work is?
I wonder if Akiyama is also doing it?
Probably.
If that is true, Setsuko-san will be sad.
If it were me,
I'd like to keep old memories clean.
But, you can't pretend not to see.
It would be nice to find him fast, your first love.
Right.
Eh, did you find him?
We should let Secchan know fast.
No, let's tell her after a little more investigation.
Why?
We were investigating the NPO Akiyama is working for,
Guys that have been caught in fraud and pyramid schemes are doing this work now.
? so what?
It's possible that Akiyama-san is involved in the crime.
Eh, ah..
W-wait a moment Haruya-kun.
We were entrusted to find Akiyama himself,
not to expose his true character.
We should be just looking for her first love.
In the first place, we were kind of deceived by that too.
Like trying to find her first love without him knowing about it
or the strange story about the first crush.
Are you skeptical about her?
You see, Akiyama-san isn't a chef,
but a gardener?
The story is fishy.
Haruya-kun, you just want to satisfy your own curiosity!
I what?
Doing background searches and discovering crimes.
Are you a real detective or something?!
I dare you to say it one more time.
Sto-... stop... sto-... stop...
Forget it, I'll look for him alone.
Is it really okay, Haruya-kun?
Shizue-san, do you know anyone in this neighborhood who lives in a house with a garden?
Garden?
If possible, an older lady who is living alone.
Indeed I know a home of an older lady Kato. Why?
There's something I want to ask.
Haruya is always like that. Only okay with himself.
Only himself is okay. It pisses me off.
I'm from Silver Human Resource Service.
Eh? -Pardon me.
Grandmother had sudden errands to take care of.
I'm home instead of her.
Are you her grandchild?
Yes.
I see.
He looks like an earnest person...
If you'd like some.
Ah, thank you very much, madam.
Madam?
Aren't you the wife of the grandson?
No...
Thank you very much for today.
No problem, it should be fine like this for a while.
Luckily it has no pests and it's has been kept in a good condition.
Akiyama, have you been doing this job for a while now?
Originally I was running a landscaping company.
It collapsed 10 years ago, though.
Since when are you part of Silver Human Resource Service?
It's about 3 years now.
Where are you from?
Eh?
Are you married?
No...
I'm sorry. You just look like the first love of
an older lady that I know.
But she is in Nagano.
Nagano?
Were you born there?
Oh, no.
Akiyama-san?
Eh, well..
I've done my work so if you'd excuse me.
Akiyama-san,
Isn't something bothering you?
It's nothing.
Thank you very much for today.
Excuse me.
Nagano...
What do you plan to do now?
I have to go return something forgotten.
When did you manage to steal it?
What's this?
Excuse me.
Hello, welcome.
It was left behind the man who came to do our garden work today.
Sorry you had to go to the trouble.
Customer, what's your name?
It's Kato.
Kato-sama...
So Akiyama served you?
But I've heard that
Kato-sama is supposed to be living alone.
Yes,
But my grandmother had some errands to run today,
So that's why I...
Do you happen to live around here?
No.
So it must have been very troubling for you,
At a time like that, please rely on us, by all means.
Can you hear?
Just now a brat brought it in.
Eh? You want to quit now?
Just who do you think is shouldering your debt?!
You think you can leave after all this time?
Just try and go to the cops!
We can't just leave this!
Excuse me.
Ah! Thank you for before.
Did something happen?
It looks like I forgot my phone.
Mobile phone?
Yes.
If I remember correctly...
Ah, there it is.
Excuse me.
Oi.
Yes?
Get the car.
Yes.
Akiyama-san seems to be coming here often.
Did you meet him?
Eh?
You met him.
No, not me.
Haruya did.
Why didn't you say that right away?
Was there a woman?
But it seems like she wasn't his wife.
A lover?
Oh he came, that man!
Akiyama-san!
You are...
Akiyama~!
- What's this? -Where are you taking him?
- I have some business to take care of with this man! -Forget it, get in the car fast.
Secchan...!
The number you've dialed
- is currently out of reach. - Figures, I can't reach him.
I thought it was strange that it's only one at a time.
This is a prop made for swindling.
This determines that it's a fraud group.
And Akiyama-san is one of them.
What should we do? Tell Setsuko-san?
After talking to Kazuomi.
Even so, he's late.
Terrible! Kazuomi-kun and Setsuko-san were taken away by strange men.
This is the phone that Setsuko-san dropped.
Hello?
Yes, this is Setsuko's phone.
Son? You are Setsuko's son?
Ouch!
You happen to know about them, right?
No...
Suddenly going and saying you want out...
Something's up, right?
Please, give me a break.
A-any more...
Hey lady, why were you following Akiyama?
Let us out of here!
What's that, old hag?
What are you doing?!
Kids should stay out of this!
What are you doing to Secchan!
What a bother!
Want to continue?
What's with this guy?
Hey. Make Akiyama understand, too.
You're the guy from before.
I'll be taking back those people,
you swindler.
You tempt elderly people, who are in need of money,
to help you with fraud.
Huh?
You get closer to the elders living alone
through carpenter or gardener jobs to swindle money from them.
Won't you get in trouble if police investigated you?
What did you say?
This rotten brat!
- This bastard! - Toshiki!
Still playing dumb?
There is no other way to use trash like old men and hags
to make other old men and hags, without relatives, happy.
We're meeting people's needs. We're helping people!
You're the trash here!
No matter how old people get, they are not trash!
You brat!
Let's go.
Are you okay?
This is Kazuomi's share.
Ouch, it hurts.
What the heck really happened?
Akiyama-san was working for that fraud group,
that targets the elderly.
They shouldered the debts from your company that went bankrupt, right?
It wasn't about returning the money.
They reached out to me when I was homeless.
Secchan, he had no choice.
Even Akiyama didn't really want to do it.
Right!
Put the current situation aside,
just remember your first love because
it's time to say the words you wanted to say.
Go to hell!
Apologize for touching Micchan!
Micchan?
When Micchan told me
2 years ago, that she found someone she wants to marry, I was surprised.
I was happy for her as if she was my daughter.
Even if you suddenly disappeared,
she believed you'd return.
Until the very end.
... the very end?
Seems like she passed away last month, due to illness.
You had said to her that
you two will get married and together go to a retirement home.
I found out about it through her journal.
You made her prepare 2 million yen
and disappeared, right?
I wasn't able to take money from her.
Don't pretend to be a nice guy now!
Like being the 4th generation of a sweets shop,
or that you lived in Nerima apartments...
Everything you told her, is probably a lie!
In that case, you should have gone to the police.
It's not something that can be shared with them!
Because... Because...
It's because her best friend was believing in you until the very last moment!
Because if you let the police know about the fraud
Micchan's last love will become a lie!
A close friend won't be able to do that.
Isn't that right, Secchan?
What's this?
It's the one I took from Micchan's farm.
You had said that you'd like to eat them one day?
That girl had left some for you every year.
But because she passed away before they were ripe,
I brought them instead of her.
At that time, at the demand of Ooishi, I was committing fraud in various places.
Elderly women with assets and without relatives.
She was one of them.
But she was the only one I couldn't cheat...
So I ran away in the middle of it.
Because you really fell for her?
I have a message for you from Micchan.
Message?
She said, "thank you".
She's quite stupid...
A person without any relatives, huh.
You have a big family in Nagano, that's running a guest house
and have 15 grandchildren?!
Your son was worried because you suddenly disappeared.
I just happened to see the article where I saw that man.
I couldn't stand it and just ran out.
Bringing a knife?
No, that was for self defence.
Just in case it got rough, I came prepared.
Are you a samurai or something?
Eh, wait a moment.
Then what about the touching lost first love story?
Yes, he's here!
Haruya-kun, look!
"Sky of a First Love" was a great movie!
Proposing with a ring made of poppies was so wonderful!
Lend it for a moment.
A love that is promised with poppy rings under the blue sky.
But a storm is pulling those two apart. A lover that doesn't show up at the station.
On the message board a "sorry" is written...
It was just like what's written here!
The story you told us about your first love, was the story of this movie?!
It was such a good eye wetting movie!
You deceived us well...
You! You're quite similar to my dead husband when you're angry~
If I was 50 years younger, I'd date you.
Hold on!
- I appreciate the feelings. - I see, well...
I should just settle for Kazuomi then.
Eh? I've been made into a substitute.
Mr. Substitute~
Thank you.
I was saved because of you.
No, it was mostly Haruya...
No, you are very gentle and a good kid,
who is able to understand everyone's feelings well.
You're...
... my best grandson.
Bye, then.
Baa-chan...