In recent years, the number of vicious crimes was increasing rapidly.
In order to arrest the criminals and solve the cases, the police's scientific research center,
Forensic Investigation Office Section Nine, has begun investigating cases using MRI.
The image produced by the extracted brain of the victim not only shows the suspect,
but also the victim's entire memory.
Monokuro ni some ta hibi
モノクロに染めた日々
I stain the days in monochrome,
Maki modoshite wa sore wo kuri kaesu
巻き戻してはそれを繰り返す
and replay them again and again.
Dokoka no eiga de mita serifu narabete
どこかの映画で見たセリフ並べて
Lines with words from movies you've seen somewhere,
Kono kokoro kakushita mama heiki na kao shite aruiteta
このココロ隠したまま 平気な顔して歩いてた
I hide my feelings and walk on pretending I'm fine.
Ashimoto ni utsuri konde ita
足元に映り込んでいた
My face was reflected beneath my feet,
Yuganda boku no kao ga kanashisou ni miete ta
歪んだ僕の顔が悲しそうに見えてた
and contorted as if I was in sorrow.
Hirai-kun!
Kinuko-san?
It's been three years, eh?
Kinuko-san, where have you been all these years?
A lot of things happened, and I've been away for a while.
Hirai-kun, you've grown a lot, haven't you?
What year are you in now?
First year of high school. I've grown taller than 160cm now!
I see.
Hey, why don't we drop by my place? Just for a while.
Kinuko-san, there's a really odd smell around here.
It's perfectly fine. You've been here before, remember?
But we've left Zipp behind, I...
Don't worry.
I'm with you.
I guess...
You're so cute.
That's why I get tempted to show it to you, Hirai-kun.
My secret...
Your secret?
Such beautiful eyes...
So different from those men.
"Those men"?
If you look into my brain right now, you'd see a truly horrific secret...
We've got a reliable lead on the suspect for the serial high school student kidnap and murder case.
You did it, Soga-san!
We should all go out and have a drink to—
Hey, seriously, Amachi...
I'm sorry...
Honestly...
Please let me take a look at that photograph.
Soga-san, who's this kid?
We thought he was one of the victims of the kidnap and murder case.
But it turns out he's got nothing to do with this case.
But that means he's missing, doesn't it?
Since when?
Let's see...
He's been missing since the 15th of March, three years ago.
The 15th of March, three years ago...
I'm borrowing this photo.
It's the same kid...
The day after he slept with Kinuko in her room, he went missing...
Perhaps... I can find the reason behind Kinuko's massacre of her entire family...
This kid and Kinuko knew each other?
Yes. Ikeda Tatsuo - then aged 16 - was reported missing three years ago, immediately after sleeping with Kinuko.
This is a list of Kinuko's friends that Tsuyuguchi Kouichi knew of.
Yamashita Hideki was also reported missing three years ago. The family have asked the police to search for him.
And the other two?
As for Saitou, I've only managed to find out his surname and face.
Hirai Manabu was an elementary school kid who used to live in the neighborhood.
Tsuyuguchi saw him talking to Kinuko a number of times while he was out walking his dog.
There have been no requests for the police to search for Hirai Manabu, so presumably he was not involved with this case.
The question lies with the two who are missing.
There's a possibility that Kinuko has killed both of them.
On the day Ikeda Tatsuo and Yamashita Hideki went missing, Tsuyuguchi saw Kinuko showering late at night.
There were stains that appeared to be blood on Kinuko's clothes.
I believe that because Kinuko was caught, she massacred her entire family to silence them.
If so, why didn't Kinuko kill her father?
To place the blame all on her father.
Kinuko knew...
She knew that Tsuyuguchi loved her.
That's why, knowing her father was secretly spying on her, she repeatedly slept with other men as if to show him.
Director, you said we cannot prosecute Kinuko for massacring her entire family, however, we can for other charges, correct?
Soga-san?
Go ahead and answer it.
Ah, okay. Excuse me...
Hello?
Huh? Aoki-san, you're still working?
Erm, yes.
You only need to finish off the report, right?
Leave that for tomorrow and have a drink with us for once!
You're completely stressed from always being pushed to work so hard by the Director.
Erm, no, not really—
Soga, Aoki's got a job he has to do.
D-Director?!
Invite him out for a drink some other time.
Y-Yes, sir.
Kinuko poses a threat to others.
First, we need to verify whether Saitou is missing or not.
Take the image of Saitou from the brain and see if you can match the image against the photographs on the missing persons' list.
Understood!
Zipp!
Come on, let's go, Zipp.
[ The National Public Safety Commission, Police ]
Ah, good morning.
Aoki, you've been up all night again?
Yeah.
Everyone, listen up.
From now on, we will all be investigating Tsuyuguchi Kinuko.
Did something happen?
Hirai Manabu is dead.
A traffic accident...
Erm, Director? How does that involve Tsuyuguchi Kinuko?
Hirai Manabu is one of the four people who were friends with Kinuko.
Two of them were reported missing right after seeing Kinuko three years ago.
There's a possibility that Kinuko killed the two who are missing.
Furthermore, with Hirai Manabu involved in a traffic accident, there's definitely something suspicious about this.
It's likely that Hirai Manabu saw something.
Okabe, Aoki, go and retrieve the brain of Hirai Manabu immediately.
Erm... But what about the committee's permission?
Is it really okay?
More importantly, would the family agree to it?
Even if the circumstances indicated a criminal act, many families still refuse to allow MRI to be performed.
Moreover, this boy is only 13 years old.
If you think about what the parents, who'd just lost their child, are going through...
If we don't bring Kinuko's crimes to light now, it'll only create more victims in the future.
I'll take complete responsibility.
Okabe, Aoki, go and request the family's assistance in this case.
Yes, sir.
We'll pay our utmost attention to ensure that there'll be no damage done to his body,
please assist us with the investigation of this case.
Please, there's no need for that.
We have no prejudices against MRI.
If our child could be of any help, we wouldn't mind...
But...
Our child... Manabu didn't see anything...
He could have; Manabu-kun could have seen something.
He hadn't... He couldn't even if he wanted to!
Manabu was blind...
He's been completely blind since birth.
Zipp was always with him, so he had few problems with his daily life.
He went to an ordinary junior high school, and went for a walk every day.
We never expected him to get into an accident...
We are truly sorry.
You two must be disappointed.
We've been terribly inconsiderate to you...
Jeez...
I'm really sorry.
I should have checked about Hirai Manabu beforehand.
Never mind that. The question is, what're we going to do now?
Like Maki-san said, we can't allow anyone else to become a victim.
We've got to reveal the crimes committed by Kinuko by any means.
Kinuko...
When a person dies, you'll always come and collect their brain, won't you?
You're like Death.
Hey, did you see Hirai-kun's brain?
Hirai-kun's far more interesting than me being naked in front of my father's eyes.
I've shown a lot of things you'd be interested in seeing to that child.
That is, of course, if he could have seen them.
What did you do?!
What did you do to Hirai Manabu?!
Hey, Aoki!
Did you kill him? Manabu-kun, who couldn't see? With those hands of yours?!
One day, when I'm dead, I'll send my brain to you, Aoki-san.
I wonder how many years will pass before you'll find out what I've done?
Until the day I die, you won't find anything. All you can do is look at the dead's brain and feel frustrated.
Jerk!
That death note...
I still regret it.
That time, why didn't I kill Kinuko?
I caused that child to have such a deep hatred for men, so why did I...
Just tell me one thing.
What did your father do to you?
The reason behind your hatred of men,
was it because of something your father did?!
That man! He was no father!
He was a beast!
A man like him ought to be sentenced to death.
Hey!
Let's go.
Okay...
Okabe-san, there's one more brain we should look at!
What?
What? This brain is...
Hirai Manabu's dog, Zipp's brain.
The brain of a dog?
I've never seen a brain of a dog either, but...
So they see things like this...
That's a nice smile.
The dog and his owner must've really trusted each other...
Apparently, Zipp never received training from a specialist to become a guide dog.
Even so, those two were always together wherever they went...
To Manabu, Zipp was his pet, his friend, and his eyes.
Tsuyuguchi Kinuko...
According to Manabu's parents, they never told him anything about the massacre of the Tsuyuguchi family.
So when Manabu met Kinuko after three years, he was genuinely happy.
These are images just prior to Hirai Manabu's involvement in that traffic accident.
So Kinuko was with him...
Hirai-kun!
Come over here!
Zipp was dragged by the truck and found dead ten meters away from Manabu's body.
It wasn't just a traffic accident, was it?
No.
Why did Kinuko kill this child?
A few days prior to the accident, Kinuko led Manabu to a thicket.
Kinuko tied Zipp to a tree and only took Manabu into the place.
Thus, Kinuko never suspected that Zipp knew her secret.
However, prior to this, Zipp had already investigated the area and found Kinuko's secret.
Kinuko's secret?
Yes. Onogida-san, could you rewind it back to a week ago?
Roger.
Image is being displayed.
With a sense of smell, a million times more sensitive than a human's, Zipp found a place that was emitting a foul odor...
...and discovered Kinuko's secret.
That parka has the same design as the one Ikeda Tatsuo, who went missing three years ago, was wearing at the time he saw Kinuko.
Once DNA identification has been carried out, we should be able to identify that body as Ikeda Tatsuo's.
Most likely, the other two are Yamashita Hideki and a man named Saitou; they were both in a relationship with Kinuko.
Since Hirai Manabu was blind, Kinuko underestimated him...
That there was no way he'd find out...
However, even if Manabu was blind, he realized by the smell and other signs.
Kinuko-san, there's a really odd smell around here.
And that's why Tsuyuguchi Kinuko had to kill Hirai Manabu...
How cruel...
Amachi, give an outline of this case to the families.
Okabe and Soga, take personnel from forensics and investigate the scene immediately.
Yes, sir.
Aoki, get a warrant for Tsuyuguchi Kinuko's arrest.
Yes, sir.
To think such cruel murders were not discovered until now...
Kinuko may not be tried as a juvenile, but as an adult...
As the sole survivor of the entire family massacre case three years ago,
Tsuyuguchi Kinuko, aged twenty one, attracted huge public attention.
However, earlier, she was arrested as a suspect in a serial murder case after a thorough investigation by the authorities.
We did it!
Looks like Aoki-san won his victory through his dedication, eh?
Yeah.
Huh? Speaking of which, where is he?
Zipp was always - always - watching over Hirai Manabu.
All the images are just so happy, so full of kindness, and filled with love...
Finding out someone's secret doesn't always mean you'll find something sad...
There's always a small bit of happiness, somewhere in this world.
What did Dad see and think?
10th of March, rain.
I retired yesterday, but I woke up the same as usual.
20th of April, overcast.
Ikkou's left home and started to live on his own today.
It's sad that even one member of the family has left.
29th of April, clear.
Ikkou came to visit me in hospital today.
He didn't make it clear, but I'm certain that he's been assigned to Section Nine.
Dad... He knew...
Ikkou, you came by?
Yeah.
How's work?
What's wrong? Did something happen?
It's nothing.
I'm just a bit tired.
Is that so...
When I faced him, I was embarrassed and couldn't say what I wanted to...
But to be honest... I wanted to tell him:
"Be proud of your work, it's a respectable job."
Dad...
Thank you...
Shitte itano nanimo kamo
知っていたの 何もかも
I knew about it, everything.
Matte itano imamo nao
待っていたの 今もなお
I was waiting for you, even now.
Ittai dokomade yukeba ii noka
一体どこまで行けばいいのか
How far do I have to go?
Mabutano urano kioku se kono kakawari wo nurasu
まぶたの裏の記憶背 この関わりを濡らす
Memories of his back are burnt into the back of my eyelids; it soaks our relationship.
Anata wo wasurete dokoka tooku e ikitai
あなたを忘れて どこか遠くへいきたい
I want to forget about you, and go somewhere far away.
Ikenai Ikitai
いけない いきたい
I can't leave yet I want to leave,
Ikenai atashi wa
いけない あたしは
because I can't leave.
You fade, your play, your play
You fade, your play, your play.
Atashi no namida wo anata to...
あたしの涙を あなたと・・・
My tears with you will...