Good morning, young lady.
Good morning, Tome-san.
Well then, let's eat.
Thanks for the food.
The weather sure is nice today.
Yeah.
Oh no! Your undergarments!
I'll go grab them!
Did you really think you'd beat me?
Chiko! What are you doing to him?
Shunka fell in love with a bad guy who was trying to defeat the Detective Girls.
Ah!
T-Tome-san!
Huh? You couldn't have!
I'm sorry.
I... I...
I've fallen in love with Tome-san!
What?!
So, what do you think?
Uhm...
It's completely different from what I wrote!
Where the hell did the love triangle come from?!
But it'll never be popular in girls' magazines if it doesn't have a love story.
Listen. The Detective Girls are fighting for justice.
Therefore...
I wonder what happens next!
Will it be Tome-san or Koito-san who ends up with that man?
I just said, that's not what it's about!
Are you going for a walk again today before going home?
Yeah.
A walk?
There's a place she likes to go to.
Could you be having a secret love meeting with a man?!
N-No!
She's blushing!
Very suspicious!
Come on, that's impossible.
Oh?
That's boring.
See you tomorrow!
Bye!
Take care.
I really enjoyed those times,
but these days aren't bad either.
Oh, hello.
Wow, it's unusual for someone else to be here.
Hello.
Would you mind if I stayed here too?
Of course not. The more the merrier.
My, it sure feels nice here, doesn't it?
Yes. I live very close by, but I only just recently discovered it.
Is that so?
I haven't come here for a while.
Maybe not since they carved out the mountain. I used to love this place.
When I was a child, this was forest for as far as the eye could see.
After I started school, they rapidly started building houses here.
I could see this country develop before my own eyes. Those were exciting times.
I came here as soon as the war ended too.
It was shocking. It was nothing but piles of rubble.
I bet you couldn't even imagine that.
My apologies.
I was reminiscing like an old man.
This place brings back all sorts of memories.
All sorts of memories...
C'est la chaude loi des hommes
It is the warm law of men
Du raisin ils font du vin
From grapes, they make the wine
Du charbon ils font du feu
From coals, they make the fire
Des baisers ils font des hommes
From kisses, they make the men
C'est la chaude loi des hommes
It is the warm law of men
Du raisin ils font du vin
From grapes, they make the wine
Du charbon ils font du feu
From coals, they make the fire
Des baisers ils font...
From kisses, they make...
I've never heard that before.
What's that song called?
Well... I actually forgot all about that song.
Maybe this place really does bring back all sorts of memories.
I have to be heading back home now.
Oh, I see.
See you later then.
Young lady! Young lady...
I thought you'd be here.
We've been looking for you.
Tonight we make sukiyaki.
It's my treat.
Akine-san... He's eating all his meals over at our place...
Come now, you're a growing child.
Go on, eat some more meat.
But that's too much...
Just keep on eating, young lady.
These days aren't bad...
But, I can't help but remember the old times.
Koito-san, what on earth are we doing?
Shush. This is a job for the Detective Girls.
Ah, she's coming!
Oh, now I see.
What?
It looks like Tabata-sensei and Honda-sensei are seeing each other.
Huh?
What I mean is, they're dating.
One of the students saw them kissing.
What?!
You heard them humming before, right?
That's a signal they use to arrange their rendezvous.
What I mean is, rather than saying "Can we see each other later today?",
they hum a song instead.
If the answer is yes, the other person hums the song back.
It's like a secret code just for the two of them.
And this is a job for the Detective Girls?
What happened to justice?
What I mean is, they're supposed to be teachers upholding the sacred art of instruction, so we can't just let them fool around on the job!
Denouncing that would be justice...
So what's the verdict?
They're dating, aren't they?
Of course!
I witnessed it with my own eyes.
First, she...
It would be great if Twenty Faces would come see me when I sing that song.
Oh, young lady.
Are you going to that hill again today?
If you don't mind, I'd appreciate if you would keep me company again.
Well, today, I...
I have something I need to talk to you about.
It was no coincidence that we met on that hill yesterday.
Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet.
I'm Kakishima Kouhei.
I'm a college professor.
Or, rather, I was.
That man you all call Twenty Faces...
...was my student.
His teacher...
He knows about his past.
He understands him.
The reason I invited you here today is because there's something I want to learn from you.
From you, the one they call the Daughter of Twenty Faces.
I think it's for your own good.
He was a brilliant student.
He was a superb researcher from the moment I met him.
That's why when I was putting together my own research team,
I invited him without hesitation.
We didn't restrict ourselves to specific lines of research and allowed for free discussion.
In no time at all, he became the leader of the team.
But, after all, it was a student organization,
so we quickly exhausted our funds, and had to halt the research.
And then...
The war started.
I figured I'd be too busy to even consider research,
but he came to me with an offer of considerable research funds for a military project.
"Watch, listen, and think for yourself."
That was his doctrine.
However, with a doctrine like that, he had a tendency to be self-righteous.
When our defeat in the war was definite,
he felt that the data should belong to him, so he burned down our facility.
And, when he surfaced for the second time,
he was being called Twenty Faces.
We were researching a technique to provide unlimited electrical power to an entire city.
Unfortunately, that power could also be used to destroy an entire city.
It can take on an unseen form, allowing for control of unbelievable amounts of energy.
Unseen form?
I'm searching for all the research he did.
And then I heard a rumor that the Daughter of Twenty Faces carries his legacy.
He used you as his decoy.
I'm no decoy!
Of course, he didn't have any other options.
However, he's hiding behind you and trying to do something monumental.
You're just a pawn in his plan to cause another huge disaster.
He didn't take me under his wing for that reason.
Anyone who gets involved with him becomes enchanted with him.
And then they come to misfortune.
I want to save you.
For that reason, please leave me in care of everything he's entrusted to you.
Entrusted to me?
I don't want you to be exposed to any more danger.
I know you must be bewildered hearing all this at once.
Well then, I'll come see you again.
Am I his decoy?
Is what that professor said the truth?
I have to think.
But...
I don't know anything about what he was like before he became Twenty Faces.
Unfathomable energy...
People believe I know that secret and that's what they're after.
He knew that would happen.
But what did he entrust to me?
Young lady.
Please don't think about Twenty Faces anymore.
From the day I came to your home, I made up my mind to stay with you until you come of age.
Tome-san...
Until the day you were able to handle your inheritance on your own.
You are the legitimate heiress of your family.
Twenty Faces is an untrustworthy man that has no connection to that whatsoever.
I understand that you went through some very emotional times with him,
but anyone they call the Mystery Man with Twenty Faces is not a man we can trust!
I can't just sit silently by and watch your mind become clouded because of a man like that!
Tome-san...
I understand.
Tome-san is worried about me.
It seems he's found another woman.
And so apparently Tabata-sensei's been dumped.
I feel bad for her.
He didn't look like the type to do something like that.
Honda-sensei is a real jerk.
How can you be sure he's to blame?
There might be various circumstances at play here.
What's this, Mikamo-san? You're talking like an adult!
You're just a pawn in his plan to cause another huge disaster.
He's wrong.
But...
C'est la chaude loi des hommes
It is the warm law of men
Du raisin ils font du vin
From grapes, they make the wine
That's "Bonne Justice", isn't it?
Note: "Bonne Justice" (Good Justice in English) is a poem composed by French poet Paul Éluard (1895-1952), one of the founders of the surrealist movement. This poem is shown in the background of the opening animation.
"Bonne Justice"?
Oh, you were singing it without knowing its name?
It's a poem by Paul Éluard.
Éluard?
It's a great poem. It's about the laws of men: warm, harsh, and kind.
So I guess you've heard the rumors about me, huh?
But...
Even if it stings now, it'll all be a pleasurable memory one day.
C'est la chaude loi des hommes
(It is the warm law of men)
Du raisin ils font du vin
(From grapes, they make the wine)
Du charbon ils font du feu
(From coals, they make the fire)
Des baisers ils font des hommes
(From kisses, they make the men)
C'est la dure loi des hommes
(It is the harsh law of men)
Se garder intact malgré
(They keep themselves intact despite)
Les guerres et la misère
(The wars and the misery)
Malgré les dangers de mort
(Despite the dangers of death)
Grapes... they make... wine.
Coals... they make... fire.
From grapes, they make the wine.
From coals, they make the fire.
From kisses, they make the men.
That is the warm law of men.
They keep themselves intact despite the wars and the misery.
Despite the dangers of death.
That is the harsh law of men.
They turn water into light.
They turn dreams into reality.
They turn enemies into brothers.
That is the kind law of man.
Could what he entrusted to me be inside this poem?
Or in the song?
Well, I'm afraid I've never heard that song before.
I see.
He's so fast!
I'll have a leg up on the swing!
Your role is over.
I'm sorry for you.
I'm told you're not needed anymore.
Chiko!
Ken-niichan!
Chiko!
Are you all right?
Who was that?
I don't know.
I tried asking around about the Boss, but couldn't find out anything.
I see.
Be careful.
That guy from before might show up again.
Yeah.
Thanks for taking me home.
See you!
I have to change before Tome-san sees me.
Did Twenty Faces order that guy from before to attack me?
But...
He would never kill me.
Maybe I was a little too harsh on the young lady.
But if she could understand that there's someone here to care for her, I think that she'd...
I'm...
...putting my trust in Twenty Faces.
That man knows something more about Twenty Faces.
If I want to get closer to Twenty Faces,
I must accept his invitation.
Oh no!
This is terrible!
Aw shucks...
Let's get going now please.
I'll make it to Twenty Faces this time.
I've made up my mind.
Please forgive me, Tome-san.