Whoa...
Fool.
Shut up!
D-Damn it!
Killing is the worst choice you can make.
Of course, so is dying.
As the embers of world war smoldered
in autumn of 1937,
the Imperial Army
Greater East Asia Cultural Society
established a clandestine spy training agency.
Greater East Asia Cultural Society
The histories, names, and even ages
of the elite men who pass its rigorous application process
are all treated as top-secret information.
They easily complete training exercises that push them
to their physical and mental limits.
Under the command of founder Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki,
they operate worldwide, within the shadows.
And so a brand-new intelligence agency was created.
Its name is "D-Agency."
Episode 10 - Pursuit
Machiyama-san.
Did you look into the matter we discussed yesterday?
This Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki...
My friend in the Ministry of War says
there's no record of anyone by that name.
While investigating, he only heard about a "D-Agency,"
the details of which are totally unknown.
Then can you get me the Military Prep School's registry
for the last five years, starting from the year 1900?
For twice the usual, yes.
Fine. I'll send it like always.
Machiyama-san, thank you for the interesting information.
D-Agency, huh?
In order to effectively use information gathered
This program is a work of fiction. The characters, organizations, locations, laws, names, etc. being portrayed are unrelated to actual events.
from spies across the globe,
it would be an absolute necessity to have
a high-ranking commissioned officer as the spymaster.
But...
Enrollees
18 Tanaka Ichirou / Fukushima, Commoner 19 Watanabe Tarou / Saitama, Samurai 20 Katou Tetsuya / Shizuoka, Commoner 21 Fujimoto Souzou / Ehime, Commoner 22 Itou Kouhei / Saitama, Samurai 23 Yamaguchi Takeshi / Saitama, Samurai 24 Izawa Daisuke / Fukushima, Commoner 25 Abe Shouhei / Tokyo, Samurai 26 Matsutake Masashi / Tokyo, Samurai
27 Kubota Kouichi / Tokyo, Commoner 28 Ishida Daiki / Gunma, Samurai 29 Andou Mitsuhiro / Ibaraki, Samurai 30 Nakamura Takanori / Saitama, Samurai 31 Takahashi Hidetake / Chiba, Samurai 32 Kawaguchi Hideki / Saitama, Samurai 33 Honda Keisuke / Chiba, Samurai 34 Maruyama Shouwa / Fukushima, Samurai
His name is not on the list of graduates.
Oh, darling? Do you have a moment?
July 1905 Imperial Military Preparatory School Enrollee list Inspectorate General of Military Training
Come on in, Ellen.
A little something, since you're working so hard.
Where's that from?
Our neighbor.
Um...
Susoake?
"Susoake"?
Oh, that's "o-suso-wake," meaning sharing a gift, Ellen.
Oh, right! "O-suso-wake"!
Here, have some of this and cool off.
Thank you.
Oh, dear, it slipped off again.
Try and be more careful, would you?
That's your wedding ring, after all.
I'm sorry.
Maybe I've lost weight from all this heat?
Thank you, darling.
You're welcome.
I'll finish the rest while I work. You can go to bed.
Okay.
Meiji Year 38, July Imperial Military Preparatory School Enrollee list Inspectorate General of Military Training
His name wasn't in the list of graduates.
But...
Enrollee List
123 Aizawa Tomoyoshi / Tokyo, Samurai 124 Arima Aiji / Saitama, Samurai 125 Arisaki Akira / Tokyo, Samurai 126 Iijima Jounosuke 127 Izaki Kouhei / Gunma, Samurai 128 Ishikawa Shinichi 129 Iwakuni Masaemon
130 Uegusa Kouichi / Tokyo 131 Ugaki Kentarou / Shizuoka, Commoner 132 Ujioka Toki / Tokyo, Samurai 133 Uwajima Ken / Ehime, Samurai 134 Etou Kisaburou / Saitama
Arisaki Akira.
He's registered as attending the prep school,
but was expelled for delinquency.
Enrollee List 123 Aizawa Tomoyoshi 124 Arima Aiji 125 Arisaki Akira 126 Iijima Jounosuke 127 Izaki Kouhei
And the characters for "Arisaki" can also be read as "Yuuki."
Satomura
Thanks for coming all this way...
British Times Newspaper Aaron Price
Aaron Price-san.
Have you been in Japan long?
Yes. Ten years now.
And before I came here, I was a reporter in Bombay and Hong Kong.
Ten years, you say?
Your wife is Japanese, then?
Oh, no.
My wife's a Belgian woman I met here in Japan.
She's my world.
I see! My apologies.
You were asking about the life of Viscount Arisaki?
Yes.
Lately, many of the viscount's close friends in England have been
talking about how dearly they miss him.
Is that so?
So...
I spoke to some of his former coworkers,
and I heard an interesting rumor.
They said Viscount Arisaki had a secret love child.
The person you heard about was undoubtedly Akira-sama.
His name was Akira?
If he was his child,
why didn't he inherit the noble rank?
Then the Arisaki line wouldn't have died out.
It was winter of 1896 when Viscount Arisaki
appeared at his manor in Mejiro with Akira-sama in tow.
Arisaki
Welcome home, Master.
Who is this boy?
Draw him a bath, please.
As you wish!
What is your name?
Akira.
Though he was still young,
the viscount never remarried after losing his wife.
He was a tall, athletic, and broad-minded man.
And although there were times when he'd take a cynical view of the world,
he was extremely popular with women.
So handsome...
Then, suddenly, he returned with a young child at his side.
It was only natural for those near him
to assume he'd fathered him with a geisha, or something of the sort.
However, after seeing the fortitude
that gave Akira-sama such a noble air,
rumors that the viscount was just caring for an old army comrade's child,
or the illegitimate child of a princess,
began to seem more plausible.
In the end, we never learned the truth.
The master never registered Akira-sama
as part of the Arisaki family,
but we were all shocked by the fervor
with which he educated the boy.
Starting with language:
not just English, but French,
German, Russian, and Chinese, as well.
Math, history, physics, and chemistry.
He had tutors of different races from all over the world.
And to top it all off, the master himself
taught the boy martial arts.
In deadly training sessions where a single misstep could cost him his life,
the master beat his lessons into Akira-sama with a fury that only a man
who'd risked his life on a real battlefield could muster.
And with Akira-sama's unbelievable aptitude for learning,
he absorbed everything he was taught.
Then, when he was 13, Akira-sama applied to
the Military Preparatory School at the Master's behest.
He scored the highest grade of all the applicants.
Wow, that's impressive.
Yes. I thought for sure he'd end up a decorated soldier,
until there was an incident...
Principal's Office
Why is Akira-sama the only one being expelled?!
This is about having the temperament of a soldier.
They're just boys. Fights aren't a problem.
Sometimes a scuffle is the start of a new friendship,
as long as they fight fair and square.
But blinding the opponent with dirt
and hitting him with a low blow
is nothing but cowardice!
It's unbecoming of a soldier.
My school's job is to raise soldiers.
A boy with cowardice in his heart
isn't fit to be a student here!
Akira-sama.
Do you still have the knife I gave to you?
Of course.
Why didn't you use it when you were surrounded?
When they gather together, they stop being afraid of death.
It's one of the things they teach at that school.
If I'd used my knife,
someone would have died.
What did Akira-san do after being expelled?
He studied abroad in England
and remained there.
No returns to Japan?
Just once, in 1912...
for Viscount Arisaki's funeral.
Akira-sama had grown into a fine gentleman,
and attracted the attention of women, whether he wanted to or not.
After the funeral, Akira-sama
sold off the manor in accordance with the viscount's wishes,
and left most of the money to the servants.
But the man himself took nothing.
Old man. Thanks for everything.
Are you leaving Japan again?
Yeah. I'm boarding a boat back to Europe tonight.
If I may be so bold,
is there no way I can assist you?
Old man, I've advanced quite far out there.
Don't worry.
Everyone around here
is calling me "Duke."
Duke?!
Duke... The title of Duke...
The first letter is "D."
The young man here in the upper right corner
is Akira-sama after he'd just begun studying in England.
Who's this?
I'm told he acted as
Akira-sama's guardian during his time there.
Arisaki Akira left to study in England
in 1906.
Britain's security service became
an independent secret intelligence service in 1909.
When the era of MI6 began,
was there, or was there not, an Asian man who could be Akira enrolled there?
That's the only thing left to confirm.
How ironic, though...
Arisaki Akira was taught by none other
than Captain Mansfield Cumming of the Royal Navy.
One of the creators of MI6,
and a legendary English spymaster.
That makes Arisaki
a senior apprentice to me.
The Japanese spy who was captured by, and escaped from,
Lieutenant Colonel Marks was from D-Agency.
Which is run by
Imperial Army Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki.
That much I already knew.
"A dog is more useful than a spy whose cover is blown."
Captain Cumming said that a lot.
Aaron Price.
You're under arrest for espionage.
Why did this happen?
How long are you gonna keep playing dumb?
We caught you red-handed. You can't talk your way out of this.
If you won't cooperate,
we'll just ask your wife Ellen.
Ellen has nothing to do with this!
You're clearly in possession of military secrets.
You'll get the death penalty for sure.
Who are you working with?
Who are you working with?!
Why...
Could I have a cigarette?
I give up. I'll tell you everything.
Ellen,
what I've put you through is unforgivable.
I wish that, just once more...
Release him.
Take off the handcuffs.
Why? Why did they let me go?
The MP was right.
They caught me red-handed and had all the proof they needed.
I had no possible room for excuses,
so to save my own life...
The MPs timed it perfectly, too.
Did Machiyama...
No, it couldn't be.
Then...
It had to be the next person I met...
Satomura-san.
Price-san? What on earth are you doing here?
Where is Arisaki Akira?
This is Akira-sama.
Impossible...
This is him?!
Arisaki Akira...
Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki... runs D-Agency...
Akira-sama has been sleeping like this for over 20 years.
In the world war, he served as a volunteer soldier.
During the Battle of Passchendaele,
he was caught in a German gas bombardment.
After he was transferred back to Japan,
we requested medical help from the Imperial Army,
but they refused, saying he wasn't an imperial soldier.
As we found ourselves completely at a loss, a man came.
He said that he and
Akira-sama had been close friends in Europe.
That man pays for all this?
But why?
I don't know the real reason, either.
He had conditions, however.
Conditions?
First, that I not ask his name.
The other...
was teaching me exactly what to say when, in the future,
someone came by asking about Akira-sama.
Akira-sama's new past.
I've repeated it to myself over and over,
memorizing it in minute detail.
At this point, I can't even distinguish
which parts really happened to Akira-sama.
Nonetheless,
I was thrilled when you came to see me.
I thought that the world had forgotten about Akira-sama.
Yuuki fabricated a whole past for himself
as bait to lure out enemy spies?
But... then...
Why let me go?!
Price-sama...
Where's your ring?
They got me.
At that point,
they knew nothing about my spy network.
If they'd even implied they knew anything, I'd have...
They must've been Yuuki's subordinates.
That ring contained
a microdot list of the informants and accomplices
that I've spent ten years in Japan compiling!
Ten years I've been in this country...
Everything I've accomplished in that time is gone.
A decade of my life...
Ellen...
Dear.
How did you know?
A man with a cane
told me you'd be here.
I'm sorry.
Darling...
Let's go home.
"When a spy is at a crossroads, if their partner's face comes to mind first,
it's time for them to retire."
That's a famous saying among spies.
Thank you.
Preview
Millais's "Ophelia."
Is she still alive,
or dead?
Episode 11 - Coffin
What do you think?