To You Clowns
Hey, you!
When are you taking off those ugly masks?
It’s just that you don’t have the courage to.
Coating your insubstantial true identity with your pretensions.
You’re just waiting for me to fall into your trap, right?
Sorry to burst your bubble!
I’m not dumb enough to fall for that.
Enough with this ludicrous act.
If you stop, then I’ll dance with you.
A dancing fool and a fool who watches!
Hey, dancing tonight!
Hey, you! What are you doing, reading my stuff like that?
I've told you a thousand times not to read my stuff!
Moron! I-It's not what you think, okay?
We're so not dancing tonight, okay?
W-W-Why don't you go off and dance by yourself?
Who is that guy?
Today, the teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up!
Risette was adorable!
Oh, really? What do you want to be, Jun-kun?
Yeah, they were all awesome!
Maybe I'll start a band, too!
Today, we'll be hearing from full-time farmer, Mr. Shibasaki.
Hello.
Hello!
Wow! Just look at this!
It looks delicious. May I have a taste?
Please do.
All right, I'm going to try one.
Oh, yes! They're so juicy!
Aren't they? What do you say?
If you married my son, you could have all the fresh veggies you wanted!
Jeez, I'm going, okay?
This is Yamano, reporting from Mr. Shibasaki's farm.
Just go straight down this street. It's not far.
It's exactly the hick town I was told it would be.
With a low crime rate, too.
Inaba Police Station
Five minutes late on your first day?
You've got some guts.
This may be a little town in the sticks, but that attitude's not going to cut it.
Right, sorry about that.
If you have five minutes, you can canvas for two incidents.
One of those guys who never get ahead...
Don't forget...
Who lives and dies by working it in the field...
In the field, every minute, every second counts.
An old-school cop whose motto is "Pound the pavement..."
Right...
The type I don't get along with.
She's already gone to bed tonight, but I've got a daughter.
Her name's Nanako.
She's nothing like me.
A real good kid.
I hear that you went through a lot in the city, but this is a tiny hick town.
Helping each other out really strengthens people's bonds.
You're free to consider this place your own home.
I look forward to working with you.
Right!
I look forward to working with you, too.
Oh, man! So good!
Uh, about that purse-snatching case the other day...
It was in front of the... Four-Six...
The Shiroku shop.
Right, the culprit snatched the purse in front of the Shiroku shop, and fled by bicycle.
That was when... at Point A, Ai...?
Aiya.
Right, right! He passed Aiya's delivery girl,
and apparently she saw his face.
Since both incidents occurred in the Inaba International Shopping District...
That's "Central Shopping District."
Oh, that's right!
Oh, boy...
A month after I came to this town...
Rumors started flying about the Midnight Channel,
which would show your soul mate on TV at midnight.
Today, we have a special guest - Mongolian, the genius dog who has everyone talking!
And can you believe it, Mongolian is a very special dog who can walk across a tightrope on his hind legs!
What an amazing skill!
Yes, I don't think any other dog can do what mine can.
How incredible is that?
Yes, I believe he's been blessed with talent.
No way...
You gotta be kidding me.
What the hell is this?
This is crazy.
It's totally crazy!
Just when it was getting interesting.
You really are clueless, Dojima-san.
For some reason...
The newscaster, Mayumi Yamano. You know her?
The one having the affair.
Affair?
Popular Female Anchor
SECRET MEETING
This Ms. Yamano is here in Inaba City.
She's staying at the Amagi Inn right now.
But the media got wind of it and they're mobbing the inn.
I hear it's turned into something of an uproar.
So the department's been asked to provide security.
Can you join the detail starting tomorrow?
Hey...
Y-Yes.
Uh, what about Dojima-san?
Didn't he tell you?
He's taking time off for family reasons.
Whereabouts? That way?
Pounding the pavement to investigate...
Something I never knew how to do till I came to this town.
I told you, I'm not answering anything unless it's about art!
Right...
Pretty tough...
Souzai Daigaku's steak skewers, huh? I'll keep these in mind.
That weird lady's shop is the Shiroku, and that shady-looking one is Daidara.
There's the Marukyu Tofu Shop, and that's Aiya.
Who gives a damn about all this?
Uh, Dojima-san?
Hey, if you're gonna take the day off, at least tell me!
But I did tell you.
Huh? Did you?
Well, never mind.
I've been canvassing the shopping district, but it's a dead end.
No new information to be had...
Is that right?
It's so old-school, your way of doing things.
Sorry, Adachi. If it's not an emergency, can we pick this up later?
I'm out shopping right now.
Shopping?
Starting on Monday, my nephew's staying with me for a year.
So I'm out getting stuff that he might need.
Daddy, what about a toothbrush?
Whoops, that too!
Oh, yeah? Your nephew, huh?
So anyway, sorry about that. I'll call you back later.
This story that you're having an affair...
It's a lie, right? A story like that...
It's none of your business!
Not denying it, huh?
After I was nice to you...
Who knew you were such a piece of trash?
I-I'm going to call somebody!
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut the hell up!
You know what?
You need a good scare, and get yourself straightened out...
For example...
She fell in.
That's amazing...
You can go all the way in!
Look, you, you've been fooling around with Namatame, haven't you?
Stay away from me!
So why not do the same with me?
Stop it!
I wonder why...
Why is that I...
I'm not good enough?
Ryotaro Dojima
One Voice Message
High school girl, yeah right!
This whole world is crap.
Cry and beg for forgiveness! Then I'll let you out!
Just kidding...
Adachi, where are you now?
It's nothing urgent, but I was wondering if you'd like to come to dinner tonight.
If you're up to it, call me back.
He's gone...
Marie!
What's going on?
Everyone's worried about you.
That's Adachi-san.
He works under Dojima-san, and he's a cop.
I invited him to the concert.
Adachi...
Why were you chasing Adachi-san?
I don't know...
But...
You should stay away from that man.
Why?
I don't know. I don't know why, but that's the vibe I'm getting.
That complicates things.
Is he... your friend?
I'm not sure. I guess I just want to know more about him.
Now that I think of it, that day might have started the ball rolling.
Which one should I choose?
Nanako-chan, how about growing cabbages?
I really love them.
Cabbage?
Oh, wait, you don't like them?
What do you want, Big Bro?
Anything you like, Nanako.
Big Bro, huh?
You've totally warmed up to him.
Tohru-chan!
What are you doing here?
Are you done with work?
Oh, well, I'm off today. Um...
Hello!
Hello.
Oh, hello there.
Are you friends of Tohru-chan's? You're so young to be his friends.
That's right, they're friends of mine.
We're shopping now, and really busy...
Oh, is that right? Then I'll bring you some stew again sometime, all right?
You have to take care of yourself.
See you later!
Goodbye!
That lady's son has the same name as me, see.
Apparently, he looks like me, too, so she's really been doting on me.
You seem pretty happy about that.
Are you kidding?
It's actually a nuisance, you know.
Bringing over tons of stew, when I never asked for it...
I really wish she'd back off!
Come to think of it, I never returned it.
Adachi-san?
What are you doing here?
I'm ditching work.
Don't tell Dojima-san, okay?
Tohru-chan!
Oh, crap.
This really blows.
I've had it with her stew.
Over here!
Wait up, Mom.
Well, well!
Mr. Detective and his friends?
Hello.
Hello...
Let me introduce you. This is my son, Tohru-chan.
Hello, nice to meet you.
My Tohru-chan's so busy with work, but he's here just to see me, and I'm so happy!
I'm going to make you lots and lots of stew tonight!
That sounds great, Mom.
Have a good day, Mr. Detective.
So it doesn't have to be me after all, huh?
I mean, just how do we resemble each other?
He doesn't look a thing like me.
It's a little sad, isn't it?
Why?
Hello.
You...
What's going on?
I thought I'd bring you...
This.
Hey, hold on...
Please eat this.
The smaller one is a single meal, so please warm it up whenever you want.
But why?
For some reason...
Can we leave it at that?
Oh, I see.
Adachi-san?
Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?
Today?
I'm sure that both Dojima-san and Nanako would be thrilled.
I made you a boxed lunch from today's leftovers.
Please have it by tomorrow.
You're waiting on me hand and foot, huh?
How much should I pay you?
I don't need any payment.
Because I'm just doing this on my own.
Yeah, but...
What's in it for you, then?
There's no profit or loss involved when you're helping each other out.
Helping each other out...
Right.
"Stay away from me."
Uh-huh.
So why did you come anyway?
I thought that Marie must have her reasons for saying such a thing.
A reason, huh?
I have no clue.
I mean, this Marie-chan... was it?
Who is she?
She doesn't seem to go to your school...
She's a friend.
Oh, so you can't tell me.
I just can't ignore Marie, either.
And that's why you're hanging with her?
What's up with that?
Is it wrong to want to help someone who's in trouble?
There's no way to know whether it's wrong or not until you have results.
What you do for someone else isn't always good for that person.
She could always betray you,
and it might also lead to something even worse.
If that's the case, then you just shouldn't do anything from the start.
That's how it works for grownups.
But that...
That can't possibly be true.
Someone must've done something they shouldn't, and made the culprit mad.
Crap!
Dammit!
Damn, why Nanako-chan?
That's right...
This is all on you.
Playing crime avengers is what caused Dojima-san and Nanako-chan's suffering...
It was you.
This is all on you.
Nanako!
It was you.
It was you, all right?
Nanako.
Nanako!
See? I told you...
Yu-kun.
I thought you'd be showing up soon.
I'm going to stop you!
There you go again, relying on it...
The power of what you call a bond!
So what if it is whitewashing?