Personal Effects Investigation
One year later
MPD First Investigation Division Scientific Criminal Unit Chief Examiner
Itomura Satoshi
MPD First Investigation Division Murder Investigation First Unit Chief
Sone Takeo
He was that popular?
Yes, he creates music for movies and dramas, and has concerts too..
MPD First Investigation Division Murder Investigation First Unit Detective
Oda Miyuki
He's quite popular.
Miyashita Haruhiko
Oh...
Here's the victim.
Sir Miyashita.
Sorry for the wait.
Good job.
Let's go.
Yes sir!
Hey Miyashita.
That was fast.
Excuse me? Who's that?
Oh, that's Itomura-kun, he's in charge of personal effects.
Personal effects?
Formally it's called Scientific Criminal Investigation Unit.
Nothing good will happen if you get involved with him, Little Miss.
How pitiful.
Mizokou-san, the housemaid.
Oda, talk to her.
Okay.
I'm Oda.
Sign: Traffic Safety Awareness Month
Chief of the MPD First Investigation Division
Kagami Tooru
We found a tiny amount of sediment and a strand of hair from where the victim lay.
No fingerprints from the ice pick, the murder weapon.
Sorry for the wait!
You're late!
- Chief, good work today! - Good work today!
I heard the victim is Zaitsu Youichi.
You know him?
It seems the victim was suddenly stabbed from behind while playing piano.
Right?
The cause of death is bleeding out from the jugular vein.
Hey, what's that?
Oh, I was planning to add this to the list of personal effects.
How will that help the case?
It seems like he's treasured this since he was young.
Sign: Zaitsu Youichi
So what?
I think it's something that knows the victim the most.
Itomura, what's your job?
Isn't it to sort the personal effects and assign the priority for the crime lab analysis?
Don't bother with such things!
Yes Sir! Well then...
Miyashita-san, can you hold this? It's important.
First off, send the hair strand for DNA analysis and also this sediment for analysis.
Analyze the credit cards in his wallet and his cell phone.
Also, the IC recorder...
Analyze the contents of the recorder only when it's deemed necessary.
Reduce costs as much as possible.
Okay then.
I'm not an assistant.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Let's go Little Miss.
All right.
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Translator: mikilove13
Sign: Zaitsu Youichi, Special Concert
President!
Zaitsu-sensei passed away last night.
Was it suicide?
No... The police are saying that...
His talent was something I lived for.
As the president, I was his producer,
and I also protected him.
Protected him?
Yes...
Zaitsu is a typical artist and so he would have disputes here and there.
But who would've killed him...!?
The front door wasn't locked.
A lot of people, including us, were always coming in and out,
so he thought it was too troublesome to keep it locked.
By the way...
Wasn't there a recorder?
Recorder?
Yeah.
MPD First Investigation Division Scientific Criminal Unit Officer
Yokoyama Keiichi
The DNA analysis of the hair
and of the sediment.
Itomura-san.
Itomura-san!
Oh, sorry.
I was just checking the music score.
Can you read that?
I used to play music long ago.
Really?
Ah, sorry.
Sorry.
Yes, it's Itomura.
Oh, understood.
Sorry, I have something to do.
Take care of things.
Please and thank you.
Ah, wait... Itomura-san!? Itomura-san!
Crime Laboratory Head Officer
Muraki Shigeru
Selfish as usual.
He's impossible.
It's a good song.
I think Zaitsu would have broken new ground.
But halfway through, it sounds different from the score that was left.
It's pretty common with Zaitsu.
I heard he always says that songs are living things.
I'm surprised that you know that.
I was looking forward to his concert.
Oh, I see...
Well, I'll keep an amateur's opinion as just an opinion,
so I'm planning to talk to a professional about it.
You're a master at annoying people.
Huh?
Never mind. I'm going home.
Sign: MPD East Setagaya Police Station
Between 11:00 am to 1:00 am.
Sign: Setagaya Musician Murder Case Special Investigation Unit
Legwork!
Yes!
Around that time, there were no sightings of a suspicious person.
Data search!
Yes.
He was a renowned troublemaker in the music industry,
he caused trouble here and there.
Here's the list.
According to his agency's CEO,
he recently broke up with a woman he was about to marry.
He had a fiancée?
A female violinist named Aikawa Yukie.
Wring out all of his acquaintances, including his fiancée,
and find someone with a grudge against him.
Yes sir!
Looking at the body, it was done by someone with quite a grudge.
Next, IC recorder.
Itomura.
Yes.
It only had a piano recording.
Judging from the situation, the victim was likely killed while playing the piano.
Unfortunately, the recorder was not recording during then.
Then next...
But...
Doesn't that make you curious?
No questions! Just report.
Yes. Then I'll report.
For your information, I've asked a pro to compare the recorded song and the score from the crime scene.
That's it.
Next.
You won't get reimbursed for this taxi receipt.
Huh!? No way, Chief!
You were yelling at me to hurry up so I figured I won't make it if I take the train.
It has nothing to do with the case.
No way...
Huh? What are you doing?
Huh? Oh, this piano is broken.
See?
A piano that doesn't play is pitiful.
Can you fix it?
I've always fixed my broken toys before.
Everyone did that, right?
Not really...
Oh, wait a minute.
Jeez... repeat the 3rd measure.
- Oh, Irie-chan, Irie-chan. - Yes?
Come here.
What's wrong, Yoshikawa-san?
We're not getting anywhere without Yukie-chan.
Sorry.
Sorry for coming during working hours.
Not at all.
I can barely work anyway.
I'm sorry.
No, I know how you feel.
We came today because we heard from President Irie that you were engaged to Zaitsu-san.
We were going to marry in Autumn of this year.
But he suddenly became cold...
Oh, ouch. Sorry.
Ouch...
Um...
Yes?
Why are you here?
Oda-kun, right? Sorry for the sudden noise.
I guess I shouldn't have?
He said that he was a police so I thought....
No, no. It's fine.
Sorry Ushijima, I won't take long.
All right.
You know him?
He's a senior from my university.
Just now, I was talking to Irie-san
about this toy piano that was inside the studio of the late Zaitsu-san.
Do you know anything about this?
I knew it was in Zaitsu's studio,
but I figured you'd know something about it.
No, I don't know anything.
Really?
Please stop now.
Excuse me.
Let's go back to our conversation, do you know why he suddenly became cold?
No.
I suddenly got a message...
I have no idea about what happened.
I asked him why but he won't tell me.
Besides, how is that toy piano related to the case?
Oda-kun, you're Yokoyama's colleague, right?
Listen, just as how investigation is important to us,
there are more important things for you to do as someone in-charge of personal effects.
Anyway, I'll report this to the Chief.
You're squealing.
It's "reporting."
But don't you think there's something strange about her attitude?
Huh?
Excuse me.
Hello, it's Oda.
The victim, Zaitsu Youichi, was found to have come from an orphanage.
When I contacted them, it seems like he recently visited after 20 years.
Look into it immediately.
(Please live your own life.)
(Youshun Academy)
In the past, most children were here because of poverty or for being orphaned.
Nowadays, there are more children who were victims of domestic violence.
Youichi was the same.
- Youichi! - Idiot!
He would silently play the toy piano that his mother apparently bought.
He always looked like he was enduring something...
However, one day,
he suddenly fought back against the kids who were making fun of him.
Youichi's angry!
The feelings from the teasing of his peers and the violence within his household that he endured
suddenly blew up in that moment.
So it was a very important piano.
You said that you won't say anything.
Why did he suddenly visit after 20 years?
I'm not sure.
It's just that...
(Authorized Personnel Only)
I've become who I am because of those days.
That's how I feel recently.
Without that piano...
I...
That's why... I guess that's why I decided to write a song for my own future.
The title is "Towards Tomorrow."
But who knows what will happen...
tomorrow...
I can't believe his words came true...
Was that enough to help you?
Yes.
(Young man, embrace your dreams)
Do you think "Towards Tomorrow" is the title of the recorded song?
I don't know.
But why "Towards Tomorrow?"
I'll go ahead now.
This song?
It's the track left in the IC recorder.
The title is "Towards Tomorrow." What do you think?
About what?
What do you think?
I just asked that.
Oh, by the way, you received a fax from a college of music professor.
Ah, thank you.
I knew it was different.
What is?
Yeah, the opening of the recorded song and the score are similar
but the end seems quite different.
I was contacted by President Irie.
The concert that was supposed to announce his new song will be a memorial concert.
So they want the recorder back because they want to use the recorded song.
Return the IC recorder immediately.
I can't.
Why?
It has nothing to do with the case, right?
Zaitsu-san's written score and the recorded song are different.
Doesn't that make you curious?
No matter what you do, it's still the victim's song.
I wonder...
Return it soon! That's an order!
Chief, the autopsy report has been faxed in.
Listen, return the recorder as soon as possible.
Oh, I can't do it after all.
Itomura!
Please look at this.
"The sprained right little finger is about 60% recovered." So what?
So the recorded song was probably not played by the victim.
What?
His sprained right little finger wasn't fully recovered.
That means the touch of his finger on the keys should have been weaker.
But there were absolutely no sign of that in the recorded song.
Why do you know that?
Because the professor from a college of music never reported that.
It's impossible.
Oh that's fine, I'll wait here.
Listen.
Yes?
Your case isn't the only one I'm working on.
Yup.
Nevertheless, you want the recorder's data restored immediately? Don't be unreasonable!
Please do something...
I told you it's impossible.
I think someone said that if you think it's impossible, you'll never conquer that mountain.
Okay, stop spouting nonsense. Excuse me.
Aren't we friends?
Friends? We've never even eaten dinner together!
Are you inviting me?
Huh?
Okay...
Weird... I'm sure...
Um, excuse me.
Is something wrong?
Do you know where the Japanese Acoustic Laboratory is around here?
Do you need something?
Huh?
I'm the director, Eto Natsuko.
What? Oh...
Perfect.
Um... I'm Itomura Satoshi.
Police?
Restorable Deleted File
There was a deleted audio file.
First, this is the song that was recorded.
And this is the deleted one.
It's similar but they're not the same song.
You can tell?
Maybe the first one was played by a different person.
Then a person who would do this kind of thing is...
What is it?
Nothing...
There's a part that's a little weak.
It seems like his finger hurt a little.
It seems like the crime was recorded.
That's why the criminal erased it.
One more time please.
Excuse me.
Apparently, this is the sound of high heels.
High heels?
The crime lab has reported that the footprints at the scene were from high heels.
The size is 24 centimeters.
A long hair was found in the crime scene, right?
So a woman approached the victim while he was playing the piano
and repeatedly stabbed him with an ice pick from behind?
Aren't you curious about something?
What is it?
The criminal deleted the victim's song
and recorded their own piano playing.
Why?
Of course it's because the criminal realized that the crime scene was recorded.
Then just take the IC recorder.
But the criminal went to the trouble of recording a different...
Itomura, we can just find out once we catch the criminal.
Ah, yeah.
Um...
What Little Miss?
There was also the sound of a bell, right?
Aikawa Yukie, who was supposed to marry the victim, had a bell attached to her cell phone.
I'm sure she can also play the piano.
Yes?
Itomura...? Oh, from this afternoon.
Um... I was wondering if you noticed something about the high heels.
You never asked about it so I didn't say anything
but there was a disturbance in the footsteps.
For example, it was as if an old disabled person is walking...
Eto-san, can you help me with an experiment?
Huh?
- We're coming in. - Yeah.
Sorry for asking you to come here.
There's a couple of questions we'd like to ask.
Yes.
Zaitsu-san seemed to have a reputation of being rough lately.
Did you know?
You've also been yelled at.
About a month ago, you visited Zaitsu-san's home several times.
Leave! Don't come back again!
I'm sorry.
Why?
Explain it so that I can understand!
Just please leave me alone for now!
Where were you at 11pm on the day Zaitsu-san died.
At home.
By yourself?
Yes.
The truth is, the caretaker testified that you left your apartment 30 minutes before that.
30 minutes is enough to get from your apartment to Zaitsu-san's home. Isn't that right?
The caretaker must have seen wrong. I was at home.
I didn't kill him!
I never said that you did.
How big are your feet?
24 centimeters.
It's the same size as the high heels in the crime scene.
Too tight.
What on earth are you doing?
Hm? A little bit of an experiment.
Oh, Eto-san...
Yes?
About the recorder yesterday...
You started to say something about the person who erased and re-recorded music...
What were you going to say?
Oh, I was going to say that it was probably a person who craved the limelight.
I see.
All right! Let's start the experiment.
This is the sound of the high heels left on the recorder.
So I prepared the high heels and the bell.
The footprint left at the scene was about 24cm.
These cost 2,000 yen.
I hope I get reimbursed.
By the way, what are we doing?
We're looking for a person that fits this sound wave.
Huh?
Please start.
Okay.
Doesn't match.
Then, next please, Eto-san.
Huh?
Yes.
How is it?
It's completely different.
Then, I'll do it next.
High heels please.
Huh? Why would you?
I feel like I'm falling...
Of course!
How is it?
We have to let Aikawa Yukie go for now.
Right... Damn!
Yokoyama...
What?
Well, I came to report the results of Itomura-san's experiment.
Experiment? I wasn't told about that!
Um but...
Let's see. Here it is.
Analysis report: the footsteps recorded were by someone weighing around 65 kg
who is unfamiliar with wearing high heels.
Apparently.
And one more thing, the probable reason for erasing the victim's recorded song.
Most likely, it was to prove his superiority against Zaitsu-san.
That Itomora probably caught something big.
Stop!
Stop it!
Thank you.
We will pick you up tomorrow.
Are you still doubting her?
Itomura-san.
Aikawa-san, Irie-san, I want to talk to you about Zaitsu-san.
Would you please give me three minutes?
She's tired.
I'll listen.
Ever since he was young, this toy piano seemed to be an emotional support for Zaitsu-san.
Huh?
Zaitsu-san was raised with a violent father.
Is that true?
Because of his father's violence, his mother committed suicide.
After his father died of illness, he grew up in an orphanage.
He was a boy who was always enduring something.
And that boy became violent only once.
It was as if he released everything after enduring for so long.
I wonder how he felt that time...
I think it scared him a lot.
Since he has the same DNA as his father,
he was scared because he didn't know when he'll start being violent too.
In order to suppress that fear,
he continued to play the toy piano given to him by his mother.
That's why...
Why?
I broke his piano.
Idiot!!
Hey! What have you done!?
I'm sorry.
Now that I think about it, he started changing then.
Is that so...
He wanted to stop the wedding
because I broke that keepsake from his mother.
That's enough... Aikawa-kun, let's go.
There isn't a person who would stop a wedding because of a broken object.
It's true that he grew up towards the world of music because of this piano.
But deep in his heart, he was probably scared of himself being violent all the time.
There were signs of it.
The more he immersed himself into his beloved music, the more he clashed with others.
If it continued, then he would have been imitating his father...
He was worried that he'd use violence against an important person one day.
That's right, Aikawa-san, that's you.
He was about to use violence on you when you broke the piano
perhaps he was confronted with the reality that it might actually happen.
That's why he himself decided to turn his back on the wedding.
No way...
If that's how he felt during that time, then I can understand why he suddenly became cold towards you.
At one moment, he probably felt hopeless.
But I'm sure he was in a conflict because of your break up.
By the end of that conflict
I think he created a new song.
That's just your imagination?
Besides, his song wasn't that much of a big deal!
The perpetrator felt the same way.
That's why he erased Zaitsu-san's song and re-recorded it.
That's it!
I'm much better than you! I can't lose.
Baring those fierce emotions.
Irie-san, when did you hear Zaitsu-san's song?
Wait...
No... no!
I was the one who first recognized that guy's talent.
I was always overwhelmed.
I was planning to give up on music.
But he asked me to join him in making new music.
So I became a producer instead.
Look at that! He became so popular.
He was the media's darling.
We clashed with each other and I was hit.
Huh!?
You're making me do this kind of work!!
Apologize!
Let go!
This...!
Hey! Irie!
He became popular because of me.
If I continue playing music in Japan then I'll become useless.
I'll start over from scratch.
You understand me, don't you?
Hey hey, what about the concerts?
Your schedule is already filled for two years.
I'm announcing my retirement at the next concert.
After that, I'll start over in a new world.
Zaitsu!
What are you thinking!?
What are you thinking Zaitsu!?
Reconsider!
I've already decided!
I knew about Yukie right away.
Yo.
Seriously.
Why do you think I've endured all his abuse?
He was just my doll!
But... I couldn't allow that.
She went out that night because of an anonymous message from a person who has information about Zaitsu.
You hated Zaitsu that much?
What?
You hated him.
No matter you did, you never beat Zaitsu in music.
That's why you disfavored him in your heart.
That's not it.
No, no, I'm sure of it.
Your eyes are saying that you hate him.
You're wrong!!
Hey...
He was my doll!
He came that far because of me!
Hey! Listen close, okay.
In a little while, my song was supposed to be presented at his memorial concert!
It's my song. Can you tell?
It's my song which is much better than Zaitsu's!
Get it?
Zaitsu-san wanted to start again with you.
Huh?
This is a credit card statement from Zaitsu-san's wallet.
It has a record of a purchase of one-way tickets to Italy.
The names are Zaitsu Youichi and Aikawa Yukie.
Firenze.
Why?
The first time my mother and father met was apparently in Firenze.
I told him I'd like to visit someday...
Zaitsu-san remembered it.
Men's envy is scary...
Miya-san, have you ever felt envious towards me?
No.
Zaitsu-san's last work is titled:
"Towards Tomorrow."
In this song, there is hope for the future.
A song made for his new self and you...
This is Mr. Zaitsu Youichi's last song. Itomura
Japan Acoustics Laboratory
Thank you very much. We couldn't have done it without you.
Can I ask you a question?
Sure.
I heard that the Scientific Criminal Unit Chief is called the personal effects chief...
but why do you go that far?
The victims can't say anything anymore.
So I ask their belongings.
Oh... You say interesting things.
Very unusual for police.
A paper fortune has been taken out of the victim's purse.
Aren't you curious?
Are you able to tell her that my sister was killed in a love hotel?
Please leave me alone already!
I knew it...
Can you give me just three minutes...?
Knowing the components of the gum isn't necessary.
You won't give up, right?
Yes.
During the investigation, there are shrines and temples I'd like to check...
No time for that!
I was brandishing a flimsy sense of justice.
What's your job?
What's your plan, Itomura?
I got it.