Re-Translated by Cirendeu_33
Happy Watching!
Forward.
Backward.
Right.
Left.
Any direction will do.
Right now, I can go in any direction.
But I wonder what we should do
when there's nowhere we want to go.
At this rate
maybe I should fly up towards that sky.
Sounds like badly written lyrics!
Pathetic.
Oh~ Pathetic.
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go...
I don't wanna go~...
I've finished my rounds.
Ah, good work.
Ah, Tatewaki-san, you're good with electronics?
Lately my smartphone's been on the blink.
Ah, smartphones are...
Just computers?
For now, I specialise in programming.
Ah, right~.
What was that "Ah", for?
If I was good with electronics, I could find work elsewhere.
- Ah, I'm sorry. - Ah, it's no problem.
- Good morning~.
- Another "Ah"...
- Good morning. - Morning.
- Anyone for drinks? - Ah, please~.
Tatewaki-kun?
If you wouldn't mind.
Give me a break!
What kind of feeble green is this?!
Is your phloem loose?!
Compared to that, you're beautiful again today.
Your leaves are fresh.
If you were human
you'd be a beauty with a shapely nose.
I'll just go and get it, so wait for me.
You were off yesterday, so you wouldn't know.
Ah, thanks.
- It's an experiment. - Experiment?
To see whether raising one plant with praise
and another with scolding
will make them grow differently.
That's what it is?
Ah... What is this?
Mud.
M-Mu...
It has a detoxing effect so it's good for you.
I learned about it while studying geology.
Everyone's drinking it in Hollywood.
Cool, right?
Yes...
Not cool! This is Japan!
Dreadful!
You look so brittle!
I'm sorry.
- It's extra good today. - You noticed?
It's very rich.
Yes, I altered it a bit.
I wonder if the future I used to imagine
was anything like this.
I graduated from university
and failed at job hunting.
Although I went to grad school
there was nothing I wanted to do
and 2 weeks ago I landed a job here
at the Shizen no Mori Museum.
- Ah, good morning. - Good morning.
It's getting warm early this year.
I'm sweating.
Um~
Does anyone have some free time?
I want someone to go to Kujō-san's house.
To collect a specimen.
Um... I forgot to clean the toilets.
I'm going out on a geological survey this morning.
There's been a request from someone important.
What?
Isozaki-kun, will you go?
Huh?
Will you go to Kujō-san's house?
Sorry, my eardrum's popping and I can't hear.
Your eardrum's popping?
I have a visitor this morning...
Oh~ Tatewaki-kun.
Eh? M-Me?
You haven't met our osteologist, Kujō Sakurako-san, right?
Osteologist?
A skeletal specimen expert.
She helps us out sometimes.
S-Skeleton?
You mean bones?
- Real ones? - Of course.
She contacted me to say she had a specimen
so could you go and meet her?
And ask her when the fox specimen
from Yomine will be ready.
Ah, wait, bones are...
I pity you.
Touching bones is nasty, right?
That's not what I mean.
What?
I pity you.
My condolences.
Collect those bones.
Kujō
Excuse me~
I'm coming in...
Excuse me.
Wah, it looks like it it's about to move.
At night, maybe...
I can picture it! Scary...
Hello~
I'm from Shizen no Mori Museum...
Um...
Ah...
Please calm down.
Are you not a boy?
I apologise for startling you.
Likewise, I'm sorry.
T-The door was open, so I...
That was for ventilation.
Ah... Are you the osteologist?
No, that is Miss Sakurako.
- Miss? - In her studio.
Excuse me.
Pleased to meet you.
I'm from Shizen no Mori Museum.
I'm Tatewaki...
Huh?
I apologise.
Miss Sakurako's only visitors
are employees of the museum
so she has no need of pointless greetings.
- Eh? - I'm sorry.
You'll have some tea?
I will take your business card.
W-What are you doing?
A jelly made from the pulp and juice of a Furano melon.
Sorry for the trouble.
It seems you are a new employee at the museum.
Yes, I've only been there 2 weeks.
I've never heard of an osteologist before.
That's right.
Miss Sakurako is one of the few
professional osteologists in Japan.
Really?
Due to the lack of qualified osteologists in Japan
Miss Sakurako studied in Germany.
Oh? That's incredible.
Please, eat up.
Itadakimasu.
Mm! It's delicious!
I'm glad.
Miss Sakurako prefers them from Asahikawa
but for melons it just has to be Furano.
♪ To the bone, to the bone
♪ I want you to love me to the bone
I'm sorry, when you're eating.
Miss Sakurako.
Why have you turned away?
Do you find them disgusting?
Such beautiful things.
To someone unused to them
there is nothing appealing about them.
Correct?
I suppose looking at bones makes you think of death.
That is merely your preconception.
Each one of these bones supported this animal.
In other words
they are proof that it lived.
I see.
I don't see at all.
Bones, they're bones! Bones!
Bones are amazing.
Eh? She smiled?
Why? Embarrassment?
Is she embarrassed that I praised bones?
Even though she does it?
You praised them, didn't you?
Eh? Can she hear my thoughts?
Whoa, is she angry?
A bone! A bone!
Show me where this fox was found.
Eh? Eh?
Miss Sakurako!
It's still cold out.
Please, she mustn't catch cold!
- Where are we going? - I don't know
but if you go, she'll calm down.
Let's go, boy!
I'm not a boy! I'm 26!
A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako-san's Feet
Bone 1
Subtitles by Candylemon
Hello!
I emailed you!
I've sent the location where the fox was found!
You're going to the forest, right?!
Please collect some soil!
- Eh?! - Also...
If you see any unusual flowers or plants
take photos of them!
Um...!
What is it?!
How should I put it...
Good luck!
Her taste in music alone is good.
Huh?
Looks like it's through here...
Ah... Wait!
Eh?
You shouldn't do that!
Wait for me!
Ah...
It won't move.
How am I supposed to take it back?
Wait for me!
Further in?
Got it.
Ah, wait...
Oh~
White bones! A corpse!
Wonderful!
W-Wonderful?
It's a long time since I've seen bones in such beautiful condition.
And I rarely meet human bones.
As I thought
it fits perfectly as the distal phalanx of the left middle finger.
What?
This was mixed in with the fox bones.
I thought it was most likely human
and I was right.
Why was a human bone mixed in with fox bones?
That fox ate an insect
or a small animal like a rat
that was here with this corpse.
It ate the fingertip along with it.
I didn't want to know!
Wait, what are you doing?
Don't disturb it.
It's not too late for a thorough examination.
Examination?
It's a dead body!
Ah! Wait...
First, the skull.
Fascinating...
Eh?
The teeth are pink?
Hmm~ Kind of pop?
No no no no no....!
Got it.
Among fox bones?
Yes.
I can smell it when people lie.
No, that's a lie.
What you just said is too ridiculous to believe.
It's true!
You say you realised it was human?
Ah, that wasn't me...
It was Kujō-san.
Hey!
Don't wander around the scene without permission!
What are you doing?
How is it?
The body has fully turned to white bones
so we'll have to take it back to know any detail.
She died about 6-7 months ago.
What?
Considering last year's mild winter and the sun exposure here
the geothermal temperature
would take that long to turn her to white bones.
From the cranial suturing and dentition
in other words the daily tooth abrasion
and also the pelvis
she was a woman in her late 20s or early 30s.
Her teeth have wedge-shaped defects.
The teeth on the left side
are more worn than those on the right
so it's likely she brushed her teeth with her right hand.
She was probably right-handed.
You can tell even that?
There's a crack on the left mandible.
It shows no sign of healing
so it occurred shortly before death.
Eh? You mean she was beaten?
I wouldn't know that.
I'm simply telling you the facts before me.
Just who are you?
An osteologist.
Osteologist? What's that?
Yamaji-san!
This was nearby with clothing debris.
What interests me more...
...is these teeth.
Vandalism of the scene.
Come to the station!
- And you! - What?
- Kondō, bring him. - Ah, okay.
- Come on. - Eh?
Why did you try to take the corpse's tooth?
I found it first.
I should at least be allowed a tooth.
Don't talk like it's lost property.
It's a corpse!
Ah, um, I'm so sorry.
Will I have a criminal record...?
I know who you are.
I've spoken to the museum.
We really just went there by chance...
I know that. More importantly...
I hear you're Shitara-sensei's niece.
My uncle is a professor of forensic medicine
and used to be a medical examiner.
Shitara-sensei has helped me out a lot.
I see.
That's why you knew so much about the body.
We're not suspicious at all...
We have no connection to the corpse...
Not so fast.
What?
We found a driving license that seems to be the deceased's.
The address is
"Palace Shirakawa, Shirakawa 22-14, Hachiōji".
The same address as you.
The body is likely that of Mishima Takako.
What was your relationship with Mishima Takako?
Well...
My mother manages the apartments...
I borrow a room there
and Mishima-san lives in flat 402...
Were you close?
Ah, no.
Just casual acquaintances.
The person who discovered the bones
lives in the same building as the deceased?
There's no way that's coincidence!
What do you know?
I really don't...
I can't believe it.
That...
That Mishima-san is...
Ouch!
Are you all right?
Ah, yes...
I'm fine.
Helping your mother?
That's kind of you.
You're a student?
Yes, at grad school.
Eh~? You must study hard.
Ah, no, not at all...
It's more I can't make up my mind
or I'm just hesitating.
Everyone feels some hesitation.
What?
Life has mountains and valleys.
All right.
I'll lend you a listening ear.
Hey.
Mishima Takako lived in 402, right?
Yes.
Looks like the forensic work is done.
Huh?
Hey, where's she gone?
How is it?
Hey, did you let her in?
- She said you gave permission... - No way!
What were you thinking?
Huh?
Am I speaking too softly?!
Hey!
The pink staining on the teeth is likely due to suffocation.
Eh? What do you mean?
How do you know that?
During suffocation, blood pressure increases rapidly.
The blood vessels in the dental pulp rupture
and haemoglobin penetrates the dentinal tubules
staining the teeth pink.
I see.
I didn't understand a word!
Excuse me.
The blood vessels in the teeth broke and bled
and that stained the teeth pink.
So Mishima Takako
was beaten and strangled here by someone?
Suffocation can be endogenous or exogenous.
I can't yet say if her suffocation had an external cause.
Was Mishima-san caught up in any trouble?
Have you heard of anyone holding a grudge against her?
A grudge?
Takako-san wasn't that kind of person.
It seems that's not the case.
What?
2 years ago
Mishima Takako's fiancé's company collapsed.
The former employees were in uproar
claiming it was planned bankruptcy.
What does that have to do with Takako-san?
It's been suggested the bankruptcy was her idea.
Bored?
This is important, okay?
Do you only care about the pink teeth?
Mishima-san ran a herbalist shop
and her fiancé's company's money may have gone there.
No proof was ever found
but someone held a grudge and harassed her.
So she kept changing her address.
I never...
Did Mishima-san tell you anything?
No.
I see.
That'll do for today. Go home.
Okay.
Watch it.
Yes, Kondō here.
Right now?
I'm at Mishima Takako's home.
Yes, Yamaji's with me.
Don't disturb the scene.
Get your act together.
Is this the fiancé?
Yamaji-san
Mishima Takako's sister has arrived at the station.
Okay.
I can't...
Who'd do this?
Had you had any contact with your sister lately?
No.
She didn't contact me.
Her fiancé Fujiki-san's company went bankrupt
and we didn't want to create more trouble
so as a family we kept our distance.
Is it true the bankruptcy was planned?
I don't believe so.
She even sold her own shop
to try to rebuild Fujiki-san's company.
Were Fujiki-san and your sister
involved in any trouble?
I...don't know of any.
Hello?
We're here.
Takako-san was a kind person.
It's unbelievable.
There's no way she'd plan a bankruptcy...
No way...
Another preconception?
Eh?
There's no evidence that a kind person can't commit a crime.
Takako-san was different, she...
What do you know about Mishima Takako?
Well, what do you know?
I don't know and I don't care.
How can you be so cold?
Don't you care about anything but bones?
When I was struggling to find work
Takako-san listened sympathetically.
Even though she was being harassed
she still listened to me kindly.
- Someone like that... - Meaningless.
The kindness you talk about is simply your impression.
Or rather, it's what you wish to believe.
N-No.
She made a former employee resent her
and kept moving to escape harassment
so she rarely left home and felt lonely.
That's when you appeared.
Listening to your trivial worries
may have helped her kill time.
Huh?
That's one possibility.
Don't you think so?
You're wrong, she wasn't like that.
Boy, preconceptions mean
you only see what you want to see.
I'm not "boy"!
I'm Tatewaki Shōtarō!
I've had enough.
I don't want to talk to someone like you
who doesn't consider people human!
I can't get it...
Aren't you the same?
When we found her skeleton
before you knew it was her
you recoiled and wouldn't approach it.
You saw it only as a creepy object, didn't you?
- Good work. - Good work.
How was the mountain?
Feel like you sweated off 10kg?
Probably.
Did she make you walk?
My first visit
I was forced to go looking for animal bones.
I had to carry a wild boar's corpse!
I was scared and grossed out.
I don't mind eating boar though.
- When have you? - The animal corpse...
Don't compare her to an animal!
I'm sorry.
It's a path everyone travels.
I'll be off. See you.
Good timing.
I'll let you abuse this.
Here.
As much as you want.
Don't hold back.
- You... - You?
You don't understand how I feel!
You don't understand how humans feel!
Idiot!
Ah, sorry, this is the one to praise.
Sorry, praise it. Praise it!
Hurry up!
Praise it!
You have pretty good style.
That was all about Kujō-san, right?
Well, I can understand that.
I don't want to deal with her again.
Well, I can understand that.
Is the experiment going well?
Mm...
The abused plant seems unhealthy.
Really?
I meant to understand everything about plants
but I suppose I just wanted to think I knew everything.
What?
Well, see you tomorrow.
See you.
You spent a long time with that young man today.
Did you enjoy yourself?
It was boring.
He's full of preconceptions.
He blindly accepts his own values.
That may be your preconception.
Something that seems boring
may be interesting if you look closely.
No, he's boring.
Sorry for the delay. Welcome.
Sorry to come when you're busy
we're from Hachimine station.
Is Fujiki Tatsuya-san here?
- He's late today... - Late?
What time does he come in?
Regarding the remains of Mishima Takako-san
which were discovered yesterday
the police wish so speak to her fiancé
but his current whereabouts are unknown.
Look at this.
They're saying this woman plotted with her fiancé
to deliberately cause bankruptcy.
She doesn't look the type to do that.
Well, you can't judge a book by its cover.
Miss, you have a visitor.
Please, come in.
If you want the mouse specimen you didn't collect yesterday
it's right here.
It may seem trivial to you
but for me
showering Takako-san with unprovoked accusations
is unforgivable.
It might be my imagination.
The truth might not be what I want.
But please, tell me the truth.
Why did Takako-san have to die?
I want to know.
Please help me!
The things we call bones
all exist for a reason.
Each one of them has a meaning.
Each one is needed.
Needed...
Facts are the same.
Each one exists for a reason
and together they form one truth.
The reward is a platypus.
Eh?
The museum has a platypus skeleton.
Give it to me.
- If you can't... - I'll do it!
I'll manage somehow!
Well then, shall we assemble the bones of the case?
- Fujiki Tatsuya-san? - Huh?
I'd like a word with you.
Stop!
Yamaji-san!
Hey!
Don't crease my suit.
Okay?
We spoke to Mishima Takako-san's sister.
Did your sister speak to you about it?
It's news about the case.
Who's that?
Takako-san's younger sister.
My sister sold her shop to support him.
She keeps on rubbing her arm.
Rubbing her arm?
Psychologically
it's considered a gesture of anxiety or self-defence.
Psychologically...
You do have an interest in people's minds?
Sorry.
Neither of them is like that.
And besides...
Fujiki-san was trying desperately to rebuild the company.
He was thinking of the staff...
There's something off about this.
Why is the sister defending Takako-san's fiancé?
He ran away.
That's suspicious, right?
He might have killed Takako-san, right?
Why would her sister protect him?
The bones aren't yet complete.
Boy, the photos.
Eh?
You took photographs near the scene, didn't you?
Ah... Yes.
Let's see...
Ah, got them.
Let's go and find the last bone.
Oh!
You want something?
Ah, sorry...
That's why you came, right?
You wouldn't do anything pointless.
- Too close... - What kind of plant is this?
Ah, that's belladonna.
- Belladonna? - Yeah.
The Japanese name is seiyouhashiridokoro.
It's a gregarious perennial that mainly grows
in southwest Europe.
Lots normally grow together?
Mm.
There's only one here...
- May I? - Yes.
It's strange to find just one here.
I can only assume someone planted it.
What are the features?
The fruit, stem, and roots are poisonous.
It's highly toxic.
It can even cause hallucinations.
But if a tiny amount is used in medicine
that's safe, so it's good.
The bones are all connected.
Are you Mishima Yuki-san?
Yes.
My mother is the manager here.
The agent Tatewaki.
It's all right to enter your sister's room now...
Ah, please.
She didn't have many possessions.
I wonder if I'll ever get over it.
It's a turning point in my life
but I did not know until I watched the news.
My sister was suffering alone.
Yet I couldn't do anything.
Couldn't do anything?
Hello.
What are you doing here?
I'm sorry to intrude, but Mishima Yuki-san
we have a few questions regarding your sister's case.
- Wait! - "Wait"?
You just said, "I couldn't do anything"?
Don't you mean, "What's done is done"?
What?
What are you talking about?
Hey... What are you doing?
So I was right?
That cheek pigmentation.
It's hard to see under your makeup
but it's one sign of pregnancy.
They're pregnancy freckles, correct?
And the child you're carrying
is your sister's fiancé's?
Fujiki's child?
If we consider you had a physical relationship with your sister's fiancé
then everything fits.
During your interview
you made unconscious defensive movements
to protect yourself and your child.
It's also why you defended Fujiki.
So that's it.
I thought it was odd.
When we first spoke to you
when we told you Mishima Takako was dead
you blurted out, "Who'd do this?"
I can't...
Who'd do this?
You knew Fujiki had killed her
right from the start.
That's why you defended him?
Fujiki did it, right?
Huh?!
What are you babbling about?
Eh? I just followed the flow.
That's all wrong.
Then, what happened?
Mishima Takako wasn't killed by anyone.
Eh?
She committed suicide.
What?
Mishima Takako
died of belladonna poisoning.
Just one belladonna plant grew in the forest.
A belladonna plant that was once in this room.
That supports her suicide.
When she ate the belladonna
she hallucinated and stumbled deeper into the forest.
Before long, her throat swelled from the poison
and she suffocated.
That's why her teeth were stained pink.
She ran a herbalist shop.
It's likely she knew about belladonna.
So, the reason she killed herself...
was her fiancé and sister's betrayal...
Wait a minute.
What about that crack in her jaw?
Yes.
Takako called me over.
About the affair.
Why?
Why?!
Tell me!
I sold my shop for you!
Why...
- Why? - Calm down!
Why...
I endured everything people said!
That put pressure on me!
Are you okay?
Don't touch me!
Fujiki-san told me he'd talked with my sister...
But I couldn't contact her...
So when the police told me she was dead
for a moment I thought something had happened with Fujiki-san
and I said, "Who'd do that?"
Fujiki didn't kill her.
Mishima Takako committed suicide by belladonna.
Suicide?
Yes.
No...
I never thought it would come to this.
But...
For my child...
I felt sorry for my sister
but...
I couldn't do anything.
Tell me...
Fujiki-san didn't kill my sister, did he?
So he hasn't committed a crime?
Thank you for your cooperation.
This is too cruel.
Betrayed by someone she loved and supported
Takako-san suffered so much.
Are you sure?
Or is that just a preconception?
What?
Despair isn't the only reason to choose death.
Mishima Takako may have died to win.
By choosing to die
she left Fujiki and her sister
with deep scars that will never disappear.
They created a child.
However much they try to justify things
the guilt will never go away.
Even though they'll be together
they will bear that burden all their lives.
They drove someone they cared about to death.
That's a heavy cross to bear.
She didn't win!
Whatever the reason
if she chose death, I feel sorry for her.
Dying was meaningless!
If she'd lived, she might have smiled again someday.
But now she's dead...
Now she's dead, she can never smile again!
That's right!
In the language of flowers, belladonna means "silence".
Mishima Takako chose the eternal silence of death.
What was she thinking when she chose that?
She will never tell us.
We can no longer know
how she truly felt.
That's why those left behind can't escape their suffering.
That is how immense death is.
I...
...wanted to talk with her more.
I wanted to hear her laugh more!
I wanted her to live!
To live...
After that, the police detected
slight traces of belladonna components on Takako-san's clothes.
Those corroborated the idea she committed suicide.
She chose death for herself.
That sad fact can't be changed.
The platypus?
Ah, well...
I couldn't steal a specimen, after all.
But instead, I brought this...
Ah! My! Pensée Blanche!
There was quite a queue.
She smiles when bones are praised and when she sees something sweet.
She's so weird.
I'll fetch tea and plates.
- Hurry! - Yes!
Thank you very much.
I've been thinking a lot
and I still believe it, after all.
That Takako-san was a kind person.
No matter what, that kindness helped me.
I've decided to keep only the good memories.
Do as you please.
Mm, delicious.
You ate it by hand.
I hate waiting.
By the way, that boy...
...is named Shōtarō-san, isn't he?
Shōtarō