Hey.
Hey!
You!
Don't go inside the bathroom!
Kirihara!
Hydrocyanic acid gas?
He put it inside the bathroom,
and inhaled it himself. What was he thinking?
This is Kirihara Ryouji's?
Yes.
We were wondering why they're working together.
Yes.
They were first loves.
Really cute, I heard.
They used to play by cutting paper.
They're the same as they were 14 years ago when they killed their parents.
As a result, they still...
Yukiho hasn't come back to Tokyo yet.
She suddenly decided to open the second store.
In her home town?
If you're planning to open a boutique,
this place is close to a station and doesn't get too much sun which won't damage your merchandise.
I want to have a little more sunlight.
This is Akiyoshi's number, but it doesn't work anymore.
Has something happened to him?
A few days ago, someone who used to live with him came.
What kind of novel was he writing?
About a person who isn't noticed no matter what he does, like a ghost. And he keeps on committing crimes.
He kills the only person who notices it.
I told him that he shouldn't be able to kill that person.
Because he should be happy about being noticed.
I see...
Don't go inside the bathroom!
So, that's why...
As I thought, he was involved in something.
If you find him, please contact me.
This is a company that has always helped our company.
But why?
They are always looking for good customers.
Thank you very much.
Why are you opening another store there so quickly?
I want to return the favor to my mother
The R for the next R&Y stands for Reiko.
At that time, I didn't even know how to confirm whether you were alive or dead.
Yukiho, I want to return to my home town someday.
But whether you were alive or dead,
there was only one thing to do.
R&Y 2nd Shop
Hey, Ryo...
I wanted to return it...
that flower to a place where the sun shines.
I didn't want to give up the dream that you gave me on that day.
Lease
You called me the sun...
2005 December Offering
I wanted to live up to those words.
R&Y 2nd store
Byakuyakou (Journey Under a Midnight Sun) Chapter 11 - Finale
I also want the entire interior done by opening day.
I want to open with the new ring product line. So, please...
Yes... Of course... Thank you.
Yes. I'll come over there right now.
Yukiho! There's a customer.
Sorry... Cover for me.
She's obsessed with the second store.
She's busy enough without it...
She even made this ring.
This is the shop's trademark, right?
Maybe some memory is associated with it?
She was showing a drawing to the designer.
She's being too forceful right now.
She even took out a loan to make the second shop look really impressive.
Is something wrong?
Nothing...
But as her partner, it's natural for you to get worried, right?
I'm a partner on paper only.
Huh?
Didn't you put a lot of money in the first store?
No, I just lent her my name.
She seems to have lots of money.
I haven't seen him for a while.
Didn't he say where he was headed to?
He didn't look well. He may be dead by now.
Chief?
There's a man who wants to surrender to you.
Police Station
So, because Kirihara got you out of a tight spot,
you committed game and card forgery with him.
Yes, I'm sorry.
How come now?
When Matsuura was involved in an incident,
Kirihara told me to return to the normal world.
But after that, whatever I did, I couldn't get away from shady dealings...
What about him?
He's still missing.
Please catch him as soon as possible.
He said that he wants to walk in the daylight.
I think that is what he really wants
Do you think that Matsuura Isamu is still alive?
I hope he is.
I see...
Please take him.
Let's go.
Put Kirihara Ryouji on the wanted list immediately!
This time we can connect him to Matsuura.
This was about the time the second R&Y shop was about to open.
Totally out of the blue,
Ryo was put on the wanted list for card forgery.
Is that you?
It's called accidental resemblance.
He's involved in the murder of Koga Jun and...
is also related to the criminal Matsuura Isamu.
Police have launched a search.
The string of crimes that might lead to that incident 14 years ago...
made us realize our approaching destruction and hear that man's footsteps.
It's been a long time.
Kurihara...
Is Akiyoshi's real name Kirihara Ryouji?
What I don't want you to forget is...
that Kirihara hasn't accepted what I just told you as the truth.
He said that he didn't want to leave his genes behind... So this is what he meant.
He really said that?
It wasn't all talk. His body actually became that way.
I think he really regretted it.
That's why I had to give birth to this baby.
But of course, that's not the only reason.
Mr. Sasagaki...
That potassium cyanide... I...
No...
He didn't use it.
Huh?
He got scared and didn't use it.
Excuse me...
Can you show that baby to her?
She is Kirihara Ryouji's mother...
Had she lived another year, she could've seen her grandchild.
It's just her luck.
It's okay if you want to kill me.
Come on!
Right?
I'm okay...
I won't die just yet.
My sister is giving me a present on Christmas Eve.
Your sister? (He's implying a girlfriend)
I have to give her something as well...
What's the present?
A road that the sun shines on
Ryouko...
Reiko...
What are you hiding?
At the reunion, I met my first love...
You don't have to hide it.
But it gives me emotional stability.
You are my sun!
I know, Ryo.
Oh, no! This is a plant that the president brought from her home. She said it was her mother's.
This is bad! Just move the others.
Forged item...
Hey, Karasawa.
The party is tomorrow.
How about celebrating beforehand?
I don't have decent glasses... Would that be okay?
Anything is fine.
You've been so helpful to me since that time...
Hey, Karasawa...
Why don't you turn yourself in?
What are you talking about?
14 years ago...
you received an extraordinary present from Kirihara Ryouji...
and you reciprocated.
That was all in the beginning, right?
But over time Kirihara Ryouji started committing many crimes for your sake.
For your own sake...
and for Kirihara's sake...
You thought you shouldn't let his efforts go to waste.
This store was funded by the money he stole, right?
If it weren't for the crimes, I think you guys have a really beautiful relationship.
Sasagaki said this...
"They are just protecting their souls from that day.
But because of that...
even now Kirihara Ryouji is crawling around in that duct,
and you're in a dark gloomy room in a building...
unable to show your true self.
They know they will be destroyed eventually,
but they can't turn back now, either."
He wants to give Kirihara a chance to atone for his crimes before he dies.
He also wants to let you live without a burden.
On what evidence does he make such...
This is the best piece of evidence!
I...
read his last words.
It was full of regrets.
He has always wanted to be judged, right?
If you really want to give back his life...
shouldn't you let him speak the truth?!
That it was all for your happiness.
Let him say that in front of everyone!
Shouldn't you acknowledge all of it?
I don't know...
what you're talking about.
I'll just put it here.
Tomorrow, Karasawa Yukiho won't be home.
Using that opportunity, can you dig up a body and identify it?
I know it's hard without a warrant...
This is the one who killed Koga, right?
Thank you very much.
Will Kirihara Ryouji be at that store tomorrow?
It's a flower he bloomed.
A cute but evil flower...
If he's alive, he will surely...
Around this spot...
You were my sun, Ryo.
It's going to be alright, Yukiho.
Because I know...
I'm divorced. Now I can finally walk hand in hand with the one most valuable to me. I won't lose him again...
Actually, I knew...
for a long time...
that you were wanting to be judged.
You say "together under the sun"...
but doing this and running forever won't make us happy!
It's me that forced a selfish dream on you and trapped you inside that duct.
Tomorrow, if you come by, I'll say...
"Let's walk hand in hand under the sun."
"Let's walk hand together to the gallows."
2005 December 24
Welcome.
Welcome, welcome.
Thank you very much. Please take your time.
Welcome.
Did she really whore herself out and kill people?
The root of a flower is grotesque.
Sasagaki, where are you going?
Maybe he'll show up if I'm alone.
I'm just taking a walk. A walk...
Thank you very much.
Please come again.
I thought it was you!
Excuse me, I want to ask you something...
Where did you get this?
I got it from Santa.
Santa?
You've done great at your age. Amazing!
Because I had nothing to lose.
Above me, there was no sun.
It was always night. It wasn't dark, though.
Why is that?
Because there was something in the sun's place.
It wasn't bright... but it was enough for me to walk.
I wonder what it is...
Kirihara?
My own sun.
You also...
were his only sun.
I want to end it.
I see...
It will be good if he comes today.
Bye.
Let me see you off.
I have you now.
It's over.
On November 11, 1991, you killed Kirihara Yousuke.
In 1998, you raped Fujimura Miyako,
and damaged Hanaoka Yuuko's corpse.
In 1999, you submitted a death report,
private document forgery, ATM card forgery,
assisted in Nishiguchi Namie's murder,
game software forgery,
Kawashima Eriko's rape,
and Matsuura Isamu's murder.
In 2002, the use of an illegal official document,
fraudulent procurement of trade secrets.
In 2004, violation of an anti-stalking law,
violation of a poison and hazardous substance control law,
Karasawa Reiko's murder,
attempted murder of Sasagaki Junzou,
and his rescue.
In 2005, Kurihara Noriko gave birth to a child.
You have a child.
Let that child see your back as you climb the 13 steps!
Are you going to make a child like yourself?
Are you going to make a child who can't trust his parents?
You made many mistakes.
But I know that you have done your best.
In order to make one person happy,
you have done your best.
I'll be sure to tell that to your child.
The blood that runs in your veins,
is actually that kind of blood.
I'll be sure to tell your child that.
I'm sorry...
that I couldn't arrest you on that day.
I'm really, really sorry.
Ryouji.
Come!
Ryouji.
I'm returning the favor...
Why?
Didn't you want to walk in the daylight?
Because she's my sun.
Because I am her sun.
Ryouji.
Stupid...
Stupid!
Ryo.
Yukiho.
Go...
It's bright.
Ryo...
Hey, Yukiho...
Matsuura Isamu's body was found in the yard of your house.
The suspect, Kirihara Ryouji killed himself in front of your store.
As if to carry the secrets to his grave.
The scissors he took his life with,
are the same ones that your mother had 14 years ago by your own admission.
What does this all mean?
Kirihara Ryouji was my first love.
But back then, my mother was Kirihara Yousuke's lover.
Of course, we didn't know each other's situation at that time.
Kirihara Yousuke had a strange fetish.
The place of business was always in a building under construction.
They often had me stand guard.
But one day,
seeing me go inside the building, he followed me.
He asked me what I was doing.
Of course, I couldn't tell him.
He got mad and said "Fine!"
He went in through a duct,
and saw his father doing an unbelievable thing.
Then it seems, he stabbed his father with those scissors.
My mother panicked and ran away.
When I went inside the room...
Kirihara Ryouji put the scissors in my hand and said...
"You're the one who did it."
I'm the one who did it.
"If you had just told me the truth, I wouldn't have come to take a peek."
"Your mother ruined my family," he said.
I thought that it was so.
I took the scissors home, and when I told my mother about it...
she took the scissors from me and said...
"the one who did it was me."
The one who did it was you, right?
It didn't matter because the police would suspect her anyway, she said.
My mother tried to make herself look like the suspect.
The night when the police officers came,
"I'll be gone. Tell them that these scissors are mine, okay?"
"If I'm alive, I might tell them the truth," she said.
I pleaded with her to go to the police and tell them the truth.
But my mother said, "It's okay. I've wanted to die for a long time anyway."
I asked her to let me die with her.
But in the end, it's just me who ended up living.
Thinking that it was me,
who had taken the scissors that day, that killed my mother,
I held onto the scissors to admonish myself.
Then there were threats from Matsuura.
When I thought about confessing to the police,
the scissors were taken away from me...
After that, I told lies upon lies...
In the garden that my mother loved, that guy's body was buried without my knowledge...
It's such a shame.
This way, I lost every bit of truth.
Sasagaki said this.
You are in a dark gloomy room inside a building,
unable to show your true self to anyone.
This is what you wanted, right?
Because I... am your sun...
Because you... are my sun...
If I gave up now...
what would have been the purpose?
If you lie once, you'll have to lie even more.
The place where you're living is called a living hell.
What for?
It's already a year since then.
Have you heard anything...
2006 November 11
from Karasawa Yukiho?
She hasn't written anything.
I see...
In the end, she lost her shops and everything.
Continuing the business recklessly in that condition...
In the end, the loans caught up with her.
That condition?
Yes. She was a living corpse.
He's not here anymore.
Let's go to the police and talk.
You'll feel better.
Because I'd feel bad.
About whom?
Because she'd feel bad about Kirihara Ryouji, she can't die.
Nor can she tell the truth to anyone now.
On top of that, she lost everything.
Shinozuka came here the other day and said...
"When a person dedicates his life to someone else, the recipient may suffer more than the giver."
A life in which you have to be happy in whatever you do...
Living such a life is like a punishment.
In Karasawa's case, she's lost that happiness forever.
Forever...
Shinozuka found this...
in her apartment.
That's today.
2006 November 11
Actually, this may have been the only thing that mattered to them.
Come here, come here...
Come... come...
Come.
I wonder where I am now?
In that place where I stand,
I don't really have many interests.
But when we are together, we stand out.
From the beginning we never had anything to rely on.
But I'm sure there's no need to savour the gentleness...
Aaa but then, even if this weight disappears,
We can be together,
Sinners who should love.
This morning that holds such sorrow,
Is my last little bit of strength I have left.
I will see a vision of you.
And I won't be afraid alone...
Is what I quietly whispered to myself.
In order for you to seize your happiness,
Let's hope to become each other's fake sun.
We will lose a few years,
But before that, what will be left,
Is what comes after the tears.