Formal judgement: The accused is hereby sentenced to death.
I'm deeply sorry for being born.
I'd like to hear about the reason why you think she was falsely accused.
I'll erase everything and die.
Of course I need you!
So you'll need me as well!
Waiting out her death penalty and refusing a retrial?
- Do you understand why? - It's because I don't understand!
I'm doing this so I can understand her.
I'm not qualified to meet her.
Those are the eyes.
Those cold and leering eyes.
Those eyes of yours that engulf everyone around you in misery.
Tanaka.
Tanaka?
- Yes. - It's from your sister.
How nostalgic.
I had the same one.
How old was I? I got it for my birthday.
It was my 8th birthday.
Alright, here.
Cold eyes.
When you look closely, it has cold eyes, don't you think?
"You have cold eyes." I've been told that by many people.
What are you staring at?
You're Yukino-chan's grandma, right?
I'm Sasaki.
When we were children, Yukino-chan and I lived same neighborhood.
- You don't remember me? - I don't.
- The meeting will be at two. - Got it.
- Tange-san? - Nice to meet you.
My name is Tange Sho, I'm a lawyer.
I heard you have questions about Tanaka Yukino's investigation...
She's demanding a retrial?
No, I read about the trial
and there are a few points I'm curious about.
I don't think I'll be able to tell you anything new.
It's not you as the person in charge,
but you as another human being, I'd like to ask.
The person who spent the most time with Tanaka Yukino immediately following the incident.
The 18 liter drum of kerosene
was found 10 km upstream from the bridge
where Tanaka Yukino was seen, am I right?
Yes.
In other words, she walked a distance of 10 km after laying the fire?
Seems that way.
On average, it takes more than two hours for a woman
to walk a distance of 10 km.
Furthermore, if she walked back home from there, she shouldn't have arrived before 7:00 am.
But you and your colleagues found her in her apartment at...
At 6:45 am.
By that time, Tanaka Yukino
had already attempted suicide by drug overdose.
The 18 liter drum that is considered evidence.
Have you found her fingerprints on it?
Have you found any other fingerprints that don't belong to her?
You actually found other fingerprints?
- Several people's fingerprints. - Who do they belong to?
There was no match in our database.
Do you think we did a sloppy job?
I'm actually surprised. I didn't expect to get that much out of you.
I've never come across a suspect like her.
No attempts of hiding her crime. No excuses either.
Instead, it felt like she wanted to be done with the investigation and the trial as soon as possible.
I'm not 100% convinced myself.
However, only the criminal could have known that the 18 liter drum was thrown into the river.
Also, she kept saying it.
"It was me who set it on fire."
I didn't expect for someone to come and pay tribute on the first death anniversary.
Are you a friend of them?
No.
Excuse me, but you're Kusabe-san, right?
The owner of this place?
It's not what you think. I'm no reporter or anything like that.
My name is Sasaki.
I'm a childhood friend of Tanaka Yukino.
You're on her side?
Yes.
I see. Me too.
How are you?
I'm currently married and have a five year-old son.
Forgive me for not keeping in touch at all.
I heard about it from Sho-kun.
He said there might be another trial.
I wish you the best. I'll also be cheering for you.
Please take care of yourself.
Your sister.
Translation: HPriest @ d-addicts Twitter: @hpriestsubs
Timing: keiko1981 www.giftedones.net
A childhood friend, huh?
Kusabe-san, you and Yukino-chan were acquaintances, right?
Excuse me, on the news...
If I'm not mistaken, you said you saw her on the night of the incident.
On that night, for some reason, I couldn't talk to her.
I'm still feeling regret about that.
You see, I'm a district welfare officer for this area.
Some brats think of this park as a hang-out spot come night.
No matter how many times I tell them, they keep making a ruckus all night.
But they have their reasons.
They don't want to go home or they don't want to be alone.
Each one of them, I can't just leave them alone.
It was the same when I first met Yukino-san.
I have to call out to her or I won't be able to send her home.
( Inoue )
Excuse me, you there.
I'm sorry about that, but could you lend me a hand?
Man, they're so strict these days.
If you don't properly separate the trash, they won't collect it.
That one's made of plastic. It's burnable trash.
Put it in here.
You're a lifesaver.
I used to do this with my wife,
but she died the year before last.
Going through other people's trash, how gross.
Are you perhaps Tanaka-san?
Tanaka Yukino?
Inoue-san's wife consulted with me.
I'm the landlord of that apartment complex.
Next time, please knock on the door.
The nameplate on that apartment says "Inoue",
but it's me who is living there.
They're living in a different apartment.
It was me who told the wife about this idea.
I'm sorry for deceiving you like that.
It's okay even at night.
Whenever you can't hold down your emotions anymore, come and knock at my door.
Rather than calling Inoue-san.
Since they called her a stalker, I was expecting some kind of awful woman,
but that wasn't the case at all. She's a kind one.
After that, I got her to help me many times over.
We even cleaned the neighborhood together.
During a cold morning, we had tea at my place.
Your eyes?
You hate those eyes?
Yes.
I've been told by various people.
"Don't look at me with such cold eyes."
Cold eyes, they say.
But Keisuke-san was the only one who told me that he likes my eyes.
Whenever I remember about that,
it becomes too painful to look at myself in a mirror.
Maybe I should get some plastic surgery.
I know. It's not that simple to change your face.
No...
I think there's a way.
You can change it by disposing of those eyes you hate so much.
Disposing those eyes...
Dispose them together with your attachment to him.
Can those be disposed?
The self of you that you hate. You have to part ways with it somehow.
"I don't want to be with my halfhearted self anymore."
Apparently that's the last thing she wrote in her diary.
During the trial it was concluded that she declared her decision to commit the crime with those words.
"I don't want to be with my halfhearted self anymore."
"As of today, I bid farewell to this notebook."
"Thanks for falling in love with someone as worthless as me."
"Goodbye, Keisuke-san."
You made up your mind when you wrote this.
It was a premeditated crime.
But it was only about her wanting to change herself
and her decision to have plastic surgery.
I knew it.
Yukino-chan is innocent after all.
Sasaki-kun...
I'm sorry, but I have to go to work.
I'm really glad I got to talk to you today.
It's the first time for me to meet someone who believes in her.
Would it be okay to contact you again...?
I don't mind.
Alright...
- I'm back. - Sho.
There was a call for you.
Tanaka Michiko?
She said she'd like to know the current state regarding her grandchild Tanaka Yukino.
Say, do you remember?
The one and only time I asked you for a favor back when I was a child?
Right, when you were in elementary school.
"Do something about this woman and protect Yukino-chan's family."
That's what you said.
But you told me there's nothing you can do as a lawyer.
You gave me the silent treatment
for several years ever since that moment.
I was a real handful.
Not even being able to help people
who suffer because of such rumors,
I thought being a lawyer is the lamest job ever.
You plan on meeting that woman?
It's not like I have a choice.
You better be prepared. She's quite a woman.
You know that person?
I had a talk with her once.
You see, getting the silent treatment from my only son,
it was pretty painful to me.
But I couldn't reason with that woman.
Be careful.
Tanaka Michiko, right?
Tange Sensei?
Nice to meet you.
Hello, nice to meet you too.
I heard you're trying to help Yukino?
The press sure is awful. Right, Tange Sensei?
They just write about whatever they feel like.
I'm also all about wanting to hear the truth from the actual person.
- Really? - Yes.
Journalism has become way too one-sided these days.
That's exactly right.
I cherish Yukino a lot.
She's my precious only blood relative.
She's my whole world when we live together, just the two of us.
But that's not the case when you have a boyfriend?
It can't be helped. I'm a woman after all.
She caused me quite some hardships, too.
Because of that incident we couldn't stay in Yokohama anymore.
But I never abandoned Yukino.
After she was released from the halfway house, she told me that we will try our best this time.
I was in tears.
But when your boyfriend did those things to her,
you kept pretending not to see, right?
Well that's...
It was her fault, too.
That girl has been leering at the men around her ever since she was a child.
It was the same with Hikaru... She does resemble her mother in that regard.
When men get tempted by young girls like her,
there's no way they won't lay their fingers on her.
But I made sure to teach her about contraception methods.
- To a junior high school girl? - I couldn't have her get pregnant like Hikaru.
Sensei?
What's wrong?
Hold on a second, Tange Sensei!
I'm not done yet!
Will there be another trial?
Don't you want to save her?
That's the plan.
In that case, I'll testify anything you want.
Whatever I can say to do her good,
I'll do exactly as you teach me.
A testimony has to state the truth and nothing but the truth.
I'm sure you could lend me some money then?
I'm in a pinch here.
I'm not the youngest anymore. Getting a job is, well...
My back's hurting, high blood pressure...
I don't need much. Only a few ten thousand yen.
Come on, you want to save her, don't you?
- Get your hands off me. - Come on, Tange Sensei.
- Get those hands off me! - Come on!
Hands off I said!
If it wasn't for you, your daughter and granddaughter would have become happy.
You're the one who destroyed Yukino's life.
The heck, after coming all the way here.
I'm sure you won't be able to do anything for her!
I won't let you take Yukino with you!
Oh really? And what are you gonna do?
Wow, you're so cool.
But if you gonna swing that thing, you better make sure to kill me.
I'll hit you!
Go ahead, give it a try.
I'm serious!
The head! You have to hit my head!
- No, let go! - That won't protect Yukino.
Little brats like you can't do anything.
( How's it going, Shin-chan? )
You have no experience working for a company, right?
That's correct.
Is there any special reason for that?
I, well... things happened and I didn't go to senior high school...
...but I passed the daiken and attended a distance learning university.
( daiken = University Entrance Qualification Examination )
I had a complex in the past
and thought it would be impossible for me to find a job...
( How's it going, Shin-chan? )
But now I don't want to lose to my hard-working friends anymore,
part with my old self and live a diligent life.
You have a visitor. Come out.
Tange-san? But today's Wednesday...
No, it's not Tange-san.
Tanaka Michiko would like to visit you.
Long time no see, Yukino!
Dumped again? Or have you run out of money?
After I've come all the way here to find you...
Where are you living now? Somewhere around here?
Do you have a man?
Hey, why don't we live together?
Why don't we forgive and forget about the past?
Wait for me, Yukino!
I'm talking to you!
You see, now that I'm old, I've finally realized.
Nothing beats a family.
Get on a train and go somewhere far away.
Never come see me again!
You ungrateful person!
Do you have any idea how much I had to spent on you?
You got child-support payment, didn't you? From my dad, Noda.
About that guy.
I wish he would have lived a little bit longer.
Oh? You didn't know?
Noda kicked the bucket 10 years ago or so.
He was all skin and bones days before his death.
Why do you know about his last moments?
I went to him to get money.
During his last days?
I had to get it before he kicked the bucket.
What's wrong with you!
It's your fault!
It's your fault Hikaru, Noda and I had to suffer.
She should have gotten an abortion.
You had better never been born.
You see...
You're like an unnecessary plague to this world.
Yes, those are the eyes.
Those cold and leering eyes.
Those eyes of yours that engulf everyone around you in misery.
As if I want to ever see you again, you piece of shit!
You piece of shit!
Way to go, man.
Well, they say being an SE is a pretty tough job, however.
Huh? Ain't that Yukino?
Keisuke?
Please tell her to never come see me again as promised.
Understood.
( The result of his job interview. He got rejected. )
Excuse me, Miss. You're one of the prison guards, right?
My name is Tange. I came to visit Tanaka Yukino...
I know you can't talk about what's happening inside.
I know that it would be violating the rules.
But I have to know.
I must refuse.
I can't let her die like that!
I can't let her be sent to the gallows like that.
I met with the bereaved family, Inoue Keisuke.
He hates Tanaka Yukino.
Apparently she smiled after her sentence was announced at the trial.
She never once showed any signs of remorse,
neither during the investigation nor during the trial.
I want her to properly reflect on what she's done.
"Since they can't escape the capital punishment,
I want them to reflect, so they at least can go to heaven."
- My superior says that from time to time. - That's right.
I want to buy some time for that sake.
I want her to appeal for a retrial.
Right, but there's nothing I can do...
All I'm asking is for you to secretly tell me the state she's in from time to time.
I believe there was a different reason behind that smile.
I was present during the final trial myself.
The smile Tanaka-san had on her face at that time,
it had nothing to do with reflecting or not reflecting about what she's done.
Then, why?
It was because she spotted a person.
Until then, Tanaka Yukino was like a wax model with no expressions at all,
but only when she spotted that person, her eyes became warm and tender.
Do you know who that was?
No.
How old? The same age as me?
I guess.
That person kept saying something when he was by himself.
"Yukino-chan, I'm sorry."
Shin-chan?
You're the only one I have left now.
Yukino, I need you.
I'm on your side!
I'll always be there for you!
I knew I couldn't win against him.
What's he doing right now?
Beats me...
Even now, this guys believes that she's innocent.
I envy how he can purely believe in someone like that.
To him it may seem like I have everything I ever wanted,
that my dreams have come true and that I live an ideal life...
He's so clueless...
Ouch!
Hey, Sho-chan!
Let's go!
Sho-chan! Hold on a second!
Why? You're already exhausted?
I'm sorry, Yukino-chan. I was a bit fast there.
- I'm fine. - But you know,
I'm actually kinda exhausted, so can we take it slow?
- Sure. - You too Sho-chan, thanks.
- Sho, want to go home together? - Not yet.
Okay.
How did it go? Tanaka Michiko, you met her, right?
She's the worst.
So, what will you do now?
Prepare a support group,
demand an official psychiatric examination,
collect signatures...
Get more non-lawyers involved
and be as flashy as possible about mistakes that were made during the investigation.
- You uncovered mistakes? - Yes.
Her supposed movements that night are full of contradictions.
Fingerprints of other people on the 18 liter drum?
Yeah.
It's possible that someone bought the kerosene for her
or that she had someone help her destroy the evidence.
Or it's possible that someone else did it entirely?
A false accusation?
There's a possibility of 0.01%, I guess.
What would you do?
Would you go for the 0.01%?
As a simple law professional,
I would always want to give it my best shot.
That's all.
As long as there's a possibility of 0.01%, I would investigate it.
Well, enough about that. I'll go ahead already.
Okay.
( Sasaki Shinichi )
- Yes? - It's Kusabe.
Ah, Kusabe-san?
Perfect timing, I was just about to call you as well.
I thought you might know the contact address of Inoue Keisuke.
Inoue-san's? No, I don't.
I already asked one of his friends, but he must have already changed his number.
You plan on talking to him?
Yes, there are lots of things I want to ask him.
No, I don't think that's a good idea.
Why?
He didn't make that much of a good impression on me.
His wife, Mika-san,
she was a proper and good girl,
but as for Keisuke-kun...
They were fighting a lot.
He often yelled at her.
Even though they were crying,
I often saw him neglecting the babies and going out to play with friends.
The fact that Yukino-san managed to track him down,
I think it must have been his own fault.
In that case, I have to meet him all the more.
I have to meet and talk to him.
He might know the real culprit,
like someone else who bears a grudge against him.
No, Sasaki-kun, hold on a second.
That's exactly why I called you today.
I know for certain
that Yukino-san is a good and kind person.
However, you must know that it's not that simple
to divide people into categories such as good and bad, right?
That is my place.
Even the most virtuous person can become a demon.
People are scary like that.
I am on her side,
but I don't think she's innocent.
What are you looking at?
Why's everyone avoiding me?
What?
What!?
This sucks! Shit, shit!
Shit...
What have I done?
Hikaru...
Yukino...
Don't leave me alone.
Yukino...
For over one year and nine months since the incident
we have continued to investigate this case.
We have come to the conclusion that Tanaka Yukino, who was sentenced to death,
was already legally unaccountable at the time of the incident
and that there might have been mistakes during the investigation,
hence we've started a support group in order to demand a retrial.
I've been looking for you, Inoue Keisuke.
Translation: HPriest / Timing: keiko1981
Twitter: @hpriestsubs