You again?
If you're interested,
you'll help me, right?
This is a case concerning your uncle, Professor Shitara.
A woman's body was found in a lake.
From the circumstances, it appeared to be suicide,
but there was one suspicious thing about the body.
At some point after death,
someone removed the sphenoid bone.
Why are you bothering with this case?
I can't leave a mystery unsolved.
I thought you were the same.
Yamaji Yōsuke
Killed in the line of duty
Well, if you're not interested...
I never said I'm not interested.
I'll decide when I've read this.
Ah, this is a secret from my boss,
so be careful with it, okay?
But I don't know, so...
Sakurako-san?
Eh? What are you doing here?
I was summoned.
Pardon?
Big trouble, big trouble!
The owner and his representative have turned up unexpectedly!
Everyone, for now, clean up!
Hide anything they shouldn't see.
"Anything they shouldn't..."
There are things?
The owner and his representative?
The owner is the Tōdō Group's chairman, Tōdō Seijirō.
The rep. is his daughter, Chiyoda Shōko-san.
Excuse me.
Ah, welcome, welcome.
- Long time no see. - Welcome.
Ah! Sā-chan!
It's been so long!
Sā-chan?!
Um... What brings you here today?
I came to see Naumann's Elephant.
For future reference.
Reference?
Father has said he would like
his own bones displayed here.
What the heck?!
On that topic, Sā-chan,
would you hear what he has to say?
Why should I?
You're the one for the Tōdō family bones.
- But why? - Let's go!
Come along, quickly.
- Take your time. - Enjoy yourself.
Take as long as you want.
Hurry up.
She's pushing Sakurako-san around.
The rep. is the one who scouted her.
They're upper class acquaintances from long ago.
That explains the "Sā-chan".
Now, time for the main issue.
Gather round.
When my daughter said she wanted a museum,
I had no interest in it at all.
But I changed my mind when I saw this specimen.
That such a giant walked this land,
and can be seen even after death,
impressed me deeply.
I want my bones to be seen forever,
along with my achievements.
A waste of time.
What's that?
As bones, everyone is equal.
Trying to show status and authority through bones
is a ridiculous notion.
Say what you will.
But I won't give up.
You're that eager to turn to bones?
Bones are a weapon,
revealing history and knowledge.
The owner's birthday party?
That's right.
My siblings take it in turn to arrange it each year,
and this year it's my turn.
That season has rolled around again.
Since my father is an investor here,
wouldn't it be good for you, too?
Yes.
Hm? Wait a minute.
Who are you?
I'm a new staff member, Tatewaki Shōtarō.
Shōtarō?
Yes.
I see, pleased to meet you.
So I'd like someone to provide entertainment.
Understood.
I can recite poetry...
Ah~ Nothing that long.
Isozaki-san?
I'm too unrefined...
-Then Tanigami-san. - No...
- I really couldn't... - Representing the museum...
Representing it.
No no no, that's no reward.
It's just a sideshow.
Let me do it!
You will?!
With everyone's help!
We'll definitely entertain you all!
Good!
I'll rely on your youth power this year.
- Yes! - We're back.
Father, good timing.
They've said they'll come to your party this time.
Is that so?
Good!
Then come over the day before.
We'll give you delicious food.
Yes!
Kujō's daughter, you come, too.
I'd rather not.
What a mansion...
I'm so ready!
Wait a minute...
We're coming in.
- Excuse us. - Excuse us.
A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako-san's Feet
Bone 4
Subtitles by Candylemon
Yes?
Sorry for calling.
I'm Isozaki, formerly of Hachimine West High School.
Well?
I had a phone call from Hitoe-san.
I've tried calling her back, but there's no answer.
I was worried, so I came here.
I'm very sorry,
but could you leave us alone?
My daughter doesn't want to remember what happened.
No, but...
Futaba-chan's parents contacted me.
They've withdrawn the investigation request.
Excuse me.
And...!
What's supposed to appear?
You'll have to wait and see.
If you don't tell me, I won't be your assistant.
A surprised reaction will help my show.
Please understand.
I don't understand.
- Ah. - Kujō-san.
She's all dressed up...
Unexpected strike zone?
Boy.
Yes.
Hold this for me.
What is it?
A dead warbler I found in the garden.
Dead ball!
Sorry to keep you.
This way.
Oh~
Welcome.
Seiya-nīsan.
I'll introduce my siblings.
The eldest, Seiya-nīsan.
My younger sister Harumi and her husband Toshiyuki-san.
Younger brother Kōji.
We're from Shizen no Mori Museum.
Ready...
Pleased to meet you.
- Come and sit down. - Yes.
Sakurako-chan!
Long time no see!
Your father is the same as ever.
Ah, the skeleton thing?
Sorry he dragged you into that.
There's no need to keep indulging him.
Shōko-nēsan is so filial.
She listens to Father, whatever he says.
- Chairman. - Chairman.
You're all here?
Kanazawa, the meal.
I'm hungry.
Very well, sir.
Look, Kujō-san's girl.
Ah~
Sakurako-chan?
- Yes. - My~
You haven't changed a bit.
What should I do with this?
Then, you must be Shō-chan?
Eh?
"-chan", right away?
And how does she know my name?
That's right.
I'm sorry.
Now, let's be seated.
Yamaji Yōsuke
Killed in the line of duty
That old case again?
Oh? You're right!
When did that happen?
- Listen here... - I know.
"If you have time for that, write your reports."
"Salary thief."
Well then...
"If you know, hurry up and do it."
How was that?
I can read people's minds.
Now then...
I don't know how your next appraisal will be.
Um, the case he's researching...
Nishizawa Futaba, 17 years old.
It's true the investigation request has been withdrawn.
I see.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your help.
Oh?
Wait wait wait...
You're from the museum.
What's up?
- Try it, it's delicious. - Ah, yes.
By the way, what will you entertain us with tomorrow?
A few illusions...
Oh~ Sounds fun!
Like a Las Vegas show?
Ah, well...
No way no way no way...
That was a truly exquisite dinner.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Yes.
Kōji.
- Yes? - How's the business?
It's doing well.
This year, net profit will exceed 1 billion...
It's another world.
- Chairman, my... - I don't need to hear from you!
More importantly...
Hey.
You there.
Not you.
You're a good woman.
How about it?
Want to drink with me in my room tonight?
Right under his wife's nose?
He's too brazen.
What's wrong?
Come over here.
Excuse me!
What is it, youngster?
May I go?
I have no interest in you.
Can we stop these jokes?
- My dear... - Huh?
You need to take your medicine.
It's that time already?
Thank you.
Ah, that's right.
Tomorrow, I want a presentation
on your business plans for next season.
I'll allocate my legacy depending on the results.
I expect great things.
I'm looking forward to it.
The entertainment, too.
Yes, sir!
It's Tōdō.
Sorry to call so late.
I need data by tomorrow...
- Ah, hello? - Sorry for calling...
Can you get me the data?
It went that way so quickly.
Sorry, but could you prepare materials tonight?
Eh? What should we do...
We don't have a choice, do we?!
But I have to prepare my show!
Fine, I'll do it!
I've brought my computer.
Let's contact the director and get him to send the data.
- If you would, please. - Okay.
Airi-chan's a reliable girl.
And that boy...Shōtarō-kun?
He's a good, straightforward boy.
I still have things to do.
You go to bed first.
Very well.
Sorry for making you come with me.
I hadn't eaten since noon.
It's fine.
Still, I was surprised.
The missing girl from that past case
was your former student.
Yes.
I can't believe the investigation request was withdrawn...
Did you know?
Missing persons are assumed dead after 7 years.
That would be hard for parents to bear.
You have a strong sense of responsibility.
Even though it was 5 years ago.
I was the last person to see her.
Sensei, do you believe in reincarnation?
What's this, out of the blue?
I'd like to be reincarnated as something with wings.
Something with wings?
Mm.
I'd fly somewhere far away from here.
What are you talking about?
I've promised Hitoe and Minami
that we'll go together.
I should have taken it more seriously.
Listened properly to what she said.
I failed as a teacher.
So, what will you do now?
Well, if the investigation is over
there's nothing more I can do.
I'm having shochu.
You are?
Fine, whatever.
Don't be swayed so quickly!
In the end, what do you want?
Do you want to know the truth? Or not?
Do you want hot water?
Soda? Ice?
Stop asking questions, I can't handle it!
If something's bothering me,
I'll chase it to the bitter end.
I can't help it.
Gotta think hard...
- Yamaji-san. - Huh?
I'm probably...
...gonna throw up.
Over here, over here...
Do it, do it.
- Huh? - Just do it.
It's been so long, I don't know how to throw up.
Idiot! What the hell?
It's like this, like this...
Ah! Wait, Yamaji...
For now, please check this data.
Thank you.
Sorry for the strange request.
Still, it must be difficult.
All the siblings having to compete.
My father acts on a whim.
He seems to enjoy seeing his children flustered.
Are you getting used to your job?
Ah, yes, somewhat.
Sakurako-san still catches me off guard though.
- Really? - Definitely.
The day we first met, she took me to the mountains
and I was shocked when we found a corpse...
Somehow now, we keep ending up working together.
I see.
Um...
Hm?
Was "Shō-chan"...
...Sakurako-san's younger brother?
That's right.
Sā-chan had just started high school
when he died in an unfortunate accident.
Shō-chan was the Kujō family's heir,
and their parents' sadness hit Sā-chan hard.
That's terrible...
Where are her parents now?
After what happened to Shō-chan,
their mother died of illness
and their father went to live with a new family.
So Sā-chan took a long time off
and went to stay with her uncle in Tōkyō.
That's where she gained her current knowledge.
That makes sense.
She's been lonely, all this time.
What's going on?!
Tanigami-san, what are you doing?
I've been practising all night.
- Ah, right... - Call an ambulance!
Hurry!
Ah, is something wrong?
Move!
When I woke this morning
he wasn't in the bedroom.
I came looking, and found this...
Excuse me.
They'll be 5 or 6 minutes.
There's no need for an ambulance!
It's the police you should call.
He's already dead.
Thanks for your help.
We may have further questions later.
I can't believe it.
He was so full of life yesterday...
I'll speak to you all again later.
Goodbye.
They don't know the cause of death yet.
There's no sign of a break in.
Does that mean...
So?
Who was it?
- Who killed him? - Harumi!
It's true, isn't it?
They'll soon be found out.
Why not just confess?
What are you saying, Harumi?
I bet there are several people here
who are relieved that he's dead.
He was a terrible, womanising father.
- Stop it, Harumi! - It's true, isn't it?
Because we all have different mothers.
What?!
Deep down, all of us thought he should die, right?
Shōko-nēsan, Seiya-nīsan, and Kōji!
You may be right.
Kōji!
The masks have come off.
We're only a family on the surface.
Better yet, what if it's like a mystery novel,
and everyone colluded to kill him?
Stop it!
Ah...
Ah... I'm sorry.
Let's all calm down.
I'm sorry for involving you.
Ah, no...
I'll ask the police if everyone can go home.
I can't believe this happened...
But not one person has cried over him.
That's how it is.
Sakurako-san.
Did you know?
That everyone here would fight.
However happy they look from outside,
families are fragile.
They can be broken in a moment.
That's the danger.
"Family" is an illusion.
What's wrong?
Ah, no...
I just think that's lonely.
The fact you think that way
is proof that your family loved you.
What?
Sakurako-chan?
What's wrong?
Mother wants to open the will.
Oh?
It's not here.
The will isn't here!
What's going on?
The detectives have given permission to leave.
If there's any way we can help...
Thank you.
I'll count on you for the funeral.
Yes.
Well, we'd better...
What do you mean, the will is gone?
This makes the motive clear.
Father was killed by someone who didn't like
what was in his will.
Shōko.
What?
I saw you enter the chairman's study late last night.
Aren't you the last one to speak to him?
You think I did it?
Personally I'm suspicious of Seiya-nīsan.
What?
You took durian to his room
saying you'd got it on a business trip.
Along with cognac.
It's bad to eat durian with alcohol.
I've heard it can melt your stomach and kill you.
Did you know that,
and deliberately feed them to Father?
I've heard you keep on window dressing accounts.
Huh?
Tomorrow, I'll dismiss you in front of everyone!
Well, we'd better...
In that case, I suspect you and your husband.
Why?
You handle a variety of chemicals in the beauty industry, right?
You could easily get hold of poison.
For example...
...arsenic.
There were scratches on the chairman's chest.
Perhaps he clawed at his throat as the poison took hold?
Please, Father.
If you don't lend us 5 million,
we're going to go bankrupt!
Please!
You think I care if you sink and die?
What about you then, Kōji-kun?
What's this wound on your hand?
He's right.
You didn't have that yesterday.
When will we be able to leave?
Hush.
Please, let me leave.
What's this?
I don't need any inheritance.
Please, just let me go.
You will be a Tōdō all your life!
Kōji, tell us what really happened.
Shut up.
Whose fault do you think it is that things are this way?!
If you'd worked harder,
I wouldn't have had to go through all this!
Don't blame me!
How do you think I feel about this life?!
I don't care about you!
- Whoa... - Calm down!
Stop this, you're family, aren't you?
It's all right, I'll handle it.
Let's clear it up.
Have you finished?
Are you satisfied now?
Sakurako-san...
You're all utterly foolish.
People don't die so easily.
First, the durian and cognac.
There's no medical evidence that consuming them together is harmful.
I've never seen a case where a stomach melted.
Second, murder by arsenic.
Impossible.
Arsenic causes diarrhoea and vomiting.
And third,
the scratches on the throat and chest?
It's true people bring their hands there while suffering before death.
However, there was foam beside Seijirō-shi's mouth.
That is the expulsion of pulmonary edema.
due to blood stasis and heart failure.
Before Seijirō-shi died,
a seizure such as angina pectoris
caused him searing pain
and he clutched at his chest.
Unfortunately, no one here killed your father.
He died from illness.
Then...where's the will?
- Why is it missing? - That was me.
I took the will from Father's study.
He asked me last night.
To hide the will.
He said he wanted to see our reactions
when we learned he'd left us nothing.
He was a twisted man.
Until the very end,
he planned to enjoy watching us suffer.
We're not like our father.
I wanted to believe that.
But in the end, we're all the same.
Selfish, arrogant people
who break down when circumstances are unfavourable.
We're all just like him.
He frightened us, and flattered us,
and we just struggled desperately.
"I leave everything to my wife, Kimiko."
That's all?
What's going on?
- What the hell? - What will we do?!
When I was a child,
I hated being teased as
"that posh girl from the Tōdō mansion".
They never knew what was going on in that mansion.
It's strange.
As a child,
when I pictured a world without my father
it didn't upset me at all.
You always expected too much from family.
That's what family is.
You should cut ties with them.
That wouldn't solve anything.
Even if we cut ties, we're still family.
In which case, I'd rather make the best of it.
Isn't that normal?
It's better to avoid trouble.
Stress accelerates ageing.
Leave me alone!
You're not cute at all.
What?
You always used to follow me around.
You just happened to go where I wanted to be.
Ever since they were small,
they've been here, behaving like this.
For the two who couldn't find happiness in their families,
this was a comfortable space.
You need to take your medicine.
The bones don't connect.
I'm sorry about this.
Thank you for all you've done.
Ah, don't mention it.
I'll go and greet the staff.
Sā-chan, see you later.
Okay.
So this is the Naumann's Elephant he spoke of.
Yeah.
Did you know?
Female elephants raise the children alone.
They're very maternal animals.
It's fascinating.
While viewing the same elephant skeleton,
people have very different thoughts.
I saw the pictures in the dining room.
The husband showing off his position and authority.
The wife showering the children with affection.
Polar opposites.
Since my husband was always busy,
I gave the children love in his place.
Isn't that natural for a mother?
You're admirable.
So...
Why did you kill him?
What do you mean?
Dragon bone from Chinese medicine.
The fossilised bones of large mammals
are used as a herbal medicine.
The main component is calcium.
In Seijirō-shi's room,
he had the heart medicine digitalis.
Didn't his doctor explain?
Taking digitalis and calcium together
can cause arrhythmia.
You knew that,
and continually gave him dragon bone.
And on that day it finally happened.
His heart stopped.
But there's something I don't understand.
After 50 years together,
why did you decide to kill him now?
Once there was a woman
who was forced to marry the man her parents chose.
But she couldn't have children.
Her husband wanted heirs,
so he had children with a series of other women
and gave them to his wife to raise.
Don't you think that was cruel?
But for that woman, nothing made her happier
than holding the babies she was given.
But as the man got older
he began to say, "Children are a nuisance".
The man who gave them life
began using money to cast them away.
Over and over.
Finally, one day,
when she woke in the morning the woman thought,
"This man would be better off dead."
And as his wife, it was her responsibility to do it.
She took her time,
giving him medicine that wouldn't suit him.
Then at last the man's heart stopped.
It was all over.
Whatever the consequences, it had to be done.
Don't listen so seriously.
It's just a story.
Well then, here's a story of mine.
That man said something to me here.
Bones are a weapon,
revealing history and knowledge.
Even after death, they're proof of life.
Don't you agree?
It seemed to me
as though he knew he was dying.
He may have realised his wife was trying to kill him,
and resigned himself to it.
He chose a fitting death.
When the will was read,
weren't you more surprised than anyone?
Did you believe he'd bear a grudge
over the death you planned for him?
He's probably laughing about it somewhere now.
Married couples are troublesome.
Saying death will part them is a lie.
After death, the bond remains.
I have no way of proving your crime.
The combination of digitalis and calcium
won't inevitably lead to death.
So my part in the story ends here.
The invisible weight of the crime
is one you'll have to bear alone.
At last, the bones are connected.
Mother.
Let's go home.
Yes.
Excuse me!
Wait, please!
I'm sorry.
Here's a souvenir from the director.
Bone cookies.
Sorry about that.
Look after Sā-chan.
Hey.
See you~
Mother.
I'll be back!
Pesky woman.
You mean Shōko-san?
She smiled brightly and dragged everyone into it,
and in the end she's the one who profits.
Is that why you like her?
I'm beginning to understand you.
- Sorry. - 100 years to early.
Right.
When Shōko-san said that to me,
perhaps she meant that,
since I knew Sakurako-san's loneliness,
I should take her place at curing it.
Or perhaps
she wanted me to take her late brother's place.
Your brother had a promising career ahead, didn't he?
But while investigating alone,
he had an accident...
It wasn't an accident.
You mean it might be a case?
A case in my family.
I can't leave it alone.
The autopsy concluded the chairman died of illness.
Kujō-san is amazing.
So, what's happening about his skeleton?
The family have decided to cremate him.
He was a troublemaker to the end.
I've finally finished practising.
I'm ready for my performance.
And...! Huh?
My poetry lost to this?
You haven't done it right once.
Just wait...
Madoka Hitoe
Hitoe, what's up?
Sensei...
I'm...
...going to disappear.