Kinshicho, Tokyo
Let's just say...
The scenery you see around you,
A view like this one...
Looks like this when drunk.
What your dog sees is...
What ramen lovers see is...
If you're a slightly perverted person...
If you're a depressed person...
If you're someone with a strong sixth sense...
Right.
It isn't as though the person next to you...
... is seeing the same world as you.
For myself and this person, too...
It isn't as though we can see the same world.
Hey, is this alright?
It's alright, old man.
Old man? Damn you.
Just leave it to aniki.
Listen, if we don't find Shishido Joe-san today...
Do you know just how much I'll need to take responsibility?
I understand.
Hey... I'm going to go over it again.
All in grey...
With puffy cheeks just like Shishido Joe-san.
We have to properly call it "Shishido Joe-san"... Hey, look at it, you bastard!
- He looked at it. - He didn't!
Okay, Choro-san?
Quit using that name!
Be serious, you bastard!
What's wrong?
He was here.
Huh?
You picked this up well...
But we don't know if it's Shishido Joe-san...
It's fine.
Because I've seen it.
Huh?
Here's the bill.
1,296,000 yen? That's so expensive!
But usually for things like searching for your abducted comrades,
And finding the hideouts of your traitors,
We receive the same amount.
What?
I think the president must know that too.
I'll collect the money at a later date.
Let's go.
Hey. Wait a minute.
Come back for a second.
Shishido Joe-san.
So cute!
4 out of 5 senses.
Sound, smell, taste and touch, all lost.
Working as a detective, only relying on the sense of sight,
Is a man named Higurashi Tabito.
I wonder what kind of world this man can see.
- Bye Daichi-kun. - Bye.
Bye. See you tomorrow.
Ah!
Hiromi-sensei, please look after Koutarou-kun.
Wait, wait...
Senpai!
Oh, Yamakawa-sensei, see you.
It's not 'see you', what are you doing, leaving so sneakily--
I wasn't sneaking, I was leaving openly.
Senpai, you have the late shift today.
Yamakawa. Switch with me.
What? Again?
I have a fever. I have a fever. I have a fever~!
It's another mixer anyway, isn't it?
How do I put it...
A man that'll heat me up is waiting~
You're troubling us, every single time.
You're right. I must be.
But you see, Yamakawa.
I can't bear to delay marriage any longer.
It's my life's dead end, you know.
The mixer...
... I wanted to go!
I understand.
I'll take the late shift for you.
I thought you'd say that.
Well thank chu~
Ah we bumped into each other!
That tickles!
Click clack.
Tei-chan, was it?
Want to play together here?
Momoshiro Tei-chan, right?
You haven't remembered my name?
Ah, I'm sorry.
You see, I teach the Sakura class...
- I don't really know the Squirrel group... - Really?
I know the name of the teacher of Sakura class too.
Yamakawa Youko-sensei. 25 years old.
No partner!
Wow, what are you folding?
It's a giant isopod.
Huh? Seiji-kun?
You know you can't enter the staff room, right?
Smash!
I'll smash you!
Excuse me.
Hey, Youko-sensei.
Ah!
You can't touch that!
It's alright, don't be scared.
What happened?
Mama~
I'm really sorry.
I told you, it's fine.
When he does something bad, isn't it obvious he should be properly scolded?
Yes...
Well, we're in a hurry so...
Okay, let's go Seiji. Let's walk.
You're lucky Seiji-kun's mum is kind.
Yes, I'm sorry.
Ew... why a cockroach?
It's a giant isopod!
Tei-chan, it isn't time to play outside.
Wait... Tei-chan?
Tei-chan!
Wait, what's wrong?
I don't want to wait, so I'm going home.
You have to wait until your mum comes.
I don't have a mother.
I'm sorry, um...
Let's wait for your father.
Papa won't come pick me up either.
Eh?
The one that always picks me up is Yukiji.
Yuki-jii?
Oh, ojii-chan!
Goodbye, sensei.
Ah, wait...
What?
Ouch!
Where is she going?
If you move to another side of a road you always pass,
There can be a scenery you don't recognise at all... I was surprised.
It emerges on a place like this?
Tei-chan.
Tei-chan?
That's Papa.
What are you doing?
Don't wake him up.
He won't wake up though.
Ah, I'm sorry.
You aren't going home?
Oh... yes.
Sorry for intruding.
Excuse me, otou-san.
Please wake up.
I have something to talk to you about.
Letting your child eat alone...
Excuse me, otou-san?
Otou-san!
I'm sorry!
What are you doing?
You're mistaken! I just...
I told you to let him sleep, right?
Excuse me!
You're her father, right?
Ah, yes...
Why didn't you come pick her up today?
Um...
This is the teacher. Of the Sakura class.
Huh?
Oh!
I'm Higurashi Tabito.
Thank you for your help.
So why didn't you come...
That's...
It looks like you asked her grandfather to pick her up, though.
Ojii-san?
But you were at home today, right?
Why didn't you come?
I'm sorry.
I was asleep.
Exactly.
Otou-san, Tei-chan is only 6 years old.
- Please don't let her eat meals alone. - Yes.
Being busy with work, or being sleepy,
I'm sure there are various circumstances, but...
Um... Are you listening?
Yes, of course.
It's just that you were a bit too vigorous, it looked like I'd bump into them before a read them.
Huh?
What's that?
Yes, when you speak like that it's easy to understand.
- Are you making fun of me? - Woah!
It can't be helped, can it?
Papa sees words with his eyes.
Words with his eyes?
What do you mean?
More importantly, let Papa go to the toilet.
Huh?
Excuse me.
Yukiji!
Huh?
Sorry! Sorry sorry.
I forgot to pick you up from preschool.
I was caught up collecting the money. Sorry, sorry.
- Useless Yukiji! I'll punish you! - Bang!
I thought 'Yukiji' must've been your grandfather.
Who's an ojii-san? I'm 24.
Count it, count it.
You let her handle this much money?
Huh? Well, she's 6...
... and she helps around the house too.
No but... this is helping with your work.
It's everyone's work.
Yeah.
What?
Everyone who lives here works together.
This is 129 pieces, and this is 6.
Correct!
You've gotten fast at counting.
Hey, put it away quickly before sensei takes it.
Okay.
Excuse me.
In that keyring...
There were memories I couldn't tell to anyone.
Taa-kun, let's go!
Youko-chan.
Mama's here to pick you up, so shall we tidy up?
Okay.
Well, I guess this means I can finally forget about it, then.
Yes, next...
You went all the way to their house?
That's right. It was terrible.
I see. You've already progressed to that point.
Progressed?
So how was it? That little hoodlum.
"How was it?" Meaning...
Ah, could it be you met that detective papa too?
He only picks her up occasionally, a rare character you know.
Senpai, could it be...
そうよ あんたが まるで男っ気がないから➡
I let you take the late shift on a day where Tei-chan was here.
So you lied about the mixer?
I did go to a mixer.
And there were loads of guys in television there...
Ah, yes yes.
But that you intruded, all the way to the house means...
Unlike your face, you're quite indecent too.
No, looking at you carefully, quite indecent.
Please be mindful... You two there!
- Yes. - Yes.
Have you been listening to my speech?
Yes.
Recently child-related kidnapping cases are increasing across the whole country.
Even in this town, there are increasing reports of seeing suspicious people,
So we should take plenty of care, is what you were saying.
My view on that matter is that,
I propose that once it become dark for pick up, the main gate should be locked.
And we should correspond via the staff entrance.
Thank you for your suggestion.
- Right, to continue... - You were listening without me knowing?
If I don't converse with the man in front of me and the man at the opposite table,
I won't be able to catch a good man.
I see...
Yamakawa-sensei!
Yes! I wasn't listening.
But I didn't ask your dad to do anything like that.
Anyway, you tell him to stop, so he will.
If just I or Yukiji say it, he won't stop.
Okay.
Oh.
Aniki, sensei's here.
Ah! It's alright.
We'll find that keyring in no time.
How did you know I lost a keyring?
When I passed this road this morning, bringing Tei to school,
I saw a pattern of regret.
That pattern, and the pattern I saw on your keyring with only a chain,
Were the same pattern.
I looked here yesterday and couldn't find it, though.
Yes...
That narrows it down quite a bit.
Sorry?
If that's so...
A thin pattern... I guess it's one of these.
Um...
What have you been going on about, saying "pattern, pattern"?
Yes?
Like I said, what do you mean "pattern, pattern"?
Ah...
I can see feelings through patterns.
- Huh? - So...
I'll explain.
For example, right now...
From here to up there, I can see feelings of impatience.
The person holding the keyring...
Might have been running with impatience.
Okay...
Let's try following those patterns.
This was its true identity.
Here the feeling of impatience changes to patterns of pleasure.
There's something kind of wet...
Yes.
That's from peeing standing up.
They'd run to this point with impatience,
Here they let out something that made them feel good, right?
You know...
Which means...
I guess it's this.
Excuse me, how far are we going?
Maybe he didn't hear me.
Of course. He can't hear.
Huh?
But we can converse normally...
Incidentally, he can't smell either.
And tactile sense? He can't tell if he's touched or been touched either.
Having a manicure, and wearing pink shoes...
And his limbs moving consciously, are all because he can see.
Huh?
Ah, wait...
He doesn't know if the water's cold either.
Instead, he sees all of those senses.
Um... he's in the pond!
But, how does he see that?
Who knows.
Found it.
Wow! As expected of Papa!
Here you go.
Have you started to believe a bit? In Papa.
I told you to stop looking for stuff outside of work, didn't I?
A keyring as dirty as that suits the pond more.
Alright?
Wait a second, please!
Huh?
Higurashi-san...
If what you're saying is true,
That means you can see the emotions I might have in this dirty keyring, right?
That's aniki for you.
Or if they're all lies, and you're all just making fun of me,
Can you apologise, including for that comment just now too?
What the heck? Why? Hey...
Nostalgia and regret, and just a little...
Young love, are the patterns I saw.
Nostalgia...
And regret...
No matter what kind of emotion,
Whether it has value or not is only up to that person.
Even the feeling of wanting to pee standing up.
If it was a standing up pee to protect the earth,
It'd be something irreplacable, right?
Though Yukiji's words were thoughless.
I'm sorry.
Let's go.
At that time, I still didn't believe in that mysterious ability.
It's just that, when I looked in Higurashi-san's eyes...
I didn't think it looked like he was lying.
[Suspicious person posters]
- I'll take this. - Okay.
Yamakawa! Yamakawa...
I won't take the late shift today.
It's not about that~
You say that, but you're always at mixers.
- I have a man now. - Eh?
He's a Tokyo University graduate, and TV director,
And even now is in charge of an information program called "Gogo wa honne de bucchakema show".
- Seriously? - Seriously.
- Tokyo University? Bucchake? - Bucchake.
More importantly, look at that.
Ah, Tei-chan's really good!
They're drawing pictures of their families now, though.
See, though everyone's drawing their mums and dads,
Tei-chan's only drawing her dad.
Well, it's a home with such circumstances after all.
What do you think?
What do you mean?
If that detective papa gets dropped, let's aim to find her a mother here.
What?
In the first place, Tei-chan and that detective papa
Aren't really father and daughter.
Is that so?
I don't know the situation though.
In any case, I think she's hungering for affection.
Tei-chan's excessively mature, but...
It feels like she doesn't know how to depend on someone.
Tei-chan needs a mother.
[Enoki Clinic]
[Open today from 2 3 pm onwards.]
Hey, old man!
Oh, it's you guys.
I'm kind of busy right now.
Hey, go over there!
Oh, it's the day of your routine screening.
But it's weird!
Why didn't you draw a mum?
Because I didn't have time.
Ah! Seiji didn't draw a dad either!
Why, Seiji?
Seiji-kun didn't have time either.
It's weird!
Hey~
Let's play outside.
Okay.
Seiji-kun.
Tei-chan.
Let's go.
So you hired someone new.
You still have work after this, right?
He's built up a lot of fatigue but,
His data's roughly within the proper range.
It isn't like before, when he actually had a bone fracture?
I took an x-ray too. It's fine.
Aniki can't feel pain,
He won't know himself if it's fractured!
Yukiji, sensei understands that.
Hey! Get your hands off him.
Well, you should adjust the amount of work you do.
A detective office working with the yakuza must encounter a great load of worries.
When you compare it to a free clinic for yakuza, right?
- Thank you. - Bye.
Tei-chan was a really good girl today too.
See you tomorrow, bye!
Bye, sensei.
Excuse me!
Wha... what is it?
Can I have a word?
It's a thank you.
For the keyring the other day.
Tei-chan needs a mother.
Thank you for the meal.
Wow, you ate it all! Thank you.
Thank you for the meal.
Then, me too.
Wait, wait.
You two still have some left.
That can't be helped.
Because it's disgusting.
There's no way it's disgusting!
This hayashi rice,
Was handed down to me by my father, who works at a renowned Western food shop.
And even has a reputation on the net for being delicious.
Insulting this hayashi rice
Is like turning my dad and the net into your enemy.
That's extreme.
Because!
Sensei, why don't you go home already?
You're really going home?
I'm not going home.
We're all going.
[Kitchen Kyo Cha An Delicious Hayashi Rice]
It's good!
It's delicious!
Right?
It's my father's flavour.
I'm glad to be alive.
See, that smile! That's what's important. (daiji)
- Are you Daiji MAN Brothers Band? - Shut up!
I'll say it after all.
After looking at this smile, I'll say it!
I'll say it!
Please hear her out.
Huh?
Please listen to Youko's talk in times like this.
What do you mean?
Since she was little, wanting to be helpful to someone, she burned up with passion.
Saying "It's hot!" and stretching out the neck.
- Another serve! - Okay!
Get it?
If you're seriously thinking about Tei-chan,
You need to do your best to provide a hot meal.
And clean properly.
Like I said, aniki's doing his utmost best.
- He only has his eyes! - You too!
Rather...
About those eyes...
I don't know how much I should believe.
Papa isn't a liar.
Oh... that's not what I meant.
What I'm trying to say is...
If it's difficult, I can help out in secret from the preschool.
Is that okay? To ask such a thing of you.
I don't want that!
Tei-chan...
She wants you to spare her from your cooking, she means.
Why's that?
This is really delicious, right?
Like I said, what you just made is boooo~
No, it's according to my father's recipe. That can't be true.
Well, well...
It's just that between your hayashi rice and this one,
I feel like something's different.
Huh?
I can see that two things are missing.
No, no, no...
Beef, onion, carrot, garlic,
Bay leaf, ginger, mushroom, green peas,
Ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Chuunou sauce...
Bay leaf...
Butter, red wine, walnut, green peas...
It's all the same.
- No, you said bay leaf and green peas twice. - Shut up!
Um, it's not an ingredient you see with your eyes...
There are about two things I can't see in your hayashi rice,
That I can see in your father's.
I wonder if there's something like a secret flavour that he hasn't taught you about.
I understand.
Then, please try guessing. Then I'll believe you.
But if you get it wrong, from now on,
I'll enter the agency to help Tei-chan.
- Huh? - Otou-san.
Is there a secret flavour you haven't taught me?
- Huh? - Is there? There is!
By the way, what I can see isn't an ingredient itself.
It's the smell of the ingredient.
Smells become colours that I can see.
Here it comes~
The number of colours is different between your hayashi rice and your father's.
Can I get serious?
Not here, wait... Aa~ lain Delon.
Oh... it's there.
What?
Excuse me.
Ah! That... wait...
What? What is it?
I think this is the secret flavour.
Huh?
What's that?
How did you know?
Oh, I saw it.
The smell of cocoa.
What?
That's right.
I use a small amount of cocoa as the secret flavour in my hayashi rice.
When using cocoa,
When making the demi-glace sauce, the flavour is enhanced.
And the cocoa's rich aroma and bitterness,
Is how I make the richness of the hayashi rice.
It really is rich.
Why didn't you teach me that?
Oh... that...
That's?
Well, the correct answer came out.
The entertainment's over. Are you alright?
Let's go home.
Oh, that's right! Thanks for your treat, sensei.
Excuse me!
What is it?
The contest isn't over yet.
Higurashi-san said there were two things missing earlier.
If you don't guess the other one, it's my win.
- Are you a child?! - It was a promise after all.
It's fine but... the other one...
Isn't an ingredient.
No, but earlier...
I said there were two things.
The other one...
... is emotion.
Emotion?
Ugh! Yamakawa?
Senpai! What are you doing?
I'm on a date, of course...
You guys!
My! My oh my oh my!
You're mistaken. This is my father's store.
And coincidentally, Tei-chan's father... Right? Right?
It's okay. Coincidence, or whatever. It's more than enough for the start of a romance.
What are you saying?
This is the Tokyo University graduate TV man.
From the "Gogo wa honne de bucchakemashow" program!
Right!
This is my colleague, Yamakawa and one of the older kids, Tei-chan.
Nice to meet you!
So, please come in.
It's a lovely store.
Can I cover it on my program some time?
What? Definitely!
But if I cover it, customers will come rushing in, is that okay?
Wow, that's amazing.
He is amazing. In many ways.
I'm amazing, in many ways.
- Hayashi rice please. - A large serving!
Sorry about that, in the middle of our conversation.
It's alright.
Please don't mind it. Could we welcome you at our office too?
Is that okay?
If you don't believe Papa, don't come.
Huh?
If people who don't believe him are around him,
I feel bad for Papa!
Hm? Tei?
Don't close it!
Sorry about that.
Oh um...
Can I ask you one thing?
Otou-san?
You said you felt another emotion...
... in my hayashi rice, right?
Just leave it.
Yes.
If it's alright, could you tell me?
Can I answer honestly?
Yes.
I saw mild jealousy.
Huh?
Thank you.
Please keep looking after Youko.
Thank you for the meal.
Excuse me.
- What's this about? - Youko.
There's a reason I didn't tell you about the secret flavour.
Oh, okay.
I always thought...
... I'd tell the secret flavour to whoever would succeed this place.
And well, you became a childcare teacher...
If I were to tell anyone, it'd only be my son-in-law.
Huh?!
But now you've brought a potential future husband,
I got kind of jealous.
If it's a man with that much insight,
I can only accept it.
You have too little insight.
- Youko, be happy. - Y-you're wrong!
Good morning!
- I'll leave her in your care. - Yes.
Good morning.
Sorry about yesterday.
No, me too.
Are you looking at Tei-chan's drawing?
Yes.
Um...
What... are these patterns?
I heard it was the scenery you see.
Is it like this?
And this drawing?
This is Seiji-kun's drawing.
Ah, that's him just now, with his mum.
Be a good boy, okay?
- Please take care of him. - Yes.
Let's go.
His mother's working two jobs,
And it looks like she's raising him alone too.
Oh, you two!
Thanks for yesterday!
What happened after that?
Nothing happened.
- As for me... - I didn't ask.
Excuse me...
... is something wrong?
Ah! What are you doing?
Higurashi-san!
Sadness... is it?
Yes.
That's from this drawing?
Yes, I can see patterns of very strong sadness.
The one who drew this...
- Sudou Seiji-kun. - Seiji-kun.
I wonder if Seiji-kun...
... is facing some kind of serious problem at home?
Higurashi-san.
Yes.
Oh, you see, Higurashi-san...
For emotions, and smells...
... and sounds?
The words you're saying now too, Director.
It seems he can see them with his eyes.
Basically...
Yamakawa-sensei.
Could you excuse yourself?
Oh...
Yes.
Excuse me.
Head teacher.
Close it.
At once.
Now, Higurashi-san.
Yes.
In our daycare centre,
We have the children
Learn the foundations
Of community life.
Treating each other as flowers,
And thinking they're beautiful,
They learn about cooperation.
I think it's good to expand their individuality after that.
What do you think?
This drawing,
I feel it's a drawing of a kind mother, but...
Am I wrong?
What everyone keeps in mind: cleanliness, kindness, beauty...
Those values...
I think you should teach those to Tei-chan too.
One fried chicken bento!
Thank you!
You don't have that fried mackerel bento yet?
Working on it.
Hurry up!
How long does it take you to serve just one bento?
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!
- Yes, here's the fried mackerel bento. - Yes, yes, yes...
A fried mackerel bento, right?
Thank you!
Hey, you're putting too much cabbage!
That'd just be a cabbage bento!
What'll you have?
"I'm to be confined for 6 months, and I'm fired from the program too"
"Our future from now on too,"
"Has dark clouds"
I didn't...
Have any intentions...
To go out with you.
My husband candidate has been demoted huh?
I'm so unlucky!
Seiji-kun?
- Not here! - I'll search here again.
He's nowhere to be found.
What should we do? Tell the police...?
Unbelievable.
Does this mean he was kidnapped?
I don't know, but...
There was a lot of news about suspicious people.
What do we do...?
Um...
What is it?
Tei-chan says she saw Seiji-kun being taken.
By who?
Higurashi-san!
Just what are you intending?
He's taking a nap now.
Scissors?
What did you do to Seiji-kun?
I apologise for taking him without permission.
It's just...
I want you to look at this.
I heard Seiji disappeared.
I'm very sorry!
While I didn't have my eye on him...
Where is Seiji?
He's here. It's fine, we found him.
I'm glad...
Seiji, come here.
Seiji?
Seiji!
Before I return Seiji-kun,
Please let me ask you one thing.
Uh... Momoshiro Tei-chan's father, and...
That's... um...
- The hoodlum, - HUH?
You say 'return', but...
Seiji is my child, after all.
Yes, that's right. He's your child.
Who you're raising alone.
And what about it?
Do you have a partner currently?
So there are people who, knowing one's a single mother immediately ask about a partner, huh?
Are you trying to ask if parenting and love can be balanced?
Put simply, it's sexual harassment.
So... do you have a partner?
I don't.
I see.
So...
So these wounds are actually given by you?
Wounds?
From Seiji-kun's head,
I could see many feelings of pain and sadness.
I thought "What if?"
And had him let me cut his hair.
I'd like to apologise about that. I'm sorry.
But if I didn't do this, no one would have believed me.
I think depending on the home, there are various policies of discipline.
I'm sure work is difficult.
But hitting your child in frustration isn't discipline.
How would you know if it's out of frustration or anything else?
Sorry.
I can see.
Don't say such irresponsible things!
I didn't think you'd believe me.
Come on, Seiji. Let's go home.
We haven't finished talking.
- Let go! - Wait, wait. Hey.
Don't touch me, hoodlum!
You know.
Do you think you can be forgiven for cutting his hair on your own?
- Calm down... - Let go!
I asked him myself to cut my hair.
So Tei-chan's papa and the others aren't bad.
Seiji...
But Mama isn't bad either.
Because my behaviour is bad,
I annoy Mama.
Mama isn't wrong for saying that's naughty.
Mama...
Mama!
Mama! Mama!
Mama!
- Sorry, let me go! - Mama!
Stop it, Seiji!
Mama!
Stop it!
Sudou-san!
This is how it is.
This is how it is...?
Like this, this boy...
... trusts me unconditionally.
When I come home from work tired, too.
When I end up yelling at him, too.
Saying "Mama, Mama!"
No matter how strongly I scold him,
He says "Mama, I love you."
Aren't you loved?
- In that case, you should... - Because!
For me...
Though he trusts me this much,
I'm not strong enough to give anything in response.
In this lifestyle we have right now,
I don't have any allowance for responding to his love.
None of you would understand, though.
It might be tough.
But, Higurashi-san here, too...
Is raising Tei-chan alone.
I'm sure everyone has their own hardships--
It's true, I might not understand.
Huh?
Tei...
... isn't my child by blood.
Of course, I think of her as my daughter, but...
But true children, in their blood-related, true parents,
Have unconditional trust, by instinct.
And parents respond to that by instinct.
Even if Tei and I understand our parent and child play in the meaning,
I don't think we undersand it through instinct.
That's not true.
- You and Tei-chan are obviously parent and child. - No, I can see.
I can.
Emotion and instinct are different.
Even so...
It's not about which one is better...
That's exactly why.
I'm jealous of you.
Have more pride,
And with instinct,
Please be loved by Seiji-kun.
Mama...
Don't cry.
Mama...
Don't cry.
Seiji-kun's mum said the hair didn't matter anymore.
That, and "Thank you".
I'm grateful to you too.
Thank you very much.
It's thanks to you.
No, I didn't do anything.
I just saw it.
That's more than enough.
No...
I wasn't able to convey what I'd seen well.
And somehow it turned into a very large incident.
I'm sorry.
What?
Hey, aniki!
Aniki!
What is it? Higurashi-san?
Hey!
Oh!
You woke up?
You're up...
What? He woke up? Is he awake?
He just woke up for a moment.
It's a cycle of sleeping, waking up, sleeping, waking up, huh?
I told you to reconsider the workload, right?
Lately, work has declined.
That's rare from you, money hungry like Zeni Geba.
What's with that way of putting it?
You're a hoodlum who'll take care of an unknown kid for money, huh.
Don't talk about that.
Is that okay?
Tei and Tabito are becoming more and more like parent and child, but...
- In the first place, your work... - Like I said, leave that alone.
It's as I said yesterday.
If this goes on, Tabito will...
Oh! Tei!
Hey, what's up? Did you come home alone?
No...
Sensei brought me home.
Tei-chan, you shouldn't run.
Oh, hello.
Now, let's wash our hands.
That was heavy!
Woah, there are so many leaves!
Tei seems down.
Maybe she heard us talk?
No, she's always like that here.
Did something happen?
Aniki's always like that too.
So, before it gets cold...
Here you are.
Thanks for the food.
Ah, Tei-chan, you're eating your hair!
Wait a second.
Cute, right?
Huh?
Is it impossible?
I've been thinking about various things.
Actually, to enter the house of one of the kids,
And to treat one person specially is strange.
But after all, like this, from now on,
Having meals and playing,
I want to do this for Tei-chan.
Isn't that a nice offer?
Yukiji.
I understand.
Try asking aniki.
Oh, but...
Excuse me, Higurashi-san...
I'm sorry to bother you while you're resting.
It's useless.
Even if you call out to him, he can't hear you.
Then how do I...
You know...
In the end, you don't understand a thing about aniki.
Isn't that enough, Yukiji?
Excuse me.
As you can see,
Once Tabito falls asleep, it's impossible for anything external to wake him up.
There's no choice but to wait for him to wake up of his own accord.
Closing off his one sense, his eyes...
... must be a great fear for Tabito.
But there isn't anything we can do for Tabito like that.
And now...
I understand that he's losing his sight too.
What, why?
It's your fault.
You can't decide that so easily... yet...
It was originally a detective agency set up to make use of aniki's power, you know.
Now, considering aniki's eyes, we've brought work to a minimum.
But for some reason, for a stranger like you,
Aniki has used his serious eyes countless times.
That...
It's not like you're unreasonably forcing him to.
But, Aniki is...
Interested in you.
Is he in love?
Huh?
No, I don't think that's it.
But...
It's possible he thinks of you as an U~man stick.
An U~man stick?
The reason aniki likes these snacks,
Is because he remembers the flavour.
Aniki wasn't born in this condition.
It seems that relying on his memories,
He can taste foods he ate before he lost his senses.
How it that related to me?
It might be that...
Aniki finds something about you nostalgic.
In any case, with you by his side, aniki ends up using his eyes.
Sorry, but...
Can you keep some distance?
Good night.
Oh, well...
How 'bout I read you a picture book in your father's stead?
It's alright, I'll go to sleep by myself.
And you smell of alcohol.
Yukiji,
I'll try to cause as little trouble as possible for Papa too.
What's this, suddenly?
Hm, Tei?
There's none!
Milk, please.
Gomabseubnida.
Thank you.
Wait, little miss.
You know...
In the end, you don't understand a thing about aniki.
Yes.
Who are you with right now?
Right now...
You aren't with Tei, are you?
Tei-chan?
Did something happen?
When I woke up, she was already gone.
She left a note saying she went to buy milk alone, but I was too late.
Could it be... an accident or something?
I checked that.
There haven't been any accidents in the area.
Meaning...
How about Higurashi-san?
No...
There's no way we can ask aniki right now.
Let's look for her.
Old man, I need to ask you something...
Tei-chan?
Tei-chan...
Tei-chan?
What is it?
That's Tei-chan's...
Yesterday, I gave her those...
Tei!
Tei-chan?
Tei?
Tei-chan!
I just arrived.
How's it going?
No, she isn't here either.
I know.
When Tabito wakes up, I'll just make up something.
Idiot!
I'm only good at lying to women!
Leave it to me.
See you.
Oh! Tabito!
If it isn't Tabito!
I see...
You woke up.
Thank goodness.
Sensei, how long did I sleep for?
Hm?
Oh, uh...
And Tei?
She didn't cause any trouble for you?
Tei?
Oh, Tei right?
Tei's fine.
She's totally fine.
Enoki-sensei, are you hiding something?
Not at all.
♪ If you play baseball,
♪ You can deal with these conditions.
♪ If you throw it, hit it like this.
♪ If you get to run, get set go.
Where's Tei?
Tei, right?
Oh, Tei... Tei is...
Oh, that's right!
Right now, Tei's at the flower garden alone.
I'll drink some mushroom tea.
Let's see...
W-where are you going?
Just there.
I can see Tei's whereabouts.
Sensei, are you that relieved I know where Tei is?
Don't test me.
You don't really know where Tei is, do you?
She isn't a kid likely to get lost.
What happened?
Yukiji isn't here, so did he go look for her?
I just can't lie to you, huh.
That you can read one's inner feelings like that is...
... your wonderful ability.
But you know, Tabito.
Inner feelings alone aren't the truth.
As you are now, you're losing your sight.
I was worried about that, and lied that Tei was okay.
Even lies are filled with important feelings.
Read those properly.
Sorry.
I'll go look for Tei.
Hey!
Tabito!
What the heck are you doing?
- Old man. - Did something happen?
Aniki woke up.
What?
Apparently he's looking for Tei.
Where?
We have to stop aniki looking for her.
Aniki!
Be more careful!
- Sorry. - Are you okay, aniki?
Higurashi-san, please rest.
That's right. We'll do the rest.
Are you listening? You're going blind!
I saw fear.
Is it Tei's?
I don't know.
But let's hurry.
Wait, aniki!
If you go blind, you won't hear any voices,
It'll be like living your whole life in a pitch black box!
Even so, I don't care!
I care!
I can't abandon a friend in a place like that!
Say, Yukiji.
What do you think is my favourite view to see with these eyes?
It's Tei's smile.
I don't mind if my eyes go blind, to see that again.
You're contradicting yourself.
Going blind to see.
In the first place, if I can't see Tei's smile,
There's no meaning in seeing anything else.
There's nothing else I want to see.
I get it.
I'll guide you.
Thank you.
Hey, aniki, are you alright?
I think she's close.
Huh?
Could it be...
Somewhere in this apartment block...
Aniki...
I don't know if it's okay to let you keep going, but...
It's fine.
It's just that...
Just that?
I don't really know which is Tei's fear anymore.
In any case...
If you don't know anymore, we're helpless.
What's that?
Huh?
In your pocket...
Oh, this is...
Is that Tei's?
No, this is mine,
It's one of the ones I gave to Tei-chan yesterday.
Aniki?
Aniki, what's wrong?
Sensei,
Do you remember what feeling you had putting this in Tei's hair?
- Um... - It's love.
You affixed a hairpin with love.
I can see patterns of love in this hairpin.
And the same patterns...
... can be seen faintly from that room.
What should we do...
Amazing!
- How did you do it? - Don't copy this, kids!
Huh?
How did you do it?
Don't copy it.
What did you use?
Aniki.
Tei-chan?
Tei-chan!
Hey!
Tei-chan?
Tei-chan.
Higurashi-san.
This...
We were right.
Higurashi-san?
Um...
Why are there so many photos of senpai?
[Ono senpai]
Senpai.
Senpai?
The TV!
Huh?
Turn on the TV!
Quickly!
Alright.
It's a bomb, okay?
And this is the switch!
I'll push it!
I'll push it, okay?
Hey, hey, hey!
It'll blow up something like this studio in an instant, this bomb will.
What is happening?
So it's revenge for being dumped?
It looks like that's not all though.
That's good.
It's a documentary!
But why Tei-chan?
I don't know!
But anyway,
He said he'd explain in detail during the broadcast and hung up!
- Taxi! Taxi! - In any case...
We'll go there immediately.
- Do you guys want some miso oden? - Oh no! This is bad! Ah!
Excuse me.
He does look like him.
Wait, it isn't me!
He doesn't, he doesn't, he doesn't...
Look out!
To Hibiya National TV.
Listen.
If even one of you runs...
I'll press this switch immediately.
Ah... Asai...
Asai-kun...
- That's terrible! - It's fine!
Hey, you're actually airing this, right?
If not...
I understand.
I understand, okay?
How did it turn out like this?
CX is on next, though...
Shut up, Omoto.
Hey, the police are coming too.
Rather, what are we doing to do? With this broadcast.
Well we should stop it immediately.
You'll interrupt it?
What? But... it's bad...
He said if we didn't broadcast it, he'd explode the bomb.
That's... right, isn't it?
That's right.
It's for the sake of human lives. It isn't for ratings.
Okay, let's broadcast it.
Yes.
Hey, Tsutsumi, calm down!
Idiot!
If you save this child with your comment,
No one in the world will be troubled.
The viewers are expecting a more practical comment!
I remember now.
You're the kid that was removed, though you're from Tokyo University, right?
What the heck, Ikushima?
It's not 'kid', it's 'Asai'.
Asai-kun,
Right now,
Because the balance of your automatic nerves is collapsing,
Take a deep breath, deep breath...
In any case, you must barely remember the names of the staff!
These big shot hosts!
- Anyway, just stop involving a child in this... - It's not just the child.
If this blows up,
All of you guys will be blown away.
Hey, Camera 2, zoom in.
Something amazing will happen.
Don't switch the channel!
Impossible.
I won't go along with this any longer.
No, no... Where are you going?
Leaving a child behind and one person running away...
School teachers must be disgusted!
Listen!
If one of you runs away, in that instant,
Mayama-kun, calm down.
Okay, attention please.
Omoto-san and Lawyer Kikuchi over there...
Actually, with this program as a starting point, those two...
Are having an affair!
Don't say stupid things!
I'll sue you!
That's right!
It's useless to even hide it.
Most of the staff here know.
What?
No...
We absolutely do not have that kind of relationship.
Firstly, I...
Like Mayama announcer,
Young, pretty girls are my type.
What?
What do you mean by that?
- No... - What do you mean?
- No, I like mature women too! - Unbelievable!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Why are you just having a lovers' quarrel as you please?
If you do things your own way,
Hey!
You're adults, right?
Won't you calm down?
I don't want to die.
She's right. There's no mistake.
Everyone, let's calm down.
Hey, hey, hey...
I'll push it, okay?
I'll definitely push it.
Hey, since this is a bomb, okay?
Asai.
Oh, the boss appeared.
Good morning.
I'll listen to what you have to say.
I'll broadcast it, too.
So let that girl go.
I'll have you listen properly.
Not you, but the viewers nationwide.
About what you've done.
What?
Me?
What are you talking about?
Mayama, read this.
What?
I came with a flipboard so it's easy to understand.
Okay, Camera 3, zoom in!
When did you order that?
Are you kidding me?
No matter how complicated it is, I'll explain it concisely.
I'm just faithfully following what you taught me.
Hey, read it!
Yes!
Former interview director, Asai's Ken's hijack of a live broadcast. The reasons are...
Hey, you hype it up too Ikushima. Like usual.
Can you do it properly?
Yes.
Everyone, this is Ikushima Hiroshi.
And so this week's Spotlight, No. 1 is...
At the instruction of the chief director of this program, Ohta Hiroyuki,
Illegal adjustments of the receipts were carried out.
What?
Fraud totalling 317,000 yen.
- Ugh. - Okay, continue.
No. 2...
The fraud was caught, for some reason I was made to take responsibility,
And was removed from the site.
And transferred to be in charge of the garden centre and the batting centre.
Ugh, ugh.
No. 3...
As a result, the stupid childcare teacher Ono Tomoko dumped me...
What?
Charge
Listen up, guys!
Putting the Metropolitan Police's name on the line, I won't allow the criminal to do as he pleases.
And the hostages definitely...
No, no... we're the girl's family!
I too...
Frankly, I hate Chief Ohta.
No, honestly,
All the staff here hate him.
What the heck?
That's why...
Honestly, even if you do something like this, it can't be helped!
Why do something so trivial...
Something trivial?
My future's been completely messed up.
Sorry but the size of my lost future...
... and your third rate universities are completely different!
It doesn't matter, Asai-kun.
Graduating a school doesn't necessarily guarantee your future.
If you put in the effort,
You can open a super very good road for yourself.
Shut up!
What's 'super very good'?
For it to be 'guaranteed', that's because I studied desperately for exams!
All of you, too...
You're thinking "How am I related to his transfer?" right?
Why am I getting wrapped up in something like this?
But you know,
The receipts I put through illegally,
They were for all of your entertainment expenses, didn't you know?
All private rooms, in high class restaurants... Nishi-Azabu!
Just how much to you like private rooms? Do you hate ordinary people that much?
Especially those from the bubble generation!
You've gone much too far over the range of 'entertainment'.
I didn't leave the receipts.
Rather, the era of TV using up so much money is over!
Hey, Camera 2.
I have a message. Zoom, zoom, zoom.
There are people who are made to pay for the bills for you higher-ups to enjoy yourselves!
What you're doing unconsciously...
How much trouble are you causing for others?
Realise it!
That girl isn't related, is she?
Let's talk it out honestly.
Like I said!
It's a chain of trouble!
Let how much you've harmed people who aren't related sink in, and understand it!
Okay, Asai-kun, calm down!
Release that girl!
Here, your senpai, the president has been thinking about your case.
Please surrender immediately!
Okay, okay!
If you do any more, I'll press the switch!
Those of state power, please move back!
Well~
It's become an amazing broadcast.
This might be the 100% of viewer ratings we've dreamed of.
Because I'm smart, because my IQ is over 200,
Along with this station's highest ratings, I'll accomplish the worst blemish in history.
This is thrilling.
- Hey, Tokyo Uni. - It's Asai.
- Asai. - Where's your honorific?
Since I'm a kid, I don't quite understand, but...
- But what you're doing, uncle... - It's 'brother'.
There's that term 'tearing limb from limb', right?
[yatsu zaki or yattsu atari]
This brat...
It's 'outburst of anger', okay?
Not 'tearing limb from limb' but 'outburst of anger', oh, I said it myself!
For you, frankly, it's tearing limb from limb!
What?
Let us pass!
We're related to the hostage!
Papa!
We're family!
Tei!
- Tei-chan! - Tei!
Look at that~
And here's the appearance of the handsome father.
You can't come here.
It's dangerous.
There's a bomb.
Asai-kun.
That's more than enough!
Stop already!
Oh my...
You still don't understand, do you?
I haven't punished you enough?
Okay, okay, okay...
So, let's do this.
Someone substitute this girl.
Is there anyone who wants to explode with me?
I don't care about you guys.
I want to remove their disguises.
You act all important but none of you will be a replacement, will you?
Everyone nationwide, take a look!
At their heartless figures!
Hey...
There's no one?
Hey, what's wrong?
Why won't you answer?
Is there no one?
How about you? It's you!
Are you afraid?
There's no one at all?
Huh?
I'm asking if there's anyone at all!
It's alright.
I don't need a substitute.
I'll die.
Tei-chan...
All of you must have families, right?
If you die, your families would be sad.
You see, I don't have a family.
It's the best option for me to die.
What are you saying?!
- Me and aniki... - Yukiji and Papa aren't my real family.
Even you said that, Papa.
To Seiji-kun's mum...
Tei...
... isn't my child by blood.
You heard that?
T-tei... That's not true...
Don't get me wrong,
It's not that I hate you.
So... I don't need a substitute.
Tei...
Tei, listen.
Whatever you say,
It won't change that you're not my real dad.
I don't want to cause any trouble.
You know, Tei...
Thank you for everything.
Press the switch.
Tei!
I...
Whether the things I can see are real or not...
I'm never confident.
Seeing voices and smells with my eyes...
Those sorts of things...
Even I, even now, wonder if it's a lie.
But...
But you know...
Those who believe...
Because there are people who believe me.
Because Tei believes me,
And Yukiji and Sensei are here...
I can think of it as real.
That's why, Tei...
Let's trust each other.
You and I are...
... parent and chid.
Because we're parent and child...
... let's believe.
More than real...
Let's be true parent and child.
What's with this nice deep talk?!
Don't get lost in their talk!
I changed my mind.
I'll explode it already!
Wait, wait, wait!
This isn't the sort of thing I wanted to see!
10!
That's so fast!
- 9! - Wait!
8!
Stop!
If you run, I'll press it immediately.
If none of you run, you can all live for another 7 seconds!
7!
6!
Policeman! Policeman!
Shoot him! Shoot him!
Please shoot him!
You said something great!
Well, you can shoot me, but...
A stray bullet would only explode the bomb.
5!
What do we do, aniki?
- 4! - Excuse me!
Excuse me, everyone!
Just a moment is fine,
So please try to imagine what I say!
- Higurashi-san? - There's a cat called Shishido Joe.
So, what kind of cat is it?
What are you saying?
Yes, thank you.
Huh?
Eh?
I don't understand at all!
3!
Yukiji, get him!
It's fine, just get him!
1!
It hurts! Ah...
Zero!
It didn't explode...
What's this about?
You...
How did you know?
I have good eyes.
Huh?
So I could see you didn't have any murderous intent.
Instead I saw a lot of regret,
And lamenting that you're pathetic yourself.
That's right.
This and this were fake!
Well, it was to broadcast how unsightly you all are.
I achieved my purpose.
Secure him!
Hurry and catch him!
It hurts!
I got the galaxy!
Oh!
Mayama, resume it, resume.
This is Ikushima Hiroshi, in a live broadcast.
Actually, the criminal who occupied this studio,
Actually, this program...
Tei!
- Tei! - Tei-chan's alright.
What was that? About Shishido Joe.
I wanted to see if he had any murderous intent.
But everyone else's murderous intent got in the way,
I couldn't quite confirm it.
So for a moment,
You distracted them with Shishido Joe.
He didn't intend to kill anyone at all.
Papa.
That's right,
Tei.
I'm your papa.
Let me go!
Ikushima, Kikuchi, Omoto!
I definitely won't forgive you!
I have a twin brother!
Take a look.
Everyone's so relieved, with nice smiles.
A bomb was tied to a girl, but...
Right now, the bomb squad...
Could it be...
... you can't see it?
Sorry.
I...
... can only see 'Serves you right!' emotions.
I can't really see all their smiles.
Huh?
Papa.
I believe in you.
Higurashi-san?
- Papa! - Aniki!
Higurashi-san!
- Papa! - Aniki!
Higurashi-san?
Wake up, Papa!
Aniki!
- Papa! - Higurashi-san!
- Papa! - Aniki!
- Higurashi-san! Papa!
Aniki!
So you were in a place like this.
These days even in this shifty clinic,
The smoking area has been relegated to the end.
Can't you just stop smoking?
Did you come to see aniki?
Yes...
He's still asleep, but...
It might be my imagination, but I feel like his colour has gotten better.
I think he looks better too.
Is that right?
That's right, isn't it?
You're checking strangely.
Lately...
I don't have confidence.
If what I feel is right...
I don't have any confidence.
Me too.
It was such a shock.
It was.
Even though I thought everyone was relieved and had such nice smiles,
Only Higurashi-san...
Though it was like we were looking at the same scene,
We must live in completely different worlds, I thought.
But, you see...
Let's stop having such dark expressions.
Huh?
Me too...
Thinking about it again since then,
I realised aniki was always looking at my emotions.
Since that's so,
I want to show him emotions as bright as I can.
If his surroundings are crawling with dirty feelings,
Aniki would end up fed up with it too.
But...
I think he's properly looking at you.
Tei-chan and Yukiji-san.
And wondering what people you are in the true sense of the word.
And choosing to be with you.
I'm jealous.
Jealous?
Because...
You both have dirty mouths, but...
I'm sure you give off pretty patterns.
Especially you...
Your work, mouth, dress, hair and face are all dirty.
Oh, I thought that-- hey!
I want to become a person with prettier patterns too!
I can see, your bra's light blue...
Don't look! You perverted bastard!
- You did it yourself! - Excuse me!
Nippori-san has!
- Higurashi! - Higurashi!
What I can see right now...
... are two happy looking people.
No matter who looks at them,
Higurashi-san and Tei-chan...
Must look very happy.
If that's so,
I'm really happy.
Really...
I think the scene that anyone in the world would view as happy...
Is what I'm seeing now.
Is that true?
Yes.
Tabito wasn't that kind of human since he was born.
Since he was 5.
I heard it from Yukiji-san before, too.
Is it an illness or something?
No.
He was involved in a certain incident.
[5 years]
[Kidnapping]
It seems for a period of time, he was imprisoned in an environment even adults couldn't stand.
Huh?
His ears, his nose, and his skin, all...
Actually are functioning normally.
But...
In order to endure that harsh environment during his childhood,
I think his deep psyche refused to feel them.
If he didn't do that,
I don't think he'd have been able to remain sane.
But if we think positively,
His body is normal.
If his feelings change, his senses can return to normal.
Right.
I believe that depends on you.
Huh?
I've seen Tabito for many years, but...
He holds a special feeling for you.
Please get along well with him.
And,
I believe that something will change inside him.
What's wrong, Youko-chan?
Sensei...
You see...
I...
I took this keyring.
I see...
Thank you for telling me honestly.
So, how about you come return it with me?
Whose is it?
You see, it's Taa-kun's.
Who's Taa-kun, again?
Huh?
That's Taa-kun.
Oh, that Taa-kun?
I see... well...
Taa-kun is...
If I'm right, he moved.
What?
Yesterday, suddenly...
What... Taa-kun?
Taa-kun...
Tabito...
Taa-kun...
Couldn't be.
We can just eat out!
We can't!
It's Papa's celebration of discharge party, so we'll only eat what he likes.
But you know, having U~man sticks for dinner is just...
Now, I am...
Looking again at the thoughts that crossed my mind.
And thinking over the extent of how serious I am.
[Councilor Yukiji's former...]
[Journalist fatally stabbed]
[The truth of the kidnapping case of a 5 year old from Nozomi Daycare is...?]
I want to be with Tei-chan and the others more.
I want to be more involved with them.
If possible, I want to be like family.
We can't eat this much, can we?
U~man sticks! U~man sticks!
Anyway, I'll start by believing in them.
I'm sure it'll take time, but...
I hope one day these feelings...
... will reach them.
[Missing boy in protection. Culprit not captured.]