"Children yearn for heroes."
"Throughout the ages, it's classic for children to play make-believe as heroes of Justice."
Eye slugger!
Kyaa!
"A hero of Justice puts their own life in danger to battle for the goodness in people..."
"...without asking for anything in return."
Oneechaaan!
- Akane! - Stop it!
Are you okay, Akane?
I'll definitely never forgive you!
(Ladies and gentlemen, we are now making our final approach.)
(Please fasten your seatbelts.)
(Please keep your electronic devices off...)
"My name is Isaka Rei."
"Next after being a hero of Justice..."
"...I've been a Cabin Attendant for 13 years."
"I was recently promoted to Chief."
"I'm single."
"My age is..."
35, isn't it?
Retirement is encouraged once over 40...
As of this month, you'll be over 35.
In your case, if you resigned now...
...over 2 million yen would be added on top of your severance package.
This is hard for me, too.
Please understand.
Please consider you'd be helping me out and agree!
I decline.
Why do I have to be the one who helps out the Manager?
That's right. Given Senpai's age, you'd think we were still in the bubble economy.
But, we're still being judged by the image from those times even now.
They think we're overpaid, don't they?
Senpai, because you're a full-time employee, it's still okay to stay!
We only get an hourly wage of 1,133 yen plus an allowance of 700 yen for crew! ($24 an hour)
Can't even buy decent clothes with that.
That's right.
We're so pitiful...
- Ala? Isn't that Myon-sama? - Hey, is it Myon-sama!
The Korean singer Myon-sama is visiting Japan today!
Eh?
- Myon-sama! - Myon-sama?
I'm going to go see him!
Wait, Jun-chan! Jun-chan!
A snatcher!
Myon-sama!
Thief!!
Someone!
Sempai!
What are you doing?!
What are you doing?! Not me!
Let go of me!
Let go!
Hey, come quietly!
Stand up!
Damn! Let go!
Ah, you saved me!
Thanks.
Hold on a minute. Is that yours?
That's right.
Eh?
Please come tell us your story.
I'm the victim!
In that case, you can file a complaint report.
I don't have time for that.
- We'll get through it very quickly. - Hey, let me go!
That would be a problem!
Stop the cameras! Stop the cameras!
Stop filming, you!
Don't touch me, oi!
Ah...
My money...
Could you please give us the details behind this?
Hey, don't touch it!
Well, well, well. That was quite the achievement you made.
Is he giving us a gift of money?
There isn't a money gift.
But you do get a 1 million yen reward! ($13,000)
For catching that snatcher?
No, no, the man who was snatched from...
...is a wanted criminal across the entire nation.
For robbery-murder.
"Sesaki Youjiro" He'd stolen 5 million yen and was trying to escape with it.
"Wanted Criminal" "In Japan, in April 2007.."
"...a reward had been placed on this wanted criminal."
Jun-chaaan...
"At the time..."
"...I never would have dreamed that I would become Japan's first Shoukinkasegi..."
"...or Bounty Hunter."
"No way, no way, no way!"
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: HUNTER ~Sono Onnatachi, Shoukinkasegi~ HUNTER ~These Women are Bounty Hunters~
Welcome.
I'm Motomura.
- Your companions have arrived. - Thanks.
Say, by "companions," is this another Go-kon?
Yes.
But I'm not feeling up for one.
Sorry for being late!
- Good evening. - Good evening.
So young!
Just please don't go for the guy in the middle.
Yeah, yeah.
Nice to meet you.
Hello.
"Just in the air across the Sea of Japan..."
"Excuse me, your 'Daily Report,' please."
Eh? Incredible!
Say, say, say. Do you know what the "The Devil's 11 minutes" are?
Ah, I do.
Most plane accidents usually occur either during the 3 minutes after takeoff...
...or during the last 8 minutes before landing, isn't it?
Yes! It was in order to experience that thrill that I became a CA. (Cabin Attendant)
Even now, I still get a throbbing each time.
What part of you throbs?
Here. In. My. Tiny. Chest.
Whoa!
- Oh! That's good! - That's really great.
More drinks, more drinks. Everyone drink up.
Ah hey, Senpai?
Senpai...
Senpai, Senpai, Senpai. Wait, wai...
- Senpai, are you going to the restroom? - Yeah.
Then I'm going home.
Ehh? Aren't you having fun?
Jun-chan, you go ahead and have all the fun.
Yes.
Ah, that man in the middle.
He was on a flight to Hata that left Sapporo at 15:00 yesterday and he was with a woman.
I'm certain she's his lover.
Senpai, you remember everyone's face, don't you?
Yeah. Don't go too far with him.
Thank you very much.
They were too young.
3, 7, 0, 5.
What is it?
You're Isaka Rei-san, right?
Ah, I'm not a suspicious person.
I'm Ishii with Gold Finance.
"Gold Finance Ishii Masayoshi"
Financial...?
Your younger sister is Isaka Akane-san, isn't it?
That's right. Has something happened?
The 5 million yen that Akane-san borrowed from us and has yet to return...
...please pay it back.
That's something my sister did, didn't she? Why ask me?
A person who borrows money needs a guarantor as a backup payer.
That's just common sense in our world.
A backup?!
Has Akane disappeared?
Ehh?! Didn't you know?
I haven't seen or been in contact with my sister in 5 or 6 years.
Ain't ya hidin' her?!
I said I don't know.
Could you pay me?
Akane's whereabouts...
You don't have any idea where she is?
I'm here to ask you that.
"Akane"
"Send"
"I can't answer the phone right now. Please leave a message."
It's me!
You understand why, don't you? The minute you hear this, call me back!
"Eating House Akinai" "Store Owner: Isaka Akane"
"Eating House Akinai" "It's been awhile. Come see me."
"Lucky 8 Lottery"
Excuse me.
I'm looking for this restaurant.
Ah, go straight to that corner, take a left and it's the 3rd one over.
Thank you very much.
"Higashikou Five Star Shopping District"
This is it...
Out of the way, out of the way!
Oi!
Sorry, the brakes are broken.
No...
Excuse me.
Akane-san, are you in?
For pete's sake, where has she gone to?
Why are you here? I apologized, didn't I?
I'm Akane's sister.
Akane-san has a sister?
She didn't tell me about that.
How long has she been gone?
About 3 days...
Why did she disappear?
I don't know. I'm troubled by it, too.
Who are you?
I help her out from time to time. Ah, cooking dishes for her customers.
Is that right.
My main part-time job is with a bento vendor because I have a husband and child.
Could you pay me back for now?
Eh?
My wages for the part-time work I put in here yesterday.
Even if you ask that of me...
I have to pay for my kid's school lunches by tomorrow...
...and various other necessities for the month.
How much is it?
- Let's see... 100,000 yen! ($1,300) - 100,000?!
Oba-chan, it's not that much, now is it?
Well, there's also next week's portion, too...
Haru-chan?
It's been awhile, hasn't it? Do you remember me?
Nope.
Say, should we work the store?
That's okay. Don't open it.
Haru-chan, about your mom...
Haru-chan may say that, but it's best to open the store.
You have the regulars to think about.
Me? That's impossible. I have my own job, after all.
It was originally scheduled to be open today.
I can't get to the bento vendor now, so this is a problem...
Even if you say that, it's still not MY problem.
What's your job?
I'm a Cabin Attendant.
Wow, how cool!
- Are you single? - That's right.
I'm Isaka Rei.
And you are?
Wakui Kazumi.
And? How old are you?
You can't tell me your age?
40...
I'm 35.
Eh?! Good for you...
Hey!
While I'm working up a sweat doing part-time jobs and raising kids...
...you're going to Go-kons, foreign countries and drinking champagne.
- And probably having affairs... - Look you!
That image of a Cabin Attendant is... ancient.
And you have such wonderful looks, too. What is it you eat to get that way?
Meat? I bet you eat meat, don't you?
Say, say, that pattern looks super-good on you.
Haru-chan.
Do you know where your Mama went?
She was gone by the time I went to school.
She hadn't taken the key, so I figured she was in the neighborhood.
Is there anything missing, like Mama's clothes or bags?
I don't think so.
Your Mama...
...she made me her guarantor and borrowed some money.
Ah, a guarantor is...
I know all about that.
How much does she owe?
5 million yen.
Let's go to the police.
It may be she's gotten involved in a crime, okay?
I have cram school now.
"Arakawa Central Police Station"
I'm Terashima of this station's Unit One Investigations.
You're Miki-san's sister?
I'm a sister, but...
My sister's name is Akane.
Aren't you the authorized person in the serial disappearance cases of college women in Machiyacho?
Huh?
Oi.
Wait...
Disappearance of family members is the duty of the Department of Community Safety.
Gondo-san.
Were you here?
You knew, didn't you?
Well...
Well, whenever someone is driven out, this guy's the one who knows about it.
I'm Gonzo of the Department of Community Safety.
There's no evidence she took her bags.
- Is that right? - Yes.
Um, are you really listening to me?
Of course.
The police are heroes of Justice, aren't they?
You're going to do a proper investigation, aren't you?
Do you know how many...
...formal search requests we receive involving missing persons over the course of a year?
I don't.
80,000. Nationwide.
We with the police will move on less than 10,000 of those.
Do you understand what that means?
That you're derelict in your duties?
The location of 70,000 of them is confirmed over the course of a year.
Many wander back home and are found by their families.
Or they find out that they've passed away.
The police can only investigate something when it has become an incident.
How can you declare something isn't an incident without investigating it first?
Well...
...we use our experience and sixth sense...
What would you call it...
Right?
Eh? Didn't I tell you he has a girlfriend?
- And that's why. - Eh?
That just makes me burn even harder.
You're just burning on your own.
Senpai, it'd be good if you burned like this, too.
That's none of your business.
"Cabin Attendant's Distinguished Deed"
"Snatcher arrested...?"
You did this, huh?
Yes.
I never thought it would appear in the newspapers though.
What are you smiling so broadly about?
Huh?
3 people were injured in this!
"3 injured as fans fall on top of one another darkening the fever of his arrival in Japan..."
Ah.
That occurrence had nothing to do with us...
There are lots of people who think it does!
That's why our company's been hit with a flood of lawsuits!
A flood? Just how many?
That isn't the problem here!
Like I said, that incident had nothing to do with us!
On the day we reported it, Manager, you complimented us, didn't you?
Complimented you? I did?
I just heard about this now.
Manager...
This has turned into a huge problem.
It'd be best if you resigned voluntarily now and take that supplemental retirement package.
Do you want me to quit that much?
I told you, I'm thinking about what's in your best interests.
I understand.
You understand then.
I absolutely will not quit!
Yeah!
In commemoration of being reported in the newspapers, let's drink!
Senpai?
...14, 15, 16, 17...
Ah, hello!
Just hurry and count it.
Excuse me.
Is it okay to count from 1?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12...
Eh?! You quit the company?
I told the Manager frankly that I wasn't going to quit...
...but I needed to wash my hands of those guys.
And so you cleared off your sister's debt with your severance pay?
That's it.
Ah, I feel refreshed.
You're way too refreshed!
Don't you still have payments left on the loan for this apartment?
30 years worth...
Jun-chan, loan me some money!
I'll move to some cheap apartment.
That's impossible!
I didn't sign as her guarantor.
Was it a counterfeit contract?
Yeah...
Then it's not valid!
File a lawsuit against that company!
That's my sister's handwriting.
Eh?
Geez...
Whaa! There's some incredible places here, aren't there?
Ala? It isn't open again today.
What was that?
Haru-chan!
Is something wrong?
Ah, excuse me. I'm the sister of Isaka Akane, your neighbor here.
Ah, is Haru-chan at cram school or something?
Come in, come in. Come in.
Ah! Cute!
It was on the day Akane had booked to have her nails done?
Yes. Yet even so, she didn't come.
I'm worried that something might have happened to her.
She didn't disappear of her own free will then?
This is bad, Senpai.
Thank you very much.
Ah, you can use this way.
I don't know why, but our stores are connected.
Thank you very much.
- Go ahead. - Excuse me.
Um, could I book to have my nails done tomorrow?
Sure.
Whaa, grim.
Say, is she often out at cram school until this late?
I don't think so.
Could it be that Haru-chan, too...
"Academic Development Minowabashi School"
Didn't we just pass her by on the way here?
I sure hope so.
Do you have any ideas of where else she might have gone?
I have no idea.
I don't know anything about Haru-chan.
That's a problem, isn't it?
Ah Jun-chan, it's okay if you want to go home. You have a flight tomorrow, don't you?
I'll cancel.
You don't have to.
I wouldn't feel like working with things this way.
I already phoned it in to the company.
Jun-chan...
Ehh... Your sister is divorced and a single mother?
Both I and our parents objected, but she still gave birth.
Where's the guy?
She wouldn't tell us who it was.
Seems she kept the birth a secret from him, too.
Ehh...
And, while working this store, she was raising her herself.
She's a strong woman, isn't she?
All she did when we were kids is cry all the time though.
A yo-yo.
"What are you doing, oi!"
"That's dangerous, you rascal!"
"Akane, run away."
"Don't mess with us!"
It was okay to run away, but she just hid nearby.
It would have been better if she had called friends or teachers.
"Oi, oi, you're cheeky!"
"Ow!"
"You okay? Hey!"
- "Hang in there!" - "Your nose is bleeding."
Senpai, you were strong since long ago, weren't you?
I guess Akane was the stronger one.
Eh?
Ah, she wanted everything that was mine.
Clothes, toys...
And when I was in high school...
"Wait."
"No way..."
"There's this store where they have the greatest shaved ice."
"It's not far. Let's go."
She approached the guy she knew I liked.
She stole him from you?
Yeah...
Maybe Haru-chan's father is your ex-boyfriend.
That's true...
I suspected that at the time, too.
I met him once when Haru-chan was born, but...
At the time...
...I gave him some good advice.
Wasn't it this?
Noisy, aren't they?
I want to hear from them.
Ah. I borrowing your soy sauce.
You're her sister, right?
I'd bring customers to Akane-san, so we were under each other's care for many things.
Thanks.
Recently, she'd been using my place during the day.
The day?
Right, Ken-chan?
I was here when they first started.
The two of them would talk. Her and a man in his late twenties.
Here in your store?
Yes.
Every day for several days before she disappeared.
The day she disappeared, too?
Yes.
Ah, please don't misunderstand.
It wasn't the kind of talk you'd have with a regular customer.
Um, was this man Akane's lover?
It doesn't seem to have been a deep relationship...
...but there was this strange atmosphere about them; like they were sharing secrets.
Secrets.
Ah, it might have been a customer of Akinai, wouldn't it?
Ah...
Hmm... I don't think he's here.
A man in his late 20's, right?
Yeah.
This one?
Jun-chan, he's of a totally different age, isn't he?
Not that one, this one!
Ah, that's him! That's him!
Eh?
I wonder if he's in any others?
Ah, here. This person...
Where have I seen him...
"I'm looking for this restaurant."
Ah!
Haru-chan. You're late today.
Wait.
Where did you go when cram school was over?
I was with friends.
It's too late for that, isn't it?
If something happened to you, what then?
Don't worry about me.
I can't do that, now can I?
Then why; aren't you just going to run out?
Then Senpai has no choice but to move in here, doesn't she?
Eh?
It's three birds with one stone.
The problem of your apartment is taken care of...
...you can look for Akane-san...
...and you won't have to be worried about Haru-chan.
Excuse me.
"Arakawa Central Police Station"
Senpai?
Ah!
"Wanted Criminal Yamamoto Yasuo, 35 1 million yen reward"
He was working at a construction site.
But he quit it a short while ago.
He might be with Senpai's sister.
Please look for him right away.
That won't be necessary.
Why?
We get lots of information about wanted criminals.
But 99% of them are lies.
So it'd be a waste of time investigating them, wouldn't it?
But this isn't a lie, now is it? It's even nearby.
Even if you do get unreliable information...
...and every one of them is trash, you still have a duty to investigate, don't you?
Thank you very much for offering this precious information to us.
Hey!
That detective was terrible, wasn't he?
That's true.
Handsome, though...
Eh?
Senpai, he's your type, isn't he?
Look you, this isn't the time to be talking about that.
- Huh? - Yamamoto Yasuo, 35.
He's a wanted criminal in the case of a murdered woman whose corpse was abandoned.
You called me out of the blue for this? Ow!
- Please take a closer look. - Yes.
He's been a customer here, hasn't he?
Eh?!
Ah!
He has.
Eh?! A murderer?
What's more, the woman he killed worked at a bar.
This is a bar, too, isn't it?
This is an eating house.
What's the difference between a bar and an eating house?
Can't you check that out for yourself?
I'm worried about Akane!
Please cooperate with me!
"Cooperate" in what?
In finding this man.
Eh?!
Senpai!
If we find him, we'll also find out where Akane is.
But he's a murderer, isn't he?
That's right!
We'll become Bounty Hunters.
What's that?
Shoukinkasegi.
Look here.
There's a special reward bonus of 1 million yen for finding him.
But only if we catch him?
Even just for offering information about him.
Are you envisioning a repeat like at Haneda airport?
Yes.
We got 1 million yen the last time.
It was incredibly exciting!
1 million yen...
How many days of part-time work is that?
I'm on-board!
Anyhow, we're just collecting information, right?
I think there'll be other people in the neighborhood who'll have witnessed him.
Wouldn't it be better to open the store?
That way we could chat up the regulars.
Please help us out.
- Yeah! - Yeah!
Ah, but because I have to work at the bento vendor today, I can't be at the store.
Welcome.
Welcome!
Ah, please come this way.
Please look carefully at it one more time.
A beer, please.
Yes!
Say, who's he?
Our regular customer, Oiwa-sensei.
"Sensei"?
I don't know what he's a Sensei of, but he's always been called Sensei.
Ehh...
Thanks for dinner.
So sarcastic...
Thank you for waiting.
Ah, excuse me.
All we have today is Nakutsu Dry.
That's fine.
Ah, that's right.
A glass, right?
Here you go.
Hey, hey, hey...
You're Akane-chan's sister?
Shouldn't you bring out some things?
Huh?
You should serve some vegetable sticks and tomatoes and such like that.
He's the greengrocer from the shopping district.
I'm Yamahachi. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Now, now, drink up, drink up.
Here, here, here...
Ah!
Oneechan, you like your drinks, huh?
Thanks for the food.
Thank you very much!
Senpai, this isn't the time to get drunk.
Hold on a minute...
Sake is my weak point.
Geez.
I'm home...
- Welcome home! - Welcome home!
Papa, I have a gorgeous bento for you for tomorrow.
Ah.
Where on earth did it go...
I'll be going out for a little while.
Yeah.
- Eh? Right now? - Yeah.
I forgot and left something at the store.
- Be careful. - Yes!
There, there.
This way, this way, this way.
Are you okay?
Yeah, barely.
Ah, that's right.
Where's Kazumi-san?
Ah... I think she'll be back before long.
Ah...
What is it?
I'm sorry.
Weirdo.
Sorry for being late!
Didn't you just pass by some strange person in black?
Ah...
Well, whatever.
Come up with anything?
Take a look at this. We've summarized all the Yamamoto sightings.
You reek!
He was seen shopping at this convenience store the day before yesterday.
He was also walking along this road the day before yesterday, too.
He was later seen at the train station and the pachinko parlor.
He plays pachinko?!
Seems so...
"Lottery Ticket Counter" And at where they sell lottery tickets in front of the station.
No one knew where Yamamoto lives?
Unfortunately.
Hmm, but at least we know his range of action, right?
But because he uses this station...
...that means his range of action could be absurdly huge.
Well, but anyhow, let's concentrate primarily on this area.
Machiko-san!
Machiko-san, Machiko-san.
It's okay, it's okay.
This is Akane-san's sister and her junior from work.
I'm Motomura Jun. The "Jun" is from "Junsui." (pure)
Good evening.
She always comes to buy bentos in the middle of the night. Suzuki Machiko-san.
Don't know if that's her real name though.
She ran away from her DV husband.
What's DV?
You don't know? Domestic violence.
Yeah.
Could it be...
...he was in charge of your entire fortune?
Yes.
Couldn't Machiko-san help us out?
Huh?
A snake knows the ways of the snake.
As someone who's on the run, she'd understand the feelings of someone on the run, wouldn't she?
Shh!
Anyhow, as a fugitive, they don't want to attract attention.
But, you can't live just on the money you took during your escape.
You have to take jobs where they don't do background checks.
Yamamoto's pattern is to work at construction sites, right?
The other problem is where he lives.
A place he could rent that doesn't require an ID card is best...
But finding one would be difficult for him since he is a fugitive, after all.
A place other than an apartment...
Saunas and Internet cafes.
There are places everywhere like that where he could stay, though, so it'd be tough.
Let's look around for those.
Thank you, Machiko-san.
Not at all.
- Let's look around here. - Thanks.
He was going along here earlier, wasn't he?
It wasn't earlier. It was the day before yesterday.
The elementary school my son goes to is right here.
- That's got nothing to do with this. - Sorry, sorry.
Here... Shouldn't we try right around here?
Excuse me...
Internet cafes are...
Excuse me...
That's a supermarket, a supermarket...
Excuse me!
Ah!
Could you take me into your circle, too?
Are you okay with that? You'd have to go out a lot more.
Please.
What should we do?
The more people we add, the more our share gets cut!
A fugitive...
...doesn't have money and worries about it.
In that, that man and I are the same.
The money he earns working disappears into his daily expenses.
Whenever something happens, he may have to run off at once.
During those times when he needs to make money...
...he'd go off to gamble, wouldn't he?
Like horse racing.
At horse races, the police are there looking for runaways...
No, there'd be swarms of detectives there.
It'd be the same at bike and boat races too, wouldn't it?
I feel...
"Lottery Counter" ...it'd be here.
A place where you can normally buy lottery tickets, right?
Tickets where you could strike it rich and make 10 or even 100 million yen.
Is that right?
But you'd need an ID to collect that much, right?
So there's a high probability he's buying chances for small sums like the Lucky 8.
If it's a small sum under 50,000 yen, he can get that directly from the Counter itself.
Ah! When was Yamamoto witnessed around here?
Ah, let's see...
On a Monday!
Like I thought, it is the Lucky 8!
They hold that lottery twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays!
Today's Thursday!
Nice timing!
- Yeah! - Yeah!
Okay! Kazumi-san, you stay here please.
Machiko-san and Jun-chan, check through the Internet cafes.
I happen to know all the saunas around.
What are you going to do?
I'm going run a search taking a different route.
So long.
"Arakawa Enterprises"
Excuse me...
Is there something?
Um, this man may have worked here.
Are you with the police?
Eh?
Yeah.
I've come from the police.
Has he done something?
For now, please just tell me Abe-san's address.
Yes. Please wait just a moment.
He's my older brother who ran away from home.
Ah, say. Isn't this similar to the guest in Room 41?
Ah, you're right.
Thank you very much!
41... What should we do?
We have no choice but to go, don't we?
Ehh?
Hurry!
He rented a normal apartment.
Yama...
Er, Abe-san, are you in?
It's not him!
Ah, I'm sorry!
Ah!
What are you doing!
It's because the police weren't going to do anything.
An amateur'll just make a mess of things!
Still, you are investigating, aren't you?
I guess police are the heroes of Justice after all...
Don't get in the way!
This is my moment!
What do you mean?
When I was in Hachioji...
...Yamamoto Yasuo killed the woman he was seeing.
"Don't! Stay away! Stop!"
After a quarrel, he flew into a rage and strangled her.
I was dispatched from Investigation Unit One by the Central Office...
...to perform an investigation.
"Yamamoto!"
"Yamamoto, wait!"
"Terashima!"
"Yamamoto!"
"Yamamoto, stop!"
"Yamamoto!"
"Gondo-san!"
You fired?
Did the bullet hit him?
It struck a passerby.
In a different situation, it could have taken their life.
So you were transferred from one department to the next.
Hello?
We turned up absolutely nothing. Sensei, how are you doing?
I found Yamamoto's apartment, but he was gone.
Ala? Sorry, I'll call again later.
Could I talk to you for a little while?
Yes, go ahead.
I'm looking for a man going by the name of Abe.
Does this man happen to work at this site?
Abe, huh? Abe...
Sorry. I forgot something at the convenience store.
What did he forget?
Yes?
I've found Yamamoto. Come right away.
Where?!
Got it!
Ya-ma-mo-to!
Don't come near me!
Did you kill Akane?
That eating house, Akinai; Akane's my sister.
They say killing 2 people is the same as killing 1, but it's totally different.
How is it different, you ask? I don't know, but it is different!
It's better to compensate for your crimes!
Not because of what the law has decided...
...but what's in your own heart...
Don't come any closer!
I may not look it, but back in middle school I was in the judo club.
I quit it right away, but... What am I saying?!
Someone!
Ah! I'm sorry!
Machiko-san!
Ya-ma-mo-to!
Where's Akane?
You met Akane just before she disappeared, didn't you?
She advised me to give myself up.
"Since that day, I haven't gotten a good night's sleep."
In that case, why didn't you surrender yourself?
Because...
...Akane-san disappeared.
Then...
...you had nothing to do with Akane's disappearance?
I wanted her to give me one last push on the back.
That's why you didn't surrender yourself to the police?
Yes.
This is 'cause you only do things halfway, Akane!
Ah, ala?
Isn't it?
If Akane had persuaded him properly, this guy would have turned himself in, after all.
No, no, the half-hearted one is him, isn't it?
I was always the one cleaning up after Akane.
Ever since she was little.
I'd have to put away the toys she'd played with and the bowls she ate from.
I had to put EVERYTHING in order.
Even if I complained to our parents, they blamed me.
"You're the older sister, aren't you?"
I got so tired of hearing that!
She even snatched away the guy I liked and then dumped him right away.
And then she came to me for advice about him?
What then?
She bore his child without consulting me...
...but even so, when I offered to be of help, she turned it down.
And now what?
She's borrowing money and neglecting her child?!
Senpai, should we be talking about that right now?
What are you going to do?
Turn yourself in?
Daran!
What does that mean?
Daran is daran.
You mean, "fool"?
Yeah.
Seems like it, doesn't he?
Wai, wait! Machiko-san!
Let's go together...
...to the police.
If you would please.
Yamamoto!
Gondo-san.
Hey, please stop!
Excuse me.
Did you hear any reason for why Akane disappeared?
She just said she would be troubling her sister again.
Oi, let's go!
- Take him away quickly. - Yes. Let's go.
"Arakawa Central Police Station"
Yamamoto?
Make your greetings.
Okay, let's go.
- Thank you, this way... - Yes.
This way.
- 2nd floor, please. - Yes. Excuse me.
Yes.
Ah, sorry, the stairs are narrow.
Yes, understood.
What's this?
Ah.
Starting today, we're going to be living together.
I'm fine all by myself.
From here, it'll be more convenient to look for Akane.
"Public Phone"
Akane?
Ah, Oneechan? It's been awhile.
Don't give me "it's been awhile." Where are you?
I can't say for a while.
Are you being confined by someone?
Nothing like that.
In that case, why?
Sorry. Say, take care of Haru for a little while.
Look you, I'm busy too, you know.
Still, you didn't have to tell her about the debt.
Please don't say such selfish things!
Ah, sorry. I'll contact you again. Take care of things.
Haru-chan!
When did you meet Akane?
I know you talked to her about the debt.
She wouldn't have known about that if you hadn't told her, would she?
Hey...
...do you know where she is?
Haru-chan.
We're going to be living together from here on...
...so we need to speak honestly to each other.
You greatly assisted in the arrest of the criminal behind...
...the Hachioji-shi bar assistant's strangulation case.
We praise this achievement...
...and offer you our heartfelt gratitude.
Your special investigation's reward.
We would like to take some commemorative photos, so all of you please line up.
Yes.
Chief and Vice Chief, you too...
Those photos they took of us earlier...
They won't appear in the newspapers, will they?
I told the police cameraman that we wouldn't like it if this was announced to the press.
Then, our real start is from today, right?
What is?
As Bounty Hunters, Senpai.
For the time being, we don't have any competition.
At present there are 23 cases that have rewards available for them.
Jun-chan can pick out those criminals that seem easiest for us to capture.
- Yes! - Hold on a second!
I only said we become Bounty Hunters in order to search for Akane.
And that was a good start.
I crave more excitement!
I just want to do something with all of you.
We can make some money, after all!
No way.
Just like at the airport, what happened this time was only luck.
Ah, Haru-chan.
You stand out somehow.
Eh?
It's the color of your clothes.
If we all lined up Haru-chan, wouldn't we look like GoRanger? (sentai series of color-coded heroes)
Let's all join forces and do our best!
- Yes! - Yes!
What are you talking about?
I'll pass.
Wait, Senpai!
You said we're doing this for Justice, right?
But what you're after is the money, isn't it?
Justice is profitable!
Senpai, you talk like someone of the Showa era. (1926-89) Showa Justice.
That's right.
The heroes of Justice in 2011 are...
...a CA, another CA...
...an ordinary housewife, a person on the run and...
...a 5th grader in grade school?
That's right.
"We are..."
"...Bounty Hunters."
Who should our next target be?
10 million yen?
Because he's been on the run for 4 years, he's a formidable enemy, right?
Even if you distinguish yourself, you won't be going back to Headquarters.
We're Shoukinkasegi.
What'll you do if you empathize with the target?
Stop it! Should a parent have to take responsibility forever?!