Yum~. It's delicious.
Really? Let's see...
First date in 3 months (and 1 week)
- Yeah, it's good! - Isn't it?
But come to think of it, you weren't too fond of cilantro, were you?
Formerly long distance boyfriend
No, but while being forced to eat it by my senpai from work at this restaurant we go to,
Cilantro Salad
I learned to be okay with it.
Girly dress
I guess when we've been apart for a year, there are things we don't know about each other.
As soon as you became a prosecutor, you just took off for Osaka.
I know, huh? But everything will be fine.
Now that I'm assigned to the Yokohama Prosecutors Office, we can see each other a lot.
- I know, huh? - Here's your order.
- Here they come! - There's nothing like beer, right?
Happiness is having a drink from broad daylight.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
Yokohama Prosecutors Office Kounan Branch
Excuse me for a minute.
Hello.
Oh, Tokunaga-san. What's up?
Ah~ Thank God you answered, Takemura-kun.
I'm on duty today, but can you take my place this afternoon?
The thing is, my wife and daughter are both running a fever.
They can't do anything if I'm not there.
But right now I'm...
There's a ton of cases piled up...
Please, I beg you.
All right. I'll be right there.
Sorry, Yuki!
I have to go to work right away.
- Even on Sunday? - I'm really, really sorry.
Here's your roast beef.
Darn it~. Why is this happening to me!
What, what?!
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Ah~ Takemura-kun, thank you.
Did you get called in too, Aihara-san?
Yes. I'm your assistant officer after all.
Sorry about this. I handed everything over to Aihara-san, so
I'll entrust the rest to you.
Then I'll take my leave too... If you'll excuse me.
You look like you took special care today.
Were you perhaps on a date?
Oh, date...
Yes.
For the first time in 3 months with my formerly long-distance boyfriend.
- Oh, really~. - You too, Aihara-san.
Weren't you out somewhere with your family too?
Well...sort of.
Enough about that.
The suspect is waiting.
Intimidation
Penal Code Article 222
You sent 351 threatening e-mails in a week
to the woman you used to date.
Is that correct?
No. I never threatened her.
But I have the evidence here.
What I sent her are love letters.
I took the liberty of reading them, but what were written were mostly
things like "I'll tell everyone you're a f*****g bitch," "I'm gonna kill you," "I'll make sure you go to hell."
They're all words that were written to intimidate the recipient, aren't they?
Those were
words of love.
Prosecutor, do you know what love is?
You're the last person who should be talking about love.
In the first place, if you weren't brought in here,
I would've been...!
Prosecutor.
Too bad you had to come in yesterday.
Look who's talking.
Although we're civil servants, there's no weekends or holidays with our job.
That's for sure. I wish crimes would take a break on weekends too.
- Ummm delicious! - I'm glad you like it!
You were a great help yesterday. Thanks to you,
my daughter thanked me personally and I got to
- earn some father points! - I'm glad I could be of help.
- May I have one more? - Be my guest.
Oh, Ohtsuka-kun! Would you like a pudding too?
- It's very good. - Ohtsuka-san isn't the type to...
Thanks, I'll have one.
It's good!
- Isn't it? - So he does eat things like that.
I guess looks can be deceiving.
Next news.
At a residence in Minami-dai, Nagata Ward, Yokohama,
a wife struck her husband with a vase and...
This is in our jurisdiction, isn't it?
The suspect who was arrested is Machida Karen, housewife, 48 years old.
The man who was killed is her husband, Machida Yoshiyuki-san, a company executive...
What a vicious wife
to kill her husband during a couple's quarrel.
I wonder who's going to be in charge of this case.
Wouldn't it be Prosecutor Ohtsuka since it's a big case?
Prosecutor Takemura.
The chief would like to see you.
What?! M-me?!
Yes. Takemura-kun,
you haven't been assigned to a murder case yet, have you?
No.
It may be a difficult case, but you learn by experience.
What do you think?
- Please let me take it! - Oh, really? All right!
The suspect will be turned over to us by tomorrow.
I'll be counting on you then.
A murder case, huh?
All right!
Wah! Aihara-san.
Did you get assigned to that case?
Yes! I'll do my best, so please give me your support.
I feel uneasy.
Prosecutor, with all due respect, just one word.
You tend to spin your wheels when you get too pumped up.
Please maintain your composure at all times.
You can't be condescending nor should you let them look down on you.
Also, as I've said before, you tend to wear your emotions on your sleeve, so
please be very careful.
As usual, it wasn't just one word.
- Did you say something? - No, I didn't.
He's right about feeling uneasy.
- What? What are you talking about? - Oh...
I can't tell you the details, but it's about a murder case.
A murder case?!
Are you going to be in charge of it?
That's awesome!
Which means you're going to be interrogating the suspect, right?
- Well, yes. - That sounds kinda scary.
Hey, hey. How are you going to do the interrogation?
Well, that's the problem. With a murder case,
since we can't hear the story from the dead victim,
the interrogation of the suspect is extremely critical.
- Oh, that's right. Can you help me out? - Help you out?
First of all, let me confirm your identity.
Please state you name, date of birth, and address.
Takemura Haruko. 3-chome Honjo, Sumida Ward.
My age is...
a secret! Just kidding...
- Now then, let me ask you about the incident. - I'm innocent!
I didn't do anything but I was set up to be the murderer!
- This is false accusation! - Time out, time out!
Hey, Haruko! If you deny everything like that,
how am I going to practice my interrogation?
But you're the one who told me to pretend to be the suspect and give you a hard time.
That, that, that...
may be true, but if you don't start out by admitting that you did it,
I can't proceed with the interrogation.
I see. Okay, I got it.
I just gave him a little stab with a knife, but he died.
Are you saying that you didn't intend to kill him?
That's right. Yes.
Excuse me. May I?
Regardless of whether you intended to or not, isn't it the same thing if he ends up dying?
- That's where there's a big difference. - Why?
If you kill someone with the intent to kill, it's considered "murder"
and you'll be sentenced to death or imprisoned for life or for more than 5 years.
If you didn't have murderous intent but ended up injuring and killing someone,
that's "inflicting bodily injury resulting in death,"
and you'll be sentenced to be imprisoned for more than 3 years but less than 20 years.
That's quite a difference.
If that's the case,
wouldn't everyone say,"I didn't mean to kill him"?
To properly investigate and ascertain that is the job of a prosecutor.
I see~...
Okay. I'll do it.
Haruko, move over, move over...
- I was just getting into it. - Just move over.
Now then, let me ask you about the incident.
I'm the one who killed her!
- I loved her! - Dad, Dad...!
- I'm not your dad! - Never mind, never mind!
- I'm not Dad... - You're Dad!
I'm Dad.
- Reporting the arrival of 3 suspects. - Roger.
Here's the case.
- I'm going to read it. - There's no need for you to announce it.
The incident occurred on April 15, 2018
at around 11:30 pm.
The suspect, Machida Karen,
got into an argument with her husband, Machida Yoshiyuki, who came home intoxicated.
To protect herself from her husband who was about to beat her,
Karen impulsively struck Yoshiyuki with a vase that was close at hand.
She immediately called 911, and
the police officer who rushed over arrested Machida Karen.
Subsequently, the death of Machida Yoshiyuki was confirmed.
Machida Karen, the suspect, has admitted to striking her husband, but
is denying having murderous intent, claiming that she didn't intend to kill him.
- Isn't this... - Murder or bodily injury resulting in death.
It means you'll have to make that determination.
I'll start recording the audio and video.
- Come in. - Excuse us.
Please have a seat.
Now then, let me ask you about the incident.
On April 15, 2018 at around 11:30 pm,
you...
Machida-san?
Rather than an incident,
I think it was more like an accident.
Accident?
My husband was about to hit me, so
I just impulsively fought him off...
By fought him off, do you mean you struck him with a vase?
Yes.
- How many times did you strike him? - I think it was once.
What did you do after you struck him?
I'm not sure... I don't remember.
Before I knew it, my husband was on the floor and he wasn't breathing.
I was scared.
I couldn't believe he died...
Are you saying that you didn't intend to kill him?
Yes.
What is the reason you got into an argument?
Ochazuke* (rice with tea poured over it).
My husband always has ochazuke when he comes home from drinking.
But that night, I forgot to have it ready for him.
Has your husband ever hit you before?
No, never!
My husband isn't that kind of man.
In my whole life,
I never hit anyone either...
That's why I can't believe it myself...
For the 25 years we've been married...
we were getting along well.
We would've celebrated our silver wedding anniversary soon...
How can this happen...
I feel rather sorry for her.
How terrible it must feel to mistakenly kill your husband of 25 years.
- I just don't trust her. - Why do you say that?
Machida Karen has a daughter.
Maria, 19 years old. She left home a year ago and she's living on her own.
Okay. So?
When she was questioned by the police, she replied that
she didn't know her daughter's current address, that they haven't kept in touch at all.
What kind of a mother doesn't know the whereabouts
- of her 19-year old daughter... - That's true.
But it's unusual for you to get so worked up over something.
I'm not really...
Could it be that
you have a daughter in your family too?
Di...? Huh? Divor...?
Divorced!
Oh, uh... I'm sorry.
- There's no need for you to apologize... - But the other day
I opened my big mouth and asked if you were out with you family...
You don't have to make it a point to bring that up again.
- Oh.... - Prosecutor Takemura.
It's Detective Mikami from the Nagata Police Station.
- Takemura speaking. - Machida Karen may have had a man.
What?
We've been getting several eyewitness reports that she was seen frequently
with a man who looks to be in his forties.
From the characteristics of his appearance, they're all the same man.
Is the identity of that man known?
No, not yet.... But Machida Karen and that man
were captured on a surveillance camera at a supermarket.
I arranged for the pictures to be delivered to you, but...
Ah, yes. I found them.
We'll contact you as soon as we find out the man's identity.
Okay. Thank you.
Who is this man?
He's apparently the man Machida Karen's been meeting frequently.
Do you mean she was having an affair?
We don't know yet. But if she was,
when she said she was getting along with her husband...
It means she was lying.
I'm going to the crime scene.
I want to know more about Machida Karen.
Prosecutor! Wait for me.
Sorry, sorry....
Wait, Prosecutor. Calm down, please.
I can't forgive people who cheat on their spouse.
- We're from the Yokohama Prosecutors Office. - Oh, Prosecutor.
-Ah, actually... - I'm the prosecutor, Takemura.
Please go in.
I'm Takemura, the prosecutor. We're going to take a look at the room too.
Prosecutor.
Oh, sorry. Thank you.
Is this where Machida Yoshiyuki-san was found?
I think so.
Looks like she was cooking regularly.
One pillow...
Machida Karen was sleeping in here while her husband slept in the bedroom.
They were living separately under the same room.
It's proof that they had a failed marriage...
After 20 years of marriage, it's said that 30 percent of married couples
- have separate bedrooms. - Oh, is that right?
Each of them can go to bed whenever they want, and
they won't have to deal with the other person's snoring or teeth grinding.
So to the contrary, it's said they have a happy marriage.
Really~.
Incidentally, we had separate bedrooms from the beginning of our marriage too.
Huh?
But in your case, it didn't end up in a happy marriage...
Sorry about that.
I don't mind.
Since it's the truth.
Can I ask another question while I'm being rude anyway?
What now?
Why did you get a divorce?
- That was straightforward. - Sorry.
- Sister-in-law.... - Excuse me?
My wife said I act like a sister-in-law.
She said, "What you say is always right, but
it's suffocating."
Ah...indeed.
- You look to be agreeing. - Not at all...
That's very educational.
We didn't find anything new in particular, did we?
That's to be expected. Other people can't understand
- what's going on between husband and wife. - No way! Machida-san did that?
I saw it!
- Prosecutor? Excuse me. What did you see?
- Who are you? - Oh, I beg your pardon.
I'm Takemura, the prosecutor.
Prosecutor? Oh my, good heavens...
Would you mind telling me what you saw?
You see, the garbage collection point is in front of our house.
The rule is that garbage is allowed only after 6:00 am, but
when I was walking the dog at around 5:00 yesterday morning,
someone had already put out the garbage.
Who broke the rule?
Machida-san?
Divorce Registration
Divorce Registration?! Is that true?
- You're too close. - I'm positive.
- Where is that garbage now? - It's been collected already.
Who knew something like this was going to happen.
- I see.... - Let's move on to the next place.
Do you suppose Machida Karen prepared the divorce registration?
It all makes sense if you assume that she was trying to divorce her husband
in order to be with the man in the picture.
I wonder if she was having an affair after all.
Prosecutor Takemura, Aihara-san. We've been waiting for you.
Ah~ hello. Sorry to keep you waiting.
Haven't you changed yet? Do you have a hard time with autopsies?
No, uh....
I'm sorry. This is one thing I can't get used to...
I didn't know when I was striving to be a prosecutor.
That I had to be present at autopsies too.
Please let me know if you start feeling sick.
Prosecutor.
Do you have any questions for the doctor?
Let's see. Uh...
What is the cause of death?
It's brain contusion caused by blows from a blunt instrument.
The impact from the blows reaches the skull.
There are marks from several blows in the temporal region.
How many? Wasn't it from just one blow?
Can you see this?
The scar isn't from just one blow, is it?
He was struck at least 5 times.
What?
It doesn't match Machida Karen's testimony that
she only struck him once.
The fact that she struck him 5 times means she had murderous intent.
In other words, it's more likely to be murder rather than bodily injury resulting in death.
As a result of Machida Yoshiyuki-san's autopsy, it was revealed from the wounds on the head
that he was struck 5 times.
That doesn't match your testimony in which you stated you only struck him once.
Can you please explain why?
I never said I only struck him once.
I said that when I struck him once,
my husband fell to the floor unconscious, and
that I don't remember what happened after that.
- Are you sure you don't remember? - Yes.
But you were the only one at the scene other than your husband.
We can only assume that you struck him 5 times.
Didn't you strike him 5 times
because you were trying to kill him?
Why would I
try to kill my husband?
Machida-san.
Isn't there a man you've been meeting frequently?
March 19, "Fresh Coffee"-Ooka
March 28, restaurant "Hot Day."
April 5, Supermarket Marutatsu-Yokohama.
Who is this man?
I don't know.
You don't know?
There's a number of people who saw you talking intimately
- with this man, you know. - Are you sure they didn't mistake someone else for me?
Let's change the question.
Let me change the question.
Late at night on April 15,
you put out the garbage before the police arrived, didn't you?
We have a testimony that there was a ripped up divorce registration in there.
I don't know. I don't recall putting the garbage out either.
Machida-san...
In truth, you remember everything, don't you?
Weren't you having an affair with this man?
Are you trying to say that I wanted to marry this man
but my husband was in the way, and so that's why I killed him?
Prosecutor.
Have you ever been married?
I haven't, but what about it?
There's no need to get so angry.
I'm not angry at all!
I'm sorry.
I'm not saying that you're wrong because you're not married.
It's just that
there are various aspects to marriage.
Suppose
I was with a man other than my husband, or
I had a divorce registration on hand.
What can I say
when you ask if I killed my husband over something like that.
What goes on between husband and wife can't be explained that easily.
Argh~~~~~ No, no, no! I lost!
Shit~! This is so frustrating~~!!
I told you, stop screaming in the restroom.
I'm sorry. She completely denied having any murderous intent...
Knowing you, I bet you were getting dead set on
- making her fess up, weren't you? - That may be so, but...
Being overbearing like that has the opposite effect of being taken lightly.
But it's a fact that she struck him 5 times.
- I believe she had murderous intent. - Even if that was the case,
if you can't get the suspect to confess, it would be difficult to charge her with murder.
It may have been too soon for you after all.
Good job~!
Ah~~... There's nothing like beer after work.
It lets me forget about all the unpleasant things.
Looks like you're having a lot of trouble with that murder case.
Kinda....
The suspect is completely denying any murderous intent.
Could it be that it was too much for Prosecutor Takemura to handle yet?
But of course. This is only her second year, after all.
Actually, that suspect would be a handful for anyone.
Yeah... Anyway, let's see what she's got.
If she lets something like this defeat her,
that's all there was to Prosecutor Takemura.
- Indeed. - I suppose so.
I'm home...
That's why I'm telling you that it would be impossible for you!
How would you know if I don't do it!
I'm telling you because you don't have to do it for me to know, you blockhead!
- What happened? - Haruko said she wanted to succeed
the tofu shop and Dad said no.
If I don't succeed, this shop will go out of business, you know.
That's fine with me.
I'm closing up this shop after I retire.
Hey, both of you calm down...
- You keep your mouth shut! - Onee-chan, be quiet!
Listen up. At any rate,
if I say no, it means no!
You're such an idiot.
Idiot?
Did you just say idiot to your parent?
Yes, I did. Because it's the truth.
Idiot, idiot! Idiot~!
- Haruko, you...! - You old fart!
- Hey! - Calm down, Dad!
Let go of me!
I had no idea Haruko was seriously considering succeeding the business.
I swear....
Dad's actually happy, you know.
Then why is he being like that?
Because he doesn't want to see Haruko suffer.
In this day and age, it's not easy to run a tofu shop.
It's hard work, especially for a woman.
Dad had made up his mind to close shop after he retired.
Haruko.
Hey...
- that wasn't Dad's true... - Leave me alone.
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
It's because I became a prosecutor that
you thought you had to succeed the business, right?
No it isn't.
You have nothing to do with it.
Don't say I have nothing to do with it...
- I'm the eldest daughter after all.... - That's not what I meant.
I want you to become a successful prosecutor.
I really mean that.
Okay.
I'm going to sleep. Good night.
Good night.
There's trouble at home too, huh?
Good morning.
They found out the identity of the man Machida Karen was meeting.
You mean her affair partner?
No... The thing is, it seems they weren't having an affair.
Yotsuba Staff
So you're the president of the company that helps people find employment?
Yes.
We are focusing our efforts especially on the employment of middle aged and elderly workers.
Machida-san was here to look for a job too.
Machida Karen was looking for a job?
"I've been a housewife all this time and never held a job.
Would someone still hire someone like me?" she asked.
I'll work hard at any job! Please help me find a job.
She was full of enthusiasm, and
I wanted to be of help to her somehow, so
I counseled her a number of times and
even accompanied her to job interviews.
Oh, so that's why you were seen together so frequently.
Did Machida-san find a job?
Yes. It took 6 months, but
she finally got a job offer at a supermarket.
Supermarket...
Is this...
Yes, that's right.
She was supposed to start next month, but
but then this happened...
It's a real shame.
Did she tell you anything else like why she suddenly
decided to work?
She didn't tell me anything in detail, but...
she was looking for a job that offered housing assistance.
- Housing assistance? - Which means, in other words...
Machida Karen was trying to divorce her husband and live on her own.
She had a completely different side to her from the one she showed during interrogation.
I feel like I no longer understand Machida Karen.
You have to remember that she's a murder suspect.
It's only natural that she'd be hard to deal with.
What can I do to get to know her better?
Prosecutor Takemura, this just came from Nagata Police Station.
It's data from Machida Karen's smartphone.
Aihara-san!
Is this it for the call records?
Most of these calls are to Katayama-san or someone from the office of Yotsuba Staff.
It's the same thing with e-mails.
I wonder if she didn't have any friend she could confide to.
What's wrong?
She's on social media, but...
she doesn't post anything herself, and
there's only one person she's following.
- What does that mean...? - It means that she's on social media
just to see this one person's posts.
"MARIA"?
Machida Maria!
She was following her daughter.
She stated that she didn't know the whereabouts of her daughter.
What's going on?
It looks like she was exchanging comments with her daughter
pretending to be a stranger without telling her she was her mother.
Machida Karen was
secretly watching over her daughter who moved out a year ago.
Aihara-san! Let's go see Maria-san.
If I see her, I think
I'll find out what kind a person Machida Karen really is.
That may be so, but we don't know where...
Let's ask the police for their help.
"Miura Live Fish"...
Found it!
It's this way.
He's right.
It's this way.
Is Machida Maria-san here?
Yeah. She should be at the fish pen.
Thank you.
- Maria, you can go after you're done with that. - Okay!
- Are you Machida Maria-san? - Yes.
I'm Takemura, prosecutor with the Yokohama Prosecutors Office.
I'm the assistant officer, Aihara.
I'm in charge of your mother's case.
We're here to talk to you.
I have nothing to do with that household.
You left home a year ago, right?
What was the reason?
I always hated that home.
What kind of a couple were your mother and father?
My father is nice when he's outside the home, but on the other hand, he takes it out on the family.
He was often physically abusive to my mother.
How do you expect me to drink coffee like this!
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry!
How many times do I have to tell you!
- I'll clean it up right away... - Hurry up!
Yes, I'm sorry!
I couldn't forgive my father.
But my mother...
Why won't you divorce a man like that?
It's not like your father's angry all the time.
Besides, he's working hard for us.
Your mother was
enduring physical abuse from your father for a long time, wasn't she?
It's just that my mother had no intention of changing anything.
She was always deceiving herself and saying that
our family gets along well.
We got along well.
I couldn't stand a mother like that either and...
Maria! Maria, wait!
- Let's sit down and talk! - What do we have to talk about now?
You're always just deceiving yourself, Mom!
I hate you!
Maria!
That was a year ago and I haven't been in touch with my mother at all.
Your mother was looking for a job.
She got a job offer from a supermarket, and
she was planning to divorce your father and move out of the house.
No way.... My mother doesn't have that kind of courage.
Maria-san, you're on social media, aren't you?
Yes.
Do you know a follower by the name of "green"?
That's the person who always gives me a "Like" and comments.
That's...your mother.
She never once said...
She must have looked for you on social media
and was secretly watching over you.
"Looks like you're working hard."
"What a beautiful ocean. I'd like to see it too."
"Happy birthday."
It looks like your mother started looking for a job
about 6 months ago.
She probably got courage from watching you working hard
to make it all by yourself after you left home.
She can't remain like this. She wanted to change.
That's probably what she thought.
"Everything will be fine! I'll have to do my best too."
Mom...
I feel like I'm beginning to understand just a little bit about the incident.
Machida Karen, who had endured physical abuse from her husband for a long time,
finally decided to divorce him.
But that night, her husband found out about it.
And something so sad occurred that she had to kill her husband.
It must have been something
that was absolutely unacceptable for her.
We'll have to get her to tell us
about that with her own mouth.
Yes, we do.
- In order to prove that she had murderous intent. - Not for that, but
because she won't be able to move forward if she doesn't admit to what she did.
Prosecutor!
Maria-san.
Can you pass this on to my mother?
We went and saw Maria-san.
Why?
She has nothing to do with this!
Please leave her alone!
We heard.
That your husband was physically abusing you.
Won't you tell us everything?
Maria-san asked us to pass this on to you.
Please read it.
Mom,
I really miss you right now.
But since I can't go see you right away,
I'm writing you a letter.
Ever since I found about the incident on the news,
I've been regretting.
That if I hadn't left home like that a year ago,
if I had continued to stay with you,
perhaps this wouldn't have happened.
I'm sorry.
You know, ever since I found a job and
started living on my own, I feel as if I've come to know
just a little bit about how you felt.
Trying to live on my own is really tough.
It must be even tougher if I had a child.
You must have
endured it all this time for my sake, didn't you?
I'm so sorry for not realizing that and
leaving home after saying such terrible things to you.
Mom, I'll be waiting for you.
I won't ever let you be all alone.
When you come back after atoning for your crime,
let's live together.
I'll be waiting.
Maria
I thought that ...she hated me all this time.
That we'd be estranged for the rest of my life, and I'd never see her again.
You've been living for your daughter all this time, haven't you?
My parents
divorced when I was still a child.
My mother was too busy with work to give me much attention.
That's why I was determined to
make sure that Maria didn't feel lonely like I did.
That's why you didn't divorce your husband even when he was physically abusing you.
No matter what kind of a father he was, it was still better to have both parents.
That's what I thought.
But
after my daughter left home 1 year ago,
I finally realized that what I thought
I was doing for her sake was actually hurting her.
What a foolish mother I had been.
Maria even changed her cell phone number
and I didn't know where she went.
But one day,
I finally found her on social media.
Maria...
Maria was trying her best to make it all by herself.
Watching her, I thought
I can't keep on blaming her.
I, too, had to live my own life properly.
That's what I thought.
But that night...
my husband found out about it.
What's this.
What's going on?
I want a divorce.
What?
Don't be ridiculous.
There's no way a woman like you can survive on your own.
I already found a job too!
What?
You mean this?
Turn down this job right away.
- No. - Call them!
No!
If you won't call, I will.
Please don't! Please don't...!
Hey!
Are you going to disobey me!
Goddamn you...
I've made up my mind! If I stay with you,
I can't move forward!
Prosecutor.
I've been lying to you.
I have no choice but to kill him.
That's what I thought and I killed my husband.
I'm sorry.
Murder, huh?
Chief.
- She must have confessed? - Yes.
The suspect is deeply regretting her crime, and
I think there are extenuating circumstances leading up to the murder.
Taking that into consideration, I believe a sentence of 10 years in prison to be appropriate.
This was a difficult case, wasn't it?
Yes. I really agonized over it.
Good.
Keep on agonizing from now on too.
Okay?
Yes.
What? You successfully brought the case to prosecution
but you don't look happy at all.
I was made aware of what a failure I am.
I was looking at the suspect only superficially.
I didn't understand what kind of sadness she was carrying at all.
Someone like you wouldn't easily understand.
It's difficult.
Because it's the prosecutor's job to understand and deal with people.
She's cute.
Is that your daughter?
Well, yes...
She's so precious!
So her name is Mina-chan.
Who is this ai-san?
That's my ex-wife.
Are you checking out your daughter's pictures on your ex-wife's social media?
I don't get to see her too often! Now that my ex-wife remarried.
Ah... you must miss her.
I'm okay.
As long as I can see that my daughter's doing well like this.
I guess that parent and child are connected even when they're apart, huh?
Parent and child...?
Oh! There was still one more case left!
Dad!
- Haruko, talk to him properly one more time. - But...
You can't get your thoughts through to him unless you tell him.
Dad...
I'm serious, you know.
I seriously want to carry on the business.
I wasn't just helping out without much thought.
I want to
make this my job and continue working at it.
- But you know, Haruko... - I know that it's hard work
and there's not much money in it.
But I still want to do it.
Because our tofu is the best in Japan.
So...
please let me do it!
You know that
I'm a tough teacher.
Dad... Does that mean that you approve?
Do you or don't you!
What a relief!
Now that it's decided, let's make a toast!
I'm so happy for you.
To the 4th generation owner/operator of Takemura Tofu Shop.
- Cheers~! - Cheers!
Ah~... that's good!