"It's clear that you were the one who stole the money!" "I didn't steal it!" "Then why was 15 million yen found in your closet?" "!" "That was the money you stole wasn't it?" "!" "It wasn't!" "believe me!" "Itadaki-mangrove!" "5 points." "Sorry but... what is wrong with the bento my wife made...?" "She tried to cover up the fact that there isn't enough taste." "What?" "your wife is from Kyoto right?" "You can tell?" "He always know where a taste comes from." "Is it because the flavour is too light?" "it's not that their flavours are too light." "It's that they try to bring out the natural flavours of ingredients using seasonings." "My wife says that all the time too!" "But this bento has failed to do that in every way." "I see..." "Sorry." "I'll try it too." "It's really not that..." "It's bad." "Please don't insult my wife like that... 238)}Miso Sauce" "282)}Tosa Soy Sauce 108)\i1}Irizake" "146)}Harissa Sauce" "Now then." "Try it now." "Okay." "this is mine!" "Amazing!" "It's just like eating at a restaurant!" "You're right!" "Adding seasoning can make this much of a difference..." "It's because the ingredients were good to start with." "This is our next case." "When did he get here?" "!" "please make two copies of this." "Okay." "25 years old." "She is believed to have stolen 1 million yen from her company's safe and has been arrested under suspicion of theft." "The person herself claims she is innocent." "that is all." "Could I be in charge of this case?" "I don't want to act as his support forever. and when asking about private matters wouldn't she be more comfortable if she was working with another woman?" "Understood. you will be in charge." "Thank you!" "Eh? be a good seasoning for her." "She's still just a fresh ingredient. if the ingredients aren't good to begin with the dish won't turn out well. help my daughter any way you can! and the costs required will be quite high" "If you are alright with that..." "I can pay!" "These are the savings I'd built up for retirement." "You can use all of it!" "All of it is a bit..." "I've been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer." "I was told I only have about one month left to live." "I won't mind if you take all of it. so please keep it a secret from her." "save my daughter in any way possible!" "Please help her!" "Please!" "This is about the theft that occurred at Kawaguchi Constructions. was arrested and brought in for questioning." "Kaho-chan?" "As in Fruit Walking?" "24)}[T/N:" "The kanji that makes up Kaho's name is written with the kanji for fruit 「果」and walk 「歩く」 and Yoshida-san. which leaves only Yoshida-san who would have been around to open the safe." "That's all they based her arrest on? and they also found 1.5 million yen in cash in her closet." "1.5 million yen..." "I'd like that. 000 of that every month." "000yen." "1 million should not have been possible. and she refused to provide the details as to how." "She definitely did it." "But the person herself is saying she is innocent." "I'm going to interview her...!" "Miyama!" "I'll be doing the interview myself." "Don't bother following me." "Does she even need any seasonings?" "Hello." "My name is Tachibana and I will be acting as your attorney for this case." "This guy here is Miyama." "Let's work well together." "where were you born?" "Hey!" "Eh?" "Shut it!" "Were you able to sleep last night?" "Yes." "The meals are okay?" "Um... 0)}" "0)}" "What happened to my previous lawyer?" "We've been requested by your mother to take on your case and are replacing the previous lawyer you had." "I don't need your help." "Eh?" "I don't have a mother." "wait a second!" "I don't need that woman to help me!" "I'm done." "Japan's conviction rate for criminal cases is 99.9%." "A person who has been prosecuted is almost always assumed to be guilty." "This drama is a story about lawyers who tackle difficult cases in order to find the truth hidden within that remaining 0.01%." "The truth is that I haven't met her in 15 years." "It's only natural that she would say she doesn't have a mother." "I ran away and left her behind after all..." "What do you mean by that? he had collected a large amount of debt." "I worked hard doing part time jobs in order to save up enough for our family and I thought that if I stayed her father would only get worse." "and left our home and my daughter behind." "Why didn't you take her with you?" "but he refused to give up custody of her." "I heard that her father had died and Kaho had been moved to foster care." "Why didn't you take back Kaho-san then?" "I had started a new family by that point and I thought that if I brought Kaho back it would break up my new family..." "Our lives had just started at that point..." "I'm a terrible parent aren't it? before the end..." "I wanted to see her again." "I was overcome with how much I wanted to meet her and apologize. and then they told me about the current incident." "and..." "I felt that I wanted to help her." "I wanted to do something as her mother just this once before the end. you don't actually know anything about Kaho-san then." "Yes." "Ok." "Understood." "Hey..." "Hey!" "Wait up!" "Hey..." "You didn't need to say it like that you know." "right now she actually wants to help her daughter!" "What do you want to investigate the most right now?" "There's a lot of things we should be investigating right now." "I think the first thing should be where the money was taken from." "The police have already assumed that the money that disappeared was stolen." "Why did they decide on that so quickly?" "Chief?" "I'm going home for today." "call me." "I see. who was in charge of accounting" "Yes." "When did you realize the money was gone?" "The next morning right after our business trips." "President!" "The money!" "The money is gone!" "call the police!" "the money was still there." "I also made sure of that." "Were both of you at the same place?" "the president was in Osaka and I was in Tochigi." "Osaka and Tochigi..." "Do you open the safe every day?" "Yes." "The company seal is in there so whenever I need to sign off something important I need to take it out." "What about Gouda-san and Yoshida-san?" "We need to open it at least once a week." "Could you open it for me now?" "Of course." "please." "Huh?" "sorry." "that's weird..." "What are you doing?" "Did you already forgot the code from last month?" "Sorry..." "There you go." "Thank you." "Where was the cash usually placed?" "Here." "We put it in an envelope." "Who decides on the code for the safe?" "Me." "It's alwasy been the same number?" "for security reasons I change it every month." "When did you last change it?" "The day before the incident." "Have you changed the code since then?" "it's stayed the same." "but every month you change the security code every month and then you tell that code to the other two?" "No..." "I don't tell them." "Hm?" "What do you mean? I write down two sets of four random numbers on a piece of paper and when I add those two numbers that is the security code." "Then I show the paper to the director and Yoshida and they add the numbers and remember the code without writing it down." "okay!" "Okay." "I see." "Do you still need this?" "I don't." "You can take it." "Thank you." "I'm back." "Thanks for the hard work." "You worked hard today." "What is that?" "Yoshida-san's personal belongings." "They said I could bring it with me." "Hah?" "Don't just run off on your own!" "You said you were going home didn't you?" "!" "Didn't I ask you what you wanted to do Chief?" "Hey..." "I should've left before Miyama-sensei came back." "it's fine." "Really?" "Tonight I promised to take my daughters to their favourite conveyor belt sushi place!" "If I don't go home then my wife will be the one belting me around." "I even prepared a comfort kit if we ended up having to stay the night." "I'm off." "Bye." "Good work today." "Good bye." "I also promised to eat beef stroganoff with my wife...." "You don't have one." "Ayano-san... the bar exam!" "Let me study!" "No one is stopping you." "I'll pass..." "I'll shoulder up and study to death." "I'm not even going to sleep!" "As if." "Cabrón." "44)}[T/N:" "She is imitating a taunt used by Japanese Pro Wrestler Tetsuya Natio." "Cabrón is an insult in Spanish similar to asshole/bastard etc.]" "Why not you do some actual work?" "Hm?" "What are the two of you doing?" "You can tell just by looking can't you?" "I'm free right now so if you want I could help out." "Then..." "Please." "What?" "Make this idiot leave as soon as possible!" "Are these Yoshida-san's personal belongings?" "Yep." "It's just a bunch of triangle roof houses..." "I guess she must like them." "Maybe... did you see Yoshida-san?" "I don't remember things from that far back." "Have you noticed anything different about her recently in general then?" "there is something." "She's usually not home at night." "How do you know that?" "I wake up pretty early in the mornings and at around 3am I usually see her coming home." "I see." "right." "I've seen her coming out of a white van with another lady." "Over there?" "Yeah." "You're sure working hard." "Yeah." "You've prepared pretty well for this haven't you." "Yeah." "are you cold? but I'm really bad with the cold so won't." "If you can't then don't bother saying anything at all then!" "Hahaha...!" "Ah!" "I failed~" "That scared me!" "What is Akashi-san doing?" "He said he got tired of studying." "I can see why he keeps failing." "He can really sleep." "Amazing..." "Hello?" "Um..." "Excuse me." "Do you know Yoshida Kaho-san?" "Yoshida Kaho?" "Yes." "No." "It's this person." "Sayuri-chan?" "Sayuri?" "She works in the same place as me." "That place being...?" "Do I have to say it?" "If you don't mind." "A fuuzoku... massage parlors etc. that use other means to offer sexual satisfaction besides direct intercourse]" "How long has she worked their for?" "Since... about two years ago." "I see." "That 0.1% is finally coming into view." "That's why she didn't want to talk about it." "what's next?" "Next is... isn't that right?" "Yep." "I'm sorry." "Ah!" "Eh?" "I forgot about him." "it's 10am." "'kay." "it's 10am! It's a huge spread on Sada-no-Win!" "42)}[T/N:" "Sadanouin can be heard as "Sada no Win" or "Sada's Win" and is heavily implied to be Sada-sensei's personal racehorse]" "You've been taking life quite easy recently haven't you." "Part of the job is leaving things up to those under you." "I'm observing things calmly from a distance and letting them grow while winning." "That's also one of the responsibilities of those of us on top." "will you also observe my situation calmly from a distance?" "I'd like to start cleaning." "go somewhere else." "Thank you." "Breakfast was especially delicious today." "Should I rinse these first?" "I'll be on my way now!" "Good bye!" "now I'll be able to make this... 26)}[T/N:" "Beauty Salon FuRau}" "Today's a bit chilly isn't it?" "You're still coming?" "I am your attorney." "My goal is to prove your innocence in this case." "work with me." "I refuse." "leave." "What were you planning to use your savings on?" "It's none of your business." "It is! and what you were planning to use it on could be used as evidence to prove your innocence!" "I was saving up money to make my life easier." "right?" "You were also working in a fuuzoku weren't you?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "Just leave!" "I'm done." "She wasn't the type of child who would steal." "As a child she really valued money." "Every three months we would give the kids a small amount of money and take them shopping to buy a new piece of clothing they liked." "But that girl never bought anything." "and instead she'd save all of it." "I see." "We had it!" "These are the things Kaho-chan had when she was with us." "Thank you." "If you'll excuse me." "Report card..." "Ah..." "A big house with a triangle roof." "This one too." "And this one." "Kaho-chan used to draw triangle roofed houses a lot." "She would never stop saying how one day she would live in a house just like in her drawings with her mom." "you wanted to buy a house and live with your mom didn't you?" "Hah?" "You had always wanted her to come back." "Are you kidding with me?" "!" "As if I would want something like that!" "I went to the home you were raised in." "That's just when I was a kid." "This is also what we found among the private belongings you had at your office." "You've always wanted to see your mom again haven't you?" "Are you stupid?" "That woman threw me away and ran off on her own." "I don't want to see that woman ever again." "Is that really how you feel?" "What do you know?" "Someone like you who's been raised to graduate from a good university and became a lawyer." "You will never understand how painful it is to be abandoned by your own parent!" "I will never forgive that woman! so I will." "What?" "Your mother only has one month left to live." "She was diagnosed with cancer." "You really might never be able to see her again." "who cares?" "That has nothing to do with me. could you try and listen to what your mom has to say to you?" "but I'll read it for you." "Are you healthy?" "being in a place like that." "I'm worried for you." "I'm sorry." "The blame for how you came to be in this situation lies solely on me." "The blame for how you came to be in this situation lies solely on me. maybe things wouldn't have turned out this way." "I'm truly sorry." "Do you remember?" "The promise we made when you were still a little girl..." "There was a big house nearby with a triangular roof and we both said how we'd like to live together in a house like that some day." "I still remember it like yesterday." "I've left all the money I was able to save with these lawyers. live in the dream house you've always wanted to with them." "You still have a long future ahead of you." "Please continue fighting for the sake of your new family." "Win your innocence and please continue your life with a smile on your face." "Nothing would make me happier than that." "I've always loved you more than anyone." "Kaho!" "Mom..." "This house is really big!" "You want to live in a house like this?" "I'm sorry." "Mom will work hard and maybe one day we can live in that house okay?" "Kaho will work hard too so we can live there some day!" "That's right!" "I'll confess." "Eh?" "Please say that I did it." "During the investigations they said if I confessed to being guilty I'd be able to get out of here faster." "But that..." "If we go to court and the trial drags on I might never be able to see her again right?" "I want to see my mom again." "Please!" "Please!" "What do you think I should do? I would agree to settle things out of the court so that can she can be bailed out early." "But she might not be guilty. and the person herself is saying she wants to be released on bail." "So you want her to admit to something that she didn't even do?" "The girl is saying thats what she wants so she can see her mother again." "It's what the client wants. this is just hypothetical." "Okay. but then they told you that they had actually committed the murder and asked you to keep quiet." "Would you still try to fight for their innocence?" "Of course I would." "I put the wishes of the clients first and foremost." "I would just look for a way to use the available evidence to argue that they were innocent." "That's what being a defense attorney is about." "That isn't what I believe. we're talking about settling things privately. there's a higher chance her request for bail will be granted and then she will be able to see her mother again." "but this is what most benefits the client." "I would not be able to bend from the truth." "Where are you going?" "I'm going to find evidence that proves she is definitely innocent." "You don't have the right to do that." "The one responsible for this case is Tachibana." "What we do will be based on her decisions." "Don't do anything unnecessary before then!" "What does the chief want to do then?" "Please." "Bail is decided by the court themselves." "Even if I send a request to the court house the ones who can block it are the prosecutors!" "Please." "releasing her on bail just because her mother is sick is... then have her confess." "the results won't change." "It seems like there are talks of settling things outside of court." "Yes." "What do you think is most beneficial to the client?" "To fulfill their request right?" "Yes." "That is probably one of the correct answers." "But what the client wants may not always work in their favour. are you saying that getting a non-guilty ruling through the court is the best for the client?" "I don't think there is actually a correct answer for what is best for the client. we are supposed to decided what that may be anyway." "And the only one that can do that right now yourself." "Please decide on your own." "are you not?" "I've decided to settle things in court." "As long as you are sure of your decision." "I am." "I will make sure to explain things to Yoshida-san as well." "Understood." "Do as you see fit." "Thank you." "Now then..." "Eh?" "Why can't we settle things privately?" "please listen to" "Didn't I say that I wanted to meet my mother more than anything?" "Why won't you listen to what I want?" "I am your attorney." "I don't truly understand how you're feeling right now." "That's why I thought about what I would do if I was in your situation." "If it was me..." "I wouldn't want to say that the money I had spent years working hard to save was money I had stolen." "I wouldn't want to meet my mother like that." "I would fight to prove my innocence and then meet my mother." "Please let me help you prove that you are innocent." "Please." "Only three people knew the security code to the safe." "and Yoshida-san." "The president was the one who wrote the note." "The other two only look at it." "The director wasn't able to open the safe." "My cheeks are like potato chips or "My cheeks are like popcorn" "Which one is better?" "they both sound rough and dry." "I wasn't even asking you." "Who are you?" "Are you staying the night?" "What do you mean is she staying?" "!" "Who the hell are you lady?" "I have something I want to talk to you about." "I'm talkin' to you right now!" "it looks like they actually have something serious to talk about." "Maybe you should leave for a moment." "There's no way I'm leaving them alone together!" "I'll help you think up lyrics with you." "No!" "I want Hiro-kun to help me!" "I got Kaho-san to agree with me and appear in court." "Are you even listening to me?" "I am." "I need more evidence though." "I want to finish the trials as soon as possible." "Could you please help me?" "If you came all this way to ask me that why didn't you just go search for evidence yourself?" "Why don't you eat this first?" "380)}Miyama's Ratatouille Omelette" "Go to a restaurant in Asakusa called "Yoshimasa"." "The president of Kawaguchi Constructions and the CEO of Datei Manufacturing should be leaving there soon." "Well then..." "Huh?" "wait--!" "Thank you despite being busy." "The food was delicious." "I'll be taking my leave now." "Thank you." "Seriously..." "It's not like the food had done anything wrong..." "Hm?" "Something's on the ground... those are lyrics." "What's "Retashi no Hoppe" supposed to mean?" "that's a "Wa"." "24)}[T/N:" "In Japanese 「わ」=wa and 「ら」=ra can look very similar when handwritten.]" "Watashi no hoppe" (my cheeks)." "that's definitely a "Re" no matter how you look at it." "It's supposed to say "My cheeks are like potato chips"..." "Potat..." "The safe... just won't open safely." "and akanai = won't open or "aite konai"]" "Hehehe... 398)}Two weeks later would the defense like to begin their cross examination?" "Yes." "I'll switch in right away." "You don't need to worry." "I'd like to present exhibition #12 as evidence." "This is a report on the income Kawaguchi Constructions has received for the past half year from Datei Manufacturing regarding waterways projects." "what relationship does your company have with Datei Manufacturing?" "We are subcontracted by Datei Manufacturing." "The profits you've received have increased more than double the past three months." "What was the reason for this dramatic increase?" "so I cannot provide an answer." "Let me change the question then." "where were you?" "I was on a business trip in Osaka." "That's strange." "That night you were found to have been dining at "Yoshimasa" in Asakusa with the CEO of Datei Manufacturing." "We've received an account from the restaurant themselves." "I will submit the related documents afterwards." "This safe is the same model as the one found in the offices of Kawaguchi Constructions." "I heard the security code from the defendant as well as as from managing director Gouda and have set it to the same code." "May I use this to confirm the witness's testimony?" "do you approve?" "go ahead." "director Gouda and the defendant?" "You are correct." "Does the witness remember the code they used to open the safe on April 2nd?" "I think so... I'd like to put on display the memo that was attached to exhibit #7." "You may proceed." "What is this?" "It's a memo I wrote to tell director Gouda and Yoshida-san the security code." "Why are there two sets of four numbers?" "If you add the two numbers together you will get the security code. could you please open the safe?" "Of course." "Huh?" "This safe isn't using the security code I set." "Are you sure you're not mistaken?" "Absolutely not." "Then what was the code?" "It was 6859." "6859?" "So the witness is saying that the numbers he wrote down were 5612 + 1247?" "Yes." "Let me reiterate." "This safe has been set with the exact same security code that was provided to me by the defendant and director Gouda." "The truth is that the defendant as well as director Gouda had both believed the security code to be 6259." "Why would that be the case?" "That is because they mistook the 6 that the witness wrote as a 0 while doing their calculations." "could not have opened the safe at all." "It was you." "On the day of the incident you had reserved a ticket to Osaka but in reality you didn't go anywhere." "000yen from the safe as bribe money." "Call the police!" "you panicked and tried to frame the defendant by placing the empty envelope in the defendants bag." "Am I mistaken?" "Objection." "The defenses statements are just based on conjectures." "I am done with my cross-examination." "What..." "No chance for me to appear?" "You did well." "Thank you" "I couldn't have done it without the information I received from Sada-sensei." "Thank you very much." "You finally got your handshake." "Thank you." "Good work as the seasoning." "The ingredients still weren't the best though." "What are you two talking about?" "Nothing important." "But... you were really able to dig up stuff about Kawaguchi Constructions weren't you." "As I was doing my own investigations the information about the restaurant popped up." "I go there quite a bit." "I'm actually good friends with the Madame there." "I'm going to tell your wife that." "Go ahead." "Really?" "Sure." "Then I will." "go ahead." "Tachibana-kun." "Yes." "Will she be able to meet her mother by the time the trial concludes?" "To be honest..." "I'm not sure." "I see." "It seems all we can do is pray then." "Yes." "396)}One week later" "The court has ruled the defendant...." "Not Guilty." "Kaho...." "I'm so sorry..." "Mom." "Please live happily." "Okay." "Mom..."