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The lawyer who has never been defeated, not even once?

Pile up enough money in front of him and he'll absolutely win any trial.

- Absolutely? - Absolutely.

Get that man to handle it and even if you are a murderer, he'll get you acquitted.

What's his name?

Komikado Kensuke.

Komikado Kensuke...

Gohan tsubu ga tsuite iru yo to kao o chikadzuke I drew close to your face, with grains of rice stuck to it

Dosakusa ni magire te kimi kuchibiru ubata But in the midst of my confusion, I took my lips away

Nante mo�so� zenbu mo�so� What a delusional, totally delusional

Watashi mo�so fujoshi Girl! I'm a rotten-delusional Girl!

What's "totally delusional" about that?

In reality, you went even further in what YOU did wrong.

"Rotten-Delusional Girl" - Minamikaze RunRun There are plenty of people who ended up buying...

...more than 10 copies of this "Rotten-Delusional Girl" CD.

Without knowing they were being cheated by you!

RunRun didn't mean to cheat them!

You DID cheat them!

They believed in you!

22 years and no history of ever having had a girlfriend.

They were satisfied with the real-life idol who never even held hands with a man...

...Minamikaze RunRun!

But those were all out-and-out lies, exposed by your former boyfriend.

You just don't get how shocked the Plaintiffs were, do you!?

How you wear jerseys year-round...

"Minamikaze RunRun's Propensity for the Super-Shocking" ...how you ran around on a motorcycle stolen by a reformed delinquent...

...and how you were a woman who frequently visited the Hotel Buckingham along the national highway...

...are things none of your fans knew about!

Don't mess with us!

Kyaa!

By giving false information...

...it is clear you were selling goods illegally.

Including CDs, photo books, concert tickets and other things...

...the sum total you've ripped off from all the members of the Plaintiff class until now...

...and in addition some consolation money for their mental anguish...

...you will, of course, pay a total combined fee of 58 million yen. ($560,000)

RunRun just intended to send them a melon of love.

Because you don't seem able to cry, shall I lend you this eyewash?

As long as you went on with that cheesy act of yours...

...you thought you could easily coax those too old, stinky geeks over there...

...to keep spending their money on an idol like you, didn't you?

Stop turning them into fools!

Sensei, you've gone far enough. This is beyond terrible.

I was suddenly upset given all my anger, Presiding Judge.

I will have my excellent partner-attorney take over in asking the questions.

Very well. Well then, I will...

That... Is... Not... You!

Not you. I said my "excellent" partner.

Now.

Yes, yes.

Well then.

Because of my father's work, I spent time overseas as a child.

Canada, Australia, Saudia Arabia.

Yes, in Saudia Arabia, they have this saying.

"Water can be drunk, but doesn't burn; oil burns, but can't be drunk."

I didn't understand what it meant, but somehow the words are profound, aren't they?

Minamikaze-san...

...to be frank, I can't find myself blaming you too much.

You lied in order...

...to give your fans a dream...

That's what I think.

Telling lies in order to make people happy isn't necessarily a bad thing.

However, it does make you yourself unhappy.

If you continue lying to yourself, won't it become painful to you?

Water is water; oil is oil.

Being just who you are is best.

I'm sure there are many people out there who would come to love the real Minamikaze RunRun.

After all...

"Friendship Beam" I'm one of them, too.

I have received your love.

Now it is your turn to be happy.

I will pay up in full.

RunRun! One, two!

Red-hot Cute, RunRun!

Red-hot Cute, RunRun!

- Red-hot Cute... - Here you go.

Is he being calculated in doing that?

Nope. He's just naturally that kind of man.

- Kanpai! - Kanpai!

Yes, I'm taking it! Say cheese.

I'm happy!

Why are you getting in front of me?!

Why are you guarding me? Why are you guarding me?

Why are you guarding me, Mayuzumi-kun?

Komikado-sensei, you've stretched out your winning streak once again.

It was a too-easy victory with no tension to it.

Isn't there something anywhere with more bones in it?

Winning full-out in such an absurd lawsuit makes me feel sorry though.

How much money did you make this time around?

My contingency fee was 23 million yen. ($236,000)

- That's a not-bad amount for me. - Oh, my god!

Hanyu-sensei, I heard you also played quite the active role in it.

Not at all.

Being able to study Komikado-sensei's legal strategy up close was the best part.

I'm truly happy I asked that my lawyer-work experience come from here.

Your lawyer-work experience ends as of today.

Well, it will be a little lonely for us.

Because I've been called back by the Prosecutor, there's nothing I can do.

Hanyu-kun, rather than as a Public Prosecutor...

...I think you should oppose them as a lawyer who helps people.

Truth is, I think so as well.

In that case, hurry and quit the Prosecutor's office and formally join us.

If it's you, you'll make the big bucks. I'll even drive this one out if you like.

It wouldn't go so readily.

Besides, a genius like you is born a genius.

- I couldn't just imitate you, Sensei. - I know what you mean.

Rather that than some worthless apprentice who's goal...

...is to stick close to me like some goldfish while saying "defeat" this and "defeat" that.

I'll try exploring my own path.

You feel a new breath, huh?

I'm excited that something interesting will happen to you.

Parting after such a long time can be painful...

- ...but I'll be off. - I see.

- Do your best. - We wish you the best of luck.

Hanyu-kun...

I mustn't let myself get gloomy.

Ah, one last high-five! Come on!

- Yeah! - Yeah!

- Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! - Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Komikado Law Firm is the best!

Then, I'll see you again someday. All of you, thank you very much.

Komikado-sensei, may I ask you one last question?

Yeah.

Why do you go so far just to win?

Because there's no meaning if you don't win.

I beat up my opponents with every hand I have without mercy and win. That's all.

And if you lost?

The day I lose will never come.

That one chance in a million you do.

Then of course I would stop being a lawyer.

Because a loser has no reason for existing.

I might also quit being a human being.

- Thank you very much. - You're welcome.

Eh? You're crying?

Some trash... I just got some trash in my eyes!

Was he that sort of person?

It seems the one most seduced by him was Komikado-sensei.

Yeah. Still, I can understand why he came to like him.

He is charming. Like a Prince from some far-off country.

A Prince... Ehh...?

Ah, no, no, no. That didn't have a strange meaning to it particularly.

Well, I do think you two would make a good match.

No way. What are you saying, Hattori-san!

Ah, I'm sorry. Are you okay?

Ah, well, don't worry.

I can fix a dislocated arm by myself. Yes.

Long ago in Taiwan, I was a physical therapist.

What do you mean, you want to be let off it?

I was told by the client that I was fired.

Isogi...

... you're the pride of Miki Law Firm's Criminal Case Department's Ace.

Who else is there for this?

To win this trial myself and prove her innocence would be very...

There's the bashing pressure from the world...

...and in addition, the client herself reviles you.

I can imagine the hardships you've been going through.

Still, this is a job only Isogi-sensei can accomplish.

If it's you, you'll win.

- Yamada. - It's Ide.

How about making the usual appeal?

I've got a little project I'm working on right now...

Ya ain't got no need ta do that!

Are you afraid of Ando Kiwa?

Though I believe the client is hoping Miki-sensei will take it on himself.

There's a little matter I'm wrestling with right now...

Besides, I'm a lawyer who works for good citizens.

I have no intention of defending a devil, however much money they shove at me.

Can Isogi-sensei really win?

There's no way he could win, now is there?

No matter who takes it, that's a foregone conclusion.

It's a pity, but that woman will get the death penalty.

Excuse me.

Okay!

It's come! It's come! It's come!

It's a pain, but let's hear it for now. What's come?

A case with an insane amount of bones in it.

"Tokyo Detention Center"

Your lawyer interview. Come out.

2 years ago, the President of a transport company, Tokunaga Koichiro, and his daughter...

"Tokunaga Transportation President's Suspicious Death" ...were discovered having collapsed in their home.

"On the Verge of Death" Koichiro was dead.

His daughter Satsuki, a 5th grader at the time, survived but was in a serious condition.

Even now, the shock of the incident has closed her heart.

In the police investigation afterwards...

...it was confirmed that cyanide had been mixed in with their dinner soup.

4 months later, Koichiro's girlfriend and former clerk...

...Ando Kiwa, was arrested.

She was the recipient of 50 million yen from Koichiro's insurance.

Kiwa had been married twice before...

...but her first husband's death was suspicious...

...while her second husband committed suicide...

...and she had received a large amount of insurance money from both.

Immediately after the death of his wife, Koichiro and her had begun dating...

...and with cash, cars, apartments and other things...

...it was established he had given her a total of 100 million yen or more in financial support.

She's been played up by the press as the wickedest woman of the century.

Kiwa has consistently denied committing the crime...

...but a large number of witness testimony put Kiwa in the vicinity of the Tokunaga home's back door...

...on the night of the incident.

In addition, from Kiwa's own home...

...a capsule containing the same cyanide compound used in the crime was found.

A lower court decided on the death penalty.

3 cheers of "Banzai!" were let out across Japan. It was just an obvious judgment to hand down.

Although currently in the middle of her second trial...

...there's no doubt what decision will come out of it, is there?

- Seems reasonable. - Is it?

Fueled by public opinion and her suspicious past...

...it's an unfairly heavy judgment against her.

Um, we received a contact from you. This is the lawyer Komikado and I'm Mayuzumi.

I really didn't do it.

No one believes me.

So that's it, huh?

You're just a bitch who thinks she can buy sympathy with some cheap play-acting.

Get me acquitted.

Motive, circumstantial evidence, material evidence; it's all complete.

No matter how you look at it, you're guilty.

But I think giving you the death penalty is going too far.

- We'll go for getting you a commuted sentence. - Are you an idiot?

I told you, I'm innocent.

Ando-san, you should reflect on what needs to be reflected upon...

...and show there's a possibility in you for rehabilitation in order to avoid the death penalty.

- Shut this kindergartener up. - Zip it.

I... really didn't do it.

The problem isn't whether you did it or not.

For me, it's how much you'll pay. It's all about money.

10 million yen.

The appeal's already started. If only you had contacted me earlier...

20 million yen.

"Why would you defend such a woman?"

I'll be receiving abuse from people of good sense who see me around the country.

- 30 million! - 200 million!

- Pesos? - Yen.

I'll be saving your life. That don't come cheap, now does it?

I wouldn't have that much, now would I?

You might have some "financial support" you could dig up.

Then it'd be easy-peasy.

- You're an even bigger bastard than was rumored. - That goes double.

I'm your last line of defense.

100 million. I can't get ahold of any more than that.

- Let's just forget about this talk. - Wait, Sensei.

Please go ahead and commit a double suicide along with that crap sent to you by the Miki Law Firm.

The entire nation will gloat over it.

Ando-san, if you would be satisfied with me...

It's time for the kindergarten to close.

Ow, ow...

Wait. How about this?

- I'll do it with you. - Huh?

What if it was me?

- Hey, I lose. - Worthless.

I'll give you my utmost service.

Stop it.

After all this time in here, it's been building up for me, too.

I can't stand it.

Let's undertake it!

I'd reproach myself if I overlooked a person in trouble!

Just wait. I'll have you out of there in no time.

Sensei, please wipe up your drool.

He's the lowest.

Sensei, the preparations are done.

- It's meal time. - Oh!

Sensei, life is a tool for you to make money.

Something wrong with that?

"Pay money if you value your life." You shouldn't use such threats.

It's true the evidence is complete this time around.

There's no doubt but that she's guilty.

But, I don't think the death penalty is reasonable.

Our job is to aim for a proper sentence.

Wrong. If our client's order is that she's innocent...

...then we turn black into white. THAT'S our job.

It isn't possible to twist the truth around.

I'm bored with this exchange already!

You're even more the Asadora heroine than ever these days.

If you go on without changing, you'll end up like the Isono family. (the main family from the manga "Sazae-san")

Like feeding Tama and even doing homework with Nakajima. (Tama's the Isono's family cat; Nakajima is Sazae's friend at school)

And wearing lantern panties like Wakame-chan. (Wakame is Sazae's younger sister)

Nakajima-kun is Katsuo-kun's friend and Wakame-chan's friend is Horikawa-kun. (more people from "Sazae-san" Katsuo = Bonito fish; Wakame = seaweed)

I don't know.

And another one, Suzuko-chan is a friend as well.

I don't know any more.

Um, by the way, the husband of the greengrocer I always go to purchase this food from...

...is under the impression that his Uncle is his Aunt.

What are you talking about?

I think such beliefs can be scary.

It means even if Ando Kiwa is in the black...

...it may be this is just prejudice against her.

Let's go make our greetings.

Return.

Heiwa Fansubs Presents:

Episode 1: "Complete Revival - Komikado Kensuke! The Undefeated Lawyer Confronts Unjust Villains For All His Client's Sakes!"

"Public Prosecutor's Office"

Can we meet the Prosecutor in charge of the case?

- I've got connections. - Connections?

- Hanyu-kun! - Didn't you hear he's in charge of the case?

You mean in Ando Kiwa's case?

I was tossed into a heavy one.

You two are in charge of her?

Are you enemy or ally?

This way.

I've brought them along.

Chief Prosecutor, they've come.

Who's there?

Ah, these are the lawyers Komikado-sensei and Mayuzumi-sensei.

Seems they've become Ando Kiwa's Defense Attorneys.

I'm the Chief Prosecutor, Daigo Minori. Come, please have a seat.

Thanks.

- Kind of cold in here. - A little...

Are you cold? The sun's exposure in this office is bad.

- Some milk tea. - I'm grateful.

Itadakimasu.

- Is it not to your taste? - No, it's delicious.

I just thought it'd be hot.

And? I wonder what it is you came to ask?

I think the Prosecutor's basis for asking for the death penalty is vague.

That's...

- Are you okay? - Some water.

Ah, don't worry.

Well, I'm in really good health today.

The Accused...

...is regarded as a habitual offender of the so-called marriage swindle.

In spite of sufficient evidence being present...

...the person herself shows no remorse.

It's a pity, but we feel all we can do is ask for capital punishment.

That's how it is.

Although you say there is sufficient evidence, the deciding factor is that there is just one.

And that's just the poison, isn't it?

What was used in the crime was taken from the Accused's home.

How convenient.

- Yeah, we were lucky. - Yes.

Keeping evidence of her crime in her home all that time without having disposed of it right away...

...is truly lucky.

Are you suggesting something?

That I know the methods of you Prosecutors all too well.

Ah... Could I ask what your name is?

I'm Komikado. It's rare to find someone in this business that doesn't know me.

Because I've been out in the districts for a long time.

Komikado-sensei...

I want to make this country just a little bit better than it is.

For the sake of the peace and happiness of the children who will be born in the future.

That is all.

- Let's go already! - Excuse us! Please take care!

Why only that office...

It's sub-zero in there!

You didn't have to face me with that!

What? Komikado is?

So that will do it for me.

I'll ask just in case. Don't tell me you were the one who introduced Komikado to her?

For an important client who is in the middle of a trial...

...I regret having to turn her over to such people.

- What's this sing-song manner of yours?! - Isn't it fine!?

Komikado-sensei won't be able to get her found innocent.

You're the one who wanted to see him lose, weren't you?

What's this about me being the Ace of the Criminal Case Department?

For 15 years, all you've done is let me mop-up after your defeats.

As of today, I am leaving this firm. Please take care.

He finally quit on me.

Yes. But things have certainly become interesting, haven't they?

It can't be that Komikado-sensei will become involved with Ando Kiwa...?

He gets blinded over chicken feed.

Well, I would be happy if those hated people disappeared.

- Late, aren't they? - Maybe they froze to death in that office?

Cold!

Ah, sorry for being late.

Just before we left, I had an attack of my chronic disease.

I'm much better now.

It's not the office that's cold; it's him.

Could it be he causes this cold?

Dunno.

Stand.

"Appeals Trial, 1st Day of Trial"

Well then, we'll open the trial.

From the Defendant's home you confiscated some poison...

...but isn't it unnatural for her to have kept evidence of her crime in her home all that time?

Isn't there the possibility a third party brought it into the Defendant's home?

In order to pin the crime on her.

Hanyu-kun, please answer that.

The Accused's home had a strict auto-lock...

...so the security was perfect.

I think any third party gaining entry would be difficult.

Next, the fingerprints of the Defendant which were detected on the container of poison...

I'm sorry...

...this was all gone over in the first trial.

So what about it?

In an appeals court...

...the details gone over during the first trial...

...are normally not re-examined piece-by-piece again...

You should know this isn't "normal"!

As the details in the first trial were insufficient, we have a serious problem here.

Even if this wasn't an exceptional case, I would still want to have an adequate trial.

You have any problems with that?

No.

I hope you can see that Komikado is a troublesome guy.

That's cold!

The sun's exposure in this office is bad.

Who would you be?

I am Miki Choichiro.

From where?

Japan's prominent and titanic law firm...

...I am the Director of the Miki Law Firm...

- ...Miki Choichiro... - What's your business?

I want to knock down Komikado...

...so I came to convey my offer of a willingness to cooperate with you.

Your feelings alone are enough.

I'm the one who trained that guy.

I know everything about him.

Without my cooperation, defeating that guy would be...

Your feelings alone are enough.

Honda-kun, he's leaving.

Regrettably Prosecutor Daigo, for you to defeat Komikado is...

It's cold!

Yeah!

Sorry for calling you out to a place like this.

Since we're enemies this time around...

...it would be best not to meet this way very often.

That's true, isn't it. But I just had to talk to Mayuzumi-sensei.

What about?

Mayuzumi-sensei, what do you think about the death penalty?

Ah, the death penalty, huh? Hmm... It's a difficult problem, isn't it?

There are surprisingly few developed countries that retain the death penalty.

Truth is, I'm an opponent of it.

So, speaking frankly, I'm currently in a difficult situation.

I see.

Given my position, I understand I shouldn't say such a thing.

Still, her being innocent is absurd.

You should sue for extenuating circumstances and just let her avoid the death penalty.

I think so, too.

But since she herself insists she's innocent, I have to believe her.

We are lawyers, after all.

Even if there's little hope you'll win?

He's overturned many such trials up until now.

I feel contempt for his nature as a human being...

...but I do respect his ability.

I'm sure that this time around too, he'll take some kind of steps.

- What kind? - Dunno.

Way too easy.

Was the poison confiscated from the home of the Defendant...

...really the Defendant's...

...or is there a possibility it was brought into her home?

The Prosecution asserted it this way.

"The security was so tight, that would be impossible."

Is that really so? I'll please call for the witnesses.

I am Kawada Hiroo, university lecturer.

Where do you live?

The Minato apartment complex, City Hills, in Akasaka.

Oh, that's the same apartment complex as the Defendant's, isn't it?

Yes.

Was there something unfamiliar to you in your home that I asked you to bring along, and did you bring it?

Ah, yes. Eh...

It's this.

- What is that? - I don't know.

Although it was on my bookshelf, I don't remember it.

Is it something that was brought in unbeknownst to you?

- I think that's so. - Oh my, oh my!

It was in my refrigerator.

- In my bathroom. - By my bed.

Just who on earth could have been pulling such a prank?

Well still, that isn't the problem right now.

The security at her apartment complex is by no means as strict as they say it is...

...and things such as this could have been brought in quite easily.

As we explained during the first trial, these are the Accused's fingerprints.

And these are the fingerprints that were collected from the container of poison.

The test results had them match perfectly.

There is no doubt but that these are the Accused's fingerprints.

That is all.

Huh?

What is this? Is it trash?

- What is? - This here. This.

There's something like a line going down her index finger.

That's just a little cut or something.

It had no effect on the reliability of the test results.

Is that right.

After speaking to the Defendant, it seems when she was shown the poison during the police interrogation...

...they forcibly made her hold the container.

It may have been at that time that her fingerprints were put on it.

That has no basis in the facts.

- She didn't hold it? - Yes.

I see. Very well.

Ah! While I'm at it, could I ask you about something that's been on my mind all this time?

What would this be?

That's... her confession statement.

That I know. What is this dirty spot here? Here.

It's dirt from the copier ink.

Because I was curious, I had the original checked and it was blood.

Blood?

When I asked the Defendant about it, when she touched this record to sign it...

...it seems she cut her index finger on the edge of the sheet of paper.

She was bleeding slightly at the time.

I do that from time to time myself.

I've been surprised at just how unexpectedly sharp the edge of a paper can be.

Ala? Ala, ala?

This wound on her index finger is what could have come when she cut herself on the confession statement.

Because this confession statement wasn't written in the interrogation room...

...it follows that this is blood that adhered to it afterwards.

In other words, this fingerprint came to be attached to it from none other than when...

...she was forcibly made to hold the container.

This container didn't originally have her fingerprints on it.

This is unquestionably evidence that was faked by the police.

Prosecutors who tolerate such things are guilty as well.

This poison is the most important point of evidence in this case, and the sole physical evidence.

With this, the Defendant was being sentenced to death.

However, we have just proved her fingerprints were not on the container...

...and moreover, that it would have been easy to have brought that into her home.

Well then, what on earth has been said about this poison and her?

With what has she been called a murderer?

With what has she been called the wickedest woman of the century?

With nothing. Nothing at all.

The police and the press and everyone in Japan...

...had just branded her as the criminal!

From the beginning, evidence was prepared...

...and built up just for that conclusion!

Isn't that a terrible way of doing things?

The crime that Ando Kiwa committed amounts to just one thing.

That she was hated by the public.

If you are hated by the public in this country, you are guilty.

Without a constitutional government, we are not a developed country.

These are the dark days of the Middle Ages itself if we please ourselves by burning witches!

Please think carefully.

How many times have we brought on tragedy with false accusations?

How many times must we repeat the same mistakes over and over until we are satisfied?

We can still turn back, even now!

That is all.

I could even turn the Grim Reaper of Siberia into a victim!

The situation's been completely reversed.

All that's left is the cross-examination of the Defendant.

If you come in with a goody-goody expression and the airs of tragic heroine, you'll be fine.

You'll be a free woman soon.

As promised...

...I will pay you in full.

About that matter!

There was a report in a weekly rag about...

...a "high-speed rotation mitokorozeme," so how about it? (a winning technique in a sumo match).

Ah...

- Wanna give it a try? - Yes!

Sensei, I thought I'd go around to some metal plating factories.

Plating factories?

I want to locate where that poison had come from.

Since plating factories deal in it.

Such things are not our job!

I want to clarify what the truth is.

If we can determine who the true criminal is, it would make Kiwa-san's innocence certain.

"Taiga Plating Factory" Though it was back in 2010...

...would you happen to have some knowledge of it?

Well... I don't remember.

Did you hear any rumors about it?

If you keep on asking me that, it'll cause trouble.

- Couldn't you just show me your invoices? - Get out.

Just for a little while would be fine. Just a little while. Please.

"New Developments in 2nd Trial" The tone of the newspapers have changed.

"Death Penalty Reversal - Is Innocent" There's no doubt but that she's innocent.

"Evidence to Shake the Death Penalty" This is what I was telling him.

That Daigo Minori is a dull rascal.

I guess this means it's only Miki-sensei who could defeat Komikado-sensei, isn't it?

Well, it's gotta be like that, huh?

It might be time to get serious about him.

Ah. You haven't been serious about him up till now?

Of course. Did it look like I had?

Maybe around 60% serious.

- That story, huh? - Do you know something about it?

Well... what to do.

How the trial goes depends upon it.

Come here, come here.

There was this young fellow named Tsuchiya who used to work here.

There was a rumor he was ripping off chemicals and selling them elsewhere.

- You're Tsuchiya-san, right? - Huh?

I'm the lawyer, Mayuzumi. I'd like to talk to you.

- Hold this a minute! - Eh?

Hold this!

Eh? Is like this okay?

This is... Ah! Wait!

Ah, wait! Whaa! What'll I do?

An incredible amount is coming out!

Ah, get out of the way! That's mine, after all!

Ah! It's the big one! Oh, you're something else!

Could you talk honestly with me?

It's not my intention to pursue your crimes.

I just want to investigate this through to the end for my client, Ando Kiwa-san.

You won't tell the police about me?

Very well. I will protect you as a confidential source of information.

I sold a little just the once on an Internet bulletin board.

Who to?

Tell me!

That woman. Ando Kiwa.

Thanks for the treat!

Delish!

Meat. Sweet.

- Ranmaru-kun, you did some splendid work this time. - Thanks!

Well but, this time that was a slightly dangerous bridge to cross.

If I had been caught trespassing...

Rest at ease!

I'd have gotten you out right away.

I'd even have gotten you consolation money for an unjustified arrest.

You're reliable.

Komikado-sensei, from this current case...

...we have been inundated with requests for even more work than ever.

In the future, regardless of the subject, my minimum fee is 50 million yen.

- Please tell them no less than that. - Of course!

Somehow or other, you have reached the extreme of heights.

Extremely high.

- Then my base pay goes up, too. - That's another story.

Welcome back.

- Welcome back. - How about dinner?

Mayuzumi-sensei?

Eh? Ah, yes, what is it?

Has something happened?

No. I haven't had anything like a shock.

You have had a shock.

You found out where the poison came from.

And that who obtained it was Ando Kiwa.

Was that it?

- You knew? - No. But that woman did do it.

If it goes on like this, Kiwa-san will escape punishment.

She might.

We're letting a murderer go free.

That's splendid. Not just anyone can do that.

I know the truth.

Who knows it? There's only you and I and those here.

We can't reveal it to others and so no one else will know.

And a truth that no one knows about has no existence.

You'll crush it?

Then you'll spread it around and send Ando Kiwa to the death chamber?

Our job isn't to pursue the truth.

We defend our client.

Learn addition and subtraction, you kindergartener.

Now then, I'm off to take a bath.

Here. And this, too.

Peep peep peep.

Mayuzumi-sensei.

I believe that you should act according to your honor.

Go, go!

Mayuzumi-sensei!

Please wait for just 10 minutes!

There's a women's team, so why don't you try out for it?

Eh?

Hanyu-kun.

Yes?

I wonder about the trial?

I wonder if it goes on like this if she'll be acquitted?

I can't speak to those things.

That's true. It is. Forget what I said just now.

- It doesn't suit you. - Eh?

Mayuzumi-sensei's worried expression.

I respect how you are straight as an arrow.

You keep a firm belief which is never shaken.

I want to be like Mayuzumi-sensei at all times.

If I'm good enough, confide in me.

I'll be discreet.

Sensei, the Prosecutors have hastily offered up some additional witnesses.

Well then witness, come forward.

I wasn't...

I'm not in good health today.

Apparently there's a hole in my lung.

Hanyu-kun, you take over please.

"Witness Questioning" Here is a copy of an e-mail exchange you made.

There's no doubt but that you wrote this?

Yes.

What is this "butsu" that you write about here?

It's the cyanide compound I used at the factory.

- Is it this? - Yes.

From what can be read from your e-mail, is it true that at a Shibuya cafe...

...you sold and delivered this personally?

Yes.

Do you know the person you sold it to?

It was someone I didn't know, but after seeing them in the news...

...I got scared thinking it was that person.

Who is that?

Ando Kiwa.

That is all.

Defense Counsel.

Can you say definitively that it is the Defendant?

I have no doubt but it's her.

At the time, you only met her the once, right?

After seeing a similar face in the news...

...is there some possibility you just convinced yourself it was her?

- There isn't. - I don't understand the basis for your assertion.

Because she's a type I remember well.

A type.

In other words, it seems you categorize a woman's face by type and then memorize it, right?

Do you lump all the faces here together into the same linage?

Can you distinguish between Ishino Mako and Ishino Yoko? (sisters who are actresses/singers)

- Objection! - Approved.

Did you really sell it just the once?

From the wording in the e-mail, I got the impression you were practiced at it.

Aren't you a habitual seller?

Just the once!

On that point.

There is no evidence he was selling it elsewhere.

Was it that someone got you to get involved in this?

Were your other crimes to be forgotten if you testified in this current case?

- Objection! - Don't become inexcusable...

...Komikado-sensei.

You pointed out the possibility the poison wasn't something of the Accused.

We've pointed out that there was a mistake in your argument.

Those remarks which demean the Prosecution without any basis...

...are rude to the 10 million Public Prosecutors around the country...

...who work hard every day at their duties!

Even if it is rude to those 10 million, there is a right to ask the question!

Both parties, be silent!

- Sensei, please wait, Sensei. - Disappear!

Please listen to what I have to say.

Just now Ando Kiwa dismissed you as her Counsel and I'm dismissing you from my law firm.

I'll have all your possessions gathered up and mailed to you.

Don't show yourself before me ever again!

You must be happy you carried through with your beliefs, traitor.

What is this about you being an undefeated lawyer?

- I'm paying you 100 million yen! - Calm down.

I trusted you!

- Stop joking around! - Calm down.

People around the world have been trying to kill me.

I'll be put to death anyhow!

I won't let that happen!

As all the people of the world despise you, I'm your only friend.

Even if you are a bitch and a brutal murderer...

...I will get you acquitted. For sure.

Next will be your turn. Ready?

Answer all of my questions during the Defendant's Questioning by answering "No."

Don't say anything else.

Go through the Prosecutor's questioning by remaining silent. With that, we win.

You will be set free...

...and I'll get to enjoy my 100 million yen and that high-speed rotation mitokorozeme.

"Defendant Questioning"

Defendant, come forward.

Former factory worker Tsuchiya Hidenori has testified...

...that he sold cyanide to you, but is that true?

Yes.

That's true, isn't it? It is wrong, isn't it...

"Yes"?

Yes.

Continue with your questioning.

You're saying you purchased it?

Yes.

It was you yourself. It was your initiative.

That question is a repeat of the one earlier.

The Defense Counsel should ask his next question.

- The reason I obtained the poison was... - I haven't asked anything yet.

It was for use in a crime.

What are you intending? What on earth are you thinking?

I couldn't hear the question.

Defense Counsel, raise your voice.

- Presiding Judge, I petition for an adjournment. - And your reason?

- She's not in good health. - I am in good health.

It's me. Seems my health isn't all that well.

There's a hole in my lungs, but I haven't abandoned the trial.

I'm not abandoning it. A brief adjournment is all...

Refused. Counsel will please resume his questioning.

Continue your questioning!

- Seems he has none. - Prosecutor.

Please tell me if there are any mistakes in the points I make.

Ando Kiwa-san, you kept company with Tokunaga Koichiro...

...and he financially supported you to the sum of over 100 million yen in money and goods.

Gradually you came to dream of marrying Tokunaga.

What is this?

However, Tokunaga rejected that...

...and unilaterally ended your relationship.

- What is this? A trap? - Defense Counsel!

You became angry at that and, in despair, plotted revenge.

You got the poison from Tsuchiya Hidenori. And in 2011...

- What is this farce?! - Please be quiet!

I'm performing my questioning.

On June 30th, 2011...

...you broke into the Tokunaga family's home through the back door...

...and mixed poison into the saucepan that had been used to prepare soup.

Have I made any mistakes?

No.

Did you commit the crime with the intention of killing him?

That's what it was for, wasn't it?

That is all.

Have a nice day.

Shouldn't you go to observe the verdict?

That's okay.

- Sakamoto! - It's Ide!

At last, the day that guy loses has come.

- Break out the champagne! - Yes!

"Verdict Announcement"

Defendant, come forward.

I will announce the verdict.

In the main clause, I dismiss the matter of an appeal.

It's the death penalty! Let's go!

I will discuss the reasons for this decision.

Tsuchiya's testimony, where he had sold cyanide to the Defendant...

...and which he had stolen a cyanide compound from the factory where he worked...

...and the ingredients of which were then used in this criminal matter...

...were of sufficient consistency that I had full confidence in it...

"Tokunaga Transportation President Murder Case Verdict" The verdict has just come out.

It's the death penalty, the death penalty.

A death sentence was handed down to the Defendant, Ando

In the Tokyo area Tokunaga Transportation's President's poisoning incident...

...the Tokyo High Court has sentenced Defendant Ando for murder...

As this is the first time you've been defeated...

...could you give us a word as to how you are feeling right now?

Komikado-sensei!

Welcome back.

Thank you for your hard work.

Congratulations! Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah!

You mustn't, Sensei!

- Get out, Yamaguchi! - It's Ide!

Sensei?

Why did he lose?!

Our contentions were accepted in their entirety...

...and the verdict went according to us Prosecutors.

Thank you for your hard work...

Although it is regrettable the Defendant will be punished by the death penalty...

...but with this, the country has been purified.

In this way, we will continue our work of dealing diligently with such bacteria.

- It's for that reason, Hanyu-kun. - Yes?

Won't you re-consider resigning as a Public Prosecutor so you can become a lawyer in town?

As before, come and serve the nation along with me.

I'm thankful for your words, but this isn't what I want to do.

Is that a more rewarding career than serving your country?

I will change the world.

Chief Prosecutor, I have also decided to retire from office.

Retire from office?

I am truly sorry for the trouble it will cause, but just like Hanyu-sensei...

...I want to be free to be my true self.

Let's chase your dream together!

Ah... you're that sort of people, huh...

I'm told that a lot.

That witness... How did you find out about Tsuchiya Hidenori?

I told him I wouldn't tell anyone about him.

And you, too.

How on earth did you get that information...

I had it from the first.

For small articles of that class, a Prosecutor can get a hold of as many as they like.

To keep on swimming, you use whatever you have to use.

That's why I told you that, isn't it?!

You should have changed it to extenuating circumstances.

Even I didn't want a death sentence to be handed down!

I'm sorry.

I guess the "death penalty" is hard for me.

Well, it's definitely hard on you Mayuzumi-sensei, isn't it?

Since you were her Defense Counsel.

Though that doesn't give you much comfort.

I'm sorry as well for coming uninvited like this.

I'm setting up a law firm. I'm gathering my friends for it right now.

If you can't go back to Komikado Law Firm...

...I'd like you to come to mine.

I can't think about such things right now!

I think I can clearly state that this time around it was Komikado-sensei's failure.

There's a limit to demanding that the only way is to win.

I'm going to change this era.

Come do that with me.

I am Komikado Kensuke's partner-attorney.

We have not lost yet.

We will definitely save Ando Kiwa.

Sensei!

Sensei! Sensei!

This is Mayuzumi.

This is Hattori.

What's the matter?

Ah, um... When I happened to take my eyes off him for a short while...

...he disappeared.

"I quit as a human being Ko"

Contact Ranmaru-kun, too!

- Ah, Ranmaru! - You haven't happened to see our Sensei?

- Haven't seen him, right? - Haven't seen him.

- Then contact me if you do see him! - OK!

The man's characteristics are?

He's fast talking and has a sharp tongue.

He loves money and honor although he is a pre-eminent lawyer.

- No, his appearance, his appearance. - Ah, his appearance?

He's of medium build, with an extreme side-swipe. Ah a side-swipe!

Um, would you happen to have seen our Sensei?

No, but I wasn't looking for him. Is there something wrong?

No, no... Um, thank you! Where has he gone?

Say, say, say. Have you seen our Sensei?

- Don't know. - All right. Thanks!

- Ranmaru-kun! - Ah, wait!

Machiko-chan!

Mayuzumi-sensei! Any luck?

Sensei...

Komikado-sensei!

"Around the World Cruise" How about this?

We can go to Easter Island and Bora Bora as well.

Could you bring out the car?

Komikado, I'm coming in.

Is anyone around?

Sensei.

"I quit as a human being Ko"

What are you doing?

I've quit as a human being, so I thought I'd become a plant...

- Like this? - Probably.

Good luck.

Yeah.

I've decided to go on a trip.

For the time being, I've shut out work and information about the world.

So...

...I don't know about any failure having been attached to you.

That is not a truth for me.

Hurry and appeal to a higher court!

Wipe out this defeat!

I'll come back then.

And then I'll be the one who knocks you down to Hell!

Got that!

I wonder where Sensei could have gotten off to?

He's in the garden.

Sawaji-san, Miki-sensei.

- Seems he's become a plant. - Eh?

A plant...

Ah, Sensei.

Hattori-san, you didn't check the inside of the house thoroughly.

I should have.

Still, I am relieved.

Eh?!

Eh? Eh?

Just a minute, hold on there. Hold on! Wait, your knee, your knee. Hold on...

Hold on a minute, hold on!

Hold on...

What are you doing, geez!

Were you going to leave me alone?

We can't fight unless it's the two of us!

Because I didn't betray you.

As a lawyer, I wouldn't sell information that would have put my client at a disadvantage!

I crushed that evidence myself!

Even if Ando Kiwa is a murderer, the death penalty is wrong.

We absolutely must save her. The game starts from now.

You don't have time to become a plant, now do you!?

So bossy.

Doing that...

...you've become a fellow with a little more gumption in you.

What's that?

This is probably the reason why Ando Kiwa changed her testimony.

This should give you a little more gumption, too.

We'll avenge what was stolen from us...

Naive! We'd avenge it even if it wasn't stolen from us!

We'll get revenge on that guy who doesn't remember me.

I don't care who he is! I'll vent this anger on him!

That's just being an annoyance.

Yes, I understand.

I got us a cabin of the highest grade in a luxurious passenger liner.

Sawaji-kun, will we be okay for the passport deadline?

Yes.

I'll be fine, too.

Jerk, you're just there as a caretaker, Ide!

Yes! I'm Ide!

Like I thought, I don't have much longer.

With this much in me...

...I don't have more than another 35 years left.

- Whaa! - Nice, isn't it?!

The desks are not assigned. Use them however you wish.

There aren't any cubicles, either.

Each of us is independent and free and yet connected.

It's exactly like a law firm of the future, isn't it?

It starts from here, doesn't it?

This is the first step towards our ideal world.

At this opportunity, let me tell all of you what I'm determined to do.

It goes without saying that our goal is to eliminate conflict from this world.

It's not about winning or losing.

I want to create a world where everyone will be happy.

But in order to do that...

...there is a huge wall that we must surmount.

A wall?

Komikado Kensuke.

When the time comes and he knows the true meaning of defeat...

...then this era will change.

Who is this person?

I checked the visitor record.

The day before the Defendant's Questioning, you met with this person, didn't you?

Yoshinaga Keiko? The kanji character for "Kei" is wrong. This is a false name.

The address she gave was just nonsense, too. No one knows where it is.

Didn't you decide after meeting this person that you would reverse your testimony?

Who was it?

What was it this woman told you?

Unless you tell us, we can't take this fight to the Supreme Court.

If you don't want to be hung, tell us Ando Kiwa.

I don't want to go to the Supreme Court. I'm done with the courts.

I'm firing you guys. Farewell.

Ando-san! Couldn't we talk just one more time?

If we don't take it to trial, I can't take back my loss!

Ando-san!

Just for now, let's leave today.

And, um... what'll happen about that 100 million yen?

And what about that high-speed rotation mitokorozeme?

Ando-san!

"To Be Continued"

"The Genius Who Fell to Earth Revenge of the Venture Entrepreneur!!"

"A Rookie Manga Artist is the Target!"

"Unheard of! A Surging Wave of 35 Confusing Trials!!"