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We've been waiting for you.

It's been a year now, hasn't it? Come in.

She's here to see you.

Sensei. It's been a long time.

Well, you seem well.

When I heard you were coming, I bought flowers appropriate for you, so what do you think?

You bought them for me?

It's been a year since we last met. I thought I should welcome you to some degree.

Now, have a seat.

Thank you very much. I'm very happy.

I've heard the rumors about you. Your achievements keep growing and growing.

Mayuzumi-sensei, which firm are you with now?

For the time being I have a private practice.

With just my cell phone, I can work from anywhere.

Sometimes at the library. Sometimes in a coffee shop. Sometimes at the park.

Wherever I happen to be, that is my law office.

That seems like you.

- Sensei, I need to apologize to you. - Huh?

When I left, I told you I would continue paying off the debt I owed...

...but I haven't been able to pay these last couple of months. I'm very sorry.

That's okay. Having a private practice must be tough, right?

I'm prepping for a lawsuit right now.

If I win that case, I intend to continue to repay you, so please forgive me.

When you say "lawsuit," what sort is it?

That's what I wanted to consult about today.

Sensei. You remember Yaginuma Kana-san, don't you?

Huh?

The lawsuit one year ago where she cooperated with us against Senba Chemical.

That Yaginuma Kana-san.

Ah, we were able to win thanks to her.

I had been worrying about what sort of treatment she received from Senba Chemical.

Immediately following that, she was headhunted by Frontier Chemical Lab on favorable terms.

"Please come and be the Chief of our Secret Project Development team."

"Frontier"? A rival company to Senba Chemical, is it not?

That's an excellent company. I'm happy for her.

However, at Frontier Kana-san...

...was kept on as a Kaigoroshi for a long time. (keeping a useless person on the payroll)

And then she was eventually fired.

"Notice of Dismissal"

I see. She was betrayed.

Although Senba Chemical and Frontier are frequently said to be rivals...

...the truth is the Presidents of both companies were senior and juniors at the same college.

Behind the scenes, the betrayer Kana-san was headhunted and then dismissed.

In other words, Senba Chemical used Frontier to take retribution against their personnel, Kana-san.

That's a vicious method.

I'm suing both Senba Chemical and Frontier.

When you say Senba Chemical...

- ...that means Miki-sensei again. - That's right.

Komikado-sensei. Will you do this with me?

This is a job that we should do.

Hmm. I want to undertake it very much, but sadly I've got my hands full at the moment.

You can't do it?

I'm so indebted to Kana-san that I would like to do this even for no money at all.

Can't be helped. I will do the very best I can by myself.

I'm sorry. When I think back on it, I was always declining any work you would bring in.

However, even while saying that, you would always help me.

That's why I had just a little hope this time around, too.

I give up. I couldn't live up to your hopes.

It's strange coming and having such a quiet meeting with Sensei today.

They say that it's at such times that people can be adults.

So long.

Are all members present?

Well then, the trial will begin.

Sorry for being late.

I couldn't quite resolve just how to part my hair.

Sensei!

Sensei?

Engaged by Frontier Chemical Lab to act as their advising attorney from today...

...I am Komikado Kensuke!

No...

I wish to apologize for my delay in submitting our written answers.

You guys again, huh?

The Plaintiff�s lawsuit is a completely false accusation!

My Frontier Chemical Lab had huge expectations for Yaginuma-san when they invited her...

...however she didn't show results in her work.

That was the only reason she was dismissed.

We request that the Plaintiff�s lawsuit be immediately thrown out.

Court hasn't opened yet. Don't go starting it on your own.

Sorry about that. Now!

Let's get started!

Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Legal High"

Episode 11 (Final): "Rescue the Whistle Blower from an Unfair Dismissal! The Strongest Lawyer Loses at Last?! The Truth is Always a Comedy!"

What sort of sensitivities do you have?!

Even I don't want to work side-by-side with Miki...

...but I had to when I became Frontier's attorney, so it can't be helped.

- You didn't have to undertake it, did you? - Why not?

Because you know best that this is a retaliation against an employee case.

What's wrong with taking retaliation against employees?

Because that woman was a whistle blower, Senba Chemical's 4th Factory had to shut down...

...and in the research where we should have led the world, Japan now has to make a major retreat.

The national interest took a big hit and the only ones who profited were some old dotards.

So of course they'd retaliate.

What's coming out of that mouth of yours?! She did it for you and me, didn't she?

I've forgotten.

Kana-san, for our sake as well as for those in Kinumi Village, sacrificed herself.

Sacrificed herself? Wrong!

Wanting to be thought of as being a good person, she made that charge.

That's just self-satisfaction!

You go around like the heroines of some tragedy saying you're doing it for others...

...but you're just a stupid-woman combo.

Nothing's changed in you, has it?

You, either.

This time around, Justice is on Kana-san's side.

The person who does the right thing cannot become unhappy.

You haven't grown any hands or feet; instead you're back to being an egg, you tadpole.

Justice changes depending on the viewpoint. The one who wins has Justice.

The law is there to let righteous people become happy!

0 points. If everyone could be happy just by being righteous, there wouldn't be hardships.

Someone's happiness is built on top of someone else's unhappiness.

It's trample or be trampled!

The reality is that the ones who get trampled are those blockheads like you guys!

Sensei, there's a possibility for conflict of interest here if you act as Frontier's defense lawyer.

Then send a lawsuit to the Bar Association. If you can drag me out of this case, that's fine.

Anyhow, there's no way you can beat me!

This may be presumptuous...

If I recall...

...it was one year ago when Mayuzumi-sensei was leaving that she said this.

"The next time we meet..."

"...I will defeat you."

Hasn't an unexpectedly good chance for that come around?

Hattori-san. Don't be joking; she has no "chance"!

The probability this no-brain could win against me is lower than that...

...of dropping a golf ball from 8,000 meters and having it plop into the nostril of a mole living inside a golf cup.

Um, this may be presumptuous of me...

...but could you please not play with my dishes?

I'll drop it in. Just you watch.

I'll drop it into that mole's nostril from 8,000 meters in the sky.

As ever, she doesn't know her place! Just you go ahead and try!

She wasn't given adequate facilities or personnel and she was also given a very low salary.

And then she was unilaterally dismissed.

Therefore we are charging the Defendant, Frontier Chemical Lab...

...with invalid dismissal confirmation and for unpaid wages after dismissal.

In addition, since this case is an ingenious retaliation against personnel...

...by Senba Chemical with the support of Frontier...

...who acted illegally in conjunction with one another...

...we are asking for 20 million yen in compensation. ($250,000)

That is all.

Counsel for the Defense. What is your opinion?

This is a false charge.

Frontier Chemical Lab has a thorough, merit-based system where the base pay is low...

...but contingency fees based upon success are high.

Employees have to obtain results within a certain fixed period...

...and dismissals are a clearly written into their contracts which Yaginuma-san agreed to.

Upon her lack of results, Yaginuma-san's dismissal was executed per that contract.

It was impossible for her to obtain any results given the circumstances.

The other employees complain that their circumstances are never enough as well...

...but using their intelligence and effort they are able to produce results.

She was making an effort and exerted herself exceedingly while alone.

While not producing any work and being useless, she nevertheless claims she "exerted" herself.

She's excellent!

It's because she isn't excellent that she couldn't produce results.

When one isn't aware of just what an incompetent piece of junk they themselves are...

...troubles never end for bosses who have to yell at inefficient, stupid subordinates and their complacent values.

Because she "exerted" herself, that explains it away? Results are everything.

- I brought results! - Don't make me laugh, you asadora heroine.

Both of you calm down for a moment!

It was thanks to me that we won lots of cases, wasn't it?

There were far more where you tried to pull the rug out from under me.

What are you two talking about?

What about the Tsubokura-kun one and the Bonita-san one?

You didn't bring about results there, either.

Then there's the Togashi-san one. We were able to win against Keiko-san.

That was my ability.

Even the win against Miki-sensei was because of me, wasn't it! Eh? It was, wasn't it?!

Presiding Judge. What on earth is she yelling about?

Counsel for the Plaintiff.

If you continue to talk like this on your own, I will have you taken from this court.

I'm very sorry.

Frontier Chemical Lab didn't treat Yaginuma-san unfairly...

...and of course there were no complicit deals with Senba Chemical going on.

That is all.

I am Kanazawa Masashi, formerly of the Senba Chemical Sales Division.

I was originally with Frontier...

...but I was headhunted last year by Senba Chemical.

Going from Frontier to Senba is sort of the reverse of what happened with Yaginuma-san, isn't it?

What sort of treatment did you receive?

The talk was I would be an Assistant Section Chief...

...but the reality was that none of my subordinates would follow my orders...

...and I was ignored and isolated within the company.

I wasn't able to produce results and then was fired.

Senba Chemical, like Frontier with Yaginuma-san, wanted Kanazawa to quit.

But because it wasn't possible to make them quit without a proper reason...

...both companies would mutually headhunt from each other...

...and thus reduce unnecessary staff.

This is what's called a malicious personnel deal.

That is all.

The Defendant's attorney for Senba Chemical.

Kanazawa-san. You've said you were isolated and ignored inside the company.

Can you think of any reason for why that might be?

None at all.

- Could you take off your clothes? - Huh?

Well. Could you please take off your clothes?

And if possible, I'd also like to see the contents of your bag.

Objection. This is unrelated to the case.

I would just like to verify a rumor I've heard.

It concerns the reason why Kanazawa-san was isolated.

I have nothing to hide!

That's true. You have faith in what you are doing.

That's right.

In that case, by all means please show it off. There isn't anyone here you need be ashamed of.

Won't you show off the true form of yourself to people all over the world?!

Come! Set yourself free!

Ah. Fine then!

This is me!

Weren't you always coming in to the office wearing that outfit?

You have no right to be critical of my personal hobbies!

It's strange...

...that I would be isolated just over this! Am I wrong?!

Ah, that might be true.

That is all.

Well, this so-called trial is turning out to be quite amusing, isn't it?

Looks like it'll go smoothly this time around.

Our opponent isn't holding any more cards to play.

However, carelessness is taboo in any kind of lawsuit.

Our Achilles heel this time around...

...could be President Ikebe.

Me?

It's been learned in some departments that you were committing adultery with Yaginuma Kana.

And, though you cast her aside, you were the one who was persistent in chasing after her.

Those were good times. Such a sensual love affair.

It's a tangle of blind love and grudge.

With that at its root, it increases their persuasiveness that this was an act of retaliation.

If they make a stab at that, then we'll be at a disadvantage...

Quit playing around with my figurine like that!

- President Ikebe. Don't worry. - Why?

Because our opponent's lawyer won't be making a stab at that.

"Attorney Mayuzumi Machiko Law Office"

I guess our opponent is evil, isn't he?

It can't be helped if I do lose.

If they make President Ikebe take the stand and question him about his adultery...

...that would not only expose Yagunima Kana's private parts.

It would also expose President Ikebe's wife and 2 daughters and the entire family...

...to the public's gaze and then all that would probably collapse.

Kana-san.

What is it?

Nothing.

Let's fight with all our strength, okay?

Yeah.

There can be no settlement.

Understood.

Even for the sake of winning...

...a woman who's a mistaken ally of Justice can't just assault someone into misfortune.

Therefore it is impossible for us to lose here.

Offer a settlement. Give her enough money to fool around at a shopping mall and end this. So long!

Don't walk off with my horse.

What's this talk about?

Begin the settlement negotiations right away. You'll take 100 or 200, right?

Kana-san doesn't want a settlement.

Persuade her. "Live cleverly." You stand no chance of winning, after all.

- You don't know that yet! - I do know that.

You affect being a good person for underdogs...

...and if you wish to go on living a miserable life being jealous and resentful of winners, then fine.

I'm beyond this talk. You may leave. I'm taking a nap.

That was a talk you could have completed by phone, isn't it?

He's just provoking me.

"Shape up and become ruthless," he's saying.

I guess I have been naive.

Even I know that myself.

That I definitely should be like Komikado-sensei.

If my memory serves, it was one year ago...

...that Mayuzumi-sensei told me this.

"I will absolutely never become a lawyer like Komikado-sensei."

To defeat all these enemies...

...and gain a win against Komikado-sensei...

...then Mayuzumi-sensei...

...should use different methods; ones well-matched for herself.

Different methods?

It isn't only a north wind that can make travelers...

...take off their coats.

- Hattori-san. - Yes?

Thank you very much.

Oh my. I am a clerk with Komikado's Law Firm, aren't I?

My, my, my.

I see.

That is troublesome.

Could you give me some advice, Onuki-sensei?

Let's see.

If you would please.

Senba and Frontier.

As long you have those two companies as opponents, you can't win.

It's like Godzilla and Mothra teaming up.

Godzilla and Mothra?

- That's true... - No, no, no, no.

- Godzilla and King... - That's enough for the examples.

When you have co-counsels like that...

...it can't be helped.

Make them cannibalize each other.

Cannibalize?

Can I even give you good advice?

As Komikado-sensei says, I'm the shadow Prosecutor for whom even automatic doors won't open.

I think you're one of the best Prosecutors, Prosecutor Sugiura.

- The best? - Yes! The best.

- Right!? - Eh? Eh?

You're the best.

- Seriously? The best? - Seriously the best!

- What cards are you holding? - I've already played my hand.

Don't worry. If you have no witnesses as weapons, use your opponent's witnesses.

If you can play your hand using the witnesses Komikado-sensei brings, then you can surely win.

Would I be able to win?

No matter how strong someone may be, the day will definitely come when they will lose.

And surprisingly, they're often defeated by their own partners.

So long.

Thank you very much.

"Kagoshima" It isn't necessary for you to depend upon an old dotard like me, is it?

Of my son's skills... Aren't you the one who knows them the most?

There is nothing for you to fear.

Your merit is your honesty.

When they look into those eyes of yours, they'll be won over.

Everyone will feel like cheering you on.

When looking straight into your opponent's eyes...

...your sincerity will strike through to them during questioning.

Evil is evil, after all. It's no match for the path of righteousness.

Thank you very much.

You must please come visit me again in Tokyo.

So long.

"In any event, I would like to help her. I would appreciate Keiko-san's advice."

"To: Keiko Schneider-san"

Send.

That's fast!

"How should I know."

I forgot. She's the female Komikado.

"You're a stubborn and foolish dreamer. It's such people who always change the world."

- Withdraw the lawsuit? - Yes.

We'll remove Senba Chemical and narrow it down just to Frontier alone.

Then you can cooperate with me.

You intend to do business with us?

Mayuzumi. Know your place.

Underlings will be silent!

Who is Miki-sensei's true enemy?

Miki-sensei said there was an irreplaceable one to him...

...but whose life was lost when Komikado-sensei dragged them into a trial.

Isn't that so?

She was called Saori-san.

Saori-san.

A little child with no relatives who held the key to a certain trial.

Miki-sensei took charge of her and she was like a true daughter to him.

We shouldn't allow Komikado-sensei's victims to increase.

Let's defeat Komikado-sensei.

A former Frontier employee who had brilliant results working independently in bio-chemical research...

...and now a future Nobel Prize candidate, this Murakami-san was able to produce results...

...in circumstances where Yaginuma Kana-san could not, so don't you think it was because she was inferior?

I was much the same as her at first.

It was always a struggle to get superior assistants.

It was the same with equipment and budgets.

Even though we were in the same company, everyone was a rival.

Yaginuma-san's dismissal wasn't an act of retaliation.

Her interpretation is a little unrealistic.

Thank you very much.

That is all.

Counsel for the Plaintiff.

Murakami-san. Wasn't it your true intention not to testify?

I don't know what you were told by their attorney...

...but the financial troubles you are personally facing are unrelated to this.

Objection.

I'll change the question.

Murakami-san. Please look into my eyes.

I know that many of you who engage in chemical research...

...lead lives of poverty while offering everything you have towards their research.

And that most of those people's lives end without a payoff.

That's why those handful of you who do get the glory bear a heavy responsibility.

Yaginuma-san...

...is who you once were.

How many times did the budget run out?

How much useless research did you do for a foolish world?

And yet the one who didn't give up and immersed himself in research during those days was you.

As an index for all young researchers...

...could you answer this for me?

Do you think...

...the treatment Frontier prepared for Yaginuma-san was appropriate?

She...

...was the one who developed the new technology called Carbon X.

When you consider those results...

...it would be certain that the way she was treated was unfair.

Murakami-san. Changing your testimony here and there can be a problem.

These are my true feelings now!

In the matter of my financial troubles...

...I won't be accepting your help with that.

I'm a person who wants this world to reward those who do the right thing.

Thank you very much.

That is all.

- You did it, didn't you? - Please leave.

Aren't you ashamed by being taken in by Mayuzumi's slick talk?

I was taken in by YOUR slick talk.

- Haven't you dragged that on for far too long? - Far too long?

That child's death was inevitable.

You're the one who killed her!

"Choose whatever means it takes to win." The one who told me that was you!

There are some lines you just aren't supposed to cross.

We have definitive proof it was a retribution dismissal.

We'll take it to the witness stand. That will decide this.

Are you saying you'll give testimony that will ensnare my client?

I told you that even if it meant stabbing one another, I'd drag you into Hell!

Are you still a lawyer?! You'd deserve to be disqualified for that!

I didn't say it would be me taking the stand.

Since I am not a lawyer...

...I have nothing to be disqualified over.

I'm looking forward to it.

It was one year ago when we were seated for dinner.

I heard President Ikebe talking with Frontier President Ishigami by cell phone.

"Ah, yes. I want to deal with our Yaginuma. We don't want her here, so deal with her there."

"Yeah. So long and thanks."

"That completes deleting the traitor."

They were suggesting an exchange of personnel retaliations by swapping Yaginuma-san and Kanazawa-san?

I think that's so.

That is all.

- Counsel for the Plaintiff. - Sawaji Kimie-san.

You by chance happen to correctly remember a conversation you overheard a year ago.

It carried very unpleasant memories for me, so I remembered it.

What do you think about professional ethics?

Even though you are a secretary...

...to divulge secrets of a company you were an adviser to...

...don't you think that's a violation of your professional duties?

I was resolved for that.

But as a human being, I could not keep silent about this.

I was once with you in the same workplace...

...so I can assert that you are not a witness who can be trusted.

What do you mean by that?

When I once tried to reform the management system at Miki's Law Firm...

...the one who obstructed and betrayed me was you.

Reform it? You were attempting to take it over, weren't you?

And it was you who delights in finding ways of obstructing me up until today.

Nothing of the sort.

Presiding Judge. This witness holds personal feelings towards me...

...and there's a possibility she's bringing those personal feelings into her testimony.

What do you mean?

She has been holding strong, strong feelings of love for me for some time now.

I am not holding any.

However, since I took no notice of her...

...those feelings of love towards me turned into a desire for revenge

If it's possible to trouble me, she'll do anything. Thus her testimony is...

I recall the one who was persistently inviting me to go out with him then was Komikado-sensei.

Don't joke around.

In those days Sensei had a wife named Keiko-san, but would still ask me out every day by e-mail...

Excuse me, but you aren't my type at all.

Ah. By chance I happened to print out all those e-mails from that time, so I'd like to read them.

No thank you.

"Kimie-san. Why is it you confuse my heart so much?"

That is all!

- "I had a dream about you again last night." - That is all, that is all, that is all!

"I dreamed about your flower-like butt. I hope it was a prophetic dream."

Stop already! Please!

Since I didn't reply to your settlement offer the other day, I will respond to you here.

We will definitely never settle.

You guys have realized you've made a fatal mistake of course.

You've thrown away the most important key.

Are you in a crisis, Sensei?

I'm not in anything like that! Since it's against that asadora heroine, I'm doing well.

Ranmaru-kun. Did you collect that data on Ikebe? Ikebe is the master key. We need to pick that up.

What's the matter?

Feeling well?

- Sensei. - Huh?

I'm retiring.

- Eh? - I'm quitting this job.

I don't understand what you mean.

Machiko-chan said this before.

"If your goal is to be an actor, shouldn't that be the one thing you fight towards?"

Just a minute, just a minute!

That struck right through me. I've been torturing myself with that ever since.

I have to fight to win.

Ranmaru-kun. Don't mess around; this is trouble!

Don't think you can wash your hands of this work. You're the grass that I've raised!

- No! I'm an actor! - That's right, that's right.

While studying to be an actor, I was also doing this work.

However, if I do any more than this, I don't know if I can become a professional!

I am grateful to Sensei.

But I have my dream.

If I succeed, I'll come and repay you.

Kaga Ranmaru. I'll be off.

Mayuzumi!

The key to this case is President Ikebe.

Komikado-sensei couldn't care less about making him appear.

I don't want to stand as a witness.

If you don't stand for us...

...your relationship with Yaginuma Kana will be exposed to your family.

That's the threat he's making. You know that full well, don't you?

President Ikebe. Shouldn't you make the first move?

The first move?

When taking to the witness stand as a witness for our side...

...your family issues will become worthless to their side.

Please testify that you and Frontier made transactions in personnel.

What's that?

Admit to retaliating against personnel?

The way things are going, we will most likely win.

So if you were to proactively admit to it...

...won't your corporate image only suffer some minor damage because of it?

And you can protect your family as well.

I will not stand as a witness!

Are your wife and daughters doing well?

Your older daughter is taking her college entrance exams.

Your younger daughter is taking her high school exams.

If at such a time their father is seen as an adulterer...

"Speed"

What are you doing?! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

Excuse me! There's a person here playing dangerous tricks!

- Outta the way! - Go ahead and use force.

I feel I understand.

What's that?!

Why Sensei is so concerned about winning.

Such an incredible thing to suddenly understand.

Isn't it Saori-san?

For the sake of a win, the life an innocent child was taken.

If you stopped being concerned about winning...

...you would be denying what you did.

To escape your conscience over your crime, you desperately keep winning and winning.

Such a journey... must surely be painful, isn't it?

I will win.

That will be my repayment to you.

"Courthouse"

Well then, Yaginuma-san.

Here at the end...

...please tell us your thoughts right now.

One year ago...

...I took out top secret documents from Senba Chemical...

...and did great harm to the company.

I was prepared to be retaliated against for that...

...so I was going to give up this time.

After all, that's how the world is.

It was Mayuzumi-sensei who told me that I should fight.

I don't know what sort of decision will handed down...

...but I feel glad that I fought.

Because from here on...

...I'll be able to live in confidence.

Thank you very much.

I have learned...

...many things from this trial.

What is Justice?

What is Law?

"There is no justice in this world."

There are those who say, "Justice is the one who wins."

There was a time when I thought that might be so as well.

But now...

...I can say this with conviction.

We humans love Justice and seek for it with our hearts.

A trial...

...isn't a game of who wins or who loses nor is it a gamble to get money.

It...

...also shouldn't be a place to injure one another.

Surely somewhere Justice and Truth can be found.

Isn't it a place where everyone can look for happiness?

A society where...

...just people are rewarded and become happy.

Is that only a pipe dream?

Reality is cruel.

It may certainly be so.

However...

...it's because people do have that dream that they can live.

Because we try to make that ideal come true...

...we can fill ourselves with the resolve to live through this reality.

I...

...believe that ideal will overthrow reality.

Certainly.

That is all.

Counsel for the Defense.

Counsel for the Defense.

No questions.

She's become a good lawyer, hasn't she?

Who was that guy?

It may be that...

...the one you were raising has turned out to be an unexpected lawyer, hasn't she?

Were you not imagining...

...her refreshing face somewhere?

If she could break through being a fool, I could admire her on some level.

When I think upon it, it was strange.

That Sensei would so readily receive...

...Mayuzumi-sensei's heart into this law firm at that time.

Yes.

I'm sure you had expectations for that heart, too, didn't you?

That someday, in this way...

...you would be defeated by it.

A way of life where you have to continually win is painful, isn't it?

It was already about time...

...for you to let that burden go.

You are Senba Chemical's President Ikebe, aren't you?

Please come to the witness stand.

I wish to thank the Presiding Judge for allowing us to use an additional witness.

Ikebe-san has become a witness for our side.

Everything...

...will become clear with your testimony.

Please go ahead and say what you have to say.

In order...

...to retaliate against company employee Yaginuma-kun...

...I had dealings with Frontier to have her unfairly dismissed.

That is NOT true!

That was well said.

That is not true!

It's not? Eh?!

Yaginuma-kun was a treasured employee we were pining our future hopes upon.

To turn her over to another company would have been tremendously regrettable. That is all.

But, um... Let's see... Eh?!

May I perform my cross-examination?

Please wait. Um...

Let's see...

She doesn't seem to have anything, Presiding Judge.

Counsel for the Defense.

Ikebe-san. According to Sawaji Kimie-san's testimony...

...you made a secret deal by cell phone with President Ishigami...

...over a personnel transaction where you would make an exchange.

Could you tell us about this point?

I have no memory whatsoever regarding that.

That's not possible, now is it?!

I had the call history of Ikebe-san's cell phone examined for the last year.

There was not one call made to President Ishigami nor to any other persons connected with Frontier.

It wasn't his own cell phone; it was someone else's who was there...

I also had the call history of the staff checked but there was nothing there, either.

Maybe it was the restaurant's phone...

Sawaji-san testified clearly it was a cell phone. I guess Sawaji-san's memory is ambiguous, huh?

- Ikebe-san. Thank you very much. - Wait, wait...

Wait! Wait!

Counsel for the Plaintiff.

Well then, to continue. I would like to question the Defendant.

I, too, have not signed even one secret treaty with President Ikebe!

What was the reason for Yaginuma-san's dismissal?

Because she wasn't obtaining the results we expected of her...

...and since we also couldn't feel any enthusiasm from her...

...we dismissed her according to the contract.

You could say that was a proper judgment. What did you think when this lawsuit was filed?

I hoped it was just a misunderstanding that could be resolved.

It will be resolved, won't it?

In any case, the Plaintiff has shown there were no dealings between Senba Chemical and your company...

...because they have not given even one iota of convincing evidence for it.

The compensation that lawyer there is insisting upon...

...has no rational basis and her lawsuit is nothing but emotions...

...like a submission even a Girl's School fan magazine would reject with writing below that of a light novel.

Moreover, drunk on herself, she deals with it with tears.

A trial is a place to search for dreams?

If you want to find something like that...

...join a 3rd-rate theatrical troupe on the India's Ganges river or with the Shimo-kitazawa.

- Counsel for the Defense! - Excuse me. That was improper.

We aren't gods.

Myself included...

...we are but tiny creatures who make mistakes based upon foolish emotions.

Is it possible for such humans to judge people?

No. It can't be done.

That's why, in place of humans, we have judges and laws.

No matter how suspicious, no matter how hateful...

...people who can judge totally exclusive of their feelings and based solely upon laws and evidence.

That is why we, over the long history of humankind...

...have a treasured, important asset in our constitutional form of government.

We of course ask for a fair court and to not be misled by arguments of emotions.

Judgments must be based solely upon each atom of the law and the evidence.

And in this case, the conclusion is obvious.

That is all.

Counsel for the Plaintiff.

She has no questions.

"On the main clause..."

"...both of the Plaintiff's charges are rejected."

No!

I figured I'd win! You fool!

It's 10 billion years too early for you!

Because I'm reading this out now, be quiet!

"The reasons for our judgment are as follows..."

Both of you be quiet!

I can't believe this.

Well, it couldn't be helped.

I've had an invitation from a Thai company.

I've decided to go there.

Wherever you go, you will be successful.

If by any chance you should be unfairly dismissed a second time...

...please get in touch with me. I am a bit expensive though.

I'll think about it.

The day will come when Thai chemicals becomes a threat to Japan, won't it?

This is a great loss for Japan. Truly a pity.

- It's your fault, isn't it?! - Wrong! It's your fault.

Isn't it?

If you had ended it with Kana's testimony, you might have won...

...but you got caught up in the moment and rounded up Ikebe himself for a witness.

You didn't even notice my trap, did you?

Since when did you have President Ikebe on your side?

From the start. He was the most effective one for you to take a nibble at.

I rubbed it in by making him the important key to all this.

Listen up. Frontier's loss wouldn't have left Senba Chemical unscathed.

Ikebe wants to protect his company far more than his family or some ex-lover.

Without those cheap tears of yours, it'd have been impossible for us to get there!

Did you think you had grown? You haven't grown at all! Not one bit!

Did you think you had driven me into a corner? I was just play-acting.

Once the planetary explorer Hayabusa 2 goes up next time around...

...I hope you'll be tied to it and spend several years exploring asteroids.

Then you'll probably become a little better.

Maybe you'll even burn up in the stratosphere!

I... What was it I did wrong?

Don't think you can win just by taking off your traveler's coat.

When in the burning hell of the Sun, you strip down to your underpants.

If you don't do that, it won't be possible for you to change your ideal to reality.

Become much, much more stronger and wiser, you asadora heroine!

It's not wrong to give up.

This is my complete defeat.

But...

...there's still Sensei's problem that needs to be settled.

Let's go have a talk with Miki-sensei.

After all, Sensei...

...isn't there also a wound in your heart?

It's unreasonable to blame me for that.

You dragged her into that trial.

That was your intention as well.

I ordered you to stop.

It was her destiny to die.

What's that?

Look into Saori's eyes...

...and say those words once more.

- Say them! - Stop it!

Bastard!

- Please stop! - Let go of me!

Oi, stand!

- Stand up, you! - Please stop.

This child was Saori-san?

There was a dispute between fellow pharmaceutical companies concerning a new drug.

To drive the opponent company into stopping their sale of the new drug...

...a dosage experiment was held.

Saori-san was used in that experiment over several months.

Saori-san was Miki-sensei's...

No, her existence itself was like an oasis of peacefulness for the entire office.

And then she could no longer endure being a laboratory subject.

But...

...Komikado-sensei...

You killed her!

If she had stopped there, the experiment would have become a waste!

Ah, Sawaji-san.

I want to ask you this again...

This is Saori-san, right?

Yes.

She was a child who wasn't yet 3 years old.

Ever since Saori-san's loss, Miki-sensei has been just a husk of who he was.

Saori was...

...the same as a daughter to me.

Even you should have been healed by that child.

Those lovely round eyes...

The rattle-rattle...

...as she ran happily around in her turning wheel...

Even you should have been healed by that pretty figure of hers!

It was to win! It was all in order to win!

Because...

...I've raised a ferret all this time, too!

Are you crying, too?

You...

What was its name?

- It was Ide! - Ide, huh! Ide, huh!

It wasn't my fault.

It wasn't my fault!

I will drop you into Hell someday for sure!

That will be my penance!

What are you?

Me?

I love seeing men fight.

Ah. Welcome back.

Hattori-san.

Yes?

Excuse me, but could you close all the windows?

At your will.

Complete.

Thank you very much.

I will be yelling for a little while starting now.

Go ahead.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!

Are you finished?

Yes. Sorry for disturbing you.

I'm exceedingly unwilling, but since there's no sign of you repaying me, it can't be helped.

However, your salary will be just 70% of the previous one.

30% of that will go towards repayment. That's my condition.

My salary will be 85%. How about 25% of that towards repayment?

No way.

Ah. Then how about taking the middle with 75% and 27.5% repayment?

To pay off her debts would take... Let's see, let's say it's 42 years and 1 month.

And if you damage the good name of my firm...

I would fight against any such unfair dismissal and win decisively this time.

Such a day won't come for eternity.

Well then...

...now that the contract has been established...

Why are you here? Weren't you going out to risk everything?

I decided to put that off for a year.

Itadakimasu!

Delicious!

Hattori-san, what is this?

Batates Bil Beram. Egyptian home cooking. (made with mutton, onions and potatoes)

Long ago I was part of an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings.

Hattori-san, just what sort of person are you?

With no good points...

...I am just an ordinary clerk.

- I told you to fix your bow-legs! - I'm not bowlegged!

- You're bowlegged! - Just where?

You're mentally bowlegged!

Just what was that?! I don't want Sensei telling me about my mental state!

Don't point at people! It's rude!

"Legal High The End"