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Have you packed stomach medication?

Right, I forgot.

Come on, remember how you were bedridden last time?

- Here. - Thanks.

- How long will you be gone this time? - Ten days.

Will you be okay on your own?

I'll be deep in the Iwate mountains, so I won't have any signal.

If you need anything, contact Ms. Negishi

- at the college-- - I'll be fine.

More importantly, was Ms. Rumi okay?

You spoke at the hospital, right?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry.

It's the same illness my mother had.

It's so depressing.

I guess there's just no escaping your genes.

I'll get better, I promise.

She said she's going back to America for treatment.

If anyone can get through it, it's her.

Say...

these keys...

Yeah, I'm holding onto the keys to the mountain villa.

Here you go.

I think we will be returning to the US for a while.

I see.

Anna...

It will be okay. Rumi is a strong person.

I know.

I know the camp got canceled,

but I might give Ms. Rumi's portrait assignment another shot.

Yeah, great idea.

Why don't you invite the others too?

Maybe go to the mountain villa.

Can I really?

I'm sure Rumi would be thrilled about it.

Yeah.

Maybe I'll invite everyone.

Don't run amok now.

I know, I know.

- All right, I'm off. - Have a safe trip.

"As my father left to observe butterflies,

"I decided to start observing butterflies myself."

"I will create something only I am capable of."

To do so, I need to understand the butterflies, the five of them.

HUMAN SPECIMENS

"Chapter 7. 'Observation.'"

SHO ISHIOKA AGRIAS HEWITSONIUS

You should try this. It's good.

Itaru!

You came!

I took ten whole days off from work for the camp, so I've been so bored.

Check this out. I painted that.

- Sweet, huh? - Yeah.

"I felt an overwhelming power from Sho's painting."

Here.

"Would it be better for me to let him create more art,

"rather than turn him into a specimen?"

"I wondered to myself."

"However..."

- What's up? - Hey.

Yo.

- You know this smell, Itaru? - Yeah.

Guess you do since you travel the world with Professor Sakaki.

An older guy at the factory hooks me up cheap.

Not just this either.

MDMA, cocaine and other stuff too.

"When I found out that the world that Sho painted was created through drugs,

"the doubts I had disappeared."

"He had sold his gift from God to the devil."

Sorry, but I'll pass.

C'mon, give it a puff.

You wanna be more free, right?

HIKARU AKABANE REDBASE JEZEBEL

"As I looked into a certain rockstar, I discovered something interesting."

"He was a megastar who captivated all of Japan a long time ago."

"Young people would copy his fashion style because they wanted to be like him."

"But, out of nowhere, he announced his retirement."

"He never revealed his reasons, and held his final concert."

"During his final song, he stabbed himself in the chest with a knife."

"It was all a performance, of course."

"Much like how blood would spatter, red rose petals rained down on the stage."

"Then, with the knife still in his chest, he collapsed on the stage,

"ending the show."

"Later on, he actually did die at home, from a knife to the chest."

"He became a legend as a lonesome artist."

"All of this happened 17 years ago."

"It lines up perfectly with Hikaru's age."

"How did I notice this?"

"Their bone structures were identical."

"With my ability to recreate what I see,

"I could tell

"that the structure of Hikaru's skull was identical to that of the rockstar's."

TORU SHIRASE CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY

Look, this is Toru.

Wow.

Itaru,

thank you for being friends with Toru.

- Of course. - Toru...

survived an attempted murder-suicide.

What?

Because of that, he was bullied at school.

I'm back!

Welcome back.

You came over?

What are you looking at?

I used to come here on walks with my mom a lot.

I can't see the color red, but I can see blue and yellow.

I can even distinguish navy blue, ultramarine and indigo.

That's why I loved walking through canola fields.

Did my grandma say something to you earlier?

The whole suicide thing?

I was on a walk with my mom that day...

and we smiled over how beautiful it all was.

And then, when we got back,

she took a whole bunch of pills,

right in front of me.

Then my mom fell asleep.

I watched as she slept for a long time.

I didn't even call an ambulance.

I don't know why she took those pills, but...

it wasn't a murder-suicide.

Before she passed away,

she gave me these.

What do you think

it means?

DAI KUROIWA PAPER KITE BUTTERFLY

- Excuse me. - Yes?

I would like to interview you about Dai Kuroiwa.

Sure, go ahead.

What do you like about Dai Kuroiwa?

Well...

It's as if he can see through everything.

Like he can read minds or perceive everything.

It's terrifying and I love it.

He's so suave. Maybe I'll ask for his contact details sometime.

- Do you like BW's art too? - Yes.

Absolutely wonderful!

Both the art and artist.

He is a gorgeous young man with a sense of justice.

Really admirable.

Doesn't it tick you off?

I heard that Miyu got an abortion.

He must be sick.

I heard he'll punch you just for asking to use a rubber.

That's messed up.

An abuser who sleeps around? Loser.

Maybe I'll write a newspaper article about him.

There's a criminal who goes by the name "BW"!

Thank you!

Hello!

- Thank you. - Thanks.

- Just one. - Okay.

Sorry, give me a sec.

- Could you hand these out? - Sure, sure.

Itaru!

What are you up to?

Did you want a newspaper too?

Yeah.

- Sorry, hey! Hey! Could you give me one? - Sure. Here.

- Thanks. - There you go.

Here, just for you.

Thanks.

Cool, right?

I drew that based on what I felt when I read all the online news.

I wondered what you would say about it...

AO FUKAZAWA MORPHO RHETENOR

C'mon, get a move on.

- Sorry, sorry! - Sorry.

What were you doing?

- Packing up. - Yeah.

Ao! Hurry up.

Let's go home together.

I bet you'll take first place in this year's comp too.

Yeah.

Let's go to the arcade.

- Good idea. - Nice.

Wanna come, Ao?

No, I'm going to go home.

- You are not coming? - Join us!

Nah, maybe next time.

- Okay. - See you later, then.

- Bye-bye. - Bye.

Hey! What the hell are you doing?

It's filthy.

I hate that shade of blue the most.

But it's fine.

It's empty in there.

At least it was today.

By the way, did you need something from me?

Itaru?

"From this observation, I came to realize

"that it's on the underside of a beautiful butterfly's wings

"that its true nature is hidden."

"And I finally found what I needed to convey."

AGRIAS HEWITSONIUS / SHO ISHIOKA

"The extraordinary talent created through the use of drugs."

REDBASE JEZEBEL / HIKARU AKABANE

"A son born in secret who seeks his father's blood."

"The regret of living with the burden of a mother's death."

"A false sense of justice to hide one's true nature."

MORPHO RHETENOR / AO FUKAZAWA

"And beauty that does not hesitate to hurt others, for its own pleasure."

"The two sides of a butterfly's wings represent the two sides of humanity."

"Conveying this is my gift from God."

"My human specimens."

"Chapter 8. 'Specimen Creation.'"

"To complete the project,

"I invited everyone to the villa under the premise of surprising Ms. Rumi."

"And they were all happy to join in."

Can't wait for the booze.

Booze?

- Been waiting all this time, haven't you? - Yeah.

First time, right?

I haven't decided if I'm drinking it yet.

What d'you mean, "yet"?

Ever painted a piece this big?

- Nope. - Really?

The weather's awesome.

Guess it's because you do ink painting.

I can sense that from Professor Shiro's vibe.

It's ready.

- Here it comes! - Nice!

Huh? What?

Looks kinda crazy.

- Wow. - Awesome.

Everyone take a glass.

- Is this alcohol? - Yeah.

- Thanks. - Wow. Thanks.

- Whoa! This is fancy! - Real fancy.

Looks impressive.

- Give us something to toast to. - Okay.

- Give the floor to Dai. - Take it away.

You have managed to bring the six of us together again.

- So thanks, Itaru. - Thanks.

Cheers!

Cheers!

"I bought sleeping pills and colforsin daropate,

"a heart failure medication, online."

"I injected everyone with it, made sure that they were dead,

"and then began my work."

"There was a large commercial refrigerator in the storage room,

"so I placed the bodies in there, and finished them one by one."

"Photos of my creations are attached below."

"Chapter 9. 'Summary.'"

"You may think that the crucial details about the specimen creation are missing."

"But the topic of this research project is not how to create human specimens."

"It is about the process behind

"how an ordinary high school student

"came to create human specimens,

"and an observation of myself."

"Chapter 10. 'Acknowledgments, or rather, Apologies.'"

"Father, I'm sorry."

FATHER, I'M SORRY.

I'm home.

Welcome back.

Thanks.

You are earlier than you said.

Yeah, all my connections went smoothly.

How were the butterflies?

- No dice. - Yeah?

- Good job, anyway. - Thanks.

- We are having sukiyaki tonight. - Perfect! I was craving meat.

I'll leave the sauce to you.

Sure.

At camp, I mentioned your sukiyaki, and I have been craving it since.

Really?

The secret to my sukiyaki is soy sauce, sugar...

And sake.

But I can never make it like yours.

- Really? - Yeah.

There.

Add some tomatoes and...

Under the weather?

No.

I think I'm tired. Maybe I worked too hard on my research project.

What did you do for it?

Butterfly specimens.

What? Where? Wait, of what?

That's enough about me.

What about you?

What butterflies were you looking for on this trip?

The common Mormon.

The common Mormon?

Give me a second.

What was that again?

The one with the white band?

That's the one. See?

- Yeah, that's it. - Yup.

- Say, Dad? - Yeah?

If you were a butterfly, what do you think you would be?

I have never really thought--

Actually, I have. Just once.

Wait, what?

- It's nothing. - Come on.

Well...

It was when I proposed to your mom.

Wait, what? Now I'm curious.

I said, "You are my Aporia hippia."

And how did she respond?

"That's so plain."

She didn't know it was an endangered species.

Yeah.

What you were trying to say

was that you had finally found the person you were looking for, right?

So I'm the child of a swallowtail and an Aporia hippia.

Why am I a swallowtail?

Remember what Ms. Rumi said?

Swallowtails are the quintessential butterfly.

And the quintessential swallowtail is Shiro Sakaki.

And what butterfly were you born as, then?

Maybe a red-bodied swallowtail?

Not the Formosan swallowtail you caught in Taiwan?

Well, I guess I'm saying

I've got poison, unfortunate as it may be.

Oh? What kind of poison do you have?

That's a secret.

You are maturing splendidly.

Yeah, right.

Let's not forget how you led me astray, Dad.

What?

The pineapple juice incident.

Right, when I took you on one of my butterfly observation trips?

That's right.

I ordered a cocktail thinking it was fruit juice.

You were afraid the police might arrest us.

I wasn't scared.

What?

You know,

on my 20th birthday,

I want to drink that pineapple cocktail with you, Dad.

Sure.

That sounds great. Yeah.

Morning.

You are already heading out?

Yeah. Cram school camp starts today.

Cram school camp?

I told you about it yesterday. You got tired and fell asleep real quick.

- For how long? - Five days.

I'm screwed. I haven't touched my homework.

- Here. - Thanks.

Sounds tough. Don't push yourself too hard.

- I won't. - Good.

- Well, I'm off. - Take care.

That's not a morpho rhetenor.

And the redbase Jezebel isn't right either.

This is wrong too.

His independent research project...

PROJECT "HUMAN SPECIMENS" CLASS 3-B, NUMBER 13 - ITARU SAKAKI

"Human Specimens"?

MORPHO RHETENOR / AO FUKAZAWA

BUTTERFLY SPECIMEN

AGRIAS HEWITSONIUS / SHO ISHIOKA

BUTTERFLY SPECIMEN

REDBASE JEZEBEL / HIKARU AKABANE

BUTTERFLY SPECIMEN

CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY / TORU SHIRASE

BUTTERFLY SPECIMEN

PAPER KITE BUTTERFLY / DAI KUROIWA

It has to be digitally edited. There's no way he...

Well, I guess I'm saying

I've got poison, unfortunate as it may be.

Oh? What kind of poison do you have?

That's a secret.

This can't be true. Itaru...

What do I do?

Shiro.

Leave it all to me.

I won't ever let them catch you.

I'm telling you to start a new life.

There is still time.

As your father, I don't want to see you become a criminal.

A life like that...

It's not sustainable.

Shiro.

Let's go to the police, together.

Even if the entire world turns on you, Mom will always be on your side.

Your age and mental health assessment could spare you the death penalty.

"The death penalty"?

PAINTED LADY SPANGLE

SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY

EASTERN PALE CLOUDED YELLOW GLACIAL APOLLO

BUTTERFLY KINGDOM SHIRO

The butterfly kingdom...

"I've completed the specimens,

"yet I can't suppress my excitement and urges."

"The people around me are starting to look like butterflies."

"If I'm going to be arrested one day,

"then I will make Anna Ichinose my next specimen."

COLFORSIN DAROPATE

FRIDAY, MAY 9

That's tomorrow.

Well, I'm off.

PROJECT "HUMAN SPECIMENS"

MORPHO RHETENOR / AO FUKAZAWA

REDBASE JEZEBEL / HIKARU AKABANE

I was the one who made that.

Not Itaru.

Itaru Sakaki...

my son...

is not a maniacal murderer!

Itaru...

will forever be Itaru...

as a human specimen.

I would like to send this to America.

We will need to wrap this up.

- One moment, please. - Okay.

- Could you get the paper? - Yes, of course.

- Bring that over here. - Okay.

She's cute.

Is she your girlfriend?

She is kind of an embodiment of me.

THREE YEARS AFTER THE INCIDENT

"I would like to discuss something about the mountain villa with you."

"Please grant me permission to visit."

"Anna Ichinose."

What's wrong, Mr. Sakaki?

Nothing.

Hello, Uncle Sakaki.

You are all grown up.

I turned 20 last month.

What was it about the mountain villa?

Are you not even going to congratulate me?

I'm void of those types of emotions now.

Three years have passed since my mother passed away.

It was around the same time as your incident,

so I didn't have the chance to tell you.

Sorry I couldn't offer my condolences.

It's fine.

I have inherited all of my mother's assets,

both in America and Japan.

As such, I have decided to demolish the mountain villa and sell it.

Demolish...

It has fallen into ruin.

Now it's thought of as a place to test one's courage.

Do whatever you want.

I am relieved to hear you say that.

That is all I wanted to tell you.

Wait a second.

Why did you send me this painting?

I was thinking of how I could convince you to meet with me.

This painting by Itaru

wasn't mentioned in your account,

so I figured you may not have seen it.

That dress...

I really like this painting.

I had this custom-made.

It suits you well.

By the way,

do you know the name of this butterfly?

I don't know as much about butterflies as you or my mother.

It's a red-bodied swallowtail.

Is that...

one of the butterflies you likened Itaru to?

The spangle and the red-bodied swallowtail.

Good memory.

My name appeared in your account as well, so I have read it multiple times.

I saw this painting and I realized...

that I was wrong.

About what?

My choice of butterflies.

Itaru isn't a red-bodied swallowtail or a spangle.

He was

a Formosan swallowtail all along.

Is that the butterfly Itaru caught in Taiwan?

You have really read my account end to end.

Then you also know that the red-bodied swallowtail is poisonous.

That's what you wrote.

Do you know the Formosan swallowtail's traits?

- I do not. - How about "mimicry"?

To pretend to be or act like something?

That's right.

When a non-poisonous butterfly pretends to be a poisonous one.

Why do they do this?

Is this a lecture of yours, Professor Sakaki?

Let me think.

They do it to protect themselves from predators such as birds.

Correct.

A non-poisonous butterfly pretending to be a poisonous one...

If Itaru isn't poisonous,

then who do you think he was mimicking?

Are you suggesting that it was me?

Purely hypothetically speaking,

if that were the case,

why would he need to mimic anyone?

Could you explain why?

If anyone wants to know the answer to that, it's me.

Do you acknowledge that you are poisonous?

I have

accepted my death sentence.

I could even say that I want it to happen.

Why?

To become the successor.