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Do you acknowledge that you are poisonous?

5 YEARS AGO NEW YORK

From the moment I wake up, my world is colorful.

The sky,

the sun,

and even the flowers by my window.

They all glimmer with colors that only I can see.

I want to share this joy with everyone around the world.

That is why I paint.

Not at all.

There are so many mothers out there working harder than me.

But, I guess...

Immediately after my daughter was born,

I lost my husband in an accident.

It was a painful life experience.

But I still had my gifts from God.

I'm referring to these eyes of mine,

and my one and only daughter.

Anna.

Come here.

Unfortunately, my daughter did not inherit my eyes.

I believe it is my duty as her parent to find my daughter's gifts.

HUMAN SPECIMENS

It was all to become the successor.

Rumi's successor?

Yes.

The successor selection process she announced at the mountain villa camp...

I thought I was used to my mother's impulsiveness,

but she brought up having a camp in Japan out of nowhere.

And she had bought a mountain villa without my knowledge.

Even so,

I was happy to be able to paint under my mother's guidance.

That's why I took a break from school and came to Japan with her.

I did all that for her to say,

"Anna, you will be the model."

Your model will be...

Anna Ichinose.

My daughter.

I'm Anna Ichinose.

I'll be picking one of you based on your finished works.

The one I pick

will be named

as my, Rumi Ichinose's, successor.

And I will entrust my "sorceress' eyes" for color

to the chosen one.

I was absolutely shocked.

Not that anyone noticed.

None of them had tetrachromatic vision.

Because they were boys. All five of them.

Weren't there six?

No.

Itaru was never in the running to begin with.

He was

just an excuse to invite you.

I'll come pick you up in ten days, then.

Drive safe.

Take care.

Thank you for your help!

Itaru.

Yes?

I want you to help as a judge.

What?

Your ability to replicate everything accurately,

I want you to make full use of it.

Okay.

But...

my mom fell ill and the camp was canceled.

That's where it was decided that we would immediately return to America.

I figured it was my chance to act.

I left my mom to her secretary's care in America

and did not board the plane.

I was going to create the ultimate work of art

and make her acknowledge me as her rightful successor.

The ultimate work of art...

I decided to turn humans into beautiful specimens.

Did you tell Itaru this and ask for his help?

No, I told Itaru nothing.

He showed up on his own the day I gathered the other five.

Why are you here?

I thought I would do Ms. Rumi's assignment too.

But you were supposed to be a judge.

I want Ms. Rumi to acknowledge me as a potential successor.

I have an idea.

I was planning

to give my mom a happy surprise.

Could you help me out?

Yeah, of course.

Hey, Itaru's here too!

- Itaru's another one of our rivals. - Gotta get real serious, then!

That's a given.

I brought a gift for everyone.

- A gift? - What is it?

Let's see.

This is what you drank in Taiwan, right?

Yeah, that's the one.

So you are saying it wasn't Itaru who brought the cachaça?

Correct.

Itaru would never do such a thing.

It's ready!

- Wow! - Awesome.

You are awake?

You did say you wanted to paint first thing in the morning.

I'm not going to kill you.

That would just be plain murder.

Stop that.

Stop!

Ao deserves better.

You said you wanted Ms. Rumi to acknowledge you, right?

Yeah.

But it's me.

I'm the one my mom...

needs to acknowledge.

Okay, I get it!

Leave the work that requires strength

to me.

What you did to the other five was just plain murder too.

No.

You understood my feelings better than anyone, Uncle.

Remember what you wrote in your account?

"This isn't murder. It's art."

It was as if you had peered into my mind.

I was shocked.

DIY CEMENT

Sho...

was on drugs.

I'll be turning him into something to be cherished...

before he became an actual pest.

We will take this over there once you are done.

Okay.

Three, two...

Hikaru doesn't need to stand onstage.

If he has a spotlight shining on him as a work of art,

then he is practically being showered with applause, right?

Make that rough.

I want to give it a dry feel.

Okay.

Toru wanted to die.

- That butterfly is facing the wrong way. - What?

- It's upside down. - Right.

- That way up. Yeah. - Thanks.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

Around here, right?

I think so.

Here?

What was your relationship with Itaru?

Relationship?

Like, was Itaru in love with you?

And did you reciprocate those feelings in some way?

It was nothing like that.

I made a promise to Itaru.

That I would do anything for him once we finished the specimens.

But he never asked for anything.

I don't know what was going through his mind.

I have a question for you too.

How were you able to write such a detailed account?

Itaru left a report saying that he made the specimens on his own.

And that you were his next target.

You believed that and turned Itaru into a specimen himself?

You saw Itaru as a failure.

What?

That's why you did something so selfish without regard for Itaru's feelings.

I thought...

it was the right thing to do as his parent.

That just means you abandoned him.

What gives you the right to say that?

My apologies.

Will you press charges against me?

No.

I want to be sentenced to death.

All I feel for you...

is pity.

What?

Weren't you

mimicking something yourself?

I know this because I made one.

It couldn't have been done by two people in two days without any preparation.

Your tools were too complete.

The crosses, chains, background art...

It was all prepared in advance to make the specimens.

I had been planning for a while.

I even drew design sketches.

You had no idea your mother bought that mountain villa,

so where did you find the time to prepare it all?

Sleeping pills I understand,

but is it really that easy to procure colforsin daropate?

Is it possible to draw all that background art in two days?

Dai Kuroiwa's background had six paintings.

Did you stockpile them at home?

Yes.

Also, since there was a large fridge there,

I didn't have to complete it all in two days.

You said earlier that it took two days.

That was a mistake.

Did you plan it on your own?

Yes.

Very well.

Tell me the names of the butterflies you used for the human specimens.

Including their traits.

I don't know them.

In the past...

I gifted Rumi butterfly specimens.

Morpho rhetenor.

Agrias hewitsonius.

Redbase Jezebel.

Cabbage white butterfly.

Paper kite butterfly.

The person who came up with and executed the horrific plan

to create human specimens...

was Rumi, wasn't it?

Yes.

She had been working toward it all along...

and left the task to you.

Yes.

When?

The day you came to see my mother after she was taken to the hospital.

No!

I can't commit murder.

Anna.

Look at me.

This is

a work of art that I,

Rumi Ichinose, must attempt in my final days, as an artist.

I can't leave the hospital anymore.

You are the only one I can entrust with this.

Why?

Because...

you are my one and only gift.

And the boys I have chosen

are terrible people who deserve to die.

Or who want to die.

First

is Ao Fukazawa.

He's...

Anna, look properly.

My successor...

My sole successor

has always been you, Anna.

I have been strict with you because I love you.

I'm grateful to God

for blessing me with you.

If you successfully execute this plan,

I will officially announce you as my successor.

This is my final wish.

If this is granted,

then I will have no regrets.

Yes?

Shiro...

Are you all right?

So are you now officially Rumi Ichinose's successor?

There was more to the plan.

Can I tell you?

Go on.

It was to show the completed specimens to Shiro Sakaki.

What?

You had to see the actual specimens...

in the mountain villa's flower garden.

You didn't contact me, did you?

I didn't.

Right after completing the specimens,

I was told that my mother's condition was dire, so I returned to America.

I figured I could just

send you photos later for you to see.

Mom.

How did it go?

I made them.

All of them.

Thank you.

So...

what did Shiro say?

I will send him photos later.

You haven't shown him?

With the condition you are in, I couldn't--

Useless!

You really are a failure.

How have you lived since then?

You killed in place of your mother,

only to be called a useless failure.

What was the point of your actions?

What role was Itaru forced to play in all of this?

Itaru was prepared to take all the blame!

What am I supposed to do?

Go back

to being human.

Red-bodied swallowtail.

A poisonous red.

It doesn't look red to me.

Since when?

I thought...

that you didn't inherit her tetrachromatic vision.

Right.

But I wanted my mother to acknowledge me so badly,

so I desperately imitated her use of colors.

I didn't have the time to consider my own art.

I would copy my mother's paintings every single day,

and feel utter despair over my lack of talent every time.

But...

when I swung that axe down into Ao's body,

his blood appeared to be a special color to me.

Did killing others grant you tetrachromatic vision?

The extreme mental stress

gave you that vision.

The background art used in Toru's specimen

was prepared and painted by my mother in advance.

I realized something when I saw it.

She had lost her special vision.

I can't see.

I can't see.

I can't see.

I can't see!

I can't see...

Help me...

Shiro...

What?

I could tell because I had copied thousands of my mother's paintings.

She could no longer see anything but ordinary colors.

That is why I repainted them.

Toru deserved better...

than those boring colors.

So, you know what?

Those human specimens are my works of art.

What did my mother want to show me with those eyes?

I think

Itaru realized for himself

who the real red-bodied swallowtail was.

You did it for Itaru.

Itaru did it for me.

I did it for my mom.

We all mimicked

and pretended to be poisonous.

Could it be

that he wanted me to turn him into a human specimen?

MAY 9 DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT

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.

Sounds tough. Don't push yourself too hard.

I won't.

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

That's not a morpho rhetenor.

And the redbase Jezebel isn't right either.

This is wrong too.

"HUMAN SPECIMENS" CLASS 3-B - ITARU SAKAKI

"Human Specimens"?

The butterfly kingdom...

SET BOTH ARMS SO BUTTERFLIES CAN SIT ON THEM TO REST THEIR WINGS

COLFORSIN DAROPATE

That's tomorrow.

FRIDAY, MAY 9

I was the one who made that.

Not Itaru.

My son...

is not a maniacal murderer!

Itaru...

will forever be Itaru...

as a human specimen.

MAY 10 DAY OF THE INCIDENT

What do you think, sir?

Sir?

You know,

on my 20th birthday,

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

I wonder if we will meet again.

What are you doing here, Dad?

Rumi asked me to do something for her.

What about you?

I came here to finish up my project on my own.

You have a key?

Sorry, I made my own copy.

I made curry. Let's have some together.

Is someone else coming too?

No, not today.

Curry was also the first thing you made for me

after your mom passed away.

Was it?

The potato peels were thicker than the potatoes themselves.

Guess I have improved, then.

Guess so.

Thanks for the meal.

Sorry, is it too spicy for you?

No, it's fine.

Think I'm just a little tired.

- Here. - Thanks.

This is magnificent.

Is this how butterflies see the world?

It is exactly how they see it.

I could only ever imagine this.

I don't have the talent to convey it like you do.

Seeing this...

has fulfilled a long-held wish of mine.

Maybe I was able to paint this

because I'm grandpa's grandson and your son.

Hey, why don't we take a photo?

I bought some clothes for you too.

What? That's for me?

Yeah.

I'll go change into these.

I've got it!

It's beautiful.

It sure is.

- You got it. - I did it.

I'm so happy.

This feels like a coming-of-age ceremony for my 20th birthday.

Yeah, a coming-of-age ceremony.

That's why I got you something special.

Can you guess what it is?

That pineapple cocktail?

- You got it. - Can I really have some?

It's your reward for this fantastic masterpiece.

Awesome.

I said I wanted it for my 20th birthday, though.

Today is special.

Can't wait to drink it.

- Give me a moment. - Okay.

- Here. - Thanks.

- Looks delicious. - Yeah.

Why are we suddenly celebrating my 20th birthday?

Are you ill?

No, it's nothing like that.

I need you to live a long life, you know?

You are becoming more and more like your mother.

Anyway, cheers.

Cheers.

You made it pretty strong.

I'll drink it slowly.

Sorry about that.

Talk about something.

Like what?

Like when you made the specimens.

What?

The ones you gave to Ms. Rumi when you were a kid.

Those?

Well...

We moved to this house when I was six years old.

We lived in Tokyo until then.

It was my first time living in the mountains.

There was this bug-collecting set that came with a syringe.

I looked it up in the library so many times.

I took Rumi to the flower garden.

Itaru...

you will become a butterfly.

- Itaru! - Mr. Sakaki?

- Itaru! - Are you okay?

- Itaru! - Mr. Sakaki, are you okay?

Are you okay, Mr. Sakaki?

Calm down. It's okay.

- Listen, Sakaki. Calm down. - It's okay.

On my 20th birthday,

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

THE MOMENT I SWUNG DOWN MY AXE

"The moment I swung down my axe, I ceased being human."

"My father's actions were out of love."

"I hope the world will forgive him as such."

"Dad,

"please turn me into a specimen."