All language subtitles for Influence S01E01 1080i HDTV AAC MPEG2-NSBC

March 2019 Tokyo

Award

Oikawa Tomomi

Sensei, have you decided on the theme for your next series yet?

I'm still thinking about it.

How about something flashy?
Something that can be visualized.

You know I'm not that type, don't you?

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

Oh, that's right.

Here's the data you had requested.

And...

I brought you a fan letter that was delivered to our office.

It says something like "please meet me,"

but you don't have to worry about it.

- "Please meet me"?
- Yes.

"I'm writing this letter hoping that you'd be willing to listen to

the story about me and my friends."

"The relationship of me and my two friends over a period of 35 years."

Here.

My life is interesting so please write a novel about it. That kind of letter.

Stories of people like that are generally not very interesting.

That aside,
think about visualization , okay?

Totsuka Yuri

Are you Totsuka Yuri-san?

Yes. Nice to meet you.

I didn't expect you to actually meet me.

It's true that there are many people who want me to listen to their life story.

I usually decline those offers.

But what you want to talk about is not about your own life, but

about you and your friends, right?

Your works are often about relationships between women,

so I thought you might be interested.

You mentioned in your letter

that one of your friends has pancreatic cancer.

- Is that true?
- Yes.

That's why I wanted to see you as quickly as possible.

Before she passes away.

If your wish is for me to write a novel about it,

I can't make any promises.

I'm an entertainment writer and can only write fiction.

That's not a problem.
If you'll just listen to my story for now.

- May I?
- Go ahead.

As I wrote in my letter,
what I want to talk about is

the relationship of me and my two friends
over a period of 35 years.

In order to protect each other, the three of us...

killed someone.

It all started when we were 16 years old.

Around that time,

I hated myself more than anyone else in the world...

- Hey...
- It's okay.

- Rinako, are you okay?
- I'm fine.

More than anyone else in the world,
I was in despair over myself.

It was at a time like that
that the three of us met.

Sakazaki Maho and...

Hino Satoko.

That day was the beginning of

the series of murder for the three of us.

INFLUENCE

Episode 1

November 1984 Shizuoka

- Stop gawking at her.
- I'm not gawking.

Who's that girl?

She's a transfer student.
I heard she came from Tokyo.

Hey.

Aren't you buying that?

I'm not buying...this.

Sorry.

That will be 370 yen.

370 yen exactly.

Thank you very much.

I'm a fast reader.
Do you want to borrow it when I'm done?

Don't you want to read it?

I'd like to read it.

Then wait a while.
I'll go read it over there.

What? Now?

- Here you go.
- You really do read fast, don't you?

Did you just move into the apartment complex?

Yes. Building No. 2.

I see. I'm in Building No. 13.

Yeah, I've seen you before.

I was thinking that we go to the same high school and live in the same apartment complex.

Aren't you going to read it?

That part was funny.

The earlier works of this manga artist are more interesting.

I'll lend you these.

And...

these novels too.

Thanks.

Is orange juice okay?

Yeah.

What?

This is the first time I've seen someone make fresh juice at home.

Store-bought ones have additives in them.

I heard you're good friends with the girl who moved into Building No. 2 recently.

Our neighbor, Eguchi-san, said she saw you together.

Did you go to her place?

I did, but why?

Wasn't the place full of expensive furniture?

How did you know?

I heard from Yoshikawa-san in Building No. 2

that all these grand furniture were being brought in on the day they moved in.

I told you, right?

Are they rich?

The thing is, they're a single parent family.

The husband was the president of a company in Tokyo, but

they got a divorce, and she came back to her hometown.

I heard she got a lot of alimony, so

her husband must've cheated on her.

Isn't that just a rumor?
Why do you have to talk about it?

The wife said so herself.

When they moved in, she was going around handing out expensive sweets

telling everyone she's getting plenty of child support.

Doesn't do any good bringing expensive furniture and showing off

when she's only living in an apartment complex like this.

It's better to be like everyone else, Yuri.

People will look at you funny if you stand out.

It's better to be like everyone else.

- Isn't that right?
- Yeah.

At first I thought she was pretty and nice, but

- I heard she's a little different.
- Different?

Maybe you should stay away from her too, Yuri-chan.

Maho!

Let's go home together again today.

Why did you come to this school?

You could've gone to a better high school, couldn't you?

I wanted to go to a school I could commute by walking.

I was groped on a train once before.

Before I moved here,
I was taking a lot of different lessons.

English, piano, and ballet.

I loved ballet so I hated to quit it.

I see.

You didn't laugh at me, did you?

- Huh?
- At the park.

You were watching me practice ballet, weren't you?

That's because you looked pretty.

It made me happy.

My mother doesn't like to admit defeat.

She's too busy protecting her own pride

that she doesn't seem to have the time to care about my feelings.

That's why I have no choice but to fend for myself.

I don't want to change just because other people can't accept me.

Because I don't want to be defeated by fate.

Oh hi, Yuri-chan.
You two have become good friends, huh?

Your mother started working, didn't she?

It must be hard for her since she used to be a housewife. Where is she working at?

Where?

Like the supermarket by the station?
They were hiring.

"It's better to be like everyone else."

Those words of my mother meant that
unless you're like everyone else

people won't accept you, right?

I can understand.

It's not limited to apartment complexes and schools.
In closed communities like that,

people try to exclude those who are different from them.

But don't you think Maho-san found salvation?

Because you mustered the courage to call out to her.

That's not how it was.

The reason I called out to her then without running away was

because of my regret.

Regret?

Because I once abandoned a friend and left her in the lurch.

That's my other friend,

Satoko.

They're at it again...

Do you know her?

A childhood friend from the same apartment complex.

We played together a lot when we were in grade school.

October 1975

- Painappuru...
- Ru...rubii.

Ii~?

- Can I come to your house today?
- Sure.

Oh, Mom said she'll go buy some cherry bars for us.

Yuri-chan, let's play!

Hi there!

Yuri, Satoko-chan's here!

What's wrong?

He's Yuri's grandpa.
He's here for a visit.

So you're Satoko-chan.

Thanks for being friends with Yuri.

Father-in-Law, will you be spending the night here?

- Ah, if you don't mind, I think I will.
- Okay.

Do you sleep with your grandpa too, Yuri-chan?

Hm? She doesn't sleep with her grandpa.

When Grandpa stays with us,

Yuri and I sleep together in the same room.

But aren't girls supposed to sleep with their grandpa?

"Girls are supposed to"?

Does Satoko-chan sleep with her grandpa?

Because Mommy says that girls are supposed to sleep with their grandpa.

Does that...

Do you mean in the same room?

Or in the same futon?

In the same futon.

Because girls are supposed to sleep with their grandpa, you know.

Isn't that right?

There's no way.
Aren't you reading too much into it?

But she keeps saying it over and over.

That girls are supposed to sleep with their grandpa.

Isn't that strange?

Their floor plan is the same as ours.

So Satoko-chan's parents and brother sleep in this room,

while her grandpa and Satoko-chan sleep in this room, she said.

- Why don't you ask her mother?
- What am I going to ask?

It seems your daughter has been sleeping with her grandpa, but

are you sure he isn't doing something to her? Like that?

No, that certainly won't do.

If I'm wrong, I'm toast.
And if it's true,

I don't want to have anything to do with people like that.

In any case, don't let Yuri play with that girl anymore.

We can't have anything happen to Yuri or have her affected negatively.

Listen up. You must never go to Satoko-chan's house, okay?

If she asks you, just say no.

If you're going to play, do it at our place
or someplace where there are adults.

Do you understand?

Oh, Yuri-chan.
Just a minute.

- Um, Oba-san...
- Eh?

What is it?

Did Satoko cause you some kind of trouble?

She's always up to no good.

Oh, Yu-kun. What's the matter? Hm?

Yuri-chan, what's the matter?

I was unable to do anything, and

Satoko and I ended up estranged.

But you shouldn't feel responsible for that, should you?

You were only in grade school,

and your parents and your grandfather were the ones

who actually left Satoko-san in the lurch, right?

But I'm not innocent either.

Not doing anything is a sin as well.

But my greatest sin is

leaving Satoko behind in hell and running away

and yet, thinking we were still friends.

You and Maho-san and Satoko-san...

you said the three of you killed someone, right?

Yes.

Does that mean...

you actually committed murder?

Or do you mean you killed someone's heart

just like you did when you abandoned Satoko-san to fend for herself?

That's what I'm about to tell you.

After entering high school,

although Satoko and I stopped talking to each other completely,

I still worried about her.

Around that time, our high school was getting rougher and rougher...

That hurt.
You're in my way, you ugly bitch.

- Hey...
- Terrible, isn't he?

- Rinako, are you okay?
- Yeah.

- Satoko, Satoko!
- Yeah?

What are you doing after school today?

- I've nothing going on.
- Then

- why don't we go somewhere for a change!
- Good idea~!

- I'll go if you're treating.
- What~. My treat, huh?

Hey, wanna come with us for a while?

You're always looking at us.

Just come with us.

Get outta my way!

Whatcha lookin' at!

Hey, hey, hey, drink up.

- Hey!
- I'm okay...

Come on. Here...here!

You sure you're okay?

Hey, give me one.

Satoko.

Why are you shamelessly following me around?

Satoko, let's go home together.

Are you going out with that guy?

He's handy to have around.

He's got ties to the yakuza and he's good at fighting too.

When I'm with him,
no one can get their hands on me.

You haven't told anyone about that, have you?

Eh?

About the old man.

You remember, don't you?

I haven't told anyone.

If you say anything, I'll kill you.

- Here you go.
- Thanks.

- Hey, wait up.
- Let her go, let her go.

Who cares about her anyway.

Please ask the students in your class who were close to her too.

All right. Although recently they don't seem to be talking to each other much.

But just to be sure.

- I got confirmation for my class.
- Thank you.

Yuri-chan!

What happened?
The teachers are acting kinda...

Rinako might die.

- What?
- Ogata and other guys did it to her.

There's probably no way...

- Ouch!
- What're ya gonna do about it huh?

I'm sorry!

- Come on, stand up.
- What are you doing!

Who the hell are you, huh!

- Hey, wait!
- What are you doing to a girl?

- Shut up.
- Hey, cut it out.

Are you okay?

I'm getting kinda pissed off because of you.

What's more, she was there at that time too.

Ogata's girlfriend...

Does it hurt?
It hurts, doesn't it?

I can't forgive them.

In the case of a group of boys assaulting a girl from the same school

in which the girl was left unconscious and in critical condition,

the main suspect, a 17-year old boy, admitted to the charges during police investigation.

The prosecutor's office is bringing in the boys who committed the assault...

Is it true that Satoko-chan was at the scene too?

I don't know.

- You mean Satoko-chan, that girl?
- That's right.

Seems she went astray and joined a delinquent group.

I'm not surprised since she was raised like that...

It was warmer yesterday...

Satoko-chan, was it?

Satoko!

Why didn't you stop them?

I didn't beat her up.

But she could've died, you know.

Hey, Satoko.

Then why didn't you stop it, Yuri?

What the old man used to do to me.

You knew but you didn't stop him, did you?

She was getting bullied mercilessly too, but

no one stepped in to stop it, right?

Your pencil case is full of germs so we're cleaning it for you.

What's the difference between you guys and me?

You know what I mean, don't you?

In this shitty world that we're in,

no one's gonna help you.

That's just her excuse.

Look. What Ogata and those guys did was completely different from bullying.

But like Satoko said, I didn't stop it either.

Even though I'm friends with Rinako.

You did nothing wrong, Yuri.

Don't take what someone like her says to heart.

She's just trying to cover up what she did and shifting the blame.

Don't talk about Satoko like that.

Sorry.

I'm sorry too.
You're childhood friends after all, right?

I should start heading home.

I have to be home before Mom comes home.

Oba-san, I'm heading home now.
Thank you for having me over.

Oh, really?
Go home safely.

Thank you for dinner.

Maho.

I'll walk you home.

You don't have to.

Sorry about what happened earlier.

I know you said that for my sake.

It's because of me that Satoko turned out to be like that.

What do you mean?

You don't have to tell me.

No matter what happened between you and her,
I'm still your friend.

Thanks.

This is fine here.

- Okay. See you tomorrow.
- Good night.

Let go of me...

- Come here. I said come here!
- Let me go!

Let's get out of here!

Yuri!

Yuri.

Yuri!

Let's go! It was in self-defense!

Yuri, that way!
You'd better go home!

Were you chatting again?

I told you to hurry home.

- We got engrossed in our conversation.
- Hurry up and go take a bath.

Wait, Yuri!

You have a tear here.

What did you do?
You're so rough for a girl.

Yuri, wake up!

Yuri... Yuri!

Listen carefully.

A man was murdered last night at the park over there.

They said that...

Satoko-chan's the one who killed him.

They said she surrendered herself at the police box.

I was threatened with a kitchen knife
and thought I was getting assaulted...

and I accidentally stabbed him.

- Contact the Juvenile Division.
- Yes, sir.

You...

That's when I remembered.

The park where I stabbed the man

faced the window in Satoko's room.

Satoko was probably watching from her room

and surrendered herself in my place, I thought.

Sensei?

Oh, it's nothing...

I'm sorry to keep you so late.

Can we meet again tomorrow?

Are you sure you don't mind?

I'll see you here again at the same time.

All right.

Would you mind telling me Maho-san and Satoko-san's last name?

I wrote them down.

They're Sakazaki Maho and Hino Satoko.

I'm glad.

That you've taken an interest in it.

This is a story...

I'd like you to write by all means, Oikawa Sensei.

I hadn't realized yet when the talk was about Ogata's assault incident.

I thought that was something that could happen at any rough school.

But the murder that followed in the apartment complex...

I know about that incident.

Because there was a similar incident at my high school too.

Totsuka Yuri

Sakazaki Maho

Hino Satoko

And I...

I attended the same high school as those girls.

Did Totsuka Yuri come to see me

knowing that?

I'm glad that you've taken an interest in it.

This is a story...

I'd like you to write by all means, Oikawa Sensei.

If she did know...

why did Totsuka Yuri

confess the murder to me?

It's your turn now, Yuri.
Kill the old man for me.

Why did Satoko get caught?
Is she covering up for you?

I'm going to the police.

I would rather die than let that be known!

I don't think we should be together anymore.

She was lonely like us too.

I want to fight for Satoko this time.

They're not suspecting me, so I can definitely do it.