konna hazu janainda atama kakae
こんなはずじゃないんだ 頭抱え
This can't be happening; I clasp my head in my hands,
houwa shita sekai kara nigedashitakute mogaiteiru
飽和した世界から 逃げ出したくてもがいている
As I struggle with my desire to escape from this saturated world.
sarasara suna no you ni toki ga sugiru
さらさら 砂のように時が過ぎる
Time goes flowing past with the rustling roar of sand,
kawaribae no shinai genjou
代わり映えのしない現状
Things never get any better;
yume no nai asu wo mitsume
夢のない明日を見つめ
I'm gazing on toward a dreamless tomorrow.
mayotte bakari no kinou sayonara shitai
迷ってばかりの昨日 さよならしたい
I want to bid farewell to my days of constantly feeling lost;
aragau you ni te wo nobashitemiru
抗うように 手を伸ばしてみる
I try stretching out my hand in resistance.
nanbyakumankai naite umarekawaru yo
何百万回 泣いて 生まれ変わるよ
We'll cry millions upon millions of tears, then be reborn,
akai me no mama de yukou egaita mirai he
赤い目のままで行こう 描いた未来へ
Let's keep going, with red in our eyes, toward the future we drew for ourselves.
koko made oide te wo narashiteru
ここまでおいで 手を鳴らしてる
Come over to me, I'm clapping my hands,
kimi ha doko no dare?
君はどこの誰
Who are you? Where are you coming from?
yami ni me wo korashite
闇に目を凝らして
I strain my eyes in the darkness.
nanimo mienu wakannai sore demo yuku yo
何も見えぬ わかんない それでも行くよ
I can't see a thing, and nothing makes sense, but I'll go anyway,
hikari ga sasu kimi ga matsu basho he
光が射す 君が待つ場所へ
To the place where you're waiting, lit by a beacon of light.
Episode 9
「Kaishou Rinroku's Crime」
Inspired by Sakaguchi Ango's 「Meiji-era Ango Detective Stories "The Sneering Demon" and "The Red Trap"」
It seems stuff like this gets uploaded a lot lately.
This one, this one, and that one too...
...all of them are posted by Full Circle.
"The world is one circle", is what they say.
I-I wouldn't know anything about that!
Recently, these bastard hackers have been targeting JJ Systems.
They've been leaking the company's accounting documents,
and invading Chairman Kaishou Rinroku's private affairs.
So cute~ ~ ~
THAT'S Kaishou's daughter?!
Holy crap...
mai waifu
Cool horses lolol
That's a rich girl for ya lol
mai waifu
Cool horses lolol
That's a rich girl for ya lol
mai waifu
Cool horses lolol
That's a rich girl for ya lol
You can use an automated monitoring system to take all this down, can't you?
Yes, but there are people who can get around that as well.
Just like with a certain song.
Koyama Izumi
Public Prosecutor's Office Joint Coordinating Dept, Public Prosecutor
Oyamada Arata
Underground Software Merchant
Did you think they hadn't noticed?
The Joint Coordinating Dept. knows.
I'm sure you understand too.
Bettennou is dangerous.
She takes the words of a specific human being and makes them reality...
...or at the very least, has the ability to make it appear that way.
It seems Bettennou has escaped.
Why did you come all the way here?
I'm sure you aren't intending to attain Bettennou for yourself.
The police, as well as Kaishou, are searching for her whereabouts.
We have to find her before them and...
What are we going to do once we find her?
Sasa Kazamori
Artificial Intelligence (R.A.I.)
Sasa Kazamori
Artificial Intelligence (R.A.I.)
Well...
If what you're saying about her is true, Bettennou isn't human...
...and also hasn't committed any crimes.
Yuuki Shinjuurou
Detective
Yuuki Shinjuurou
Detective
She has committed crimes!
I mean...
Shinjuurou... we should stay away from her...
Inga
Assistant Detective
Inga
Assistant Detective
Inga...
Shinjuurou-sama, you have an e-mail.
I can't believe this.
We've already put up the "breaking news" notice...
Where the hell is Kaishou-sensei?
Motoyama Minami
Television Producer
Motoyama Minami
Television Producer
Um... Something else just went up from Full Circle.
AD
Motoyama's Subordinate
AD
Motoyama's Subordinate
Can I watch anime?
It seems that Kaishou Rinroku is about to appear on television.
That extraordinary man is going to make a surprise live appearance on our program.
Totally Live Debate
~ Special ~
Chairman Kaishou Rinroku, of JJ Systems,
has been working hard to restore the telephone and internet systems that were targeted during the war,
while simultaneously solving many cases as an adviser to the police.
Kaishou personally requested to attend, eager to express his views on today's topic,
"Legislation for nationalising the energy industry".
And we're in commercial break!
Just now, a strange message was posted under the "Full Circle" handle!
It's spreading all over BBS's and social networks!
Oh, this one? I see.
It seems our lives are in danger.
Huh?
"Why is that Kaishou Rinroku going to appear on television?"
"The truth is that also appearing are politicians who have criticised JJ Systems,
the owner of a rival company, and the author of an exposé...
...in other words, many enemies of Kaishou Rinroku."
C-Could it be that the reason he asked to come on the show today was...
Hey, c'mon!
Are you trying to say that someone like Kaishou Rinroku would murder us on a public television program?
Speaking of Full Circle,
wasn't it recently revealed that your station was...
Fuwa Juujirou
Advocate for Solar Power Development Entrepreneur
Fuwa Juujirou
Advocate for Solar Power Development Entrepreneur
...churning out lies for the government during the war?
Well, that doesn't really have anything to do with this...
So where's Mr. Kaishou?
Is he really coming?
Kaishou Rinroku
I wonder if he even exists in the first place.
Chairman Kaishou has arrived!
Chairman!
I'm so sorry.
It has been a while since I've taken the train;
I had no idea where to transfer.
Y-You took the train?
Well, shall we get started?
Kaishou Rinroku
President of JJ Systems
Kaishou Rinroku
President of JJ Systems
Time for a heated discussion!
Milady, the master's program is going to start soon!
Kaishou Family Maid
Kaishou Family Maid (Head maid)
Kaishou Family Maid
Kaishou Family Maid (Head maid)
Not interested!
There you go again!
You're probably planning to sneak off and watch it anyway!
Kaishou Rie
Kaishou Rinroku's Daughter, Housekeeper
Kaishou Rie
Kaishou Rinroku's Daughter, Housekeeper
What am I, a cockroach?
He sure looks good on camera! Damn him!
Entering commercial break.
Chairman Kaishou!
I'll be right back.
I have a phone call...
...it's just from home.
Unbelievable!
I wonder if he's discussing a plan to kill us all.
Yeah, and then suddenly, boom!
Father?
You know I'm not good with machines.
I couldn't even tell you the difference between a crack or a hack...
Then why is Full Circle targeting Chairman Kaishou?
They're disclosing far too much information.
Your companion isn't with you today?
It's a public holiday.
I even had to drive myself today...
Don't change the subject!
I'm on site...
No way! And... What about the Chairman?!
Is Chairman Kaishou all right?!
The station's server is down.
The fixed cameras nearby are...
Kaishou Rinroku
Run! Quickly, move it!
Someone may call the house, so don't leave!
Keep checking e-mails as well!
Y-Yes ma'am... But...
I'm counting on you!
Stay here, Rie.
Father?!
But... The live show...
I had them allow me to do it from home via webcam.
I'm going to go check things out over there.
But... They said it was a live appearance...
Stop screwing around!
All you have to say is, "He's not here"?!
Prosecutor! Over there!
Chairman...
Hayami Seigen
National Police Agency Director of the Security Bureau
Hayami Seigen
National Police Agency Director of the Security Bureau
Um...
Hospital, hospital...
Bettennou
As many as eight people have been reported dead or missing,
among them are some of the participants of the live program.
Staff from the hospital have stated...
It's being said that there was a confrontation between Kaishou Rinroku,
and the severely injured Fuwa Juujirou, president of Sun Photoelectric.
"Kaishou Rinroku will eliminate those who stand in his way."
The predictions made by Full Circle were mysteriously true.
I can't find him anywhere.
And I found this on the ground.
Come to this hospital here
Inga, you idiot. What kind of detour are you taking?
A sudden explosion during the recording of a popular debate program...
Reporting from outside the hospital where the victims were taken
You're not allowed inside. You're not allowed, hear?!
Outside the hospital
8 people reported dead or missing
Why is the Public Security Force here?
We've been dispatched as Chairman Kaishou's private guard.
We accompanied him yesterday to the TV studio, but...
...I never thought something like this could happen.
Entry is prohibited.
I have a fever. Maybe it's a cold...?
Maybe even the flu...?
I feel like I'm gonna collapse if I don't get some medicine!
Defeated Detective!
Are you sure it wasn't you who targeted Kaishou-sensei?
Mizuno Sakon
Public Security Force, Commander Officer
Mizuno Sakon
Public Security Force, Commander Officer
I'm Mizuno, a commanding officer of the Public Security Force.
And this is Mihara, one of my men.
Mihara Yasutarou
Member of the Public Security Force Subordinate to Mizuno
Mihara Yasutarou
Member of the Public Security Force Subordinate to Mizuno
As long as we're here,
you won't be able to get anywhere near Kaishou-sensei!
Yajima-san!
You were just paying a visit to Chairman Kaishou, weren't you?
Yajima
Critic
Yajima
Critic
Is it true that you're an old friend of his?
If not for something this serious, he would be working 24/7...
...this may be a great opportunity for a break.
Do you think the criminal's target was Mr. Kaishou? Or...
Yajima-san...
There's no guarantee that it was an act of terrorism.
The station itself was quite old, for that matter;
I heard that it may have just been caused by a fire.
Please let this person through.
He's an acquaintance of the lady.
Defeated Detective!
To receive support from Yajima-san is a rare victory for you.
But don't let it get to your head!
Kaishou Rinroku
Everything was exactly as Full Circle predicted!
We were almost killed!
And the criminal is inside here!
If Chairman Kaishou had taken one wrong step, he could have died as well!
Of course!
Since the second he walked outside of the studio, the explosion went off!
Quite the coincidence!
Who the hell is going to believe that?
Ow!
At the very least, I won't forgive him!
I'm not going to visit him.
It'd probably worsen his condition if you did.
Then why did you call me here?
I have a request.
The cause of the explosion?
Doesn't it seem like it was made by Kaishou Rinroku himself?
Do you really think so?
My father almost died.
I certainly can't say that he's always done the right thing...
...but to gather all the people who disagree with him and try to kill them...
He'd never do something so stupid.
He'd craft a perfect crime, of which he'd never be suspected. Right?
That's right!
Don't tell me this is the payment for your request.
It is.
What did you talk to the young lady about?
What do the police think?
What was the cause of the explosion?
The military has entered in on the investigation as well...
It doesn't seem like it was a normal explosion.
I can't believe I've been charged with proving Kaishou's innocence.
Is Inga still lost?!
Hold it right there!
Not even Diet members are allowed through.
Hey!
There's no way they'd call a summons at a time like this!
Diet?
Ow...
Kuramitsu Mine
New Diet Member
Kuramitsu Mine
Thanks!
New Diet Member
You're a Diet member?
I'm a first-year errand girl.
I told them I'd be busy today,
but they insisted I go and get Chairman Kaishou's testimony.
You mean his testimony as a witness to yesterday's explosion?
Oh, of course not!
The internal information that Full Circle leaked the other day...
...mentioned a system that could be appropriated for military use.
Information from JJ Systems?
We just want his statement that the system was designed for peaceful purposes.
It's um... microwave transmissions, or something along those lines.
The broadcast date has already been set for the story, so...
He'll be out of commission for a while.
I feel sorry for you.
Ah-!
Were microwaves the cause?
Footage from the air above the explosion site
Great Microwave Experiment
Train?
No! Train!
Are you saying that Kaishou came here by train?
Not at all! I said he came here by train!
What was his demeanour once he arrived?
We were all a bit nervous over the incident with Full Circle,
but he seemed exceedingly calm.
At the very least, he'd be nervous about getting caught in the explosion,
if he'd done something like that.
Hey! Work that thing harder!
Melt that damn microwave!
I'll give it one more try!
What is he doing?
You don't know?
It's all about microwaves, mi-cro-waves!
They're talking about what happened yesterday all over the net.
People are speculating that it was caused by military-grade microwaves.
If you put metal in a commercial microwave,
it starts to crackle with electricity; following that same principle,
people are wondering what would happen if it was superheated.
People have been accusing the deterioration of our building as a cause of the explosion,
so all I have to do is prove them wrong!
All in all, pretty scientific, don't you think?
It seems some people are saying that JJ Systems applied microwaves to cause the explosion.
But there's no way he would have shot something like that directly at a building he was inside of.
What?! I've finally proved his innocence!
What?!
What is it?!
On that day... I saw...
Saw what?
My father... at home...
Father wasn't at the TV station, he was at home.
But later, I received a phone call from the hospital...
...telling me that he had been injured at the TV station.
The producer says my father was at the studio as well...
It's like he has a doppelgänger!
Or does that mean that someone dressed up to impersonate him?
Why did you tell me this?
I don't know...
What's that for?
I'm returning your fee.
Mr. Detective!
Do you think my father is the culprit?
Dammit!
Dammit! Dammit!
What are you doing, Shinjuurou?
Inga...
You were back here?
Inga!
I've figured out where Bettennou is.
A great number of people have testified...
...that they saw Kaishou Rinroku in the TV station at the time of the explosion.
But his own family claims that he was at home the same time.
We've seen something like this happen before.
Really?
It's Bettennou.
The believers of the Bettennou Society saw things that weren't there,
and were even made to view illusions through a television screen.
If we assume that the Kaishou who appeared at the TV station is...
We accompanied him yesterday to the TV studio, but...
I said he came here by train!
It was an illusion, so the details don't line up.
The day that Bettennou disappeared from the novelist's side,
she was, in fact, still there.
Just give it up already...
If Kaishou were to say "Bettennou isn't here", then no one would be able to see her.
Inga... Not even you.
Damn!
What are you angry about, Shinjuurou?
Angry?! Using Bettennou, one can turn any lie into a truth!
I can't believe that Kaishou was someone who would rely on such a thing!
I even tried to prove his innocence!
As long as you're thinking like that... You can't win.
Inga...
Leave him be!
If that's how it's going to be,
I'll just corner him so he can't escape.
Ah, Kuramitsu-sensei?
Yes, this is Yuuki Shinjuurou!
A Bright Future!
I'm calling about the upcoming broadcast we spoke of before.
Amidst all of this, Mr. Kaishou Rinroku was selected to submit a witness account...
...for the National Diet's Budget Committee.
This matter has nothing to do with the explosion...
Diet member! Diet member Kuramitsu!
Mr. Kaishou Rinroku has been invited to testify
Emergency broadcast from outside the hospital
We've heard from hospital staff that Kaishou himself requested the opportunity to testify.
Does this suggest his innocence?
Um... Well, I'm just a low-level member, so I don't know...
Is it possible that the murder was caused by microwave generating satellites?
The intent of our interview is to have him answer the concerns of foreign nations;
we aren't even making considerations related to his suspicion of murder!
Don't give me that crap!
You're making a severely injured man testify?!
Are you ready?
Go ahead.
I'm going to separate the video footage and sound that we'll record.
Then I'll use a program to replace the real voice with a computer generated one,
causing the original voice to not reach the broadcast.
It sounds like Chairman Kaishou's voice,
but it's actually synthesised...
...is it okay to be doing this?
We may end up discussing national secrets,
so I'd like to use a time lag, just in case.
If Bettennou's ability relies on the use of voice to control people,
then replacing that voice with an artificial one should cancel it out.
I didn't think you were the type to have chats with cute little stuffed animals.
Was that a present from someone?
I carry it in place of a bag.
Thank you.
Sure.
Just as you suggested,
when I told him that we should announce his innocence on live broadcast,
his daughter helped convince him to go along with it.
But the conditions you told me to give him...
What's up with that device in there?
It's sort of like a good luck charm.
awai asa moya ni sasayaku inori
淡い朝もやに ささやく祈り
Wandering hazily on a pale morning, hearing a whispered prayer,
yuganda keshiki wo kimi to nazotteyuku
歪んだ景色を 君となぞってゆく
You and I trace a twisted scenery.
hontou wo motome uso demo ii kara nante ne
“本当”を求め、「“嘘”でもいいから」なんてね
We're seeking the (truth), "We don't even care if it's a lie";
misukashiau you ni
見透かしあう様に
As if we can see right through it,
tadotteku
たどってく
We follow it along.
looking for, kotoba koete
Looking for 言葉越えて
Looking for, going beyond words,
ochiteiku hane no you ni
おちていく 羽のように
Like a falling feather.
looking for, mitsukete
Looking for ミツケテ
Looking for, find it,
koko de yorisou you ni
ここで よりそうように
So we can come closer together.
looking for, tokihodoite
Looking for 解きほどいて
Looking for, unravel it,
chigire kumo no you ni
ちぎれる 雲のように
Tear it apart, like a cloud.
looking for, mitsukete
Looking for ミツケテ
Looking for, find it,
koko de yorisou you ni
ここで よりそうように
So we can come closer together.
The preview this time is inspired by "The Red Trap" from Ango Torimonochou as well.
I'm tired of this pattern!
It's boring!
The original idea was a segment of me not being able to read the original story and riffing on the gap,
and riffing on the gap between it and modern stuff.
But the scriptwriter has totally forgotten that and only just remembered now, but it's too late!
I laid it out straight!
You got a problem with that?!
Preview of Next Episode
Episode 10
「Kaishou Rinroku's Funeral」
Inspired by Sakaguchi Ango's 「Meiji-era Ango Detective Stories "The Sneering Demon" and "The Red Trap"」
Next time on UN-GO: "Kaishou Rinroku's Funeral".
Yeah, that's right! He's gonna die!
You got a problem with that?!