# Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
Ten’ikai General Hospital’s Supervisory Department of Diagnostic Pathology handles cases other physicians deem too difficult to treat. It’s also where bizarre mysteries surface, from unexplained illnesses to strange murders even the police can’t solve. At the center of it all is Takao Ameku, a brilliant doctor determined to reveal the shocking truth behind these anomalies.
# Season 1
# 1 - Dr. Sherlock
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G5PHNM970/ameku-md-doctor-detective)
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**[00:03] SIGN**
This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
**[00:09] Takao**
Mental traits often said to be
facets of analytical ability
**[00:12] Takao**
are, in reality, barely analyzable.
**[00:15] Takao**
We can only judge the level
of such abilities from the results they produce.
**[00:18] Takao**
All we really know is that those
who can harness the power of analysis
**[00:22] Takao**
find it to be their most
exhilarating source of enjoyment.
**[00:26] Sign**
23rd August (Friday)
**[00:26] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[00:28] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[00:28] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[00:32] Sign**
Emergency
**[00:32] Sign**
Emergency
**[00:32] Sign**
Room
**[00:35] Momoka**
Doctor...
**[00:36] Momoka**
What in the world is wrong with my child?
**[00:40] Momoka**
He's thrown up several times,
his vision's all blurry,
**[00:42] Momoka**
and he's been crying about his headaches
and his body aching for weeks.
**[00:46] Momoka**
None of the clinics we visited
were able to figure it out.
**[00:50] Yu**
First, please get some rest yourself.
We should have the test results soon.
**[00:55] Momoka**
Okay.
**[00:58] Mai**
The patient seems to have stabilized
thanks to the antiemetic and the suppository.
**[01:02] Yu**
Yeah.
**[01:03] Yu**
Extreme vertigo, nausea, headache, fatigue,
and tenderness in the extremities.
**[01:08] Mai**
That's a lot of different symptoms.
**[01:10] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[01:10] Sign**
Department of Investigative Pathology
Physician
**[01:10] Sign**
Takanashi Yu
**[01:11] Mai**
Could it be an autoimmune
disease? Lupus, maybe?
**[01:14] Yu**
You've done your homework.
**[01:17] Yu**
But if it was that, the other clinics
should've been able to diagnose it.
**[01:20] Sign**
Chief
Complaint
**[01:20] Sign**
Vertigo
**[01:20] Sign**
Headache
**[01:20] Sign**
Vertigo
**[01:20] Sign**
Nausea + Vomiting
**[01:20] Sign**
Headache
**[01:20] Sign**
General Fatigue
**[01:20] Sign**
Blurry Vision
**[01:20] Sign**
m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[01:20] Sign**
Patient complained of having headaches and whole body pain for
several weeks, and has repeatedly vomited. Symptoms of severe
vertigo and vomiting, nausea, headache, and general fatigue.
He has been seen at several clinics but the cause could not be identified.
He was transported to our hospital due to worsening symptoms.
**[01:20] Sign**
Blood
Pressure
**[01:20] Sign**
Pulse
**[01:20] Sign**
Height
**[01:20] Sign**
Weight
**[01:20] Sign**
Consciousness
**[01:20] Sign**
Clear mind
**[01:21] Mai**
That's true.
**[01:23] Yu**
From the symptoms, there's a chance
it's a rare neurological disorder,
**[01:27] Yu**
or the result of a congenital
gene abnormality.
**[01:30] Yu**
Oh. The lab results are back.
**[01:34] Sign**
Normal Values
**[01:34] Sign**
Comment
**[01:34] Sign**
Approval
**[01:36] Yu**
No elevation in creatine kinase.
**[01:38] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[01:38] Sign**
Resident Physician
**[01:38] Sign**
Konoike Mai
**[01:39] Mai**
No signs of rhabdomyolysis.
**[01:42] Yu**
The patient's labs look totally normal,
but he's complaining of pain all over.
**[01:48] Mai**
It's a mystery.
**[01:51] Yu**
How's the other patient's abdominal pain?
**[02:07] Yu**
I'm going to quickly examine your stomach.
**[02:13] Mai**
Have you eaten anything strange
in the past few days?
**[02:22] Yu**
We'll finish the examination as quickly
as possible. Please bear with it.
**[02:40] Sign**
Height
**[02:40] Sign**
Weight
**[02:40] Sign**
Consciousness
**[02:40] Sign**
Clear Mind
**[02:40] Sign**
Abdominal Examination Findings:
Abdomen flat and soft, spontaneous pain
in epigastric area, no tenderness to touch
**[02:40] Sign**
Transported to emergency room due to possible acute abdominal disease.
**[02:40] Sign**
Pulse
**[02:40] Sign**
Temp
**[02:41] Mai**
Doesn't seem like food poisoning.
**[02:44] Mai**
Appendicitis?
**[02:45] Yu**
It's hard to determine the difference between
that and gastroenteritis in the early stages.
**[02:50] Yu**
We'll need a CT scan
as soon as radiology's available.
**[02:53] Yu**
If it's either of those, a scan will confirm it.
**[02:56] Mai**
I guess all we can do until then is wait.
**[02:58] Yu**
Yeah.
**[03:02] Yu**
I bet she'll be mad if I'm late.
**[03:04] Takao**
1195, 1194, 1193, 1192, 1191...
**[03:11] Sign**
Agitation, shortness
of breath and other
dangerous cardiac signs?
Are you overlooking them?
**[03:11] Sign**
This is a low-dose examination that puts less strain on the body.
Even if you don't smoke, you should be mindful of your lungs.
**[03:11] Sign**
Do you stop breathing while you sleep? You can test it at home.
**[03:11] Sign**
Heart Disease Exam
**[03:11] Sign**
Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening
**[03:11] Sign**
Sleep Apnea Syndrome Testing
**[03:11] Mai**
Aren't you part of the Department of
Investigative Pathology, Dr. Takanashi?
**[03:16] Yu**
That's right.
**[03:17] Mai**
So why are you working
in the Emergency Department?
**[03:22] Lobby Announcer**
*Number 1340. Patient number 1340.*
**[03:22] Takao**
1188, 1187, 1186, 1185, 1184...
**[03:25] Yu**
I'm a helper for hire.
**[03:27] Mai**
Huh?
**[03:29] Yu**
My boss lent me out after hearing
the Emergency Department was so busy,
**[03:33] Yu**
they'd take any help they could get.
**[03:37] Mai**
Isn't your boss that little cutie of a doctor
who looks like she's in high school?
**[03:42] Yu**
Don't ever say that to her face.
**[03:44] Yu**
You'll put her in a bad mood—
**[03:46] Takao**
Kotori!
**[03:50] Yu**
D-Dr. Takao? Was there
something you needed?
**[03:54] Takao**
Your shift ends in 19 minutes, 24 seconds.
I've come to pick you up.
**[04:00] Yu**
Pick me up?
**[04:02] Mai**
Um, are you Dr. Ameku Takao?
**[04:04] Takao**
Hm? Who are you?
**[04:06] Mai**
I'm a first-year resident.
My name's Konoike Mai.
**[04:10] Mai**
I look forward to working with you, Dr. Ameku.
**[04:12] Takao**
Don't call me Dr. Ameku.
**[04:15] Takao**
My grandfather built this place,
so there are multiple Dr. Amekus here.
**[04:21] Mai**
Then, can I call you Dr. Takao?
**[04:23] Mai**
Please call me Mai.
**[04:27] Mai**
By the way, did you mean
Dr. Takanashi when you said "Kotori"?
**[04:30] Takao**
Yeah. Look.
**[04:33] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[04:33] Sign**
Department of Investigative Pathology
Physician
**[04:33] Sign**
Takanashi Yu
**[04:34] Takao**
"Takanashi" means "no hawks," but it's
written as "little birds at play."
**[04:38] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[04:38] Sign**
Department of Investigative Pathology Director
Physician
**[04:38] Sign**
Ameku Takao
**[04:39] Takao**
But my name is "Takao," which
includes the kanji for "hawk."
**[04:43] Takao**
So there's a hawk around,
and he's a little bird (Kotori) who doesn't get to play.
**[04:45] Mai**
Oh, what a fun play on words. How amusing.
**[04:48] Yu**
It's not amusing.
**[04:49] Mai**
Sure it is. It's ironic 'cause you're a big guy,
but your nickname's "little bird."
**[04:53] Yu**
You're not one for tact, huh?
**[04:56] Mai**
Can I call you Dr. Kotori, too?
**[04:59] Yu**
Of course not.
**[05:00] Takao**
Who cares about that? Hurry up.
You have 18 minutes, 28 seconds left.
**[05:05] Yu**
I'm sorry, but I still have
some work I've got to do.
**[05:08] Takao**
Huh? Just get the doctor
on the night shift to take over.
**[05:11] Yu**
Two of the patients haven't
been properly diagnosed yet.
**[05:15] Takao**
So?
**[05:18] Yu**
I want to take responsibility for diagnosing
patients I've examined personally.
**[05:23] Takao**
Fine. You just need a diagnosis, right?
**[05:26] Sign**
Agitation, shortness
of breath and other
dangerous cardiac signs?
Are you overlooking them?
**[05:26] Sign**
This is a low-dose examination that puts less strain on the body.
Even if you don't smoke, you should be mindful of your lungs.
**[05:26] Sign**
Do you stop breathing while you sleep? You can test it at home.
**[05:26] Sign**
Heart Disease Exam
**[05:26] Sign**
Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening
**[05:26] Sign**
Sleep Apnea Syndrome Testing
**[05:26] Yu**
Huh? Um...
**[05:34] Mai**
Are you two always like this?
**[05:37] Yu**
Pretty much.
**[05:39] Mai**
You two seem close.
**[05:40] Yu**
Huh? Why would you—
**[05:42] Yu**
Wait. Huh? Dr. Takao?
**[05:47] Sign**
Medical
Notebook
**[05:47] Sign**
Blue
**[05:47] Sign**
berries
**[05:47] Sign**
Strong
**[05:47] Sign**
Flavor
**[05:47] Sign**
When you want to refresh a tired brain
**[05:47] Momoka**
Wh-What, um...
**[05:51] Takao**
Examination time.
**[05:52] Momoka**
Uh, okay.
**[06:00] Momoka**
Um, who is this person?
**[06:03] Yuu**
The director of the Department of
Investigative Pathology, Dr. Ameku Takao.
**[06:06] Momoka**
The director?
**[06:10] Takao**
Hypervitaminosis A.
**[06:12] Yu/Momoka**
Huh?
**[06:13] Sign**
Vertigo
**[06:13] Sign**
Nausea + Vomiting
**[06:13] Sign**
Headache
**[06:13] Sign**
General Fatigue
**[06:14] Takao**
Headache, nausea, vomiting, general fatigue,
myalgia, cheilitis, and desquamation.
**[06:15] Sign**
Headache
**[06:15] Sign**
General Fatigue
**[06:15] Sign**
General Fatigue
**[06:15] Sign**
Headache
**[06:16] Sign**
General Fatigue
**[06:16] Sign**
General Fatigue
**[06:16] Sign**
Headache
**[06:16] Sign**
General Fatigue
**[06:18] Sign**
Desquamation
**[06:21] Takao**
Papilledema due to elevated
intracranial pressure confirmed.
**[06:26] Takao**
Vitamin A is lipid soluble.
**[06:28] Takao**
It accumulates in your body
if you get too much,
**[06:31] Takao**
causing aches all over and
abnormalities on the lips and skin,
**[06:34] Takao**
as well as dangerously
elevating intracranial pressure.
**[06:38] Takao**
As a result, you suffer headaches,
nausea, vomiting, and fatigue.
**[06:43] Yu**
But how did he get to that point?
**[06:46] Takao**
His decrease in vision.
**[06:48] Momoka**
Huh?
**[06:49] Takao**
You've been making your son eat blueberry
snacks and vitamin A supplements, correct?
**[06:50] Sign**
Medical
Notebook
**[06:50] Sign**
Blue
**[06:50] Sign**
berries
**[06:50] Sign**
Strong
**[06:50] Sign**
Flavor
**[06:50] Sign**
When you want to refresh a tired brain
**[06:54] Momoka**
Y-Yes. I heard vitamin A is good for the eyes.
**[06:57] Takao**
But since his vision wasn't
improving like you'd hoped,
**[07:00] Takao**
you started going over
the recommended amount.
**[07:03] Takao**
Am I wrong?
**[07:04] Momoka**
Well, yes, you're right.
**[07:07] Takao**
That's the source of the problem.
**[07:09] Takao**
Blueberries are said to help with vision
as they're rich in anthocyanins and vitamin A.
**[07:12] Sign**
When you want to
**[07:12] Sign**
refresh
**[07:12] Sign**
a tired brain
**[07:12] Sign**
Blueberries
**[07:16] Takao**
Ignoring recommended limits and giving him
too much vitamin A is what caused this.
**[07:21] Takao**
Giving him a huge amount of vitamin A
won't make his eyesight better.
**[07:25] Takao**
Follow instructions to the letter.
**[07:28] Takao**
Stop giving him vitamin A
and the symptoms will clear up quickly.
**[07:34] Takao**
Good grief.
**[07:35] Takao**
I'm amazed a parent would feed their kid
so much to make their symptoms that bad.
**[07:42] Takao**
Kotori, write them a referral to
the Pediatric Outpatient Department.
**[07:45] Yu**
Right.
**[07:56] Takao**
Is that his cane?
**[07:58] Mai**
Huh? Oh, yes.
**[08:00] Takao**
You ate a fish you caught
as sashimi today, didn't you?
**[08:03] Takao**
Maybe it was mackerel, aji,
sardine, medina, seabream—
**[08:07] Man A**
S-Sardine.
**[08:10] Takao**
I thought so.
**[08:11] Mai**
Huh?
**[08:12] Takao**
It's anisakiasis.
**[08:14] Mai**
Anisakiasis? You mean
he's infected with a parasite?
**[08:18] Takao**
Yup.
**[08:19] Takao**
Kotori.
**[08:20] Yu**
Yes?
**[08:21] Takao**
Contact Gastroenterology.
**[08:22] Yu**
Understood.
**[08:25] Takao**
They'll do an endoscope, remove
the parasite, and the pain will subside.
**[08:29] Mai**
Um, how did you know it was anisakiasis?
**[08:32] Takao**
I deduced it from his symptoms
and my observations.
**[08:35] Takao**
It didn't look like appendicitis
or gastroenteritis from his chart.
**[08:40] Takao**
Looking at his tan, you can tell he spends
much of the day outside with a hat on.
**[08:45] Mai**
That's true.
**[08:46] Takao**
Considering his age and that cane,
it's hard to believe he's capable of a job
**[08:50] Takao**
that requires him to be outdoors
for long periods of time.
**[08:54] Takao**
Because of that, I figured he must
have a hobby you can do sitting down.
**[08:56] Man A**
A bite!
**[08:59] Takao**
On top of that, he has a small injury
at the base of his left forefinger.
**[09:05] Takao**
It's easy for anglers to get an injury like that
when removing hooks from their catch.
**[09:10] Takao**
In other words,
that man was fishing near the sea,
**[09:12] Takao**
and ate one he caught
because he was hungry.
**[09:16] Takao**
As sashimi.
**[09:18] Takao**
The severe abdominal pains started
because anisakiasis entered his stomach,
**[09:22] Takao**
and latched onto his gastric wall.
And that explains that.
**[09:28] Mai**
You're so cool, Dr. Takao!
**[09:32] Yu**
I had a physician from Gastroenterology
take over the endoscopy.
**[09:35] Takao**
Good.
**[09:36] Takao**
We'll begin our study session
on time as planned.
**[09:39] Yu**
Understood.
**[09:41] Mai**
If it's all right with you, could I join in?
**[09:43] Takao**
Oh, sure. The more, the merrier.
**[09:47] Mai**
Yippee!
**[09:48] Mai**
So what's this "study session" on exactly?
**[09:51] Takao**
*Jurassic Park*.
**[09:53] Mai**
Huh?
**[09:54] Takao**
Take a look at this.
**[09:55] Sign**
Kurume Museum
**[09:55] Sign**
Reopening
**[09:55] Sign**
Tyrannosaurus
**[09:55] Sign**
Kurume Museum
**[09:55] Sign**
Reopening
**[09:55] Sign**
Tyrannosaurus
**[09:56] Sign**
Kurume Museum
**[09:56] Sign**
Reopening
**[09:56] Sign**
Tyrannosaurus
**[09:57] Sign**
Kurume Museum
**[09:57] Sign**
Reopening
**[09:57] Sign**
Tyrannosaurus
**[09:57] Takao**
See?
**[09:59] Mai**
Um, pardon?
**[09:59] Takao**
Doesn't the Tyrannosaurus Rex immediately
make you think of *Jurassic Park*?
**[10:05] Sign**
Kurume Museum
**[10:05] Sign**
Reopening
**[10:05] Sign**
Tyrannosaurus
**[10:05] Sign**
Arrives!!!
**[10:06] Takao**
But Kotori here tells me he's never seen it.
**[10:10] Takao**
How can you be a first-rate diagnostician
if you've never seen this masterpiece?
**[10:13] Takao**
It's my duty as the attending physician
of my department to make him watch it—
**[10:17] Sign**
Higashikurume Fire Station
**[10:17] Sign**
Incoming Call
**[10:17] Sign**
Higashikurume Fire Station
**[10:17] Sign**
Incoming Call
**[10:17] Sign**
Higashikurume Fire Station
**[10:17] Sign**
Incoming Call
**[10:17] Sign**
Higashikurume Fire Station
**[10:17] Sign**
Incoming Call
**[10:17] Sign**
Incoming Call
**[10:17] Sign**
Higashikurume Fire Station
**[10:18] Sign**
Connected
**[10:19] Yu**
Tenikai General Hospital Emergency Room.
**[10:21] Paramedic A**
* Higashikurume First Ambulance Team.*
* Do you have room for a code blue?*
**[10:25] Yu**
Yes, we do. How long until you're here?
**[10:26] Takao**
Hey! Hold on a second!
**[10:28] Paramedic A**
* Once the patient is secured,*
* we'll be there in 15.*
**[10:30] Yu**
Understood. What's the situation?
**[10:33] Paramedic A**
* Male in his 20s. We got a call that a man*
* had collapsed at a construction site...*
**[10:37] Paramedic A**
...near Kurume Lake Park.
**[10:39] Paramedic A**
When we arrived, we found him
with his lower left leg severed.
**[10:40] Paramedic B**
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[10:44] Paramedic A**
He's currently in cardiac arrest.
**[10:44] Paramedic B**
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[10:46] Paramedic A**
We are administering CPR en route.
**[10:49] Yu**
Have you used an AED?
**[10:51] Paramedic A**
* Patient in asystole,*
* so not eligible for countershock.*
**[10:56] Yu**
Understood. I'll inquire further
when the patient arrives.
**[11:00] Yu**
For now, prepare some normal saline,
blood transfusions, and adrenaline.
**[11:01] Sign**
Higashikurume Fire Station
**[11:01] Sign**
Connected
**[11:01] Paramedic A**
*Oh, um, actually...*
**[11:04] Yu**
Plus, a blood draw. I'll give more
specific orders when the patient's here.
**[11:08] Mai/Nurse A/Nurse B**
Yes, sir.
**[11:09] Nurse A**
I'll prepare the IV line.
Please set up the monitor.
**[11:09] Takao**
Hold it, Kotori.
**[11:11] Nurse B**
Right.
**[11:11] Takao**
What about our study session?
**[11:14] Yu**
I'm still on the clock, so I need to
examine the patient. We can do that after.
**[11:18] Takao**
H-Hey!
**[11:27] Nurse A**
Stretcher coming through!
Stretcher coming through!
**[11:28] Paramedic A**
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[11:32] Paramedic A**
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[11:36] Yu**
*Blue paint?*
**[11:40] Yu**
On my count.
**[11:41] Yu**
One, two, three!
**[11:45] Nurse B**
Attaching monitor.
**[11:46] Yu**
Give one ampule of adrenaline, stat.
**[11:46] Paramedic A**
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[11:46] Nurse B**
I'll take the stretcher.
**[11:47] Nurse A**
Placing IV line on the left.
**[11:49] Nurse B**
Cutting the sheet.
**[11:50] Paramedic A**
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[11:54] Yu**
*What kind of wound is this?*
**[11:54] Paramedic A**
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
**[11:57] Yu**
* It looks like his leg's been*
* bitten off by an animal.*
**[12:01] Yu**
We'll intubate.
**[12:02] Paramedic A**
Understood. Stopping compressions.
**[12:05] Nurse A**
Please.
**[12:23] Yu**
I'm going to call it.
**[12:25] Mai**
Huh?
**[12:28] Yu**
Rigor mortis has started to set in.
**[12:30] Yu**
The police will take things from here.
**[12:33] Yu**
Please contact them.
**[12:34] Nurse B**
Dr. Konoike! What's *that*?
**[12:46] Yu**
Why is it that color?
**[12:49] Paramedic A**
Uh, yeah, I tried to tell you over the phone.
**[12:53] Paramedic A**
This patient's blood is blue.
**[12:59] Takao**
How curious.
**[13:02] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[13:03] Takao**
Blue blood. And this is
definitely a bite wound.
**[13:09] Takao**
A bite made by some stupidly large jaws.
**[13:19] Takao**
A man with blue blood whose leg
was bitten off by a huge beast?
**[13:28] Takao**
Talk about interesting!
**[13:42] Sign**
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[15:07] Naruse**
You guys again?
**[15:08] Sign**
Caution
**[15:08] Sign**
Caution
**[15:08] Sign**
Caution
**[15:08] Sign**
Caution
**[15:08] Sign**
Caution
**[15:08] Sign**
Caution
**[15:08] Sign**
Caution
**[15:10] Takao**
I'll help you out again
if you gimme some info.
**[15:14] Naruse**
No thanks. We don't know
if it was an accident or not,
**[15:18] Naruse**
but it'll be easy to tell from the autopsy.
**[15:21] Takao**
What's this? You're not curious?
**[15:23] Naruse**
We're real busy right now.
**[15:25] Naruse**
The Metropolitan Police's 4th Division
is making a nuisance of themselves.
**[15:28] Naruse**
So we don't have time to deal
with you or this strange event.
**[15:31] Naruse**
You'd better not give us trouble
by sticking your nose in.
**[15:37] Mai**
Who was that detective just now?
**[15:39] Yu**
Detective Naruse from the Tanashi station.
**[15:41] Takao**
We help the police solve cases
they have trouble with.
**[15:45] Mai**
What? That's amazing!
You're just like private investigators.
**[15:55] Mai**
What in the world is *this*?
**[15:56] Sign**
Department of Investigative Pathology Office
**[15:58] Takao**
The medical office of the Investigative
Pathology Department. Also, my house.
**[16:01] Mai**
It's so cute! It looks like
something out of a fairy tale!
**[16:02] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[16:16] Yu**
It's out of a fairy tale, all right.
One about a witch.
**[16:20] Takao**
Huh? Did you say something?
**[16:22] Yu**
N-No, nothing at all.
**[16:25] Sign**
Companies Focus on Maintaining Technical Interns Who Are "Essential for Reconstruction"
**[16:25] Sign**
Companies affected by the earthquake are focusing on maintaining relationships with technical trainees evacuating overseas.
**[16:25] Sign**
The population outflow may further exacerbate the labor shortage, and it is believed
**[16:25] Sign**
that the power of the interns will be even more important to resume business.
**[16:25] Sign**
On the other hand, there are some companies trying to break away from relying on such interns.
**[16:25] Sign**
Looking into the Reality of the Large-Scale "Daichu Shinkyoko" Fraud Case
**[16:25] Sign**
The fraud was committed by a religious group with about 30,000 followers at its headquarters in Okutama
**[16:25] Sign**
One of the victims who lived in the communal headquarters tearfully recounts the events that took place at the time.
**[16:25] Sign**
"A Once in a Millennium Beautiful Girl" Why did Tateishi Kizuna Disappear?
**[16:25] Sign**
A member of the Tokyo idol group Frills, Tateishi Kizuna-san
**[16:26] Yu**
A shooting in Nerima? Disturbing.
**[16:27] Sign**
Shooting in Nerima Ward
**[16:27] Sign**
On the afternoon of the 23rd, a group affiliated with organized crime was involved in a shooting
**[16:27] Sign**
on the streets of Oizumimachi in Nerima, Tokyo.
**[16:27] Sign**
due to these injuries, three organized crime leaders have been arrested. Further
**[16:30] Mai**
Dr. Takao, what are you searching for?
**[16:33] Takao**
I'm seeing if there's any news about an escaped
large animal, like a lion or an alligator.
**[16:37] Yu**
Are you trying to find out
what happened to that guy?
**[16:41] Takao**
Of course.
**[16:42] Yu**
What? Let's just leave it to the police.
**[16:45] Takao**
*You're* the one who admitted the patient.
**[16:48] Takao**
And I'm your supervising physician.
**[16:51] Takao**
In other words, that patient
was my patient, too.
**[16:54] Yu**
Right.
**[16:56] Takao**
That means I have a duty to find out
what happened to that man.
**[17:01] Yu**
You're trying to legitimize your interest,
**[17:04] Yu**
but you're really just curious
because it's such a strange case.
**[17:08] Takao**
Well, he had *blue* blood!
**[17:10] Takao**
On top of that, his leg was bitten off by
*something* massive in the middle of Tokyo!
**[17:15] Takao**
Of *course* that bothers me!
**[17:17] Yu**
Don't get so defensive all of a sudden.
**[17:21] Takao**
Good grief. Who's calling at a time like this?
**[17:22] Sign**
Director's Room
Extension 01
**[17:24] Sign**
Connected
**[17:30] Lobby Announcer**
* Please take a number and*
* wait until you are called.*
**[17:30] Nurse**
Excuse me for interrupting.
How are you feeling?
**[17:36] Takao**
What do you need, Uncle?
**[17:38] Owashi**
It's about the patient admitted two hours ago
who was confirmed deceased.
**[17:43] Takao**
What about him?
**[17:44] Owashi**
I know you. You'd better not get involved
just because you're curious.
**[17:48] Takao**
Huh? Why not?
**[17:50] Takao**
I'm just investigating a patient as
a physician from Investigative Pathology.
**[17:54] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[17:54] Sign**
Director
Physician
**[17:54] Sign**
Ameku Owashi
**[17:55] Owashi**
The Department of Investigative Pathology
is responsible for examining cases of patients
**[17:59] Owashi**
that other departments failed to diagnose.
**[18:02] Owashi**
There is no need to diagnose
a deceased patient.
**[18:04] Takao**
It's my job as a physician to find out what
happened to the patient and uncover the truth.
**[18:10] Owashi**
It's not the role of a physician
to play detective.
**[18:13] Takao**
Play detective?!
**[18:15] Owashi**
You may be vice-director, but you're also
a physician on the payroll at this hospital.
**[18:20] Owashi**
Focus on diagnosing patients.
**[18:22] Takao**
I won't be lectured by a doctor
who quit to become a businessman—
**[18:25] Owashi**
This discussion is over.
**[18:30] Sign**
Fire Hydrant
**[18:30] Takao**
Jerk! What the hell is wrong with that guy?
**[18:31] Yu**
Doctor!
**[18:33] Takao**
Damn it! I'm so pissed off!
**[18:35] Yu**
Dr. Takao, please calm down.
**[18:37] Takao**
Damn it.
**[18:38] Takao**
Kotori, you free tomorrow night?
**[18:40] Yu**
Huh? Are you planning
to continue investigating?
**[18:43] Takao**
Of course! I can't stay silent after that!
**[18:46] Yu**
It's Saturday tomorrow. I have plans—
**[18:49] Takao**
Shut up and come with me!
**[18:50] Yu**
Ow!
**[18:52] Sign**
24th August (Saturday) 7:14 PM
**[18:59] Yu**
Why am I doing something
like this on my night off?
**[19:03] Takao**
Can it. There are too many people around
in the daytime to do a proper investigation.
**[19:07] Yu**
Hey, c'mon.
You're getting crumbs everywhere—
**[19:09] Takao**
It's green.
**[19:17] Yu**
That's the place, right?
**[19:46] Yu**
Dr. Takao! Be careful!
**[19:49] Yu**
Dr. Takao!
**[19:52] Yu**
What's wrong?
**[19:53] Takao**
Hey, Sakurai.
**[19:55] Sakurai**
Well, look who's here.
**[19:57] Sakurai**
Dr. Ameku and Dr. Takanashi.
It's been a while.
**[20:02] Takao**
Yup, it sure has. As usual, you look like
you're cosplaying a detective in a police drama.
**[20:07] Sakurai**
What are you talking about?
**[20:09] Sakurai**
Still, what a coincidence,
meeting you in a place like this.
**[20:13] Takao**
Don't lie through your teeth.
**[20:15] Takao**
You're here investigating too, right? Checking
out where the man with blue blood was found.
**[20:19] Sakurai**
"The man with blue blood"?
**[20:21] Sakurai**
Is there such a strange-sounding case?
**[20:24] Takao**
You can stop it with the terrible acting.
**[20:26] Takao**
I'll help you out again
if you gimme some info.
**[20:30] Sakurai**
You say that, but we're just out here on
a break, so I have no idea what you mean.
**[20:38] Takao**
You don't plan on talking, huh?
**[20:40] Takao**
Well, the fact you're even here
is valuable information in itself.
**[20:44] Sakurai**
What do you mean by that?
**[20:47] Takao**
A member of first division,
the Metropolitan Police's homicide specialists,
**[20:51] Takao**
is here hanging out with
Naruse from the Tanashi station.
**[20:54] Takao**
HQ has decided the man with
blue blood is part of a murder case,
**[20:59] Takao**
and has begun working
with the Tanashi police.
**[21:02] Sakurai**
We can't divulge information
about our investigation to outsiders.
**[21:07] Sakurai**
Unless circumstances require it, of course.
**[21:11] Takao**
So you're saying I need to
give you information first, hm?
**[21:15] Sakurai**
No, no. I didn't say anything of the sort.
**[21:18] Sakurai**
I'm just saying that if Dr. Ameku
were to give me some handy clues,
**[21:22] Sakurai**
my tongue might slip and
I might accidentally blurt out a few things.
**[21:31] Takao**
True, the one wanting to cooperate
should show their sincerity first.
**[21:36] Takao**
All right, let me tell you the best tidbit
of information I have. Follow me.
**[21:45] Yu**
This is...
**[21:47] Sign**
Kurume Lake Park
**[21:48] Takao**
This is Kurume Lake Park.
**[21:50] Takao**
There's a museum up ahead.
**[21:52] Sign**
Grand Aquarium
of Tropical Fish
**[21:52] Takao**
They have a large aquarium of tropical fish,
and even a small planetarium.
**[21:53] Sign**
Grand Aquarium
of Tropical Fish
**[21:54] Sign**
Grand Aquarium
of Tropical Fish
**[21:54] Sign**
Grand Aquarium
of Tropical Fish
**[21:54] Sign**
Grand Aquarium
of Tropical Fish
**[21:54] Sign**
Grand Aquarium
of Tropical Fish
**[21:56] Takao**
It's pretty famous in these parts.
**[21:59] Takao**
They've been remodeling for three months
and it'll reopen in all its glory tomorrow.
**[22:00] Sign**
Kurume Museum Information
**[22:04] Takao**
The construction site where the body was found
is just beyond the forest behind the museum.
**[22:09] Sakurai**
Are you trying to say the museum
was the actual scene of the murder?
**[22:13] Takao**
Hey, do you know what
severed the victim's leg?
**[22:18] Takao**
No matter how you look at it,
it must've been bitten off by an animal.
**[22:22] Naruse**
We still don't know that. The results
of the autopsy aren't back yet.
**[22:27] Naruse**
Still, this is such a big park.
**[22:30] Naruse**
I'm sure there's a wild dog
or two roaming around in it.
**[22:33] Takao**
A wild dog?
**[22:35] Yu**
The wound indicated a fang size
greater than five centimeters.
**[22:39] Yu**
And a dog wouldn't be able
to bite off a human leg.
**[22:42] Takao**
That was a wound made
by a stupidly massive carnivore.
**[22:46] Naruse**
Where in the world would you
find such a large creature?
**[22:50] Sakurai**
Are you telling us you know
the location of such a creature?
**[22:53] Takao**
Yeah. I know.
**[22:59] Takao**
It lived on the island continent of Laramidia
during the Maastrichtian Age,
**[23:03] Takao**
and its name means "tyrant" in Latin.
**[23:07] Takao**
Isn't it amazing?
**[23:09] Takao**
A good 66 million years ago,
this creature roamed the Earth.
**[23:17] Yu**
You don't mean...
**[23:20] Takao**
That's right. This is the massive
carnivore that bit off the victim's leg.
**[23:27] Takao**
The Tyrannosaurus Rex.
# 2 - Blue Blood Cells and Dragon Fangs
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G5PHNM970/ameku-md-doctor-detective)
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**[00:07] Sign**
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[01:39] Sign**
August 24th (Saturday) 21:17
**[01:42] Sakurai**
According to forensics,
**[01:42] Sign**
This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
**[01:44] Sakurai**
there was a positive luminol reaction
on the teeth of the skeletal remains.
**[01:49] Sakurai**
The wound on the victim's leg
also matched its dental profile.
**[01:52] Sakurai**
It's safe to conclude the Tyrannosaurus Rex
severed the victim's leg.
**[01:58] Takao**
See? Just like I said!
**[02:01] Yu**
Stop that. It's bad manners.
**[02:02] Sakurai**
Still, how did you know that Tyrannosaurus
Rex was to blame for the leg wound?
**[02:08] Takao**
I deduced it from the phenomenon itself
and my own observations.
**[02:11] Takao**
From the wound, I determined that a very
large creature must have bitten off his leg.
**[02:17] Takao**
However, there aren't too many
very large creatures in existence today.
**[02:21] Takao**
We're too far from the sea for him
to get bitten by something like a shark.
**[02:26] Takao**
In other words, he must've been attacked by
something that doesn't currently exist on land.
**[02:34] Takao**
That's when I noticed this museum was nearby.
**[02:37] Sign**
Kurume Museum
**[02:37] Sign**
Tyrannosaurus
**[02:37] Sign**
Arrives!!!
**[02:39] Sakurai**
I see. As expected of the brilliant Dr. Ameku.
**[02:43] Naruse**
It doesn't make a lick of sense.
**[02:44] Naruse**
Are you saying the skeleton moved
on its own and bit off the victim's leg?
**[02:47] Takao**
Ooh! That'd be really exciting!
**[02:51] Sakurai**
There's something else I'd like to ask.
**[02:53] Sakurai**
Why was your patient's blood blue—
**[02:56] Takao**
Hey now.
**[02:57] Sign**
Reopening
**[02:57] Sign**
Tyrannosaurus
**[02:57] Takao**
It's your turn to hand over some info.
**[03:00] Sakurai**
Ah, my apologies. I completely forgot.
**[03:04] Takao**
I'm sure you did, you sneaky tanuki.
**[03:07] Takao**
First, tell me more about that skeleton.
**[03:10] Takao**
What was it like on Friday?
**[03:13] Sakurai**
It was mostly assembled.
**[03:16] Sakurai**
They had to pause because
it rained in the afternoon.
**[03:19] Sakurai**
It was finished this evening.
**[03:23] Takao**
I see.
**[03:24] Takao**
Next, tell me about the victim.
**[03:26] Takao**
Have you identified him?
**[03:27] Sakurai**
Yes.
**[03:28] Sakurai**
Kumade Kousuke, 23 years old.
**[03:31] Police**
We'll take your picture.
**[03:31] Sakurai**
Served time in prison for assault.
**[03:32] Police**
Face forward.
**[03:35] Sakurai**
After release, he was seen
entering the building of a known gang.
**[03:36] Sign**
ABC Building
**[03:36] Kumade**
Hello.
**[03:37] Senior Yakuza**
Hey. Go on in.
**[03:38] Sakurai**
So a hoodlum, in other words.
**[03:39] Kumade**
Excuse me.
**[03:41] Takao**
How was the body found?
**[03:43] Sakurai**
The first to find him was Manabe Jiro,
**[03:46] Sakurai**
a man in his fifties
who supervises the construction site.
**[03:50] Sakurai**
They'd halted construction due to the rain,
**[03:52] Sakurai**
but he got worried, and while
inspecting the site, he found Kumade.
**[03:58] Yu**
So this man named Manabe
called the emergency services?
**[04:01] Sakurai**
No, no.
**[04:02] Sakurai**
The doctor of a nearby clinic made the call.
**[04:06] Yu**
Doctor?
**[04:07] Sakurai**
There's a privately-owned clinic
called Hachisuka Clinic nearby,
**[04:11] Sakurai**
and Manabe rushed straight there.
**[04:14] Sakurai**
The director, Dr. Hachisuka,
is known to be a skilled physician,
**[04:17] Sakurai**
so Manabe brought him
to examine the victim.
**[04:20] Yu**
That's crazy. The guy had a severed leg.
**[04:24] Yu**
There was nothing he could've
done then and there.
**[04:28] Sakurai**
That's what Dr. Hachisuka thought.
**[04:31] Sakurai**
He immediately called the emergency
services and started chest compressions.
**[04:40] Yu**
What's wrong?
**[04:44] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[04:46] Yu**
Ouch!
**[04:48] Yu**
Ow! What are you doing?
**[04:51] Yu**
Wait, where are you going?
**[04:54] Takao**
To Hachisuka Clinic, of course.
**[04:57] Sign**
Hachisuka Clinic
**[04:57] Sign**
Gastroenterology
**[04:57] Sign**
Surgery
**[04:57] Sign**
Consultation Hours:
**[04:57] Sign**
Closed: Tuesdays and Fridays
**[05:00] Yu**
Um, Dr. Takao.
**[05:03] Yu**
It's already almost 10 at night.
**[05:05] Yu**
Let's go home.
**[05:08] Yu**
Uh, hello?
**[05:09] Yu**
Hey, that way isn't...
**[05:19] Yu**
Dr. Takao, this is a bad idea.
**[05:25] Yu**
Hey! What're you *doing*?
**[05:28] Yu**
You're being a nuisance.
**[05:29] Yu**
What time do you think it is?
**[05:30] Takao**
What are you doing?
**[05:32] Yu**
That's what I'm asking you.
**[05:34] Hachisuka**
What's wrong?
**[05:36] Takao**
Yellow tang, blue tang, bluestreak
cleaner wrasse, carpenter's flasher wrasse.
**[05:40] Hachisuka**
Huh? Tropical fish?
**[05:44] Takao**
You must be the director, Hachisuka.
**[05:46] Hachisuka**
Yes, I am.
**[05:48] Hachisuka**
Wait, who in the world are you?
**[05:50] Takao**
The director of the Investigative Pathology
Department at Tenikai General, Ameku Takao.
**[05:55] Hachisuka**
Tenikai?
**[05:57] Naruse**
What are you two doing?
**[06:00] Hachisuka**
Oh, officers.
**[06:02] Sakurai**
I'm very sorry for the trouble, Dr. Hachisuka.
**[06:06] Sakurai**
We've been consulting Dr. Ameku
about the body of the deceased.
**[06:10] Hachisuka**
Oh, I see.
**[06:12] Takao**
Why didn't you treat that man at this clinic?
You have a surgery room here, don't you?
**[06:17] Hachisuka**
Please don't ask the impossible.
**[06:19] Hachisuka**
He had a severed lower leg,
and his heart had already stopped.
**[06:22] Hachisuka**
We were closed that day,
and I had no nurses on site.
**[06:26] Hachisuka**
Just having a surgery room
doesn't mean I could've treated him.
**[06:30] Takao**
That's true.
**[06:32] Takao**
Let's go, Kotori.
**[06:33] Yu**
Huh? Are you done?
**[06:35] Takao**
Yeah.
**[06:37] Takao**
Oh, yeah. Sakurai.
**[06:38] Takao**
Have your crime lab take a look around
the museum first thing tomorrow morning.
**[06:42] Sakurai**
The museum?
**[06:45] Takao**
That's right.
**[06:46] Takao**
If I'm right, vital evidence relating to
the culprit was left behind in that museum.
**[06:57] Sakurai**
Um, Dr. Ameku. Where are you going?
**[07:02] Naruse**
Why did you choose to
come down such a difficult path?
**[07:05] Naruse**
Please explain yourself.
**[07:07] Takao**
Why do I have to explain myself to people
who are so stingy with information?
**[07:13] Naruse**
What do you mean?
**[07:14] Takao**
There's another bigger case
hidden behind this one.
**[07:19] Yu**
A bigger case?
**[07:21] Takao**
Kotori, did you notice the suspicious men
around the crime scene earlier?
**[07:28] Yu**
Oh!
**[07:29] Yu**
You mean those people
who looked like yakuza?
**[07:32] Takao**
Yeah.
**[07:33] Takao**
Didn't you mention something last night?
**[07:36] (Flashback) Naruse**
We're real busy right now.
**[07:38] (Flashback) Naruse**
The Metropolitan Police's 4th Division
is making a nuisance of themselves.
**[07:42] Takao**
So you said.
**[07:44] Takao**
The 4th Division is an obsolete name
for the Organized Crime Department.
**[07:48] Yu**
So those people were also police?
**[07:51] Yu**
But why were they there?
**[07:53] Takao**
Try to remember, Kotori. There was
another incident in this area yesterday.
**[07:57] Yu**
An incident?
**[07:59] Yu**
Hm. Involving the
Organized Crime Department?
**[08:04] Sign**
Shooting in Nerima Ward
**[08:04] Sign**
On the afternoon of the 23rd, a group affiliated with organized crime was involved in a shooting
**[08:04] Sign**
on the streets of Oizumimachi in Nerima, Tokyo.
**[08:04] Sign**
due to these injuries, three organized crime leaders have been arrested. Further
**[08:04] Yu**
The Nerima shooting!
**[08:06] Takao**
That's right. A dangerous incident
that could've involved innocent civilians.
**[08:11] Takao**
And the shooter was...
**[08:14] Takao**
Kumade, right?
**[08:15] Yu**
Huh?
**[08:16] Takao**
Last night, after the body was identified,
they learned he was the one they were after.
**[08:21] Takao**
The problem is, the person he shot
was a member of the yakuza.
**[08:26] Takao**
Isn't that right?
**[08:27] Yu**
What do you mean?
**[08:29] Takao**
The police believe the yakuza
took Kumade's life in revenge.
**[08:34] Takao**
That's why headquarters set up
an investigation so quickly.
**[08:37] Takao**
If this case isn't resolved quickly,
**[08:39] Takao**
it may lead to an all-out war
between two gangs.
**[08:45] Sakurai**
Well, well. As expected of you, Dr. Ameku.
**[08:48] Sakurai**
You are absolutely right.
**[08:52] Takao**
Did the yakuza member shot by Kumade die?
**[08:52] Subordinate A**
Bastard!
**[08:53] Subordinate B**
What the hell're you tryin' to do?!
Hold it right there!
**[08:55] Sakurai**
No. He's seriously wounded,
but still alive.
**[08:56] Subordinate A**
Wakagashira! Wakagashira!
**[08:58] Sakurai**
He's second-in-command
of a minor yakuza gang
**[09:00] Sakurai**
that's currently at odds
with the gang Kumade's in.
**[09:04] Sakurai**
Kumade fled after being shot at himself,
**[09:07] Sakurai**
but he ended up getting caught,
and he was tortured and murdered.
**[09:12] Sakurai**
That's what we believe at present.
**[09:15] Takao**
You said he was shot at.
**[09:17] Takao**
Did any of the bullets hit him?
**[09:20] Takao**
And did he leave any bloodstains behind?
**[09:23] Sakurai**
There were some.
**[09:24] Takao**
What color were they?
**[09:25] Subordinate B**
Where'd that bastard go?
**[09:26] Sakurai**
Red.
**[09:27] Subordinate A**
He wasn't over this way.
**[09:27] Sakurai**
Normal red blood.
**[09:28] Subordinate B**
Shit! Find him!
**[09:32] Takao**
Of course. Blood is normally red.
**[09:37] Takao**
Oh, that reminds me.
**[09:39] Takao**
Weren't you planning on taking a closer look
around the museum either way?
**[09:43] Takao**
To find out why the lock on
the back door was broken, for instance?
**[09:48] Naruse**
How'd you know—
**[09:52] Takao**
As I suspected.
**[09:54] Yu**
Do you already know the truth?
**[09:56] Takao**
I have a theory, but I'm not
certain enough yet to say it aloud.
**[10:01] Takao**
That's why I'm going
to confirm my suspicions.
**[10:03] Yu**
Confirm them? But where are you going?
**[10:07] Yu**
The museum?
**[10:10] Sign**
Do Not Enter
**[10:26] Takao**
There it is.
**[10:28] Yu**
There what is?
**[10:29] Yu**
Wait, is that what I think it is?
**[10:32] Takao**
Yup. The victim's blood.
**[10:35] Naruse**
What?
**[10:36] Sakurai**
Hold on a moment.
**[10:37] Sakurai**
Are you telling us Kumade was dragged
all the way here? For what purpose?
**[10:42] Takao**
The reason is the
biggest clue to this mystery.
**[10:46] Takao**
And...
**[10:49] Takao**
This blood will lead us to the answer.
**[10:52] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[11:00] Yu/Naruse**
What?
**[11:01] Sakurai**
Is this blood?
**[11:04] Naruse**
Could this be where Kumade was murdered?
**[11:15] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[11:25] Yu**
What's wrong?
**[11:42] (Flashback) Paramedic A**
We found him with
his lower left leg severed.
**[11:44] (Flashback) Yu**
It looks like his leg's been
bitten off by an animal.
**[11:45] (Flashback) Naruse**
The Metropolitan Police's 4th Division
is making a nuisance of themselves.
**[11:46] (Flashback) Sakurai**
He was seen entering
the building of a known gang.
**[11:47] (Flashback) Naruse**
Are you saying the skeleton moved
on its own and bit off the victim's leg?
**[11:49] (Flashback) Takao**
The lock on the
back door was broken.
**[11:50] (Flashback) Yu**
The Nerima shooting!
**[12:03] Takao**
That was pretty interesting.
**[12:05] Yu**
Huh?
**[12:05] Naruse**
Huh?
**[12:07] Takao**
Why was his blood blue?
**[12:11] Takao**
How did his leg come to be bitten off
by the Tyrannosaurus Rex?
**[12:17] Takao**
For this mystery...
**[12:19] Takao**
Let me give you my diagnosis.
**[12:22] Sign**
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[12:55] Sakurai**
Good evening.
**[12:56] Sakurai**
What a surprise meeting you here.
**[13:00] Naruse**
I can't believe he really came.
**[13:03] Sakurai**
Now, would you kindly explain
all of this to us, Dr. Ameku?
**[13:08] Takao**
No problem.
**[13:10] Takao**
We need to consider every event
carefully in order to solve this case.
**[13:16] Takao**
The body with blue blood.
**[13:18] Takao**
The leg bitten off by a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
**[13:21] Takao**
The Nerima shooting.
**[13:23] Takao**
The blue stain in the storage room.
**[13:25] Takao**
The big picture begins to form
once you put those events together.
**[13:29] Takao**
Isn't that right...
**[13:30] Takao**
Director Hachisuka?
**[13:35] Takao**
First and foremost, we should focus
on why the victim's blood was blue.
**[13:41] Takao**
Though the phenomenon itself
isn't that strange.
**[13:43] Takao**
Kotori.
**[13:44] Yu**
Yes?
**[13:45] Takao**
What condition would you suspect first
if a patient's blood is blue?
**[13:50] Yu**
Condition? Hm, a disease that
makes your blood blue, huh?
**[13:54] Yu**
Oh. Methemoglobinemia.
**[13:57] Takao**
That's right.
**[13:59] Sakurai**
What kind of condition is that?
**[14:01] Yu**
It's a disorder where the hemoglobin in
red blood cells get oxidized and turn blue,
**[14:05] Yu**
impeding the normal transport of oxygen.
**[14:08] Yu**
Symptoms include difficulty breathing
and impaired consciousness.
**[14:12] Yu**
In extreme cases, it can lead to death.
**[14:15] Naruse**
So Kumade was inflicted
with that disorder?
**[14:17] Takao**
To be exact, something happened
to cause methemoglobinemia
**[14:21] Takao**
in the short hours between
the shooting and his death.
**[14:25] Naruse**
"Something"?
**[14:27] Takao**
After shooting the rival gang's number two,
he was hit by a bullet in return and fled.
**[14:33] Takao**
What would a guy like that do next?
**[14:36] Sakurai**
Seek medical help?
**[14:38] Takao**
That's right.
**[14:40] Takao**
Methemoglobinemia usually shows up as
a symptom after being poisoned by something,
**[14:45] Takao**
but it can occasionally be caused
by drugs like procaine and lidocaine.
**[14:49] Naruse**
What are those?
**[14:51] Yu**
Local anesthetics.
**[14:53] Yu**
Kumade showed signs of methemoglobinemia
after receiving local anesthetics,
**[14:57] Yu**
and died from lack of oxygen.
**[14:59] Yu**
Am I right?
**[15:00] Takao**
Yeah.
**[15:02] Sakurai**
But Kumade didn't just
suddenly die in a hospital.
**[15:06] Takao**
This wouldn't even be a case
if he'd gone to a proper hospital.
**[15:10] Sakurai**
What do you mean?
**[15:12] Takao**
Kumade didn't have a normal injury.
He was shot in a gunfight.
**[15:17] Takao**
The bullet was still in his body.
**[15:20] Sakurai**
I see. He would've been found out
if he'd gone to a proper facility.
**[15:25] Sakurai**
That's why he had to go to
a corrupt medical institution.
**[15:28] Sakurai**
In other words, an underground doctor.
**[15:30] Takao**
That's right.
**[15:32] Takao**
Hachisuka Clinic is a clinic that
caters to those in organized crime.
**[15:40] Takao**
During the procedure, this man must have
used a large amount of local anesthetics.
**[15:45] Takao**
As a result, Kumade
exhibited methemoglobinemia,
**[15:48] Takao**
and immediately fell
into a perilous condition.
**[15:51] Takao**
But fearing others would discover
he was an underground doctor,
**[15:54] Takao**
he didn't take Kumade
to a fully equipped hospital.
**[15:58] Takao**
That's why he went to the
museum to continue treatment.
**[16:03] Sakurai**
That's the part I don't understand.
**[16:06] Sakurai**
Why sneak a dying patient into a museum?
**[16:10] Takao**
It had drugs that could treat him.
**[16:12] Sakurai**
Drugs?
**[16:13] Takao**
Kotori, tell them how
methemoglobinemia is treated.
**[16:18] Yu**
Huh? Um, oxygen therapy?
**[16:21] Takao**
That's just treating the symptoms.
**[16:25] Takao**
In order to properly treat him,
**[16:27] Takao**
you'd need a medicine that turns
methemoglobin back into hemoglobin.
**[16:31] Yu**
Um, that'd be...
**[16:31] Takao**
Good grief. You should know this
as a doctor of internal medicine.
**[16:39] Naruse**
That's Kumade's blood?
**[16:40] Takao**
Nope. This is what would have
saved him: methylene blue.
**[16:45] Naruse**
Methylene blue?
**[16:47] Takao**
This aqueous solution
has a strong reducing effect
**[16:50] Takao**
that can treat methemoglobinemia
when taken orally or intravenously.
**[16:56] Sakurai**
Hold on a second.
**[16:58] Sakurai**
Why would something
like that be in a museum?
**[17:01] Takao**
Methylene blue is also
used to treat pathogens
**[17:04] Takao**
that cause white spot disease
and water mold on fish.
**[17:08] Sakurai**
Fish?
**[17:10] Takao**
You know a lot about tropical fish.
**[17:13] (Flashback) Takao**
Yellow tang, blue tang, bluestreak
cleaner wrasse, carpenter's flasher wrasse.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Hachisuka**
Huh? Tropical fish?
**[17:20] Takao**
You realized a museum that takes care
of so many fish must have methylene blue.
**[17:24] Sign**
Grand Aquarium
of Tropical Fish
**[17:27] Takao**
Kumade needed treatment
as soon as possible.
**[17:29] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:30] Takao**
That's why you had to drag him
into that storage room.
**[17:30] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:30] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:30] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:30] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:31] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:31] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:31] Sign**
Equipment Storage
**[17:35] Naruse**
So the blue stain on the floor...
**[17:37] Takao**
This man tried to treat Kumade
by making him drink methylene blue.
**[17:42] Takao**
But he was already dead, wasn't he?
**[17:48] Takao**
You panicked and spilled
the methylene blue on the floor.
**[17:50] Hachisuka**
Hey! Hey!
**[17:53] Takao**
That's why there's a blue stain
on the floor in the storage room.
**[17:56] Sakurai**
Then, how'd he get his leg bitten off
by the Tyrannosaurus Rex?
**[18:00] Takao**
Put yourself in this guy's shoes.
**[18:03] Takao**
If the body had been left as it was, it would've
been obvious he'd received medical help.
**[18:07] Sakurai**
That's true.
**[18:08] Takao**
He severed the leg with the
bullet wound to hide the evidence.
**[18:14] Yu**
So Kumade must have
been shot in the left leg.
**[18:17] Naruse**
But severing a human leg isn't easy.
**[18:21] Takao**
You're absolutely right.
**[18:23] Takao**
And of course, he couldn't use
proper tools to do it, either.
**[18:26] Takao**
He wanted to make it impossible to tell
that someone had tried to treat the leg.
**[18:30] Takao**
He could only sever the leg forcefully
with some kind of sharp, heavy object.
**[18:35] Takao**
That's when he chanced upon it.
**[18:39] Takao**
A head with sharp fangs
that weighed tens of kilos.
**[18:46] Takao**
The ideal sharp blade.
**[18:53] Takao**
He then took the body through
the forest behind the museum,
**[18:58] Takao**
and dumped it at the construction site.
**[19:04] Takao**
Oh.
**[19:05] Takao**
You didn't expect that someone
would find the body right away.
**[19:08] Takao**
But you used that coincidence.
**[19:12] Takao**
You gave chest compressions
to the already dead Kumade,
**[19:17] Takao**
and called the emergency services.
**[19:19] Sakurai**
I see. He wouldn't be declared dead while
a doctor was giving him chest compressions.
**[19:24] Sakurai**
He delayed the involvement of the police.
**[19:28] Takao**
And the rain took care of
the evidence during that delay.
**[19:31] Takao**
So there you have it.
**[19:33] Takao**
That was the truth hidden behind this case.
**[19:36] Takao**
But seriously, using the T-Rex to cut off
his leg and giving him chest compressions...
**[19:41] Takao**
Those were brilliant on-the-spot decisions.
**[19:44] Takao**
He would've pulled off the perfect crime...
**[19:47] Takao**
if there hadn't been a genius like me
at the hospital the victim was taken to.
**[19:54] Takao**
Now, is there anything you'd like to clarify?
**[19:57] Hachisuka**
D-Do you have any proof?
**[19:59] Takao**
Hey, come on now. Did you forget
what I said when I was at your clinic?
**[20:04] (Flashback) Takao**
Oh, yeah. Sakurai.
**[20:06] (Flashback) Takao**
Have your crime lab take a look around
the museum first thing tomorrow morning.
**[20:10] (Flashback) Sakurai**
The museum?
**[20:14] Hachisuka**
Surely not.
**[20:15] Takao**
I surely did.
**[20:17] Takao**
You panicked and came back...
**[20:20] Takao**
to get the bottle of methylene blue
with your fingerprints all over it.
**[20:24] Takao**
You fell into my trap.
**[20:26] Hachisuka**
E-Even if my fingerprints are on it,
**[20:29] Hachisuka**
you can't *prove* I cut off that guy's leg
and abandoned the body.
**[20:32] Hachisuka**
That's not enough to arrest me!
**[20:33] Takao**
You don't get it.
**[20:36] Takao**
You're not being arrested for
damaging the body or abandoning it.
**[20:41] Takao**
You're being arrested for breaking and
entering the museum with intent to steal.
**[20:47] Takao**
Of course, your clinic will
be searched after your arrest.
**[20:50] Takao**
Then, surprise!
**[20:51] Takao**
Kumade's fingerprints and blood
might strangely be found in your clinic.
**[20:56] Takao**
We might even find a severed leg there.
**[21:05] Takao**
With that, my diagnosis is complete.
**[21:07] Naruse**
Please accompany us to the station.
**[21:09] Sakurai**
Thank you for all your help, Dr. Ameku.
**[21:12] Takao**
The rest is up to you guys.
**[21:14] Takao**
Kotori, let's go home
and have our study session!
**[21:16] Yu**
This late?
**[21:17] Yu**
It's already past midnight.
**[21:18] Hachisuka**
If it weren't...
**[21:19] Takao**
Oh, I know!
**[21:21] Takao**
We should celebrate solving the case, too.
**[21:23] Yu**
What?
**[21:24] Hachisuka**
If it weren't for you...
**[21:27] Hachisuka**
You damn brat!
**[21:31] Hachisuka**
Outta my way!
**[21:53] Takao**
"Brat"?! How dare you call
a mature lady like *me* a brat!
**[21:57] Yu**
Hey, stop, Dr. Takao.
**[21:59] Yu**
That's enough, okay?
**[22:00] Takao**
Let me go, Kotori!
**[22:02] Takao**
Shut up! This is self-defense!
**[22:08] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[22:08] Takao**
Your karate comes in pretty handy.
**[22:11] Yu**
Well, I trained for six tough years at my club.
**[22:15] Takao**
You were so valiant, using your
own body to protect your superior—
**[22:21] Yu**
What's wrong?
**[22:22] Yu**
Oh, Mazuru-san!
**[22:25] Mazuru**
Welcome back.
**[22:26] Takao**
Wh-What are you doing in
my house this late at night, Sis?!
**[22:30] Mazuru**
I was worried and waited for you
because you weren't home.
**[22:33] Mazuru**
You didn't answer your phone, either.
**[22:35] Mazuru**
What were you doing so late at night?
**[22:37] Takao**
Well, we were investigating a case...
**[22:41] Mazuru**
Dr. Takanashi.
**[22:43] Yu**
Yes!
**[22:44] Mazuru**
My little sister's caused you trouble again.
Thank you for all you've done.
**[22:48] Yu**
Oh, not at all.
**[22:50] Mazuru**
By the way...
**[22:52] Mazuru**
Didn't you promise me, Takao?
**[22:54] Mazuru**
You said you wouldn't ignore my calls,
**[22:56] Mazuru**
you wouldn't eat too many sweets and cakes,
**[22:58] Mazuru**
and you'd only drink in moderation.
**[23:00] Takao**
W-We just wanted to celebrate
the resolution of a case...
**[23:03] Mazuru**
Takao.
**[23:06] Mazuru**
Dr. Takanashi, may I borrow
Takao for a moment?
**[23:10] Yu**
Yes, of course!
**[23:11] Takao**
Kotori?!
**[23:12] Takao**
You traitor!
**[23:13] Mazuru**
Come with me.
**[23:14] Takao**
I-I won't forget this!
**[23:22] Yu**
Guess I'll prepare for the study session
and wait for her here.
# 3 - Into the Spell of Shimmering Light
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G5PHNM970/ameku-md-doctor-detective)
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***SIGN*** August 26, 2024 (Monday)
***SIGN*** I want to see you.
***SIGN*** Just Now
***SIGN*** Motonari Mitsuaki
***SIGN*** I was wrong.
***SIGN*** I'm sure we can start over.
***SIGN*** I need you, Mafuyu.
**[00:19] Manatsu**
Hey.
**[00:22] Manatsu**
Look at this.
***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
**[00:23] Manatsu**
It's that viral cursed video.
**[00:25] Mafuyu**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[00:27] Manatsu**
It's caused a real stir.
People die after watching it.
**[00:31] Mafuyu**
That's so stupid.
**[00:32] Mafuyu**
Anyway, I'm busy studying for
my entrance exams. Watch it by yourself.
**[00:36] Manatsu**
What? But getting cursed
together is more fun.
**[00:40] Mafuyu**
Hey.
***SIGN*** Aose – Nerima – Ikebukuro – Shin-Kiba
***SIGN*** Passing Train
***SIGN*** Local
***SIGN*** Express
***SIGN*** Shin-Kiba
**[00:42] Announcer**
* A train is passing through.*
* Please take care.*
**[00:42] Manatsu**
Cut yourself some slack.
***SIGN*** Cursed Video
#Trending #Real #shorts
**[00:44] Mafuyu**
Jeez.
**[00:47] Manatsu**
Some kids really got into
an accident after watching it.
**[00:49] Mafuyu**
What?
**[00:51] Mafuyu**
That's either a total lie or a coincidence...
***SIGN*** Aose – Nerima – Ikebukuro – Shin-Kiba
***SIGN*** Passing Train
***SIGN*** Please take care on platform edge.
***SIGN*** Local
***SIGN*** Express
***SIGN*** Shin-Kiba
**[01:18] Announcer**
*Please take care on Platform 2.*
**[01:20] Announcer**
*A train is passing through.*
**[01:21] Manatsu**
Mafuyu?
**[01:26] Manatsu**
Huh?
**[01:27] Manatsu**
Hey, wait.
**[01:29] Manatsu**
Mafuyu?
**[01:46] Sign**
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** August 27th, 2024 (Tuesday)
**[03:18] Mai**
Dr. Kotori!
**[03:21] Yu**
It's Takanashi. You're not
one for tact, are you?
**[03:25] Mai**
I heard all about how Dr. Ameku solved
that case of the man with the blue blood.
**[03:31] Yu**
Hm? Oh, uh, yeah.
**[03:33] Mai**
That's Dr. Ameku for you! She's so cool.
**[03:36] Mai**
It must be really hard
to date someone like that.
**[03:41] Yu**
What did you just say?
**[03:42] Mai**
Well, isn't it hard keeping up with her
sometimes? Or feeling like her equal?
**[03:47] Yu**
Hold on a second. What?
**[03:49] Yu**
You think Dr. Takao and I are *dating*?
**[03:52] Mai**
Aren't you?
**[03:54] Yu**
Of course not. This is Dr. Takao
we're talking about. There's no way.
**[03:58] Mai**
Why not? Dr. Takao's so cute and cool.
Isn't she just the best?
**[04:03] Yu**
Nope, not happening. She never listens
and she abuses her authority.
**[04:07] Mai**
Oh! By the way, did you hear?
**[04:11] Yu**
You're really not one for tact.
**[04:13] Mai**
I'm currently doing training
in the Psychiatry Department, but...
**[04:19] Mai**
Do you believe a video can be cursed?
***SIGN*** Ki-mu-ra
***SIGN*** Ma-fu-yu
***SIGN*** Kimura
Mafuyu
***SIGN*** Karte Creation
***SIGN*** Calendar
***SIGN*** Ailment
**[04:24] Sumida**
There's still a chance she may try
to commit suicide on an impulse.
**[04:29] Sumida**
We'll keep a close eye on her
during her treatment in the psych ward.
**[04:32] Manatsu**
Please wait a second.
**[04:34] Manatsu**
Mafuyu would never try to commit suicide.
**[04:39] Manatsu**
This all happened because
I showed her that cursed video.
**[04:43] Mom**
Manatsu?
**[04:45] Sumida**
There were no abnormalities
in her brain scan.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** Department of Psychiatry Director
Physician
***SIGN*** Sumida Junko
**[04:49] Sumida**
I believe she's either lying
to cover up her suicide attempt,
**[04:53] Sumida**
or she's having auditory hallucinations
due to a mental illness.
**[04:57] Manatsu**
It's not a lie!
**[04:59] Manatsu**
Mafuyu was cursed
after watching that video.
**[05:02] Sumida**
Manatsu-san.
**[05:04] Sumida**
Thinking logically, do you really believe
watching a video can lead to someone's death?
**[05:11] Sumida**
To begin with, didn't you also
watch that same video?
**[05:15] Sumida**
Mafuyu-san's studying for entrance exams and
her ex is pestering her to get back together.
**[05:21] Sumida**
She must be under a lot of stress.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 25 100 130 0 130
***SIGN*** Evening. Patient fell from station platform onto tracks and sustained injuries.
No contact with train. Patient rescued by station staff and emergency
services called. Upon arrival, patient consciousness: JCS30
Respiratory Rate: 28/min | Pulse: 120/min | Blood Pressure: 130/88.
Bruises on left side of body, mainly upper left limb.
There was a risk of severe trauma and patient was transported to our hospital
via hotline. Multiple eyewitness accounts of the patient jumping down
off the platform herself.
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 101 140 0 170
***SIGN*** Consciousness on arrival: E3V4M5 | Body Temperature: 35.7C | Blood Pressure: 128/60
Pulse 118/min | Respiratory Rate: 24/min | Pupil: 2mm w/ light (+)/(+)
Tendon Reflex: slightly increased | SPO2: 99% (O2 10L FM) | WBC: 5400/mm3
RBC: 338x104/mm3 | Hb: 11.3 g/dl | Ht: 42.4% | Plt 15.5x104/mm3 | TP: 6.8 g/dl
Alb: 3.6 g/dl | T-Bil: 0.3 mg/dl | AST: 25 U/dl | ALT: 24 U/dl | ALP: 145 U/dl
BUN: 20.5 mg/dl | Cr: 0.82 mg/dl | UA: 5.1 mg/dl | Na: 146 mmol/hl | K: 4.1 mmol/dl
Cl: 108 mmol/dl | CRP: 0.62 mg/dl | BS: 128 mg/dl | Rapid Drug Test: Negative
Multiple points of trauma. No issues with images of head, chest, abdomen, and pelvis.
No fractures on left upper limb. However, spontaneous pain
and subcutaneous hematoma warrant reevaluation of ligaments.
**[05:25] Sumida**
I believe she had a sudden impulse to
commit suicide, brought on by depression.
**[05:31] Sumida**
It'll be okay.
**[05:33] Sumida**
I'm sure Mafuyu-san will be
all better after some good rest.
**[05:37] Sumida**
There's no such thing as a cursed video.
**[05:42] Yu**
A "cursed" video, huh?
**[05:45] Mai**
Doesn't Dr. Takao love stories like that?
**[05:49] Yu**
She probably would.
**[05:51] Yu**
She's always dying to find things
to use that genius brain of hers on.
**[05:55] Mai**
I knew it!
**[05:57] Yu**
So don't tell her about it.
**[05:59] Mai**
Why not?
**[06:00] Yu**
If she stumbles on an interesting case,
she doesn't stop until she's solved it.
**[06:04] Mai**
What's wrong with that?
**[06:06] Yu**
Give me a break.
**[06:07] Yu**
I'll get dragged into all that mess.
**[06:10] Mai**
But I already told the patient's twin sister.
**[06:14] Yu**
Told her what?
**[06:16] Mai**
That the Department of Investigative
Pathology would be willing to listen to her.
***SIGN*** Department of Investigative Pathology
***SIGN*** Outpatient
**[06:24] Manatsu**
Mafuyu and I were born
with the same face and DNA,
**[06:30] Manatsu**
but we're complete opposites.
**[06:32] Manatsu**
She's the serious type,
while I'm more happy-go-lucky.
**[06:36] Manatsu**
But we've been together since
we were born, which is how I know.
**[06:41] Manatsu**
Mafuyu would never try to commit suicide.
**[06:44] Manatsu**
I'm sure she was cursed because of me.
**[06:50] Yu**
You shouldn't blame yourself too much.
***SIGN*** m -1 0 l 100 18 101.5 130 0 130
***SIGN*** Injured falling from station platform onto tracks. Attempted suicide s/o.
Injuries sustained from falling off station platform onto tracks. No contact
with the train. Patient rescued by station staff. Bruises on left side of body,
mainly upper left limb. There was a risk of severe trauma and patient was
transported to our hospital via hotline. Multiple eyewitness accounts of the
patient jumping down off the platform herself. Trauma from fall
-> Possibility of suicide attempt after recovering in emergency room,
but no suicidal ideation at present. Shows signs of depression with high
probability of latent depression and mental stress from exams and
social relationships.
***SIGN*** m -1 12 l 100 10 101 110 0 130
***SIGN*** ICT scan of head and MRT do not show any abnormalities,
including trauma.
No history of psychiatric consultation. No family or medical history.
***SIGN*** m -1 12 l 101 0 102 110 0 130
***SIGN*** Considering the mental stress of exams and social relationships, as well
as potential depression, the "cursed video" watched as testified by her sister
who was with her at the time is determined to be unrelated to this incident
and most likely a method of rewriting memories of judgment and suicidal
ideation. Hospitalization recommended due to suicidal thoughts and
possibility of second attempt.
***SIGN*** m 0 24 l 100 10 101 110 0 190
***SIGN*** Repeated MRI scan of head. Consultation with hand surgeon on wrist
and elbow joints.
**[07:01] Manatsu**
I'm sure you don't believe
in cursed videos, either.
**[07:06] Yu**
Oh, um, well...
**[07:09] Takao**
How interesting.
**[07:11] Takao/Manatsu**
Huh?
**[07:16] Manatsu**
Wh-Who are you?
**[07:18] Takao**
I'm the director of the Department of
Investigative Pathology, Ameku Takao.
**[07:22] Manatsu**
Dr. Ameku?
**[07:23] Takao**
So you're saying your little sister jumped onto
the tracks because she watched a cursed video?
**[07:30] Manatsu**
You believe me?
**[07:33] Manatsu**
The doctor in the Psych Department
told me to think logically.
**[07:36] Takao**
"Think logically," my butt.
**[07:39] Takao**
That's hardly proof for rejecting
the idea of a cursed video.
***SIGN*** Kimura
Mafuyu
**[07:43] Takao**
"Look at all aspects of the patient and
explore all possibilities in examinations."
**[07:49] Takao**
That's the Department of
Investigative Pathology mantra.
**[07:58] Yu**
By the way, why are you in disguise?
**[08:01] Takao**
I'm banned from the psych ward.
**[08:04] Yu**
Banned? What did you do?
**[08:07] Takao**
I didn't do anything *wrong*.
**[08:10] Yu**
In that getup, you sound like a high schooler
called out by a teacher for pulling pranks...
**[08:14] Yu**
Ow!
**[08:24] Takao**
Kimura Mafuyu?
**[08:25] Mafuyu**
Who... are you?
**[08:27] Takao**
I'm the director of the Department of
Investigative Pathology, Ameku Takao.
**[08:31] Takao**
This is my subordinate, Kotori.
**[08:33] Yu**
It's Takanashi.
**[08:34] Mafuyu**
Sis?
**[08:36] Takao**
I came to hear your story.
**[08:38] Takao**
I heard you fell from the platform
because of a cursed video.
**[08:43] Takao**
Tell me what happened.
Be as detailed as possible.
**[08:55] Mafuyu**
Okay.
**[08:56] Mafuyu**
We were on our way home when I watched
the cursed video with my sister.
***SIGN*** Cursed Video
#Trending #Real #shorts
**[09:04] Mafuyu**
Then, I started feeling really sick.
**[09:08] Mafuyu**
I heard the sound of a growling beast.
**[09:12] Mafuyu**
And then, everything went white.
**[09:17] Mafuyu**
Before I realized it,
I had fallen onto the tracks.
**[09:22] Yu**
What kind of video was it?
**[09:25] Manatsu**
It's the one everyone in school
has been talking about lately.
**[09:28] Manatsu**
I heard it was the result of a grudge of a man
who killed himself after being dumped.
***SIGN*** I heard someone walked out
into the street and got hit
by a car after watching it...
***SIGN*** Did she dump her
boyfriend recently, too?
***SIGN*** Oh, crap...
I rejected a boy who
confessed to me last week!
***SIGN*** I heard about the video in school.
Is it real?!!
***SIGN*** It's like a terrifying curse.
Anyone know where the video
came from?
***SIGN*** This thing isn't a joke?
***SIGN*** A bizarre ghost? Wha?
That'd be hella scary
if real. LOL
***SIGN*** I saw a ghost of a boy
in my school. I'm serious!!
***SIGN*** Maybe
it is real.
Scary!
***SIGN*** I've heard rumors about it.
It's so scary, I can't forget it
even if I wanted to.
***SIGN*** I want to see the video,
but I'm too scared~~~ LOLOL
***SIGN*** How creepy.
A man's grudge.
***SIGN*** I've seen the video.
I can't help watching it
over and over again...
***SIGN*** It's so pretty.
But that's what's
scary about it.
***SIGN*** Curses are seriously scary.
**[09:33] Manatsu**
They say if a girl who's dumped a guy
watches the video, she dies.
***SIGN*** Whoa!!
Doesn't it seem real?
***SIGN*** I saw something similar,
but what should I do if it's real?
***SIGN*** A grudge against a girl that dumped
you? LOL That's hilarious. LOLOL
***SIGN*** Isn't that what everyone's been talking about?
***SIGN*** The accident happened near me
***SIGN*** Isn't the video of the
dumped guy for real?
***SIGN*** Isn't this crazy?
***SIGN*** This video makes me
kind of sick.
***SIGN*** A real cursed video? Creepy.
**[09:37] Yu**
That's a real public nuisance.
**[09:39] Takao**
Does that mean you dumped a guy?
**[09:43] Mafuyu**
Yes. I broke up with my boyfriend a month ago.
**[09:47] Manatsu**
He was cheating on her
with a girl from another school.
**[09:51] Mafuyu**
I couldn't face him directly, so my sister
impersonated me and ended it for me.
**[09:58] Yu**
I know you're twins,
but he really couldn't tell the difference?
**[10:01] Takao**
Just shows how stupid he was.
You did well to break up with him.
**[10:06] Takao**
But in that case, you've *both*
technically dumped a guy.
**[10:11] Takao**
Has anyone else acted strange
after watching this video?
**[10:15] Manatsu**
It's just a rumor, but I heard a girl
crossed the street on a red light
**[10:18] Manatsu**
and got hit by a car
after watching the video.
**[10:21] Yu**
Hm. Could just be inattentiveness
from watching a video on her smartphone.
**[10:25] Takao**
A street. A train platform.
**[10:31] Sumida**
Kimura-san, just doing the rounds.
**[10:34] Sumida**
Oh, hello, Manatsu-san.
**[10:36] Sumida**
And who are you?
**[10:39] Yu**
Oh, excuse me. I'm Takanashi Yu
from Investigative Pathology.
**[10:43] Sumida**
Investigative Pathology?
**[10:51] Sumida**
Ameku Takao?
**[10:53] Sumida**
What are *you* doing here?
**[10:56] Takao**
What? Sumida?
**[10:58] Yu**
Huh? W-Wait, what?
**[10:58] Takao**
Let me go, Sumida! Let go!
**[11:00] Sumida**
Just get over here!
**[11:02] Sumida**
Didn't you *promise*
you'd stay out of the psych ward?
**[11:06] Sumida**
What are you doing here?
**[11:07] Takao**
I came to ask Kimura Mafuyu
about this cursed video.
**[11:11] Sumida**
There's no way something like that exists.
**[11:13] Sumida**
And what's with that outfit?
Go play dress-up somewhere else.
**[11:17] Takao**
I'm not wearing this because I *want* to.
**[11:19] Takao**
I disguised myself because
you banned me from this ward.
**[11:22] Sumida**
Oh, I see. I thought
it was just a hobby of yours.
**[11:26] Sumida**
After all, it really does suit you.
**[11:28] Takao**
Are you saying I look like a little *kid*?!
**[11:30] Yu**
Stop! Stop! Calm down!
**[11:31] Takao**
Damn it! Let me go, Kotori!
**[11:33] Takao**
Don't touch me, idiot!
This is sexual harassment! Pervert!
**[11:33] Yu**
Calm down, Dr. Takao!
**[11:35] Yu**
Ouch!
***SIGN*** Don't Talk Too Loudly
***SIGN*** Sanitize and Wash Your Hands
**[11:39] Yu**
Jeez.
**[11:43] Yu**
Why does Dr. Sumida hate you so much?
**[11:46] Takao**
Hm? Oh, it's because...
**[11:49] Takao**
Ah, found it.
***SIGN*** Cursed Video
**[11:52] Yu**
Is this that cursed video?
**[11:55] Takao**
I'm gonna play it.
**[12:13] Yu**
Huh?
**[12:27] Takao**
That was bright. My eyes and head hurt.
**[12:31] Yu**
Weird images popped into
my head as I was watching it.
**[12:35] Takao**
Yeah, talk about bad taste.
***SIGN*** Cursed Video
**[12:42] Yu**
Whoa.
**[12:43] Takao**
"Cursed video," my butt.
**[12:45] Takao**
It has frames of corpses, torture devices,
and other grotesque scenes mixed in.
***SIGN*** Cursed Video
**[12:49] Takao**
It's just a subliminal video.
**[12:51] Yu**
Subliminal videos are supposed
to affect your subconscious, right?
**[12:56] Yu**
Is it possible Mafuyu-san was affected by it
and had an impulse to commit suicide?
**[13:00] Takao**
No. Subliminal messages actually
don't have a very strong effect.
**[13:05] Takao**
Plus...
**[13:07] Takao**
This video has no sound.
**[13:10] Yu**
Sound?
**[13:12] (Flashback) Mafuyu**
I heard the sound of a growling beast.
***SIGN*** August 27th (Tue) 20:05
Emergency Department
Internal Line 08
***SIGN*** Connected
**[13:22] Yu**
Hello, Investigative Pathology.
**[13:25] Emergency Dr**
* ER here. A newly admitted patient*
* asked us to contact you.*
***SIGN*** August 27th (Tue) 20:05
Emergency Department
Internal Line 08
Connected
**[13:30] Emergency Dr**
*Her name is Kimura Manatsu-san.*
**[13:34] Yu**
She had a consultation with us as
an outpatient. Did something happen?
**[13:38] Emergency Dr**
* She fell from the emergency stairs*
* of her family's apartment.*
**[13:41] Emergency Dr**
* Initial exam found bruises*
* and a slight sprain.*
**[13:44] Emergency Dr**
* The circumstances suggest*
* a possible suicide attempt.*
**[13:47] Yu**
Huh?
***SIGN*** August 27th (Tue) 20:06
Emergency Department
Internal Line 08
Connected
**[13:49] Emergency Dr**
* However, the patient has*
* been saying something strange.*
***SIGN*** Cursed Video
**[13:54] Emergency Dr**
*Something about watching a cursed video?*
**[13:59] (Flashback) Manatsu**
It's that viral cursed video.
**[13:59] (Flashback) Manatsu**
Mafuyu would never
try to commit suicide.
**[14:00] (Flashback) Sumida**
There were no abnormalities
in her brain scan.
**[14:01] (Flashback) Manatsu**
A girl crossed the
street on a red light.
**[14:01] (Flashback) Sumida**
She must be under
a lot of stress.
**[14:04] (Flashback) Takao**
That was bright.
**[14:05] (Flashback) Takao**
This video
has no sound.
**[14:05] (Flashback) Manatsu**
Mafuyu and I were born
with the same face and DNA, but...
**[14:06] (Flashback) Emergency Dr**
Something about
watching a cursed video?
**[14:20] Takao**
Kotori.
**[14:21] Yu**
Yes?
**[14:21] Takao**
Gather everyone involved.
**[14:23] Yu**
Huh?
**[14:29] Takao**
I'll give everyone
my diagnosis to this mystery.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[14:36] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
**[14:36] Sign**
Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** Electroencephalography Room
**[14:45] Takao**
Everyone's here.
**[14:46] Sumida**
How dare you drag a patient out without
my permission! What's the meaning of this?
**[14:52] Takao**
Kimura Manatsu.
**[14:55] Takao**
Why did you watch that cursed video again?
**[14:59] Manatsu**
I thought I might figure
something out if I did.
**[15:03] Takao**
So reckless.
**[15:05] Takao**
Even so, I was able to reach
the truth because of you.
***SIGN*** New Patient Information
***SIGN*** Original Settings
**[15:06] Test**
Options
**[15:09] Mafuyu/Manatsu**
Huh?
**[15:10] Takao**
Kimura Mafuyu jumped from the platform
and Kimura Manatsu fell from the stairs.
**[15:18] Takao**
All because of that cursed video.
**[15:21] Sumida**
Enough of this nonsense.
**[15:24] Sumida**
Cursed videos don't exist.
**[15:27] Takao**
I'll show you the truth now.
**[15:35] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[15:36] Sumida**
What are you trying to do, Ameku Takao?
***SIGN*** Options
**[15:56] Mom**
Manatsu?
**[16:00] Mom**
Mafuyu?
***SIGN*** New Patient Information
***SIGN*** Original Settings
**[16:17] Test**
Options
**[16:23] Takao**
So heavy!
**[16:25] Takao**
Hey, Kotori! Help me!
**[16:26] Yu**
Oh, uh, right.
**[16:35] Mafuyu**
I...
**[16:36] Manatsu**
What just...
**[16:39] Sumida**
What's going on?
**[16:41] Takao**
Kimura Mafuyu and Manatsu...
**[16:43] Takao**
just had an epileptic seizure.
**[16:46] Manatsu**
Epileptic?
**[16:46] Mafuyu**
Epileptic?
**[16:48] Takao**
Epilepsy is a neurological disease
**[16:51] Takao**
that can cause uncontrollable movements,
loss of consciousness, and hallucinations.
**[16:54] Takao**
Triggers for a seizure differ from person to
person, but photo stimulation is one of them.
***SIGN*** New Patient Information
***SIGN*** Original Settings
**[16:57] Test**
Options
**[16:59] Yu**
Photo stimulation?
**[17:01] Yu**
Oh!
**[17:02] Takao**
That's right. The cursed video.
**[17:07] Takao**
The video flashes light aggressively.
**[17:10] Takao**
That light caused their cranial
nerves to fire abnormally,
**[17:13] Takao**
and resulted in an epileptic seizure.
**[17:16] Yu**
So the growling beast she heard...
**[17:19] Takao**
Oh, that was a symptom
of her epileptic seizure.
**[17:22] Sumida**
Hold on a minute.
**[17:23] Sumida**
Both of them tried to commit suicide.
**[17:26] Sumida**
What's that have to do
with epileptic seizures?
**[17:28] Takao**
Didn't you see them unconsciously
walking forward just now?
**[17:34] Takao**
That's a symptom called automatism.
**[17:37] Takao**
During a seizure, a certain part
of their body moves automatically.
**[17:42] Takao**
For these two, it is
unconsciously walking forward.
**[17:47] Takao**
The rest is easy to guess.
**[17:49] Takao**
The seizures happened on
a train platform and near stairs,
**[17:52] Takao**
so they looked like
impulsive suicide attempts.
**[17:55] Sumida**
But they both watched the video
together on the train platform.
**[17:58] Sumida**
So why did only Mafuyu react?
**[18:01] Takao**
That has to do with
their different situations.
**[18:04] Takao**
It's easier to trigger an epileptic seizure
**[18:07] Takao**
when the brain is suffering from
exhaustion or is under immense stress.
**[18:11] Takao**
Kimura Mafuyu.
**[18:13] Takao**
You watched the cursed video
when you were already worn out
***SIGN*** I want to see you.
***SIGN*** Just Now
***SIGN*** Motonari Mitsuaki
***SIGN*** I was wrong.
**[18:19] Takao**
from studying for your entrance exams
and your ex pestering you.
***SIGN*** I'm sure we can start over.
**[18:23] Takao**
Kimura Manatsu.
**[18:25] Takao**
You regretted showing
your sister the video,
**[18:29] Takao**
resulting in insomnia, guilt, and high levels
of stress when you watched it again.
**[18:36] Takao**
I confirmed it was an epileptic seizure
when Kimura Manatsu was admitted to the ER.
**[18:42] Takao**
After all, if one of the
monozygotic twins has epilepsy,
**[18:47] Takao**
the other has a high probability
of having it, too.
**[18:56] Mom**
Um, Doctor.
**[18:58] Mom**
Can my daughters be cured of this disease?
**[19:03] Takao**
Since their symptoms are atypical,
Neurology will have to examine them to be sure.
**[19:07] Takao**
However, considering they haven't
had any episodes before now,
**[19:11] Takao**
it should be a case of staying away from
heavy photo stimulation and minimizing stress.
**[19:17] Takao**
If you have any worries,
we'll do our best to support you.
**[19:19] Manatsu**
Mafuyu, I'm sorry for showing you that video.
**[19:20] Takao**
It's our duty as physicians.
**[19:22] Mafuyu**
No, it's okay.
**[19:22] Mom**
Thank goodness.
**[19:24] Takao**
Well, then. My diagnosis is complete.
***SIGN*** Electroencephalography Room
**[19:34] Takao**
You seem frustrated.
**[19:36] Sumida**
Not in the slightest.
**[19:38] Sumida**
I'm happy we found out
what was afflicting these two girls.
**[19:41] Takao**
I bet. After all, in the end,
you used to be my supervising physician.
**[19:46] Yu**
Dr. Sumida used to be
your supervising physician?
**[19:50] Sumida**
That's right.
**[19:52] Sumida**
She was the worst resident I've ever had.
**[19:54] Yu**
What in the world did you do?
**[19:57] Takao**
Well, when I was in the Psychiatry
Department during my residency...
**[20:00] Takao**
I realized a patient Sumida had diagnosed
with depression actually had hypothyroidism.
**[20:08] Takao**
I took her off the useless antidepressants
and gave her thyroid meds instead.
**[20:13] Yu**
What?
**[20:13] Takao**
She improved rapidly in just one day.
So I told the patient the truth.
**[20:19] Yu**
You didn't...
**[20:20] Takao**
"This incompetent supervisor misdiagnosed you
and gave you completely ineffective meds."
**[20:26] Takao**
After that, I was banned from the psych ward.
**[20:29] Sumida**
Of *course* you were!
**[20:31] Sumida**
You changed a patient's meds
without your supervisor's approval!
**[20:34] Sumida**
Don't you know your ho-ren-so
(report, inform, consult)?!
**[20:36] Takao**
Of course I do.
**[20:38] Takao**
Amaranthaceae family,
native to Western Asia.
**[20:40] Yu**
U-Um...
**[20:40] Takao**
Used in salads and miso soup—
***SIGN*** Sanitize and Wash Your Hands
***SIGN*** Don't Talk Too Loudly
**[20:42] Sumida**
I don't mean *spinach* (horenso)!
**[20:50] Yu**
Oh!
**[20:52] Yu**
Mazuru-san! Good morning.
**[20:54] Mazuru**
Dr. Takanashi.
**[20:59] Mazuru**
I heard about the psychiatry patient.
**[21:03] Mazuru**
It seems Takao caused you
a lot of trouble. I'm sorry.
**[21:08] Yu**
It wasn't that much trouble. We were able
to help a patient, thanks to Dr. Takao.
**[21:15] Mazuru**
You're the first person
to say something like that.
**[21:19] Mazuru**
You know what Takao's like. She's always
causing problems for people around her.
**[21:24] Mazuru**
All of the physicians who work
under her quit right away.
**[21:29] (Flashback) Doctors**
I can't handle her.
**[21:32] Yu**
It's true she causes a lot of problems,
but I'm learning a lot from her.
**[21:38] Yu**
Dr. Takao is a brilliant physician.
**[21:43] Mazuru**
Please continue taking care
of my little sister.
**[21:46] Yu**
Will do.
# 4 - Spontaneous Human Combustion
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***SIGN*** October 28 (Monday)
***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
***SIGN*** The Nature of the Onmyouji
***SIGN*** m 84.42 165 l 103.43 187.43 294.86 84.57 281.15 65.15
***SIGN*** The Changes and Fall of the Onmyouji
***SIGN*** m 317.86 102.14 l 385.71 66.57 410 100.57 342.29 133.15
***SIGN*** Murota
Muneharu
***SIGN*** The Curse of
***SIGN*** Folktales of
Heian Kyoto
Ikari Seimei
***SIGN*** However, that Abe no Seimei stands on par with Ashiya Doman
***SIGN*** and the research has brought us to the conclusion that
***SIGN*** of a man by the name Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[02:13] Takao**
The onmyoji were originally formed
during the Asuka period by Emperor Tenmu,
**[02:17] Takao**
when he created the Bureau of Onmyo,
which was responsible for divinations.
**[02:23] Takao**
The most famous among them
was probably Abe no Seimei.
**[02:26] Yu**
Oh, he turns up a lot in
Japanese fantasy movies and games.
**[02:30] Yu**
He's often depicted as a user of magic.
**[02:33] Takao**
That's because onmyoji were experts in
exorcising vengeful spirits, prayer, and curses.
**[02:39] Yu**
I see.
**[02:40] Yu**
So this Murota-san we're meeting
is a history professor, right?
***SIGN*** Murota
***SIGN*** October 19 (Saturday)
**[02:45] Yu**
Why's a history professor asking
for help from doctors like us?
**[02:50] Takao**
He's heard rumors about me.
**[02:53] Takao**
He knows I'm a genius
who's solved various difficult cases.
**[02:57] Yu**
So what?
**[02:59] Takao**
He wants me to solve an onmyoji's curse.
**[03:04] Yu**
Curses again, huh?
**[03:07] Takao**
Pretty interesting, right?
**[03:19] Murota**
Excuse me.
**[03:20] Murota**
Dr. Ameku.
**[03:22] Murota**
Do you know anything about
the onmyoji, Ashiya Doman?
***SIGN*** Professor of Suimei University's
Department of Japanese History
Murota Muneharu
**[03:26] Takao**
He was also known as Doma Hoshi.
**[03:29] Takao**
He was reportedly Abe no Seimei's rival, and the
most notable hoshi onmyoji of the Heian period.
**[03:35] Aoi**
You live up to your reputation, Dr. Ameku.
**[03:37] Aoi**
You know your stuff.
***SIGN*** Assistant Professor of Teito University's
Japanese History Course
Kuramoto Aoi
**[03:39] Ameku**
His name's recorded in historical documents
like *Uji Shui Monogatari* and *Mineaiki*.
**[03:43] Murota**
Right.
**[03:44] Murota**
However, we're still not completely sure...
**[03:47] Murota**
...about the existence of Ashiya Doman.
**[03:48] Yu**
"Hoshi onmyoji"? "Ashiya Doman"?
**[03:51] Aoi**
To begin with, there aren't
many documents on hoshi onmyoji.
**[03:52] Kagaya**
Sorry about them.
**[03:54] Kagaya**
When talking about their research,
they all get really excited.
***SIGN*** Murota's Assistant
Kagaya Masashi
**[03:55] Murota**
Unlike bureau onmyoji, it's rare for them to
appear in aristocratic historical documents.
**[04:00] Yu**
Seems we both have genius superiors
who are hard to work with.
**[04:00] Takao**
Even the *Harima Kagami* was written
700 years after the onmyoji flourished.
**[04:05] Takao**
We can't be sure if
those records are even accurate.
**[04:06] Kagaya**
So true.
**[04:09] Murota**
You're very knowledgeable.
**[04:11] Murota**
However...
**[04:17] Aoi**
We found an old document in the
storage room of Professor Murota's house.
**[04:21] Aoi**
It was an ancient document
regarding the onmyoji, Ashiya Enzo.
**[04:26] Takao**
Ashiya? Does that mean
he was a descendant of Doman?
**[04:29] Aoi**
Or perhaps his student.
**[04:32] Aoi**
Ashiya Enzo cursed more than ten people
to die, including aristocrats,
**[04:36] Aoi**
and was driven out of Heian-kyo.
**[04:38] Takao**
So he was a Heian period criminal, huh?
**[04:45] Aoi**
We continued our research
and finally discovered
**[04:47] Aoi**
that Ashiya Enzo escaped to Kanto
and settled down in Kamakura.
**[04:51] Aoi**
The descendants of the Ashiya family have
continued to thrive there until the present day.
**[04:56] Yu**
The present day?
**[04:57] Murota**
And we made another discovery.
**[05:00] Murota**
It may completely change the very
foundation of our research on Doman.
**[05:06] Murota**
We found the grave of Ashiya Enzo.
**[05:11] Aoi**
We spent a long time
negotiating with the family,
**[05:13] Aoi**
and three weeks ago, were finally
allowed access to the inside of his tomb.
**[05:23] Murota**
In this never-before-opened,
thousand-year-old Heian period tomb,
**[05:28] Murota**
we found the mummy of a monk.
**[05:33] Takao**
A *mummy*?!
**[05:34] Takao**
Was it Ashiya Enzo himself?!
**[05:37] Murota**
That is what we firmly believe.
**[05:41] Haruka**
Excuse me.
**[05:43] Murota**
Oh. This is my daughter, Haruka.
**[05:47] Murota**
My wife passed away three months ago.
**[05:52] Murota**
Since then, she's quit her job
and returned home to take care of me.
**[06:02] Aoi**
Professor Murota!
**[06:03] Haruka**
Dad!
**[06:07] Takao**
An onmyoji's curse.
**[06:10] Takao**
Wasn't that the reason you wanted to see me?
**[06:15] Murota**
"All who desecrate his grave
will be cursed by Enzo."
**[06:21] Yu**
Huh?
**[06:23] Murota**
It's a warning passed down the Ashiya family.
**[06:28] Takao**
How interesting!
**[06:31] Murota**
Interesting, you say?
**[06:32] Takao**
If curses really do exist, that would
be a truly fantastical discovery!
**[06:42] Murota**
Real geniuses are something else.
**[06:45] Murota**
However...
**[06:47] Murota**
Now that I've fallen victim to it,
I've grown scared.
**[06:53] Yu**
Um, exactly what kind of curse is it?
**[06:58] Murota**
I started coughing heavily two weeks back.
**[07:06] Haruka**
The coughing hasn't stopped since.
**[07:09] Haruka**
His primary physician said
he needed oxygen therapy,
**[07:13] Haruka**
and his low-grade fever won't go away.
**[07:16] Yu**
It seems you have emphysema, so it's
possible you have a respiratory infection.
**[07:22] Takao**
You're still smoking, aren't you?
**[07:24] Takao**
You reap what you sow.
**[07:26] Murota**
My doctor said the same thing.
**[07:30] Murota**
But I've been taking the antibiotics
he prescribed for over a week now,
**[07:35] Murota**
and instead of getting better...
**[07:39] Murota**
It's only gotten worse.
**[07:46] Aoi**
It's not just Professor Murota.
**[07:49] Aoi**
Professor Ikari from Teito University,
who went in with us, is also sick.
**[07:55] Aoi**
I visited him at the request
of his wife three days ago, but...
**[08:02] (Flashback) Aoi**
P-Professor Ikari.
**[08:04] (Flashback) Aoi**
Let's go to the hospital.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Ikari**
No. I won't go outside.
**[08:10] (Flashback) Michiko**
Dear! Please, let's go to the hospital.
**[08:13] (Flashback) Ikari**
I can hear a voice.
**[08:17] (Flashback) Ikari**
"I'm going to kill you. I will never forgive you."
**[08:21] (Flashback) Ikari**
"Die! Die!"
**[08:28] (Flashback) Ikari**
It's Enzo's curse!
**[08:35] Takao**
Kuramoto Aoi.
**[08:38] Takao**
When did Ikari's symptoms start?
**[08:41] Aoi**
About two weeks ago?
**[08:44] Takao**
I see. Murota's coughing
started two weeks ago, too...
**[08:51] Takao**
Does Ikari have any chronic problems?
**[08:55] Aoi**
As I recall, he's been dealing with
persistent colitis. An ulcerative one.
**[08:59] Takao**
Then, he must be using immunosuppressants.
**[09:03] Takao**
It's been three weeks. If we validate now...
**[09:06] Yu**
Doctor Takao?
**[09:08] Takao**
But is that the fastest way?
**[09:11] Takao**
Damn it. Let's go, Kotori.
**[09:13] Yu**
Huh?
**[09:14] Takao**
Kuramoto Aoi. Come with us.
**[09:16] Murota**
H-Hey!
**[09:16] Yu**
Wait!
**[09:17] Aoi**
Me, too? Where?
**[09:20] Takao**
To Ashiya Enzo's grave.
***SIGN*** Ashiya
**[09:43] Yu**
So heavy.
**[09:44] Yu**
What in the world is in here?
**[09:46] Yu**
We even went to the trouble
of stopping by the hospital for it.
**[09:48] Takao**
You'll find out soon enough. Just hurry up.
**[09:51] Yuuta**
Hey, what're you doin'
trespassin' on our property?
**[09:58] Yuuta**
Aw, hell. It's you again.
**[10:00] Takao**
Who the heck are you?
**[10:03] Yuuta**
I'm the head of the Ashiya Family,
Ashiya Yuuta.
**[10:07] Yu**
The family head?
**[10:08] Yuuta**
Who the hell're you guys?
**[10:10] Takao**
I'm the director of Tenikai General's
Investigative Pathology Department, Ameku Takao.
**[10:14] Takao**
This is my assistant, Kotori.
**[10:15] Yu**
It's Takanashi.
**[10:17] Yuuta**
Kotori? Takanashi?
**[10:20] Yuuta**
What's a doc doin' here
this late in the day?
**[10:23] Takao**
I've come to examine Ashiya Enzo's grave.
**[10:26] Yuuta**
What? I don't remember
allowin' something like that.
**[10:28] Yuuta**
I was against your research from the start.
**[10:32] Aoi**
We received permission.
**[10:35] Aoi**
We got it from your mother, the landowner.
**[10:41] Yuuta**
Come to think of it, how's that
old guy named Ikari? He doin' okay?
**[10:45] Yuuta**
He ignored my warnin'
and messed with the tomb.
**[10:48] Yuuta**
That's why he was cursed.
**[10:53] Takao**
We don't have time for this. Let's go.
**[10:56] Yuuta**
Hey! Where d'ya think *you're*
goin' without my permission?
**[10:59] Takao**
As a doctor, I need to enter
the grave site as soon as possible.
**[11:03] Takao**
No matter what.
**[11:04] Yuuta**
Huh?
**[11:06] Takao**
So get out of the way.
**[11:07] Yuuta**
You lookin' down on me?!
**[11:10] Takao**
Ow!
**[11:11] Takao**
What are you do—
**[11:13] Yuuta**
What's this? You got a problem?
**[11:16] Yu**
Sorry, but we need to pass.
**[11:19] Yuuta**
Huh? Go ahead and try.
**[11:34] Yuuta**
Bastard.
**[11:36] Yu**
Let's go.
**[11:38] Takao**
Why are you so angry?
**[11:40] Yu**
I'm not angry.
**[11:42] Yu**
Are you all right, Dr. Takao?
**[11:44] Takao**
Well, *I'm* angry! He pushed me over!
**[11:44] Yuuta**
"Do not desecrate Enzo's grave."
**[11:47] Yu**
Make sure you pat off all that dirt
before you get back in the car.
**[11:48] Yuuta**
"Those who break this taboo...
**[11:51] Takao**
Why don't you worry about me for once?
**[11:53] Yuuta**
will be cursed to die."
**[11:59] Takao**
Kotori. Piggyback.
**[12:02] Yu**
Don't be unreasonable.
**[12:04] Yu**
I'm already carrying this heavy bag.
**[12:07] Yu**
How do you expect me to carry you as well?
**[12:10] Takao**
Carry the backpack on your front.
**[12:13] Yu**
No way.
**[12:15] Yu**
Come on, walk properly.
**[12:17] Takao**
Heartless beast.
**[12:20] Aoi**
There it is.
**[12:28] Yu**
It's pretty damp.
**[12:31] Aoi**
It's slippery here. Be careful.
**[12:36] Yu**
It's pretty open at the back.
**[12:40] Aoi**
That's the casket containing Enzo's body.
**[12:47] Yu**
D-Dr. Takao?
**[12:50] Yu**
Why are you trying to open the casket?
**[12:54] Takao**
Kotori.
**[12:55] Yu**
Yes?
**[12:56] Takao**
Open it.
**[12:57] Yu**
What? Uh, m-me?
**[13:00] Takao**
You're the only one here
who's strong enough to lift it.
**[13:05] Takao**
You're not scared, are you?
**[13:08] Yu**
All right, fine.
**[13:11] Yu**
I just need to open it, right?
**[13:15] Takao**
If there really is a curse,
you'll be hit by it first.
**[13:18] Yu**
Don't say stuff like that!
**[13:29] Yu**
So you brought a microscope set?
**[13:33] Yu**
What are you planning to do with it?
**[13:36] Takao**
I'm going to take a sample.
**[13:38] Yu**
A sample?
**[14:09] Takao**
I thought so.
**[14:10] Yu**
Huh?
**[14:12] Takao**
Where does Ikari live?
**[14:13] Aoi**
Huh? In Tanashi.
**[14:15] Takao**
We have supporting proof.
**[14:17] Takao**
Now, we just need to take *her* with us.
**[14:19] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[14:21] Takao**
Let's go now. Take me there.
**[14:23] Yu**
Now?
**[14:25] Takao**
Let's go solve Enzo's curse.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[14:35] Ikari**
I'm going to be killed.
**[14:37] Ikari**
E-Enzo's cursed me to die.
**[14:42] Ikari**
N-No... I don't want to die.
**[14:47] Ikari**
No...
**[14:47] Takao**
Hey! Open up, Ikari!
**[14:49] Takao**
We need to get you to a hospital!
**[14:51] Ikari**
I-I won't go to the hospital.
**[14:53] Ikari**
Th-This is a curse.
**[14:56] Michiko**
Please come out of there!
**[14:57] Michiko**
The doctors will definitely
be able to help you!
**[14:59] Ikari**
Shut up!
**[15:01] Ikari**
Everyone should just disappear!
**[15:05] Ikari**
So hot. My head... My head feels so hot.
**[15:08] Takao**
Listen, you!
**[15:10] Takao**
You're going to die at this rate!
**[15:12] Yu**
Huh?
**[15:13] Michiko**
No...
**[15:16] Aoi**
Please! Can't we force him
to go to the hospital?
**[15:19] Yu**
Even as doctors, if we admit
a patient against their will,
**[15:23] Yu**
we could be treated as kidnappers.
**[15:28] Takao**
Involuntary hospitalization.
**[15:30] Takao**
As an exception, a patient can be taken in for
medical care with the consent of a family member
**[15:36] Takao**
and a designated mental health physician
who deems it necessary.
**[15:40] Yu**
I see.
**[15:41] Yu**
So that's why you brought
Dr. Sumida from Psych with us.
**[15:47] Sumida**
The involuntary hospitalization law was put in
to help patients with psychiatric disorders
**[15:52] Sumida**
who have lost their capacity
to make decisions.
**[15:54] Sumida**
I understand the patient is unwell,
**[15:58] Sumida**
but there isn't enough proof
to authorize involuntary—
**[16:01] Takao**
Kotori.
**[16:02] Takao**
Break down the door.
**[16:03] Yu/Sumida**
Huh?
**[16:04] Takao**
Break down this door.
**[16:06] Sumida**
You really have zero common sense—
**[16:08] Takao**
Someone's life is at stake here!
**[16:13] Takao**
We need to diagnose your husband
as quickly as possible.
**[16:17] Takao**
Will you allow us to break down this door?
**[16:19] Michiko**
Y-Yes!
**[16:21] Takao**
Kotori.
**[16:25] Yu**
I understand.
**[16:26] Yu**
Everyone. Please step back.
**[16:27] Ikari**
S-Stop.
**[16:28] Ikari**
Enzo will get in.
**[16:37] Ikari**
N-No!
**[16:39] Takao**
Good.
**[16:40] Ikari**
D-Don't open the door!
**[16:45] Michiko**
Dear!
**[16:47] Ikari**
D-Don't come any closer.
**[16:51] Ikari**
Enzo is...
**[16:57] Sumida**
What are you doing?!
**[16:58] Takao**
His entire upper body is raised.
**[17:01] Takao**
Neck stiffness.
**[17:03] Yu/Sumida**
Huh?
**[17:05] Takao**
Headache, fever, vomiting,
confusion, and neck stiffness.
**[17:11] Takao**
These are all symptoms
that can be caused...
**[17:14] Takao**
by meningitis.
**[17:16] Takao**
And the source of that meningitis...
**[17:19] Takao**
is cryptococcus.
**[17:22] Yu**
Cryptococcus?
**[17:25] Takao**
Cryptococcus is a type of fungus.
In other words, it's a kind of mold.
**[17:29] Takao**
It grows in damp environments,
**[17:32] Takao**
and causes life-threatening symptoms
if it infects the meninges.
**[17:36] Aoi**
Damp environments?
**[17:39] Takao**
Ashiya Enzo's grave.
**[17:41] Takao**
The fungus proliferated in the tomb during
the nearly one thousand years it was sealed off.
**[17:47] Aoi**
Then, am I infected, too?
**[17:50] Takao**
No, most healthy people
don't show serious symptoms,
**[17:54] Takao**
even if they come into contact
with cryptococcus.
**[17:54] Michiko**
Dear, hang in there!
**[17:57] Takao**
This man has a larger head,
while his arms and legs are thin.
**[18:01] Takao**
Do you know what that means, Kotori?
**[18:04] Yu**
Moon face?
**[18:06] Yu**
It's a side effect that can occur in
someone on long-term steroid therapy.
**[18:09] Takao**
That's right.
**[18:10] Takao**
Steroids are immunosuppressant drugs.
**[18:14] Takao**
Murota has emphysema, which makes him
more susceptible to respiratory infections.
**[18:19] Yu**
I see!
**[18:20] Yu**
Professor Murota is suffering
from mycotic pneumonia.
**[18:24] Yu**
That's why the antibiotics aren't helping.
**[18:26] Takao**
Exactly. He needs to take antifungal
medication to treat his problem.
**[18:31] Takao**
This is the real identity
of the onmyoji's curse.
**[18:36] Takao**
Ikari, you have serious fungal meningitis.
Go to the hospital immediately.
**[18:42] Ikari**
N-No.
**[18:44] Ikari**
I'll be cursed if I go outside.
**[18:47] Michiko**
Please! Take him to the hospital!
**[18:50] Takao**
Sumida. I found a large amount of
cryptococcus in the cave this man entered.
**[18:55] Takao**
I have supporting proof. If you confirm
the samples I collected under a microscope—
**[18:59] Sumida**
I really *hate* you.
**[19:04] Sumida**
However...
**[19:05] Sumida**
I hold your diagnostic
abilities in high regard.
**[19:11] Sumida**
Dr. Ameku. Do you believe
he needs emergency care?
**[19:17] Takao**
Yes. He needs to be hospitalized
as soon as possible.
**[19:23] Sumida**
I authorize involuntary hospitalization.
**[19:25] Takao**
Kotori!
**[19:26] Yu**
Yes?
**[19:27] Takao**
Call an ambulance.
**[19:28] Yu**
Understood.
**[19:44] Yu**
Kuramoto-san.
**[19:46] Aoi**
Dr. Takanashi.
**[19:48] Yu**
You smoke, huh?
**[19:50] Aoi**
Yeah, occasionally.
**[19:52] Yu**
That's a rare sight.
**[19:55] Aoi**
Oh, the matches?
**[19:56] Aoi**
I got them from Professor Murota yesterday.
**[19:59] Yu**
Is that so? How's Professor Murota doing?
**[20:03] Aoi**
Thanks to Dr. Ameku, he's recovered enough
that he doesn't need supplemental oxygen.
**[20:10] Yu**
That's good to hear.
**[20:12] Aoi**
Oh, that's right. I sent Dr. Ameku
the documents on Ashiya Enzo.
**[20:16] Yu**
I'm sure she was really interested.
She's a ball of curiosity.
**[20:25] Aoi**
It's getting a little chilly.
**[20:27] Yu**
Well, it's already autumn.
**[20:30] Aoi**
Dr. Takanashi,
what's Professor Ikari's condition?
**[20:37] Yu**
Dr. Takao says he was already in bad shape
when he got to the hospital.
**[20:44] Yu**
We'll continue trying our best, but honestly...
**[20:49] Aoi**
I see.
**[20:52] Aoi**
Professor Ikari's wife told me
she's very thankful.
**[20:56] Yu**
Huh?
**[20:57] Aoi**
Because he was hospitalized,
she can now stay by his side.
**[21:02] Yu**
Is that so?
**[21:04] Aoi**
Professor Murota and I
are both very thankful, too.
**[21:07] Aoi**
The two of you solved
the mystery of the curse.
***SIGN*** The Nature of the Onmyouji
***SIGN*** m 84.42 165 l 103.43 187.43 294.86 84.57 281.15 65.15
***SIGN*** The Changes and Fall of the Onmyouji
***SIGN*** m 317.86 102.14 l 385.71 66.57 410 100.57 342.29 133.15
***SIGN*** Murota
Muneharu
***SIGN*** The Curse of
***SIGN*** Folktales of
Heian Kyoto
Ikari Seimei
***SIGN*** However, that Abe no Seimei stands on par with Ashiya Doman
***SIGN*** and the research has brought us to the conclusion that
***SIGN*** of a man by the name Ashiya Enzo
***SIGN*** Ashiya Enzo
**[21:53] Takao**
The people cursed by Ashiya Enzo...
**[21:58] Takao**
all burned to death, huh?
# 5 - Crimson Curse of the Sorcerer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G5PHNM970/ameku-md-doctor-detective)
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***SIGN*** Murota
***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
***SIGN*** Kuramoto Aoi, Age 31
**[00:16] Sakurai**
Victim's name: Kuramoto Aoi.
**[00:18] Sakurai**
Assistant professor at Teito University.
**[00:22] Sakurai**
Still...
**[00:24] Sakurai**
What a peculiar way to die.
**[00:28] Police A**
Hey! You can't be in here!
**[00:30] Murota**
It's fine. Let them through.
**[00:32] Police A**
But—
**[00:33] Takao**
Sakurai.
**[00:34] Sakurai**
Well, well. If it isn't Dr. Ameku.
**[00:45] Yu**
Kuramoto-san...
**[00:48] Takao**
I see.
**[00:51] Takao**
You're right. It *is* a peculiar way to die.
**[00:53] Sakurai**
Yup.
**[00:55] Sakurai**
The authorities here believe it was caused
by carelessness with a lit cigarette.
**[01:02] Sakurai**
Well, it's true there are no signs of a break-in,
and suicide seems highly unlikely.
**[01:11] Sakurai**
Even so, a fire like this...
**[01:15] Sakurai**
The victim's surroundings
are suspiciously unaffected.
**[01:20] Sakurai**
Only the corpse burned to ashes.
**[01:24] Sakurai**
It's like her body just burst into flames.
**[01:32] Takao**
Spontaneous human combustion.
**[01:34] Yu**
Huh?
**[01:35] Takao**
In 1731, Countess Cornelia Bandi was
found burned to ashes in her own room
**[01:40] Takao**
with no apparent source of ignition.
Only her legs below the knees remained.
**[01:45] Takao**
In 2010, an Irishman named Michael Faherty
**[01:49] Takao**
was found burned to death in his living room
with no signs of fire damage nearby.
**[01:56] Takao**
The coroner officially recorded spontaneous
human combustion as his cause of death.
**[02:02] Takao**
There have been various cases reported around
the world where people have burned to death
**[02:06] Takao**
with no obvious ignition source.
**[02:12] Takao**
I thought everything was solved
with the cryptococcus.
**[02:17] Takao**
Bring it on.
**[02:19] Takao**
I'll take on this mystery...
**[02:23] Takao**
of spontaneous human combustion.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[04:04] Sakurai**
My, my.
**[04:05] Sakurai**
This warehouse has quite the collection.
**[04:09] Murota**
Yes, the Murota family has been
collecting these items for over 300 years.
**[04:15] Takao**
It really is an impressive collection.
**[04:18] Takao**
Oh, hey, isn't that armor from
the Azuchi-Momoyama period?
**[04:22] Takao**
And this foreign porcelain appeared
in Japan during the Edo period.
**[04:27] Takao**
That Japanese pipe is a luxury item
from the Taisho period.
**[04:30] Sakurai**
I'm sure that safe contains
something even more valuable.
**[04:36] Murota**
Of course.
**[04:38] Murota**
That's why the code to
this safe is known only...
**[04:43] Murota**
by members of the Murota family.
**[04:49] Murota**
In the past, everyone cursed
by Ashiya Enzo burned to death.
**[04:59] Takao**
Only the burnt shadows of victims remained,
and the source of ignition was never found.
**[05:05] Takao**
At least, that's how history recorded it.
**[05:10] Yu**
Just like Kuramoto-san...
**[05:13] Murota**
These are historical documents
related to Ashiya Enzo.
**[05:23] Murota**
Dr. Ameku. I will cooperate fully
with your investigation.
**[05:28] Murota**
If necessary, I can show you all the known
documents related to Enzo that we've found.
**[05:43] Murota**
So please...
**[05:45] Murota**
Please break this curse.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** Internal Medicine
***SIGN*** Tenikai
**[05:56] Yu**
The hospital?
**[05:59] Yu**
Yes. Takanashi speaking.
**[06:04] Yu**
What?
**[06:08] Yu**
Yes. Thank you very much.
**[06:12] Yu**
Dr. Takao.
**[06:13] Yu**
Professor Ikari...
**[06:16] Yu**
has passed away.
**[06:27] Takao**
I see.
**[06:30] Kagaya**
This is all because of the curse.
**[06:36] Murota**
Aoi-kun is dead, and now Ikari is, too.
**[06:41] Murota**
I'm sure I'm next.
**[06:45] Murota**
We should never have gotten
involved with Ashiya Enzo.
**[06:49] Murota**
No way in hell am I gonna
let myself be cursed to death!
***SIGN*** Ikari
Seimei
Farewell
Service
***SIGN*** 10/30
Farewell
Service
**[07:23] Yu**
Kagaya-san.
**[07:25] Kagaya**
Takanashi-san.
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Yu
***SIGN*** Tenikai
General
Hospital
***SIGN*** Tenikai
General
Hospital
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Yu
***SIGN*** Tenikai
General
Hospital
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Yu
**[07:30] Yu**
Um, where's Professor Murota?
**[07:34] Kagaya**
He's not here.
**[07:36] Kagaya**
He said he wouldn't
attend the funeral, either.
**[07:40] Yu**
I see.
**[07:42] Yu**
How is he?
***SIGN*** Tenikai
General
Hospital
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Yu
**[07:44] Kagaya**
He's locked himself away in his warehouse.
**[07:47] Kagaya**
Haruka-san is taking care
of his daily needs.
**[07:51] Yu**
I see.
**[07:54] Yu**
Sounds like Haruka-san has it tough, too.
**[07:59] Yu**
What's going on?
**[08:59] Michiko**
Dear!
**[09:03] Son**
Mom, we need to get out!
**[09:07] Attendant**
It's a fire! We need to evacuate!
**[09:17] (Flashback) Ikari**
It's Enzo's curse!
***SIGN*** October 31 (Thursday)
**[09:29] Takao**
Burned to death. A burning corpse.
**[09:32] Takao**
Good grief. Ashiya Enzo's
onmyo "curse" sure is a crazy one.
**[09:36] Naruse**
How stupid. It's not a curse.
**[09:40] Takao**
Hah, I expected as much.
**[09:41] Yu**
Huh?
**[09:42] Takao**
You going through the trouble of coming
to question Kotori proves it's not a curse.
**[09:50] Yu**
What do you mean?
***SIGN*** The Science
of Fires
***SIGN*** Fire Outbreaks
***SIGN*** and
***SIGN*** Fire
Forensics
***SIGN*** Building
Fires
***SIGN*** The History of
***SIGN*** Mankind and Fire
**[09:52] Takao**
Whenever there's a fire,
a fire investigator inspects the scene.
**[09:57] Takao**
If there's any suspicion of negligence
or arson, the police get involved.
***SIGN*** Fire Investigation
**[10:04] Takao**
Put simply, the fact you guys are here
means this is a "case" not an "accident."
**[10:12] Takao**
Moreover, considering how quickly
you opened your investigation,
**[10:16] Takao**
there must be some kind of
evidence that points to arson.
**[10:23] Sakurai**
We found the remains of a timed
ignition device in the coffin.
**[10:29] Yu**
A timed ignition device?
**[10:30] Naruse**
That strange sound you heard right before
the fire was the sound of the timer.
**[10:37] Yu**
In other words, someone's behind all of this?
**[10:41] Naruse**
That's right.
**[10:44] Takao**
Was the timer special in any way?
**[10:46] Sakurai**
No, it's something anyone could make
fairly easily with an internet search.
**[10:53] Naruse**
Let me tell you this right now:
we don't need advice from an amateur.
**[10:58] Naruse**
The trick is obvious.
**[11:00] Naruse**
It's just a matter of time
before we find the culprit.
**[11:04] Yu**
Does this mean that Kuramoto-san was also...
**[11:08] Sakurai**
HQ has decided to consider the possibility
of homicide in light of this recent case.
**[11:15] Naruse**
Two professors on the same research team
have been involved in fires.
**[11:20] Naruse**
It's natural to suspect that
the same person is behind both incidents.
**[11:27] Naruse**
Dr. Takanashi.
**[11:29] Naruse**
Did you see anyone suspicious near the wake?
**[11:33] Yu**
Anyone suspicious?
**[11:37] Yu**
I saw a motorcyclist wearing
a full-face helmet nearby.
**[11:41] Yu**
They were quietly staring at us.
**[11:43] Naruse**
I see.
**[11:45] Naruse**
At what point did you notice
this suspicious person?
**[11:48] Yu**
Oh, um, I was at the reception table.
I asked after Professor Murota...
***SIGN*** Door Opening
**[11:57] Konoike**
Oh.
**[11:58] Konoike**
Dr. Kotori!
**[11:59] Kotori**
It's Takanashi.
**[12:03] Konoike**
Um, did something happen?
**[12:06] Yu**
Hm? Not really.
**[12:07] Konoike**
Oh, I know! Relationship problems?
**[12:10] Yu**
You're saying that knowing full well
I'm not in a relationship, aren't you?
**[12:14] Konoike**
Don't you have Dr. Takao?
**[12:16] Konoike**
Dr. Kotori, aren't you into cars?
**[12:19] Konoike**
How about going on a driving date?
**[12:21] Yu**
Do you seriously think I'm worried about
making plans for a date right now?
**[12:25] Konoike**
Am I wrong?
**[12:27] Konoike**
Then, should I ask Dr. Takao out myself?
I want to show off my pride and joy.
**[12:31] Yu**
Your pride and joy?
**[12:32] Konoike**
Oh? Do you want to see it?
Should I show you?
**[12:36] Yu**
Nope, not interested.
***SIGN*** What would you like to do?
**[12:38] Konoike**
What? You should come see it! C'mon!
**[12:40] Yu**
No, thanks.
***SIGN*** Dr. Takanashi!
**[12:41] Yu**
Hm?
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Kotori-sama
***SIGN*** Here.
***SIGN*** A person all in black with a full-face helmet asked me to hand it to you.
**[12:52] Yu**
A full-face helmet?
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Kotori-sama
***SIGN*** They were very unfriendly.
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Kotori-sama
**[12:58] Takanashi**
"Kotori"?
**[13:01] Konoike**
Wow.
***SIGN*** Do not desecrate Enzo's grave.
Those who break this taboo will be cursed to die.
**[13:03] Konoike**
Talk about a threatening anonymous letter.
**[13:07] Konoike**
What's this about a "curse"?
**[13:10] Yu**
It's, uh...
**[13:12] Yu**
Hm?
**[13:20] Yu**
Huh?
**[13:24] Crowd**
A fire?
**[13:24] Yu**
Huh? What? N-No... Wait...
**[13:25] Crowd**
An explosion!
**[13:27] Crowd**
Call the fire truck!
**[13:28] Mai**
Wait! What are you doing? It's dangerous!
**[13:29] Yu**
M-My RX-8...
**[13:33] Yu**
My RX-8!
**[13:33] Mai**
Stop, Dr. Kotori!
**[13:51] Mai**
Uh, well, that was a real stroke of bad luck.
**[14:01] Mai**
What's their problem? Shut up already.
**[14:05] Yu**
That full-face helmet...
**[14:20] Mai**
Dr. Kotori?
**[14:22] Yu**
I see. So the culprit is...
**[14:25] Yu**
I need to go get Dr. Takao...
**[14:27] Yu**
No, wait.
**[14:29] Mai**
What's wrong?
**[14:30] Yu**
Konoike.
**[14:31] Mai**
Yes?
**[14:33] Yu**
Didn't you want to show me
your pride and joy?
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[15:05] Yu**
Yeah, I thought so.
**[15:07] Yu**
I knew you'd attack me
if I told you I was coming alone.
**[15:17] Yu**
Hey! Wait!
**[16:02] Yu**
Wow.
**[16:03] Yu**
You're pretty strong.
**[16:06] Mai**
I practice aikido.
**[16:09] Mai**
Wait, shouldn't you be worrying
about my safety first?
**[16:15] Yu**
"Kotori" is a nickname
given to me by my superior.
**[16:21] Yu**
I figured it was you...
**[16:23] Yu**
Ashiya Yuuta.
***SIGN*** Ashiya
**[16:30] Sakurai**
Well, well. Quite the impressive
collaring, Dr. Takanashi.
**[16:34] Yu**
Not at all. Thank you for coming so quickly.
**[16:39] Sakurai**
Still, how did you know he was behind it all?
***SIGN*** Takanashi
Kotori-sama
**[16:48] Yu**
It was this threatening letter.
**[16:50] Yu**
The culprit thought Kotori was my real name,
and he had a reason to attack me.
***SIGN*** Do not desecrate Enzo's grave.
Those who break this taboo will be cursed to die.
**[16:57] Yu**
On top of that, considering the contents
and the references to burning,
**[17:01] Yu**
I knew it had to be someone
who knew Ashiya Enzo really well.
**[17:05] Yu**
The last thing was that habit of his.
**[17:07] Yu**
Ashiya Yuuta and the guy with the full-face
helmet had the same chest-scratching habit.
**[17:13] Yu**
And if he was the culprit, I knew
he'd attack me if I wandered around alone.
**[17:19] (Flashback) Yu**
Please let me into Enzo's grave one more time.
**[17:22] Yuuta**
*Just you?*
**[17:24] Yu**
*Yeah, just me.*
**[17:29] Sakurai**
I see.
**[17:31] Sakurai**
You stole the spotlight, just like Dr. Ameku.
**[17:35] Yu**
Nah, not really.
**[17:39] Sakurai**
But please don't be too reckless.
**[17:42] Sakurai**
People have died.
**[17:44] Sakurai**
It'd be too late for regrets
if something happened to you.
**[17:47] Yu**
R-Right.
**[17:48] Sakurai**
Thankfully, you made it out unscathed.
**[17:51] Sakurai**
Please contact the police
*before* you make a move next time.
**[17:54] Yu**
Yes. I'm very sorry.
**[17:58] Sakurai**
Then, we'll take over from here.
**[18:02] Yu**
I'm so tired.
**[18:03] Mai**
"The culprit's only after me.
I can't let Dr. Takao get involved."
**[18:08] Mai**
That's love right there.
**[18:11] Mai**
All things considered,
weren't you worried about Dr. Takao?
**[18:15] Yu**
I just thought it'd be pointless to put
both of us in a dangerous situation.
**[18:22] Mai**
Yeah, sure. Let's go with that.
**[18:28] Yu**
Looks like everything's settled.
**[18:31] Mai**
Okay, let's go home.
**[18:34] Yu**
I have to ride that monster again?
**[18:39] Sakurai**
Bombing and assault.
**[18:42] Sakurai**
That's a pretty sloppy curse.
**[18:47] Yuuta**
You don't get it.
**[18:50] Yuuta**
"Do not desecrate Enzo's grave."
**[18:54] Yuuta**
"Those who break this taboo...
**[18:57] Yuuta**
will be cursed to die."
***SIGN*** 1st November (Friday)
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[19:05] Mai**
So I did this! And *this*!
**[19:09] Mai**
And I took that fugitive down!
**[19:11] Yu**
Ashiya Yuuta confessed to sending me that
threatening letter and placing a bomb on my car.
**[19:17] Yu**
But he's denied all involvement in the
Kuramoto-san and Professor Ikari cases.
**[19:22] Yu**
He keeps saying it was all Enzo's curse.
**[19:26] Yu**
I can't believe he's still
talking about that curse.
**[19:29] Mai**
I'm sure he was behind those other cases, too.
**[19:35] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[19:42] Yu**
Yes, Tenikai General Hospital
Emergency Department.
**[19:45] Paramedic A**
We have a patient who's having difficulty
breathing. Do you have space for him?
**[19:49] Yu**
*We do. How long until you're here?*
**[19:52] Paramedic A**
*About ten minutes.*
**[19:54] Yu**
Understood. What's the situation?
**[19:57] Paramedic A**
* Male in his 60s. Vomiting and*
* black stools the past few hours.*
**[20:01] Paramedic A**
* Showing signs of impaired*
* consciousness. His name is...*
***SIGN*** Higashikurume Fire Station
***SIGN*** Connected
**[20:10] Paramedic A**
Unloading.
**[20:13] Yu**
Murota-san!
**[20:15] Yu**
Do you recognize me? Murota-san!
**[20:17] Murota**
S-S-So cold.
**[20:18] Murota**
So cold...
**[20:21] Yu**
We're moving the stretcher.
**[20:23] Paramedic A**
Blood pressure: 78/46. Pulse: 112.
Ten liters of oxygen already administered.
**[20:24] Nurse B**
Stretcher coming through!
**[20:26] Nurse B**
Stretcher coming through!
**[20:28] Paramedic A**
His blood oxygen saturation level is 96%.
**[20:31] Paramedic A**
He scored 30 on the Japan Coma Scale.
**[20:31] Nurse B**
Stretcher coming through!
**[20:34] Yu**
Haruka-san.
**[20:36] Yu**
How long has Murota-san been vomiting?
**[20:38] Haruka**
S-Since this afternoon.
**[20:41] Yu**
And this electric blanket?
**[20:43] Paramedic A**
We wrapped him in the ambulance.
**[20:44] Paramedic A**
He's been complaining
of chills the whole time.
**[20:45] Nurse B**
Stretcher coming through!
**[20:47] Takao**
We have to stabilize him first.
**[20:48] Nurse B**
Should we put a line in?
**[20:49] Mai**
Yes. Please prepare everything.
**[20:50] Takao**
I'll diagnose him after.
**[20:52] Nurse B**
Understood.
**[20:52] Yu**
Right. Leave it to us.
**[20:53] Yu**
On my count.
**[20:55] Yu**
One, two, three!
**[20:58] Nurse C**
Portable call has been set up.
**[20:59] Nurse C**
CT is ready at any time.
**[21:01] Mai**
Collecting blood.
**[21:01] Nurse B**
I've prepared the collecting tubes.
**[21:03] Nurse A**
Removing the sheets.
**[21:04] Nurse B**
Give me the vitals taken during transport.
**[21:07] Yu**
This is...
**[21:14] Murota**
It's Enzo's curse!
**[21:19] Yu**
Curse?
**[21:30] Murota**
Hot!
**[21:34] Yu**
F-Fire extinguisher!
**[21:35] Takao**
Idiot! Take off the oxygen mask!
# 6 - Fierce Blazing Finale
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***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
**[01:34] Haruka**
No...
**[01:36] Haruka**
No!
**[01:41] Murota**
Haruka...
**[01:44] Haruka**
No!
**[01:46] Murota**
Haruka! Haruka!
**[01:47] Haruka**
No!
**[01:51] Yu**
Haruka-san!
**[01:52] Yu**
Haruka-san!
**[01:58] Yu**
Are you all right?
***SIGN*** 2nd November (Saturday)
**[02:01] Yu**
You seemed to be having a nightmare.
**[02:05] Haruka**
My father...
**[02:09] Yu**
He passed away.
**[02:19] Yu**
Please rest up for now.
**[02:34] Naruse**
You must've killed Professor Murota, too.
**[02:37] Yuuta**
Nothing to do with me.
**[02:39] Naruse**
Stop messing around!
**[02:40] Naruse**
* We know about the trouble*
* with the grave investigation.*
**[02:44] Naruse**
* They entered the grave site*
* even though you were dead against it.*
**[02:53] Takao**
Why?
**[02:54] Takao**
Why? Why? Why?
**[02:55] Takao**
Why do people burn?
**[02:58] Takao**
Humans are 65% oxygen, 18% carbon, 10% hydrogen,
3% nitrogen, 1.5% calcium, 1% phosphorus,
***SIGN*** Murota Muneharu
***SIGN*** 12/28/1958 (Showa 33) Male
***SIGN*** years old
***SIGN*** drooling and wheezing observed.
***SIGN*** history) Emphysema (HOT used
***SIGN*** Blood Pressure: 78/46 Pulse: 42/min Height: 165.3 cm
Weight: 60.8 kg Temp: 35.3"C
SPO2: 96% (10 | O2 FM)
Consciousness: E2V4M5
Pupils: 1mm, no light reflex
Tendon reflexes: slightly increased
Face pale with cold sweat (viscous)
Purpura found on limbs and trunk
***SIGN***
Impaired consciousness, poisoning of central nervous system,
autonomic nervous system abnormalities (parasympathetic),
bradycardia, miosis, ChE down
***SIGN*** Whole body CT, blood test, qualitative test
considering possibility of drug poisoning,
***SIGN*** administration of atropine sulfate,
confirmation of PAM, etc.
**[03:08] Takao**
with trace amounts of sodium,
magnesium, potassium, and iron.
**[03:12] Takao**
Combustion is caused by rapid oxidation and
the subsequent generation of light and heat.
**[03:17] Takao**
If we were to use the human body as fuel,
**[03:19] Takao**
the most likely cause of spontaneous human
combustion is thought to be alcohol consumption.
**[03:20] Mai**
How's Haruka-san doing?
**[03:23] Yu**
The shock of it is affecting her pretty badly.
**[03:25] Takao**
Many victims are known to have
consumed large amounts of alcohol,
**[03:25] Mai**
That's only natural. Her own father died
in front of her eyes in such a crazy way.
**[03:29] Takao**
and the high concentration of alcohol
may have been a trigger of some kind.
**[03:31] Yu**
Yeah, true.
**[03:33] Yu**
Dr. Takao is... her usual self, I'm guessing?
**[03:36] Mai**
Yeah.
**[03:38] Mai**
Why'd Murota-san suddenly burst into flames?
**[03:42] Mai**
Did he have some kind of
incendiary device planted on him?
**[03:46] Yu**
We would've noticed
something that bulky on his body.
**[03:50] Mai**
Good point.
***SIGN*** Officer Sakurai
***SIGN*** Sakurai
***SIGN*** Remind Me Later
***SIGN*** Send a Message
**[03:55] Yu**
Sakurai-san?
**[03:59] Yu**
Thanks for all your hard work.
Has something happened?
**[04:01] Takao**
The generation of plasma,
or possibly the wick effect...
**[04:04] Yu**
Uh...
**[04:06] Yu**
Dr. Takao. Sakurai-san
wants a word with you.
**[04:10] Takao**
Sakurai?
**[04:13] Takao**
Give it here.
**[04:15] Takao**
Sakurai, did you look into the hospitalization
history of Murota's wife and daughter?
**[04:20] Yu**
Huh?
**[04:20] Sakurai**
*Well, about that...*
**[04:24] Takao**
As I thought.
**[04:25] Takao**
One more thing.
**[04:27] Takao**
The police autopsy still hasn't ascertained
Murota's cause of death, right?
**[04:32] Sakurai**
*Right. Looks like it'll still be quite a while.*
**[04:35] Takao**
Got it. Later.
**[04:37] Sakurai**
*Huh? Wait, I still need to—*
**[04:40] Takao**
Damn it.
**[04:42] Takao**
I still don't have the
last piece of the puzzle.
**[04:46] Takao**
If only we had a sample of Murota's blood...
**[04:49] Yu**
A blood sample, huh?
**[04:52] Mai**
Um...
**[04:55] Takao**
What is it, Mai?
**[04:56] Mai**
We *do* have a blood sample.
**[04:58] Takao**
What?!
**[04:59] Mai**
I took some right before the fire.
**[05:02] Mai**
The sample should've been sent for testing.
**[05:07] Takao**
Huh?
**[05:09] Takao**
But we don't have
any blood results for Murota.
**[05:12] Mai**
Weird.
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Sex
***SIGN*** Age
***SIGN*** Name (Kana)
***SIGN*** Murota Muneharu
***SIGN*** Murota Muneharu
***SIGN*** M
***SIGN*** December 19, Showa 33
***SIGN*** years old
***SIGN*** Item Name
***SIGN*** Current
***SIGN*** Previous
***SIGN*** Normal Values
***SIGN*** Comments
**[05:14] Yu**
Maybe the lab decided testing a sample
from a deceased patient was unnecessary?
**[05:21] Takao**
Get them to do those tests *now*.
**[05:29] Yu**
What in the world?
**[05:31] Mai**
That's awful.
**[05:33] Takao**
Liver and kidney damage,
coagulation abnormalities,
**[05:36] Takao**
bloody stools, impaired consciousness...
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Age
***SIGN*** Name (Kana)
***SIGN*** Murota Muneharu
***SIGN*** years old
***SIGN*** Murota Muneharu
***SIGN*** December 19, Showa 33
***SIGN*** Item Name
***SIGN*** Current
***SIGN*** Previous
***SIGN*** Normal Values
***SIGN*** Comment
**[05:45] (Flashback) Aoi**
It was an ancient document
regarding the onmyoji, Ashiya Enzo.
**[05:46] (Flashback) Murota**
Since then, she's quit her job
and returned home to take care of me.
**[05:49] (Flashback) Paramedic A**
Vomiting and black stools
the past few hours.
**[05:50] (Flashback) Paramedic A**
Showing signs of
impaired consciousness.
**[05:51] (Flashback) Sakurai**
The victim's surroundings
are suspiciously unaffected.
**[05:54] (Flashback) Sakurai**
Only the corpse
burned to ashes.
**[06:06] Takao**
There's no time.
**[06:08] Takao**
Let's go, Kotori.
**[06:09] Yu**
Huh? G-Go where?
**[06:11] Takao**
Just hurry up and get your car.
**[06:14] Yu**
Um, my car was burnt to a crisp.
**[06:17] Takao**
What? Why haven't you bought
a new one yet? You're so useless.
**[06:22] Yu**
Don't be so unreasonable.
**[06:23] Mai**
Dr. Kotori.
**[06:28] Mai**
Go ahead and take my bike.
**[06:31] Takao**
Nice one, Mai.
**[06:34] Takao**
It's time I gave you
my diagnosis of this mystery.
**[07:00] Takao**
Checkmate.
**[07:05] Yu**
You're...
**[07:06] Takao**
I've already contacted the police.
**[07:09] Takao**
So give it up.
**[07:13] Takao**
Kagaya Masashi.
**[07:18] Yu**
Kagaya-san, what are you...
**[07:22] Yu**
This smell. Gasoline?
**[07:24] Takao**
He's trying to burn down the storage room.
**[07:26] Yu**
Huh? Why would he do that?
**[07:29] Takao**
He's trying to destroy the evidence.
**[07:31] Yu**
Evidence?
**[07:34] Takao**
From the very start, this case...
**[07:36] Takao**
was an amalgamation of
various crimes and coincidences.
**[07:39] Takao**
So it looked more complicated
than it actually was.
**[07:43] Takao**
It was as if the onmyoji's curse
really had caused all of it.
**[07:48] Takao**
The first event: the cryptococcus incident.
**[07:51] Takao**
The second event:
Kuramoto Aoi burned to death.
**[07:55] Takao**
The third event: Ikari's coffin fire.
**[07:59] Takao**
The fourth event: Murota burned to death.
**[08:02] Takao**
Oh, and there was a side event where you
got threatened, and your car was set on fire.
**[08:06] Yu**
A *side* event?
**[08:08] Takao**
Ashiya Yuuta's actions were the result of
his hatred for you and his fanaticism of Enzo.
**[08:13] Takao**
He had nothing to do with the other events.
**[08:17] Takao**
The "curse" on Murota and Ikari
that started everything off
**[08:20] Takao**
was definitely caused by the cryptococcus.
**[08:25] Takao**
However, the second and fourth events
are the important ones here.
**[08:28] Takao**
They're the reason this guy's trying
to burn down this storage room.
**[08:32] Yu**
What do you mean?
**[08:34] Takao**
If we search this storage room,
**[08:36] Takao**
we'll find the item that's the trick to
triggering the spontaneous human combustion
**[08:40] Takao**
that killed both Kuramoto Aoi and Murota.
**[08:42] Yu**
Huh?
**[08:44] Yu**
The trick?
**[08:45] Yu**
What in the world is in here?
**[08:49] Takao**
White phosphorus.
**[08:52] Yu**
White phosphorus?
**[08:55] Takao**
White phosphorus is an allotrope
of phosphorus that's highly toxic.
**[09:00] Takao**
A lethal dose for humans
is about 50 milligrams.
**[09:02] Takao**
Taking more causes a variety of
symptoms from gastrointestinal damage,
**[09:06] Takao**
like vomiting, diarrhea,
kidney and liver damage,
**[09:09] Takao**
and coagulation abnormalities
that may lead to death within a few hours.
**[09:15] Takao**
When Murota was brought to the ER, he already
had acute white phosphorus poisoning.
**[09:19] Yu**
White phosphorus poisoning?
**[09:22] Takao**
The toxicity of white phosphorus
isn't the only dangerous thing about it.
**[09:26] Takao**
Its ignition point is unusually low,
making it highly pyrophoric.
**[09:31] Takao**
And white phosphorus matches
are stored in this room.
**[09:35] Yu**
White phosphorus matches?
**[09:37] Takao**
Matches made with white phosphorus
instead of the more common red phosphorus.
**[09:43] Takao**
Their ignition point is 50ºC.
**[09:45] Takao**
Depending on the humidity, they can ignite
spontaneously at even lower temperatures.
**[09:50] Takao**
They were invented in the 1830s
and exploded in popularity,
**[09:54] Takao**
but their toxicity and tendency to
spontaneously ignite caused many issues.
**[09:59] Takao**
Japan banned the manufacture of them in 1921.
**[10:04] Takao**
White phosphorus matches that
shouldn't exist in our present era...
**[10:08] Takao**
are currently in that safe over there.
**[10:14] Kagaya**
You have good eyes.
**[10:16] Yu**
Matches?
**[10:19] Yu**
That means Kuramoto-san's
death was caused by...
**[10:21] Takao**
Yeah.
**[10:22] Takao**
The matches Murota gave Kuramoto Aoi
were white phosphorus ones.
**[10:28] Takao**
That night, she turned up her heater
and the matches spontaneously ignited.
**[10:32] Takao**
That one was an accident.
**[10:35] Takao**
Murota's fire was triggered the same way.
**[10:38] Takao**
At the time, Murota had
white phosphorus matches on him.
**[10:41] Takao**
The heat from the electric blanket
the paramedics wrapped him in
**[10:45] Takao**
caused the white phosphorus matches
in his chest pocket to spontaneously ignite.
**[10:51] Takao**
This was the trick that was used to
cause spontaneous human combustion.
**[10:57] Sakurai**
Excuse us. Apologies for the delay.
**[11:01] Naruse**
Gasoline?
**[11:04] Sakurai**
So what kind of situation
are we dealing with here?
**[11:17] Naruse**
Why, you!
**[11:19] Kagaya**
Don't come any closer.
**[11:23] Kagaya**
Don't worry.
**[11:24] Kagaya**
I won't run.
**[11:27] Sakurai**
Kagaya-san, what's the meaning of this?
**[11:30] Kagaya**
I used white phosphorus
matches to murder Murota.
**[11:35] Kagaya**
I switched his normal matches
with the ones in this storage room.
**[11:39] Kagaya**
And I did it all on my own.
**[11:41] Sakurai**
So you were behind it?
**[11:43] Kagaya**
Yeah, that's right.
**[11:45] Kagaya**
That man was planning to make me work
for him for the rest of my life. Like a slave.
**[11:51] Kagaya**
I just wanted to get back at him.
**[11:54] Kagaya**
Now, I just need to burn this storage room
down to get rid of the evidence.
**[11:58] Naruse**
You bastard.
**[12:00] Takao**
Yes, you have no choice but
to burn down this storage room.
**[12:05] Takao**
Because you can't open the safe.
**[12:11] Yu**
What do you mean?
**[12:14] Takao**
Well, now that everyone's here,
I'm done warming up.
**[12:19] Takao**
Let's talk about the third event:
Ikari's coffin fire.
**[12:23] Takao**
The goal of that event was to leave
an ignition device as evidence.
**[12:28] Naruse**
Leave evidence?
**[12:30] Sakurai**
Why do something like that?
**[12:33] Takao**
To protect the true culprit.
**[12:35] Yu**
Huh? The true culprit?
**[12:37] Kagaya**
Wh-What are you—
**[12:38] Takao**
The only thing you did
was plant a bomb in a coffin.
**[12:41] Takao**
You discovered the real culprit's plan
after the death of Kuramoto Aoi,
**[12:45] Takao**
and wanted to create an alibi for them.
**[12:48] Yu**
An alibi?
**[12:50] Yu**
Burning Ikari-san's corpse created an alibi?
**[12:54] Takao**
The source of the fire
in that incident was clear.
**[12:58] Takao**
The ignition device
could only have been set
**[13:00] Takao**
from the day the coffin was sent to the
funeral home until the beginning of the wake.
**[13:04] Takao**
So it had to be someone
who attended the wake.
**[13:07] Takao**
The true culprit would eventually use the white
phosphorus matches to burn Murota to death.
**[13:12] Takao**
He used that device so people
wouldn't suspect the true culprit.
**[13:15] Takao**
Worst-case scenario, he planned
to turn himself in and take all the blame.
**[13:20] Sakurai**
The true culprit?
**[13:22] Naruse**
So who's *really* behind this?
**[13:25] Takao**
A person Kagaya's willing to create
an alibi for and also take the blame for.
**[13:33] Takao**
Someone who can switch out matches and
mix white phosphorus into the victim's food.
**[13:39] Takao**
A person who is close to Murota
and has the ability to open the safe.
**[13:45] Takao**
The only person who
meets all the criteria is...
**[13:54] Takao**
You.
**[13:58] Takao**
Murota Haruka.
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**[14:05] Naruse**
Huh?
**[14:07] Yu**
Haruka-san's the culprit?
**[14:09] Kagaya**
Haruka-san has nothing to do with it.
**[14:11] Kagaya**
She had no reason to kill her own father!
**[14:14] Takao**
There's motive all right.
**[14:16] Takao**
All the times she and
her mother were hospitalized.
**[14:21] Sakurai**
Weren't they only hospitalized for a few broken
bones and bruises at various general hospitals?
**[14:27] Takao**
"Various" general hospitals.
That's the key word there.
**[14:31] Takao**
Patients usually don't go to
different hospitals for the same injuries.
**[14:35] Takao**
Only a certain type of patient goes to a
different hospital every time they get injured.
**[14:39] Yu**
You mean...
**[14:41] Takao**
Victims of domestic abuse.
**[14:44] Takao**
Because the violence is within the family,
**[14:47] Takao**
victims often fear the eyes of others
and try to avoid using the same hospital.
**[14:51] Takao**
Didn't Murota say his wife passed away?
**[14:54] Yu**
Y-Yeah. That's why Haruka-san
came back to take care of her father.
**[15:01] Takao**
It sounds like a sweet story,
**[15:02] Takao**
but it takes on a different slant if we
consider the possibility of domestic abuse.
**[15:07] Takao**
X-rays for both Murota's wife and Haruka show
a history of multiple terrible bone fractures.
**[15:14] Yu**
Wait, so...
**[15:16] Takao**
Yeah.
**[15:17] Takao**
Haruka believes Murota killed her mother...
**[15:21] Takao**
and came back to get revenge.
**[15:25] Takao**
But while he may have been getting on
in years, he was still an adult male.
**[15:28] Takao**
The fear from years of
violence was still there.
**[15:33] Takao**
There were only so many things you could do.
**[15:36] Takao**
You switched out the matches
in hopes of causing a fire,
**[15:40] Takao**
but found they didn't ignite
as easily as you'd hoped.
**[15:43] Takao**
To your surprise, Murota and Ikari
suddenly started getting sick,
**[15:47] Takao**
Kuramoto Aoi burned to death,
**[15:49] Takao**
and Ikari's coffin burst into flames.
**[15:53] Takao**
You had no idea what was going on.
I'm sure you were very confused.
**[15:58] Takao**
Even so, Murota didn't die.
**[16:00] Takao**
Feeling cornered, you decided to risk
feeding him the white phosphorus directly.
**[16:06] Takao**
As a result, the white
phosphorus poisoned Murota,
**[16:09] Takao**
and flames enveloped him when the matches
in his chest pocket coincidentally ignited.
**[16:15] Takao**
A lot of coincidences overlapped,
making everything look overly complex.
**[16:19] Takao**
But really, you just switched out
Murota's matches and poisoned him.
**[16:26] Sakurai**
Murota Haruka-san, is what Dr. Ameku
said the truth of the matter?
**[16:33] Haruka**
I...
**[16:34] Kagaya**
Don't, Haruka-san!
**[16:35] Kagaya**
You don't have to say anything.
**[16:42] Kagaya**
It's fine. I'll protect you.
**[16:51] Haruka**
You're lying.
**[16:54] Haruka**
This whole entire time.
**[17:00] Haruka**
No one came to save us.
***SIGN*** Taisho Pharmaceuticals
**[17:06] Haruka**
Even when my mother died.
**[17:08] Haruka**
Everyone decided it was an accident,
and no one was willing to listen.
**[17:15] Haruka**
I had no choice but to do something myself.
**[17:30] Haruka**
But...
**[17:32] Haruka**
It's all over now.
**[17:35] Kagaya**
Haruka-san?
**[17:37] Takao**
Idiot! Don't!
**[17:38] Yu**
Huh?
**[17:56] Kagaya**
Haruka-san!
**[17:57] Takao**
Damn.
**[17:58] Naruse**
It's dangerous! We have to get outside!
**[17:58] Kagaya**
Let go!
**[18:01] Yu**
Sakurai-san! Please take care of Dr. Takao!
**[18:02] Naruse**
Just come with me!
**[18:03] Kagaya**
No!
**[18:05] Takao**
Kotori!
**[18:06] Sakurai**
It's dangerous!
**[18:09] Kagaya**
Haruka-san...
**[18:11] Kagaya**
Haruka-san.
**[18:13] Kagaya**
Haruka-san!
**[18:15] Yu**
Let's hurry. At this rate...
**[18:18] Haruka**
Leave me alone.
**[18:20] Yu**
Haruka-san...
**[18:22] Yu**
Let's get out of here first. Please stand up.
**[18:27] Haruka**
There's no point in living anymore.
**[18:45] Kagaya**
Let go of me! Haruka-san's still inside!
**[18:47] Naruse**
Stop! It's too dangerous!
**[19:02] Yu**
Aw, crap.
**[19:10] Takao**
Kotori!
**[19:26] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[19:28] Yu**
What the hell are you doing?
**[19:28] Takao**
Shut up!
**[19:30] Takao**
What are dragging your feet for?
Do you *want* to die?
**[19:33] Yu**
No, but...
**[19:38] Takao**
Murota Haruka. Stand up. Let's go.
**[19:42] Haruka**
Leave me alone.
**[19:45] Takao**
I'm a doctor.
**[19:46] Takao**
I can't turn a blind eye and let you die.
**[19:51] Haruka**
You don't know anything about me.
**[19:55] Takao**
Yeah, I don't get you *at all*.
**[19:57] Takao**
A genius like me can't even begin to
understand the feelings of someone like you.
**[20:01] Takao**
But...
**[20:03] Takao**
Is this what your mother wanted?
**[20:06] Haruka**
Huh?
**[20:07] Takao**
Why were you the only one
able to leave that house?
**[20:10] Takao**
How were *you* able to escape Murota's hands?
**[20:13] Takao**
Wasn't it because your mother protected you?
**[20:18] Takao**
If you die here, your mother's efforts
will be wasted. Are you okay with that?
**[20:26] Haruka**
I...
**[20:28] Takao**
Don't let the shackles of
unreasonable violence beat you.
**[20:32] Takao**
Pay for your crimes and live on.
**[20:42] Firefighters**
Watch out! Fire department coming through!
**[20:46] Firefighters**
Bring that hose around!
**[20:53] Kagaya**
Haruka-san, I'm so sorry.
**[20:57] Kagaya**
I wasn't able to protect you.
**[21:02] Kagaya**
Even so...
**[21:07] Kagaya**
I'm so glad you're still alive.
**[21:13] Yu**
I wonder what sentences they'll both get.
**[21:16] Takao**
I'm not sure about Kagaya, but Haruka
will probably be behind bars for a long time.
**[21:21] Takao**
There may be some room for leniency,
but she also involved Kuramoto Aoi.
**[21:27] Takao**
But she can still pay for her crimes
and gain her freedom in the future.
**[21:32] Takao**
As long as she stays alive.
**[21:35] Yu**
You're right.
**[21:38] Yu**
You were very cool back there,
convincing Haruka-san.
**[21:42] Yu**
Ouch! What was that for?
**[21:45] Takao**
Shut up.
**[21:47] Yu**
Thank you for coming back to save me.
**[21:52] Takao**
Good grief.
**[21:54] Takao**
You're such a pain in the butt.
**[21:58] Takao**
Don't forget to compensate Mai for her bike.
**[22:01] Yu**
Huh? *Me*?!
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[23:18] Mob C**
I understand. I'll connect you to the ward.
Please wait a moment.
**[23:18] Mob A**
Were you able to get the receipt
for Yamada-san's insurance claim?
***SIGN*** Complaint
***SIGN*** Complaint
***SIGN*** November 14, 2024
***SIGN*** Plaintiff's Attorney (Lead Counsel) Tsugumori Kuwashima
**[23:21] Mob B**
Yes, we've received it.
**[23:23] Mazuru**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Tokyo District Court
***SIGN***
1-1-40A Kusumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
***SIGN***
1. We demand defendants jointly pay 21,670,500 yen to the plaintiff Suzuhara Momoka, at the rate of 5% per annum
from the day after the date of service of this complaint until payment is made.
2. We demand defendants jointly pay 21,670,500 yen to the plaintiff Suzuhara Soichiro, at the rate of 5% per annum
from the day after the date of service of this complaint until payment is made.
3. We demand defendants bear the costs of this lawsuit.
***SIGN*** Summary of Demands
***SIGN*** Suzuhara Momoka
***SIGN*** followed instructions for treatment
***SIGN*** the identified cause
***SIGN*** has committed medical
malpractice
***SIGN*** in position.
***SIGN*** defense of the hospital staff
***SIGN*** reasonable.
***SIGN*** the defendant, Tenikai
***SIGN*** attempt.
***SIGN*** Ameku Takao's
***SIGN*** underwent examination
***SIGN*** the defendant, Ameku Takao
***SIGN*** Vice-Director
# 7 - Prescribed Poison
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**[00:16] Owashi**
We will now vote on it.
***SIGN***
November 19th, 2024 18:00
Agenda: "Abolishing the Department of Investigative Pathology"
**[00:25] Owashi**
All in favor of abolishing the Department
of Investigative Pathology, raise your hand.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** 18th November (Monday) 08:35
**[02:03] Takao**
What's this all about?
**[02:06] Owashi**
Maybe you should reflect
on your own actions.
***SIGN*** Subject: Notice of Emergency Department Directors Meeting (September 18th)
***SIGN*** To all hospital department directors
***SIGN*** This is Ameku (Mazuru) from admin.
***SIGN*** In accordance to the request of the hospital director, an emergency department directors
meeting will be held according to the guidelines below.
***SIGN*** Please make sure to adjust your schedule to attend.
***SIGN*** ° Meeting Details
November 19th (Tues) at 18:00
4F Meeting Room
Possible abolishment of
the Department of Investigative Pathology.
***SIGN*** 4F Meeting Room
***SIGN*** Possible abolishment of the
Department of Investigative Pathology.
**[02:10] Owashi**
You give patients your diagnosis
even when it's not asked for.
**[02:14] Owashi**
You examine patients without
the attending physician's permission.
**[02:17] Owashi**
You got involved in some bizarre incident
that temporarily shut down the ER.
**[02:23] Owashi**
And now, you've created
an even worse problem.
**[02:28] Takao**
What?
**[02:29] Owashi**
You're being sued.
**[02:31] Takao**
Huh?
**[02:33] Mazuru**
We've received a complaint
from Suzuhara Soichiro's family.
**[02:37] Mazuru**
They claim Takao misdiagnosed him.
**[02:41] Takao**
I have *never* made a misdiagnosis.
**[02:44] Owashi**
It doesn't matter if there was
actual medical malpractice or not.
**[02:47] Owashi**
The mere fact that a lawsuit was filed
affects the hospital's credibility.
**[02:52] Owashi**
As a core hospital supporting
the medical care in this region,
**[02:56] Owashi**
we must take appropriate
disciplinary action.
**[03:02] Yu**
Dr. Takao, isn't Suzuhara Soichiro...
**[03:07] Takao**
Yeah. The child admitted to
the emergency room back in August.
**[03:12] (Flashback) Takao**
Hypervitaminosis A.
**[03:14] (Flashback) Takao**
Stop giving him vitamin A and
the symptoms will clear up quickly.
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Notebook
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***SIGN*** berries
***SIGN*** Strong
***SIGN*** Flavor
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**[03:20] (Flashback) Takao**
Good grief.
**[03:21] (Flashback) Takao**
I'm amazed a parent would feed their kid
so much, it'd make their symptoms that bad.
**[03:28] Takao**
He lost consciousness at home last week
and is currently in pediatrics.
**[03:33] Yu**
He lost consciousness?
**[03:36] Kumagawa**
I don't think the hypervitaminosis A
was a misdiagnosis.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** Pediatric Department Director
***SIGN*** Kumakawa Daijiro
**[03:43] Kumagawa**
After stopping the supplements,
his vitamin A levels returned to normal.
**[03:47] Kumagawa**
The swelling in his extremities went down
and his pains and headaches subsided.
**[03:52] Kumagawa**
However, his nausea and vertigo
continues to get worse.
**[03:55] Mai**
He's normally energetic, but every few days,
he suffers half a day of dizziness.
**[04:01] Mai**
He vomits repeatedly and
loses the ability to walk properly.
**[04:07] Mai**
If it's a really bad episode,
his mental awareness drops.
**[04:10] Kumagawa**
It seems to be an amplified side effect of the
carbamazepine he takes to prevent seizures,
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
**[04:17] Kumagawa**
but there's no change
in his blood concentration.
**[04:20] Kumagawa**
We suspected a possible
endocrine or nervous system disorder,
**[04:24] Kumagawa**
so we did an MRI, an ultrasound,
and physiological tests.
**[04:28] Kumagawa**
We ran every test we could think of.
**[04:32] Takao**
And they turned up nothing abnormal?
**[04:36] Yu**
How's the family doing?
**[04:38] Mai**
His mother is always by his side
during visiting hours, but...
**[04:43] Yu**
But?
**[04:45] Mai**
She's pretty overprotective.
**[04:48] Yu**
Overprotective?
**[04:49] Mai**
Her name's Momoka-san. She always has a lot
of detailed demands for the hospital staff.
**[04:55] Mai**
I hear it's because
she's an active nurse herself.
**[04:59] Yu**
A nurse?
**[05:00] Kumagawa**
Well, I'm sure she's just
really worried about her child.
**[05:05] Kumagawa**
It seems she's raised him alone.
**[05:17] Momoka**
You! What are you doing here?
**[05:20] Takao**
I'm here to examine him, of course.
**[05:22] Momoka**
Huh? Your misdiagnosis is the
whole reason So-chan is even in here!
**[05:28] Momoka**
Get out!
**[05:29] Takao**
I refuse.
**[05:30] Momoka**
Are you crazy?
**[05:32] Momoka**
I'm currently suing you for malpractice!
**[05:35] Kumagawa**
You're being sued?
**[05:37] Soichiro**
Mom?
**[05:38] Momoka**
Oh, So-chan, I'm sorry for waking you.
**[05:42] Soichiro**
It's fine.
**[05:45] Momoka**
Don't come near my child!
**[05:47] Takao**
Listen, what's more important to you:
your kid getting better or suing me?
**[05:53] Momoka**
Well, his health is the most
important thing to me, naturally.
**[05:57] Takao**
Then, let me do my examination.
**[05:59] Takao**
The fastest way for him to get better
is for me to examine him.
**[06:03] Momoka**
I don't trust you.
**[06:05] Takao**
I don't care if you sue me or not.
**[06:09] Takao**
Either way, I'm going to examine
Suzuhara Soichiro and give my diagnosis.
**[06:14] Takao**
That's my job.
**[06:25] Takao**
I'm starting the examination.
**[06:49] Kumagawa**
Figure anything out?
**[06:51] Takao**
Yeah, I have.
**[06:54] Takao**
I can find no abnormalities.
**[06:56] Momoka**
What the heck? That's just admitting
you don't know what's wrong!
**[06:59] Takao**
You're wrong. Nothing's abnormal about
his health when he isn't experiencing a flare-up.
**[07:05] Takao**
That in itself is very valuable information.
**[07:09] Takao**
And in cases like these,
it's often because...
**[07:16] Kumagawa**
Taka-chan?
**[07:17] Yu**
Hey, what are you doing?
**[07:22] Takao**
Did you bring this in with you?
**[07:24] Momoka**
That's right. I have him drink one every day.
**[07:27] Momoka**
I got permission from the hospital.
**[07:32] Takao**
Kotori.
**[07:34] Takao**
Grab all the juice.
**[07:36] Yu**
Huh?
**[07:37] Takao**
Hurry it up.
**[07:38] Yu**
O-Okay.
**[07:38] Momoka**
Wait, what's the meaning of this?
**[07:40] Takao**
We'll get the university's forensic lab
to examine the contents.
**[07:44] Momoka**
What?
**[07:45] Takao**
His physical exam and test data show no
abnormalities, but he gets regular flare-ups.
**[07:50] Takao**
There's a possibility
a substance is poisoning him.
**[07:55] Momoka**
Poison?
**[07:57] Momoka**
Are you trying to imply I've been
feeding my own child *poison*?!
**[08:00] Takao**
It's obvious to all that
you care deeply for your son.
**[08:04] Takao**
Kuma did all the tests he could think of,
eliminating all possible diseases and disorders.
**[08:09] Takao**
The only thing left is the possibility
that he's being poisoned.
**[08:13] Takao**
What he consumes while
in hospital is severely limited.
**[08:16] Takao**
It's impossible for the hospital food to be
poisoned with something in regular intervals.
**[08:22] Takao**
So the only other possibility is that something
in this juice is affecting him like poison.
**[08:29] Yu**
Looking at the ingredients, there doesn't
seem to be anything that could poison him.
**[08:34] Takao**
There's no guarantee what's in it
matches the ingredients listed.
**[08:37] Takao**
So we'll get forensics to take a look.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** 19th November (Tuesday) 09:15
***SIGN*** Call
**[08:45] Mai**
Fetch the emesis basin.
**[08:45] Momoka**
So-chan! So-chan! Hang in there!
**[08:46] Nurse D**
Right.
**[08:47] Mai**
So-chan, are you having problems breathing?
**[08:49] Momoka**
So-chan! Save him!
**[08:49] Nurse D**
I have the suction prepared.
**[08:51] Mai**
Get the oxygen, just in case.
**[08:51] Momoka**
So-chan! So-chan! So-chan!
**[08:52] Nurse D**
Yes. Should we put in a line?
**[08:54] Mai**
Please.
**[08:55] Nurse E**
Ma'am, please calm down.
**[08:55] Momoka**
So-chan! Hang in there!
Hurry up and save him!
**[08:58] Takao**
I see. Is he stable now?
**[09:01] Kumagawa**
*Yeah.*
**[09:03] Kumagawa**
*Also, he drank some more of that juice.*
**[09:06] Takao**
What?
**[09:07] Takao**
We grabbed them all. How did he have juice?
***SIGN*** Pediatric Department
Extension 01
***SIGN*** Connected
**[09:11] Kumagawa**
*His mother brought it in this morning.*
**[09:13] Kumagawa**
* She wanted him to drink it*
* with his breakfast, no matter what.*
**[09:18] Takao**
So that juice must be to blame after all.
**[09:23] Takao**
It's here.
**[09:25] Takao**
Hold on a second.
**[09:33] Takao**
Huh?
**[09:36] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[09:39] Takao**
There's nothing wrong with the juice...
**[09:59] Yu**
Thanks.
**[10:03] Mai**
This is still wrong.
**[10:06] Mai**
I can't believe Dr. Takao's being sued and
Investigative Pathology is being shut down.
**[10:11] Mai**
There are so many cases
only Dr. Takao can solve.
**[10:16] Takao**
My uncle wants to turn me
into a convenient pawn.
**[10:21] Takao**
He's trying to take away the place
I can freely examine patients,
**[10:26] Takao**
so I'll obediently only examine patients
other departments ask me to.
**[10:30] Mai**
What will happen to you, Dr. Kotori?
**[10:34] Yu**
I'm from the university hospital,
so I'll have to go back.
**[10:41] Mai**
No way.
**[10:43] Takao**
Damn it. What in the world is going on?
**[10:46] Takao**
It *has* to be poisoning!
**[10:48] Takao**
It all slots into place if the juice has
some ingredient that's harmful to him.
**[10:53] Takao**
Any answer is fine. What have you
noticed about Suzuhara Soichiro?
**[10:59] Mai**
Um...
**[11:01] Yu**
Maybe it's actually some kind of allergy?
**[11:04] Mai**
So-chan doesn't have any food allergies.
Though he says he doesn't like fruit much.
**[11:09] Takao**
Kuma would never miss something
as simple as an allergy.
**[11:12] Takao**
Get yourself a working brain, idiot.
**[11:14] Yu**
Y-You don't have to go *that* far.
**[11:17] Takao**
Give me more *plausible* ideas.
**[11:19] Takao**
Did you actually learn
anything here?!
**[11:22] Mai**
U-Um, let's all calm down.
**[11:26] Mazuru**
Takao.
**[11:28] Mazuru**
It's almost time for the meeting.
**[11:30] Takao**
Just a little longer.
Let me think a little longer—
**[11:33] Mazuru**
No.
**[11:34] Mazuru**
If you don't attend, the Investigative Pathology
Department will definitely be shut down.
**[11:43] Mazuru**
Takao. Let's go apologize
to Suzuhara Momoka-san.
**[11:47] Takao**
Sis...
**[11:49] Mazuru**
If she's willing to withdraw
her complaint with an apology...
**[11:54] Takao**
I won't apologize.
**[11:57] Takao**
It doesn't make sense.
**[12:00] Takao**
The logic is flawed.
**[12:04] Takao**
I can't read the feelings of others
or the mood in a room.
**[12:10] Takao**
That's why I make up for it with logic.
**[12:13] Takao**
Going against logic is
like going against myself.
**[12:21] Mazuru**
You're right.
**[12:23] Mazuru**
I'm sorry, Takao.
**[12:27] Takao**
Sorry, Sis.
**[12:33] Takao**
I'm off.
**[12:43] Takao**
Fruit?
**[12:46] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[12:48] Takao**
Mai.
**[12:48] Mai**
Y-Yes?
**[12:50] Takao**
Did Suzuhara Soichiro tell you
*why* he didn't like fruit?
**[12:53] Mai**
Um...
**[12:54] Mai**
He says the fruit tastes bitter sometimes.
**[12:57] Takao**
Bitter?
**[13:02] (Flashback) Mai**
But every few days,
he suffers half a day of dizziness.
**[13:04] (Flashback) Takao**
Hypervitaminosis A.
**[13:06] (Flashback) Takao**
He lost consciousness at home.
**[13:06] (Flashback) Kumagawa**
The carbamazepine
he takes to prevent seizures.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Mai**
Though he says he doesn't
like fruit much.
**[13:10] (Flashback) Mai**
He says the fruit tastes
bitter sometimes.
**[13:22] Takao**
Suzuhara Soichiro's life is in danger.
**[13:25] Yu/Mai**
Huh?
**[13:28] Takao**
This mystery...
**[13:30] Takao**
I'll deliver my diagnosis for it.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** 19th November (Tuesday) 18:18
**[13:39] Owashi**
Tenikai General Hospital needs to show society
it's taken proper responsibilty.
**[13:53] ---**
We will now vote on it.
***SIGN***
November 19th, 2024 18:00
Agenda: "Abolishing the Department of Investigative Pathology"
**[13:56] Owashi**
All in favor of abolishing the Department
of Investigative Pathology, raise your hand.
**[14:01] Takao**
Are you sure, Uncle?
**[14:04] Takao**
I wonder how the public will see us if we shut
the Investigative Pathology Department.
**[14:10] Takao**
Will they see us as a clean hospital
that got rid of a problematic department?
**[14:14] Takao**
Or will they see us as fools
who succumbed to an unjust lawsuit?
**[14:20] Owashi**
Unjust lawsuit?
**[14:22] Takao**
Yeah, that's right.
**[14:24] Takao**
I would never have given
a wrong diagnosis. I'm a genius.
**[14:28] Members**
There it is.
**[14:30] Members**
She never changes.
**[14:31] Members**
On what grounds does she—
**[14:39] Momoka**
Hold up!
**[14:45] Takao**
Great job, you two.
**[14:49] Owashi**
Takao, what is the meaning of this?
**[14:52] Takao**
I asked them to bring these here.
**[14:58] Kumagawa**
That juice...
**[15:00] Takao**
Although I didn't expect them
to bring her along, too.
**[15:04] Takao**
Let me introduce you all.
This woman is Suzuhara Momoka.
**[15:07] Takao**
She's the one who's currently suing me.
**[15:11] Takao**
And now, I will get her
to retract her complaint.
**[15:14] Momoka**
You must be joking!
I'm not retracting my complaint!
**[15:18] Takao**
I will now explain what is happening
inside Suzuhara Soichiro's body.
**[15:23] Takao**
Not a bad deal, right?
**[15:26] Takao**
If I succeed, your son will get better.
**[15:31] Takao**
If I fail, I'll fall to my knees and beg for
your forgiveness right here and now.
**[15:38] Takao**
Okay, it's showtime!
**[15:46] Takao**
The key to this case was the juice, after all.
**[15:50] Takao**
Suzuhara Soichiro is currently
being treated in our pediatric ward.
**[15:54] Takao**
That means he only ingests the food
provided by the hospital and this juice.
**[15:58] Takao**
Even so, he shows signs and symptoms
of being poisoned at regular intervals.
**[16:05] Takao**
We checked out the juice,
and found no harmful ingredients inside.
**[16:12] Takao**
However...
**[16:15] Takao**
Kotori, drink this pineapple juice for me.
**[16:18] Yu**
Huh?
**[16:26] Yu**
So bitter.
**[16:28] Mai**
Bitter?
**[16:28] Yu**
This isn't pineapple juice.
**[16:31] Takao**
That bitter flavor is
grapefruit juice, right?
**[16:35] Yu**
Yeah. That's it.
**[16:39] Yu**
It's grapefruit?
**[16:41] Kumagawa**
Grapefruit?
**[16:48] Takao**
That's right.
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
***SIGN*** Carbamazepine
**[16:51] Takao**
Suzuhara Soichiro currently takes
carbamazepine to prevent seizures.
**[16:56] Takao**
Any nurse or doctor would know
the flavonoids in grapefruit
**[17:02] Takao**
inhibit the CYP3A4 enzyme used to
metabolize carbamazepine for several hours.
**[17:09] Takao**
Due to this, the carbamazepine
can't be metabolized,
**[17:12] Takao**
sharply but temporarily increasing
his blood concentration,
**[17:14] Takao**
and manifesting as
the symptoms of a drug overdose.
**[17:17] Yu**
H-Hold on a second.
**[17:20] Yu**
That might solve the mystery
of Soichiro-kun's symptoms, but...
**[17:23] Mai**
Why does that carton
have grapefruit juice in it?
**[17:27] Takao**
Good question. We now get
to the heart of this mystery.
**[17:32] Takao**
Take a closer look at
the folded area at the top.
**[17:38] Yu**
There's a small hole.
**[17:40] Takao**
It's a hole made by a syringe.
**[17:43] Takao**
The culprit swapped out
the carton's contents.
**[17:46] Yu/Mai**
What?
**[17:47] Kumagawa**
"Culprit"?
**[17:50] Yu**
Who in the world...
**[17:52] Takao**
Suzuhara Soichiro was suffering
from symptoms of poisoning.
**[17:56] Takao**
The symptoms always
appeared in the morning,
**[17:58] Takao**
and the medicine was
administered by nurses.
**[18:01] Yu**
Are you saying one of the nurses did it?
**[18:03] Takao**
No.
**[18:04] Takao**
I checked the shift records.
**[18:05] Takao**
No nurse was on duty all the days
the symptoms manifested.
**[18:09] Takao**
Plus, the symptoms started
before he was hospitalized,
**[18:12] Takao**
so it's unlikely to be
anyone at this hospital.
**[18:16] Takao**
It's someone who knows the
side effects of carbamazepine,
**[18:19] Takao**
and knows when Suzuhara Soichiro
takes his medicine.
**[18:25] Takao**
You're the culprit.
**[18:29] Takao**
Suzuhara Momoka.
**[18:31] Momoka**
Huh?
**[18:32] Mai**
Wait. What?
**[18:35] Yu**
His mother?
**[18:37] Kumagawa**
What's going on?
**[18:39] Momoka**
*I'm* the culprit?
**[18:41] Momoka**
I've heard all I'll take from you!
**[18:43] Takao**
Suzuhara Momoka has an illness.
**[18:47] Takao**
A serious one that
threatens her own son's life.
**[18:51] Momoka**
What? I'm sick? What in the
world are you talking about?!
**[18:55] Takao**
You have Munchausen syndrome by Proxy.
**[19:02] Takao**
Patients with this mental disorder
will often mistreat their child in secret
**[19:06] Takao**
by physically harming them or poisoning
them to fabricate serious illnesses.
**[19:11] Takao**
Then, they put on the act of a tragic heroine.
**[19:13] (Flashback) Soichiro**
Mom.
**[19:15] Takao**
All so that others will see them
as the courageous mother
**[19:19] Takao**
who diligently cares for her darling son.
**[19:23] Momoka**
You're wrong. I'm not—
**[19:24] Takao**
You caused the hypervitaminosis A
on purpose, too.
**[19:29] Takao**
You were upset when I found out
and sued me to get revenge.
**[19:37] Takao**
It's no wonder we couldn't find
any traces of poison in his body.
**[19:41] Takao**
It was just juice, after all.
**[19:43] Takao**
But for Suzuhara Soichiro,
it became a poison.
**[19:49] Momoka**
D-Do you have any proof?
**[19:51] Takao**
I'm sure we'll find it
if we search your house.
**[19:54] Momoka**
Huh?
**[19:56] Takao**
The syringe with traces of grapefruit in it.
**[20:03] Takao**
Kotori, call the police.
**[20:05] Yu**
Uh, right.
**[20:07] Momoka**
Hey, hold on.
**[20:08] Momoka**
Don't call the police. I'll apologize!
**[20:11] Momoka**
I'll retract my legal complaint,
so don't involve the police—
**[20:12] Takao**
That's enough!
**[20:15] Takao**
What you did was pure child abuse.
**[20:18] Takao**
You misused your knowledge as a nurse
to carry out a meticulous and harmful plan.
**[20:25] Takao**
You're a criminal.
***SIGN***
November 19th, 2024 18:00
Agenda: "Abolishing the Department of Investigative Pathology"
**[20:38] Takao**
Now then, Uncle. What's happening with
the Department of Investigative Pathology?
**[20:43] Owashi**
Well, I suppose if the lawsuit
was illegitimate to begin with...
**[20:47] Owashi**
The motion should be rejected.
**[20:52] Mazuru**
Takao!
**[20:54] Owashi**
Of course, this meeting no longer
holds any meaning, either.
**[21:01] Owashi**
The Department of Investigative Pathology
will continue as normal.
**[21:09] Mai**
To solving the case...
**[21:12] Mai/Yu**
Cheers!
**[21:15] Mai**
You were so cool today, Dr. Takao, like always.
**[21:20] Takao**
Naturally.
**[21:21] Mai**
And now that Investigative Pathology is safe,
**[21:23] Mai**
Dr. Kotori doesn't have to go back
to the university hospital.
**[21:29] Mai**
What's wrong?
**[21:31] Yu**
I wonder how Soichiro-kun's doing.
**[21:35] Mai**
I heard the divorced father's taking him in.
**[21:39] Yu**
I see.
**[21:42] Takao**
If we'd left things as they were,
it might've been too late for him.
**[21:48] Takao**
We did all we could as doctors.
**[21:52] Yu**
You're right.
***SIGN*** Mail
***SIGN*** You have a new message
***SIGN*** Open
***SIGN*** Close
**[21:56] Mai**
Oh, by the way, when are you
buying me a new bike?
**[22:01] Yu**
If I have to buy you a bike, too...
**[22:04] Mai**
You do.
**[22:05] Yu**
I'll have to take out two loans...
***SIGN*** Blood
Pressure
***SIGN*** Temp
***SIGN*** Pulse
***SIGN*** (reg)
***SIGN*** Height
***SIGN*** Weight
**[22:07] Mai**
You will.
**[22:08] Yu**
Hey, wait a second.
**[22:10] Yu**
Shouldn't Dr. Takao be
reimbursing you for the bike?
***SIGN*** regular bone marrow examination
***SIGN*** detected recurrence of leukemia
**[22:12] Mai**
No. Dr. Takao destroyed
the bike saving *you*.
***SIGN*** Miki Kenta
***SIGN*** years
old
**[22:22] Takao**
Kenta...
# 8 - The Night When the Angels Danced [Part 1]
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G5PHNM970/ameku-md-doctor-detective)
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***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
**[00:40] Kenta**
An angel...
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[02:19] Kumakawa**
Hey, Taka-chan.
**[02:21] Takao**
Oh, it's just you, Kuma.
**[02:23] Kumakawa**
As cold as ever.
**[02:26] Yu**
It's rare for you to visit us, Dr. Kumakawa.
**[02:29] Yu**
Something up?
**[02:32] Kumakawa**
Well, you see, there's something I'd like
Investigative Pathology to look into.
***SIGN*** No aftereffects from operation, blood test shows inflammation levels
have improved. Post-op progression good. Patient is walking and
eating full meals. Should be able to leave early next week.
***SIGN*** Nurse called after sudden vomiting. No stomach pain or fever.
X-rays show no obvious signs of intestinal obstruction.
**[02:40] Kumakawa**
Last week, a number of boys in the
same room fell sick, one after another.
**[02:46] Kumakawa**
The cause is unknown, and it was right
before they were due to be discharged.
**[02:52] Kumakawa**
The first patient affected was
10-year-old Sekihara Katsuji-kun.
**[02:56] Kumakawa**
He was admitted with acute appendicitis.
***SIGN*** Cancer Screening
**[02:59] Kumakawa**
He was recovering well
after an appendectomy,
**[03:03] Kumakawa**
but a week ago, a little after 9 PM,
he started vomiting.
**[03:08] Kumakawa**
The next patient was
11-year-old Sakuta Yuichi-kun.
**[03:11] Kumakawa**
He was admitted with
mycoplasma pneumonia.
**[03:14] Kumakawa**
His symptoms improved,
and we were considering discharging him,
**[03:19] Kumakawa**
but four days ago, around 11 PM,
he suddenly suffered an asthma attack.
**[03:24] Kumakawa**
The most recent sufferer is
12-year-old Fuyumoto Atsushi-kun.
**[03:27] Kumakawa**
He has WPW syndrome.
***SIGN*** Fu-yu-mo-to A-tsu-shi
***SIGN*** 2012 6/27 (Heisei 24)
***SIGN*** years old
***SIGN*** Fuyumoto
Atsushi
***SIGN*** Calendar
***SIGN*** Karte Creation
**[03:30] Kumakawa**
He was admitted for treatment after
experiencing frequent attacks of arrhythmia.
**[03:35] Kumakawa**
We planned to discharge him
last weekend, but...
**[03:40] Kumakawa**
Eight days ago, in the middle of the night,
he collapsed in the hallway, complaining of pain.
***SIGN*** Now
Hiring
**[03:46] Kumakawa**
His pulse was slow and irregular,
but the symptoms subsided quickly.
**[03:52] Kumakawa**
Taka-chan, I was hoping you could
talk to them and examine them.
**[04:00] Takao**
No.
**[04:02] Yu**
Huh? What's wrong, Dr. Takao?
**[04:07] Kumakawa**
Actually, there is another thing
that's been bothering me.
**[04:11] Kumakawa**
There have been sightings of
an angel in the pediatric ward.
**[04:14] Yu**
Huh? An angel?
**[04:16] Kumakawa**
It's been a bit chaotic in
the pediatric ward because of it.
**[04:20] Yu**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[04:23] Kumakawa**
About 10 days ago, a different patient started
claiming he'd seen an angel late at night.
**[04:30] Kumakawa**
He opened his eyes in the middle of the night
and saw someone standing there, bathed in light.
**[04:34] Yu**
How did he reach the conclusion that
this person bathed in light was an angel?
**[04:40] Kumakawa**
The child said the figure looked like
the angel from one of his picture books.
**[04:46] Yu**
Could the child have made a mistake?
**[04:49] Kumakawa**
Five days ago, a nurse was passing
the child's room, and looking in from outside,
**[04:55] Kumakawa**
she also saw a shining angel-like figure.
**[04:58] Kumakawa**
And all three of these cases occurred
after this so-called angel was seen.
**[05:04] Yu**
After the angel was seen?
**[05:08] Kumakawa**
Taka-chan, the boy with the picture book
won't be on the ward tonight.
**[05:14] Kumakawa**
So could you please examine
the other three kids at least?
**[05:20] Kumakawa**
Please.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** Department of Investigative Pathology Director
Physician
***SIGN*** Ameku Takao
**[05:25] Takao**
Fine.
**[05:39] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[05:42] Yu**
What's wrong?
**[05:44] Takao**
No, it's nothing.
**[05:50] Nurse A**
Kazuya-kun in Room 708
has a temperature of 38.2.
**[05:50] Mai**
Dr. Kumakawa is currently
with outpatients,
**[05:53] Nurse B**
We can only give him acetaminophen if he's
above 38.5, so give him a cooling compress.
**[05:54] Mai**
so I've been asked to accompany you.
**[05:57] Nurse A**
Understood. Should we delay his antibiotics?
**[05:58] Mai**
All three of the affected patients
are currently in Room 703.
**[06:00] Nurse B**
It should be fine. I'll ask the doctor later.
**[06:04] Mai**
By the way, we've had a little problem
with the three patients who suddenly got sick.
**[06:08] Yu**
A problem?
**[06:10] Mai**
They're the oldest kids
currently in the ward.
**[06:16] Mai**
Because of that, they act all arrogant,
hide the personal items of other kids,
**[06:20] Mai**
and mock everyone for their looks.
**[06:22] Yu**
That's pretty malicious.
**[06:25] Mai**
There are children, parents, and staff members
who hold grudges against this trio.
**[06:33] Mai**
I don't want to cast a suspicious eye,
but maybe one of them...
**[06:38] Yu**
If you're implying someone hurt those three
on purpose, how did they do it exactly?
**[06:44] Mai**
No clue. That's where the Investigative
Pathology Department comes in.
**[06:51] Mai**
Here we are.
**[06:53] Mai**
We're coming in!
**[06:56] Mai**
Excuse us.
**[07:02] Katsuji**
Look how scared he is of a little toy.
**[07:02] Atsushi**
So lame.
**[07:03] Mai**
Now, that's quite enough of that.
**[07:06] Atsushi**
Oh, it's just the gyaru doctor.
**[07:09] Mai**
In what way do I look like a gyaru?
**[07:12] Atsushi**
You totally look like a gyaru.
Your face is dark from all that tanning.
**[07:16] Mai**
Shut it. This is my normal skin color.
**[07:18] Yu**
It is?
**[07:19] Mai**
Did you say something?
**[07:21] Yu**
Oh, no, nothing.
**[07:23] Atsushi**
Who's this? The gyaru doctor's boyfriend?
**[07:26] Mai**
No, no, no.
**[07:28] Mai**
He's a doctor from the
Department of Investigative Pathology.
**[07:32] Yu**
For now, we'd like to give
all three of you a quick examination...
**[07:35] Yu**
Uh, Dr. Takao?
**[07:38] Atsushi**
Hey, what are you doing?
**[07:40] Atsushi**
It's cold.
**[07:44] Atsushi**
Wh-What?
**[07:57] Yu**
Wait, Dr. Takao.
**[07:59] Takao**
What is it?
**[08:00] Yu**
Aren't you going to examine them?
**[08:02] Takao**
No need. I already looked
through their examination results.
**[08:06] Yu**
So why did we bother coming down here?
**[08:09] Takao**
There was something I wanted to confirm.
**[08:11] Yu**
There was?
**[08:12] Mai**
Oh, Dr. Yamada.
**[08:15] Yamada**
What's Investigative Pathology doing here?
**[08:18] Mai**
We asked them to examine
Atsushi-kun and the others.
**[08:21] Yamada**
I see. I'm about to go discuss it
with Dr. Kumakawa,
**[08:25] Yamada**
but Fuyumoto Atsushi-kun will likely
be discharged the day after tomorrow.
**[08:29] Mai**
Huh?
**[08:30] Yu**
But we still don't know
why he suddenly fell ill, right?
**[08:34] Yamada**
I'm his attending physician.
**[08:37] Yamada**
We've been monitoring him with an ECG
machine, but there's been no recurrence.
**[08:42] Yu**
But what if something happens
after he's discharged?
**[08:45] Yamada**
We'll have him wear a Holter
ECG monitor tomorrow afternoon
**[08:48] Yamada**
to confirm he has no issues
before we discharge him.
**[08:52] Yamada**
Anyway, if you'll excuse me.
**[08:58] Yu**
Dr. Takao, you won't be able to
examine him if he's discharged.
**[09:04] Takao**
Isn't that fine?
As long as there aren't any issues.
**[09:07] Mai**
Huh?
**[09:11] Mai**
Um, should we take a look at the room
where the angel appeared?
**[09:16] Mai**
It's right next door and
there's no one in there right now.
**[09:29] Yu**
It's a private room?
**[09:31] Mai**
Yes. He has a private room
so that his mother can stay the night.
**[09:35] Mai**
Miki Kenta-kun is still only eight years old.
**[09:40] Mai**
He's currently undergoing
palliative care for terminal leukemia.
**[09:46] Mai**
Kenta-kun said an angel
came to take him to heaven.
**[09:52] Mai**
That's what it says
in the picture book he likes.
**[09:58] Takao**
Where did the angel appear?
**[10:01] Mai**
Around where I'm standing right now.
**[10:04] Mai**
He said a light appeared and
he saw the shadow of a person with wings.
**[10:09] Takao**
I see.
**[10:12] Yu**
Huh?
**[10:13] Yu**
You're done?
**[10:14] Takao**
Yeah. I've heard enough.
**[10:16] Mai**
Please wait, Dr. Takao.
**[10:18] Mai**
Do you already have some idea about
what's going on in the pediatric ward?
**[10:30] Kenta**
Dr. Kid!
**[10:31] Takao**
Wh-Why?
**[10:33] Kenta**
Wow, you came to visit!
**[10:38] Takao**
I-I...
**[10:40] Kenta**
Hey, Dr. Kid! Let's read
picture books together again.
**[10:46] Kenta**
It's a promise, doc.
**[10:59] Kenta**
Huh?
**[11:06] Kumakawa**
Taka-chan!
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[11:20] Kenta**
Dr. Kid...
**[11:24] Kenta**
Did she forget me?
**[11:28] Keiko**
Maybe the doctor's super busy with her work.
**[11:32] Keiko**
Why don't we ask her again next time?
**[11:36] Mai**
Kenta-kun, will you show me
your picture book?
**[11:40] Kenta**
Sure.
**[11:42] Yu**
So this is the picture book you like?
**[11:44] Kenta**
Yeah. I lost it, but I got another.
***SIGN*** Angel's Night
***SIGN*** Text: Sugi Wataru / Art: Tanizawa Momoka
**[11:48] Mai**
*Angel's*...
**[11:49] Kenta**
Hey, guess what? This angel
really exists! I saw it!
**[11:53] Kenta**
An angel appeared in my room at night.
**[11:56] Kenta**
The angel's gonna take me up to heaven—
**[11:59] Keiko**
Kenta.
**[12:00] Kenta**
Mom?
**[12:01] Keiko**
Angels don't exist.
**[12:03] Keiko**
I'm sure you were just seeing things.
**[12:06] Kenta**
But I really...
**[12:19] Keiko**
Doctor, can we really not change rooms?
**[12:23] Kumakawa**
I'm very sorry. We currently
have no other rooms available.
**[12:26] Keiko**
It makes Kenta uneasy
having those children next door.
**[12:31] Keiko**
Even the picture book...
**[12:35] Kumakawa**
How about you take a little break?
***SIGN*** Childhood Vaccination Guidelines
**[12:38] Kumakawa**
I'm sure Kenta-kun is tired, too.
**[12:44] Yu**
What did those three do to Kenta-kun?
**[12:48] Mai**
When Kenta-kun was in the playroom,
that trio snatched his cap off him.
**[12:57] (Flashback) Atsushi**
Hey, look. He's a kid, but he's already bald.
**[13:01] (Flashback) Atsushi/Katsuji/Yuichi**
What the heck?
**[13:05] Mai**
Kenta-kun has no hair because
he's going through chemotherapy.
**[13:09] Mai**
That trio laughed at him and caused a scene.
**[13:14] Yu**
What happened to the picture book?
**[13:17] Mai**
That was about three days afterwards.
**[13:21] Mai**
Kenta-kun's favorite picture book
disappeared when he was out of the room.
**[13:27] Mai**
We found it torn to shreds in the
playroom trash can the next day.
***SIGN*** Angel's Night
***SIGN*** Text: Sugi Wataru / Art: Tanizawa Momoka
**[13:34] Yu**
It was that trio again?
**[13:36] Mai**
We have no proof, but we suspect as much.
**[13:39] Mai**
After that, Kenta-kun's
mother got really anxious.
**[13:47] Kumakawa**
You two.
**[13:49] Kumakawa**
Got a minute?
**[13:55] Kumakawa**
I really wasn't expecting Taka-chan
and Kenta-kun to run into each other.
**[14:01] Yu**
Um, what kind of relationship do
Miki Kenta-kun and Dr. Takao have?
**[14:07] Kumakawa**
He's Taka-chan's friend.
**[14:09] Yu**
Friend?
**[14:12] Kumakawa**
Two years ago, when Taka-chan was working
as a resident in the pediatric ward...
**[14:17] Kumakawa**
she often argued with attending physicians,
and struggled to interact with patients.
**[14:23] Kumakawa**
It was pretty hard on her.
**[14:28] Kumakawa**
In the middle of all that,
**[14:30] Kumakawa**
Kenta-kun came for an emergency examination
because a late-night nosebleed wouldn't stop.
**[14:34] Kumakawa**
Seems it's finally stopped.
**[14:35] Kenta**
Yeah.
**[14:37] (Flashback) Keiko**
Thank you very much.
**[14:39] (Flashback) Kumakawa**
Well, that should do it—
**[14:40] (Flashback) Takao**
Hold on a second.
**[14:43] Kumakawa**
Taka-chan was also on duty that night,
**[14:46] Kumakawa**
and she noticed Kenta-kun had
a light patch of purpura on his leg.
**[14:51] Kumakawa**
We immediately ran tests, and he was
diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia,
**[14:56] Kumakawa**
requiring him to be hospitalized
and undergo chemotherapy.
**[14:59] Mai**
So what happened between
the two of them?
**[15:04] Kumakawa**
He took a shine to her.
**[15:06] Mai**
What?
**[15:06] Yu**
Huh?
**[15:08] (Flashback) Kenta**
Dr. Kid!
**[15:12] Kumakawa**
Taka-chan was pretty hesitant at first,
but she slowly opened up.
**[15:18] Kumakawa**
She even started making time to visit
Kenta-kun in his room and chat with him.
**[15:26] Mai**
So they became friends, huh?
**[15:29] Kumakawa**
For Taka-chan, Kenta-kun was
a source of comfort during her residency.
**[15:39] (Flashback) Takao**
I got you a present, Kenta.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Kenta**
Wow! So cool!
**[15:45] (Flashback) Kenta**
Do I look good?
**[15:46] (Flashback) Takao**
Yeah.
**[15:53] Kumakawa**
He still treasures the baseball cap
Taka-chan gave him.
**[16:02] Kumakawa**
The chemotherapy was effective,
and he was discharged
**[16:05] Kumakawa**
after he was evaluated as
being in complete remission.
***SIGN*** I'm all better now.
Thank you,
Dr. Kid!
**[16:13] Yu**
But the cancer returned?
**[16:17] Kumakawa**
Yeah.
**[16:20] Kumakawa**
We found leukemia cells during a routine
bone marrow exam in January of this year,
**[16:26] Kumakawa**
and he was diagnosed
with a recurrence of leukemia.
**[16:30] Kumakawa**
We tried everything we could,
but it was no use.
**[16:34] Kumakawa**
We don't know when Kenta-kun's health
will take a turn for the worse.
**[16:38] Yu**
So that's why Dr. Takao
has been acting so strangely.
**[16:43] Kumakawa**
Kenta-kun was supposed to be gone for the night,
so I thought she could do some examinations,
**[16:48] Kumakawa**
but he suddenly came down with a fever
and had to return to the hospital.
**[16:54] Kumakawa**
Will you apologize to Taka-chan for me?
**[16:57] Yu**
I understand.
**[17:18] Yu**
Why are you all rolled up
like a roly-poly down there?
**[17:24] Takao**
I messed up.
**[17:26] Yu**
Yeah, you messed up.
**[17:30] Takao**
I didn't mean to do that.
My mind just went blank.
**[17:35] Yu**
Dr. Kumakawa wanted to apologize
about asking you to help this time.
**[17:41] Takao**
I already knew what was going on
even before he asked me,
**[17:45] Takao**
so I tried to brace myself for it.
**[17:50] Takao**
I ended up hurting Kenta's feelings.
**[17:54] Yu**
Why don't you go see Kenta-kun again
after you've calmed down?
**[18:01] Takao**
Kotori.
**[18:02] Yu**
Yes, what is it?
**[18:05] Takao**
Have you ever had a patient
who was younger than you die?
**[18:11] Yu**
I have. I worked in the surgical
department for five years.
**[18:17] Takao**
I haven't.
**[18:22] Yu**
Is that so?
**[18:26] Takao**
Hey, Kotori.
**[18:28] Yu**
Yes?
**[18:30] Takao**
Kenta-kun is going to die soon.
**[18:35] Yu**
Yes, I know.
**[18:37] Takao**
He's only been alive eight years,
but he's already going to die.
**[18:43] Takao**
I can't do anything for him.
**[18:47] Takao**
Even though my brain's stuffed with
medical knowledge from all over the world,
**[18:52] Takao**
there's nothing I can do!
**[18:53] Yu**
That's not true.
**[18:56] Yu**
You can see him and talk with him.
**[18:59] Yu**
We simply need to listen to our patients,
discuss their illnesses in a frank manner,
**[19:05] Yu**
and act flexibly, depending on the situation.
**[19:09] Takao**
Act flexibly?
**[19:13] Takao**
I can't do that because I can't read
what the other person wants from me.
**[19:22] Takao**
If I talk with Kenta now,
I might hurt his feelings even more.
**[19:28] Takao**
Before I realize it,
**[19:31] Takao**
I might make someone who's already
suffering go through even more pain.
**[19:40] Takao**
That's why it's probably better
if I don't see Kenta anymore.
**[19:47] Yu**
Are you thinking of running away again?
**[19:51] Takao**
Running away?
**[19:52] Yu**
That's right. You're just running away.
**[19:56] Yu**
You're running away from Kenta-kun and
the mysterious illnesses on the pediatric ward.
**[20:01] Takao**
I'm *not* running awa—
**[20:02] Yu**
Sure you are.
**[20:04] Yu**
You're giving me all these excuses,
but it's just that it's painful for you.
**[20:08] Yu**
That might be fine for normal people,
but you're a doctor.
**[20:14] Yu**
And since you're a doctor,
you have to handle that pain.
**[20:18] Yu**
You have to accept the fact
there are people you can't save.
**[20:23] Yu**
If you leave it like this,
nothing will get resolved.
**[20:27] Yu**
For both Kenta-kun and those three children.
**[20:32] Takao**
Those kids will be fine.
They're not in any danger.
**[20:37] Yu**
You know what's happening
in the pediatric ward, don't you?
**[20:44] Takao**
Leave me alone.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[21:21] Kenta**
It came again tonight.
**[21:36] Mai**
Please confirm it on your next round.
**[21:39] Nurse D**
Understood.
**[21:40] Nurse E**
About the patient in Room 701...
***SIGN*** Room
***SIGN*** Fuyumoto Atsushi
***SIGN*** Room 703
***SIGN*** Fuyumoto Atsushi
**[21:46] Nurse E**
O-Oh, Dr. Konoike, I can—
**[21:48] Mai**
What's wrong, Atsushi-kun?
**[21:49] Nurse D**
It's Atsushi-kun again.
What's happened this time?
**[21:52] Atsushi**
*I-It hurts.*
**[21:55] Atsushi**
*Help me.*
**[22:02] Mai**
Atsushi-kun!
**[22:06] Atsushi**
I-It hurts...
**[22:08] Mai**
Atsushi-kun!
**[22:14] Mai**
No pulse.
**[22:16] Mai**
Call a code blue.
**[22:18] Nurse D**
Right.
**[22:19] Mai**
And get the AED.
**[22:20] Nurse D**
Understood.
**[22:21] Mai**
Atsushi-kun! Atsushi-kun!
# 9 - The Night When the Angels Danced [Part 2]
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***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
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**[00:02] Takao**
"Then, a few days passed."
**[00:05] Takao**
"Her mother lay quietly in her bed."
**[00:09] Takao**
"The little girl held her mother's hand.
'Thank you, God,' she said."
**[00:15] Takao**
"An angel appeared before her mother."
**[00:19] Takao**
"The angel said, 'It's time to
leave now,' and held out a hand."
**[00:25] Takao**
"Her mom took the angel's hand and
smiled as they rose up to heaven."
**[00:37] Takao**
"The End."
**[00:39] Kenta**
You're an angel, too, Dr. Kid.
**[00:42] Takao**
Huh?
**[00:43] Kenta**
You cured my illness and saved me.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[02:33] Kumakawa**
Looking at the ECG, Atsushi-kun definitely
experienced a cardiac arrest last night.
**[02:39] Kumakawa**
We immediately started chest compressions,
and his heartbeat resumed soon after.
**[02:44] Yamada**
What in the world happened?
**[02:46] Yamada**
His illness shouldn't cause
sudden cardiac arrests.
**[02:51] Takao**
You're absolutely right.
**[02:53] Takao**
Honestly, I never expected
such a stupid mistake.
**[02:57] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
**[02:59] Takao**
I'm the one at fault this time.
**[03:03] Kumakawa**
What do you mean by that?
**[03:04] Takao**
It's fine. It's no big deal.
**[03:07] Yamada**
"No big deal"? A child
went into cardiac arrest!
**[03:11] Takao**
The cardiac arrest was caused by a mistake.
**[03:14] Takao**
Not mine. The culprit's.
**[03:16] Yu**
So there *is* someone behind all this?
**[03:18] Takao**
Yeah, of course.
**[03:20] Takao**
They're to blame for last night, what
happened to the three kids, and the "angel".
**[03:27] Yu**
Huh?
**[03:27] Mai**
Huh? The angel, too?
**[03:29] Kumakawa**
Taka-chan, who in the world
could be behind it all?
**[03:35] Takao**
I'll give you my diagnosis for this mystery.
**[03:42] Kids (not sure which)**
Atsushi, that way.
**[03:43] Kids (not sure which)**
Now, go back.
**[03:46] Atsushi**
Wh-What is it?
**[03:49] Takao**
You're being discharged.
**[03:51] Atsushi**
Huh?
**[03:52] Mai/Kuma/Yu**
What?
**[03:52] Takao**
You three are all better.
**[03:56] Takao**
Well, preparations need to be made,
so we'll do it tomorrow.
**[04:00] Atsushi**
Hey, hold up a second.
**[04:02] Atsushi**
My heart stopped last night.
**[04:04] Yu**
Um, Dr. Takao? At the very least,
we can't discharge Atsushi-kun just yet.
**[04:08] Takao**
These guys won't have any other issues.
**[04:11] Takao**
They'll be fine once they're home.
**[04:12] Kumakawa**
Taka-chan, at least explain—
**[04:14] Takao**
Whatever. Discharge them.
They're being discharged.
**[04:17] Takao**
I'm the vice-director of this hospital.
**[04:19] Takao**
If I say discharge them,
they get discharged.
**[04:26] Atsushi**
What the heck?
**[04:41] Yu**
Dr. Takao?
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[04:55] Nurse A**
I'll go change the IV drip.
**[04:57] Nurse A**
Please take care of Rooms 705 and 706.
**[05:01] Nurse B**
Right.
**[05:18] Takao**
I figured you'd come here
at around this time.
**[05:22] Takao**
The nurse station is usually
unmanned for a short period,
**[05:25] Mai/Yu**
Huh?
**[05:26] Takao**
and there's a chance you won't pull it off
in time if you wait until tonight.
**[05:29] Yu**
Surely not. But why?
**[05:33] Takao**
The person who's caused
multiple issues on this ward,
**[05:36] Takao**
and is responsible for
all the angel sightings.
**[05:39] Takao**
This guy's the ringleader.
**[05:42] Takao**
Fuyumoto Atsushi.
**[05:46] Mai**
Hold on a second.
**[05:48] Mai**
Are you saying Atsushi-kun and these boys
made themselves sick *on purpose*?
**[05:52] Takao**
Yup. Sekihara Katsuji and
Sakuta Yuichi are his accomplices.
**[05:59] Mai**
But how did they even do those things?
**[06:01] Mai**
Atsushi-kun's heart actually stopped.
**[06:05] Takao**
He used what he was
trying to steal just now.
**[06:07] Takao**
Adenosine triphosphate. As an injection,
it's more commonly known as ATP.
**[06:13] Takao**
It can alleviate symptoms like dizziness when
mixed into an IV drip and administered slowly.
**[06:17] Takao**
However, it has another unique effect.
**[06:20] Mai**
Another effect?
**[06:22] Takao**
It can stop the heart
for a short period of time.
**[06:27] Yu**
A rapid intravenous injection for
paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia?
**[06:31] Takao**
Right. It's a well-known treatment for
arrhythmia when administered intravenously.
**[06:36] Mai**
Stopping the heart?
Is it safe to do something like that?
**[06:40] Takao**
It's fine. It's a drug with
a relatively high safety profile.
**[06:45] Mai**
But the heart still stops
for a few seconds, right?
**[06:49] Takao**
Yeah. While it might be safe,
**[06:52] Takao**
it can cause severe chest discomfort
and induce vomiting in many cases.
**[06:56] Takao**
It can also trigger asthma-like attacks
in patients with a history of asthma.
**[07:02] Mai**
That's...
**[07:04] Takao**
Exactly. Their symptoms
can all be explained
**[07:07] Takao**
by a rapid intravenous injection
of adenosine triphosphate.
**[07:14] Takao**
Fuyumoto Atsushi was hospitalized
because of his WPW syndrome.
**[07:18] Takao**
He must've had frequent episodes of
paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
**[07:23] Takao**
That means he also received rapid
IV injections of adenosine triphosphate.
**[07:29] Takao**
That's how he knew that
a quick intravenous shot of it
**[07:33] Takao**
could safely induce the sudden
appearance of various symptoms.
**[07:39] Kumakawa**
Now, hold on a second.
**[07:41] Kumakawa**
Atsushi-kun's heart didn't just stop
for a few seconds last night.
**[07:45] Kumakawa**
It stopped completely
for over 20 seconds.
**[07:49] Takao**
Yeah. That was the mistake.
**[07:52] Kumakawa**
Mistake? What mistake?
***SIGN*** Room 703
***SIGN*** Fuyumoto Atsushi
**[07:55] Takao**
Last night, after Fuyumoto
Atsushi called the nurse,
**[07:58] Takao**
he injected the adenosine triphosphate
into his IV line with a preprepared syringe.
**[08:07] Takao**
The syringe he used was probably
disposed of by his two accomplices.
**[08:11] Takao**
Then, just as he planned, his heart
stopped for a moment, and he collapsed.
**[08:17] Takao**
But he'd accidentally snatched
the wrong medication this time.
**[08:22] Takao**
This is the one he administered
to himself last night.
**[08:26] Takao**
It's the same adenosine triphosphate,
**[08:29] Takao**
but there's a difference
between these ampules.
**[08:32] Takao**
Their concentration.
**[08:34] Takao**
These three had been self-administering
the common 10mg ampules before now.
**[08:40] Takao**
But last night, they accidentally
took a 40mg ampule,
**[08:44] Takao**
which meant the concentration
was four times higher.
**[08:46] Yu**
Four times?
**[08:48] Kumakawa**
I see.
**[08:49] Takao**
The higher concentration
made his heart stop for longer.
**[08:53] Takao**
A few more seconds and his heart would've
started on its own and he would've come to.
**[08:59] Kumakawa**
Atsushi-kun, is what she's saying true?
**[09:05] Mai**
So what about the angel?
**[09:08] Takao**
Hey, kid. You're totally busted.
**[09:11] Takao**
Why don't you tell them
about your other little trick?
**[09:15] Atsushi**
Fine.
**[09:28] Takao**
This is the true form of the "angel."
**[09:31] Mai**
A flashlight and a paper cup?
**[09:34] Takao**
Didn't you say a picture book was stolen
from next door and found all torn up?
**[09:40] Takao**
Just as you suspected,
these guys were to blame for that.
**[09:50] Takao**
This is the truth behind this case.
**[09:56] Kumakawa**
But Taka-chan, why would
these kids do something like that?
**[10:02] Takao**
These guys wanted to stay in the hospital,
**[10:04] Takao**
even if it meant drugging themselves
and making their hearts stop,
**[10:07] Takao**
because they had to keep
making the angel appear.
**[10:11] Takao**
For Kenta.
**[10:13] Mai**
They stayed just to prank Kenta-kun?
**[10:16] Takao**
No. It's not a prank.
**[10:20] Takao**
It's atonement.
**[10:24] Yu**
Atonement?
**[10:26] Takao**
These guys joked about Kenta
not having any hair two weeks back.
**[10:32] Takao**
All without knowing the reason why.
**[10:35] Takao**
I'm sure someone explained it
to them afterwards.
**[10:39] Takao**
About how he'd lost all of his hair
in his battle with leukemia.
**[10:44] Takao**
And that Kenta didn't
have a lot of time left.
**[10:50] Takao**
After being told that, they realized
what a horrible thing they'd done.
**[10:56] Takao**
That's why they decided
to atone for their actions.
***SIGN*** Angel's Night
**[11:00] Takao**
Kenta believes an angel is protecting him,
**[11:03] Takao**
and that the angel will
take him up to heaven someday.
***SIGN*** Angel's Night
***SIGN*** Text: Sugi Wataru / Art: Tanizawa Momoka
**[11:09] Takao**
That's why these three stole
his picture book, cut out the angel,
**[11:13] Takao**
and using a flashlight,
made an "angel" appear in Kenta's room.
**[11:22] Kumakawa**
Is what Dr. Ameku's saying true?
**[11:26] Atsushi**
We didn't know that little kid was so sick.
**[11:32] Kumakawa**
But why'd you go as far as preventing
yourselves from being sent home?
**[11:39] Takao**
They want to make an angel appear
before Kenta in his... his final moments.
**[11:48] Takao**
They figure he'll be able
to go peacefully if he sees one.
**[11:53] Takao**
So they couldn't allow themselves to be
discharged from the hospital until then.
**[12:00] Takao**
I realized the truth
and kept my mouth shut.
**[12:05] Takao**
I thought it'd be fine to let them do what
they wanted if it lessened Kenta's pain.
**[12:12] Yu**
Dr. Takao.
**[12:15] Takao**
Maybe I thought I was doing something
for Kenta by not exposing the truth.
**[12:26] Takao**
Even though I wasn't the one
actually doing anything.
**[12:32] Takao**
I'm...
**[12:35] Takao**
just a coward.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** 24th December (Tuesday)
***SIGN*** Miki
Kenta
**[12:43] Yu**
I hear the boys told Kenta-kun's mother
what they did and apologized.
**[12:54] Yu**
The trio are being discharged today.
**[12:57] Yu**
They've decided to keep what happened
a secret from Kenta-kun.
***SIGN*** Pediatric Department
Extension 01
***SIGN*** Connected
**[13:13] Yu**
Yes, Investigative Pathology.
**[13:20] Yu**
Yes, I understand.
**[13:23] Yu**
Thanks for letting us know.
***SIGN*** Pediatric Department
Extension 01
***SIGN*** Connected
**[13:30] Yu**
That was Konoike.
**[13:32] Yu**
Kenta-kun's blood pressure
has started to drop.
**[13:36] Yu**
The condition is pretty severe.
He may not survive till tomorrow.
**[13:41] Yu**
His family's already all here.
**[13:43] Yu**
It's just, Kenta-kun keeps
saying he wants to see you.
**[13:49] Yu**
Some of his family were hoping
you might go visit him just the once.
**[13:56] Takao**
But...
**[13:58] Yu**
You just need to go.
**[14:00] Yu**
You only need to go see Kenta-kun
and that will be enough for him.
**[14:05] Takao**
I can't read the room.
**[14:08] Takao**
I might say something terrible
and hurt Kenta badly.
**[14:12] Yu**
What are you talking about?
**[14:14] Yu**
What hurts Kenta-kun the most
is you *refusing* to go see him!
**[14:27] Yu**
I'll go on ahead.
**[14:29] Yu**
Come along once you've calmed down.
**[14:35] Yu**
I'm begging you.
***SIGN*** Angel's Night
***SIGN*** Text: Sugi Wataru / Art: Tanizawa Momoka
**[15:30] Kenta**
An angel...
**[15:31] Keiko**
Huh?
**[15:45] Kenta**
I can see... an angel...
***SIGN*** Angel's Night
**[16:40] Takao**
Kenta.
**[16:48] Kenta**
Dr. Kid?
**[16:52] Takao**
How many times have I told you?
**[16:54] Takao**
I'm not Dr. Kid. I'm Ameku Takao.
**[16:58] Kenta**
Ah, it's Dr. Kid.
**[17:22] Kenta**
Hey, Dr. Kid...
**[17:26] Kenta**
I just saw an angel coming to get me.
**[17:36] Takao**
I see. An angel came here, huh?
**[17:39] Kenta**
Yeah. It's probably here
to take me up to heaven.
**[17:47] Takao**
I'll bet.
**[17:49] Takao**
You're a good kid, so I'm sure
the angel will take you up to heaven.
**[17:58] Kenta**
Hey, can you read the
picture book to me again?
**[18:06] Takao**
Yeah, of course I can!
***SIGN*** Angel's Night
***SIGN*** Text: Sugi Wataru / Art: Tanizawa Momoka
**[18:15] Takao**
"In this one town, there was a little girl
who lived with her mother."
**[18:22] Takao**
"Her mother was always sick
and wasn't able to go out much."
**[18:28] Takao**
"The little girl and her mother would always
split the small amount of bread they had,
**[18:33] Takao**
and say, 'Thank you, God.'"
**[18:37] Takao**
"'Thank you, God,' they prayed."
**[18:44] Takao**
"They prayed every day without fail."
**[18:50] Takao**
"One day, the little girl went to the
neighborhood bakery to get leftover bread."
**[19:00] Takao**
"The neighborhood children
all said to the girl..."
**[19:21] Yu**
Dr. Takao, I'm coming in.
**[19:29] Takao**
What do you need?
**[19:30] Yu**
Oh, nothing really.
**[19:34] Yu**
I just wanted to check in on you.
**[19:38] Takao**
Hey, Kotori.
**[19:40] Yu**
Yes?
**[19:42] Takao**
Did I do a good job?
**[19:45] Takao**
Was Kenta in any pain because of me?
**[19:50] Yu**
Yes, you did a good job.
**[19:53] Yu**
Kenta-kun was very happy to see you.
**[19:56] Takao**
But I couldn't do anything for him.
**[20:00] Takao**
All I did was read a picture book to him.
**[20:03] Yu**
That was enough for Kenta-kun.
**[20:07] Yu**
I'm sure he was happy you read
that picture book to him.
**[20:13] Takao**
Really?
**[20:15] Yu**
Really.
**[20:23] Takao**
Why did Kenta have to die
when he was only eight years old?
**[20:29] Takao**
He was such a good kid.
**[20:39] Takao**
Kotori... I'm powerless.
**[20:44] Yu**
Everyone's powerless.
**[20:46] Yu**
But I think it's important for doctors
to realize how powerless they are.
**[20:52] Yu**
It's only then that we can truly face
our patients with the utmost sincerity.
**[21:01] Takao**
You're right.
**[21:04] Takao**
Yeah, you're completely right.
**[21:30] Yu**
Merry Christmas, Dr. Takao.
**[21:42] Yu**
Excuse the intrusion.
**[21:45] Takao**
Oh, Kotori.
**[21:47] Yu**
Good morning, Dr. Takao.
**[21:51] Takao**
It's this late already? We should head out.
**[21:54] Yu**
Yes.
**[21:57] Yu**
That hat...
**[22:00] Takao**
Kenta's mom left it here yesterday
when she came to thank me.
**[22:06] Takao**
My head may be small,
but it's still too small for me to wear.
**[22:18] Takao**
Okay! We should get going.
**[22:21] Yu**
Yes. Let's go.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
# 10 - Drowning in a Dry Room [Part 1]
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***SIGN*** 13th March (Thursday)
**[00:06] Yu**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Appointment Order
***SIGN*** Takanashi Yu
***SIGN*** Starting 1st April, 2025
***SIGN***
You will be relieved of your current position
and ordered to work at Junsei Medical University
Hospital in the Department of General Medicine.
***SIGN*** 27th February (Thursday)
***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
**[00:35] Kojiro**
Hurry up!
**[00:36] Clerk**
It won't open. It's locked.
**[00:39] Kojiro**
Damn it. Brother, hurry up!
**[00:42] Kojiro**
It's locked and won't open.
**[00:48] Daiki**
*Save me...*
**[00:50] (Flashback) Ryuichiro**
Daiki?
**[00:52] Daiki**
*Your study...*
**[01:00] Ryuichiro**
Duh...
**[01:02] Ryuichiro**
Daiki.
***SIGN*** Internal Line: 05 Reception Room
***SIGN*** Call Ended
**[01:16] Kojiro**
He's in cardiac arrest.
**[01:18] Kojiro**
What?
**[01:18] Kojiro**
We need to resuscitate him.
**[01:20] Kojiro**
Call for an ambulance.
**[01:21] Clerk**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[01:24] Kojiro**
One, two, three, four—
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** Department of Investigative Pathology Office
**[03:05] Takao**
What's the meaning of this, Kotori?
**[03:08] Mazuru**
Dr. Takanashi must finish his
contract term by the end of March,
**[03:14] Mazuru**
and return to the university hospital.
**[03:17] Takao**
Why do you have to go back?
**[03:20] Yu**
In the General Medicine Department
of my parent hospital, Junsei Medical U,
**[03:25] Yu**
one of the doctors has unexpectedly
become unable to work.
**[03:28] Yu**
I've been called back to fill in.
**[03:31] Takao**
What? *Why* is he suddenly unable to work?
**[03:35] Yu**
I heard he got caught up in something.
**[03:39] Takao**
Jeez. Is the move set in stone?
**[03:43] Yu**
Yeah, pretty much.
**[03:46] Yu**
It should all be officially
confirmed next week.
**[03:49] Mazuru**
A different doctor will come to
replace him at the beginning of April.
**[03:55] Yu**
Um, Dr. Takao.
**[03:58] Yu**
I'm sure the new doctor will support you,
so you don't have to worry—
**[04:03] Takao**
Someone like you...
**[04:07] Takao**
You should just go back to
the university you came from!
**[04:10] Takao**
No more of this birdbrain
slowing me down? What a relief!
**[04:13] Mazuru**
Takao!
**[04:13] Yu**
Who are you calling a "birdbrain"?
**[04:15] Takao**
Little birds have brains to match,
so what's the problem?
**[04:18] Takao**
I don't even want to see your face!
**[04:20] Takao**
So just hurry up and get out of here!
**[04:27] Mazuru**
I'm so sorry about Takao's attitude.
**[04:30] Yu**
Oh, don't be.
**[04:32] Mazuru**
I think Takao's really anxious
about you leaving, Dr. Takanashi.
**[04:38] Mazuru**
Working with others is tough for her.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[04:52] Mai**
Dr. Kotori!
**[04:55] Yu**
Konoike?
**[04:55] Mai**
What's going on? You're quitting
our hospital at the end of the month?
**[04:59] Yu**
Calm down, will you?
**[05:00] Mai**
How *can* I be calm?
***SIGN*** Heart Disease Exam
***SIGN*** Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening
***SIGN*** Sleep Apnea Syndrome Testing
**[05:03] Yu**
There's nothing I can do.
My department ordered me back.
**[05:07] Yu**
More importantly, how did you hear about it?
**[05:10] Mai**
I got a call from Dr. Takao late last night.
She was super angry.
**[05:18] Yu**
What is it?
**[05:20] Mai**
Do you plan to just abandon Dr. Takao?
**[05:25] Yu**
I'm not abandoning anyone.
**[05:28] Mai**
I feel like the two of you
are a really great duo.
**[05:34] Yu**
A great duo, huh?
**[05:40] Yu**
A message?
***SIGN*** March 14th 2025
***SIGN*** From Ameku
Takao
***SIGN*** Come to the house
now. ASAP!
**[05:43] Mai**
Dr. Takao?
**[05:48] Takao**
Took you long enough.
**[05:50] Yu**
Um, sorry about that.
The emergencies kept coming—
**[05:53] Takao**
Kuwata Seiji.
**[05:55] Yu**
Huh?
**[05:56] Takao**
I said, Kuwata Seiji.
**[05:58] Takao**
That's the doctor who got into some kind
of trouble and now can't work, yes?
**[06:03] Yu**
Y-Yes, that's right.
**[06:06] Takao**
Your senior at Junsei Medical
University Hospital, Kuwata Seiji,
***SIGN*** Chairman Suspected of Concealing Murder Case
***SIGN*** Chairman and doctor of Kuwata General Hospital
***SIGN*** suspected of improper treatment and procedure
***SIGN*** unnatural death
**[06:10] Takao**
is currently implicated in a murder case.
***SIGN*** at Kuwata General Hospital
***SIGN*** suspected of murder and the doctor
**[06:13] Yu**
What?
**[06:14] Takao**
He hasn't been arrested yet,
**[06:16] Takao**
but he's been taken in for questioning.
**[06:19] Yu**
What? No way.
**[06:21] Takao**
On top of that, it doesn't seem
to be your average murder case.
**[06:27] Takao**
It's a locked-room mystery!
**[06:33] Yu**
So where do you want to go?
**[06:36] Takao**
Take a look at this.
***SIGN*** m 182 293.5 l 182.5 289 161 225 210 63 417.5 128.5 348 352.5 182 298.5 182.5 296
***SIGN*** Chairman of General Hospital in Tokyo
Suspected of Concealing Murder Case
***SIGN*** On the 12th, the Metropolitan Police's
Tanashi Station referred for
prosecution Dr. Kuwata Ryuichiro (70),
chairman of Kuwata General Hospital.
***SIGN*** He is suspected of violating the Medical
Practitioners' Act by failing to report a
possible unnatural death to the police.
Suspect Dr. Kuwata has denied this claim.
**[06:38] Yu**
"On the 12th, the Metropolitan
Police's Tanashi Station
**[06:41] Yu**
sent documents to the prosecutor's office
on suspect, Dr. Kuwata Ryuichiro,
**[06:44] Yu**
chairman of Kuwata General."
**[06:47] Yu**
"He is suspected of violating
the Medical Practitioners' Act
**[06:50] Yu**
by failing to report a possible
unnatural death to the police."
**[06:54] Takao**
The one who died unnaturally
is the victim in this murder case.
**[06:59] Takao**
Kuwata Seiji's father, Kuwata Ryuichiro,
was present at the time of his death.
**[07:05] Takao**
We'll go get the details from him.
**[07:07] Yu**
I'm surprised you got
an appointment with him.
**[07:10] Takao**
Well, he's a doctor himself, right?
Seems he's heard rumors about my genius.
**[07:14] Yu**
I see.
**[07:16] Takao**
He sounded pretty eager for us
to come and prove his son's innocence.
**[07:37] Ryuichiro**
It's all *his* fault.
**[07:39] Ryuichiro**
He's messed up everything.
**[07:42] Yu**
Um, excuse me, but who are you referring to?
**[07:47] Ryuichiro**
Kuwata Daiki. My deceased eldest son.
***SIGN*** Kuwata General Hospital Chairman
Kuwata Ryuichiro
**[07:50] Yu**
Huh? So the victim was
Kuwata-senpai's older brother?
**[07:55] Ryuichiro**
Yes, that's right.
**[07:57] Takao**
Tell me about Kuwata Daiki first.
**[08:00] Ryuichiro**
He was just a brainless thug.
**[08:03] Ryuichiro**
I went to great lengths to enroll him
in a prestigious school,
**[08:07] Ryuichiro**
but not only did he fall in
with a bad crowd in high school,
**[08:11] Ryuichiro**
he got expelled for threatening
a fellow classmate for money.
**[08:15] Ryuichiro**
After moving out, he kept
coming back just to ask for money.
**[08:21] Ryuichiro**
Since there was no end to his requests,
I eventually stopped giving in to him.
**[08:26] Ryuichiro**
So he snuck into my study to steal cash,
checkbooks, even the deeds to the house.
**[08:36] Yu**
Did he succeed?
**[08:38] Ryuichiro**
No, a servant caught him in the act
before he could take anything.
**[08:40] Servant**
What are you doing?
**[08:42] Ryuichiro**
I hit him on the spot
and cut all ties with him.
**[08:48] Ryuichiro**
I didn't see Daiki for years after that.
**[08:53] Takao**
What caused Daiki to go off
the straight and narrow?
**[08:58] Takao**
Wasn't there some reason behind it?
**[09:01] Ryuichiro**
I see no need to tell you about that.
**[09:04] Takao**
Whether it's necessary or not
is up to me to decide.
**[09:10] Ryuichiro**
Just after he started high school,
Daiki's mother ended her own life.
**[09:17] Takao**
So his mother committed suicide
and the shock of it caused him to rebel?
**[09:23] Takao**
You called her "Daiki's" mother just then.
**[09:27] Takao**
Does that mean Seiji and Daiki
had different mothers?
**[09:33] Ryuichiro**
Yes.
**[09:34] Ryuichiro**
Daiki and Seiji are half-brothers.
Another woman gave birth to Seiji.
**[09:41] Ryuichiro**
My wife grew mentally unstable
when she found out and took her own life.
**[09:49] Takao**
Did you marry Kuwata Seiji's
mother after that?
**[09:54] Ryuichiro**
I remarried about a year
after the passing of my first wife.
**[09:59] Ryuichiro**
My second wife passed away
from cancer three years ago.
**[10:05] Takao**
Okay, now tell me about the day in question.
**[10:10] Ryuichiro**
That day, we were celebrating my 70th,
as well as my hospital's 35th anniversary.
**[10:19] Ryuichiro**
But Daiki suddenly appeared.
**[10:22] Yu**
Was Daiki-san invited?
**[10:25] Ryuichiro**
Of course he wasn't.
**[10:27] Ryuichiro**
I don't even know how
he found out about the event.
**[10:33] (Flashback) Assembly Member**
Allow me to offer my congratulations.
**[10:34] Clerk**
U-Um, you can't go in.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Ryuichiro**
Thank you very much. You've always taken—
**[10:36] Daiki**
Can it.
**[10:39] (Flashback) Daiki**
Old man! Long time no see.
**[10:43] (Flashback) Ryuichiro**
Daiki?
**[10:46] (Flashback) Daiki**
Pretty arrogant of you
to be partyin' like this.
**[10:50] (Flashback) Daiki**
Especially after disownin' your own son.
**[10:53] (Flashback) Daiki**
On top of that, my mother died 'cause
this man had a child with another woman.
**[11:00] (Flashback) Daiki**
The real kicker is he made her his
second wife and kicked *me* out of the house.
**[11:05] (Flashback) Daiki**
This guy's a scummy human being!
**[11:10] (Flashback) Daiki**
Hey, don't you guys all agree?
**[11:14] (Flashback) Seiji**
Brother, stop.
**[11:16] (Flashback) Daiki**
Huh?
**[11:17] (Flashback) Daiki**
Don't order me around, Seiji.
**[11:24] Yu**
Huh? Was Kuwata-senpai all right?
**[11:27] Ryuichiro**
No, not at all.
**[11:30] Ryuichiro**
He lost a lot of blood from that head wound.
**[11:33] Ryuichiro**
That's why I ordered Seiji to go get
treated immediately at our hospital.
**[11:38] Ryuichiro**
Then, I kicked Daiki out of the party hall.
**[11:41] Yu**
Did he go silently?
**[11:44] Ryuichiro**
He caused a ruckus to start with, but he left
when I threatened to call the police.
**[11:51] Ryuichiro**
I was planning to use that party to announce
that I would be retiring in a few years,
**[11:56] Ryuichiro**
and that Seiji would take over as chairman.
**[12:02] Ryuichiro**
And yet...
**[12:04] Ryuichiro**
*He* ruined everything.
**[12:07] Yu**
The incident happened right after that, yes?
**[12:10] Ryuichiro**
Yes.
**[12:11] Ryuichiro**
While cleaning up after the party,
the house phone rang.
**[12:12] Ryuichiro**
Good grief. He never stops making trouble.
***SIGN*** Internal Line
***SIGN*** Study
***SIGN*** Connected
**[12:17] (Flashback) Ryuichiro**
An internal call?
**[12:20] (Flashback) Daiki**
Save me...
**[12:22] (Flashback) Ryuichiro**
Daiki?
**[12:23] (Flashback) Daiki**
Your study...
**[12:28] Ryuichiro**
Just in case, I took a few people
with me to the study.
**[12:32] Yu**
A few people?
**[12:34] Ryuichiro**
My little brother and medical director
of Kuwata Hospital, Kojiro,
**[12:40] Ryuichiro**
and one of the hospital clerks.
**[12:43] Ryuichiro**
I wasn't feeling too good. I fell behind
and got there a little after them.
**[12:46] Kojiro**
Hurry up!
**[12:48] Clerk**
It won't open!
**[12:49] Ryuichiro**
We unlocked the door and entered, but...
**[12:53] Ryuichiro**
Daiki had collapsed in
the middle of the room.
**[12:57] (Flashback) Ryuichiro**
Duh... Daiki.
**[12:59] Ryuichiro**
He was in cardiac arrest.
**[13:03] Takao**
So this is the scene of
the locked-room murder, huh?
**[13:06] Ryuichiro**
Kojiro immediately started
chest compressions,
**[13:12] Ryuichiro**
and he was taken to the emergency room,
but he died early the next morning.
**[13:17] Yu**
Afterwards, you wrote on his death certificate
that he'd died from an illness,
**[13:21] Yu**
and had him cremated.
**[13:23] Ryuichiro**
Yes.
**[13:25] Yu**
In a situation like that,
**[13:27] Yu**
you *know* the Medical Practitioners' Act
requires you to contact the police first.
**[13:31] Ryuichiro**
I didn't.
**[13:33] Ryuichiro**
I haven't practiced in a long time,
so I didn't remember the law too clearly.
**[13:40] Takao**
But why did the police
launch an investigation?
**[13:44] Takao**
You didn't report an unnatural death.
**[13:46] Ryuichiro**
It was an internal complaint.
**[13:49] Yu**
An internal complaint?
**[13:50] Ryuichiro**
Someone whispering nonsense to the police.
**[13:55] Ryuichiro**
They claimed someone had killed Daiki
and I was trying to hide the evidence.
**[14:04] Takao**
Is this room usually locked?
**[14:08] Ryuichiro**
No, it's possible for anyone
in the house to enter this room.
**[14:14] Ryuichiro**
Only Seiji and I have the key to this room.
**[14:21] Takao**
Yet this door was locked on
the day of the incident, correct?
**[14:27] Ryuichiro**
Yes. It was definitely locked.
**[14:31] Takao**
When you found Kuwata Daiki on the floor,
what position were the window locks in?
**[14:36] Ryuichiro**
They were all latched.
The windows were all closed.
**[14:41] Takao**
So it really was a completely locked room.
**[14:46] Takao**
Why did Kuwata Daiki's heart stop?
**[14:49] Takao**
Did he have any obvious external wounds?
**[14:52] Ryuichiro**
Daiki likely died by...
**[14:57] Ryuichiro**
drowning.
**[14:59] Yu**
He drowned?
**[15:00] Yu**
Huh? H-Here?
**[15:03] Takao**
I see.
**[15:05] Takao**
So the eldest son who was
kicked out of the party hall
**[15:09] Takao**
was found here in a locked room,
drowned to death.
**[15:18] Takao**
Talk about interesting.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[15:26] Yu**
How could he have drowned in here?
**[15:29] Ryuichiro**
I don't know.
**[15:30] Ryuichiro**
But Daiki's mouth was full of water,
**[15:34] Ryuichiro**
and he coughed up a fountain when
Kojiro started doing chest compressions.
**[15:41] Yu**
Um, why was Daiki-san in this room?
**[15:44] Ryuichiro**
He likely wanted to vent his anger
from being kicked out of the party
**[15:47] Ryuichiro**
by stealing something from the study.
**[15:51] Takao**
You're wrong.
**[15:54] Ryuichiro**
What do you mean?
**[15:56] Takao**
At the very least, when you saw
Kuwata Daiki collapsed on the floor,
**[16:00] Takao**
you thought of something else.
**[16:05] Takao**
You probably thought Kuwata Seiji
had drowned his brother in revenge,
**[16:10] Takao**
and dragged his body up here. Didn't you?
**[16:13] Yu**
Huh? Kuwata-senpai?
**[16:16] Takao**
Only you and Kuwata Seiji
have keys to this room.
**[16:22] Takao**
That's why you risked ignoring
the Medical Practitioners' Act
**[16:26] Takao**
by documenting his
cause of death as illness,
**[16:28] Takao**
and cremated him without
performing a proper autopsy.
**[16:32] Takao**
You did it to protect your son.
**[16:36] Ryuichiro**
That's also what the police think.
They currently suspect Seiji.
**[16:41] Takao**
Doesn't Kuwata Seiji have an alibi?
**[16:44] Takao**
Didn't he go to the hospital
to get his head wound seen to?
**[16:48] Ryuichiro**
No, Seiji didn't go to the hospital.
**[16:53] Ryuichiro**
The bleeding stopped right away,
so he parked up in a nearby street
**[16:58] Ryuichiro**
and decided to wait
until his anger had subsided.
**[17:00] Takao**
Huh? What the heck?
**[17:03] Takao**
So he was alone in his car for a few hours?
**[17:06] Takao**
No wonder the police are suspicious.
**[17:09] Ryuichiro**
Seiji can't be the culprit.
**[17:12] Ryuichiro**
He's a kind child.
**[17:16] Ryuichiro**
There's no way he would kill his own brother.
***SIGN*** Kuwata
General
**[17:26] Yu**
Severe cerebral edema.
**[17:29] Takao**
That's only natural. He had hypoxic
encephalopathy from the cardiac arrest.
***SIGN*** Kuwata General Hospital ER Physician
Ueyama Akira
**[17:34] Emergency Doctor**
Kuwata Daiki's death
was called just after 4 AM.
**[17:40] Takao**
Were you the one who called it?
**[17:42] Emergency Doctor**
No, it was the chairman, Dr. Ryuichiro.
**[17:46] Takao**
I see.
**[17:48] Takao**
Do *you* believe Kuwata Daiki
died from drowning?
**[17:52] Emergency Doctor**
I can't say anything for sure
since we didn't perform an autopsy, but...
**[17:58] Takao**
But?
**[18:00] Emergency Doctor**
When we intubated him,
water started backflowing up the tube.
**[18:06] Emergency Doctor**
Personally, I believe there's
a good chance he died from drowning.
**[18:12] Takao**
I see.
**[18:15] Takao**
Sorry for bothering you
while you're busy. Thanks.
**[18:19] Emergency Doctor**
No problem.
**[18:21] Emergency Doctor**
I'll excuse myself now, Director.
**[18:24] Kojiro**
Yeah, thank you.
**[18:26] Yu**
Hasn't this incident also caused you
a lot of trouble, Director?
**[18:31] Kojiro**
Yes, it's really been a headache.
***SIGN*** Vaccine Information for Children
***SIGN*** Kuwata General Hospital Director
Kuwata Kojiro
**[18:34] Kojiro**
I've been working on almost
no sleep for the past few days.
**[18:38] Takao**
Did you know Kuwata Seiji was going
to be appointed as the next chairman?
**[18:43] Kojiro**
Yes, I did.
**[18:45] Kojiro**
But the announcement was never made
because this mess happened.
**[18:50] Kojiro**
Um, you wanted to go to
the plastic surgery department next?
**[18:54] Takao**
Yeah. Please lead the way.
***SIGN*** Kuwata Seiji
**[18:57] Takao**
You treated Kuwata Seiji's wound
the day after the incident, right?
**[19:03] Yuko**
Yes, that's right.
**[19:04] Yuko**
The bleeding had already
completely stopped,
***SIGN*** Kuwata General Hospital Plastic Surgeon
Seguchi Yuko
**[19:09] Yuko**
so we disinfected the wound
and wrapped it in gauze.
**[19:12] Takao**
And what was Kuwata Seiji's
mental state like when you treated him?
**[19:16] Yuko**
I found him less calm than usual.
**[19:20] Takao**
Hm? You said less calm than "usual."
Does that mean you know Kuwata Seiji?
**[19:24] Yuko**
Yes. Well, at the level of making
conversation every once in a while.
**[19:28] Yuko**
Dr. Seiji works part-time
at this hospital once a week,
**[19:33] Yuko**
and I work here three days a week.
**[19:37] Takao**
Three days a week?
**[19:38] Yuko**
I started working part-time
after I got married.
**[19:43] Yuko**
Um, is Dr. Seiji all right?
I heard the police suspect him.
**[19:49] Takao**
It's too early to say.
**[19:53] Yuko**
I see.
**[19:54] Yuko**
The police have questioned me
a number of times.
***SIGN*** Kuwata Seiji
***SIGN*** Forehead injury. Patient tripped over a chair at home and stumbled into wall.
No loss of consciousness or signs of concussion,
but should follow up with outpatient clinic to be sure.
**[19:59] Yuko**
They keep asking about Dr. Seiji.
**[20:03] Takao**
All right! Kotori, let's head back.
**[20:05] Yu**
Huh? That's all?
**[20:07] Takao**
I want to go home and think things over.
**[20:10] Takao**
Thanks for the info.
**[20:12] Yu**
H-Hey, wait.
**[20:15] Yu**
Sorry for taking up your time.
Thank you very much.
**[20:20] Yuko**
Oh, it's fine.
**[20:26] Takao**
Hurry up, Kotori.
I'm gonna leave you behind.
**[20:29] Yu**
Leave me behind? You can't get back
without me driving you there.
**[20:33] Takao**
That's not true. As long as I have
the key, I can drive myself back.
**[20:36] Yu**
Huh? You have a license?
**[20:39] Takao**
No accidents. No violations. A gold license!
**[20:41] Yu**
So you *have* a license
but you've never driven anywhere?
**[20:46] Takao**
Blame my sister. She won't let me drive.
**[20:49] Yu**
Right, right.
**[20:50] Yu**
Okay, Miss Gold License Who's Never Driven,
please sit quietly in the passenger seat.
**[20:55] Takao**
Don't treat me like a fool! All right,
I'll show you my skills! Gimme your keys!
**[20:59] Yu**
Absolutely not.
**[21:00] Yu**
My last car went up in flames and I just
bought this one. I still have to pay the loan.
**[21:04] Takao**
Shut up! It's an order from your superior!
**[21:06] Yu**
Jeez, if you keep being so unreasonable,
I'll call Mazuru-san and tell on you.
**[21:13] Takao**
That's cheating!
**[21:17] Yu**
But still, I'm glad.
**[21:19] Yu**
It looks like you're back to normal, Dr. Takao.
**[21:22] Takao**
Huh?
**[21:22] Yu**
With how angry you got
yesterday, I was worried.
**[21:27] Yu**
But now, you're focused on this case—
**[21:28] Takao**
Don't be stupid.
**[21:30] Takao**
What do you think I'm doing this for?
**[21:32] Yu**
Huh?
**[21:33] Takao**
If I solve this mystery,
**[21:36] Takao**
Kuwata Seiji will be exonerated
and can go back to work at the university.
**[21:40] Takao**
Then, you won't have
to go back to the university.
**[21:43] Yu**
Then...
**[21:44] Takao**
I'm doing all of this so you can stay in
the Investigative Pathology department.
**[21:49] Yu**
Dr. Takao...
**[21:51] Takao**
The key to this mystery is figuring out
how a man can drown in a locked room.
**[21:58] Takao**
Leave it to me, Kotori.
**[22:00] Takao**
There's no mystery I can't solve.
**[22:07] Yu**
Right.
# 11 - Drowning in a Dry Room [Part 2]
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G5PHNM970/ameku-md-doctor-detective)
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***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
***SIGN*** 15th March (Saturday)
**[01:31] Yu**
In all honesty, I have no idea what's going on.
***SIGN*** This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical
procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms.
**[01:35] Yu**
How can a person drown in a locked room?
**[01:38] Takao**
Right now, gathering information
is our top priority.
**[01:42] Yu**
Oh.
**[01:42] Takao**
Hm?
**[01:44] Sakurai**
Why, if it isn't Dr. Ameku and Dr. Takanashi.
**[01:49] Sakurai**
Seems we're crossing paths a lot lately.
**[01:51] Yu**
Sakurai-san and Naruse-san.
What brings you here?
**[01:55] Naruse**
I'd like to ask you the same.
**[01:57] Takao**
I bet you're here investigating
the Kuwata Daiki case.
**[02:02] Sakurai**
Kuwata Daiki? Who's that?
**[02:05] Takao**
Come on now. Let's not make this complicated.
**[02:08] Takao**
We're investigating the same case.
Why don't we swap info?
**[02:13] Sakurai**
If you have something interesting
to say about it, Dr. Ameku,
**[02:17] Sakurai**
I might let some things slip
while talking to myself, too.
**[02:23] Takao**
Fair enough.
**[02:28] Naruse**
This again, Sakurai-san?
**[02:31] Naruse**
I'm going back to the station.
**[02:37] Takao**
The police think Kuwata Seiji
drowned his older brother somewhere else,
**[02:40] Takao**
then dragged his body
to the study afterwards, right?
**[02:44] Sakurai**
Yes.
**[02:45] Sakurai**
Kuwata Seiji was the only person with
a key to lock the room from the outside.
**[02:51] Takao**
Nope. Kuwata Ryuichiro has a key, too.
**[02:54] Sakurai**
Ah, but you see...
**[02:57] Sakurai**
Kuwata Ryuichiro has a fairly solid alibi.
**[03:00] Takao**
Alibi?
**[03:02] Sakurai**
Yes, that's right.
**[03:04] Sakurai**
Several people were with Kuwata Ryuichiro
from Kuwata Daiki's ejection from the party
**[03:09] Sakurai**
right up until the discovery
of his body in the study.
**[03:13] Sakurai**
No one's reported him
doing anything suspicious.
**[03:16] Yu**
So there were witnesses, huh?
**[03:18] Sakurai**
On top of that, a young servant
took a video on her smartphone
**[03:22] Sakurai**
when they entered the study
where the crime was committed.
**[03:26] Yu**
Huh? There's footage of
Kuwata Seiji being discovered?
**[03:31] Sakurai**
Yes, that's right.
**[03:33] Sakurai**
That video is what made us believe
this was likely a murder case,
**[03:38] Sakurai**
triggering an investigation at HQ.
**[03:41] Sakurai**
He spurted up a large amount of water
when the chest compressions started.
**[03:46] Sakurai**
After viewing that video, no one would
believe he died from illness or suicide.
**[03:52] Takao**
So no one was in the room
with him at the time?
**[03:56] Sakurai**
Right. The video showed the whole interior
and no one else was in there.
**[04:02] Sakurai**
The video also confirmed
that all the windows were locked.
**[04:09] Waitress**
Thank you for waiting.
**[04:11] Waitress**
Who ordered the seasonal special,
the starry sky curry?
**[04:14] Takao**
That's me!
**[04:15] Yu**
I ordered the doria.
**[04:24] Takao**
Delicious.
**[04:26] Sakurai**
Considering all the evidence,
**[04:29] Sakurai**
everyone believes the culprit
has to be Kuwata Seiji.
**[04:33] Sakurai**
After all, it's obvious he's lying.
**[04:35] Yu**
Lying?
**[04:37] Sakurai**
Yes, that's right.
**[04:38] Sakurai**
When we asked him for an alibi,
he averted his eyes
**[04:43] Sakurai**
and trembled as he kept repeating
that he'd parked up the street in his car.
**[04:49] Sakurai**
Anyone could see he was
obviously hiding something.
**[04:54] Sakurai**
Even so, I don't think
Kuwata Seiji is the culprit.
**[04:59] Yu**
Why do you say that?
**[05:01] Sakurai**
Let's just call it detective's intuition.
**[05:04] Yu**
Intuition?
**[05:06] Sakurai**
Work as a detective for over 20 years,
and you get a feeling for this kind of thing.
**[05:12] Sakurai**
You can just tell if the person
in front of you has killed or not.
**[05:21] Yu**
Hey, what are you doing?
**[05:23] Takao**
Carrots are good for you. Eat up.
**[05:25] Yu**
Then, eat 'em yourself. And how can it
be called a "starry sky" curry now?
**[05:29] Takao**
So, anyway, what do *you* think
happened in that study?
**[05:34] Sakurai**
I believe Kuwata Daiki snuck into
the room and locked the door himself.
**[05:41] Sakurai**
He probably planned to steal
a bankbook or a land deed.
**[05:45] Takao**
Then? What happened after that?
**[05:47] Sakurai**
I have no idea.
**[05:50] Sakurai**
That's why I'm hoping to borrow
some of your wisdom, Dr. Ameku.
**[05:58] Takao**
Other than Kuwata Seiji,
**[06:00] Takao**
do the police have a list of people with
possible motives for killing Kuwata Daiki?
**[06:05] Sakurai**
No, we haven't made much progress there.
**[06:08] Sakurai**
But I think there's probably a lot of people
who held a grudge against Kuwata Daiki.
**[06:13] Sakurai**
He was deeply involved in the underworld.
**[06:17] Takao**
A member of organized crime?
**[06:18] Sakurai**
Well, I'd call him more of a *partial* member.
**[06:22] Sakurai**
He has convictions for assault, extortion,
and violations of the Stimulants Control Act.
**[06:28] Yu**
Stimulants?
**[06:30] Sakurai**
He was a stimulants dealer.
His financial situation was quite dire.
**[06:36] Sakurai**
But we discovered that he'd received
a deposit of two million yen last month.
**[06:42] Yu**
Two million?
**[06:43] Takao**
What was the money for?
**[06:45] Sakurai**
We don't know.
**[06:46] Sakurai**
HQ believes the money was obtained
through blackmail and is investigating.
**[06:53] Takao**
Blackmail, huh?
**[06:56] Takao**
Come to think of it,
the police launched this investigation
**[06:59] Takao**
because of an internal whistleblower, right?
**[07:02] Takao**
Who was the whistleblower?
**[07:04] Sakurai**
We don't actually know.
**[07:07] Sakurai**
Tanashi Police Station
received an anonymous tip.
**[07:10] Takao**
An anonymous whistleblower, huh?
**[07:13] Takao**
Is it possible for me to see the video
of the moment Kuwata Daiki was found?
**[07:17] Sakurai**
No, that's really not possible.
**[07:20] Takao**
What the heck? So stingy.
**[07:22] Sakurai**
Although...
**[07:24] Sakurai**
Since the video was recorded by
one of Kuwata Ryuichiro's servants,
**[07:30] Sakurai**
I'm sure he'd let you see it if you ask him.
**[07:33] Takao**
Oh, I see. I just need
to ask Kuwata Ryuichiro.
**[07:38] Takao**
Sorry, my bad. Well, don't worry about it.
**[07:40] Yu**
Of course I will.
**[07:42] Takao**
Okay! I'd like to talk to Kuwata Seiji, too.
**[07:42] Yu**
Man, I don't think this is going to come out.
**[07:47] Sakurai**
You'd better hurry
if you want to talk to him.
**[07:51] Takao**
Why's that?
**[07:53] Sakurai**
From here on out, I'm just talking to myself.
**[07:57] Sakurai**
An arrest warrant for Kuwata Seiji
will be issued in the next few days.
**[08:02] Takao/Yu**
Huh?
**[08:03] Sakurai**
After that, any regular citizens won't
get the opportunity to talk to him.
**[08:08] Yu**
He's going to be arrested
without definitive evidence?
**[08:11] Sakurai**
They're arresting him *because* of that lack of
evidence, so he can be interrogated longer.
**[08:17] Yu**
That's so overbearing.
**[08:19] Yu**
I mean, even if Kuwata-senpai
*did* drown his own brother,
**[08:23] Yu**
why drag the body up
to the second-floor study?
**[08:26] Sakurai**
Unless the solution to this
locked-room mystery finds otherwise,
**[08:30] Sakurai**
Kuwata Seiji is the only person
with a key who could have done it.
**[08:35] Takao**
Kotori, have you been able
to reach Kuwata Seiji?
**[08:39] Yu**
I've been trying, but he hasn't answered
any of my phone calls or text messages.
**[08:47] Sakurai**
Dr. Ameku. Dr. Takanashi.
**[08:50] Sakurai**
There's one more thing
I'd like to say to myself out loud.
***SIGN*** Metropolitan Police
***SIGN*** Tanashi Police Station
***SIGN*** Metropolitan Police
***SIGN*** Tanashi Police Station
**[09:04] Takao**
It's already 10.
Do you think it's still going on?
**[09:08] Yu**
He's likely being questioned
late into the night every day.
**[09:12] Takao**
Well, since this is the only way to see him before
he's arrested, all we can do is wait.
**[09:19] Yu**
If Kuwata-senpai gets arrested...
**[09:24] Yu**
it'll be over, won't it?
**[09:25] Takao**
"Over"?
**[09:27] Yu**
I won't get to stick my nose into
various cases with you like this anymore.
**[09:33] Takao**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[09:36] Takao**
If we prove Kuwata Seiji's innocence,
you'll stay in Investigative Pathology.
**[09:42] Yu**
I'd also like to stay and continue
to learn from you, Dr. Takao.
**[09:48] Yu**
But there's no way we can
solve this case in just a few—
**[09:53] Yu**
Wh-What was that for?
**[09:55] Takao**
You're saying stupid stuff.
**[09:57] Takao**
Don't you believe in me?
**[09:59] Yu**
I do. One hundred...
**[10:02] Yu**
No, *two* hundred percent.
I really do believe in you.
**[10:04] Takao**
Then stop saying stupid stuff and keep watch.
**[10:10] Yu**
Sorry.
**[10:19] Yu**
Do you think the police want to question us?
**[10:22] Takao**
Huh?
**[10:24] Yu**
Should we leave for a little bit?
**[10:29] Takao**
Okay.
**[10:31] Yu**
Huh?
**[10:37] Yu**
W-W-Wait, uh, what are you doing, Dr. Takao?!
**[10:40] Takao**
Just hurry up and embrace me.
**[10:42] Yu**
Huh? I don't want to!
**[10:43] Takao**
What do you mean you don't "want" to?
I'm not doing this because I *want* to.
**[10:47] Yu**
Wait, D-Dr. Takao?
**[10:48] Takao**
Shut up and get to it.
**[11:08] Takao**
Yeah, just like this.
**[11:11] Takao**
Got it? Don't move.
**[11:29] Takao**
Good. We're in the clear.
**[11:33] Yu**
Wh-What the heck was that just now?
**[11:35] Takao**
Hm? Doesn't it happen a lot in movies?
**[11:39] Takao**
Acting out a romantic scene so
people don't find out you're on a stakeout.
**[11:42] Yu**
That's no reason to suddenly...
**[11:44] Takao**
What else could we have done?
**[11:46] Takao**
I didn't exactly want to hug
a scruffy schlub like you, either.
**[11:50] Yu**
Sorry for being "scruffy," I guess.
**[11:52] Takao**
Well, you got a win in the end.
Weren't you happy I hugged you?
**[11:57] Yu**
Nope. I was more scared than happy.
I had no idea what you were gonna do.
**[12:02] Takao**
What are you saying?
**[12:03] Takao**
A man should be happy
when a woman embraces him.
**[12:07] Yu**
Depends on the woman.
It's not as simple as that.
**[12:11] Takao**
What the heck is wrong with you?
**[12:13] Takao**
You were embraced by a lady like me,
**[12:15] Takao**
and as a man, you weren't
happy or excited *at all*?!
**[12:19] Yu**
Dr. Takao, over there.
**[12:20] Takao**
You really think I'll let you
change the subject?
**[12:23] Yu**
I'm not trying to.
**[12:25] Yu**
It's Kuwata-senpai.
**[12:27] Yu**
He came out of the station.
**[12:40] Takao**
You must be Kuwata Seiji.
**[12:42] Seiji**
Yes?
**[12:45] Yu**
It's been a while, Kuwata-senpai.
**[12:49] Seiji**
Takanashi?
**[12:54] Seiji**
Well, come on up.
**[12:56] Seiji**
Sorry about the mess.
**[12:58] Takao**
It really is a mess in here.
**[13:01] Seiji**
The press and the police have
been questioning me nonstop.
**[13:05] Yu**
Dr. Takao, your house is just as messy—
**[13:08] Yu**
R-Right in the same place as last time.
**[13:09] Takao**
I've told you *multiple* times.
**[13:11] Takao**
That's not mess.
Everything's in its proper place.
**[13:15] Takao**
This is why you're a birdbrain!
**[13:17] Yu**
Calling me a birdbrain again?
**[13:19] Seiji**
So what did you want to talk about?
**[13:22] Seiji**
You even went out of your way
to wait for me at the police station.
**[13:25] Takao**
We obviously want to talk to you
about your brother's death.
**[13:29] Seiji**
I'm already annoyed about being dragged
into something I have no idea about.
**[13:34] Seiji**
Don't stick your noses in for kicks.
**[13:37] Takao**
I'll uncover the truth.
**[13:40] Takao**
A genius like me can uncover
the truth of any case,
**[13:45] Takao**
as long as I have all the information I need.
**[13:48] Seiji**
Hey, Takanashi. Who in the world is this?
**[13:52] Yu**
I know she's weird—
**[13:54] Yu**
She's a tad eccentric, but Dr. Takao has
solved all sorts of difficult cases before.
**[14:01] Yu**
I'm sure she can help.
Will you please tell us your story?
**[14:08] Seiji**
Well, since you're going that far...
**[14:11] Takao**
First, tell me what happened when
Kuwata Daiki came to the party hall.
**[14:17] Seiji**
My brother was fighting with my father,
so I ran over to reprimand him.
**[14:23] Takao**
And then?
**[14:25] Seiji**
My brother suddenly turned to me,
grabbed my jacket with both hands,
**[14:33] Seiji**
then hit me in the head
as hard as he could.
**[14:36] Takao**
I heard you were bleeding pretty bad,
but you didn't go to the hospital that day.
**[14:44] Seiji**
The bleeding stopped right away,
**[14:46] Seiji**
so I didn't think there was
a need to go to the hospital.
**[14:49] Seiji**
That's why I parked up
a short way away and sat there.
**[14:57] Yu**
Kuwata-senpai, please tell us the truth.
**[15:00] Seiji**
That *is* the truth.
**[15:02] Seiji**
I really was alone in my car.
**[15:05] Takao**
A woman.
**[15:07] Seiji**
Huh?
**[15:08] Takao**
It's a woman, isn't it?
**[15:10] Seiji**
What are you saying?
**[15:12] Takao**
You met up with a woman
after leaving the party.
**[15:16] Takao**
You went to her house. Am I right?
**[15:19] Seiji**
No. I really just stayed in my car.
Don't make such wild accusations.
**[15:24] Takao**
Seguchi Yuko.
**[15:26] Seiji**
What?
**[15:27] Yu**
Hm?
**[15:29] Yu**
You mean Seguchi-san?
**[15:32] Takao**
Yeah, this man went to
see that plastic surgeon.
**[15:36] Seiji**
No, you're wrong. What's your basis for that?
Don't make stuff up.
**[15:41] Takao**
My basis?
**[15:42] Takao**
The scar on your forehead.
**[15:48] Takao**
Kotori, you can tell as a former surgeon.
**[15:52] Yu**
Sorry to be a bother, but could you show me?
**[15:58] Yu**
This is w-plasty.
**[16:01] Takao**
Yeah. The wound was stitched up
using a very advanced technique.
**[16:06] Takao**
But on your medical notes, Seguchi Yuko wrote
the wound wasn't bad enough to need stitches.
**[16:13] Seiji**
That's...
**[16:15] Yu**
In other words, on that day,
after Kuwata-senpai left the party,
**[16:19] Yu**
he went to Dr. Seguchi's home
and had her take a look at his wound?
**[16:24] Yu**
But why would he try to hide that?
**[16:26] Takao**
You're so dense.
**[16:28] Takao**
Put simply, this guy's having
an affair with Seguchi Yuko.
**[16:32] Yu**
What?!
**[16:33] Takao**
But that woman's terrible, too.
**[16:36] Takao**
She'd rather keep their affair a secret
than give her lover an alibi.
**[16:39] Seiji**
That's not true!
**[16:40] Seiji**
Yuko-san said we should tell the police
even if it meant revealing our affair.
**[16:47] Seiji**
*I* was the one who stopped her.
**[16:49] Takao**
You're going to be arrested at this rate.
**[16:52] Seiji**
Arrested?
**[16:53] Takao**
Yeah, that's right. I got that info
from the police, so I'm sure of it.
**[16:57] Seiji**
No way.
**[16:59] Seiji**
I didn't kill my brother!
**[17:01] Takao**
Then, you should get Seguchi Yuko
to confirm your alibi.
**[17:05] Takao**
Just be careful and make sure
her husband doesn't find out.
**[17:09] Seiji**
How?
**[17:11] Takao**
Hm, let's see...
**[17:13] Takao**
Is it possible to call Seguchi Yuko here?
**[17:26] Sakurai**
I see.
**[17:29] Sakurai**
That account probably won't be enough.
**[17:33] Sakurai**
Kuwata Seiji will still be arrested.
**[17:36] Takao**
Why? These two were making out
when the incident happened!
**[17:41] Takao**
That's a reasonable alibi!
**[17:43] Yu**
Making out, she says.
**[17:45] Sakurai**
Since they're lovers, Dr. Seguchi is
no longer an uninvolved third party.
**[17:50] Sakurai**
She would be considered
someone close to the suspect.
**[17:54] Sakurai**
HQ will just think Dr. Seiji asked his lover,
Dr. Seguchi, to make up an alibi for him.
**[18:02] Yuko**
No way.
**[18:04] Yuko**
Seiji-san was definitely at my house.
**[18:07] Yuko**
I'm not lying!
**[18:11] Sakurai**
I wish there was some way to get
third-party confirmation of that.
**[18:15] Sakurai**
Either way, as of right now, Dr. Seiji is
the only one capable of committing the crime.
**[18:21] Yuko**
I can't believe he's going to
be arrested because of that.
**[18:26] Yu**
In the end, we have to solve
the locked-room mystery,
**[18:29] Yu**
and make it possible for someone other
than Kuwata-senpai to be the culprit.
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**[18:46] Clerk**
*It's locked.*
**[18:48] Kojiro**
*Damn it. Brother, hurry up!*
**[18:51] Kojiro**
*It's locked and won't open.*
**[18:56] Ryuichiro**
*Duh... Daiki.*
**[19:00] Takao**
Stop there, Kotori.
**[19:01] Yu**
Oh, right.
**[19:03] Takao**
Were you the one who vomited?
**[19:06] Ryuichiro**
I wasn't feeling too good that day
after Daiki showed up.
**[19:12] Ryuichiro**
I felt a wave of nausea and dizziness
as I was going up the stairs,
**[19:17] Ryuichiro**
and once the door was open...
**[19:18] Takao**
You vomited.
**[19:21] Takao**
There was no one else in the room
and the windows were all shut.
**[19:26] Takao**
It's definitely a locked-room case.
**[19:29] Takao**
Continue.
**[19:30] Yu**
Right.
**[19:32] Takao**
If Kuwata Seiji isn't the culprit,
**[19:36] Kojiro**
*He's in cardiac arrest.*
**[19:36] Takao**
there's a chance Kuwata Daiki
locked the room from inside.
**[19:37] Ryuichiro**
*What?*
**[19:38] Kojiro**
*We need to resuscitate him.*
**[19:39] Kojiro**
*Call for an ambulance.*
**[19:41] Kojiro**
*One, two, three, four—*
**[19:42] Yu**
Huh?
**[19:46] Yu**
I'll rewind a bit.
**[19:52] Ryuichiro**
*Duh... Daiki.*
**[20:02] Kojiro**
*He's in cardiac arrest.*
**[20:04] Ryuichiro**
*What?*
**[20:05] Kojiro**
*We need to resuscitate him.*
**[20:06] Kojiro**
*Call for an ambulance.*
**[20:08] Clerk A**
*Y-Yes, sir.*
**[20:10] Kojiro**
*One, two, three, four—*
**[20:15] Yu**
That's weird.
**[20:17] Ryuichiro**
What is it?
**[20:18] Yu**
But why? You'd normally never...
**[20:23] Takao**
You noticed, too?
**[20:25] Ryuichiro**
What are you talking about?
**[20:27] Ryuichiro**
The police watched this video
and didn't find anything suspicious.
**[20:31] Yu**
No, there's definitely
something suspicious about it.
**[20:34] Yu**
I just don't know what
it has to do with this case.
**[20:37] Takao**
We should just confirm in person.
**[20:40] Ryuichiro**
In person? Did you figure something out?
**[20:44] Takao**
We'll need evidence before
we can explain it all with any certainty.
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**[20:53] Naruse**
Why'd you call us out this late at night?
**[20:56] Sakurai**
Now, now.
**[20:57] Sakurai**
Since Dr. Ameku told us to come here,
she must have a reason for it.
**[21:03] Takao**
Of course I do.
**[21:05] Takao**
In a moment, the person who holds
the key to this case will appear.
**[21:11] Naruse**
The key to this case?
**[21:12] Takao**
I set a trap for them.
**[21:15] Takao**
And if my deductions prove correct, they'll
have no choice but to show up tonight.
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**[21:21] Naruse**
Who in the world is it?
And anyway, is there really someone—
**[21:31] Takao**
Here they come.
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**[21:53] Takao**
Don't move!
**[21:58] Sakurai**
You're...
# 12 - Drowning in a Dry Room [Part 3]
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**[00:04] Takao**
In a moment, the person who holds
the key to this case will appear.
**[00:10] Naruse**
The key to this case?
**[00:11] Takao**
I set a trap for them.
**[00:14] Takao**
And if my deductions prove correct,
they'll have no choice but to show up tonight.
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**[00:20] Naruse**
Who in the world is it?
And anyway, is there really someone—
**[00:30] Takao**
Here they come.
**[00:52] Takao**
Don't move!
**[00:59] Sakurai**
You're...
**[01:04] Naruse**
Director Kuwata Kojiro.
**[01:07] Kojiro**
Bah. What in the world?!
Why are all of you here?!
**[01:11] Takao**
Right back at you. What business
do you have in the chairman's office?
**[01:15] Kojiro**
I-I'm just—
**[01:16] Takao**
You received a message from
Kuwata Ryuichiro, didn't you?
**[01:20] Takao**
"The issue around the death certificate
has been dismissed,
**[01:23] Takao**
and Seiji is clear of all suspicion."
**[01:26] Takao**
"With that settled, I'll announce Seiji's
appointment as the next chairman tomorrow."
**[01:33] Takao**
And then, he probably added, "The police
want to search the chairman's office,
**[01:38] Takao**
so be sure to assist them tomorrow."
**[01:40] Kojiro**
H-How do you know all that?
**[01:42] Takao**
Those were lies I had
Kuwata Ryuichiro send to you.
**[01:47] Takao**
It was all a trap to lure you out.
**[01:51] Kojiro**
What did you say?
**[01:53] Sakurai**
Dr. Ameku, why don't you
let us all in on the secret?
**[01:58] Takao**
Sure.
**[01:59] Takao**
First of all, how did the
locked room come into existence?
**[02:03] Takao**
If Kuwata Seiji wasn't to blame,
**[02:06] Takao**
there was a good chance Kuwata Daiki snuck
into the study and locked the door from inside.
**[02:12] Takao**
If so, why did he do that?
**[02:15] Sakurai**
Perhaps he was trying to steal
valuables from the study?
**[02:19] Takao**
But nothing in the room was disturbed.
**[02:23] Takao**
So I started wondering...
**[02:25] Takao**
What if he snuck into the room
to *put* something there?
**[02:31] Sakurai**
The police conducted a thorough search,
but nothing unusual was found in the study.
**[02:38] Takao**
I figured as much.
**[02:39] Takao**
But there was a clue in the footage of the
incident that any doctor should've noticed.
**[02:44] Takao**
Kotori, you noticed it, didn't you?
**[02:47] Yu**
Yes. The director's actions after discovering
Kuwata Daiki were clearly strange.
**[02:54] Yu**
I just don't know *why* he did what he did.
**[02:58] Naruse**
I watched that video myself.
**[03:01] Naruse**
He confirmed the victim's heart
had stopped and started compressions.
**[03:06] Naruse**
I didn't notice anything strange.
**[03:10] Yu**
His actions were fine for a normal person.
**[03:13] Yu**
However, the director is a cardiologist.
**[03:16] Sakurai**
What does that change?
**[03:18] Yu**
Any doctor experienced in first aid
would call out to the patient,
**[03:23] Yu**
then tap them to see if they're conscious.
**[03:27] Yu**
But...
**[03:29] Takao**
The way you checked his breathing
and pulse was strange, too.
**[03:34] Takao**
Normally, you check the
carotid artery for a pulse.
**[03:37] Takao**
And for breath, you observe the chest rising
or bring your ear close to the mouth.
**[03:43] Takao**
Yet the first thing you did
was place your ear to his chest.
**[03:48] Kojiro**
Well, at the time, I just panicked—
**[03:52] Takao**
You were searching, weren't you?
**[03:55] Takao**
For the item Kuwata Daiki
was trying to put in the study.
**[04:01] Takao**
Kuwata Daiki was just
following instructions.
**[04:06] Naruse/Yu**
Huh?
**[04:07] Takao**
The two million yen in his bank account
was probably from this guy, too.
**[04:13] Takao**
In other words, he ordered
Kuwata Daiki to crash the party
**[04:16] Takao**
and injure his little brother, Kuwata Seiji.
**[04:21] Sakurai**
Why would he do that?
**[04:23] Takao**
He wanted to stop the announcement that
Kuwata Seiji would be the next chairman.
**[04:28] Takao**
He thought *he* was going to be
appointed as the next chairman.
**[04:33] Takao**
But Kuwata Ryuichiro decided to name
his son, Seiji, as the next in line.
**[04:38] Takao**
That's why he reached out to his nephew,
Daiki, who he was already in contact with,
**[04:43] Takao**
and used him to try to bring Ryuichiro down.
**[04:46] Takao**
And he'd do that by using
a certain *something*.
**[04:49] Naruse**
A certain something?
**[04:50] Takao**
It's something that
connects him to Kuwata Daiki.
**[04:54] Takao**
And he currently has it in his hand.
**[05:02] Takao**
Stop him! He's gonna swallow it!
**[05:07] Kojiro**
Ow, ow, ow!
**[05:09] Kojiro**
L-Let go!
**[05:11] Kojiro**
Let go of me!
**[05:12] Yu**
A bag?
**[05:15] Sakurai**
These are...
**[05:16] Takao**
Stimulants.
**[05:17] Yu**
Huh?
**[05:18] Takao**
Kuwata Daiki was a stimulants dealer.
**[05:22] Takao**
This guy had been buying
stimulants off him and taking them.
**[05:27] Sakurai**
How did you come to that conclusion?
**[05:29] Takao**
When we talked to him last time,
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**[05:31] Takao**
he complained about not having slept
in days, but he didn't look tired at all.
**[05:36] Takao**
That's a side effect of stimulants.
**[05:40] Takao**
His morbidly thin body is also a common
side-effect of a stimulant addiction.
**[05:45] Takao**
He was planning to have Daiki
stash stimulants in the study,
**[05:49] Takao**
then report it to the police.
**[05:52] Takao**
Kuwata Ryuichiro was probably
feeling sick at the party
**[05:56] Takao**
because this guy had
drugged him with stimulants.
**[06:01] Takao**
He won't be able to make any excuses
**[06:03] Takao**
if stimulants are found in his study
and his urine also tests positive for it.
**[06:09] Naruse**
So the reason he came here today...
**[06:11] Takao**
Things didn't quite go according to plan,
**[06:14] Takao**
but he was still able to get rid of both
Kuwata Ryuichiro and Kuwata Seiji.
**[06:20] Takao**
I'll bet he's the anonymous whistleblower, too.
**[06:23] Takao**
Due to all that, he was sure
he'd be the next chairman.
**[06:29] Takao**
But he panicked after receiving
false information from Ryuichiro,
**[06:34] Takao**
and easily fell into my trap.
**[06:36] Takao**
He showed up to plant
stimulants in this room.
**[06:41] Sakurai**
I see. For now, we can arrest you
for possession of stimulants.
**[06:46] Naruse**
You'd better tell us how
you murdered Kuwata Daiki.
**[06:50] Kojiro**
W-Wait! That had nothing to do with me!
I don't know anything!
**[06:55] Sakurai**
Sure, sure. You can tell us all
the details down at the station.
**[06:59] Kojiro**
I really don't know anything!
**[07:00] Kojiro**
I was just as surprised
when we entered the study.
**[07:10] Takao**
What?!
**[07:12] Takao**
You're *still* going to arrest Kuwata Seiji?!
**[07:15] Yu**
Why?
**[07:16] Sakurai**
We interrogated Kuwata Kojiro fully
after what happened last night, but...
**[07:21] (Flashback) Kojiro**
It's true that I regularly
bought stimulants from Daiki.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Kojiro**
I was so busy with work,
I couldn't carry on without them.
**[07:31] (Flashback) Kojiro**
But I was really confused
when I entered the study.
**[07:34] (Flashback) Kojiro**
Daiki should've planted the stimulants and
slipped out, but he'd collapsed on the floor.
**[07:39] (Flashback) Kojiro**
My plan would've been discovered
if the stimulants had been found on him.
**[07:44] Kojiro**
* That's why I panicked and pretended to*
* check for a pulse while searching his body.*
**[07:49] Kojiro**
*I quickly took them from his jacket...*
**[07:51] (Flashback) Kojiro**
...but I wasn't the one who killed him!
**[07:56] Kojiro**
He admitted to everything you said,
apart from Kuwata Daiji's murder.
**[08:03] Takao**
I thought we'd be able to glean
new information after his arrest.
**[08:09] Sakurai**
Well, now we know what led
to the incident on that day,
**[08:13] Sakurai**
but the most important mystery
still hasn't been solved.
**[08:19] Sakurai**
Do you know, Dr. Ameku, how
a person can drown in a locked room?
**[08:25] Sakurai**
Kuwata Seiji will remain our most
likely suspect until that mystery is solved.
**[08:33] Sakurai**
The way it's going, he'll be arrested
within the next few days.
**[08:40] Yu**
No way.
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Hospital in the Department of General Medicine.
**[08:47] Takao**
A locked room that
didn't even have a faucet...
**[08:50] Takao**
Was the water brought in?
**[08:52] Takao**
Or was the room somehow
locked from outside?
**[08:54] Takao**
But there were no traces...
**[08:57] Takao**
The men who first entered
the room... No, that's not it.
**[09:01] Takao**
To begin with, why did the culprit
need it to be a locked room?
**[09:06] Yu**
Hello, Takanashi speaking.
**[09:12] Yu**
I understand. I'll let Dr. Takao know.
**[09:18] Yu**
That was Sakurai-san.
**[09:19] Takao**
What'd he say?
**[09:21] Yu**
A warrant's being prepared
for the arrest of Kuwata Seiji.
**[09:26] Yu**
Kuwata-senpai will be arrested tomorrow.
**[09:29] Takao**
No... That means you'll have to...
**[09:33] Yu**
Unfortunately.
**[09:36] Takao**
T-Tomorrow, right?
**[09:38] Takao**
Kuwata Seiji won't be arrested until then?
**[09:40] Takao**
Then, I just need to prove
he's not to blame tonight!
**[09:44] Takao**
How *can* you drown a man in a locked room?
**[09:47] Takao**
There's... There's *gotta* be a way!
**[09:51] Takao**
I just haven't thought of it yet!
**[09:56] Yu**
Dr. Takao.
**[09:58] Yu**
Thank you for taking this so seriously.
**[10:01] Yu**
But we're out of time.
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and ordered to work at Junsei Medical University
Hospital in the Department of General Medicine.
**[10:06] Takao**
Not yet. We can still make it.
We can still keep—
**[10:10] Yu**
That's enough, Dr. Takao.
**[10:12] Yu**
I'm satisfied with the fact
you've already gone this far.
**[10:15] Takao**
What are you saying?
**[10:17] Takao**
If I don't solve this mystery, you'll...
**[10:20] Yu**
Yes, I won't be able to stay here.
**[10:24] Takao**
Kotori, don't you want to stay?
**[10:29] Yu**
I do.
**[10:31] Yu**
There are a lot of things
I still need to learn.
**[10:34] Yu**
I'm also worried what kind of trouble
you'll get into if I'm not here to babysit you.
**[10:42] Takao**
I keep telling you not
to treat me like a child.
**[10:45] Yu**
It was a joke.
**[10:54] Yu**
These past eight months,
I've grown a lot as a diagnostician.
**[11:00] Yu**
I owe it all to your guidance, Dr. Takao.
**[11:03] Yu**
I believe you've also grown as much as me.
**[11:09] Takao**
That's not true.
**[11:11] Takao**
I've only been able to get
this far with your support.
**[11:15] Takao**
I'm unable to use my talents alone.
**[11:21] Yu**
No.
**[11:22] Yu**
You may not have noticed,
but you've changed.
**[11:29] Yu**
Have confidence in yourself.
**[11:33] Yu**
After all, you're a top-notch diagnostician.
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**[11:43] Takao**
Hey, Kotori.
**[11:45] Yu**
Yes?
**[11:47] Takao**
These last eight months
have been a lot of fun.
**[11:50] Yu**
Yup, they sure have.
**[11:53] Takao**
I think we make a really good pair.
**[11:57] Yu**
I agree.
**[12:08] Yu**
Dr. Takao, thanks for
watching out for me up until now.
**[12:13] Takao**
Right.
**[12:21] Yu**
So, um, I guess Kuwata-senpai
is the most likely culprit, after all, huh?
**[12:27] Yu**
He was so angry about the party.
***SIGN*** Kuwata Daiki
**[12:31] Takao**
You mean it wasn't a locked-room
mystery in the first place?
**[12:34] Takao**
But then, a lot of things don't add up.
**[12:37] Takao**
I mean, the guy drowned to death.
**[12:40] Takao**
It'd make more sense if he'd beaten the victim
to death after getting punched in the head.
**[12:46] Yu**
Who got punched?
**[12:48] Takao**
Huh? Kuwata Seiji, obviously.
**[12:51] Yu**
No, no. Kuwata-senpai didn't
get punched by his brother.
**[12:56] Takao**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[12:58] Takao**
Didn't he lose a lot of blood
after being punched in the head?
**[13:01] Yu**
No, I don't think so.
**[13:04] Yu**
It's difficult to cut deep enough to
require forehead stitches with just a punch.
**[13:10] Yu**
But you see lots of blood dripping down
people's faces in boxing and stuff.
**[13:14] Yu**
That's due to cuts near the eyelid
or the corner of the eye.
**[13:18] Yu**
For a forehead cut that bad, you'd need
to strike it with harder parts of the body.
**[13:23] Yu**
Like a strike from an elbow or a knee...
**[13:27] (Flashback) Clerk**
It's locked!
**[13:28] (Flashback) Ryuichiro**
He coughed up a fountain.
**[13:28] (Flashback) Emergency Doctor**
Water started
backflowing up the tube.
**[13:30] (Flashback) Seiji**
Grabbed my jacket
with both hands.
**[13:32] (Flashback) Yu**
Kuwata-senpai didn't get
punched by his brother.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Yu**
You'd need to strike it
with harder parts of the body.
**[13:46] Takao**
A star.
**[13:47] Yu**
A star?
**[13:49] Takao**
A star. It was a star.
**[13:52] Takao**
Kotori, I saw a star!
**[13:57] Yu**
A star? What does that mean?
**[14:00] Takao**
I owe it all to you.
**[14:01] Yu**
Huh?
**[14:03] Takao**
Gather up everyone involved right away.
**[14:05] Yu**
Dr. Takao, does this mean...
**[14:09] Takao**
Yeah.
**[14:12] Takao**
I'll give you my diagnosis for this mystery.
***SIGN*** Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective
**[14:21] Sakurai**
Dr. Ameku, is it true you've solved the case?
**[14:26] Takao**
Yeah, it's true.
**[14:28] Takao**
I'll explain everything now.
**[14:31] Takao**
That's why I gathered you all here.
**[14:35] Naruse**
Are you trying to say
the real culprit is in this room?
**[14:39] Takao**
The biggest mystery in this case was how
Kuwata Daiki could have drowned to death.
**[14:47] Takao**
And the reason I couldn't solve this mystery
was because I made one incorrect assumption.
**[14:54] Takao**
I believed Kuwata Daiki had punched
his younger brother at the party.
**[14:59] Takao**
But Kotori pointed out my mistake.
**[15:03] Takao**
Your brother didn't punch you, did he?
**[15:07] Seiji**
That's right.
**[15:09] Seiji**
He grabbed my jacket with
both hands and headbutted me.
**[15:15] Naruse**
Does it matter whether he was punched
or headbutted? He got hurt all the same.
**[15:20] Takao**
It's not the same. Not at all.
**[15:23] Takao**
I realized something after finding out
Kuwata Daiki had likely headbutted his brother.
**[15:30] Takao**
I'd missed a star.
**[15:36] Naruse**
Huh?
**[15:37] Naruse**
How is any of this related to stars?
**[15:39] Takao**
Let me explain.
**[15:47] Seiji**
A CT scan of the head?
**[15:48] Takao**
Yeah. Kuwata Daiki's, in this case.
**[15:51] Takao**
The cerebral swelling
in this image was so severe,
**[15:54] Takao**
I didn't notice another finding.
**[15:57] Takao**
Here.
**[15:59] Takao**
It's faint, but you can just
make out a star. The Star of David.
**[16:04] Seiji/Yuko**
Huh?
**[16:06] Yu**
SAH?
**[16:07] Sakurai**
What's SAH?
**[16:10] Yu**
A subarachnoid hemorrhage.
**[16:12] Yu**
When a patient has a subarachnoid hemorrhage,
a white pentagon appears in the center.
**[16:18] Yu**
It's called the Star of David.
**[16:21] Takao**
It shows very faintly on the image,
**[16:24] Takao**
but Kuwata Daiki definitely had
a subarachnoid hemorrhage that day.
**[16:30] Seiji**
Does that mean...
**[16:31] Takao**
That's right. He got it
when he headbutted you.
**[16:36] Takao**
The impact caused a traumatic
subarachnoid hemorrhage.
**[16:40] Sakurai**
Hold on a second.
**[16:42] Sakurai**
Folk with subarachnoid hemorrhages
lose consciousness on the spot,
**[16:47] Sakurai**
and lose all ability to move, don't they?
**[16:49] Takao**
Only in severe cases.
**[16:51] Takao**
If the amount of bleeding is small,
it may only manifest as a mild headache.
**[16:55] Sakurai**
Um, but didn't the victim die from drowning?
**[17:01] Takao**
He sure did.
**[17:02] Takao**
On the day of the incident,
**[17:04] Takao**
Kuwata Daiki left the party hall after
suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
**[17:09] Takao**
A few hours later, he came back to
the mansion, blending in with the guests.
**[17:14] Takao**
He snuck into the study on the third floor
and locked the door from the inside.
**[17:19] Takao**
Then, he started planting the stimulants
in the room, as Kuwata Kojiro had instructed.
**[17:24] Takao**
That's when it happened.
**[17:42] Takao**
The water that drowned Kuwata Daiki
**[17:45] Takao**
was produced by his own body.
**[17:50] Sakurai**
His own body?
**[17:51] Takao**
That's right.
**[17:52] Takao**
To be precise, a pulmonary edema
caused water to leak into his lungs.
**[17:58] Naruse**
What's a pulmonary edema?
**[17:59] Yu**
It's a condition where water accumulates
in the lungs, making it impossible to breathe.
**[18:04] Takao**
Kuwata Daiki suffered
a severe acute pulmonary edema,
***SIGN*** Internal Line: 05 Reception Room
***SIGN*** Call Ended
**[18:07] Takao**
so he tried to call for help on
the internal line and leave the room.
**[18:12] Takao**
But he ran out of strength.
**[18:17] Seiji**
But Dr. Ameku...
**[18:19] Takao**
Hm? What is it?
**[18:21] Seiji**
What caused the pulmonary
edema in my brother?
**[18:25] Takao**
Huh?
**[18:26] Takao**
Kotori. You know, right?
**[18:29] Takao**
I haven't mentored you
for eight months for nothing.
**[18:33] Yu**
It was a neurogenic pulmonary edema
caused by the subarachnoid hemorrhage.
**[18:39] Takao**
Correct.
**[18:41] Yu**
It's a fairly rare type of pulmonary edema,
**[18:44] Yu**
where fluid suddenly leaks into the lungs
hours after trauma to the head,
**[18:48] Yu**
making it difficult to breathe.
**[18:51] Takao**
Normally, a forensic autopsy would have
easily revealed this cause of death.
**[18:55] Takao**
However, since this guy thought
his son might be a murderer,
**[19:00] Takao**
he cremated the body
without notifying the police,
**[19:03] Takao**
and caused this whole mess.
**[19:06] Ryuichiro**
I'm so sorry.
**[19:08] Seiji**
Then...
**[19:10] Takao**
Yeah, you're not to blame.
**[19:17] Takao**
No one murdered Kuwata Daiki
in the first place.
**[19:22] Takao**
Everyone was merely chasing
after the illusion of a murder case.
**[19:28] Takao**
That's the truth of this mystery.
**[19:33] Sakurai**
My, my. Thank you again, Dr. Ameku.
**[19:38] Sakurai**
I'll take full responsibility
for reporting this to HQ.
**[19:43] Sakurai**
There is no longer a need
to arrest Dr. Seiji.
**[19:46] Takao**
Yeah, I'll leave it with you.
**[19:48] Takao**
Okay, Kotori. Let's head back.
**[19:52] Yu**
Sure thing.
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
**[20:19] Mazuru**
Dr. Kuwata has officially been
declared free from suspicion.
**[20:24] Yu**
What's this?
**[20:25] Mazuru**
Please open it.
***SIGN*** Appointment Order
***SIGN*** Takanashi Yu
***SIGN*** Appointment Order
***SIGN*** Takanashi Yu
***SIGN*** You are to work at the Tenikai Dept. of Investigative Pathology
**[20:36] Yu/Mai**
Dr. Takao!
**[20:40] Takao**
W-Well, you can work here
in the coming years if you want.
**[20:44] Takao**
I don't care who my subordinates are,
since I do just fine on my own.
**[20:50] Takao**
But it's convenient to have someone
like you to help with the small stuff—
**[20:53] Mai**
Dr. Takao really blows hot and cold.
**[20:56] Takao**
I do not! I'm saying that as the director
of Investigative Pathology—
**[20:59] Takao**
Why are you grinning like that, Kotori?
**[21:02] Yu**
Oh, no reason.
**[21:04] Mazuru**
Please continue to take care
of my little sister.
**[21:07] Yu**
Right.
**[21:08] Mai**
Good for you, Dr. Kotori.
**[21:10] Yu**
Stop calling me Kotori already.
**[21:12] Takao**
No, you're definitely a little bird (kotori)!
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** Department of Investigative Pathology
Physician
***SIGN*** Takanashi Yu
**[21:15] Takao**
"Takanashi" means "no hawks,"
written "little birds at play."
**[21:17] Takao**
But there's a hawk (taka) like me here,
***SIGN*** Tenikai General Hospital
***SIGN*** Department of Investigative Pathology Director
Physician
***SIGN*** Ameku Takao
**[21:21] Takao**
so you're just a little bird
with no time to play around.
**[21:25] Takao**
You're definitely a "Kotori" that needs
to learn a lot from Investigative Pathology.
**[21:31] Takao**
Now, time for our afternoon rounds.
**[21:34] Takao**
Let's go, Kotori.
**[21:35] Yu**
Oh, uh, please wait, Dr. Takao.
**[21:45] Yu**
Um, Dr. Takao?
**[21:49] Yu**
Thank you for all of your help this time.
**[21:53] Takao**
What's with the formality?
**[21:55] Yu**
Oh, I just wanted to thank you properly.
**[22:02] Yu**
I can continue studying here
thanks to you solving the case.
**[22:11] Takao**
Don't worry, Kotori.
**[22:13] Takao**
I'll continue mentoring you from here on out.
**[22:16] Yu**
Ouch.
**[22:18] Takao**
Until you become a top-notch
diagnostician like me.
**[22:26] Yu**
I look forward to it, Dr. Takao.
**[22:30] Takao**
Yeah, you should.