9 - Closure

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SIGN    5th Grade, Class 4
    Kayo Hinazuki
[00:11] ---
    Mom...
[00:15] ---
    Kayo!
[00:16] ---
    Where have you been
    for the last few days?!
[00:19] ---
    You...
[00:21] ---
    You!
[00:24] ---
    So you were the ones behind this!
[00:26] ---
    What do you think you're doing,
    hiding someone else's daughter?!
[00:28] ---
    You made me worried about her!
[00:31] ---
    Be prepared because I'm going to sue!
[00:34] ---
    Have you looked for Kayo at all
    during the past three days?
[00:39] ---
    What?
[00:40] ---
    Are you... trying to paint me
    as the bad guy?!
[00:44] ---
    Go to hell!
[00:57] ---
    Kayo! Let go of me, idiot!
[00:59] ---
    Made you worried about her?
[01:01] ---
    You were only worried about yourself.
[01:04] ---
    What?!
SIGN    ERASED
[02:43] ---
    Dammit!
[02:44] ---
    What?! What are you doing, Kayo?!
[02:46] ---
    Let go! You're not gonna listen to me?!
[02:49] ---
    That's enough, Ms. Hinazuki.
[02:52] ---
    Kayo doesn't want to see you like this.
[02:55] ---
    How about you?! Treating me
    like a bad guy in front of Kayo!
[02:58] ---
    Who the hell do you think you are,
    kidnapping someone else's daughter?!
[03:02] ---
    Shut up!
[03:03] ---
    What kind of parent throws
    her daughter in a shed
[03:05] ---
    and doesn't do anything
    after she's gone for three days?!
[03:08] ---
    You have no idea about the pains
    and responsibilities of being a parent, brat,
[03:11] ---
    so you shut your smart mouth!
[03:16] ---
    You—
[03:17] ---
    You are Ms. Akemi Hinazuki?
[03:20] ---
    We're with the Ishikari Development
    Bureau's Child Consultation Center.
[03:24] ---
    We've come to discuss
    your daughter Kayo with you.
[03:32] ---
    You tricked me...
[03:33] ---
    Goddamn both of you!
[03:36] ---
    It seemed you wouldn't agree
    to meet with us,
[03:40] ---
    so we enlisted
    Ms. Fujinuma's cooperation.
[03:43] ---
    Who ever said I wouldn't meet you?!
[03:46] ---
    Please forgive my presumptuousness.
[03:50] ---
    Sorry I asked you to do this.
[03:53] ---
    Not at all, Mr. Yashiro.
[03:55] ---
    I had a few words for her too,
[03:58] ---
    so I'm actually grateful
    that I could help.
[04:01] ---
    They're the criminals
    for abducting my daughter!
[04:04] ---
    Call the cops!
[04:05] ---
    No, first we need to discuss your
    usual relationship with your child.
[04:11] ---
    What are you talking about?!
[04:12] ---
    What about my relationship with Kayo?!
[04:15] ---
    We've decided that your daughter, Kayo,
    needs to be taken into custody.
[04:19] ---
    Into custody?! I'm her guardian!
[04:21] ---
    You revoked your guardianship
[04:23] ---
    by failing to look for your daughter
    when she went missing for three days!
[04:26] ---
    It's because of that brat over there!
[04:29] ---
    Why are you treating me
    like a criminal?!
[04:31] ---
    All right, all right, Ms. Hinazuki.
[04:33] ---
    Please calm down.
[04:34] ---
    Fine!
[04:36] ---
    I'll go to the police myself!
[04:38] ---
    They can settle this!
[04:40] ---
    Come on, Kayo!
[04:42] ---
    - W-Wait, Ms. Hinazuki!
    - We need to talk!
[04:45] ---
    Please calm down!
[04:46] ---
    S-Sensei...
[04:48] ---
    Come on! Come on, I said!
[04:51] ---
    Kayo!
[04:52] ---
    You come with me!
[04:53] ---
    Akemi!
[04:59] ---
    Akemi...
[05:02] ---
    Mom?
[05:08] ---
    I'm sorry.
[05:11] ---
    We've been estranged ever since
    I made you break up with that man,
[05:16] ---
    but I've been worried about you
    and Kayo all this time.
[05:22] ---
    I know very well how hard it is
    for a woman to raise a child on her own.
[05:30] ---
    You must have been so lonely.
[05:32] ---
    It must have been hard.
[05:34] ---
    I should have helped you.
[05:46] ---
    But I made you...
SIGN    DIVORCE REGISTRATION
[05:49] ---
    take all of it on by yourself.
[06:10] ---
    Everyone... This is my fault.
[06:13] ---
    Please don't think badly of Akemi.
[06:23] ---
    Mom...
[06:26] ---
    Mom! Mom!
[06:34] ---
    I bet those tears were out of self-pity.
[06:41] ---
    Kayo wasn't moved either.
[06:44] ---
    She wouldn't look
    at her weeping mother.
[06:47] ---
    Akemi, don't worry about Kayo.
[06:52] ---
    I'll take good care of her.
[06:55] ---
    My child is the most precious thing
    I have in this world.
[07:04] ---
    You must have thought
    the same way at some point.
[07:09] ---
    Thank you, Sensei.
[07:12] ---
    No, you're the one
    who got me in gear, Satoru.
[07:16] ---
    Your heroic efforts just
    couldn't end in tragedy.
[07:21] ---
    Kayo's going to be okay now.
[07:26] ---
    I hardly have any memory of my father,
[07:30] ---
    but I wonder if he talked like that.
[07:36] ---
    Satoru, thank you.
[07:39] ---
    Thank you for getting me out of here.
[07:47] ---
    Well, shall we go?
[07:53] ---
    "The Town Without Me,"
    by Kayo Hinazuki.
[07:57] ---
    When I get bigger, big enough
    to go somewhere by myself,
[08:02] ---
    I want to go to a land that's far away.
[08:05] ---
    I want to go to a faraway island.
[08:07] ---
    I want to go to an island
    that has no people.
[08:10] ---
    I want to go to an island
    that has no pain or sadness.
SIGN    Thank you for dinner!
    Next time, I want to cook with you.
    -Kayo
[08:20] ---
    On that island, I can climb
    a tree when I want to climb,
[08:25] ---
    swim in the sea when I want to swim,
[08:27] ---
    and sleep when I want to sleep.
[08:36] ---
    When I think about the town
    without me, I feel a sense of relief.
[08:42] ---
    I want to go far, far away.
[09:01] ---
    I saved Kayo at last.
[09:04] ---
    I fastened her life to the future.
[09:08] ---
    From now on,
    Kayo will make her own mark.
[09:13] ---
    I have faith that the future
    Kayo faces is a bright place.
[09:19] ---
    Episode 9
    Closure
[09:24] ---
    Satoru's been like this all day.
    Do you think he's okay?
[09:28] ---
    He's a hero for helping Hinazuki, but...
[09:32] ---
    Hey, Satoru, are you all right?
[09:35] ---
    Yeah. I'm fine.
[09:37] ---
    You don't look fine at all.
[09:39] ---
    Well, I can't blame him.
    I mean, with Hinazuki gone...
[09:43] ---
    Yeah. Although that does bring closure...
[09:47] ---
    Satoru...
[09:48] ---
    Come here a minute.
SIGN    STAFF ROOM
[09:51] ---
    About Kayo's mother...
[09:52] ---
    I don't think she'll be able to see
    Kayo for a number of years.
[09:56] ---
    Kayo's going to begin a new life
    with her grandmother.
[10:00] ---
    Sensei, thank you.
[10:03] ---
    Oh, no need to...
[10:04] ---
    No, not about that.
[10:07] ---
    What you said, "Your heroic efforts
    just couldn't end in tragedy"...
[10:12] ---
    That made me really happy.
[10:16] ---
    Yes, well, it may have
    sounded a little vulgar
[10:20] ---
    if I'd said "the reward
    for your heroic efforts,"
[10:22] ---
    but what you did was deserving
    of a reward, Satoru.
[10:28] ---
    What did you want?
    To see Kayo smile?
[10:36] ---
    I wanted that, too.
[10:38] ---
    By the way, Satoru,
    was Kayo in your house all that time?
[10:42] ---
    No. We had a hideout.
[10:44] ---
    - A hideout?
    - Yes.
[10:46] ---
    We hid Kayo in the bus Izumi Elementary's
    hockey club used to use.
[10:52] ---
    A place that only kidnappers
    like you guys would think to go, huh?
[10:55] ---
    R-Right.
[10:57] ---
    I can't really laugh...
SIGN    KAYO HINAZUKI (11 YEARS OLD)
[11:00] ---
    Kayo's gone now,
SIGN    AYA NAKANISHI (11 YEARS OLD)
[11:02] ---
    but the killer is still targeting
    Hiromi and Aya Nakanishi.
SIGN    HIROMI SUGITA (11 YEARS OLD)
[11:05] ---
    HIROMI SUGITA
    (11 YEARS OLD)
SIGN    AYA NAKANISHI (11 YEARS OLD)
[11:05] ---
    KAYO HINAZUKI
    (11 YEARS OLD)
[11:06] ---
    I have to make sure neither one
    of them are left alone.
[11:13] ---
    It's like with Kayo.
SIGN    FIGHT, WONDER GUY! TV THEME SONG
[11:17] ---
    Hiromi is my classmate,
[11:19] ---
    but Aya Nakanishi goes
    to Izumi Elementary next door,
[11:22] ---
    so it'll be hard to approach her.
[11:25] ---
    I hear she's often with Yuuki, but
    how can I start a conversation with her?
[11:29] ---
    She doesn't know anything about me.
[11:32] ---
    This is a pretty high hurdle.
[11:37] ---
    A way to become friends
    with someone you don't know?
[11:40] ---
    Just be straightforward,
    like, "Let's be friends!"
[11:44] ---
    Like that would—
[11:45] ---
    You're thinking,
    "Like that would work," aren't you?
[11:48] ---
    Did she read my mind?!
[11:49] ---
    You've already got Kayo, and now...
[11:53] ---
    Why would you think I...
[11:54] ---
    I just wanted to trick you
    into fessing up.
[11:57] ---
    Well, she is a girl...
[12:00] ---
    but she's always alone.
[12:02] ---
    You can't be so pessimistic.
[12:05] ---
    You should focus on a positive result.
    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
SIGN    Ice Hockey Club 1988 National Champions
[12:13] ---
    I have stop somewhere.
[12:15] ---
    Kenya and Hiromi,
    you're going to the center, right?
[12:18] ---
    Yeah.
[12:19] ---
    Okay, I'll meet you there later. See you!
[12:21] ---
    See you!
SIGN    WITH YUUKI BY THE RIVER
SIGN    HAMANASU PRIVATE CRAM SCHOOL
SIGN    HAMANASU PRIVATE CRAM SCHOOL GRADE COURSES
[12:35] ---
    So she gets out of cram school at 6:30.
[12:38] ---
    I should be able to walk Hiromi home
    and get back here in time.
[12:42] ---
    First I have to investigate
    her basic activity pattern.
SIGN    WITH HIROMI AND KENYA AT THE CHILDREN'S RECREATION CENTER
[12:51] ---
    LEAVING HIROMI AND KENYA
SIGN    CRAM SCHOOL LETS OUT BEGIN TAILING AYA NAKANISHI AGAIN
[12:57] ---
    Aya Nakanishi's daily activity
    schedule was simple.
[13:00] ---
    If she were going to be abducted,
[13:02] ---
    it would most likely happen
    in this time slot, after cram school.
[13:06] ---
    Satoru!
[13:08] ---
    Perfect timing! Help me!
[13:11] ---
    I wanted to make sure she got home,
    so don't suddenly appear like this!
[13:15] ---
    Why did you buy all this in one trip?
[13:17] ---
    It was cheap, so I couldn't help myself.
[13:19] ---
    It's heavy.
[13:21] ---
    Don't complain!
    That only makes it heavier!
[13:23] ---
    It's heavy even if I don't say anything.
[13:29] ---
    You're a lifesaver, Sensei!
[13:31] ---
    Mom binged on groceries.
[13:33] ---
    Don't say I binged!
[13:41] ---
    Say, Sensei...
[13:43] ---
    Why aren't you married?
[13:45] ---
    That came out of nowhere.
[13:49] ---
    Listen, Satoru...
[13:50] ---
    You need to have
    a partner to get married.
[13:53] ---
    And then it depends on your
    partner's feelings, mutual timing...
[13:56] ---
    Well, various things... Wait...
[13:59] ---
    I've been through a painful
    experience once,
[14:01] ---
    so maybe I'm proceeding
    with excessive caution.
[14:05] ---
    I'm sorry.
[14:07] ---
    Don't worry about it.
    It's not a bad question.
[14:13] ---
    Actually, I was going to ask you
    something else.
[14:18] ---
    How to approach a girl you don't know?
[14:20] ---
    Yeah. I know about her,
    but she doesn't know me.
[14:24] ---
    Let's see...
[14:25] ---
    I'm the cautious type, so even if it'd be
    beating around the bush,
[14:28] ---
    I'd start by getting her
    to relax her guard.
[14:31] ---
    Relax her guard?
[14:32] ---
    Yeah. Put another way, charm her.
[14:36] ---
    If you're good at sports or cooking,
    whatever, use it as a weapon.
[14:41] ---
    When she becomes
    interested in whatever it is,
[14:43] ---
    she lets her guard down.
[14:46] ---
    Don't be so impressed.
[14:48] ---
    I'm not good at expressing my
    feelings directly, so I just rely on logic.
[14:56] ---
    Something's sticking out.
[14:58] ---
    Satoru, don't touch it!
[15:01] ---
    I-I'm sorr—
[15:03] ---
    It's...
[15:05] ---
    Satoru...
[15:06] ---
    You've seen it.
[15:11] ---
    Candy?
[15:13] ---
    Now that you've seen,
    there's no sense in hiding it anymore!
[15:16] ---
    You have some too,
    so you become equally guilty!
[15:20] ---
    Since I quit smoking three years ago,
[15:22] ---
    candy has been my go-to substitute.
[15:26] ---
    In private, I can't relax without it.
[15:30] ---
    H-He's weird...
[15:32] ---
    Thank you.
[15:40] ---
    Give me one, too.
[15:42] ---
    Here.
[15:48] ---
    Well, I'm going to the center
    to do my homework.
[15:51] ---
    Okay!
[15:52] ---
    Wait, Hiromi! I'll go with you!
[15:55] ---
    First Hinazuki, and now it's like
    you're Hiromi's guardian.
[15:57] ---
    R-Really?
[16:00] ---
    Satoru, can I speak to you in private?
[16:03] ---
    Sure.
[16:05] ---
    Sorry, Hiromi. I'll catch up.
[16:08] ---
    Okay.
[16:10] ---
    Satoru, honestly,
    what are you thinking?
[16:14] ---
    I saw your determination
    to save Hinazuki, and that went well,
[16:18] ---
    but looking at you, I still get the sense
    that something's wrong.
[16:23] ---
    Satoru, if something's up,
    will you tell me about it?
[16:27] ---
    I can't really explain it.
    It's too much of a leap.
[16:33] ---
    I want to make that leap, like you.
[16:38] ---
    I want to be a superhero.
[16:41] ---
    If there's a "part two,"
    take me with you.
[16:51] ---
    Kenya, what do you think
    of these footprints?
[16:54] ---
    An adult's, coming and going.
[16:57] ---
    And if you look carefully...
[16:59] ---
    The shoes were wrapped in cloth?
[17:01] ---
    Not to keep from slipping, right?
[17:03] ---
    Maybe to keep from leaving
    shoe sole imprints.
[17:15] ---
    The backpack is gone.
[17:16] ---
    And the box with the briquette
    isn't here anymore either.
[17:19] ---
    I think there are fewer
    boxes here overall.
[17:22] ---
    And a lot of them are torn up.
[17:24] ---
    Somebody must have made off
    with their contents only.
[17:28] ---
    Satoru, what are you trying to say?
[17:32] ---
    When Kayo was staying here alone,
[17:34] ---
    do you remember about the man
    who came here in the middle of the night?
[17:37] ---
    Yeah.
[17:38] ---
    The guy who gave off a dangerous vibe
    based on the stuff he left here.
[17:42] ---
    I think he's a killer
    who targets children.
[17:46] ---
    Satoru? I don't know
    where you're getting this from...
[17:49] ---
    I know. It's unbelievable, right?
[17:53] ---
    Why do you think that, Satoru?
[17:57] ---
    I can't explain it right now.
[18:00] ---
    But when I saw the contents
    of the backpack and the briquette,
[18:02] ---
    it made me think this was where a serial
    killer kept his murderous tools.
[18:08] ---
    I know it all sounds insane.
[18:12] ---
    But I believe it.
[18:15] ---
    I can tell you now, with Kayo too,
[18:17] ---
    I didn't want to leave her alone
    just to keep her mother from abusing her,
[18:22] ---
    but also to protect her from this killer.
[18:28] ---
    Satoru, do you mean to become
    a novelist or detective in the future?
[18:33] ---
    I don't think the issue is whether
    what you're saying is far-fetched or not.
[18:38] ---
    It's whether I believe or not.
SIGN    STOP
[18:43] ---
    I'll be fine without you walking me
    all this way. I am a man.
[18:48] ---
    That's all right. I have business
    in the neighborhood anyway.
[18:56] ---
    Satoru...
[18:59] ---
    What?
[19:01] ---
    I want to believe you, too.
[19:03] ---
    I'll do whatever I can to help,
    so don't hold back, okay?
[19:08] ---
    Of course!
[19:10] ---
    - See you!
    - See you!
[19:11] ---
    Bye!
[19:13] ---
    Later!
[19:18] ---
    Satoru, to be honest, I'm about 99% sure
    your hypothesis is nonsense.
[19:25] ---
    But 1% of me says
    it's not totally impossible.
[19:29] ---
    Yeah. Looking at it from the outside,
[19:31] ---
    it seems like I'm just wrapped up
    in a game of make-believe crimes.
[19:35] ---
    I don't mind if it is make-believe.
[19:38] ---
    Part of it may be down
    to these circumstances,
[19:41] ---
    but I have a strong sense your thinking
    is going to lead to something.
[19:47] ---
    Yeah.
[19:48] ---
    You trusted me enough
    to tell me about it.
[19:52] ---
    So I want to believe in you, too.
[19:55] ---
    I want to believe you for my own sake.
[19:59] ---
    It's the flip side to someone
    saying "please believe me."
[20:04] ---
    Thank you, Kenya.
[20:06] ---
    Thank you, Hiromi.
[20:10] ---
    I could've saved her.
[20:13] ---
    That's what I said when I was crying
    in front of Mom 18 years ago?
[20:19] ---
    I don't want to feel that way again.
[20:23] ---
    I won't let anyone be alone!
[20:25] ---
    I can save them!
[20:33] ---
    Remember to get a parent's signature!
[20:36] ---
    Okay!
[20:39] ---
    I want you to come
    with me somewhere.
[20:43] ---
    - Okay.
    - Okay.
[20:45] ---
    Satoru, wanna go to the hideout?
[20:48] ---
    Sorry. There's something we have to do.
[20:51] ---
    Then see you later.
[20:52] ---
    See you!
[20:53] ---
    - Yeah!
    - See you.
[20:57] ---
    What are they sneakin' around about?
[20:59] ---
    I don't like it.
[21:00] ---
    - Wanna follow 'em?
    - Yeah!
[21:02] ---
    - Let's go!
    - All right!