E13 - Dreams and Desires

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    He's coming out! Koichi Tawarada!
[00:07] ---
    Suspected of being involved in three murders,
[00:11] ---
    Tawarada is the son of the leader
    of the conservative Liberal Prosperity Party,
[00:14] ---
    Kosei Tawarada, who is himself suspected
    of destroying evidence.
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    Both men are being taken for questioning
    at Mejiro Police Station.
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    I heard that these arrests came about
    because of something you said, Akechi?
[00:28] ---
    Merely a coincidence. I got lucky.
[00:30] ---
    So what'll happen now?
[00:32] ---
    I hear the suspect will plead insanity.
[00:34] ---
    Huh. I wonder if he really is the
    "second coming of the Detective Prince."
[00:40] ---
    Welcome.
[00:41] ---
    Hello.
[00:44] ---
    Oh, that was pre-recorded.
[00:47] ---
    Blend, please.
[00:49] ---
    Comin' up.
[00:51] ---
    The atmosphere here is wonderful, yes?
[00:55] ---
    Such interesting knick-knacks.
[00:57] ---
    May I use this?
[00:58] ---
    Be my guest.
[01:00] ---
    How about a game?
[01:02] ---
    I don't know the rules.
[01:04] ---
    Have you played shogi before?
[01:06] ---
    A little.
[01:07] ---
    Then it's fine. You'll pick it quickly.
[01:15] ---
    Here you go.
[01:16] ---
    Thank you very much.
[01:18] ---
    Regarding the latest event...
[01:20] ---
    What made you realize?
[01:22] ---
    Sorry.
[01:25] ---
    That's classified.
[01:28] ---
    And regarding the Phantom Thieves...
    Is it classified, too?
[01:31] ---
    Yes, that's right. Top secret.
[01:34] ---
    They scored a point against me
    with Junya Kaneshiro.
[01:38] ---
    You really regard them as the enemy?
[01:40] ---
    Are we continuing
    our previous discussion?
[01:43] ---
    They uncover evil activities
    and make them confess.
[01:45] ---
    Their methods are problematic to me.
[01:49] ---
    What if their methods aren't wrong?
[01:52] ---
    I'll find out soon enough.
[01:54] ---
    I'm already gathering info about them.
[02:01] ---
    If you go there, the king will be trapped.
[02:06] ---
    Before long, I'll be able to reveal...
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    The identities of the Phantom Thieves.
[03:43] ---
    The Phantom Thieves are freakin' amazing!
[03:46] ---
    They caught someone
    even the cops couldn't nab!
[03:48] ---
    Akechi's case is incredible, too!
[03:51] ---
    I'm much more of a Phantom Thieves fan!
[03:54] ---
    Whoa, check it out!
[03:55] ---
    The number of people accessing
    the Phan-Site is skyrocketing!
[03:58] ---
    A big wave's coming!
[04:00] ---
    I guess some credit goes to Kaneshiro.
[04:02] ---
    Credit...
[04:04] ---
    Sorry, that's going a bit far.
[04:06] ---
    But look at all these comments.
[04:09] ---
    Sure there are some weird ones,
    but I check and filter them out.
[04:13] ---
    Hey...
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    Don't worry. Leave it to me!
[04:15] ---
    See ya later!
[04:17] ---
    Is he okay?
[04:19] ---
    A big wave's comin'!
[04:22] ---
    Not you, too?!
[04:24] ---
    Contain yourself.
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    But it really is amazing!
[04:28] ---
    Wherever you look, there's something
    about the Phantom Thieves!
[04:31] ---
    We're totally famous!
[04:34] ---
    We're certainly drawing a lot of attention.
[04:36] ---
    I didn't hear from my sister directly,
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    but it sounds like the prosecutor's office
    is starting to seriously look into us.
[04:42] ---
    Meaning the more popular we are,
    the more dangerous it gets.
[04:45] ---
    That's why you're always sayin'
    to be careful, right?
[04:47] ---
    I know, I know!
[04:48] ---
    I find it hard to believe it
    when you say it, Ryuji!
[04:51] ---
    What's that?!
[04:53] ---
    There's also the man with the black mask.
[04:57] ---
    Right. Caution should be our watchword.
[04:59] ---
    Roger.
[05:00] ---
    Hey, what do you got planned now, leader?
[05:02] ---
    Wanna go to Mementos?
    Now that we're on a roll!
[05:05] ---
    What did I just finish telling you?!
[05:07] ---
    No, I've got plans today.
[05:09] ---
    Oh, okay.
[05:11] ---
    Well, it's been a while,
    so maybe I'll head to the arcade.
[05:14] ---
    Hey, you wanna go to that one place?
[05:15] ---
    You mean Cat Avenue, right?
[05:17] ---
    What?! I like the sound of that!
[05:20] ---
    You wanna go, Morgana?
[05:22] ---
    Yeah, except I'm not a cat...
    But if you insist, Lady Ann!
[05:27] ---
    What are you gonna do, Yusuke?
[05:29] ---
    Oh, I have plans as well.
[05:31] ---
    Then let's go!
[05:31] ---
    Oh. Maybe I'll play Gun Shooting King...
[05:32] ---
    - Yeah, let's go!
    - I can't wait!
[05:37] ---
    Sorry. Is it any trouble?
[05:39] ---
    Nah.
[05:41] ---
    I need advice.
[05:43] ---
    Ever since Kaneshiro turned himself in,
    the public expects more criminal breakthroughs.
[05:48] ---
    The day before Kaneshiro came forward,
[05:50] ---
    there were reports of calling cards
    put up by the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts."
[05:53] ---
    Since it's come to this,
    we can't overlook them.
[05:56] ---
    The police are making demands, as well.
[05:59] ---
    The Phantom Thieves case...
    Can I leave it to you?
[06:02] ---
    Yes, sir. I promise to get you results.
[06:06] ---
    It's clear that these abnormal incidents have
    caused some anxiety throughout our country.
[06:11] ---
    This situation must be approached
    with the utmost seriousness.
[06:14] ---
    I shall continue to put forth great effort
    so every citizen can live with peace of mind.
[06:21] ---
    A slump?
[06:23] ---
    Like a bottomless bog.
[06:25] ---
    No matter what I paint, it's trash.
[06:27] ---
    Look.
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    "Sayuri" has beauty that fascinates people.
[06:32] ---
    My only goal was to pursue
    pure beauty like that.
[06:36] ---
    I have a scholarship, but if I were to lose it,
    I would likely have to leave the school.
[06:42] ---
    Therefore, I must continually enter
    into competitions to remain eligible.
[06:47] ---
    A painting for money,
    acknowledgment, student life...
[06:51] ---
    I'm no different from Madarame!
[06:55] ---
    You seem stressed.
[06:57] ---
    I'll speak frankly.
[06:59] ---
    I want your help.
[07:01] ---
    To escape your slump?
[07:03] ---
    The beauty of a work is born
    from the soul of its artist.
[07:07] ---
    What is a soul? It's the heart.
[07:10] ---
    Then what is the heart?
    How does it bring forth such beauty?
[07:14] ---
    I must understand the human heart.
[07:18] ---
    Okay. I'd be glad to help.
[07:21] ---
    Wonderful!
[07:23] ---
    What exactly do you need?
[07:25] ---
    Be my bodyguard.
[07:27] ---
    To acquire inspiration
    I must make leisurely observations.
[07:31] ---
    In the Metaverse,
    which has moved me the most...
[07:35] ---
    In Mementos.
[07:41] ---
    You're a card, Mr. Takahashi.
[07:46] ---
    Yes! Inspiration has struck!
[07:49] ---
    Such brilliant composition!
[07:52] ---
    My heart races!
[07:53] ---
    This is a true treasury of motifs!
[07:56] ---
    Glad to hear it.
[07:57] ---
    This distorted realm,
    the manifestation of human desire...
[08:01] ---
    How can a thing that produces such beauty
    also create such morbid fabrications?
[08:06] ---
    But it is also the human heart!
[08:08] ---
    Hurry. Enemies could–
[08:14] ---
    How inelegant!
[08:16] ---
    I shall cut you down
    for interrupting my work!
[08:22] ---
    Goemon!
[08:25] ---
    Lamia!
[08:36] ---
    It's complete.
[08:37] ---
    The title is "Desire."
[08:39] ---
    The ominousness of desires and
    the abyss of the heart I witnessed in Mementos
[08:44] ---
    helped me to paint a marvelous piece.
[08:47] ---
    It's because of you. My thanks.
[08:50] ---
    Not at all...
[08:53] ---
    No one's looking at it.
[08:56] ---
    That's because I didn't paint it on a level
    that just anyone could understand.
[08:59] ---
    But if someone with a discerning eye...
[09:00] ---
    Oh? What's this?
[09:03] ---
    You see?
[09:04] ---
    The technique is excellent...
    But the composition's mediocre, at best.
[09:09] ---
    Are you the artist?
[09:11] ---
    Why do you consider it mediocre?
[09:13] ---
    "DESIRE"
    YUSUKE KITAGAWA
[09:13] ---
    The title is listed as "Desire",
    but the idea is overused.
[09:18] ---
    If you want to paint an abstract work
    with such an old theme,
[09:21] ---
    you need to inject some
    individuality into it.
[09:25] ---
    Look carefully at this with your own eyes.
[09:28] ---
    What does this painting tell you?
[09:31] ---
    It's empty.
[09:32] ---
    You used color and brushwork
    to produce tarted-up "emptiness."
[09:44] ---
    Certainly, it was emptiness.
[09:46] ---
    It did not convey the true meaning of desire,
    only my conception of it.
[09:51] ---
    That gentleman's keen eye was correct.
[09:55] ---
    Don't let it get you down.
[09:56] ---
    I apologize for my comments in there,
    Yusuke Kitagawa.
[10:01] ---
    Who are you?
[10:03] ---
    This is who I am.
[10:06] ---
    Director of the Japanese Art
    Support Foundation...
[10:09] ---
    Akio Kawanabe?
[10:10] ---
    Do you have some time?
[10:18] ---
    Please, help yourself.
[10:21] ---
    Don't concern yourself with the price.
[10:24] ---
    I've known about you for some time now.
[10:27] ---
    Your delicate portraits of beautiful women
    are reminiscent of "Sayuri," right?
[10:31] ---
    Are you in a slump at the moment?
[10:33] ---
    Well...
[10:35] ---
    My day job is as an art dealer,
[10:37] ---
    but I'm also the director of a foundation
    that invests in promising young artists.
[10:44] ---
    It's a shame when talent is buried
    due to lack of funding.
[10:48] ---
    What do you think, Kitagawa-kun?
[10:50] ---
    Would you let us support you?
[10:53] ---
    Allow us to remove your financial anxiety
    and supply you with a creative environment.
[10:58] ---
    Materials or themes, and if needed,
    we can even prepare a studio.
[11:04] ---
    Your work could sell well.
[11:06] ---
    You're not only handsome, but a former
    student of the infamous Madarame.
[11:10] ---
    I'm positive customers would jump
    at the chance to meet you.
[11:13] ---
    Wait a minute. What does that mean?
[11:16] ---
    That I would only be successful
    because I have a potential sales hook?
[11:20] ---
    Do you believe your work
    could sell on its own merits?
[11:25] ---
    I thought you were prepared
    to make a living as an artist.
[11:29] ---
    Shut your mouth!
[11:30] ---
    Without money, it's hard to eat.
[11:33] ---
    That's reality.
[11:35] ---
    If you change your mind, contact me.
[11:40] ---
    Such vulgarity!
[11:43] ---
    Yusuke...
[11:45] ---
    - Sorry about yesterday.
[11:46] ---
    - Sorry about yesterday.
    - I'll contact you again.
[11:50] ---
    Hi.
[11:52] ---
    Hang out with me.
[11:55] ---
    YONGEN-JAYA BATTING CENTER
[11:55] ---
    While pursuing the Phantom Thieves,
    I went over the Madarame case,
[11:59] ---
    and came across dark rumors
    about Kawanabe.
[12:02] ---
    He offers to sponsor young,
    aspiring painters,
[12:06] ---
    but ties them to disadvantageous
    exclusive contracts,
[12:08] ---
    then demands immense payments,
    supposedly to cover the cost of the exhibit.
[12:13] ---
    Other than that,
[12:15] ---
    he takes kickbacks from scholarships.
[12:17] ---
    But I lack proof.
[12:19] ---
    Why tell me?
[12:21] ---
    The one you were with, Yusuke Kitagawa,
    was Madarame's former disciple, yes?
[12:25] ---
    Kawanabe and Madarame
    were once fellow students.
[12:28] ---
    It'd be a damn shame if Kitagawa
    fell prey to both of them.
[12:34] ---
    It's got nothing to do with
    pursuing the Phantom Thieves.
[12:37] ---
    People's desires cause them
    to commit crimes.
[12:39] ---
    As a detective, I uncover those crimes.
[12:50] ---
    Makes it seem like
    I'm a Phantom Thief.
[12:53] ---
    How about this?
[12:55] ---
    You could set up a meeting with Kawanabe.
[12:57] ---
    You'd be nearby,
    so Kitagawa would be protected.
[13:00] ---
    Then I can get my proof.
[13:06] ---
    Sounds good.
[13:11] ---
    I got a call from Kawanabe.
[13:14] ---
    Apparently there's a Foundation-sponsored
    public exhibition coming up.
[13:18] ---
    He said that if I'm confident,
    I should exhibit a painting.
[13:21] ---
    Fine, I shall.
[13:23] ---
    I'll show him that I have real talent.
[13:25] ---
    For that sake, I'll paint and paint
    until I drop!
[13:30] ---
    That's cool, but...
[13:31] ---
    But what?
[13:33] ---
    What's this?
[13:34] ---
    I thought being here would inspire me.
[13:37] ---
    The theme is the anguish of original sin!
[13:40] ---
    I will bring anguish to its utmost limits!
[13:42] ---
    Easy for you to say–
[13:43] ---
    Don't move!
[13:44] ---
    You lowered your arms!
[13:46] ---
    Bend your back more
    and raise your leg higher!
[13:49] ---
    Don't move!
[14:32] ---
    I'm stumped.
[14:34] ---
    The flow of money eventually
    comes to an end.
[14:37] ---
    Hayashi Holdings, Tsuji Gallery,
    Harada Managing...
[14:40] ---
    I've identified the principals.
[14:42] ---
    How are they able to hide it so cleverly?
[14:45] ---
    Am I missing something?
[14:49] ---
    You can't force them to cooperate
    in an investigation?
[14:52] ---
    Without concrete proof,
    I can't get a warrant.
[14:56] ---
    Therefore, my options are limited.
[15:02] ---
    Huh...
[15:03] ---
    Shujin's student council president?
[15:06] ---
    Well? Is he making any trouble at school?
[15:09] ---
    Oh, not at all.
[15:12] ---
    Is it that complicated?
[15:15] ---
    Desires?
[15:16] ---
    I don't really get it,
[15:18] ---
    but wanting to be praised by someone,
    wanting money...
[15:21] ---
    I think those are fine examples of passion.
[15:24] ---
    Passion?
[15:25] ---
    Yes, but...
[15:26] ---
    If we're talkin' that, then I was full
    of desires while on the track team.
[15:31] ---
    Wanting to win, beat everyone else,
[15:33] ---
    break records and
    have girls scream over me...
[15:36] ---
    What else?
[15:38] ---
    For the sake of the other members...
[15:40] ---
    When I'd get tired, if I thought I was doin' it
    for someone else, I could hang in there.
[15:44] ---
    Someone else...
[15:46] ---
    I don't think having desires is bad.
[15:49] ---
    It depends on what you do with them.
[15:51] ---
    That's right.
[15:52] ---
    If they give you that feeling,
    like "I'm gonna do it!",
[15:55] ---
    then I think it's a positive.
[15:57] ---
    But I'm pursuing beauty
    as pure as the "Sayuri"...
[16:00] ---
    Yusuke, you call it "pure beauty,"
[16:03] ---
    but the first time I saw "Sayuri,"
    it felt more gentle to me.
[16:08] ---
    I mean, it felt like she was watching over me,
    telling me everything was gonna be okay.
[16:18] ---
    Ann said "gentleness."
[16:20] ---
    The heart is dark, ugly,
    and distorted like this,
[16:24] ---
    and yet, there's also
    the beauty of loving others...
[16:29] ---
    Say, Joker...
[16:31] ---
    When my mother was painting "Sayuri",
    what do you think was on her mind?
[16:36] ---
    She wanted it to impart something with me,
    and everyone else who saw it...
[16:40] ---
    Something?
[16:42] ---
    Love, regret, loneliness, anxiety,
    calm, forgiveness... and hope.
[16:49] ---
    All of the emotions my mother felt.
[16:51] ---
    That's why "Sayuri" is beautiful.
[16:56] ---
    Thank you, Joker.
[16:58] ---
    Just as my mother created
    that painting for others,
[17:01] ---
    I will wield the brush again to give hope
    to all who see my paintings.
[17:04] ---
    I like the sound of that.
[17:07] ---
    Your patience in spending time with me
    made me able to arrive at this feeling.
[17:13] ---
    Watch me.
[17:14] ---
    Someday, I will use my art
    to paint over the blackness of this world.
[17:20] ---
    I'm sure it will be beautiful.
[17:23] ---
    I'm looking forward to it.
[17:31] ---
    Oh?
[17:33] ---
    I saw the list of works to be exhibited.
    Looks like you'll have one on display.
[17:36] ---
    Yes, that is my intention.
[17:38] ---
    Perhaps you should reconsider,
    before you embarrass yourself.
[17:42] ---
    After all, the winner's spot
    is not simply yours for the taking.
[17:45] ---
    Either way, I don't mind.
    The more the merrier, after all!
[17:50] ---
    Director.
[17:51] ---
    Yes.
[17:54] ---
    Mr. Kawanabe!
[17:56] ---
    Have you heard of Hayashi Holdings,
    Tsuji Gallery, and Harada Managing?
[18:01] ---
    I've never heard of them,
    but why do you ask?
[18:05] ---
    Nevermind.
[18:07] ---
    Ren, what was that about?
[18:09] ---
    Nothing.
[18:12] ---
    The winner's spot...
[18:15] ---
    I was hoping to prove my talent to him
    by taking the top prize home.
[18:18] ---
    But that no longer matters to me.
[18:21] ---
    Instead, I will enter my painting
    merely to expose it to others.
[18:29] ---
    Shit! Shit! That brat!
[18:31] ---
    Since he said the names of the companies,
    Kawanabe is sure to catch on!
[18:35] ---
    I have to get rid of this stuff!
[18:36] ---
    It's hard to see
    what's right under your nose.
[18:38] ---
    No wonder nothing came up
    when I investigated Kawanabe.
[18:42] ---
    To think the mastermind
    would be his right-hand man.
[18:46] ---
    Goro Akechi!
[18:48] ---
    Is that documented evidence?
[18:52] ---
    Give it up. You can no longer escape.
[18:58] ---
    WINNING PIECE: YUSUKE KITAGAWA
    "DESIRE AND HOPE"
[19:02] ---
    It's a good painting.
[19:03] ---
    The title is "Desire and Hope"... I see.
[19:07] ---
    Humans possess both beauty and ugliness.
[19:10] ---
    Th-Thank you very much.
[19:13] ---
    This painting has quite an appeal.
[19:16] ---
    Um, did you...
[19:18] ---
    I threw a cheap challenge to Kitagawa-kun
    with the intent to encourage him.
[19:23] ---
    I apologize.
[19:24] ---
    Why would you do that?
[19:26] ---
    Madarame and I were good friends,
    but we had a falling-out.
[19:32] ---
    We both had high hopes,
[19:34] ---
    but Madarame was swallowed by dark desires
    as he obtained authority in painting circles,
[19:38] ---
    while I went through hardships
    as the vanquished loser.
[19:42] ---
    I didn't want others like him
    being born from this world.
[19:46] ---
    That's why I started this foundation.
[19:49] ---
    I didn't know...
[19:51] ---
    People change.
[19:53] ---
    One time before we cut all ties,
    he called me up in the middle of the night.
[19:58] ---
    He was panicking that the nearby clinics
    were closed and that his kid had a fever.
[20:03] ---
    "What should I do?" he asked.
[20:06] ---
    The human heart is a strange thing.
[20:08] ---
    It can't completely separate
    black from white.
[20:11] ---
    You've achieved a deserving victory here.
[20:14] ---
    So how about it?
    Would you like our support?
[20:17] ---
    Without the overbearing
    marketing production, of course.
[20:21] ---
    Thank you.
[20:24] ---
    However, I respectfully decline.
[20:27] ---
    What makes you say that?
[20:29] ---
    I'm not going to change.
[20:31] ---
    I won't be stained by desire.
[20:33] ---
    After all, I can see hope.
[20:36] ---
    If I am lost, they will extend their hands.
    If I am wrong, they will chastise me.
[20:43] ---
    As long as I have them, I'll be fine.
[20:45] ---
    I see...
[20:49] ---
    You have good friends.
[20:56] ---
    Thank you, Ren.
[20:59] ---
    I reiterate my promise to you.
[21:02] ---
    Should you ever stumble and fall...
[21:04] ---
    I'll extend my assistance to you.
[22:39] ---
    It's reported that the money embezzled
    from the Japanese Art Support Foundation
[22:43] ---
    was funneled to the secretary of Diet member
    Kaneura of the Liberal Prosperity Party.
[22:48] ---
    You were a huge help.
    This one was solved thanks to you.
[22:48] ---
    The prosecutor's office has
    begun an investigation.
[22:51] ---
    Saying the names of those companies
    to rattle the real culprit...
[22:55] ---
    Give me a break.
[22:56] ---
    Huh?
[22:57] ---
    After some thought, it was obvious.
[22:59] ---
    Kawanabe was innocent,
    but there was his subordinate.
[23:04] ---
    What if I hadn't said anything?
[23:06] ---
    But you did. That's my answer.
[23:11] ---
    What would you say if
    I asked you to be my assistant?
[23:15] ---
    I've been looking for a talented partner.
[23:18] ---
    I support the Phantom Thieves.
[23:20] ---
    Then are we enemies?
[23:21] ---
    Certainly, people commit crimes
    due to desires.
[23:24] ---
    But that's not all.
[23:26] ---
    I can't help but think the Thieves
    willfully tamper with people's minds.
[23:30] ---
    What if they became reckless?
[23:32] ---
    What if they began to control people
    to satisfy their own desires?
[23:36] ---
    It would be the end of the world.
[23:39] ---
    That won't happen.
[23:40] ---
    Why not?
[23:41] ---
    Their actions speak for themselves.
[23:44] ---
    They may be criminals
    in the eyes of adults, but...
[23:47] ---
    So we have a difference of opinion.
[23:49] ---
    If they keep to their principles
    and get the job done...
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    Without a doubt,
[23:58] ---
    that would be justice.