E7 - The Case of the Observatory Murder (Part 1)

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[00:00] Toto
    I'm so sorry we were late.
[00:02] Jumonji
    Not at all. You must be busy.
[00:05] Jumonji
    You're one of Japan's
    best detectives, after all.
[00:07] Toto
    Who told you that?!
[00:09] Jumonji
    I have a friend in the prefectural police.
[00:12] Jumonji
    They asked Kawasemi-san
    about brilliant detectives,
[00:15] Jumonji
    and he gave your name, Isshiki-san.
[00:18] Toto
    K-Kawasemi-san did?
[00:19] Ron
    But why invite a brilliant detective
    to a meteor shower viewing party?
[00:25] Jumonji
    To be prepared for anything!
[00:27] Jumonji
    A few of our guests will inevitably
    be thinking about the incident.
[00:32] Toto
    "The incident"?
[00:33] Ron
    Wh-What kind of incident?
[00:34] Ron
    Don't ask that!
[00:36] Ron
    I'm here to get away from cases.
[00:39] Ron
    But just asking isn't...
[00:40] Ron
    No, I can't!
[00:42] Ron
    What if I just happen to hear about one?
[00:44] Ron; background
    Then there'd be no point to any of this!
[00:44] Toto
    Please don't mind him. He's a little tired.
[00:48] Jumonji
    I asked you to come just as insurance.
[00:51] Jumonji
    Nothing's going to happen.
[00:53] Jumonji
    Please enjoy the viewing party.
[00:57] Jumonji
    Look, you can see it now. That's the island.
[01:03] Jumonji
    Farmers come over from the main island
    when it's harvest time for the sugarcane,
[01:08] Jumonji
    but right now, it's just the observatory
    staff and our guests staying here.
[01:13] Ron
    And your famous black sugar syrup
     is made from this sugarcane, right?
[01:17] Jumonji
    You know your stuff!
[01:19] Ron
    Sign me up for three meals a day
    of high-quality black sugar syrup!
[01:23] Toto
    Only you would be okay with that!
[01:25] Ron
    And I'd like to attempt
    hula hooping after eating.
[01:28] Toto
    That's what you forgot and went back for?!
[01:32] Ron
    "Hula hooping at an observatory" is on
     the list I made during my five-year seclusion.
[01:37] Toto
    That nonsensical list again...
[01:41] Jumonji
    We're serving a standing buffet tonight.
[01:44] Jumonji
    I'll ask the chef about
    a black sugar syrup meal for you.
[01:47] Jumonji
    And hula hoop to your heart's content.
[01:54] Jumonji
    Now, here we are.
[01:57] Jumonji
    This is the pride and joy of the island,
    Nandan Observatory.
SIGN    Ron Kamonohashi's
SIGN    Forbidden
    Deductions
SIGN    #07 The Case of the Observatory Murder (Part 1)
[03:37] Jumonji
    On the first floor, we have
    the lobby and cafeteria.
[03:42] Toto
    Huh? A pistol?
[03:44] Jumonji
    It's a replica.
    The gun wards off evil spirits.
[03:48] Toto
    Wow.
[03:49] Ron
    It's meticulously crafted.
[03:51] Ron
    Nearly indistinguishable from the real thing.
     But what's this about evil spirits?
[03:55] Jumonji
    Long ago on this island,
     in order to protect the sugarcane,
[04:00] Jumonji
    every household kept a flintlock as a charm.
[04:03] Jumonji
    That's the tradition.
[04:05] Toto
    Huh!
[04:06] Jumonji
    The second floor holds guestrooms.
[04:09] Jumonji
    And the doors at the end of the hall...
[04:11] Jumonji
    are the entrance to the observation dome.
[04:15] Unno
    I'll kill 'em!
[04:22] Unno
    Oh, Director.
[04:23] Jumonji
    What are you doing, Unno-kun?
[04:25] Unno
    Relieving stress.
[04:27] Unno
    With the dome closed,
    this place is soundproof,
[04:29] Unno
    so when something ticks me off,
    I come here to scream.
[04:32] Jumonji
    I-I didn't know that.
[04:35] Unno
    Just listen to this!
[04:36] Unno
    One of the guests, Donzawa,
    asked me to bring coffee.
[04:39] Unno
    And when I did, he yelled because
     the stars on the cup were wrong!
[04:42] Unno
    Also, what's this about
     a black sugar syrup meal?
[04:46] Ron
    That's for me.
[04:47] Unno
    A g-guest?!
[04:49] Unno
    Please pardon my rudeness!
[04:50] Ron
    Sorry for the impossible ask.
[04:52] Donzawa
    What's all the commotion?
[04:55] Toto
    That haircut's really something!
[04:57] Donzawa
    My hair is cut so as not to get in the way
    when I look through a telescope.
[05:02] Toto
    There's so much I want to say,
    but I beg you, mouth! Be still!
[05:06] Donzawa
    Dear, dear. It seems we have impure guests.
[05:08] Toto
    Impure?
[05:10] Onodera
    Donzawa-san means we have people
    who can't appreciate the shower,
[05:14] Onodera
    who aren't astronomy fans, among us.
[05:17] Onodera
    Hi! I'm Onodera, a photographer
    of celestial objects.
[05:20] Onodera
    And it isn't just you two.
[05:22] Onodera
    This guy doesn't seem like
     an astronomy buff either.
[05:28] John
    You're...
[05:29] Ron
    Sensei...
[05:31] Toto
    "Sensei"? You mean...
[05:32] Ron
    Yes.
[05:34] Ron
    He's the BLUE detective academy's
     closed circle theory instructor,
[05:38] Ron
    John Grizzly.
[05:41] Toto
    He's from BLUE?
[05:42] Ron
    He's one of the few instructors
    I acknowledged as my superior.
[05:47] John
    And why might you be here,
    Kamonohashi... kun?
[05:51] Ron
    I'm on a gourmet journey.
[05:53] Jumonji
    Well, you're all here now!
[05:55] Jumonji
    Let me make the introductions.
    This is Grizzly-san and Isshiki-san.
[05:59] Jumonji
    I've asked these two here
    to make sure there's no trouble.
[06:03] Jumonji
    One's a first-class sleuth and the other's
    a renowned police detective.
[06:06] Ron
    A man of his caliber playing security?
[06:09] Onodera
    It's the least they can do...
[06:11] Onodera
    after the gut-wrenching
    incident that happened here.
[06:14] Ron
    Please don't talk about
    incidents in front of me.
[06:17] Ron
    I'm not interested at all!
[06:19] Toto
    Your words and actions don't add up!
[06:21] Ron
    If Toto insists so strongly on hearing
    about it, I guess I don't mind.
[06:24] Toto
    You hallucinated me insisting that,
    but let's hear it.
[06:30] John
    Back then, just like right now,
[06:33] John
    the conditions for watching the
    Leonid meteor shower were perfect.
[06:37] John
    It happened ten years ago.
[06:39] John
    Here at Nandan Observatory,
SIGN    At the Observatory: 7 People Die Tragically by Gunfire
[06:42] John
    the director at the time
    and six others were gunned down.
[06:50] Jumonji
    The director then was my father.
[06:54] Toto
    What?
[06:55] John
    Even after a large-scale investigation,
     the gun used was never found.
[06:59] John
    The killer remains unidentified.
    The case has gone cold.
[07:03] Jumonji
    We considered shutting down the observatory,
[07:05] Jumonji
    but my father loved this place
    and astronomy with all his heart.
[07:10] Jumonji
    Which is why I'm holding a viewing party
    for the same meteor shower.
[07:14] Jumonji
    I think overcoming that tragedy
    is what my father would want!
[07:19] Danzawa
    I wholeheartedly agree, Director!
[07:21] Onodera
    We're cheering you on!
[07:22] Toto
    That's right, Jumonji-san!
[07:24] Toto
    Let's make this viewing a success!
[07:26] Orihime
    Sniffle! That story's enough
    to make a person cry, star.
[07:29] Toto
    Huh? Is that...
[07:32] Orihime
    I couldn't find the right timing to step in.
[07:35] Orihime
    I was invited here as well.
[07:38] Orihime
    I'm the idol of the constellation Orion...
[07:41] Orihime
    Orihime, star!
[07:42] Toto
    This is the first time I've met
    an idol in the flesh.
[07:45] Onodera
    Despite appearances,
    she's a pure astronomy fan.
[07:52] Jumonji
    Who's opening that without permission?
[07:53] Ron
    Sorry. I couldn't resist pulling the lever.
[07:56] Donzawa
    Oh! The observatory dome is splitting!
[08:04] Toto
    The telescope spins?!
[08:06] Jumonji
    It's computer controlled.
[08:07] Jumonji
    It automatically tracks the position
    and records footage of any stars entered.
[08:14] Onodera
    But we won't be using this telescope
    to watch the meteor shower.
[08:18] Ron
    Using a telescope with low magnification,
[08:21] Ron
    or just your eyes,
    really captures the beauty of the shower.
[08:24] Toto
    Really?
[08:25] Jumonji
    We'll be able to observe it
    starting around 11 PM on the roof.
[08:28] Jumonji
    Until then, please enjoy the standing buffet.
[08:43] Toto
    You're fully seated!
[08:44] Toto
    And you put that syrup on everything!
[08:47] Donzawa
    Well, what's the harm?
[08:49] Donzawa
    He's charmed us all.
    He's a pure astronomy maniac.
[08:54] Toto
    What?
[08:55] Onodera
    There aren't many people who can
    talk at length so happily
[08:59] Onodera
    about brown dwarfs.
[09:01] Toto
    Ron, I didn't know you were into this.
[09:03] Ron
    An ancestor of mine five generations ago
[09:05] Ron
    was a detective who didn't know
    about heliocentrism or solar systems.
[09:08] Ron
    I developed an interest in reaction to that.
[09:11] Toto
    Really?
[09:13] Toto
    Now that I think about it,
    I don't know much about Ron.
[09:22] Toto
    That man... I wonder if he knows about
    Ron from his time at the academy.
[09:27] Toto
    And about his illness, too.
[09:29] Toto
    He might even have a hint
    about how to cure it!
[09:36] Toto
    G-Good evening.
[09:39] John
    You are a friend of Kamonohashi-kun, I gather?
[09:41] Toto
    Yes.
[09:42] John
    He isn't participating in any
    forbidden sleuthing, is he?
[09:47] Toto
    What? No, sir.
[09:49] Toto
    After all, he ends up
    pressuring the perpetrators.
[09:52] John
    I see. So you know that much about him.
[09:55] Toto
    B-But I don't know any of the details!
[09:59] Toto
    If you wouldn't mind,
    I was hoping you'd tell me.
[10:02] Toto
    What happened in his past?
[10:04] Toto
    Did Ron really pressure culprits
    to their own deaths?
[10:11] John
    Five years ago, Ron took part
    in a hands-on training exercise.
[10:16] John
    Students and police worked together
[10:19] John
    to the end of catching real culprits.
[10:22] John
    With his genius deductions,
[10:24] John
    he succeeded in locating
    the base of a group of seven killers.
[10:28] John
    But when police entered the stronghold...
[10:37] John
    Murder weapon in hand,
[10:39] John
    Kamonohashi Ron was standing there,
     dazed and covered in blood,
[10:43] John
    among the corpses of all seven murderers.
[10:47] John
    It became known as the
    Bloody Training Incident.
[10:51] John
    I believe that's the answer
    you were looking for.
[10:54] Toto
    Ron did that to the culprits...?
[10:57] John
    There is 99 percent certainty.
[11:00] John
    However, Kamonohashi Ron had no memory
[11:02] John
    of the thirty minutes before or after,
[11:05] John
    so he was considered to be
    of unsound mind at the time.
[11:07] John
    As such, barring him from
     a detective's license
[11:10] John
    was the extent of his punishment.
[11:15] John
    He's lucky.
[11:17] John
    Had I been in charge of deciding his fate,
[11:20] John
    I would have given him the death penalty.
[11:27] Orihime
    You're Kamonohashi-san's
    friend, aren't you?
[11:30] Orihime
    Please stop him!
[11:32] Toto
    What?
[11:36] Toto
    It's dangerous to do that
    after you've just eaten that much!
[11:39] Ron
    I was depicting the orbit
    of planets in a solar system...
[11:41] Donzawa
    It was magnificent!
[11:43] Onodera
    Yes, it was!
[11:45] Ron
    I am utterly content, Toto.
[11:48] Ron
    Since I've achieved my goal and I'm sleepy,
    I'm going to my room.
[11:52] Toto
    And the meteor shower?
[11:54] Ron
    I'll see it in my dreams.
[11:56] Donzawa
    That's so deep.
[11:57] Onodera
    How refined.
[11:58] Toto
    You've made some die-hard fans!
[12:02] Toto
    That Ron! He has no idea
    how I feel right now...
[12:15] Toto
    So this...
[12:17] Toto
    is the Leonid meteor shower!
[12:21] Toto
    I have absolutely no interest in the stars,
    but I'm so glad I came.
[12:33] Toto
    Come to think of it,
    where did Onodera-san go?
[12:36] Danzawa
    She hurried back to her room.
[12:38] Danzawa
    Said something about getting
     photography equipment.
[12:41] Toto
    But it's been about two hours, hasn't it?
[12:48] Toto
    The dome!
[12:53] Toto
    Was that a gunshot?!
[12:55] John
    It was inside!
[12:55] Donzawa
    It can't be...
[12:56] Toto
    I'll go and see!
[12:57] John
    Yes!
[13:03] Toto
    It's no use.
[13:04] Jumonji
    I'll go get the key!
[13:08] Orihime
    What's happened, star?
[13:12] John
    Is anyone in there?!
[13:19] Jumonji
    I can't find the key!
[13:20] Jumonji
    It should be in the office, but...
[13:22] Donzawa
    What?!
[13:23] Toto
    But that's...
[13:23] John
    All we can do is break down the door.
[13:29] John
    It's certainly sturdy.
[13:30] Toto
    I'll help too!
[13:32] Jumonji
    So will I!
[13:39] Toto
    It's pitch black.
[13:44] John
    The lights won't turn on.
[13:45] Unno
    Director! I got flashlights!
[13:48] Jumonji
    That's a huge help, Unno-kun!
[13:54] Toto
    I-It can't be.
[13:55] Toto
    That's Onodera-san and...
[14:00] Toto
    Ron?!
[14:03] Jumonji
    Th-This can't be happening.
[14:08] Toto
    Ron!
[14:22] Unno
    Sh-She's dead!
[14:24] John
    I've been such a fool.
    I should have predicted this.
[14:29] Toto
    Y-You don't suspect Ron, do you?
[14:32] Donzawa
    Just look! It's obvious, isn't it?!
[14:35] Unno
    I thought he was suspicious from the start!
[14:38] Unno
    What weirdo wants a black sugar syrup meal?!
[14:41] Ron
    The syrup did nothing wrong.
[14:43] Toto
    Ron, you're awake?
[14:45] Ron
    I woke to Orihime-kun screaming.
[14:48] Ron
    I don't remember anything after going
    back to my room and lying down on my bed.
[14:52] Ron
    But I can deduce from your conversation
    that I'm in a very bad situation right now.
[14:58] Donzawa
    This was a murder!
[15:00] Unno
    Hurry up and restrain him!
[15:01] John
    Please, no one move!
    All of you are suspects too.
[15:04] Unno
    What?
[15:06] Jumonji
    W-We are?
[15:08] Jumonji
    I make it a point to look at every incident
    fairly and without prejudice.
[15:14] Jumonji
    I must treat everyone here
    on the island as a suspect.
[15:19] Ron
    You are truly an instructor
    who embodies BLUE's lofty ideals.
[15:23] Ron
    Therein lies the reason I doff my cap to you.
[15:27] Ron
    Please, investigate this thoroughly,
    first-rate sleuth...
[15:30] Ron
    and renowned police detective.
[15:32] Toto
    Right. I have to do this too.
[15:35] John
    I haven't eliminated you as a suspect.
[15:38] John
    Stay quiet and watch, Kamonohashi Ron.
[15:43] John
    The body is still warm, meaning she's
    only very recently deceased.
[15:47] John
    The bullet struck her heart
    directly through her back.
[15:51] John
    Strictly speaking, we need to
     wait for an autopsy first,
[15:54] John
    but this is most likely the cause of death.
[15:56] John
    So the murder weapon was a gun.
[15:58] John
    I'll hold on to this.
[16:00] Donzawa
    That gun was on display in the lobby!
[16:03] Jumonji
    I never imagined that it was real...
[16:10] John
    All of the lights in here are broken.
[16:16] John
    With no ladder, escape through
    the dome would be impossible.
[16:22] John
    No one's escaping through here either.
[16:25] Toto
    Yeah, it's way too small.
[16:32] John
    There don't seem to be exits anywhere else.
[16:35] Toto
    I-I agree.
[16:37] John
    Therefore, we can only say that
     these mounting facts lead us
[16:41] John
    to but a single truth.
[16:44] John
    It's impossible to think the culprit was
     anyone except you, Kamonohashi Ron.
[16:48] Unno
    See?! I knew it!
[16:49] Ron
    Oh? That's not the result I was hoping for.
[16:52] Toto
    B-But...
[16:54] John
    There's undeniable circumstantial
     evidence against you.
[16:57] John
    The same as five years ago.
[17:02] John
    There is no way in or out other than
    the door we came through.
[17:05] John
    But that door was locked.
[17:08] John
    So inside this observation dome...
[17:11] John
    was a perfect locked room.
[17:14] Ron
    What?
[17:15] Ron
    A locked room?
[17:17] Ron
    Just because the door
    was locked, I'm the culprit?
[17:20] Ron
    I killed some—
[17:23] Ron
    Clink?
[17:27] Ron
    What is this?
[17:30] Jumonji
    That's the key from the lobby!
    It's the only master key!
[17:34] Ron
    Wh-What's this troublesome thing
    doing in my pocket?
[17:38] Donzawa
    That's definitive proof!
[17:40] Unno
    Murderer!
[17:41] Toto
    What? Why would Ron kill someone?
[17:43] John
    Arrest him, Isshiki-kun.
[17:48] Toto
    Please wait!
[17:49] Ron
    It's all right, Toto. If you're the one
    arresting me, then I'm satisfied.
[17:53] Toto
    Wh-What? Ron!
    Don't you have anything to say?
[17:56] Ron
    No. I've got nothing.
[18:00] Toto
    No way...
[18:01] John
    Go and bring him his shoes, Isshiki-kun.
[18:07] John
    It's dangerous to walk over
    these shards barefoot.
[18:16] Toto
    Yes, sir.
[18:18] Donzawa
    This observatory is cursed!
[18:21] Orihime
    Please don't say such scary things!
[18:23] Jumonji
    She's right!
     We've caught the culprit, after all.
[18:25] John
    Jumonji-san, please contact
    the police on the main island.
[18:30] John
    We still require a formal investigation.
[18:32] Jumonji
    I will. Having you here
    really saved us, Grizzly-san.
[18:38] Toto
    You really don't remember anything?
[18:41] Ron
    No. My memory stops
     at collapsing onto my bed.
[18:45] Ron
    When I opened my eyes,
    I was in the observatory dome.
[18:48] Ron
    Along with the body of Onodera-kun,
    whom I seem to have killed.
[18:52] Toto
    Is that...
[18:54] Toto
    how you felt after the
     Bloody Training Incident?
[18:58] Ron
    Did Grizzly-sensei tell you about that?
[19:01] Toto
    During dinner.
[19:03] Ron
    It's exactly the same, right down
    to the crime I committed.
[19:07] Toto
    You seriously think you're the killer?
[19:09] Ron
    I must be. I can't remember anything,
     so it must be true.
[19:14] Toto
    Hold it, Ron!
[19:15] Toto
    What's going on? This isn't like you!
[19:17] Toto
    Did your brain get rusty or something?
[19:20] Ron
    You're talking like you have
     proof to the contrary.
[19:22] Toto
    I do!
[19:23] Toto
    Just think about it!
[19:24] Toto
    The victim was just a regular person.
[19:27] Toto
    The only people you've tried to pressure
    to death have always been murderers, right?
[19:33] Toto
    You've never once tried
    to kill an innocent person.
[19:37] Toto
    You said you weren't that kind of man.
[19:40] Toto
    You lose heart instantly
     when it comes to this,
[19:42] Toto
    so I'll say it again!
[19:45] Toto
    Even if you aren't sure, I am!
[19:50] Ron
    Your declaration seems to have warmed up
    my frozen brain just a little.
[19:56] Ron
    That's right... I just remembered something.
[19:58] Ron
    There is one point I found strange.
[20:01] Toto
    What?
[20:02] Ron
    In truth, I've kept a secret from you.
[20:06] Toto
    A-A secret?
[20:08] Ron
    You see, Toto, I...
[20:13] Ron
    I am completely useless with a gun.
[20:16] Toto
    Wha?!
[20:18] Ron
    I always earned perfect scores
     in every other subject.
[20:21] Ron
    But not marksmanship.
[20:23] Ron
    I failed for never being able
    to so much as graze a target.
[20:26] Toto
    For real?
[20:28] Toto
    But Onodera-san was shot
    precisely in the heart from behind.
[20:32] Ron
    Even if I had a thousand bullets,
    with my skills, I wouldn't land a single shot.
[20:37] Toto
    Then there's no way you killed her.
[20:39] Toto
    Wait, why didn't you say so earlier?
    That's super important!
[20:43] Ron
    Because in the five years since
    the Bloody Training Incident,
[20:45] Ron
    I've kept telling myself...
[20:48] Ron
    if I ever slipped up and couldn't remember it,
[20:51] Ron
    then as hard as it might be to accept,
    I'd give up without a fight.
[20:54] Toto
    What?
[20:55] Ron
    I had to tell myself that to stay sane.
[20:59] Ron
    I resented the victims, BLUE, the world...
[21:02] Ron
    I was nearly a criminal.
[21:06] Toto
    You mean...
[21:07] Toto
    In his heart, Ron doesn't really think
[21:09] Toto
    he was the culprit in the
    Bloody Training Incident.
[21:13] Ron
    Thank you.
[21:15] Ron
    Toto, thanks to you, the ice
    freezing up my thoughts has melted.
[21:17] Ron
    My brain's now working at about one percent.
[21:20] Toto
    A single percent, huh?
[21:23] Ron
    Hey, if I'm not the culprit, does that
    mean you think someone else did it?
[21:28] Toto
    Well, of course.
[21:30] Toto
    Hang on. That means...
[21:32] Toto
    If the culprit's still out there...
[21:35] Toto
    That means one of them killed Onodera-san
    and framed Ron as the murderer.
[21:41] Toto
    I've gotta go!
[21:43] Ron
    Where?
[21:43] Toto
    To investigate, of course!
[21:54] Ron
    I cried and screamed when I was arrested
    five years ago, didn't I?
[21:59] Ron
    I've finally figured out why
    I'm not as panicked this time.
[22:05] Ron
    Five years ago, I didn't have Toto.