# E10 - Children Are the Clamp
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U2NJX0/children-are-the-clamp)
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**[00:03] Ibusuki**
When did you receive these messages?
**[00:05] Manager**
Just yesterday.
**[00:07] Manager**
She's claiming to be his
18-year-old biological child.
**[00:10] Manager**
This is a threat.
**[00:11] Manager**
She wants to meet in person to confirm their
relationship, or she'll ruin the performance.
**[00:17] Sato**
Scary.
**[00:18] Manager**
We've experienced weird messages
and unhinged fans before,
**[00:23] Manager**
but this isn't a good time for that.
**[00:26] Ibusuki**
You need the police or a lawyer.
We can't do anything for you.
**[00:30] Manager**
We've received a ton
of nonsensical messages.
**[00:34] Manager**
The police think it's some kind of prank
and won't do anything about it.
**[00:38] Donraku**
There's nothing they can do if it's
just threats to ruin the show.
**[00:44] Donraku**
Since Yuki's death, I've been receiving
more messages slandering me.
**[00:49] Sato**
The entertainment industry sounds rough.
**[00:51] Manager**
But thankfully, we've been getting more
supportive and encouraging messages as well.
**[00:56] Donraku**
People have always sent me their thoughts
on my shows or new rakugo scripts.
**[01:03] Donraku**
But this is no joke.
**[01:06] Donraku**
I guess the silver lining is that I don't know
the first thing about computers.
**[01:11] Donraku**
The most I do is occasionally
check my own videos.
**[01:13] Sato**
What? You mean you don't write
your own posts on social media?
**[01:16] Donraku**
This guy writes all of them.
**[01:18] Sato**
What?
**[01:19] Manager**
Since we spend so much time together,
I can guess what he'd say.
**[01:22] Donraku**
If I really got into it, it'd get out of hand.
**[01:27] Sato**
Actually, sometimes you get flamed pretty—
**[01:29] Ibusuki**
Enough about that.
**[01:31] Rena**
Any idea who it might be?
**[01:33] Donraku**
Don't tell my wife.
**[01:36] Donraku**
I don't want to put anymore
emotional strain on her.
**[01:40] Rena**
You know who it is?
**[01:42] Manager**
A secret lovechild.
**[01:44] Donraku**
It's not a secret anymore, though.
**[01:47] Donraku**
And I only have one child
outside my marriage.
**[01:53] Donraku**
A man who grew up a long time ago.
**[02:02] Sato**
Hello.
**[02:13] Wadagaki**
Why is this happening?
**[02:16] Wadagaki**
It's not my fault, right?
**[02:25] Sato**
Hello?
**[02:28] Sato**
What? Odokawa-san's...
**[02:30] Taeko**
My place has been empty.
**[02:33] Taeko**
Once you're out of the hospital,
you need to stop by for drinks.
**[02:37] Rena**
Excuse us.
**[02:39] Imai**
What? Rena-chan?
**[02:41] Odokawa**
Sorry, who are you?
**[02:45] Rena**
The rabbit from Imai-san's cabaret club.
**[02:48] Rena**
I think you called me a Polish.
**[02:52] Odokawa**
Oh, right.
**[02:53] Rena**
Do you remember who you
drove on October 4th?
**[02:58] Odokawa**
That girl from Mystery Kiss. The black cat.
**[03:02] Sato**
Is this her?
**[03:04] Odokawa**
I don't know. It doesn't match up
with people's faces.
**[03:08] Rena**
Do you not remember Wadagaki Sakura's face?
**[03:13] Imai**
Rena-chan, that's enough. I don't
want to cause him anymore trouble.
**[03:18] Rena**
But if Odokawa-san is the only witness—
**[03:21] Imai**
It's okay. I'll protect Odokawa-sama.
**[03:25] Imai**
I owe him for getting my billion yen back.
**[03:28] Imai**
You can count on me. Okay?
**[03:30] Rena**
This is what I've investigated...
**[03:33] Rena**
I summarized everything
I know about Yuki.
**[03:34] Nakamine**
Huh.
**[03:40] Sato**
Look at this right here.
**[03:43] Sato**
See? It went out.
**[03:44] Nakamine**
You're trying to say someone entered
the office before them, right?
**[03:46] Sato**
Yes.
**[03:48] Nakamine**
You can certainly see a silhouette, but...
**[03:51] Rena**
I saw the news.
**[03:52] Rena**
They say something might've
happened before Nikaido arrived.
**[03:57] Nakamine**
You mean someone else might've killed her.
**[04:00] Nakamine**
This backs up the time Nikaido gave, huh?
**[04:04] Rena**
Isn't Nikaido Rui saying the same thing?
**[04:07] Nakamine**
She's got nerves of steel.
She's never changed her story.
**[04:11] Rena**
She hasn't committed murder. Am I wrong?
**[04:13] Fujiki**
Abandoning a body is still a crime.
**[04:17] Rena**
Someone else killed Yuki.
**[04:22] Rena**
There's the messages Donraku-san received
and Odokawa-san's testimony.
**[04:27] Rena**
They should be on the dash
cam data you collected, too.
**[04:31] Sato**
Wadagaki Sakura said on TV
that she's looking for her father.
**[04:36] Fujiki**
Hang on, do you really think this
is something you can figure out?
**[04:40] Fujiki**
That driver has visual agnosia, doesn't he?
**[04:45] Fujiki**
That casts doubt on his eyewitness testimony.
**[04:49] Sato**
But we've brought you evidence.
**[04:52] Fujiki**
Okay.
**[04:55] Sato**
We're getting nowhere. Let's go, Rena-san.
**[04:57] Fujiki**
We've already got plenty of evidence,
so take this with you.
**[05:01] All**
Thank you.
**[05:04] Odokawa**
I told you, you don't have to come with me.
**[05:06] Odokawa**
If someone were trying to kill me,
I'd already be dead.
**[05:09] Imai**
Then I'll hire a bodyguard for you
for as long as I can afford it.
**[05:13] Odokawa**
I won't be able to work with a bodyguard.
**[05:17] Odokawa**
I appreciate everything you've done,
but leave me alone.
**[05:33] Donraku**
Will she really come?
**[05:35] Rena**
It's worth a shot.
***SIGN*** I'll be waiting at this plaza on January 10th. -Donraku
**[05:43] Rena**
Are you sick?
**[05:45] Sato**
Don't you have a bad feeling about this?
**[05:47] Sato**
Remember that analysis we asked
Sekido-san to run the other day?
**[05:51] Rena**
What?
**[05:52] Sato**
On Wadagaki's cat food.
**[05:54] Rena**
Oh, right. The one full of fertilizer?
**[05:56] Sato**
Yeah, that.
**[05:58] Sato**
I licked a little while I was on a stakeout.
**[06:03] Rena**
What are you doing?
**[06:04] Sato**
Actually, I ate it.
**[06:07] Wadagaki**
Dad!
**[06:08] Sato**
She's here.
**[06:09] Rena**
What?
**[06:10] Sato**
Wadagaki.
**[06:11] Wadagaki**
Dad.
**[06:15] Wadagaki**
You're not him.
**[06:17] Rena**
Wadagaki-san.
**[06:19] Wadagaki**
Rena-chan? What are you doing here?
**[06:22] Rena**
I came to stop you.
**[06:25] Wadagaki**
Stop me? From doing what?
**[06:27] Rena**
It's not too late to turn back.
**[06:31] Wadagaki**
Where's my dad? Where's Donraku-san?
**[06:34] Wadagaki**
I just wanted to meet him once.
**[06:37] Rena**
He doesn't remember you.
**[06:39] Wadagaki**
I see. I've heard he
has kids all over the place.
**[06:44] Rena**
But Donraku's only daughter was Yuki.
**[06:51] Wadagaki**
Has he forgotten about me?
**[06:54] Rena**
He didn't forget about you.
**[06:58] Rena**
Listen, Wadagaki-san.
I don't have parents, either.
**[07:06] Rena**
But I've managed somehow. You could still—
**[07:09] Wadagaki**
You're not even an idol. You're nothing.
**[07:11] Wadagaki**
I have to do whatever it takes
to make my dream come true.
**[07:15] Rena**
It already came true.
**[07:17] Wadagaki**
Not yet. I need to make sure.
**[07:20] Rena**
So you're okay with killing people?
**[07:23] Wadagaki**
That's what my mom said, though.
**[07:27] Wadagaki**
That I'd make a good idol.
**[07:31] Rena**
What?
**[07:34] Wadagaki**
Stay out of my way.
**[07:39] Sato**
Watch out!
**[07:41] Rena**
Hey! Sato! Sato!
**[07:48] Rena**
Wait!
**[07:50] Wadagaki**
Hurry up, hurry up!
**[07:58] Rena**
Wait! Wait!
**[08:08] Wadagaki**
Hello, Mom?
**[08:11] Wadagaki**
I thought I'd get to see Dad,
but it didn't work out.
**[08:15] Mom**
*Dad?*
**[08:17] Wadagaki**
Isn't my dad Donraku-san?
The rakugo storyteller.
**[08:21] Wadagaki**
I finally got in touch with him.
**[08:24] Mom**
*There you go again.*
**[08:27] Mom**
* More importantly,*
* I saw you on TV again today.*
**[08:30] Mom**
* You should go back to*
* wearing the purple outfit.*
**[08:34] Wadagaki**
I understand you don't want
to talk about it, but...
**[08:38] Mom**
*I don't want to hear about Donraku.*
**[08:42] Wadagaki**
I knew it.
**[08:43] Mom**
*Have you forgotten?*
**[08:45] Mom**
* I've been saying that for your sake,*
* so why are you digging up the past now?*
**[08:49] Wadagaki**
What?
**[08:51] Mom**
*Your dad left us because he admired Donraku.*
**[08:57] Mom**
* Seeing Donraku reminded you of*
* your father. It's hard for me, too.*
**[09:02] Mom**
* You understand that, don't you?*
* He left me to take care of you by myself.*
**[09:10] Wadagaki**
Hey Mom, that can't be right!
**[09:13] Mom**
*Enough! No more of this talk.*
**[09:15] Mom**
*Why do you think I let you go to Tokyo?*
**[09:17] Mom**
*It certainly wasn't to look for your father!*
**[09:21] Mom**
*I entrusted all my dreams to you.*
**[09:26] Mom**
*I'm disappointed.*
**[09:38] Wadagaki**
Yeah, I transferred to a bigger agency.
**[09:44] Wadagaki**
Yeah. Things are going so well,
it's almost scary.
**[09:47] Wadagaki**
At first, I hounded the manager
after I failed an audition.
**[09:52] Wadagaki**
Thinking about it now makes me laugh.
**[09:55] Wadagaki**
I was frustrated, though.
**[09:58] Wadagaki**
If they hadn't become famous after that,
I think I would've been content.
**[10:02] Wadagaki**
But when I heard they'd be making their
major debut, I couldn't sit still anymore.
**[10:08] Wadagaki**
Yeah, everything's going well.
**[10:12] Wadagaki**
All I headed out to do was find the taxi
I rode in then, but I think I found it.
**[10:19] Wadagaki**
It was a total coincidence.
I must be lucky after all.
**[10:24] Wadagaki**
Everything's going my way.
**[10:27] Wadagaki**
Like you said, I'm gonna do whatever it takes
to make my dream come true.
**[10:36] Kakihana**
Excuse me. This road is closed to traffic.
**[10:36] [SONG] Sign Right Red**
Closed to Traffic
**[10:36] [SONG] Sign Left Red**
Detour
**[10:41] Man A**
Hello.
**[10:41] Man B**
Long time, no see.
**[10:43] Man B**
Where have you been?
**[10:44] Kakihana**
Uh, in the hospital? I've got a bad back.
**[10:51] Man B**
You still owe us a lot of money.
**[10:54] Kakihana**
I'll pay you this week.
**[10:58] Man A**
Let's go.
**[10:58] Kakihana**
Wait.
**[11:00] Kakihana**
I promise I'll pay you back
by the end of the month.
**[11:23] Odokawa**
Where to?
**[11:30] Odokawa**
Where to?
**[11:33] Wadagaki**
It suddenly started raining that day, too.
**[11:37] Wadagaki**
I hopped into the first taxi I saw.
**[11:41] Wadagaki**
You don't remember me?
**[11:45] Odokawa**
Sorry.
**[11:48] Wadagaki**
It's fine. I just thought you'd
freak out a little more.
**[11:54] Odokawa**
So, where to?
**[11:58] Wadagaki**
Here's fine.
**[11:59] Odokawa**
"Here's fine"?
**[12:01] Wadagaki**
Yeah, here's fine.
**[12:04] Wadagaki**
The city's full of cameras, you know?
**[12:11] Odokawa**
Cameras?
**[12:14] Man B**
Where's the guy with the money?
**[12:16] Kakihana**
He'll be here soon. Yup.
**[12:17] Man B**
Shut your face.
**[12:18] Man A**
You're not making any sense.
**[12:19] Wadagaki**
All I've got is my good luck.
**[12:23] Odokawa**
Oh, yeah? I'm lucky, too.
**[12:25] Wadagaki**
Then it's my luck against your luck.
**[12:30] Kakihana**
Odokawa, I gotta ask you for a—
**[12:38] Rena**
What? Hey, wait!
**[12:40] Caster**
* When he saw his taxi driver friend*
* being attacked by a suspicious person,*
***SIGN*** Letter of Appreciation
Kakihana Eiji-dono
**[12:43] Caster**
*he risked his life to defend—*
**[12:47] Sekido**
Nice work.
**[12:49] Rena**
I came today because
I'm quitting the agency soon.
**[12:56] Sekido**
It's all there. Are you
paying for this yourself?
**[13:01] Rena**
Thank you for everything you've done.
**[13:04] Rena**
Anyway, I'd like to dispose of the GPS
and stuff you installed for me before.
**[13:09] Sato**
Oh, crap. I forgot about that.
**[13:12] Sekido**
I already took care of it.
**[13:14] Sekido**
I can't believe you turned it in
to the police as evidence.
**[13:18] Sekido**
I'm getting reamed from all directions
because of you two.
**[13:22] Rena**
I'm really sorry.
**[13:23] Sato**
Sorry.
**[13:26] Sekido**
By the way, did you look through
all the data I gave you before?
**[13:30] Sekido**
From the dead high school girl's phone.
**[13:33] Rena**
No. I thought it would be too painful.
**[13:37] Sekido**
But there's something you've
gotta do before you quit.
**[13:40] Rena**
What?
**[13:51] Kumiko**
He's stubborn, isn't he?
**[13:53] Kumiko**
He never listens to me.
**[13:56] Rena**
You're really not going to do it?
**[14:00] Kanon**
Is the naming really that big a deal?
**[14:04] Donraku**
I'm just reaping what I sowed.
**[14:09] Donraku**
I doubt the world will forgive me.
**[14:15] Kanon**
Who cares about the world?
**[14:17] Kanon**
You should do what you want.
**[14:21] Rena**
I think Yuki would be sad to hear that.
**[14:25] Donraku**
I've got too many things I can't say.
**[14:29] Donraku**
In public I act like I say whatever I want,
**[14:33] Donraku**
but I had too many secrets
I didn't want Yuki to know.
**[14:38] Donraku**
I wish I could've talked to her more
while she was still alive.
**[14:45] Rena**
This is the data that was on Yuki's phone.
**[14:50] Rena**
I think you could wait to decide
until after you've seen it.
**[15:30] Mitsuya**
*Can you see me?*
**[15:44] Mitsuya**
*Can you see me?*
**[15:48] Mitsuya**
*Wow, what a personal question.*
**[15:58] Mitsuya**
*My family is... kind of complicated.*
**[16:04] Mitsuya**
* My dad is a distinguished man, and*
* my mom basically raised me on her own.*
**[16:11] Mitsuya**
*That makes her pretty great, too.*
**[16:15] Mitsuya**
* Since coming to Tokyo, I've had more*
* opportunities to spend time with him.*
**[16:20] Mitsuya**
*I really wish we could all live together.*
**[16:25] Mitsuya**
* There's always been distance*
* between us and my dad,*
**[16:30] Mitsuya**
* and my mom and I used to fight*
* about it all the time.*
**[16:35] Mitsuya**
* Once, my mom was so angry that she only*
* put rice and pickled plums in my lunch.*
**[16:45] Mitsuya**
* My dad's experienced a lot*
* of twists along his road, but...*
**[16:56] Mitsuya**
* I've seen how he keeps*
* plugging along despite it.*
**[17:03] Mitsuya**
* Now I wish I could see*
* the same sights he does,*
**[17:11] Mitsuya**
*and I'd be happy if he worked even harder*
**[17:15] Mitsuya**
* to show our family even*
* more incredible sights.*
**[17:27] Ibusuki**
If you ever feel like coming back,
we'd love to have you.
**[17:35] Rena**
I'm off.
**[17:36] Otani**
See you later.
**[17:44] Sato**
Rena-san!
**[17:49] Sato**
You're quitting? For real?
**[17:50] Rena**
For real, yeah.
**[17:53] Sato**
Will I ever see you again?
**[17:57] Rena**
Oh, right. Are you interested in rakugo?
**[18:02] Sato**
What?
***SIGN*** Shofutei Hiraku
**[18:03] Sato**
Hey, we're sitting next to each other! Nice!
**[18:07] Rena**
Yeah, because I bought the tickets together.
**[18:08] Otani**
Sorry I'm late.
**[18:10] Otani**
I managed to finish up and make it here.
**[18:12] Rena**
Thank you.
**[18:13] Sato**
What? It's not just us today?
**[18:14] Otani**
What? I was originally supposed
to go with just Rena-chan.
**[18:15] Kanon**
Hello!
**[18:19] Otani**
Nice to meet you. You're so cute!
**[18:20] Sato**
Wow, looks like everyone's here.
**[18:23] Rena**
Shall we?
**[18:25] Sato**
I guess I'll sit—
**[18:26] Otani**
Oof.
**[18:28] Sato**
Excuse me, Rena-san.
**[18:29] Rena**
Our seats are great.
**[18:30] Otani**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Shofutei
Hiraku
**[18:36] Donraku**
All day and night, the news has been
digging into my family matters,
**[18:41] Donraku**
so I didn't think anyone would show up today.
**[18:45] Donraku**
But if this many of you have gathered here,
**[18:47] Donraku**
then it's like they say. Another man's
misfortune is like honey.
**[18:53] Donraku**
Looks like a lot of people
wanted to see Donraku squirm.
**[18:59] Donraku**
No, wait. I'm not Donraku anymore.
**[19:03] Donraku**
I've been given the great
name of Shofutei Hiraku.
**[19:08] Donraku**
That makes me the third.
**[19:10] Donraku**
I've been named a tomena of my school.
**[19:12] Donraku**
A tomena is the biggest name within
a school. The final destination.
**[19:17] Donraku**
So all that's left is for the name to die.
**[19:20] Fan**
Hey, Hiraku!
**[19:21] Donraku**
Thank you.
**[19:22] Donraku**
It used to be that out of "drink,
play, buy," I used to do all three.
**[19:31] Donraku**
Because of that, people would tease me
**[19:35] Donraku**
by saying the characters in my
name meant I fall into my drink.
**[19:40] Donraku**
But now, I'm clean. I'm all clean.
**[19:43] Donraku**
A lot of people used to say my
drinking would get me into trouble.
**[19:50] Donraku**
People say all kinds of things,
like alcohol is an addiction,
**[19:52] Donraku**
it's the best medicine,
it'll take years off your life.
**[19:55] Donraku**
But when it becomes a bad habit,
it destroys everything around you.
**[20:00] Donraku**
There used to be a man named Kumagoro.
He was a skilled carpenter.
**[20:05] Donraku**
He was a good person
as long as he didn't drink.
**[20:10] Donraku**
One day he headed out to a funeral
at a temple in Sanya.
**[20:14] Donraku**
Typically they don't
serve alcohol at funerals,
**[20:16] Donraku**
but accommodating temples will
serve alcohol and call it "hannyato."
**[20:21] Donraku**
He had too much of the stuff
and got good and drunk.
**[20:25] Donraku**
Feeling magnanimous, he decided
to head out to Yoshiwara,
**[20:32] Donraku**
where he got to know a working girl.
**[20:35] Donraku**
He had a wife and kid at home,
so naturally, it led to nonstop fighting.
**[20:40] (Flashback) Donraku**
Why don't you settle down and come back?
**[20:44] (Flashback) Donraku**
We can get remarried.
**[20:47] (Flashback) Kumiko**
This is a difficult time for her, too.
**[20:49] (Flashback) Yuki**
Hey, I'm actually dealing
with something right now.
**[20:52] (Flashback) Kumiko**
I'm sorry, Yuki. Were we too loud?
**[20:54] (Flashback) Yuki**
No. I'm just going out for a walk.
**[20:56] (Flashback) Donraku**
At this hour? You'll turn into a delinquent.
**[20:59] (Flashback) Kumiko**
You're one to talk.
**[21:02] (Flashback) Donraku**
Well, you got me there.
**[21:03] (Flashback) Yuki**
My friend said she has
something important to discuss.
**[21:05] (Flashback) Yuki**
I'll be right back.
**[21:07] (Flashback) Kumiko**
Be careful!
**[21:08] (Flashback) Yuki**
Okay!
**[21:09] (Flashback) Kumiko**
You can't just act like her father
out of nowhere.
**[21:11] (Flashback) Donraku**
You don't have to put it like that.
**[21:12] (Flashback) Yuki**
Sheesh.
**[21:13] Donraku**
After all the selfish crap I've done,
I'm in no position to say this,
**[21:19] Donraku**
but if you want, I'd like the three of us
to live together again like family.
**[21:28] Donraku**
I'm begging you.
**[21:36] Donraku**
Are you serious? Really?
**[21:42] Donraku**
Thank you. I couldn't ask for better.
I'd given up on you.
**[21:50] Donraku**
Kame-chan, Dad's gonna
come back home for you.
**[21:57] Donraku**
The three of us can live together again.
**[22:00] Donraku**
They say children are the clamp that
holds a couple together, but I guess it's true.
**[22:07] Donraku**
What? I'm a clamp?
**[22:10] Donraku**
Oh, I get it now. That's why you said
you'll hit me on the head with a hammer.
**[22:24] Proctor**
That's time. Please set
your writing implements down.
***SIGN*** This show is a work of fiction.