E1 - Seigi of the Pink Sapphire

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[00:03] (Flashback) Seigi
    Wow...
[00:05] (Flashback) Grandma
    Seigi, snack time!
[00:07] (Flashback) Seigi
    Grandma, is this yours?
[00:10] (Flashback) Seigi
    It's so pretty.
[00:14] (Flashback) Seigi
    Why did you put it away? It's pretty.
[00:18] (Flashback) Grandma
    Seigi, you mustn't do bad things.
[00:22] (Flashback) Grandma
    You'll pay for them.
[00:31] Announce
    The train has temporarily stopped.
[00:34] Announce
    We will be departing shortly.
[00:39] Seigi
    Just a dream...
[00:46] Drunk
    What's your problem?
[00:52] Drunk
    You're the one who tripped.
[00:55] Drunk
    You're in our way.
[00:57] Seigi
    Officer!
[01:00] Seigi
    Over here! Hurry!
[01:01] Seigi
    Someone's being attacked!
[01:03] Drunk
    Shit! Run!
[01:11] Seigi
    Are you all... right...
[01:19] Seigi
    A-Are you okay?
[01:24] Richard
    Thank you for your help.
[01:27] Seigi
    That was how I met Richard.
SIGN    Episode 1
    Seigi of the Pink Sapphire
[03:14] (Flashback) Richard
    Allow me to formally thank you.
[03:17] (Flashback) Seigi
    Richard Rana...
[03:20] (Flashback) Richard
    Take a look at the back.
[03:22] (Flashback) Richard
    My name is Richard Ranashinha de Vulpian.
SIGN    Jeweler
    Richard Ranashinha de Vulpian
[03:25] (Flashback) Seigi
    Jewelry Étranger...
[03:28] (Flashback) Seigi
    Um, do you appraise jewels? Like on rings?
[03:33] (Flashback) Richard
    Yes.
[03:34] (Flashback) Richard
    Thank you for today.
[03:36] (Flashback) Richard
    Please call me anytime, Mr. Hero of Justice.
[03:46] Seigi
    Hero of justice, huh?
[04:06] Richard
    What did you want to discuss?
[04:09] Seigi
    Well... You see, I'd like you to appraise a ring.
[04:16] Richard
    It seems to be a pink sapphire.
[04:18] Seigi
    Huh? You can tell just by looking at it?
[04:21] Richard
    To a certain degree.
[04:22] Seigi
    That ring was my grandmother's.
[04:26] Seigi
    She claimed it was fake,
[04:30] Seigi
    but I've always wanted to
    have it appraised by an expert.
[04:38] Richard
    But you've never looked into it before now?
[04:41] Richard
    Anyone could've assessed it for you.
[04:44] Seigi
    I know, but I've been busy with exams
    since my grandmother died.
[04:50] Richard
    Normally, you wouldn't casually
    entrust someone you've just met
[04:53] Richard
    with something so valuable.
[04:58] Richard
    If I were a bad person trying
    to take your ring from you,
[05:04] Richard
    you'd never see your precious keepsake again.
[05:11] Richard
    What's so funny?
[05:13] Seigi
    Just that a genuinely bad person
    wouldn't bother telling me that.
[05:18] Seigi
    I really would like to know about the stone.
[05:21] Seigi
    Please.
[05:24] Richard
    Very well.
[05:26] Seigi
    Thank you.
[05:28] Richard
    The appraising of jewels other than
    diamonds is known as valuating,
[05:32] Richard
    so you've requested a valuation.
SIGN    Request Form
[05:35] Richard
    Please sign here.
[05:37] Richard
    At the soonest,
    the valuation will take a week.
[05:39] Richard
    At the latest,
    it could take about a month.
[05:41] Richard
    The fee is five thousand yen.
[05:45] Seigi
    Got it.
SIGN    Nakata Seigi
[05:49] Seigi
    Wow, you even take photos?
[05:53] Richard
    The history of jewels
    is one of fraud and theft.
[05:57] Seigi
    Theft?
[05:58] Richard
    The consumer and the dealer...
[06:01] Richard
    It's an old safety-first tradition
    meant to protect both parties.
[06:07] Seigi
    I see.
[06:09] Richard
    Well, then, I'll contact you
    once I have the results.
[06:19] Seigi
    Work your magic.
SIGN    Takadanobaba Station
[06:27] Shimo
    Heya, Nakata!
[06:28] Seigi
    Hey, Shimomura.
[06:31] Shimo
    What's up?
[06:33] Shimo
    That old man's here again?
[06:41] Shoko
    Are you all right?
[06:43] Shoko
    Here. Hold my hand.
[06:49] Shoko
    Um...
[06:50] Old Man
    Thank you kindly.
[06:51] Seigi
    Excuse me.
[06:55] Seigi
    Sir, I'll walk you across.
[06:58] Seigi
    Please hold firmly on to my hand.
[07:06] Seigi
    Hey!
[07:12] Seigi
    People may look like they need help,
[07:14] Seigi
    but while some are honest, others aren't.
[07:17] Seigi
    You should be... careful...
[07:19] Shoko
    You're right... but how do you tell them apart?
[07:26] Shoko
    Oh, I haven't thanked you yet.
[07:29] Shoko
    I'm Tanimoto Shoko,
     a second-year education major.
[07:33] Seigi
    I'm Nakata Seigi,
    a second-year economics major.
[07:36] Shimo
    His name means "justice"!
    Like a hero of justice!
[07:40] Seigi
    Shimomura!
[07:42] Shoko
    You really are a hero of justice.
[07:44] Seigi
    Huh?
[07:45] Shoko
    Thank you, Seigi-kun.
[07:48] Seigi
    Don't mention it...
SIGN    One Week Later
[07:59] Richard
    The jewel you asked me to take
    a look at is most uncommon.
[08:06] Richard
    Are you aware that this ring may be stolen?
[08:21] Seigi
    You're incredible!
[08:22] Seigi
    You're the real deal!
[08:24] Seigi
    Incredible! Truly incredible!
[08:30] Richard
    Please quiet down.
[08:34] Seigi
    I'm sorry for being disingenuous.
[08:37] Richard
    Could you explain?
[08:40] Seigi
    Yes. As you said, this ring was stolen.
[08:45] Seigi
    My grandmother was a pickpocket.
[08:49] Seigi
    She was what people call
    a single mother nowadays,
[08:53] Seigi
    and there was nowhere a woman could
     do honest work while raising a child alone.
[08:58] Seigi
    She became a pickpocket in order to survive.
[09:14] Seigi
    But that ring alone...
[09:34] Seigi
    The next day, the woman who owned
    the ring jumped in front of a train.
[09:40] Seigi
    My grandmother heard she survived,
[09:43] Seigi
    and while running home to get
    the ring so she could return it...
[09:48] Seigi
    She was arrested.
[09:53] Seigi
    My grandmother kept this ring
    until the day she died.
[09:57] Seigi
    I've always wondered why
    she never got rid of it.
[10:02] Seigi
    I think she decided that holding on to it
[10:05] Seigi
    would be her cross to carry.
[10:09] Seigi
    But this way, my grandmother will
    never be able to rest in peace.
[10:13] Seigi
    So I investigated the incident by
    looking through old newspapers,
[10:18] Seigi
    but that turned up nothing.
[10:20] Seigi
    And if I took it to a big store,
    my mother might be notified.
[10:25] Richard
    Does your mother not know about the ring?
[10:29] Seigi
    I'm the only one who does.
[10:31] Seigi
    Hiromi...
[10:33] Seigi
    My mother resents my grandmother
    more than anyone.
[10:38] Seigi
    I... I want to end this for her.
[10:42] Seigi
    If you found out the ring was stolen,
[10:44] Seigi
    then that means there's some
    record of a transaction, right?
[10:48] Richard
    Records involving quality items
[10:50] Richard
    stick around for a long time,
    even if they're old.
[10:53] Seigi
    Please. I want you to find
    the original owner of this ring.
[10:57] Seigi
    I'm determined to return it.
[11:06] Richard
    There's someone...
[11:08] Richard
    I'd like you to meet in Kobe.
[11:12] Seigi
    And so time that was frozen half a century
    ago in Tokyo began moving with a groan.
[11:25] Seigi
    Hiromi, it's me.
[11:27] Hiromi
    Don't call your own mother by her name.
[11:30] Seigi
    Listen...
[11:33] Hiromi
    What?
[11:34] Seigi
    Are you well?
SIGN    Nozomi 187 10:30 Hakata Unreserved Seating: Cars 1-3
[11:36] Hiromi
    I'm just great.
[11:37] Seigi
    That's good.
[11:39] Hiromi
    What is it? I'm about to go out.
[11:44] Seigi
    It's about Grandma.
[11:47] Hiromi
    That's none of your business.
[11:50] Hiromi
    If you don't need anything, I'm hanging up.
[11:52] Seigi
    Okay. I'll call back later.
[11:57] Richard
    Shall we go?
[11:58] Seigi
    Yeah.
SIGN    Shin-Kobe Station
SIGN    Miyashita
[12:35] Maid
    Ma'am.
[12:40] Tae
    I've been waiting for you, Richard-san.
[12:45] Richard
    Ma'am, I'm delighted you made
    time to meet me today.
[12:51] Tae
    You, too. Come in.
[12:55] Seigi
    All right.
[12:57] Tae
    Nice to meet you. I'm Miyashita Tae.
[13:00] Seigi
    I'm Nakata Seigi.
[13:02] Tae
    Richard-san told me
    about you over the phone.
[13:06] Tae
    You know who I am, don't you?
[13:11] Seigi
    Yes.
[13:15] Seigi
    I'd like to return this ring.
[13:29] Tae
    Before that, would you listen to my story?
[13:34] Tae
    At the time, I'd just turned twenty.
[13:38] Tae
    For the sake of my family's debt,
[13:40] Tae
    I was to be wed off in a
    marriage of convenience.
[13:45] Tae
    As far as I was concerned,
    that ring was a collar and chain.
[14:01] Tae
    I felt as though someone had
    opened the door to my cage.
[14:06] Tae
    I wasn't sad in the slightest.
[14:09] Seigi
    What?
[14:10] Tae
    My father beat me when I returned home,
[14:14] Tae
    but still, I wasn't sad.
[14:16] Tae
    Even I was struck by my
    disobedience to my parents.
[14:20] Tae
    More so than my entire family's unhappiness
    at the engagement falling through,
[14:25] Tae
    I couldn't bear my own unhappiness.
[14:29] Tae
    I didn't see the point in living anymore.
[14:35] Tae
    They said it was a miracle I survived,
[14:38] Tae
    but the engagement was called off,
[14:41] Tae
    and I was forced into a
    cramped hospital room.
[14:47] Tae
    But you know,
[14:48] Tae
    the cute doctor with the western accent
    who looked after me there took a liking to me.
[14:55] Tae
    You never know what
    life holds in store for you.
[15:05] Tae
    Nakata-san.
[15:08] Tae
    You should hold on to this.
[15:11] Seigi
    But my grandmother...
[15:14] Tae
    I've never once resented her.
[15:18] Tae
    In that age, both your grandmother
    and I were powerless.
[15:24] Tae
    Could you deliver a message
     to her on my behalf?
[15:28] Tae
    "Thank you."
[15:30] Tae
    "Let go of the burden you've carried
    so long and rest in peace."
[15:38] Tae
    Nakata-san, please continue
     to help those in need,
[15:44] Tae
    just as you helped Richard-san.
[15:55] Richard
    I've known Miyashita-sama's
    family for several years.
[15:59] Richard
    I'd previously asked about the jewel
    from the old woman's unfortunate life.
[16:06] Seigi
    Then... you knew when you saw the ring?
[16:10] Richard
    At first I wasn't certain,
[16:12] Richard
    but according to the specialist
    I asked to valuate it,
[16:16] Richard
    the cut matched Miyashita-sama's description.
[16:19] Richard
    From the outset, as a padparadscha
    ring from that era in Japan...
[16:23] Richard
    I thought it must be it.
[16:25] Seigi
    Padparadscha?
[16:28] Richard
    Sapphires of a distinctive orange-tinted
    pink are called padparadscha.
[16:33] Richard
    In Sinhalese, it means "lotus flower."
[16:37] Seigi
    If you knew all of that, then why...
[16:39] Richard
    Because, at the time, I didn't know
    what your true motive was.
[16:44] Seigi
    My motive?
[16:45] Richard
    Yes. It was nothing like what I expected.
[16:51] (Flashback) Seigi
    I want you to find the
    original owner of this ring.
[16:54] Richard
    Stolen goods are typically
    involved in fraud or resale,
[16:59] Richard
    but I couldn't have predicted the
    desires of a foolishly kind person.
[17:09] Seigi
    Yet in the end, I couldn't return it.
[17:12] Seigi
    She wouldn't accept it.
[17:16] Seigi
    Will... she never forgive her?
[17:24] Richard
    Perhaps what your
    grandmother did wasn't right.
[17:31] Richard
    But I believe she did it to protect
    her precious daughter.
[17:36] Richard
    Is that desire not admirable?
[17:43] Richard
    The pink sapphire represents
     justice for the weak.
[17:49] Seigi
    Justice?
[17:52] (Flashback) Seigi
    Grandma, why do people laugh
    at me for helping those in need?
[17:56] Bully
    A real hero of justice!
[17:59] Bully
    Goody two-shoes!
[18:04] (Flashback) Grandma
    I'm proud of you, Seigi.
[18:12] Richard
    I believe it's a jewel befitting
    of your grandmother.
[18:16] Richard
    You should hold on to it.
[18:24] Seigi
    Grandma...
[18:34] Seigi
    Thank you for today.
[18:41] Richard
    Take this.
[18:42] Seigi
    What is it?
[18:44] Richard
    Kansai's most popular pork buns.
[18:46] Seigi
    What?
[18:47] Seigi
    I can't accept this.
[18:49] Richard
    I'm not insisting that you eat them alone.
[18:52] Richard
    Why not return to your parents' home?
[18:54] Seigi
    What?
[18:55] Richard
    You still have things to discuss.
[18:57] Richard
    Probably more than you realize.
[19:01] Richard
    Now then, I'll be going.
[19:12] Seigi
    Hey, Hiromi? I'm coming over today.
[19:15] Hiromi
    Sure, but I don't have anything here.
[19:18] Seigi
    That's okay.
[19:20] Seigi
    Listen... Was Grandma the one who named me?
[19:25] Hiromi
    Where did that come from?
[19:27] Seigi
    Just wondering.
[19:29] Hiromi
    It wasn't just your grandma.
[19:32] Hiromi
    I thought it was nice, too.
[19:38] Seigi
    I see.
[19:57] Richard
    Those are the results of my valuation.
[20:06] Seigi
    Thank you.
[20:07] Richard
    If you'd like, I'd be willing
    to buy that padparadscha.
[20:13] Seigi
    No, thank you. I have no
    intention of letting that ring go.
[20:16] Richard
    I see. I expected as much.
[20:20] Richard
    Now, I have another suggestion.
[20:23] Richard
    Why don't you work here?
[20:25] Seigi
    Me? Work here?
[20:28] Richard
    Yes. I'm planning to open a shop here.
[20:32] Richard
    It would only be weekends,
[20:35] Richard
    and you'd only be doing
    odd jobs and cleaning.
[20:37] Richard
    What do you think?
[20:40] Seigi
    Why me? I'm an amateur.
[20:43] Richard
    I know this is personal,
[20:45] Richard
    but my grandmother was from the land
     that produced the padparadscha,
[20:48] Richard
    Ratnapura in Sri Lanka.
[20:51] Seigi
    My grandmother's ring was made
[20:52] Seigi
    with a gemstone from your
    grandmother's homeland?
[20:56] Richard
    Yes. It's rather intriguing.
[21:00] Richard
    A gemstone mined in Sri Lanka was
    polished in Europe and ended up in Japan.
[21:06] Richard
    The Japanese might say this
    must be some sort of fate.
[21:12] Richard
    So, what do you say?
[21:13] Seigi
    I'd love to!
[21:24] Seigi
    It's so good! Did you make this?
[21:27] Richard
    This is real royal milk tea.
[21:30] Richard
    The rest is counterfeit.
[21:35] Seigi
    Come to think of it, this might be
    the first time I've seen you drink
[21:39] Seigi
    anything but water, Richard-san.
[21:41] Richard
    Guests aside, I'm not terribly accustomed
[21:45] Richard
    to being called "Richard-san"
    by my associates.
[21:49] Seigi
    Then, de... de Vul... d-de Vul...
[21:53] Richard
    Just call me Richard.
[21:54] Seigi
    What? No honorific?
[21:56] Richard
    It's fine.
[22:01] Seigi
    Richard it is, then.
[22:06] Richard
    I look forward to working with you, Seigi.