E1 - A Pleasant Occupation Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:09] Older Kyousuke     It's been ten years since     my best friend died. [00:13] Older Kyousuke     My dashing friend. [00:15] Older Kyousuke     My lying, mischievous friend. [00:18] Older Kyousuke     My quick-to-cry, steadfast in     fellowship, self-satisfied friend. [00:31] Older Kyousuke     A chatterbox and a show-off... [00:33] Older Kyousuke     he drank and loved women... [00:35] Older Kyousuke     A romantic sadist... [00:37] Older Kyousuke     A poet who could see farther than anyone... and... [00:42] Older Kyousuke     a genius of tanka poetry. My friend. [00:45] Older Kyousuke     Even now, shades of him     as he was linger in my heart. [00:51] Takuboku     Kyousuke-san? [00:53] Kyousuke     Yes? [00:55] Takuboku     It's me. [00:59] Kyousuke     What's wrong? [01:00] Takuboku     It's just... I ran out of cigarettes. [01:03] Kyousuke     Oh. I've got some extra. [01:05] Takuboku     That's a relief. [01:07] Takuboku     Sorry I keep bothering you like this... SIGN    Ten Odd Years Ago [01:10] Kyousuke     Right. Here you go. [01:11] Takuboku     Wait, I can just take two or three... [01:14] Kyousuke     Don't worry about it. [01:15] Kyousuke     I was thinking of quitting, anyway. [01:18] Kyousuke     Here. You can take these, too. [01:22] Kyousuke     Have you gotten used to things here? [01:24] Kyousuke     It's a lot different than Kushiro, isn't it? [01:27] Takuboku     This is the third time I've come     to Tokyo and I'm still a mess. [01:30] Takuboku     I'm truly ashamed. [01:32] Kyousuke     Please, stop treating me     like I'm a stranger. [01:34] Kyousuke     We're friends from the same     hometown, aren't we? [01:43] Takuboku     Isn't this Heine's Buch Der Lieder? [01:47] Takuboku     It must have been really expensive. [01:50] Kyousuke     I know I should give it up, but... [01:52] Kyousuke     I still don't want to leave     the world of literature. [01:56] Kyousuke     Still... It isn't as though     I have any talent of my own. [01:59] Kyousuke     I'll probably continue on as a teacher     and earn a living that way. [02:04] Kyousuke     In exchange, Ishikawa-kun,     you have true, undeniable talent, [02:09] Kyousuke     and, if you don't mind, I hope     you'll allow me to cheer you on. [02:21] Takuboku     "If there were a pleasant occupation [02:22] Takuboku     I could work at wholeheartedly, then [02:26] Takuboku     when it was finished, I could happily die." [02:31] Takuboku     Thank you, Kyousuke-san. SIGN    Woodpecker Detective's Office SIGN    Poem 1     A Pleasant Occupation [04:08] Takuboku     I really let you treat me to a feast. [04:11] Kyousuke     Yes. Tonight has been really fun, hasn't it? [04:14] Takuboku     Should we walk off some of this alcohol     by going up to the 12th floor? [04:17] Kyousuke     What? But, Ishikawa-kun, that way's the... [04:19] Takuboku     It'll be fine. SIGN    Jusshun SIGN    Nakamura SIGN    Gantsuki SIGN    Kohachi SIGN    Ogawa [04:32] woman     Oh, you silly, stop it... [04:33] man     Come on, Sayaka, just a little... [04:34] Takuboku     "Let me touch your hair, just a little...     an encounter at a teahouse." Right? [04:39] Takuboku     I'm sure that even now, [04:40] Takuboku     men and women in secretive relationships [04:42] Takuboku     are inside getting along very nicely. [04:44] Kyousuke     Right... [04:45] Takuboku     Look. [04:46] Takuboku     This one seems like a good one, doesn't it? [04:49] Takuboku     What do you think? [04:50] Kyousuke     Wha—Stop that! [04:51] Takuboku     Whoops! [04:54] Takuboku     Honestly. [04:56] Takuboku     It's been 40 years since Westernization. [04:58] Takuboku     We're supposed to be a first-class     power, and he's... Huh? [05:04] Kyousuke     Is something wrong? [05:05] Kyousuke     H-Hey! [05:06] Kyousuke     I-I'm not going in there, understand? [05:11] woman     Excuse me... [05:12] Takuboku     I just left something behind. [05:14] Kyousuke     Ishikawa-kun! [05:17] Kyousuke     Um... Ishikawa-kun? [05:21] Kyousuke     What are you... Oh... [05:29] man     You got a problem or somethin'? [05:32] Kyousuke     Will you stop this already? [05:37] Kyousuke     Huh? [05:51] woman     Yes. He just burst in... [05:54] Ooyama     Are you acquainted with the murdered man? [05:56] Kyousuke     Not at all! We just     happened to be passing... [05:59] Ooyama     Don't lie. [06:00] Ooyama     We have many witnesses stating they saw     you going around peeking into all the rooms. [06:06] Ooyama     You had a reason you were looking     for this man. Isn't that so? [06:09] Ooyama     Perhaps you were blinded     by jealousy, for example? [06:11] Kyousuke     W-Wait, just a moment, please. [06:13] Kyousuke     You're talking like we're suspects... [06:15] Takuboku     Now, now, Kyousuke-san. [06:17] Takuboku     It's standard practice in an investigation     to doubt the people they encounter. [06:21] Takuboku     I'm a poet, Ishikawa Takuboku.     Pleased to make your acquaintance. [06:27] Takuboku     As you can see, on the tatami near the body, [06:29] Takuboku     there are traces of blood being     dragged across the surface. [06:32] Takuboku     They were probably left when the murderer     tried to wipe blood off their hands. [06:36] Takuboku     Meaning that the murderer's hands     were covered in a lot of blood. [06:40] Takuboku     Now, look at this. [06:41] Takuboku     Even if I'd wiped the blood     off the palms of my hands, [06:44] Takuboku     blood under my fingernails wouldn't     have been wiped away so easily. [06:48] Takuboku     And, if I could just say... [06:49] Takuboku     The letter that was on the desk was     probably taken after the man was stabbed. [06:55] Kyousuke     Letter? [06:56] Takuboku     See? Just this one spot. [06:57] Takuboku     There's no blood spray here. Right? [06:59] Kyousuke     That's incredible, Ishikawa-kun! [07:02] Ooyama     That's enough. You're interfering     with my investigation. [07:04] Ooyama     Get out. [07:06] Kyousuke     Wow... [07:08] Kyousuke     Ishikawa-kun, the way you played     the genius detective back there was amazing. [07:11] Takuboku     It was nothing. [07:13] Takuboku     And unless I become a police detective or      something, it won't make me any money. [07:16] Kyousuke     No, really. [07:17] Kyousuke     Recently, a man named Iwai     Saburou opened a detective agency. [07:21] Kyousuke     It seems he's doing very well for himself. [07:24] Takuboku     Really? Is that so... [07:26] Takuboku     A detective, huh? [07:34] Takuboku     Now that I think about it... [07:36] Takuboku     detectives and poets     might have a lot in common. [07:42] Kayo     Ishikawa-san! I'm coming in! [07:45] Kayo     Come on, now. Hurry up     and put your bedding away. [07:49] Takuboku     What are you in such a hurry for? [07:51] Kayo     How many times do I have to tell you? [07:53] Kayo     I always go help with the emergency soup     kitchen at the church on the weekends! [07:57] Kayo     Take the tray back yourself, all right? [07:59] Kyousuke     Whoops! [08:01] Kyousuke     She seemed to be in quite a rush. [08:03] Takuboku     Something about distributing     emergency soup... [08:06] Kyousuke     Ah. [08:07] Kyousuke     There's a church in Koishikawa where     they're distributing food to the poor. [08:12] Kyousuke     It seems Kayo-chan is helping them there. [08:15] Takuboku     Really... [08:17] Takuboku     Well, what an admirable endeavor     from someone so small. [08:21] Kyousuke     Oh! Here it is! [08:23] Kyousuke     Take a look at this! SIGN    Suspect: Oguri [08:25] Takuboku     Hey, that's the guy I ran into. [08:28] Kyousuke     It seems he's the head clerk     of the Arakawa Mines, [08:31] Kyousuke     a man named Oguri Takatoshi. [08:33] Takuboku     Arakawa? You mean that huge conglomerate? [08:36] Kyousuke     Yes. [08:37] Kyousuke     The man killed worked at Oguri's     house, Hoshino Tatsukichi. [08:41] Kyousuke     For the last six months or so, Oguri had     been putting pressure on Tatsukichi, but [08:45] Kyousuke     unable to endure any more,     Tatsukichi refused him. [08:47] Kyousuke     This caused Oguri to fly     into a rage and kill him. [08:49] Kyousuke     That's what they say happened. [08:51] Takuboku     Really... [08:52] Takuboku     Speaking of which,     did they find that letter? [08:55] Kyousuke     About that! You're really     amazing, Ishikawa-kun! [08:58] Kyousuke     They said they found it in Oguri's garden [09:00] Kyousuke     along with the kitchen     knife used as the weapon! [09:02] Kyousuke     Though, apparently, Oguri keeps insisting     he knows nothing about any of it. SIGN    Kikunyuusha Milk      Newspapers SIGN    Milk Newspapers Kikunyuusha [09:08] Takuboku     It seems that those who set     their sights on literary goals [09:10] Takuboku     shouldn't simply sit on their     laurels and put on airs. [09:13] Takuboku     They need to have a noble spirit,     and at the same time [09:15] Takuboku     they need to understand     the desires of the flesh [09:17] Takuboku     or they won't be able to     create real literature. [09:20] Yoshii     Hmm... You think so? [09:22] Takuboku     Just leave it to me. [09:24] Takuboku     If it's for my friend Yoshii Isamu, [09:26] Takuboku     I wouldn't mind putting myself     through a bit or two of trouble. [09:29] Nomura     Speaking of which... [09:31] Nomura     I heard you happened to be at the scene     of that murder in the teahouse. [09:34] Takuboku     That's right. [09:35] Nomura     In the accusatory letter     the victim, Tatsukichi, left, [09:38] Nomura     they say he wrote that the Arakawa     mines are leaking poisons. [09:43] Takuboku     Accusatory letter? [09:44] Takuboku     You mean the letter they found     with the murder weapon? [09:47] Nomura     Yes. [09:49] Nomura     From what I understand, it could have been [09:51] Nomura     that a relative of Tatsukichi's     was a victim of the poison. [09:53] Yoshii     Still, with it being this big a story, [09:56] Yoshii     even those high-ranking officials     who have been bribed [09:59] Yoshii     won't be able to turn a blind eye to it. [10:03] Takuboku     So, Tatsukichi wasn't murdered because he     wanted to sever his relationship with Oguri... [10:08] Takuboku     it was to stop him from talking? [10:11] Nomura     Well, I don't know about that, [10:13] Nomura     but on the letter, almost     like he wanted to curse Oguri, [10:17] Nomura     there was a skull-like shape     in thick, dark blood— [10:20] Takuboku     Did you say a skull? [10:21] Nomura and Yoshii     Huh? SIGN    Just Like a Skull     Blood-stained Accusation Letter SIGN    Letter of Accusation [10:28] Nomura     Huh? [10:35] Takuboku     Excuse me. [10:37] Takuboku     Could I ask for a moment of your time? SIGN    Woodpecker      Detective's      Office [10:50] Ooyama     Was it you? You called me out here? [10:52] Kyousuke     What? No, I just... [10:54] Ooyama     I know you, don't I? [10:56] Kyousuke     N-No... [10:59] Ooyama     Hey! Tell me where we've met! [11:00] Takuboku     The other day. At the teahouse. [11:02] Kyousuke     Ishikawa-kun! [11:04] Ooyama     And who are you? [11:06] Takuboku     I apologize for requesting your presence      here when you must be very busy. [11:10] Takuboku     Remember? We met     at the scene of that murder. [11:13] Ooyama     Huh? And what do you want? [11:14] Ooyama     Using the military... I don't     need this kind of interference! [11:18] Takuboku     To be frank, [11:19] Takuboku     it seems that the suspect,     Oguri Takatoshi, has been framed. [11:23] Ooyama     Huh? [11:25] Ooyama     Don't be stupid! Oguri is the culprit! [11:28] Kyousuke     I-Ishikawa-kun? [11:31] Takuboku     Making an innocent man a criminal... [11:33] Takuboku     Letting someone who's     committed a crime run free... [11:36] Takuboku     All those signs point to     a miscarriage of justice! [11:39] Ooyama     You... [11:41] Ooyama     Are you calling me incompetent— [11:42] Ogai     Ishikawa-kun. SIGN    Oguri [11:44] Ogai     I am also quite a busy man, you see. [11:47] Ogai     If you have time for all that posturing,     then perhaps you could move things along? [11:51] Takuboku     My deepest apologies. [11:53] Ooyama     And who are you? [11:55] Takuboku     Excuse me for not introducing you sooner. [11:58] Takuboku     The army's surgeon general,     Dr. Mori Rintarou. [12:03] Ooyama     I-I apologize for my rudeness. [12:06] Ooyama     I am Ooyama from the Asakusa police station. [12:10] Kyousuke     Wh-Why is someone like him with you? [12:12] Takuboku     He's a colleague from tanka poetry circles. [12:14] Ogai     Well, I'm just being used,     willingly, as a herald of sorts. [12:18] Ogai     So, what are you planning to start here? [12:22] Takuboku     I promise I'll show you     something interesting, [12:24] Takuboku     so I do hope you'll stay to watch. [12:26] Takuboku     I won't take much of your time. [12:29] Takuboku     To that end, it's just     as I outlined over the phone. [12:33] Kyousuke     Huh? [12:33] Kyousuke     Oh, you can't mean... I said I understood,     but I didn't really understand... [12:36] Takuboku     Now then, Inspector. [12:41] Takuboku     I wonder if I could use the restroom. [12:48] Kyousuke     T-To think that this mansion belongs [12:50] Kyousuke     to the head clerk of the     Arakawa conglomerate... [12:52] Kyousuke     It's really quite impressive... [12:54] Ooyama     Hey. [12:55] Ooyama     What on earth are we here for? [12:57] Kyousuke     Well, you see... [12:59] Kyousuke     "The letter found in the garden with     the kitchen knife used as the weapon [13:03] Kyousuke     was stained with blood in a skull-like     shape," is what's written here. [13:07] Ooyama     You there. [13:09] Ooyama     Calling it a skull or whatever is just an     inflammatory phrase used by the local papers. [13:13] Kyousuke     Well... [13:14] Kyousuke     A-According to Ishikawa-kun... [13:16] Kyousuke     Given the way the blood sprayed the area... [13:18] Kyousuke     it shouldn't have pooled     on the accusatory letter. SIGN    Letter of Accusation SIGN    Letter of Accusation [13:23] Kyousuke     Which means that the letter     found in the garden [13:27] Kyousuke     might not have been the letter     taken from the scene. SIGN    Letter of Accusation [13:30] Ooyama     Don't be stupid! [13:32] Ooyama     Keep your wild delusions in check! [13:36] Ooyama     In addition to the fact that other servants     here heard the two of them arguing, SIGN    Letter of Accusation [13:40] Ooyama     the letter we found was definitely     in Tatsukichi's handwriting. [13:44] Ooyama     And, most importantly, [13:45] Ooyama     the knife found alongside it matched      the shape of Tatsukichi's wounds. [13:50] Ooyama     How do you explain that? [13:52] Takuboku     It's quite simple. [13:54] Takuboku     Tatsukichi's real murderer took the knife     that was the murder weapon [13:59] Takuboku     and a letter Tatsukichi had been     forced to write in advance, [14:02] Takuboku     stained them both with blood,     and tossed them in the garden here. [14:05] Ooyama     Who would do that? And to what purpose? [14:08] Takuboku     In order to make it seem like     Oguri had murdered Tatsukichi. [14:12] Ogai     Wait. [14:14] Ogai     In that case, what happened     to the real letter of accusation? [14:17] Ogai     Who did got rid of it, and where? [14:19] Takuboku     Most likely, Oguri took it     and disposed of it. [14:23] Ooyama     This is ridiculous.     It's all just your wild imaginings! [14:26] Takuboku     You there. Where is Oguri's study? [14:37] Takuboku     Try to imagine it. [14:39] Takuboku     Beside the body of a man     you had motive to kill [14:42] Takuboku     lies an accusatory letter. [14:44] Takuboku     What would you do, Kyousuke-san? [14:46] Kyousuke     Well... If it were me... [14:49] Takuboku     If it were you, Kyousuke-san? [14:51] Kyousuke     If something like that existed,     I would fall under suspicion, so... [14:55] Kyousuke     I'd hide it and take it with me... [14:58] Kyousuke     and then I might burn it     so no one would find out. [15:06] Takuboku     Crackle, crackle, crackle... [15:08] Takuboku     Ouch, that's hot... [15:22] Takuboku     Now then, all those gathered here, [15:24] Takuboku     the real letter of accusation is... [15:34] Takuboku     You see? It's right here. [15:41] Takuboku     Which means that the existence     of a person who would go to the trouble [15:44] Takuboku     of making a fake letter     to frame Oguri for murder [15:47] Takuboku     has been proven. [15:57] Kyousuke     Still... [15:58] Kyousuke     it's amazing that you knew     the burnt letter would be there. [16:02] Takuboku     It wasn't. [16:04] Kyousuke     What? [16:05] Takuboku     A man working as the head clerk     for a big company like that [16:08] Takuboku     would never be so inept. [16:10] Takuboku     He'd go somewhere it would never be found [16:14] Takuboku     and dispose of it there, of course. [16:16] Kyousuke     What? But... [16:22] Takuboku     I pretended to use the restroom, burned     some random paper, and left it there. [16:29] Takuboku     Luckily, the Yorozu Chouhou paper had     details about the way the letter looked. [16:35] Takuboku     These ended up being pretty useful, thanks. [16:41] Takuboku     The fact that Oguri is innocent [16:43] Takuboku     should be clear from the fact that     the letter found in the garden was a fake. [16:49] Takuboku     It's just that [16:49] Takuboku     I thought that stubborn inspector wouldn't     be convinced without some evidence. [16:54] Kyousuke     Honestly. You're just so... [16:58] Kyousuke     But in that case, [17:00] Kyousuke     who is the real killer,     and why did they kill Tatsukichi? [17:05] Takuboku     The real killer... [17:08] Takuboku     might be someone like me. [17:10] Kyousuke     What? [17:14] Takuboku     Aren't you getting hungry? [17:16] Kyousuke     What? [17:17] Kyousuke     Uh, no, I don't think     I'm particularly hungry... [17:21] Takuboku     I see. [17:31] Takuboku     My hometown... [17:35] Takuboku     "My hometown... [17:37] Takuboku     I long for its voices,     and at the train station [17:39] Takuboku     amidst the crowds of people [17:41] Takuboku     I go to listen." [17:47] Kyousuke     Ishikawa-kun... [17:49] Kyousuke     People like you... are usually     known as geniuses, right? [17:53] Takuboku     Not at all. I didn't compose that poem. [17:56] Kyousuke     What? [17:57] Takuboku     My friendship with you     allowed me to read it. [18:04] Takuboku     Huh? Is something wrong? [18:08] Kyousuke     Let's go. [18:09] Takuboku     Huh? [18:10] Kyousuke     Let's go eat something to give us     some stamina before we go home! [18:13] Takuboku     I see. Well, if you say so, Kyousuke-san... [18:17] Takuboku     They say there's a new place     with delicious beef nabe in Kodenmacho. [18:20] Takuboku     Let's try going there! [18:26] Kyousuke     Good morning, Ishikawa-kun! [18:28] Takuboku     Come in! [18:31] Kyousuke     The weather seems nice.     Shall we go for a walk or... [18:34] Kyousuke     This is... [18:36] Kyousuke     What are you doing? [18:38] Takuboku     Well, I let my rent get overdue, you see... [18:42] Kyousuke     What? [18:43] Kyousuke     But what about the money     I gave you the other day? [18:46] Takuboku     I'm embarrassed to say I used it     to repay a friend, so... [18:50] Takuboku     This is entirely due to     my own lack of moral fiber. [18:53] Kyousuke     N-No, but still, there's     no reason for you to leave! [18:56] Kayo     I do feel sorry for him,     but I was told quite firmly, so... [19:03] Takuboku     I can't allow myself to cause any     more trouble for you, Kyousuke-san. [19:08] Takuboku     I wasn't here for very long,     but thank you for everything you did. [19:19] Kyousuke     Just... please, wait here a moment! [19:25] Kayo     Honestly. [19:26] Kayo     How can you eat at a time like this? [19:29] Takuboku     A man who loses his composure over a trifle     like this should be ashamed of himself. [19:32] Takuboku     The lightly pickled cucumbers     and potato miso soup you made [19:36] Takuboku     really are superb. [19:38] Kayo     That may be so, but I'm still     charging you for them. [19:41] Kyousuke     Oh, thank goodness. [19:43] Kyousuke     You're still here. [19:47] Kyousuke     Huh? [19:48] Takuboku     It's a "not a last supper,     but a last breakfast" sort of thing. [19:56] Kyousuke     Please, use this. [19:58] Kyousuke     There's about 40 yen. [20:00] Kayo     My, my. [20:01] Kyousuke     No, it's just, I remembered     I had some money stashed away. [20:28] Kyousuke     Well... [20:30] Kyousuke     This seemed like the perfect     chance to let go of my regrets [20:33] Kyousuke     and dive into scholarship. [20:36] Takuboku     Kyousuke-san... [20:41] Takuboku     Even if I die... [20:46] Takuboku     I will never let anything bad happen to you. [20:54] Takuboku     Now that I think about it, detectives     and poets might have a lot in common. [21:05] Takuboku     "Thick clouds rise [21:06] Takuboku     Clouds rise forming fences     within fences, encircling my wife [21:09] Takuboku     Forming fences within fences [21:11] Takuboku     Ah, those innumerable fences..." [21:13] Takuboku     Thus, since ancient times when the god     Susano'o no Mikoto composed a poem, [21:17] Takuboku     poets have worked every day     to sharpen their sensibilities, [21:20] Takuboku     trying to catch the slightest of changes, [21:23] Takuboku     and turn them into poems. [21:26] Takuboku     It begins with the beauties of nature, [21:28] Takuboku     and carries through to changes in     people's clothes and mannerisms... [21:31] Takuboku     even changes in their expressions... [21:33] Takuboku     Amidst the trivial things     people pay no attention to [21:36] Takuboku     poets have discovered stories     and brought them to light. [21:41] Kayo     Hey! What are you doing? [21:44] Takuboku     I can't keep depending     on Kyousuke-san's money forever. [21:49] Kayo     Honestly. [21:56] Kyousuke     Ishikawa-kun, is that... [21:58] Takuboku     If someone who composes     and reads poems is a poet, [22:01] Takuboku     then what a detective reads     is a crime scene. [22:03] Takuboku     Shall we just say that, Kyousuke-san? [22:10] Older Kyousuke     "Quite the stylish name, isn't it? SIGN    Woodpecker Detective's Office [22:13] Older Kyousuke     'Woodpecker Detective's Office'." [23:37] Takuboku     Nothing beats a glass of milk     after a job well done, am I right? [23:40] Takuboku     By the way, Kyousuke-san... [23:42] Takuboku     There's a wonderful girl at Hananoya in Asakusa.     Won't you come with me next time? SIGN    Next Time: "A Red-light District Woman" [23:44] Kyousuke     I-I'm fine, thank you!