E11 - The Hour of Demons

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[00:06] Kyousuke
    I'm coming in!
[00:07] Takuboku
    All right.
[00:17] Kyousuke
    Are you writing another novel?
[00:19] Takuboku
    No.
[00:20] Takuboku
    Just getting ready for my
    poetry anthology... that's all.
[00:23] Kyousuke
    I see.
[00:25] Kyousuke
    Here.
[00:27] Kyousuke
    Seems there's been another
    unsettling incident.
[00:30] Takuboku
    How did I... used to write poetry?
[00:34] Kyousuke
    It seemed like they just came to you
    as you spoke them, but...
[00:39] Takuboku
    Oh, right.
[00:40] Takuboku
    I decided to take on a case.
[00:43] Kyousuke
    A case? You mean as a detective?
[00:44] Kyousuke
    You shouldn't push yourself
    too hard yet...
[00:46] Takuboku
    I can't just keep relying
    on you all the time.
[00:49] Kyousuke
    Please, don't speak
    as though we're not friends.
[00:51] Kyousuke
    So, what kind of case is it?
[00:53] Takuboku
    Well, it seems a child has been kidnapped,
[00:56] Takuboku
    but more importantly, the reward
    is an unprecedented 40 yen and—
[01:01] Kyousuke
    Is something wrong?
[01:02] Takuboku
    It looks like they've found
    another letter of accusation.
[01:06] Kyousuke
    Oh, yes. It's quite a tragic case, isn't it?
[01:09] Kyousuke
    For an important government official
    to kill a servant like that is...
[01:13] Kyousuke
    Is something wrong?
[01:15] Takuboku
    No...
[01:17] Kyousuke
    Are you all right?
[01:20] Takuboku
    Yes. It's nothing.
[01:22] Kyousuke
    You seem a little feverish.
[01:24] Kyousuke
    Is there anything I can help with?
[01:26] Takuboku
    I can't let you do that.
[01:28] Takuboku
    I'm sure you must be busy with your
     school lectures, Kyousuke-san...
[01:32] Kyousuke
    I told you, don't treat me
    like we're not friends.
[01:35] Takuboku
    Really?
[01:36] Kyousuke
    Yes.
[01:37] Takuboku
    In that case, would you go listen
    to the client's story for me?
[01:41] Kyousuke
    What? By myself?
[01:43] Takuboku
    Yes!
[01:43] Takuboku
    We've arranged to meet them
    at their place at 6 o'clock.
[01:46] Kyousuke
    You mean 6 today?
[01:48] Kyousuke
    Well, I don't mind, but...
[01:50] Kyousuke
    I mean, it's a lot of responsibility,
[01:52] Kyousuke
    and I'm not observant the way you are...
[01:56] Takuboku
    It's all right.
[01:58] Takuboku
    I'll go myself.
[02:00] Kyousuke
    W-Wait!
[02:02] Kyousuke
    It's really no trouble!
[02:03] Kyousuke
    If it's just listening to what they
    have to say, even I can do that.
[02:08] Takuboku
    Thank you.
[02:09] Takuboku
    The best thing to have
    really is a good friend.
SIGN    Woodpecker Detective's Office
SIGN    Kikunyuusha Milk
     Newspapers
SIGN    Milk Newspapers Kikunyuusha
SIGN    Poem 11
     The Hour of Demons
[03:47] Nomura
    What's wrong? Why the long face?
[03:52] Yoshii
    I'm sure it's just that
    Ishikawa-kun has thrust
[03:54] Yoshii
    some unreasonable demand on him again.
[03:56] Sakutarou
    Is something troubling you?
[03:58] Kyousuke
    Actually... I have a favor to ask...
SIGN    Asakusa Police Station
[04:06] Ooyama
    What is it?
[04:09] Takuboku
    I'm sorry to ask for you like this.
SIGN    Asakusa Police Station
[04:12] Takuboku
    Thank you for your help the other day.
[04:14] Ooyama
    Hurry up and tell me why you're here.
[04:16] Takuboku
    Actually, I wanted to ask about this case...
SIGN    Narita-ya
[04:23] Kyousuke
    This is... quite a large store, isn't it?
[04:27] Sakutarou
    I'm not going to speak
    a single word, all right?
[04:29] Kyousuke
    Huh?
[04:30] Sakutarou
    I have no intention of going to
     any trouble for Ishikawa-san's sake,
[04:33] Sakutarou
    and I'm not particularly good
    at this kind of thing...
[04:35] Kyousuke
    I understand.
[04:37] Kyousuke
    I've served as a detective's
    partner this whole time.
[04:41] Kyousuke
    I can do this.
[04:43] Kyousuke
    Excuse me!
[04:49] Ooyama
    You actually discussed this with
    Inspector General Mori, right?
[04:53] Takuboku
    Yes. Of course.
[04:54] Takuboku
    Please, feel free to look
    into it, if you'd like.
[05:01] Ooyama
    Hurry up and get this done with.
[05:25] Kyousuke
    So, you mean...
[05:26] Kyousuke
    You'd like us to look for your child,
    who was kidnapped a month ago.
[05:30] Kahei's wife
    Even if it's just the sound of wind,
    I can't help but think my child's returned...
[05:34] Kahei's wife
    I can't sleep at night.
[05:38] Kyousuke
    Of course you can't.
[05:39] Kyousuke
    Truly, I can only imagine...
[05:42] Kahei
    So...
[05:44] Kahei
    Will it be possible to bring our child back?
[05:46] Kyousuke
    I don't know.
[05:47] Kyousuke
    I have no idea what to do... None at all.
[05:50] Kahei
    Please, don't say that...
[05:51] Sakutarou
    May I ask a few questions, actually?
[05:54] Kahei
    Of course.
[05:55] Sakutarou
    Firstly, why haven't you
    taken this to the police?
[05:57] Kyousuke
    That's right! Let's do that!
[05:59] Kyousuke
    If we go to the police,
    everything will work out—
[06:04] Sakutarou
    Next, why are you only acting
    after a month has passed?
[06:09] Kahei
    Actually, since the beginning of the year,
[06:13] Kahei
    my son was the fifth to be kidnapped.
[06:15] Kyousuke
    The fifth? That's terrible!
[06:17] Kyousuke
    We really should go to the police—
[06:18] Sakutarou
    Kindaichi-san.
[06:20] Kahei
    All of the kidnappings have been from
    within the mutual aid association we formed
[06:23] Kahei
    between businesses in the neighborhood.
SIGN    Urata-ya
[06:27] Kahei
    The first one was the kidnapping
    of the son of the Urata-ya,
[06:32] Kahei
    but he came back in just two days.
[06:34] Kahei
    Next, the child of Mino-ya was taken,
SIGN    Mino-ya
[06:37] Kahei
    but in that case, the child
     returned in four days, too.
SIGN    Harada-en
[06:40] Kahei
    In the same manner, children from Harada-en
SIGN    Sudou-Shichibei Dry Goods
[06:43] Kahei
    and Sudou-Shichibei Dry
    Goods were also kidnapped,
[06:47] Kahei
    but although the period of absence increased,
    the children all came home safely.
[06:51] Kahei's wife
    My husband said our child
    would soon return, too,
[06:54] Kahei's wife
    but it's already been a month...
[06:57] Kahei's wife
    I couldn't just sit by and
     do nothing anymore.
SIGN    Gaiheikan
[07:03] Kyousuke
    And that's how it went.
[07:06] Takuboku
    I see. I do understand.
[07:10] Takuboku
    Kyousuke-san, you may be surprisingly
     suited to detective work!
[07:13] Takuboku
    Succinct and to the point. A perfect report.
[07:17] Kyousuke
    Well, maybe...
[07:18] Kyousuke
    But, with this, I feel like the weight
     has finally been lifted.
[07:21] Takuboku
    You've really been a great help.
[07:23] Takuboku
    When people speak of a "best friend,"
[07:25] Takuboku
    they must mean someone
    like you, Kyousuke-san.
[07:27] Kyousuke
    Oh, right.
[07:29] Kyousuke
    Is the preparation for the
    poetry anthology coming along?
[07:32] Takuboku
    No.
[07:33] Kyousuke
    I see.
[07:35] Kyousuke
    Well, this is you we're talking about.
[07:37] Kyousuke
    I'm sure they'll come out
    even if you don't want them to.
[07:41] Takuboku
    No, all that's coming out is my cough,
    with this change in seasons.
[07:44] Kyousuke
    Why don't you leave the detective work here?
[07:47] Kyousuke
    I really want to help you,
    but the responsibility is so heavy...
[07:51] Takuboku
    Don't trouble yourself.
[07:53] Takuboku
    This work is mine, after all.
[07:55] Takuboku
    I don't intend to entangle
    you in it any further—
[08:00] Kyousuke
    That ship has already sailed.
    I'll see it through to the end.
[08:04] Takuboku
    But that's...
[08:06] Kyousuke
    It's all right. Just get some rest.
[08:09] Kyousuke
    The truth is, I've started having fun with it.
[08:11] Takuboku
    Really?
[08:13] Takuboku
    In that case, will you go talk to the others
     who experienced the kidnappings?
[08:20] Yoshii
    So, in the end, you ended up
    talking with the client.
[08:24] Sakutarou
    Yes.
[08:25] Sakutarou
    Kindaichi-san kept sympathizing
    with the client, so...
[08:29] Nomura
    He really is hopeless.
[08:31] Nomura
    Though, that's one of
     the things I like about him.
[08:36] Yoshii
    At this rate, it looks like someone
    is going to remain a sacrifice
[08:39] Yoshii
    until the case is solved.
[08:43] Akutagawa
    Speak rumors of someone,
    and from the shadows...
[08:53] Kyousuke
    I was wondering...
[08:53] Sakutarou
    I really wish I could be of help, but...
[08:57] Yoshii
    I decline. I have no intention of
     working on Ishikawa-kun's behalf.
[09:03] Kyousuke
    Nomura-kun.
[09:04] Kyousuke
    I know this is a lot to ask,
[09:06] Kyousuke
    but as a friend from the same
    boarding school, would you help me?
[09:12] Kayo
    I've brought your tray!
[09:20] Kayo
    You gave up on your novel?
[09:23] Takuboku
    Did you want to read it?
[09:26] Kayo
    No.
[09:27] Kayo
    It's just that Tamaki-san
    was looking forward
[09:30] Kayo
    to reading it.
[09:41] Takuboku
    "That literary talent should be used
    for the benefit of society."
[09:45] Takuboku
    That's what Tamaki-san said to me.
[09:48] Takuboku
    Unfortunately, I have no talent for novels.
[09:53] Takuboku
    Though, I can't seem to write
    poetry anymore, either.
[09:57] Kayo
    Why do you write it?
[09:59] Takuboku
    "Why?"
[10:01] Kayo
    Tamaki-san told you to write a novel
    for the sake of the world, right?
[10:06] Kayo
    So...
[10:08] Kayo
    Why do you write poetry?
[10:30] Kyousuke
    Ishikawa-kun, may I come in?
[10:32] Takuboku
    Please do.
[10:39] Takuboku
    I've put you to all this
    trouble... I'm sorry.
[10:44] Takuboku
    And all I've got to show is this mess...
[10:45] Kyousuke
    Don't say that.
[10:47] Kyousuke
    I don't think of it as any trouble at all.
[10:50] Takuboku
    I feel much better for hearing that!
[10:52] Takuboku
    Looks like I'll be able to
    leave it to you to the very end.
[10:55] Takuboku
    So, how did the investigation go?
[10:59] Kyousuke
    Well, for now, I've collected
    everything I heard here.
[11:02] Kyousuke
    Before Narita-ya, four homes
    had cases of kidnapping.
[11:05] Kyousuke
    All of them were between
    the ages of two and three,
[11:08] Kyousuke
    and only Narita-ya's child was younger.
[11:10] Kyousuke
    He's only just turned one.
[11:12] Takuboku
    I wonder if there are other children
    among the association members.
[11:17] Kyousuke
    There are two other families
    with young children.
[11:20] Kyousuke
    The parents are worried
    their children could be next.
[11:24] Kyousuke
    It seems all of the children disappeared
    during the busy twilight hours.
[11:28] Kyousuke
    It really is the "hour of demons."
[11:30] Kyousuke
    Were they kidnapped by gods or spirits?
[11:32] Takuboku
    Spirits that hid people or lead them astray
[11:35] Takuboku
    are just folktales spread
     by aspiring onmyouji.
[11:38] Takuboku
    Though, moving forward, it's unlikely
    any other children will be kidnapped.
[11:42] Kyousuke
    Why do you say that?
[11:44] Takuboku
    The shops you investigated for me.
[11:46] Takuboku
    I tried arranging their names in
    the order the incidents occurred.
SIGN    Narita-ya Sudou-Shichi Harada-en Mino-ya Urata-ya
[11:49] Kyousuke
    Ura. Mi. Hara. Su. Nari...
[11:55] Kyousuke
    "I have been avenged!"
[11:56] Takuboku
    Which means that, with Narita-ya,
[11:58] Takuboku
    the perpetrator's strange
    kidnappings have ended.
[12:02] Takuboku
    But, you know...
[12:04] Kyousuke
    What is it?
[12:05] Takuboku
    If that's the case, why
    hasn't the perpetrator
[12:07] Takuboku
    send Narita-ya a threatening
    letter or something?
[12:11] Kayo
    Ishikawa-san!
[12:13] Takuboku
    Come in.
[12:15] Kayo
    Someone with a message
    from Narita-ya is downstairs for you.
[12:18] Kayo
    They've apparently received
    a threatening letter.
SIGN    Woodpecker
     Detective's
     Office
[12:27] Kyousuke
    "Put 300 yen in this purse,
    give it to one of the shop boys,
[12:31] Kyousuke
    and come to Nakamise-dori," it says.
[12:38] Nomura
    "Make sure the pouch is visible,
    and have him hold it in his right hand."
[12:41] Nomura
    How very detailed.
[12:45] Nomura
    This is... clove?
[13:02] Kyousuke
    They're late.
[13:04] Kyousuke
    It's long past six.
[13:08] Nomura
    We told him not to look this way!
[13:11] Kyousuke
    He can't help it.
[13:12] Kyousuke
    And he's in much more danger than we—
[13:14] boy
    Hey! Wait!
[13:24] Nomura
    That's why they put
    the scent of cloves on it!
[13:37] Kyousuke
    S-Someone...
[13:39] Nomura
    Hey! Stop that man!
[13:54] Nomura
    Calm down and come quietly!
[13:57] Kyousuke
    Very... well done...
[14:01] Kyousuke
    Nomura-san...
[14:05] Kyousuke
    You're...
[14:07] Kyousuke
    from Mino-ya!
SIGN    Mino-ya
[14:12] Nomura
    So, you're saying you were taking
    advantage of the kidnapping
[14:15] Nomura
    to extract a ransom, is that it?
[14:17] Mino-ya
    It was just a sudden impulse.
[14:19] Mino-ya
    Please, don't call the police.
    I'm begging you.
[14:22] Kyousuke
    But, you know... A crime is a crime.
[14:25] Kyousuke
    You returning this money to Narita-ya
    would be the proper thing to do here.
[14:30] Kyousuke
    I'll talk to them to try
    to settle things peacefully.
[14:33] Mino-ya
    Thank you.
[14:35] Nomura
    Well... That was a huge waste of effort.
[14:38] Kyousuke
    Oh. By the way...
SIGN    Narita-ya Sudou-Shichi Harada-en Mino-ya Urata-ya
[14:41] Kyousuke
    We lined up the first characters
[14:43] Kyousuke
    in the names of the shops
    that had kidnappings...
[14:45] Kyousuke
    Do you have any idea what it might be about?
[14:48] Nomura
    You're thinking someone had
    a grudge against Narita-ya?
[14:51] Kyousuke
    I'm not sure. We don't know anything yet.
[14:54] Mino-ya
    The proprietor of Narita-ya
[14:55] Mino-ya
    was keeping a mistress named
    Ochou—the butterfly—but...
[14:59] Mino-ya
    as soon as his wife became pregnant,
    he cut ties with her, is what I heard.
[15:03] Mino-ya
    Around spring of last year,
[15:05] Mino-ya
    I saw Ochou-san in front of Ryouunkaku.
[15:10] Mino-ya
    Her belly had grown big, and I believe
    she was selling candy sculptures.
[15:15] Kyousuke
    You mean she was carrying
    the proprietor of Narita-ya's child?
[15:18] Nomura
    Not necessarily.
[15:20] Nomura
    Ochou might have found another man,
[15:22] Nomura
    and the man from Narita-ya
    got angry and cut ties with her.
[15:26] Mino-ya
    I'm fairly certain that after that,
[15:28] Mino-ya
    Ochou-san was living with a man—
    Hashimoto—who runs a candy shop.
[15:31] Kyousuke
    And that's why she was
    selling candy sculptures.
[15:34] Nomura
    So, what is this Hashimoto doing now?
[15:37] Mino-ya
    Well...
[15:39] Mino-ya
    just the other day, he was killed.
SIGN    Narita-ya
[15:45] Kyousuke
    What do you think it means?
[15:47] Nomura
    Who knows?
[15:49] Nomura
    This sure has gotten complicated.
[15:56] Kahei
    My son has come home!
[15:58] Kyousuke
    Your son?
[16:00] Kahei
    Look. You see?
SIGN    Gaiheikan
[16:06] Kyousuke
    And so... here.
[16:10] Kyousuke
    The reward of 40 yen,
[16:12] Kyousuke
    and another 5 yen as thanks
    for his son returning safely.
[16:16] Takuboku
    This just doesn't feel satisfactory...
[16:19] Kyousuke
    No. It doesn't make sense.
[16:22] Takuboku
    The murder of that Hashimoto
    might be connected to this case.
[16:27] Kyousuke
    That seems unlikely.
[16:29] Takuboku
    Why?
[16:30] Kyousuke
    Apparently, Hashimoto was killed
    in a fight over a game of hanafuda.
[16:34] Takuboku
    How do they know that when they
    haven't caught the perpetrator yet?
[16:38] Kyousuke
    There were hanafuda scattered
    around the murdered Hashimoto,
[16:42] Kyousuke
    and they say he was holding
    the peony card in his hand.
[16:45] Takuboku
    The peony...
[16:52] Takuboku
    Can I ask you to accompany me?
[16:55] Kyousuke
    Of course...
[17:04] Kahei
    Why have you brought her here?
[17:07] Kahei
    The case has already been solved.
[17:09] Takuboku
    I know this must be quite
    an imposition on you.
[17:12] Takuboku
    But, Narita-ya,
[17:14] Takuboku
    if we left things this way,
    that would be even more trouble...
[17:18] Takuboku
    for the children.
[17:20] Kahei
    What are you talking about?
SIGN    Narita-ya Sudou-Shichi Harada-en Mino-ya Urata-ya
[17:26] Takuboku
    "I have been avenged."
[17:28] Takuboku
    You realized this before
    you came to me, didn't you?
SIGN    Narita-ya Sudou-Shichi Harada-en Mino-ya Urata-ya
[17:31] Takuboku
    That the perpetrator's
    primary target was Narita-ya,
[17:35] Takuboku
    and the other incidents
    were just preparation
[17:37] Takuboku
    for the prolonged kidnap of the main target.
[17:39] Kyousuke
    Preparation? What do you mean?
[17:42] Takuboku
    The kidnappings lengthened from
    two days to four days, then a week.
[17:47] Takuboku
    That way, even if there was
    another kidnapping,
[17:50] Takuboku
    you'd end up thinking your child would
    come home eventually, wouldn't you?
[17:54] Takuboku
    The perpetrator wanted to
    take the Narita-ya child
[17:57] Takuboku
    in a way that wouldn't involve police
[17:59] Takuboku
    and keep him close for as long as possible.
[18:03] Kyousuke
    Why would they do that?
[18:05] Takuboku
    The wife's child has just turned one,
[18:07] Takuboku
    and Ochou-san's child is 11 months old.
[18:10] Takuboku
    When you think of a one-year-old baby,
    what's the first thing that comes to mind?
[18:14] Kyousuke
    Huh? Well...
[18:16] Kahei's wife
    Do you mean toddling?
[18:17] Takuboku
    Exactly.
[18:18] Takuboku
    Ochou-san was waiting
    for her own child to start walking.
[18:23] Takuboku
    Why?
[18:24] Takuboku
    So that the Narita-ya child, who has already
    started walking, and her own child
[18:28] Takuboku
    could be switched in a way that
     seemed as natural as possible.
[18:32] Kahei's wife
    Th-That can't be true!
[18:34] Kahei's wife
    I mean, look! On his earlobe...
[18:37] Takuboku
    Come in!
[18:39] Nomura
    Excuse the intrusion.
[18:48] Takuboku
    Moles can be faked with tattoos.
[18:51] Takuboku
    And, in a baby of this age,
[18:53] Takuboku
    a little change in facial
    features wouldn't be strange.
[18:56] Takuboku
    Not to mention, they have the same father,
    the proprietor of Narita-ya.
[19:26] Kyousuke
    To think Ochou-san was also
    the one who killed Hashimoto...
[19:30] Kyousuke
    Ishikawa-kun, how did you know?
[19:34] Takuboku
    The card that the murdered Hashimoto
    was holding, the peony...
[19:38] Takuboku
    It was the last cry of a man facing death.
[19:42] Takuboku
    After all, where there are peonies...
    there are always butterflies.
[19:46] Kyousuke
    Oh!
[19:47] Takuboku
    I'm sure that all Ochou could
    think about was her son's future.
[19:52] Takuboku
    However, I think Hashimoto had started
    planning a blackmail plot for the future.
[19:57] Takuboku
    Ochou learned of it and killed Hashimoto...
[20:00] Kyousuke
    She loved her child, and she planned
    to entrust him to someone else,
[20:04] Kyousuke
    and on top of that,
    she took someone's life...
[20:07] Kyousuke
    Nothing went the way she wanted...
[20:09] Takuboku
    Speaking of which,
[20:11] Takuboku
    actually, while you were working
    on the kidnapping case like I asked you to,
[20:14] Takuboku
    I was pursuing a different case.
[20:16] Kyousuke
    Did you get another client request?
[20:18] Takuboku
    No.
[20:19] Takuboku
    This is a case that I, myself,
    feel I need to close.
[20:23] Takuboku
    What I was looking into was...
[20:25] Takuboku
    Accuser X.
[20:31] Kyousuke
    Don't you think you've done
    enough with that already?
[20:34] Kyousuke
    Take some time to rest.
[20:36] Kyousuke
    For me, you're...
[20:39] Kyousuke
    You're important, someone irreplaceable!
[20:58] Takuboku
    Kyousuke-san.
[21:01] Takuboku
    Kyousuke-san?
[21:03] Kyousuke
    Come in.
[21:06] Takuboku
    Morning.
[21:08] Takuboku
    How are you feeling?
[21:09] Kyousuke
    Well... Last night I drank far too much.
[21:13] Kyousuke
    I'm pretty embarrassed.
[21:18] Kyousuke
    You were able to write one!
[21:22] Kyousuke
    "Arrived in the world of pleasure
[21:24] Kyousuke
    my friend droops, teardrop-shaped
[21:25] Kyousuke
    waving his hand
[21:27] Kyousuke
    like a drunkard
[21:29] Kyousuke
    he speaks earnestly."
[21:32] Kyousuke
    This drunkard...
[21:33] Takuboku
    It is, of course, you from last night.
[21:36] Kyousuke
    That's horrible of you.
[21:37] Takuboku
    Forgive me.
[21:39] Takuboku
    I had an overwhelming urge
    to write about you.
[21:42] Takuboku
    Because that troubled look of yours,
    with you nearly in tears...
[21:46] Takuboku
    I wanted to see that scowl of yours.
[21:49] Takuboku
    The reason I write poetry
[21:52] Takuboku
    is to give those tiny,
    faint sparkles around me form,
[21:55] Takuboku
    because I want to capture them somehow.
[21:57] Takuboku
    And in the center of those sparkles,
    was you, Kyousuke-san.
[23:37] Takuboku
    Kyousuke-san.
[23:38] Takuboku
    Do you remember the day we first met?
[23:40] Kyousuke
    Why ask that all of a sudden?
[23:42] Takuboku
    People's memories are fleeting.
SIGN    Next Time: "Pale Blue Skies"
[23:44] Takuboku
    Please, remember me forever.
SIGN    Illustration: Saki Kaoru