01x07 - Episode 7

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He said that your name wasn't Hidaka.

Oh, Azuma took some comics.

Azuma?

Sakuya Azuma…

Who?

SAKUYA AZUMA

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He's not been reported dead yet.

What was the comic that Azuma took?

They looked like the manuscripts
that the late Towada had drawn.

Azuma had asked if he could have them
if they were being thrown out.

He said the main character
reminded him of himself or something.

What's Azuma's given name?

I'm not sure.
We've only ever called him Azuma.

Where did you meet him then?

I went to Amami.

His accomplice is Ku Shu Go.

But Ku Shu Go seems like a codename
that links them to the comic.

Couldn't Sakuya Azuma
be his actually identity?

Okay, let's get Ku Shu Go
and clear this up for sure.

-Show me your phone.
-Okay.

RIK-KUN ERRAND SERVICE CENTER

I get a job request.

Then, I send a message
once the job is complete.

Then, I get a message saying, "I've sent
the money," often during the next day.

And the photo
after you cleaned the numbers?

I didn't send it.

Does that mean Ku Shu Go goes to check

whether his request has been completed
at the bridge himself?

Yeah, I think so…

Hey!

What do you think you're doing, punk?

No way.

What's wrong?

It's nothing. Please go on.

That means,

if we wait for him at the bridge,
we can catch the guy.

Even if he does turn up,
how would we know he's Ku Shu Go?

About that…

It's the graffiti guy!

It was some guy. He paid me too.

Someone actually met Ku Shu Go!

UNIDENTIFIED BODY SEARCH

Is there nothing?

Next news…

Another body has been identified
from the Yamamura Building 1 expl*si*n

in Hachiouji City
that took place yesterday.

He was an employee working
at the travel agency in the building…

Mochizuki, did you get tested for COVID?

There are eight unidentified bodies still.

I should go.

What? To get tested?

I just had a cold.

Then, where are you off to now?

These are the unidentified bodies
from yesterday's expl*si*n.

The bodies are badly damaged.

Yes.

Could I check their condition?

Okay.

Hey…

I have plans later.

I could arrest you
for damaging the property.

I promise not to do it again.

Did he have
any distinguishable characteristics?

If he does,
we won't need him around, right?

Characteristics?

If I'd known that,
I wouldn't have called him in.

-Who is he?
-I'll tell you later!

Oh!

He had a mole on his right palm.

A mole on his right palm?

You can't spurt out lies
just because you want to go home.

I'm not lying!

I saw it as he was handing me the money.

I don't believe you.
Why do you only remember that?

Because I have a mole in the same spot.

Look, it's the same!

See?

There aren't that many people here.

Grab the old guys that come here,
and I'm sure it'll work.

Fine. You can go now.

Thanks.

Bye.

Not you.

Riku, Yamaki. Yamaki, Riku.

-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

He's still alive…

GEN TOWADA

Towada committed suicide,
causing a real mess.

No luck here. The owner's changed.

No one knew Azuma.

Really?

What's on your mind?

I thought I'd finally caught
the perpetrator of the Kanagawa case,

and Towada turns out dead.

I hope that Azuma guy
didn't also end up dead.

Oh, it's okay. Thank you.

Excuse me,
could I have a look at your right palm?

As I waited for Ku Shu Go,

I went through the comic again
more thoroughly.

The main character is a young man
who works as a cleaner.

He has such little presence
that people hardly remember his name.

He works hard but no one notices,
and sometimes, people put him down.

One day,
he is scouted by Mr. X out of the blue

as a cleaner who wipes out the evil
that escape the law.

To escape people's memories,
to go unnoticed by everyone,

is a talent of sorts…

That is how the man was given the codename

Ku Shu Go.

It means, "a man who doesn't exist".

"It's the perfect name for you."

And so… he cleans the world,

unnoticed by everyone.

He only leaves behind a symbol that says

"That person doesn't exist!"

He exists but doesn't…

Ku Shu Go is Sakuya Azuma.

Ayako! Ayako! Hidaka's here!

What?

That means he's still alive.

Is it possible that Hidaka hasn't been
able to contact Ku Shu Go either?

How can they be accomplices
if they are out of touch?

Okay.

Let's rile them up a bit.

Hold onto this.

Will we be okay?

If Hidaka is in a rough spot,
he might come join us.

Are you waiting for someone?

No.

Watching the moon again?

Yeah, I am.

The moon…

You can barely see it.

It's got its charm.

I see.

The moon's always there in the same spot.

Even if you can't see it, it's there.

What are you doing here?

Pretending to be a poet?

Who's Sakuya Azuma?

I've heard
that you've been using a fake name.

An innkeeper from Anami
called out to me on the streets,

asking if I was Azuma.

Hey.

Won't it be better for you
to tell the truth about everything?

Don't you think you'll also benefit
from doing that?

You've gotten very bold, Mochizuki,

but don't forget I can hand you over
to the police whenever.

I see.

Yes, you can.

Bye.

He's starting to panic.

DAD

Dad?

Hidaka's dad?

Hello? It's Hi-- I mean, Haruto speaking.

MITSURU HIDAKA

Have you been well?

Well, yes, I guess.

Yuna told me
that you've lost your memories.

I…

She told me you forgot
about the letter too.

By letter, do you mean…

I thought it was time
we had a proper talk.

Can you make the time to come home?

I'm getting close…

to the person who sent the letter.

To Ku Shu Go, to Hidaka's accomplice,
to Sakuya Azuma.

There's little left to go.

He's here but he isn't.

There's no such thing!

DEAR HARUTO HIDAKA

DEAR HARUTO HIDAKA

FUKUOKA CITY, FUKUOKA PREFECTURE

SUNRISE FOODS
FUKUOKA HQ

What about Dad?

Trouble at the factory. He's just left.

You can't see him till tonight.

Okay.

Let's go see
some memorable place from the past.

It might help you remember something.

Is there somewhere you want to go?

A place I want to see…

Is that not who you were looking for?

No.

Who are you?

I'm Senda,
and I'm a medical social worker.

A medical social worker?

We take care of unidentified patients
and look for their friends or family.

Thank you. That's a lot of help.

Do you have a photo
of the person you're looking for?

Unfortunately, no.

I see. Their name?

Sakuya Azuma.

Azuma is spelled
using the character for "East,"

and Sakuya is written like this.

But he may be using another name.

Does he have any prior
or chronic illnesses?

I heard he had pancreatic cancer.

Pancreatic cancer…

Do you know the medication he takes?

The medication…

I'll check.

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Again?

So it's true that we only eat bread
and milk while undercover.

We don't get money for food.

I hope Ku Shu Go turns up soon.

But don't you think it'll be scary
when he actually does?

I think so.

It said, "I'll be waiting on the bridge
by the school."

It's got to be here.

Hey, Haruto.

What'll you do
when you find who sent the letter?

I don't know…

Our undercover ended
without catching Ku Shu Go.

I SENT THE MONEY.
KU SHU GO

-Yuna, sorry. I'll be back. It's work.
-Okay.

What do you mean?

I told you to watch the place carefully!

Yamaki and I did our best!

But we still got
the "I sent the money" message.

Why didn't Ku Shu Go show up?

That was my third time
cleaning the numbers.

Maybe he trusts that I'll do the job
without any doubt.

But…

why you?

He picked someone different
to draw the numbers,

but he always gets you to clean it.

Doesn't that bother you?

Hey!

What are you doing?

I think…

not many people
want to clean up someone else's mess.

Isn't that why he'd hire
a contractor to do the job?

Do you think that's it?

Yeah, I do.

Well, let me know if you find out more.

See you.

I'm home.

Welcome home.

-Please move.
-What are you doing here?

Oh gosh.

Are you okay?

So…

Hidaka.

I think we're all looking
for the same person.

So, why don't we look together?

Riku.

Thanks for the concern.

I've found the medication
that Sakuya Azuma takes.

Torhinorm.

Yes, it's Torhinorm.

If you find anyone
that fits the description…

Yes. I'll wait for you to call.

AYAKO, HIDAKA TOOK THE EVIDENCE…

Is that really it?

What do you think you're doing, punk?

No!

What are you doing here?

Um…

Master, well…

You know…

Because I have a mole in the same spot.

What happened to your hand?

It got burnt.

Really?

Thanks.

We're looking for a 40 year-old Azuma
without any photos,

but it makes me suspicious
how little anyone knows.

Do you think Azuma might be dead?

Less dead, but more that he's in hiding.

Let's try over there.

Okay.

Is it around here?

Here it is.

Let's go in.

I guess this is Hidaka and his mom.

Welcome home, Dad.

It's been a long time, Dad.

Why act like a stranger to your dad?

Why didn't you say something
in the first place?

Sorry…

Oh! It's your favorite drink, Haruto!

Here.

Let's drink tonight.

I'm sure you'll remember everything
once you drink.

I guess this is what his dad's like.

You were of tremendous help.

-Thank you.
-Hey.

Why are you doing this job?

Did you get fired?

No.

He wants to be able to
survive on a deserted island.

You can't tell him that!

Who cares. He used to make a lot
working in a securities firm.

Is that true?

Well…

I volunteered once in a disaster area

and I was completely
and utterly useless there.

So I thought,
is it okay if the only thing I'm good at

is moving people's money
from here to there?

So I wanted to become someone who can
handle everything with his own hands.

You grew to be a good guy.

Right?

Not like us.

Do you think so?

But I wish there were more people
who thought like Riku.

People who work
with their hands and sweat for it

need to be rewarded properly.

Those who clean train stations,

those who collect the garbage,
those who change diapers,

those who look after the sick and elderly.

There are people who dirty their hands
for dull tasks that need to be done.

Those people need to be acknowledged
and rewarded properly.

Master…

What sort of life have you led?

You are really intense sometimes.

I told you before.

My life is pretty dull.

So…

Can we…

talk about this now?

Do I have to?

You do. Haruto is struggling
because of his memories.

Sorry.

This letter is from Sakuya.

Who's Sakuya?

Sakuya Azuma.

Your twin brother.

My twin?

What? He has a twin?

Does he have the same face as me?

No, they said you were fraternal twins.

"They said"?

Oh?

I'll start from the beginning.

We are not related by blood.

What?

I see you've forgotten that too.

I didn't know…

I met your mother
after she's already had you.

At the time, I was running
a small ramen stall in Nakasu.

I had no customers.

Then…

Ramen, please.

I was surprised
that such a pretty person existed.

When I served her ramen,

"Who serves such terrible ramen?"
was written on her face.

I thought she'd never come back
to the store, so I said…

Excuse me!

I'll give you free ramen if you come back.

I told her, "I'll work harder!"

From that day on, I went all out.

And because it was free,
your mother came in every day and said…

Ramen, please.

Ramen, please.

So I had no choice
but to work hard every day.

Luckily, I started getting more customers.

It was all thanks to Mom
that your stall flourished!

Exactly! Your mother became my goddess.

So I asked her to marry me.

After that,
things went along as time passed,

and my business got bigger.

Around the time the bubble economy burst,
your mother confessed

that you were actually a fraternal twin

and that you had a brother named Sakuya.

Why did she leave him behind?

When she divorced her ex-husband,

her mother-in-law said,
"Leave the oldest child. He's ours!"

Your mother did her best
to take both sons, but she couldn't.

I'm sorry, Sakuya.

I'm sorry…

I'm sorry…

The Azumas were a prestigious family.

Your mother was pretty,

but she had no parents, no education,
and came from the Amami countryside.

She came from Amami…

Did they get divorced
because of her social status?

There was an age difference as well.

With that said,

she assumed that you and she
went through the most hardship

and that Sakuya would grow up
comfortably within the Azuma household.

But after the bubble burst,
our situations changed drastically.

Mr. Azuma went into debt
and was chased by a man called Yomo.

A man called Yomo was k*lled last night.

Yomo… That's how they knew each other…

Things got rough for Azuma.

Your mother somehow found out about that.

So your mother and I
offered Mr. Azuma support.

We also tried
to take in your brother, Sakuya, as well.

Are you happy now to see me miserable?

What…

Are you here to tell me
that I can't even raise a kid on my own?

No! Of course not.

Get out! Leave! Now!

Go!

To him, it was nothing
but us gloating at him out of pity.

But Sakuya must have found out about us.

About a month or so afterwards…

we got this letter.

TO HARUTO HIDAKA

What are you up to?

I have a loose tooth.

Where's that thing?

In the second drawer.

Hey Haru, where did you get this letter?

It was inside my shoe closet at school.

I found it!

HARUTO

"Tomorrow at 3, I'll be waiting
on the bridge by the school."

Your mother must have had a gut feeling
that it was from Sakuya.

She went to watch you in secret.

It's not here…

What are you doing?

My tooth.

It just fell out.

Why do you need that?

I'm collecting them in a round box.

It's not here…

This isn't it, either…

Oh!

What about this?

Mine just fell out.

What? Just now?

-Yeah.
-Which one?

This one here.

It's the same as mine!

Whoa! Lucky. Here, have it.

It's okay.

-Is it a bit gross?
-No, it's not that.

You won't be
able to finish your collection.

I don't collect mine.

Really?

Really. You can have it.

Then, thanks.

What the heck?

You were standing on it.

You were standing on my tooth.

See you.

Your mother couldn't help herself,
so she called out for Sakuya.

Sakuya?

It's Sakuya, right?

I'm…

your mom.

I want you…

I want you to live with us, Sakuya.

Dad said he's going
to start fresh in Tokyo.

In Tokyo?

I just wanted to see my brother
at least once before I leave.

To see what he was like.

Your shoes…

Would you like to go get new shoes?

-I have to go home now.
-Hold on!

Use this to buy them.

And this.

This is my phone number.

Call me if anything happens.

Okay.

But I can't take this. Dad might get mad.

I'm glad my brother is so cute.

Bye.

That was the last time she saw him.

Did I…

not know that I had a brother?

I'm not sure.

Your mother and I never said much about it
but she was always thinking about it.

For a while afterwards, you said,

"I wonder
if the tooth-kid sent the letter,"

and "He had a mole on his hand."

It wouldn't be weird
if you had met him somewhere.

Um… How do you write Sakuya?

"New moon" and "to be"

is the meaning of his name.

SAKUYA

New moon…

THERE'S A NEW MOON TONIGHT.

YOU CANNOT SEE IT.

-Take care!
-Thank you!

Thanks.

Is the train still running?

I was hoping that I could…

Master, what's wrong?

Master! Master!

Master! Master!

Master!

It's the ambulance.
Please get out of the way.

We're leaving. One, two, three.

It's really cold tonight.

Dad seems well.

It might not seem like it,
but he cares about his health.

He's trying a lot of supplements.

He said that
he's the only parent we have left.

Is this rock from Amami?

Yeah. It's a lucky charm from Amami.

A lucky charm?

It's round, so it's supposed
to roll back to you safely

regardless of where it's been rolling.

That's the meaning of the charm.

It wasn't cursed?

Do you think Sakuya has one of these too?

Probably.

Good night, brother.

Brother…

I think I'm okay to arrive
at a conclusion.

Sakuya Azuma is Ku Shu Go,
the twin brother, separated at birth,

a criminal accomplice
in a series of cases.

And based on what I've found out recently,

Hidaka might be getting orders from Sakuya

to copy the murders
described in the comic.

Their lives went different ways,
as far apart as heaven and earth,

depending on which parent they went with.

Where did their paths meet again?

Is there a connection
that I don't know about yet?

SEARCH FOR REPORTED DEATHS

SAKUYA AZUMA

KANNA SENDA

Yes?

I might have found the Sakuya Azuma
that you've been looking for.

Really?

There's a patient who has used
the free medical care system

that matches your description.

The free medical care system?

It provides medical care
to those who can't afford it

or don't have health insurance.

Apparently,
the ambulance brought him in last night.

Which hospital?

What the heck?

What?

Azuma's full name is Sakuya Azuma?

Yes.
There's a record on Mochizuki's computer.

Kawahara, does that mean…

It means she's looking for him too!

SAKURASHITA HOSPITAL

Is this the place?

Yes.

There's been a m*rder
at Ikenakacho 3-chome 9-ban.

The victim is Yukihiko Kume.

He was the son of Masahiko Kume,

the president
of Pro Save Security Services.

Kume's son?

There are cigarettes in his mouth
and the phi mark is present as well.

From the state of the scene,

it's likely to be a part
of the serial k*lling.

Head over to the scene now.

SAKURASHITA HOSPITAL

Targeting people off the list…

is breaking the rules.

Sakuya Azuma?

Yes.

Have you ever heard of him?

Sakuya Azuma…

Azuma… Azuma…

I know him.
He used to be a cleaner, right?

Yes.

Do you know why he stopped coming?

No, I'm not sure.

But last time I saw him, he was
with this person who looked well-off.

Well-off?

Is this the person that he was with?

Didn't you say
you were going to Amami with them?

Yes! It's him!

I see.

So, Azuma was with him.

Because I have a mole in the same spot.

Look!

Mochizuki!

Where have you been, Mochizuki?

I'm sorry.

We found the perp's bloody fingerprint!

Here it is!

-Take a photo of it.
-Okay.

It's over.

TO BE CONTINUED