Houtei Yuugi

This train stops at all stations.

On the way, we will wait for the rapid train to pass at Shinmotomiya Station.

If you are in a hurry, please use the next rapid train.

(Passengers) Hey!

What happened? (Station Staff B)...Are you okay?

Please call someone! (Station staff B) Yes.

Are you okay?

Excuse me, please step back! Excuse me!

What is an "innocent child"...

Sorry (Fujikata Fujikata) Huh?

No way, tsk

You're in the way, tsk.

Huh... Okay.

Law School

Students who aspire to become legal professionals such as lawyers, prosecutors, and judges

Learn with the aim of passing the bar exam, the most difficult qualification exam.

aka law school

Average barely 5,000 hours

Seven basic subjects: Constitution, Administrative Law, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure Law.

Questions from elective subjects

Only 1,500 people nationwide passed the bar exam.

Hoto University with tradition and formality

25 law school students

I spend my days full of studying.

Only one person among them

Some students passed the bar exam while attending school.

The accuser comes forward.

Yuki Yuki Kaoru

Name and student number

（藤方）藤方賢二 Ｙ８ＪＢ１１２４

Then, please specify the crime that should be judged.

Lunch break

During the approximately 2 minutes from when I left my seat to get something to eat on the terrace to when I returned.

Regarding the case where the smartphone left on the desk was dropped on the floor and broken.

sue for property damage

Witness Previous

Name and student number

You were right in front of the seat I was about to sit in.

Did you pass by my seat on the way there?

passed

Mine is newer and prettier.

Maybe you got jealous and broke the screen?

There's no way you'd do that!

Part of the cover of Fujikata's smartphone was already missing.

Assuming the height of the table is approximately 70 cm.

Even if you just fall, if you hit a bad spot

the screen will break

The establishment of property damage as a criminal penalty...

The culprit is

I'm in this!

I can't find my smartphone.

I borrowed Fujikata's smartphone and called my own smartphone.

Eto and Azumi are on good terms, right?

You've said many times that you're annoyed with me, haven't you?

Oh

I name Takeru Anju as the culprit in this case!

I don't like Fujikata and I'm annoyed.

However, I maintain my innocence in this case.

Don't be silly!

Absolutely, because this guy is the culprit!

If there is no other evidence to prove the claim, the procedure will be concluded.

main text

Takashi Azumi is innocent

Huh?

In Fujikata's proof of claim

There remains reasonable doubt that Anju is the culprit.

What are you saying?

Therefore, the court will be closed here.

Hey! Wait, hey!

Don't erase it! Don't turn it off, you! Put it on!

Among law school students, perhaps to relieve their daily worries.

A game called the “innocent game” was becoming popular.

Good morning (Resident man) Good morning.

Good morning, I'll take it.

I'll take it.

Eggs and... Salmon

See you

Welcome.

Yes, good morning.

Good morning

good morning

This is a study session. (Student) Ah, thank you.

Good morning Seigi (Kiyoyoshi) Good morning

This is a study session.

Professor Kuga-kun Nakura Kura was looking for me.

Excuse me.

Yes.

It's half a year until the bar exam.

What do you think? How are you doing?

That's about it.

It's popular among students now.

Do you know the game?

Do you mean the innocent game?

Yeah.

Is Kaoru Yuki the mastermind?

Yes

Hmm...

“Report on the games the students are having using the cave on the premises.”

This is a message from the dean.

Sorry, I don't really understand.

eh?

I don't know much about it...

Don't you know?

Excuse me.

Yeah

“Yusuke Kita (48 years old), director of Kokoro Home, a child care facility”

“As if I cut you with a knife.”

“A 16-year-old boy admitted to the facility was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.”

“The boy admits the charges.”

This boy is Seigi, right?

There is a student who revealed my past.

I requested an innocent game to be held in order to identify the culprit.

Well then, let's begin.

Complainant comes forward

Name and student number

Kiyoshi Kuga

Student ID number is Y8JB1109

It seems like we have an unusual guest coming today.

Is it a nuisance?

No, the trial is a public place...

Do you know the rules?

Ask concisely

If the judge determines that the culprit is guilty based on the evidence and testimony, then the culprit will be found guilty.

If the person is found not guilty due to insufficient evidence, the person who brought the accusation will be punished.

Will Yuki decide whether or not the witness is lying?

no one can judge that

Isn't it the same in real criminal trials?

Yeah.

Please continue

Well then, let's start the trial.

First of all, Seigi, please specify the crime that should be judged this time.

In the study room, flyers exposing my past were scattered.

sue for defamation of reputation

What is the proof?

The paper found in the study room is evidence.

I would like to interrogate a witness to hear about the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the evidence.

Who will be the witness?

Mr. Orimoto

The witness is in front.

Name and student number

Misuzu Orimoto Y8JB1108

Does this flyer look familiar?

yes

Everyone in the study room had the same piece of paper.

I want to clarify how it was distributed.

This morning Orimoto-san

You came to the study room earlier than me, right?

yes

Wasn't this flyer available in the morning?

yes

Between the time I was called by Mr. Nakura and the time I came back.

There must have been someone who handed this out.

no

It was handed out while I was away.

No.

So does that mean it was distributed while I was there?

yes

What's wrong, scholarship student? Is it over already?

Quietly

Orimoto-san

What was originally printed here was completely different information.

That's true?

Yes.

What was printed here was

Information about criminal trial study sessions.

yes

This flyer is two sheets stacked on top of each other.

If you peel off the top paper, other information will come out.

Mr. Orimoto

You know who gave the instructions to remove the top paper, right?

Yes.

Good morning Seigi

Good morning

That person is...

good morning

My name is Kenji Fujikata.

yes

Names Kenji Fujikata as the culprit in this case.

Are you not going to watch it until the end?

Ah, that's enough.

“It was an appropriate training ground for developing practical criminal trial skills.”

I'll report that.

Is it okay?

I think it's an ethically dangerous game.

Unfortunately, I am.

Ambiguous things like ethics and morality

I don't trust you.

I would like to know where you got that photo.

Fujikata

Huh...

It was in the locker.

There was also a reward