Legal High Special 2 (Rigaru Hai / リーガル・ハイ)

Director Akame's visit begins.

The stage 2-3 HCC (liver cancer) patient gets his chemo for the third day now.

The side-effects seem to be normal.

The liver- and the colon-patient can both be discharged.

- It's scheduled for next week. - It's all right.

Let them clear the bed.

Yes.

Today is his third treatment day.

Excuse me. He's very much in pain.

I have explained to you in detail that this is an effect of the medication.

Yes. We know that very well,

but couldn't we suspend the medication for once?

I don't mind. Shall we call the whole thing off?

Shall we stop it?

Please continue.

Okay. No problem.

After all, I'm the one who knows best about this disease.

It takes endurance to get used to this drug.

Yes.

And his vital signs?

Wake up, Jun-chan! Hey, Jun-chan! Jun-chan!

- That's dangerous. - Wake up, Jun-chan!

- Please stay away. - Jun-chan!

We did all we could, but

it was in vain.

- Are you insulting me? - No.

This is our sincere offer.

Eh? A young person was seriously injured

and you offer a compensation of 30,000. Is that your sincerity?

No. That's...You see, it wasn't as if one of our cars hit and injured someone.

It was your driver who arbitrarily entered the byway and ended in a traffic jam.

It was his fault that my client was in danger to miss the bullet train,

run down the stairs in a hurry, fell down, and broke their coccyx.

Even so... It happened inside the train station.

All right. Let things take their course, okay?

You arbitrarily drove the wrong way, didn't arrive in time,

and charged a saucy fare for that.

I don't know what consequences this will have.

A taxi company that seriously hurts its customers.

Shall we inform the whole world about it?

Wai...wai...wait a moment please.

Wait. Wait please.

Just a moment please.

What kind of lawyer is this?

Do you have any complaints?

Stop running after me!

A lawsuit...

I want to file a lawsuit.

I want to help hearing-impaired people.

I want to send them wonderful words.

With this in mind, Ishii-san became a sign language interpreter

and has been doing an admirable job so far.

However, no matter how exact your interpretation may be,

there is no perfection.

Even he might use the wrong sign now and then.

In case he was ill, felt dizzy, or fell into panic.

But he would never use sign language to trick people.

All his life he has been living with sign language.

Please take this as evidence.

After such a long time, his hands move of themselves.

Sign language is deeply ingrained in him.

Sign language is a part of his life.

That is all.

I, Isogai Kunimitsu, represent a partnership called OFFICE NEXUS,

which employs lawyers with a variety of capabilities.

This woman is one of them.

She's a member of the sign language association.

As for Ishii-san's sign language right now... Here is her interpretation.

Mayuzumi-sensei, could you please read it.

Come on, read it.

It's terrible. My back is itchy. Very itchy.

And I have to pee.

Give me 100 yen. Shrimp crab, shrimp crab.

It's terrible. A large shrimp is coming.

A large crab is also coming.

A lot of them are coming.

Shrimp crab, shrimp crab. Small shrimp, small shrimp.

Give me large 100 yen. My back is itchy. Very itchy.

And I have to pee.

Huh!?

Mayuzumi-kun,

it couldn't be helped, could it?

Well, boldly taking on even such hopeless cases is one of your nice sides.

Good luck for the future.

In case you decide to come back to our firm, you're welcome anytime.

Thank you.

By the way, how it is? His condition.

Is it that bad?

Mayuzumi-sensei, he's still rejecting surgery.

After all, there is a risk of 5%.

All day long, he has been staring at that tree.

"When the last leaf falls, my life will also be over",

so he keeps saying.

You! What have you done?

You won't die from an appendectomy. Hurry up and get that surgery!

How can you talk like that? There's a probability of 5%!

That's the probability some problem could occur. You should know that yourself.

Is there any guaranty that I won't belong

to these 5%?

An insensitive being with a body and mind of steel like you might not understand,

but the owner of a delicate spirit like me

gets extremly nervous by the thought of surgery

even if the success rate may be high.

You also lack understanding that this last leaf was a comfort to me

and deliberately chopping it off is equal to abusing a sick person.

Hurry up and glue it back on its place,

and I demand an apology for the emotional stress you caused.

- Hattori-san... - Yes

Before my appendix may rupture,

please call a nurse and let her put that abnormally violent person in an isolation ward.

Understood.

Hattori-san, can't you stay by my side?

Hold my hand until it's over.

I can do that only until the surgery begins.

Hattori-san, be my surgeon!

In all my former life, I have never practised as a surgeon.

Why? I still have my life-task to accomplish. My life-task is not yet accomplished.

I love money. Ah, I love money, I love money.

Stop making fun of me!

I'm the sharp-tongued, evil lawyer Komikado.

You'll wish you had not played games with this Komikado!

Hattori-san!!

Komi-komi, won't you eat a tidbit more?

Well, even the dull hospital diet is delicious if you feed me.

I'm so glad to have you exclusively for me.

We are also glad being able to take care of Komi-komi.

It's sad that you will be discharged so soon.

You could come to my house as my private nurses,

so there's no reason to be sad about my discharge.

There's so much you could do for me now.

Shall I tell you how much? Say, shall I tell you?

Say, shall I?

Komikado-sensei, the other side has appeared.

Could you come to the conference room?

Mayuzumi-kun, are we ready?

What is this?

Komikado-sensei is doing his visit!

- Really, what is this? - I always wanted to do this.

When I heard the story from his wife, I couldn't stop my tears.

How could such a terrible story happen, I thought.

She is not to be envied.

Letting her husband die, and on top of that

demanding she should bear the treatment costs.

It makes me frantic even now.

I would like to express our sincere condolence.

However, the treatment was appropriate.

- Appropriate? - Nakahara-san's cause of death was

heart failure due to chronic disease. We did all we could...

Oi, oi, don't try to throw dust in my eyes!

The very moment you gave him that medicine, his condition changed.

- This is evidently a case of medical malpractise. - Medical malpractise?

I won't discuss with you guys. Tell the director to come here.

The director is attending a medical congress right now.

Well, then get me some guy I can talk with.

We have perceived your opinion.

If you wish to go to law with this, please do so.

Eh? Talking so high and mighty?

If this comes to court, won't your hospital be the one in trouble?

No.

Well, since there are no more questions, let's do the rest in writing.

I'm eager for a big lawsuit for some time now,

so it's the perfect opportunity.

I must not get rusty.

Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.

I'm this hospital's legal advisor,

Komikado Kensuke from Komikado Law Office.

And I'm Mayuzumi Machiko.

Komikado? That Komikado Kensuke?

"That", you ask? Is it possible that you don't know

who, for example, reverted the death sentence against Ando Kiwa?

I am this Komikado Kensuke.

What's that?

Why did you deceive me by pretending to be a doctor?

Deceit is out of the question. This is a plain cloth, isn't it?

We both just happen to like white.

It's not that I want to take this to court.

If these people just showed decent regret...

Regret? How about that, Hirose-sensei?

I'm very sorry, but in medical practise an element of risk is inherent.

There is no way to exclude it completely.

That's just how it is, may it be ever so sad.

It's only enough for a standing bar, but please take a hearty drink.

There's no reason to hold back. Come on.

Sorry to molest you with such a boring task.

Scaring away a fly is really no hard work for me.

Once you put a good face upon such extortionate accusations,

they suck you out to the bones.

Mayuzumi-kun, you should memorize that well.

He's an extortionate racketeer called "Stray Dog". The lowest kind of lawyer.

Komikado-sensei, how can we thank you for this?

Let's see. In order to bring their testimonies into line

the nurses Nonomiya-san and Fujimori-san

should be dispatched to my house, don't you think?

Is that all you bring back?

It couldn't be helped.

They said they don't mind a lawsuit.

Then let's do it, I say.

I'm a racketeering lawyer.

I don't think I could handle such a big lawsuit.

If you really want to file a suit,