Woman of Maruho (Maruho no Onna / マルホの女 / Hoken Hanzai Chosain / ～​保​険​犯​罪​調​査​員​～)

Kashiwagi Natsuko.

Speciality: logical reasoning.

Extremely unyielding.

Extremely fastidious.

Tohno Aki.

Speciality: intuition.

Former female biker.

Equally unyielding.

Saeko!

Kuki Saeko-san is suspected of a serious crime.

Circumstantial evidence says she's guilty.

Apologise!

Apologise to my friend!

You really are a fool.

Who's a fool?!

I merely stated an objective fact.

I'm just trying to buy back a house that was taken by bailiffs.

Thanks.

Thanks to you...

I got vengeance.

You really hate losing, don't you?

I'll give those words right back to you.

This is a story of the wide variety of insurance mushrooming in modern society.

These two insurance adjusters battle against

those committing sophisticated insurance crimes, and attempt to uncover the truth.

Maruho no Onna English subtitles by Candylemon

I'm sorry for asking at such a late hour.

It's completely fine.

You've got an important seminar, haven't you?

Besides, we advertise

as being on call 24 hours a day in case there's a crisis.

Thank you very much.

If I don't see Ripi's face at least once a day,

I feel restless even at university.

I know how you feel.

Ripi is Masumi-chan's ideal husband.

I'll come back tomorrow.

Ah, if you like, shall I take you home?

It's getting late.

There's no need, I'll be fine.

But...

I'm worried.

It's just...

that story you told me about before.

I'll be fine.

Now that I've moved, I'm no longer being stalked.

I see.

Well then, take care on your way home.

Yes.

See you, Ripi.

Thank you.

Three days have already passed since the student Igawa Masumi-san

was killed on this spot,

but we still don't know the whereabouts of the man believed key to the incident.

One month ado, Igawa Masumi-san

moved to this building to escape from a stalker.

The only people who knew the new address were her family and the police.

How come this happens every time there's a case like this?

Why don't the police prevent it? Are they stupid?

Tohno-san.

There is only one way to prevent these things.

Please do not bring those greasy fingers of yours

within a 3m radius of me.

Oh-ho.

You're trying a restraining order?

But if I'm told not to do something, that just makes me wanna...

Freeze!

I'm telling you seriously,

if you touch me with that dirty finger

I will kill you instantly.

Oh~?

...And time for work.

You're such good friends.

You both know about the case of Igawa Masumi-san,

who was murdered by a stalker?

Of course, it was just on television.

We've been talking about it.

That's the case we've been asked to investigate.

She'd taken out life insurance with a stalker rider.

Stalker rider?

Is there such a thing?

It's a new insurance that's recently been developed.

In the case of damage by a stalker,

the legal fees, cost of moving,

cost of installing security cameras and such is paid.

This rider accommodates damages by a person

who has been certified as a stalker.

The insurance money paid is doubled.

So...

In Igawa Masumi-san's case,

she was subjected to persistent stalking

by Kazama Yosuke.

Masumi-san consulted the local police many times

about Kazama's relentless stalking.

In that case, surely the insurance would normally be paid?

Why do we need to investigate?

Ah, that reporter said it earlier!

She moved to a new address,

so how did the stalker know where she was?

Only her family and the police knew.

Right.

Whether intentionally or not,

if someone let the stalker know her address,

the insurance company will want that person to take responsibility.

To take responsibility?

Hurry up and take Masumi-san's parents the survey agreement,

and start this investigation.

If the parents leaked the information, they wouldn't have let a tragedy like this happen.

If the police leaked the information,

- this will be a nasty case. - Nasty?

After all, in all the world

the police are the people least willing to admit their mistakes.

That's true.

Oh!

A piece of crisp in a place like this.

Lucky!

You're so dirty!

You're as loud as the crunching of crisps.

- Makes me wanna do this. - Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

You're just like a stalker.

Huh?

Wanting to do whatever you're told not to do,

that's just like a stalker!

It's the psychology of wanting to chase someone who's rejected you.

You're the same breed as a stalker.

How rude. I wouldn't stalk anyone.

I've been stalked myself, though.

Huh?!

You had a stalker?!

A delinquent like you,

who can't do anything but violate the Road Traffic Laws had a stalker ?!

- I really did. - Who?

"Who"...

My classmate...

Sato-kun.

E-eat this, please!

Sato-kun adored me.

He used to bring me sweets, and bread, and juice,

every single day.

Thanks to him, I never had to buy food all through middle school.

Could it be, that boy Sato

had been bullied?

Well, he was originally.

But after he became my stalker, the bullying stopped.

He was my food service stalker, after all.

That's it, then!

In order to escape the bullying,

he offered tributes to you.

That would make you...

...his bodyguard.

It had nothing to do with any romantic feelings.

You can't call that stalking.

Bodyguard...

Eh? Wait, you mean...

he wasn't in love with me?

I'm sorry!

I'm so sorry to ruin the memory of your youth.

My deepest apologies.

A nerdy woman like you with no immunity to men

would be like a reserve army stalker.

Ah, did you stalk someone yourself?

If you're honest.

I was never a stalker.

I had one myself, though.

You had a stalker ?!

A pitiful person like you with a twisted personality,

who can't speak without sarcasm, had a stalker?

I really did.

Who?

"Who"?

A man from the same university,

called Onodamisaki, or something like that.

Eri no Misaki?

Um... You're Kashiwagi Natsuko-san, aren't you?

That's right.

Please have dinner with me.

No.

Such a quick answer.

That's a problem.

Huh?

Just dinner is fine.

Just the cafeteria is fine.

- Please! - No!

Please!

Even though I refused, he persisted.

But from where I was standing,

I could see his classmates hiding nearby.

He couldn't confess without cheerleaders.

What a pitiful man.

Wait a minute.

Hm?

If he really loved you,

saying, "Just dinner is fine", would be weird.

But that's what he said.

That's because he didn't really love you.

If it wasn't love, what was it?

The most likely reason...

...is a penalty game.

He lost a bet, and as the nearest unpleasant thing

you were the subject of the penalty game.