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

You know about the robbery at Taiga Bank, don't you?

Your objective was to take revenge on Todo.

Looking at it that way, it seems something other than money was taken from the safe.

It's about money that was supposed to be donated to the Pagram Republic

A 900 million yen slush fund list.

You had a fiancé, didn't you?

Koji was murdered!

Insurance adjusters are good for nothing!

I think so, too.

That's why I became one myself.

In order to know the truth.

Her body was found not long ago.

Could it be she was gonna tell you something?

A total of 900 million yen.

The money is being circulated through fictitious accounts.

This list is the proof. Secretary General Todo.

Don't worry.

Todo was just like a shrine we were carrying.

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

Ah, he turned.

Futaba-cho 2-2-22! All the same!

Are you okay?!

The target's escaping. Are you okay?

Why didn't you ride a bike? Ouch.

I don't have one, so I couldn't! Running saves money. See you!

You're not thrifty, you're stingy.

Ow... What was that for?!

- Sorry. - Sorry.

- Sorry about that. - Sorry about that.

Were you trying to save me?

Ah, you're hurt.

This much doesn't bother me.

Wait... Wait a moment...

Cycle insurance?

Yeah.

It's insurance for when you're hospitalised or injured in a cycling accident.

More people have been taking it out.

Road bikes are in fashion right now,

and more people have been commuting by bike since the earthquake.

No way... Bikes are impossible.

You spent the night at work again!

Must have been drinking until late.

No way she can investigate bicycle cases.

She fell off her bike and failed at tailing this time, too.

I just had a slight contact with the ground...

Just 'cause you're obsessed with numbers,

you forgot how to ride a bike.

They may say cycling is easy,

but I'm still not sure why it fell over.

The caster angle of the front wheels

is generally, according to the axis of rotation...

Ah~! Shut up!

Before it falls over, pedal!

That's all! Just shut up!

Stop it, you're getting dust everywhere!

Who didn't clean...

Eh? I was supposed to clean?

Fine, I'll do it. Can we get started?

Go on!

The subject for this investigation is the self-employed photographer Hirahara Koichi.

Rather than the insurance subscriber, he's the accident victim.

You want us to investigate the victim over their claim for damages?

Yeah.

A schoolboy on a bicycle collided with him a week ago.

He still can't move his right hand, and is claiming 30 million yen compensation.

30 million yen for a cycle accident?

A school kid caused an accident last year

where 95 million yen in damages was claimed.

And there's already been a 47 million yen case this year.

An insurance adjuster should know...

I don't want to hear that from someone

who uses the office as a hotel and creates limitless mess.

Do you have cycle insurance?

It's too late when you hit someone.

Don't worry, if I hit anyone it'll be you.

Just try it. I'll claim 1 billion compensation.

- Are you worth that much? - Listen...

Hai hai, hai hai hai!

Here are the details of the investigation.

A repeat claimer.

Hirahara has been involved in three previous bicycle accidents,

and received compensation for each.

The first and second times, he was hit by schoolchildren and got 15 million.

The third time was an elderly person, and he got 20 million.

The other parties are always vulnerable.

Looking at the situation, it's definitely suspicious.

The police and the investigators from head office

haven't been able to find any definitive evidence

- So now it's our turn to look. - Yeah.

First, we should speak to the person who hit him.

Unfortunately, that's impossible.

Hello, are you Kaneko Yukino-san?

Yes.

We spoke on the phone earlier.

I'm Tohno from Adjust Research.

This is my son, Yuta.

Introduce yourself. Go on!

I'm Kashiwagi Natsuko.

When the accident happened, he was thrown off his bike

and hit his head hard.

Kaneko-san, you took out cycle insurance

with a premium of 3,000 yen per year.

The hospitalisation payout is 6,000 yen per day.

The maximum liability guarantee is 10 million.

But the other party in the accident, Hirahara-san, is claiming 30 million yen.

I wish I'd taken out higher insurance.

Pardon me, but are you able to pay the 30 million yen...

It's embarrassing.

Since I split with my husband five years ago,

money has always been tight.

Please don't worry.

It's possible the investigation will lead to the compensation claim being withdrawn.

What's that carnation?

It's a Mother's Day present.

Yuta bought it with his limited pocket money.

He was on his way home when the accident happened.

Yuta-kun's kind, isn't he?

Have you noticed anything unusual about the accident?

What are you asking, suddenly?

Anything at all is fine.

Anything about Yuta-kun's character,

or about the situation of him riding. Anything at all.

Yuta has always...

been careful to cycle safely.

Yet he was cycling too fast and not wearing his helmet.

Don't you care about other people at all?

Don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth about the accident.

Why are you so fired up about it?

None of your business.

Oh~.

Hirahara-sama, since the compensation you've claimed

is expected be paid using the insurance money,

please cooperate with the investigation.

Okay then.

I'm sorry, but could you sign here, please?

I can't move my right hand.

That should be obvious.

Ah, I must apologise.

I can't work, either. It's a nightmare.

Could you show us the medical certificate from the hospital?

Hey, medical certificate.

Hello there.

The external injuries are just scratches,

but the doctor also tested the muscles.

But the medical condition is self-reported, isn't it?

Surely based on what you said, the doctor had no choice but to diagnosis?

You were quite far from home when the accident occurred, weren't you?

I'm a photographer.

I was taking pictures of the town.

Here you go.

Have you seen enough?

If you're going to investigate me, you should talk to the kid's parent, too.

The stupid brat was the one riding.

Hirahara-sama, putting it that way is...

You have had three such accidents before this,

and received compensation three times, have you not?

Looking at it objectively...

- Maybe I'm deliberately getting hit? - Precisely.

Sounds like you want to be sued for defamation.

I'd be delighted to take it to trial.

Are you sure you wanna say that?

I was on the right side of the road when I was hit.

The law says that bikes should be on the left.

However you look at it, that brat's the one to blame.

You seem very familiar with the Road Traffic Act.

When and why did you memorise the details?

For God's sake!

If you're gonna accuse me, show me some evidence.

Of course.

We will definitely find evidence.

Bath course?

Gimme a break.

Get out!

Don't touch me!

Donburi? You got carried away.

Hirahara Koichi-san, correct?

We'd like to ask you some questions.

Police?

Who are you two?

Insurance adjusters.

From now on this is a police investigation. Don't interfere.

What the heck? We've got a job to do, too.

- Aren't you getting carried away? - Huh?

There might be some detectives who cooperative with you,

but not us. Hurry up and vanish.

Vanishing is physically impossible.

According to current science.

- What was that? - Ah, now now, Fukami-san.

These people were here first.

I'm very sorry, but could you please go elsewhere?

Well, if you put it that way,

we have no choice but to go.

Detectives are so full of themselves!

You were very pleasant to the young one.

Shut up.

- This calls for a council of war. - Eh?

"Council of war"...