Destiny

I'm Nishimura, the prosecutor.

You have the right to remain silent if you don't wish to speak.

You were arrested for the crime of arson of inhabited buildings.

Please confirm. First, your name…

Place of birth, Yokohama. Currently unemployed.

Do you affirm these facts I've read as being true?

Is this all correct?

I first wanted to become a prosecutor during the fall of ninth grade.

- I was 15 years old. -I'm going now.

That morning, I left the house to go to school.

But when I came to a traffic light,

my body froze all of a sudden.

Shaking, premonition, a sense of panic…

Kana Kana, come here.

CRIMES OF CORRUPTION! FABRICATED BY THE PROSECUTOR

I rushed back home, and what I saw was…

I wanted to know the truth.

That was the sole reason I wanted to become a prosecutor.

What is this?

My aspiration has become a reality.

Now, I'm opening the door

to find out if this love is real.

Could I indict the one I love?

And could you judge this love?

SHINANO UNIVERSITY

I met him for the first time in the summer during my sophomore year at university.

Show me.

W-What?

Please.

-Huh? -Show me.

-What? -Your answers, so, I, can, cheat.

I can't flunk this.

N-No. Impossible.

I really need to do this. Come on.

Please! Please!

Just this once, that's it.

No, really.

Please.

That was the first crime

I ever committed.

I'm serious. You have beautiful hair!

Hey.

Hey, wait.

-Wait. -Don't follow me.

Look what I got.

You dropped this.

Thanks for the other day.

Because of you…

Ta-da.

REPORT CARD GRADES PASS, FAIL, PASS, PASS…

That's nice.

Law major?

-Yes. -Me too.

-Don't you know me? -No.

-Haven't you seen me around? -No.

-Hey. Stop that, Masaki. -You're rarely here, calm down.

-Here. -Thank you.

-You're Kanade Nishimura, right? -Yes.

I'm Tomomi Mori, I think we're both taking Social Security Law Studies.

I think so.

My name is Kaori.

Hey, have some manners.

I did kind of know those two.

Law students are mostly male so they stood out.

And this guy is Masaki.

He's probably in the same class as you.

What? Today's only the third time you came to school this year?

I do come to school. I just don't attend lectures.

It's just the third time you've attended a lecture, right?

That's right.

Why?

I'm not interested.

But you don't want to fail?

I don't care if I do or not.

What? Then why did you…

cheat on the test?

Because…

isn't it thrilling?

Don't expect a normal conversation with him.

He's kind of a scumbag.

There's something wrong with him as a person.

Am I that bad though?

-Isn't he? -He is.

But there aren't many scumbags out there today, so it's refreshing.

True.

Thank you very much for harshly complimenting me. Thank you.

-Give me. -Aww.

Hey, don't.

Tastes terrible.

-Who cares what you think? I like it. -How can you drink so much of that crap?

Tomo, Kaori, and Masaki were all the kind of people I had never met before.

Hey, stop it!

Is she his girlfriend?

No.

Probably not.

Hey, you want a drink too, Kana Kana?

Wait. Why are you calling me Kana Kana?

Huh? Well, because of that.

How long have you been using that? Since kindergarten?

Umm…

Hey, I've got a hunch.

-What?! -Yoink!

See?

Mm-hmm.

-Cute. -You look good.

Hey. Jeez.

There you are.

-I wasn't sure. -You're late.

Who's this?

Kanade. Isn't she cute?

Yeah. Cute!

In high school, I had made myself invisible after my father's incident.

I had nothing to lean on except for studying.

Being a serious student was my only strong point.

Introduce yourself!

But then I made friends.

-I remember that! -Seriously?

Kaori, Tomo,

Masaki, Yuki,

and me.

We were always together.

It was the first time I was enjoying my youth.

The meat is done. Here you go.

Come on everyone!

You burnt all of them!

I have one more left!

There are only vegetables left.

I felt like I could finally breathe in deeply.

Hey!

-Ahh! -Don't do that!

I didn't think the day would come when I could laugh from my heart.

Take that! And that!

Amazing.

It's so beautiful.

As if it were a painting.

It is…

Guess what?

I'm glad I chose this university.

Let's be friends forever.

Hmm?

Hmm?

Huh? Who just said something so unbelievably cliché?

You must have misheard. Or hallucinated.

I was serious!

I really thought so, so I said it.

Yeah, don't make fun of her.

Don't mock our… friendship!

You're ruining the sunset! You're ruining our friendship!

"You ruined it!"

Hey.

You know what? My father…

-Huh? -Your father?

What?

My father…

used to call me Kana Kana when I was small.

That's why my mother embroidered the name Kana Kana on my handkerchief.

My father…

died when I was in ninth grade.

I'm sorry.

We were living in Tokyo then.

He left my mother and me

and took his own life.

Suicide?

There was a lot going on at work...

Yes. Yes, I understand.

Am I the only one summoned?

He was a public prosecutor in Tokyo.

Prosecutor.

Yes.

Is that why you're a law major?

I wanted to take the bar exam.

After my dad's suicide,

my mom and I moved to Nagano where my mom is from.

But eventually,

rumors about my dad quickly spread.

I couldn't make any friends.

So I was always studying.

Even after entering university, it was hard to open up to other students.

I thought for sure the next four years

would be lonely again.

That's why…

I'm so happy right now, because you all are with me.

Sorry to burden you with heavy stuff like this.

But I'm glad I told you.

It's my first time to tell anybody about this.

Let's always be friends.

Forever.

For sure.

Kanade.

Hey.

All right.

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

Look.

My gratitude was genuinely from the heart.

And yet, the one who first betrayed us was…

TWO YEARS LATER

IT'S RAINING HEAVILY, I CAN'T GO OUT.

IT'S CANCELED FOR SURE.

What are they saying?