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.

Sakuragawa Masato, president of Sakuragawa Construction, died.

It wasn't President Sakuragawa who died,

it was the reporter, Ukai.

Apologise...

Apologise to my friend!

If that article were published,

not just Sakuragawa Construction but Japan's political world would be thrown into chaos.

My secretary has investigated.

The ones who guessed the truth were these two women.

It was that woman.

Kashiwagi Natsuko.

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

"Ya ku ni ku"...

Yakiniku? Good plan, I'll go with you.

Don't be silly. It's nothing.

We don't want to waste our overtime.

Ah, that's right, Natsuko-san...

I know the report's due today, but I've got some business...

No way!

The project this time was mostly your work.

All I did was help a little.

Besides which, isn't your "business"

just drinking cheap liquor with your friends?

You got me.

Oh~?

How pretty.

1.17 million?!

If I had 1.17 million, I could buy all kinds of things.

The one she's wearing looks expensive, too.

This is the wrong way to use money.

Hey...

Then, if you had 1.17 million, what would you use it for?

I'd save some, put some in the bank,

- and maybe save some. - You wouldn't use any.

Didn't you get rich 'cause you're good at not spending?

Or maybe it was from shady stuff.

Of course not.

Well, that upstart personality says you're definitely nouveau riche.

Eh... Am I right?

Not especially...

I see.

I wonder if I'll be lucky like that, too.

Don't be disgusting. You're making the glass dirty!

Let's go, let's go.

Come on, let's go.

Bye.

Several days later

The deceased is Kawai Mika-san, 29 years old.

She was due to get married in a month.

She and her fiancé Wada Kensuke-san, 37 years old,

had taken out 50 million yen life insurance payable to each other.

After that, Mika-san fell from the roof of a building and died.

Police's view?

There was a a suicide note, and no evidence of a struggle,

and since she had a motive for suicide

they've concluded she jumped.

A motive for suicide?

They call it marriage blues.

Mika-san had cancelled dress reservations eleven times with various shops.

Eleven!

That's not normal.

As you know, if the contract is less than two years old,

we don't pay insurance for death by suicide.

Accidents, incidents and illness are another matter,

but contracts have a legal disclaimer covering suicides within two years.

You want us to investigate even though we're not paying the insurance?

Her fiancé Wada-san stormed into the insurance company

saying, "It wasn't suicide, investigate!"

He's already signed the survey consent form.

This is them.

The suicide was this woman?

Isn't this that couple?

Ah, it's her! Eh?!

It's her from that time. She looked so happy.

I can't believe she'd kill herself.

You're as illogical as ever. It's laughable.

So you think she committed suicide?

I believe happy-looking people can commit suicide,

kind-looking people can be murderers,

and a former female biker can be a terrible judge of people.

"Terrible judge of people", huh?

I think I'm better suited to this job than you, though!

I want to see that simple brain of yours

that comes to the boil so quickly.

- Wanna see? 100 yen a time. - My! How cheap.

Hai hai, hai hai hai!

Now you understand the case, get out and investigate!

Please go.

- Sorry I'm late. - Hello.

My name is Wada.

Our condolences at this time.

- I'm Kashiwagi. - Thank you.

I'm her supervisor, Tohno.

Ah...

I'm Wada.

A company president?

Well, yes...

I manage this building, too.

Come in.

Yes.

Come through.

Is this door the only way out to the roof?

Yes, the emergency stairs don't reach to the roof.

The door was locked at that time, wasn't it?

Yes.

Why would she lock the door to commit suicide?

Perhaps so no one would interfere?

Where was the key normally kept?

The keys to all the buildings my company manages

were kept in a key box,

but it was low-security so anyone could take them.

I regret that.

The key was found in Mika-san's pocket,

and from conditions at the scene

the police think she took the key,

used it to get onto the roof,

then locked the door from outside.

Then she put the key in her pocket,

put down the bag containing her suicide note,

took off her shoes

and then jumped.

Where were Mika-san's bag and shoes?

Around here.

I'm sorry, Wada-san.

You go and rest somewhere.

We'd like to look around a little more.

Sorry. I'll be downstairs.

Right.

The situation looks like a suicide,

but Mika-san seemed so happy.

I just can't believe she'd kill herself.

Somebody killed her.

Eh?

The killer stole the key from Wada-san's company,

locked the door for secrecy

and disguised it as a suicide.

Disguised it as suicide?

But there was a note, too.

There is one answer.

We have to uncover the truth.

Come in.

I'm sorry. Intruding even into Mika-san's room.

No...

This was in the bag left on the roof.

The note.

There's also her organiser and phone.

Wallet and makeup pouch.

Mika-san was an architect, wasn't she?

Yes.

She worked for a firm called Kawashima Total Design.

Mika was a perfectionist,

and worked hard both at work and in her personal life.

Her room is flawlessly tidy, too.

It seems she cooked, washed and cleaned every day.

We heard Mika-san cancelled

dress reservations eleven times.

The police say that proves

Mika was suffering from marriage blues,

but Mika's favourite phrase was, "I don't want to compromise".

She just wanted the perfect dress.

"I don't want to compromise"...

But at last she'd found a dress she liked.

Beautiful.

Thank you.

She was really happy.

That day, what time did you and Mika-san part ways?

After 8 o'clock.

She had some work left to do, so she went back to the company.

Don't push yourself too hard.

I got the train back home.

Mika-san lied to you and went to that building.

At 9:07 pm

her body was found and reported.

In the end, even you

think Mika killed herself from marriage blues?

No, we don't think that.

What?

Actually, we were the ones in front of the shop that day.

Ah, from then!

We remember Mika-san's smile from that time.

She looked very happy.

We'll definitely find out what happened to her.

Thank you very much.

Excuse me, could I have a little look?

Of course.

Thank you.

You're thinking, "It's thanks to Tohno-san we were able to borrow Mika-san's belongings."

"What use am I?" and feeling depressed, right?

Well, you're only new. You'll know from now on.