Perfect Blue (Miyabe Miyuki Mystery / パーフェクト・ブルー)

It seems that a letter was sent to your agency...

but a mail was sent to our show because there was no reply.

Hasumi Kouichirou? I'd really want to meet you and talk to you.

I'll come to you right away.

Shiina-san.

Why are you here?

I just happened to see you. Are you alright?

I'm fine. Thank you.

Exactly what was that car doing?

Kyoko-san!

Keep this a secret. I don't want to worry my daughters.

I got it.

What's wrong?

Did you burn it? - I'm sorry everyone.

He burned himself to a fry pan.

Really, that was so loud.

But it was really burning.

He said he wants to...

pick up a new job after work.

But this happened when I lent him my kitchen. - You're unexpectedly scatterbrained, aren't you?

You're the one to speak.

Falling from the stairs and spraining your ankle.

You're right.

Is your foot alright? - It'd fine.

The doctor made such a fuzz about it and even gave me these.

Shinya-kun, you're kind. Do you unexpectedly have some motherly feelings?

Master, I'll go home after cleaning the back. - Yes, good work.

Did I say something wrong?

I'm sorry. His home circumstances are kind of complicated.

Hello? Sis?

I'm sorry. I just went by the convenience store.

I'll be at La Scena in a second. Yes.

Masa, house!

I finished Kawaguchi-san's affair investigation.

Did you take some nice pictures? - Perfect.

Mimi-san, did you see the news this morning?

The place where this batter puppet got burned is close to the agency.

What's this batter puppet? - A tool to practice baseball.

A puppet with a bat for a pitcher to practice.

You're quite knowledgeable about this, Mimi-san. - My son's doing it.

I might look like this, but I love baseball.

Of course I've never played it.

My heart is swaying by just looking at the ball.

My name is Masa.

A former police dog.

But the person who found this must've been shocked.

I mean, a human shaped thing was burning.

This is the Hasumi Detective Agency, for and by women.

Today again, a woman in trouble is knocking on that door.

I'll go.

Thank you for waiting.

The master from La Scena told me about this place.

He's taking care of my son. - Your son?

I'm Morooka Shinya's mother Hisako.

I see.

We're also thankful to you.

What is your request today?

My son is being threatened.

Shinya-kun is?

No, his brother Kazuhiko.

Kazuhiko is currently a member of Tsuruwa Academy's baseball team.

This was sent to us.

Please.

Please find the person who's threatening Kazuhiko.

The fight of sportsmen isn't just limited to the matches.

Once you appear on the ground...

it's full of bad intentions where rules are useless.

Translation/Sync: Super Saiyan Big thanks to furransu

Shinya-kun's family consists of the client, mother Hisako-san...

and the father Saburou-san.

There's also the brother Kazuhiko-kun. The four of them.

Why is Shinya-kun the only one who left home and went to La Scena?

I heard this from master yesterday.

Shinya has an elder brother.

He will be appearing on Koushien this spring.

He's currently getting attention at the baseball club of Tsuruwa Academy.

He's the ace pitcher.

Compared to such an excellent brother...

it looks like Shinya-kun lost his place at home.

He ended up being a delinquent.

And upon agreement of the parents...

Master started to take care of Shinya.

I see. - So Shinya-kun is being neglected?

I didn't think of him a such a bad kid.

They fail as parents, don't they. - Really.

Guys, this is not what we should be thinking about right now.

We should worry about the victim Kazuhiko-kun right now.

Does Kazuhiko-kun know about the threats?

Yes, the other day from the room of Tsuruwa Academy's baseball club...

a batter puppet seems to have been stolen.

And it's the one that was burned in the warehouse?

This.

That's right.

From the contents of this threat...

I think the culprits are the same.

But Kazuhiko-kun doesn't believe that it's just a prank.

That's why the parents got worried and put in this request.

Why with us? Isn't it better to go to the police?

I told that too, but...

What if the media finds out?

It'll be a big scandal.

Tsuruwa Academy might be suspended.

That's why we want you to solve this in private without going public.

Well then, we have to be silent about this too.

Could you do this case alone, Kayoko?

Yes.

Up till now, we thought of...

best 16 of Eastern-Tokyo as a good place, but...

after Kazuhiko joined the club two years ago...

we made a big growth.

Thanks to that we even got to Koushien.

Only because of Kazuhiko-kun?

In high school baseball there are a lot of cases...

where you can win a game just by having a good pitcher.

Actually, in a game this summer...

we did a 'perfect game'.

A perfect game?

Excuse me.

A perfect game where the other team can't get to a base.

Wow!

He's an outstanding talent who appears only once every 10 years.

That's why, this year finally...

we managed to get to the long desired for Koushien.

We got excited, but...

The case of the stolen batter puppet, right?

Yes, it'd be nice if the morale of the staff members won't drop.

Can you think of anyone who'd resent Kazuhiko-kun?

Well...

He's the hope of our school.

I don't think there's anyone in this school.

Excuse me.

Coach. Renou Academy's Coach Ichiboshi came by.

Coach Ichiboshi? - Yes.

I got it. I'm sorry for having to go during our conversation.

Not at all. Could you show me the clubroom to end with?

Go ahead.

Sagara, show her around. - Yes.

This way. - Thank you.

Morooka-kun is a good pitcher, isn't he?

What did you want to talk about?

There's a rumor which says that it seems that...

there was a case where a batter puppet was burned.

It was just a prank.

But Maeda-sensei, you know about several years...

ago there being all kind of scandals at a champion school in this metropolitan area?

This is not just Tsuruwa Academy.

I think this is a problem in all of high school baseball.

I might be a little bit nosy, but...

it might be better to be aware of this crisis.

When did the robbery incident happen?

Last Sunday. It seems to be stolen while we were playing...

a practice match against Renou Academy at our ground.

How late? - Between 2 and 5 in the afternoon.

What are you doing?

Shinya-kun?!

Stop there!

Hello? - Kayoko?

Did you hear something from Shinya-kun?

Why?

I just got a call from master.

Shinya-kun did? - Yes.

I got a call that he wanted to take a break from work for a while.

Since then, I haven't been able to contact him.

Has this happened before? - No, this is the first time.

I wonder if something happened...

I saw Shinya-kun.

Where?

That is...

at Kazuhiko-kun's school.

Why there?

I don't know. He was discovered by a teacher...

and it looked like he was running away.

Come to think of it, I saw him too.

Where? - Near La Scena.

He got money from a young guy.

Is that perhaps...

this person?

That's right, this person. Who is it?

Shinya's brother.

So he's threatening his brother...

for money?

Shinya-kun wouldn't do such a thing.

You're right.

I'm troubled.

This is the last time. - I'm sorry for always, Tooru-san.

Excuse me.

Is there something?

I'd like to meet the adviser of the baseball club.

Who should I ask for?

I'm the adviser.

Is that so?

I'm Hasumi from the Hasumi Detective Agency.

I'm investigation the robbery incident that happened at Tsuruwa Academy the other day.

Robbery?

The batter puppet? - Yes.

Do you know who did it?

No, at the day of the incident.

This baseball club had a practice match with Tsuruwa Academy.

Did you see suspicious people that day?

That time we, the baseball club, were at the ground.