Legal V (リーガルV)

Gosh. What a coincidence, Takanashi.

I heard about what you're doing.

I heard that you asked Aoshima to come here many times.

The prisoner himself confessed to the murder.

And there were many witnesses.

Why are you so concerned with this case,

which already had a verdict one year ago?

You're still good with words.

I'm in a rush.

The neighbour’s tree branches are growing into my place.

It's so troublesome.

How about discussing...

with your neighbour about this? - I live across the park.

The kids are too noisy.

I live across a university training center.

It's so noisy every night.

We must do something about this.

This time,

we've really become a law firm that's bustling with business.

It doesn't seem like we are earning any money.

Hey, Pochi. What are you doing?

I'm busy. Come and help me.

I'm sorry, Mr. Otaka.

I have something important to tell everyone later.

Something important?

It's about a murder case that happened in February last year.

Takanashi got disbarred because of this case.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

The prisoner said he had a sudden stomachache.

Hey, get in.

What?

It's a gift for you.

It's been a while since you've seen this kind of scene, right?

You haven't changed one bit.

Well...

I feel at ease to see that you're still alive.

Itaru,

did you lose weight?

You've become a man now.

Girls won't leave you alone.

No, there are no girls here.

You're right.

You want to come out soon, right?

Takanashi collected so much information for that case.

What kind of case is it?

Last February, at a park in Uguisudani,

Moriya Itaru killed Itsuse Toru who lived in Taito.

At that time, Moriya Itaru, who was worried about work,

was jeered by Itsuse Toru,

whom he never met before on the bench beside him...

that he was a useless person who doesn't have a right to worry.

Moriya committed the crime out of anger.

He was sentenced to nine years in prison.

He's currently fulfilling his sentence.

Since the facts of the crime are so clear...

there's no need to investigate further.

Takanashi believes that there's a story behind this.

What does she mean?

Does your sister come to visit you?

I didn't allow her to come.

But you want to see her so badly.

I don't want to trouble her.

She's not like me. She's talented.

She's working and also studying law at a night school.

So she's studying law.

Then I can provide her a lot of advice.

Why do you care about me so much?

I've always been concerned about your case.

You killed someone,

yet you act like it has nothing to do with you.

I feel...

that you're hiding something.

Can I ask you something?

Why don't you feel the need to atone for your crime?

Because he was a terrible man.

His death is a contribution to society.

Generally, would you make that judgement on someone...

whom you've only met for the very first time?

Besides, why exactly did you go to Uguisudani that day?

It's far from where you live and work.

That's not normal in itself.

Let's not talk about this anymore.

Go home.

I said go home.

He has already been sentenced.

Even if she says there's a hidden story...

But why did that materialistic girl accept the case in the first place?

I'm also curious about that.

Why would the money-hungry Takanashi...

accept such a low-paying case?

That's because...

Though she doesn't seem like it,

that's the type of person she is.

I was also saved because Takanashi...

defended my case.

Me too.

Shoko is so admirable.

I'm back.

What's the matter?

What's the matter? Everyone looks so scary.

What's going on?

We learned about the case from Pochi.

What?

It's okay. You have us.

Me too.

Well, I just thought it'd be faster if everyone worked together.

By the way, we have mail from the Bar Association.

From the Bar Association?

"We have ruled that former lawyer Takanashi Shoko,

who claims to be a law firm administrator,

is participating in illegal defense activities.

This is a warning."

Show me.

If she doesn't show sincerity in changing her ways,

they are considering shutting down the operations of Kyogoku Law Firm...

and impose penalties.

Shut down our operations?

I think we really infuriated Mr. Tenma.

This is way out of line.

Yes, it's way out of line.

I will have nowhere to stay if you kick me out of here.

Mr. Tenma, please understand.

Takanashi is just an administrator.

Is that really the case?

Does that mean Takanashi has never participated in any cases until now?

Yes.

Did you all do everything on your own?

Yes. - Is that true?

Well, Takanashi was once your subordinate.

Please look favourably on her.

Mr. Kyogoku, I have never accepted any bribes.

You should come to your senses.

She's just struggling uselessly because she wants her license back.

You've all been used by her.

If you want to continue your law firm's operations,

kick her out.

She's just an administrator, right?

It's been a while since we've been on a date.

I want to tell you something only you and I can know about.

I've been waiting...

for this moment.

I want to confirm with you.

A year ago, you took over Itsuse Toru's case from Takanashi.

In order to collect information for this case,

Takanashi made contact with Hanada Takeru,

who's part of the triad.

I'm a lawyer, Takanashi Shoko.

Yes.

Mr. Tenma told her off,

claiming that contacting the triad as a lawyer...

is dangerous.

This is for you.

Takanashi didn't stop the contact after collecting information.

Hey.

Ms. Takanashi.

What do you want me to do with this?

That woman has always used...

those kinds of tricks to increase her achievements.

Even if false testimonies were made against her,

the thing that she couldn't deny was this.

Afterwards,

she got disbarred and disappeared for one year.

Why do you...

care about this case so much?

Is it because of Mr. Tenma?

It's not...

because of Takanashi Shoko, right?

It's because of my ambition.

Speaking of which, will you help me?

Or...

will you tell Mr. Tenma about this?

You mean, this is only between us?

Next, I'll introduce the background of the victim, Itsuse Toru.

Itsuse used to be a member of a non-profit organization...

that provides poverty relief.

He does work that helps children in poverty.

Is NPO the group that Sakamoto Ryuichi belongs to?

Sakamoto Ryuichi belongs to YMO.

An NPO...

is a non-profit organization that exists for social welfare.

Such an outstanding person got killed?

That's not reasonable at all.

However, there's also a part of the NPO...

that the triads use to scam money in the name of charity.

The prosecution also investigated this problem before.

Is that why you investigated the triads?

I guess so.

In that case, stop investigating the triads.

Just investigate the organization directly.

I wanted to, but I couldn't.

It's like they had a gag order.

They wouldn't talk about anything related to the case.

Let's go ask those punks again then.

Hey, do you want to destroy the law firm?

Professor, how are things with Mr. Tenma?

He's serious about this.

He said if we want to continue the law firm's operations,

we have to fire Takanashi.

No, we can't do that.

But he wants to stop our law firm's operations.