Don't take Emiri...
Please don't take Emiri...
Where's Emiri?!
Are you her Mom?
We'll explain what happened. Please wait.
Emiri!
Mrs., calm down.
Are you Adachi Asako san?
Would you come with us to the hospital?
Do I have to?
Yes. It's painful for me to have to say this, but we need you to identify your daughter.
I refuse.
Mrs., please, even though she's dead she's missing you.
I refuse. I'm not going.
The Atonement
Final Episode Atonement
I see. Yes, I got it.
Yes, thank you.
Please keep investigating my daughter's case.
They couldn't identify the suspect from the DNA.
But Asako, I'll absolutely trust the police.
They will do their best, even though there are almost no witnesses.
That's not true.
There're actually 4 witnesses.
Why can't they find any clues about the suspect even though there are 4 witnesses?
They're just kids.
Just because they’re kids, even though they didn't do anything for an hour after Emiri was taken,
they told the police that they were too confused to remember anything. Is it excusable?
President, I got a call from the head office,
and they want you to check the new production line at the factory.
Should I tell them postpone it to tomorrow?
No, I'll head back to the office now.
Send a car here.
I got it.
Asako,
I'll be back by dinner time.
Everybody has to go home with somebody.
If strangers try to take you, don't go with them.
I repeat, everybody has to go home with somebody!
Welcome.
I was waiting for you.
Emiri would be very happy that you came to her birthday party.
Please come inside.
That's enough.
You four morons just keep repeating that you didn't see the suspect's face.
Because all of you are useless morons, the police can't arrest the suspect.
I won't forgive you.
Find the suspect for me.
Otherwise, you'll have to pay!
Until the crime is solved, I'll never forgive any of you.
You can't escape from your sins.
You better be ready to do what I've asked.
-15 years later-
Asako san, do you want information about the suspect?
His voice came from the radio.
Have you heard of the "Yuai Free School"?
It's the place where there was an arson case the other day.
A man named Aoki is the principal.
His voice was the same as that of the suspect from 15 years ago.
Aoki from the Yuai Free School?
Yes.
Don't worry. I haven't told the police about this yet.
Whether or not you'll get our revenge for Emiri chan,
It's up to you, Asako san.
All right.Thank you.
You're welcome.
Yuai Free School
Aoki san, can we talk?
Aoki san, what kind of school is the Yuai Free School?
Masayuki, eat your peppers.
Thank you for the meal.
You're welcome.
Asako, you seem to be in good health today.
Do I?
You have a nice complexion too. Are you doing anything special?
Nothing.
Then, it's very good.
Masayuki is going to be the same age as Emiri this year.
It's been a long 15 years.
Yuai Free School address
Asako, do you have a minute?
Asako, I don't know what you're planning to do,
But why don't we bring this to an end?
By any chance, are you Asako?
As I thought, you're Nanjo kun.
Long time no see you.
But why are you here?
I saw news about this school, and I thought it may have been you...
I see. But since my family name was changed, how did you know?
As you see, my dream has finally come true.
I always told you about the Free School I wanted to start, right?
But Asako...
Since you came all this way, why are you trying to run away from me?
Because you'll get into trouble?
I just wanted to know how you're doing.
Is there nothing we can talk about either.
I'm glad to see your face.
I see.
But don't you have a little time?
How about a tour of my school?
Let me introduce my wife, Suzuka.
Nice to meet you.
She's Asako san.
She's my friend from University.
I see.
Thank you for visiting him.
I'll make tea for you.
Please make yourself at home.
I got married 3 years ago.
Her family name is Aoki.
I married into my wife's family and took their name.
I see.
Are you surprised?
She looks a little like Akie... Doesn't she?
Since it ended so long ago, I tried to forget.
But it's not so easy.
Both Asako and Akie.
So many things happened back then.
That's right.
But after all of that, I did end up creating this free school.
Won't you congratulate me...
Aoki sensei, we're ready for gym class...
All right.
Sorry, I have a class.
Can you wait until I finish it?
And why don't you have dinner with us?
Are you Asako san?
Did you go to the same university as my husband?
Yes.
Do I look like somebody from University?
What?
He's never talked about the past.
But I understand.
Something happened during his university days, didn't it?
Well, no... Excuse me, I have to go now.
Leave me alone!
Asako, what did you come here for?
I don't think you came all the way here just to see my face.
I see, I got it.
You want to be with me again, right?
That's bullshit!
Then, what’re you after?
Did you come here to explain how Akie died?
Why do I have to do that?
Even though Akie killed herself just the way you planned,
don't worry, I don't have a grudge against you anymore.
I forgive you.
So, you also should forgive me.
Sensei, are you going to eat?
I'm going to town.
Are you going now? How about the meeting tonight?
I'll be back by then.
Did you kill Emiri?
I want to kill you too.
But I knew that this incident wouldn't be finished with such a simple revenge.
There's one more secret that nobody even you don't know.
Should I tell you?
If you knew this secret, your life would turn upside down.
I don't know what to do now.
But don't think this is it.
I went to see him.
The Free School's president?
As you guessed, he must be the suspect.
And?
Asako san, what did you do?
I was suddenly confused.
What?
What should I do?
I've known him for such a long time.
Really?
The present, Emiri, and my past are mixed up.
And I really don't know what I should do.
Although it may not be helpful to tell you about all this,
I want to know what you think.
I'm stupid aren't I.
So even Asako san can get confused sometimes...
By the way, I remembered some more.
The attitude of that man of 15 years ago...
He might not have chosen Emiri chan by chance.
I think that he was after Emiri chan from the start.
If so, the four of us couldn't have done anything to stop that incident.
Were we just bystanders there by chance?
Asako san,
We still did what we should've done.
It's your turn to do it.
Didn't you go to see him because of that?
The suspect behind the terrible fate we've all suffered...
Emiri chan's killer...
Please kill that man.
Asako san, that will be your atonement.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Isn't that the ring that you've kept so carefully all these years?
You told me that your ex-boyfriend gave that to you.
You remembered that?
Of course.
You said that it was a good memory of your University days.
Since you've kept this for such a long time, why don't you keep it?
Sorry for not having told you.
About what?
I ran into him yesterday.
At Yuai free school?
How did you know that?
That's all you've been searching for on the computer these days.
Since we share an internet connection, I can see what you're searching for.
That's right.
I won't ask you any more about this.
And we won't talk about this anymore.
Well, good night.
Darling!
You did nothing wrong.
I'm to be blamed.
Don't blame yourself!
Naturally I blame myself.
That man is Emiri's real father.
What?
There's no doubt.
I know myself well.
How could you...?
I'm sorry.
You mean that you kept seeing him after you married me?
Only once...
I'm not lying.
But that one time caused a huge mess.
Please forgive me.
No, it's not true.
Emiri is my daughter.
For me, that's the truth, and never talk about this again.
We're policemen. May we talk to your parents?
Mom is out, and Dad is working.
Then, may I see your Dad?
Dad, there're policemen.
I'm sorry. I have no idea about this kind of thing.
Don't worry about us.
What time will your wife come home?
I don't know.
We'd like to ask her more questions about an incident that happened that day.
We'll see her later.
Thank you for your hospitality.
Thank you for your hard work.
Adachi san, we'd like to hear even about little things.
Please tell your wife to come to talk to us if she has time.
I got it.
Excuse us.
Well,
I don't know if this is helpful or not...
What is it?
Asako should be at Yuai Free School.
And?
The principal is her friend from University.
Adachi san, do you know him?
No... I've never met him.
But I've been concerned about that man.
Yuai Free Fchool, right?
We'll investigate it.
No, I should say he is very suspicious.
He knows something about the incident.
And Asako is hiding something about him too.
I'm pretty sure of that.
I understand. Thank you very much.
Aoki isn't here right now.
No problem.
He said that if Asako san came here, he wanted me to give this to you.
Nanjo san, I love you forever. Akie
How come he has this?
Asako san, do you know something about this letter?
I kept that letter for many years.
But I lost it a long time ago.
Who is Akie?
She is my old friend.
By any chance, is that the lady who looks like me?
Yes.
Is that so...
How did he get this letter?
I have no idea.
My husband gave that to me the day before yesterday when he left here.
I've never seen that letter before.
Anyway, it's none of my business.
Please do whatever you like.
Baba san, check Aoki's whereabouts first.
All right.
Please wait!
You're Adachi Asako san, right?
Yes.
How are you?
I'm Moriya from Crime squad 1.. I'm in charge of investigating Emiri chan's incident.
It's nice to meet you.
Adachi san, why are you here?
You just hid something, didn't you?
No, I didn't.
May I check your purse?
We don't consider you a suspect.
But if you still have things you haven't told us about the criminal,
we have the right to know about them.
May I?
I'll check your purse, please follow me.
Aoki isn't home.
Understood.
Can we ask you to come to the police station?
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
Adachi san, you said that you had this letter originally, right?
Yes.
Then, why did Aoki have this?
I don't know.
I lost it a long time ago and forgot about it.
How long ago?
More than 15 years ago.
Was it before your daughter's incident occurred?
Probably...
You had this at that time, and lost it after that.
Yes.
I ask you frankly.
Does your daughter's incident have something to do with this letter?
Nanjo san, I love you forever. Akie
This Nanjo is Aoki, right?
Yes.
What about Akie san?
Her name is Kubota Akie.
She was a classmate from University.
Towa University, department of education.
Nanjo Hiroyuki was also your classmate.
Yes.
But isn't it weird?
This letter is addressed to Nanjo.
Yet you kept this letter until 15 years ago.
Can you explain what happened?
That's Akie's suicide note.
A suicide note?
She committed suicide.
Please come this way.
We've investigated about her.
As you said, Kubota Akie was pronounced dead at Shinjuku Center Hospital on October 13, 1985.
The cause of death was blood loss from slashed wrists.
The police concluded that it was a suicide.
But there was no suicide note.
Don't tell me, Adachi san, did you take it from the scene?
Akie committed suicide.
There was no doubt.
Why am I so sure of it... it's because I was there.
Were you?
She called and asked me to go see her immediately.
So, I hurried to her apartment.
When I arrived there, she was already dying.
Her bathroom was bloody.
If I called 911 immediately, Akie may have survived.
But I didn't do that.
Why not?
Because I hated her.
But even I hesitated at that time.
If a best friend was covered with blood in front of them, who wouldn't?
I accidentally found her suicide note on the desk.
Was that this letter?
Yes.
As I thought, she loved him.
I was overwhelmed with jealousy.
That was why you didn't call 911.
Yes.
I thought to myself, "I have to hide this note from Nanjo kun."
So... I grabbed that note... and before I realized it, I was on the road walking.
After all, I left Akie to her fate.
I see.
What kind of relationship was there between the 3 of you that caused so much jealousy?
We were classmates at the same University.
We always went everywhere together, did everything together...
We had a fun and fulfilling life until the 2nd year of our undergrad.
But one day, I suddenly realized...
Nanjo kun likes Akie more than me?
Can you keep talking over there?
After that day, I did so many things to break them up.
Of course, I acted like a good friend on the surface.
But every move Nanjo kun made towards Akie, and Akie's reaction, made me heartsick.
After all, I was mad with jealousy.
I took Nanjo kun by force, and slandered Akie completely behind her back.
As a result...
How did your relationship with Nanjo go?
It was the worst.
He was shocked and became a mere shadow of himself.
I was tortured by guilt every day.
But I didn't want to lose him.
We were bogged down.
But one day, I had an arranged marriage meeting.
And he was the son of a rich family who were executives of the Adachi Company.
I jumped at that chance.
I thought that I could forget everything.
He is your present husband, right?
Yes.
Still, how did Nanjo get that letter?
That's the mystery.
Yes.
Can you tell us the other half of your story?
This.
Didn't you go to Yuai Free School today with murderous intent?
Isn't it because you believe that Nanjo is the suspect in Emiri chan's murder?
Yes.
Can you explain why?
Somebody told me that she heard the suspect's voice from the radio.
Who is this somebody?
Ogawa Yuka.
She was Emiri's classmate and one of witnesses who met the suspect.
She told me that Aoki from the Yuai Free School had the same voice as the suspect.
So, I went to meet him.
And that was Nanjo.
Yes.
I haven't seen him for 25 years. Why Nanjo kun...?
I was surprised.
At the same time, I firmly believed that Nanjo kun has been obsessed about Akie for a long time.
He got her suicide note somehow, and after that, he was waiting for revenge on me.
Then, he killed Emiri chan.
Thank you. That was very useful information.
You can go home for today.
One more thing,
The details of Kubota Akie’s suicide that you told us about today have nothing to do with the police investigation.
Excuse us.
I'm home.
Welcome back.
I'll wait for you at the former Adachi company institute next Sunday. I'd like to hear your last secret. I also have something I want to show you.
Masayuki, come here.
Please be a good boy.
Be a good boy.
-15 years ago-
Did you bring the most valuable thing from your house?
Yes, we did!
This is mine.
Wow, it's beautiful.
This is my Mom's treasure.
And...
This letter.
I saw Mom hide this in a bookshelf.
What's inside?
I don't know.
I think that this is Mom's top secret that she doesn't want Dad or me to know.
Is it all right for you to take that?
It's no problem.
We'll just hide them for a week.
And it'll be fun to watch Mom freaking out.
She always so noisy, saying study study study. It serves her right.
Let's put them in it.
But if it won't open, what will we do?
This building used to be used as a training institute.
It's the perfect fit for your request.
Please come inside.
I'll check the generator behind the building.
It should still work.
Sorry, the generator didn't work.
What? Aoki sama?
Ah, so, what do you think of this building?
This will be good as a school.
Well, let me think.
May I ask one thing?
Yes.
Who is the owner of this building?
It's the Adachi Company.
Adachi Company?
Yes.
The owner must be Adachi san.
Yes, Adachi Toshirou sama.
Do you know his wife's name?
What? Ah, wait a second.
I think it's here.
It's Adachi Asako sama.
Adachi Asako.
Asako?
Nothing.
Now I know... I know everything.
Hurry up.
We should return them to our houses quickly, otherwise our Mom's will be mad.
What? How come?
My letter is missing.
Hurry up!
Emiri chan, hurry up!
As I thought, you came to see me.
15 years ago, I found a ring that I gave to you, and Akie's suicide note.
Why would someone put them there?
I don't know. It may have been your daughter.
Emiri?!
I thought that it was a coincidence.
But it wasn't. Akie made me come here.
That's what I truly believe.
I also was guided by Emiri to your school.
That's right.
However, I didn't get revenge just for Akie.
What else is there?
After leaving me, you got...
everything.
You got status,
wealth,
and a happy family.
But what about me?
I got nothing.
Absolutely nothing at all.
That's why I wanted to take as much from you as possible.
Was that why you killed Emiri?
Yes.
I must have been tempted by an evil spirit.
I didn't have to kill her.
It's too late!
You're not a human being.
You didn't just kill Emiri, you raped her too.
How could you do that to such a little girl?
If you wanted revenge, why didn't you kill me instead?
If I could have done it I would have.
Now, I'll tell you my last secret.
That's right.
Emiri's real father...
is you.
What?
You raped me and I became pregnant. That's why Emiri existed.
So, that's what it was.
Now, everything is clear.
Why I wanted her so badly...
Now, I got it.
That girl...
She was my daughter...
That was why, when I saw her face, I thought that I wanted to kill her.
Or furthermore, I wanted to rape her.
In other words, she is I.
Monster...
Thank you for letting me know that.
I feel much better now.
I have something I want to show you.
Something you really want but can't have.
Come with me.
Ah, it's strange.
Somehow, I feel very good.
I'll make your dream come true now.
Your revenge will be complete soon.
You won't be accused.
Asako, I hope you accept my last present.
Adachi san, what happened?
I pushed Nanjo Hiroaki onto the track.
I killed him.
Why did you do that?
Adachi san,
You didn't do it, did you?
What?
It was concluded after speaking with the train driver who witnessed the incident,
and the state of a dead body,
that Aoki Hiroaki committed suicide.
That's not true.
So, we can't arrest you.
You're free to go home.
Where should I go now?
How can I make amends?
Emiri, please tell me.
Was I wrong?
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