[somber music playing]
[woman] Are you Aliza-san?
Nice to meet you.
Hi! I'm Mujina, the admin for the Aliza Community.
[Claire] Makiko is so messed up.
SHE'S RICH, YET STILL COMPLAINS
What the hell?
I tried sending messages,
and you just... aren't responding.
[cell phone buzzing]
- There's nothing else to say. - I wanna work this out.
- [cell phone continues to buzz] - What? During your date with that girl?
[Yuzu] Your girlfriend is waiting, so go on.
She's just a... a friend from university.
We are not on a date.
Yeah right! It's a date. Your nice jacket says it all.
No, wait. This is just the only...
the only jacket my mother didn't send to the dry cleaners, so I had to wear it!
So that's your excuse? Why not admit you're on a date?
And you thought what, huh?
What did you...
What did you want from all our talks?
[Shinji] The fire thirteen years ago.
You just reconnected with me to look into that night?
Nothing else?
Let me go, all right?
I was... genuinely excited to see you.
That girl must be lonely without you.
[Shinji huffs]
Why are you still following?
- It's because we're not done... - I have things to do, you know!
So I can just come on your errands then.
- Just get out of here already! - No way.
[whimpers] Why are you doing this?
What the hell is he thinking?
- [photographer] Yes, beautiful. - [atmospheric music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[photographer] Great!
[photographer] Just like that.
Hello?
Mujina-san?
She's the fan community leader,
and might just be someone close to Makiko.
[Claire] Thirteen years ago, on December 21st,
the day of the fire both women got together.
Makiko took her out to lunch.
So if we ask her, we'll find out about the way Makiko was acting.
[Anzu] And whether or not she wore that cardigan.
[inhales deeply] So now, that means Mujina-san's my new target.
[Claire] I found a hidden file on the laptop you gave me.
- The name "Mujina-san" came up. - What?
Back then, Makiko's diary was pretty dark.
- What do you mean "dark"? - I'm sending it to your email now.
Okay, great. Thank you.
- [atmospheric music continues] - [indistinct chatter]
CLAIRE READ THIS
MRS. MITARAI AND I BECAME FRIENDS. WE'RE THE SAME AGE. TWO KIDS.
SHE INVITED ME OVER. I GUESS I'LL GO CHECK IT OUT.
I PRETENDED TO SYMPATHIZE. NOW I'M HER "IMPORTANT FRIEND." LOL
ENVY WHY SO DIFFERENT
I HATE HER SO IRRITATING
IT'S SO HARD SHE HAS EVERYTHING
HOW UNFAIR MUJINA
MAKES ME SICK
THE MITARAIS
[whooshing]
[distorted music playing]
[camera shutter clicking]
[distorted tone fades]
[motivational music plays]
[woman] Oh, look. How awful!
[theme music playing]
BURN THE HOUSE DOWN
- [PA system chimes] - [woman speaking indistinctly on PA]
You can't talk to her or even see her.
She got worse, so she's got her own room instead.
[Shinji] Of course.
[Yuzu sighs]
SATSUKI MURATA
- All right. - [knocking]
Hello in there! It's Yuzu again!
Mom, how are you feeling today?
[Shinji] Yuzu's Mom.
[breathing shakily]
[Yuzu] It's a lot warmer today than yesterday, isn't it?
[Shinji's breath trembling]
[Shinji] So her memory loss, that was all true?
If you're that upset, then you shouldn't have tagged along.
It's just... your mother actually
saved me when I was still just a kid.
What?
I hated school a lot, so I'd sneak away,
and play instead, until your mother realized.
I called the school and said
that you were resting here since you were sick.
That's been handled, all right?
[birds calling]
Here.
I'm... not good at speaking to other...
other kids.
That's why my mother says I'm too slow.
She says I need to... work harder.
"Slow," huh?
That's my trouble.
I just wasn't able to talk to others, either.
[sentimental music playing]
If you feel like it's too much, please visit here again.
Come over and talk any time you'd like to, it's all right.
Okay?
From then on, whenever I snuck out for a day,
I'd... covertly go visit with her instead.
[Shinji sighs]
When your mother invited me in like that...
it felt like I was safe with her.
[Yuzu chuckles]
That sure sounds like her.
Now, my mother, she just isn't the same these days.
[giggles softly]
Every now and then, I... pretend like there never was a fire, and think,
"Would she...
say things to keep my spirits high like that?"
Or, "Yuzu... I'm here alongside you."
"Yuzu, good luck job hunting."
[chuckles]
Or just, "You look really nice today."
[breathes sharply]
[Yuzu sighs deeply]
[Yuzu crying]
[clicking]
[sinister music plays]
[Shinji] The only jacket my mother didn't send to the dry cleaners...
[gasps]
[Shinji] I'm sorry.
You look...
[breath trembling]
...down on us?
[Shinji] No, no, I... I don't, Yuzu.
- I wanna help you, that's all. - What can you do?
You and I are different in every way. [whimpers]
[Shinji] We're different?
You see, you're a student who meets with girls for dates,
And someday, your dad will even give you a hospital. Your life is easy.
I want... to study hard and earn it myself!
Not because I wanna take over the family business, either.
I wanna work as a doctor. I really wanna save as many as I can.
Well, go on, be a doctor then, go!
Use the Mitarai family's money and connections.
If you don't, I'll...
hate you forever.
[wind whooshing]
[sighs deeply]
I get it.
Goodbye, Yuzu.
[sobbing]
[door opens]
I ADORE YOU CAN'T WAIT TILL THE RELEASE
SO PRETTY WITH TWO KIDS WISH I WERE YOU
I'm home.
Oh, hi honey.
Hey, take off that jacket, and I'll get it dry-cleaned for you.
How did your day go?
- Did your friend from school and you... - No, Mother, don't worry.
Now, I'll...
I'll be studying even more than ever.
[Makiko sighs]
Good. That's so great.
[Anzu reading] "Why do people have all these desires?"
I CAN'T REPRESS MY DESIRE ANYMORE.
"Desire for money, desire for approval, materialistic desires."
[pensive music playing]
"I'm even stealing from someone, all to pretend I'm someone else."
"I know it's wrong, but still,
I can't stop myself."
"If I can become what I always wanted,
then I can swallow my jealousy."
WHAT HAPPENED? I'LL BE AT THE NEARBY CAFÉ TILL EARLY EVENING.
[Shinji] I'm sorry about today. We'll talk later at school.
[Nanami] No, it's okay! I'll see you in study hall on Monday.
That shithead.
[man] I made you wait, I'm sorry!
- [squeals] Hm? Sorry, I... - [man chuckles]
- ...called so suddenly. I wanted to see you. - Aw.
[Anzu reading] "I can keep feeding my vanity."
[Makiko's voice overlapping Anzu's] "Please... just let me live...
[Makiko] ...your life.
Give it to me."
[car indicator ticking]
ANGEL BABY - SO HAPPY I FINALLY REPLACED MY OLD WALLET
SUSHI WITH TODAY'S SUGAR DADDY HIS TREAT
MAKIKO MITARAI - HOMEMAKER/AMATEUR MODEL FOR SHINE MAGAZINE - MOTHER OF TWO SONS
[rain pouring]
I can already taste it.
[ominous music playing]
All that money sitting right there.
[ominous music ends]
Thanks, Nanami.
You didn't have to.
You don't seem well, Shinji.
I'm fine. Just a little feverish, still.
Oh.
Uh, I'm sorry. It seems I misjudged. I can go if you'd rather.
Oh, no, not at all. Thank you.
Oh.
Ah, you said no one was home with you today,
so how does udon sound?
- [Shinji] Wow. - Can I use your kitchen to make it?
- Oh, go ahead. - [Nanami] Thanks.
[exhales]
Thank you for waiting, Shinji.
[Nanami inhales]
[breathing excitedly]
[door opens]
[sinister music plays]
[yelps, gasps]
Oh, I'm so sorry. [breath trembling]
Uh, nice to meet you.
I'm Shinji's school friend, Katsuragi Nanami, ma'am, and I...
[inhales deeply]
...came to see Shinji. I heard he's sick.
Is that so?
Thank you.
[Shinji] Huh? Mom?
But your work, er...
I was just so worried about you that I had to check in.
- [Shinji exhales] - My goodness, you're ill.
Just go and rest awhile.
- [mumbles] Um, but I... - [Makiko] Go on.
Oh, uh-huh.
[Shinji sighs]
Aw! [chuckles]
[Shinji exhales]
And this? You cooked this for Shinji?
I did. I'm sorry I used your kitchen like that.
I'll take this up to Shinji, but thanks so much.
Uh, I'm sure...
[breathes deeply]
...I'll happily deliver it.
- And I need to talk to him today anyway. - [serving platter creaks]
Katsuragi-san, is Shinji your little crush now?
Yes. He is.
You're lying.
What?
I've seen plenty like you.
Modeling is just plagued with girls like you.
They act innocent and selfless like that,
and yet, their greed and their hunger just burst out their eyes, you see.
Listen,
I don't want you to think the Mitarai estate will ever
grant you anything, whatever Shinji feels.
Furthermore, my son is no longer available to you from now on, all right?
This sucks.
[Nanami sighs]
[breathes deeply]
[unzipping]
[sighs fretfully]
Shinji was always saying these sorts of things.
"My mother's so awful, I really can't stand her in the slightest."
Now, I see what Shinji really meant when he said that about you.
Is that it?
[Nanami inhales deeply]
My real impression of you was that
Makiko-san's cute interviews are just made-up little stories and nothing else.
"Greed and hunger just bursting out of her eyes?"
You're like that too, right?
Because you made Mitarai-san your target
a while ago, didn't you?
[inhales deeply]
If so, I really don't think you have a leg to stand on in that area.
So don't go on resenting me, you psychopath, 'kay?
An amusing little girl, aren't you, huh?
[inhales sharply] Now then,
I'll return the favor of your honesty.
All the interviews are completely untrue.
Those things I say, it's what they want from me.
And if it's for money, I'll do anything at all.
Once it's mine, I can't be stopped, understand?
The entire world will admire the ideal wife and mother
that I constructed for them all!
And you think you can take on that role?
[Makiko] Up until now, you've been using your baby face,
your charm, and suggestive manner to your advantage.
Getting little gifts from men like this, haven't you?
Once you get what you want from men like that,
men always expect something in return...
[shouts]...and you run away, don't you?
[Nanami breathing shakily]
I guess you and I are different after all.
So you will not enter this house ever again!
[exhales]
[breathing shakily]
[door opens, closes]
You're done? There's time until you need to be back there.
It's all right. My task didn't take long.
I'd been suspicious since I heard this girl was so interested in Shinji.
It turns out she was actually a bit of a letdown. [smirks]
Oh, I see.
I'll drive you back there.
[Nanami] This sucks.
This sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks!
[breathing heavily]
ALL RECORDINGS NEW RECORDING
[distorted music playing]
[whoosh]
[exciting music playing]
ANGEL BABY - SHOCKING! THIS IS WHO MAKIKO MITARAI REALLY IS!
TRENDING
1. PERFORMANCE CANCELED 2. ECONOMIC RECOVERY
3. #TWIN DAY 4. DAMAGE SETTLEMENT
5. #MAKIKO MITARAI 3,848 TWEETS
5,992 VIEWS
[Claire] So shocking! The true nature of Mitarai Makiko is exposed to all?
[Makiko] All the interviews are completely untrue.
Those things I say, it's what they want from me.
And if it's for money, I'll do anything at all.
Once it's mine, I can't be stopped, understand?
Did you see this?
[Makiko] The entire world will admire the ideal wife and mother
that I constructed for them all!
ANGEL BABY SHOCKING!
50,000 VIEWS 10,000 COMMENTS 30,000 RETWEETS 20,000 LIKES
LEAKED AUDIO CLIP! THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED! IS IT REALLY HER?
ANGEL BABY # MAKIKOMITARAI #PLEASESHARE
Mitarai-san, is the audio recording released online real?
[guard] Please, stand back.
- [guard] Make way. - It's a complete fake.
Would you say what you love most in the world is wealth and status?
It's really sad
when everyone gets caught in a frenzy like this over such a ridiculous prank.
I can say that voice isn't mine at all.
Then, are you saying that none of your earlier interviews are lies?
[Anzu] Are we done? Excuse us, please.
[reporter] So you claim the voice in the tape is definitively not you?
It's not real?
Katsuragi Nanami.
All these tweets of hers are just ridiculous.
The damage she's s trying to cause!
[Anzu] They'll get buried soon, and everyone will forget.
That audio can be tested to see if it's real or not.
And as long as you keep denying...
What are you trying to say, huh? I'm in the most critical stage, now!
Just come up with a way to shut her up!
[inhales sharply] You're my manager, right?
Your one and only job is to do what I say now!
[exhales sharply] I'm sorry.
Hello.
Katsuragi Nanami-san, right?
And you are?
[exhales]
Please, take my card.
My name is...
Yamauchi Shizuka, ma'am.
MAKIKO MITARAI'S MANAGER
[ominous music playing]
"Angel Baby," that's you, right?
[music intensifies, ends]
[atmospheric piano music playing]
[Anzu] I'd like to get straight to the point.
Just delete that tweet right away and say that you're sorry.
Huh? Why's that?
[sarcastically] It's not like I'll make an apology unless I was wrong.
[indistinct chattering]
Your cooperation will be rewarded.
An advance for your troubles.
TOKYO CHUO BANK
[Nanami inhales deeply]
Well, if she can show her face, and she cries and begs a little,
then, I guess it could be done.
[inhales] If you're just hoping that I'll do this, it's like,
"Huh?" 'Cause that's just silly.
[ice clinking]
All your financial transactions and accounts
were examined in detail prior to this.
INVESTIGATION REPORT
[motivational music playing]
[Anzu] As you can see, this one's very well composed.
Last night, at a hotel, you met the director of Hoshizato Construction
named Yamanoi Toru-san, correct?
You two seem awfully close, don't you?
Late at night, in a hotel, how strange.
But nothing happened that night, just dinner, that's it!
I'd consider what Yamanoi-san's wife might think of this picture?
The last woman with her husband had a very tough time of it, or so I heard.
If you still don't want to agree to our request,
his wife will immediately receive your pictures and profile.
In that case,
I would guess the penalties you'd have to pay would be much higher.
Now, you must choose.
Is that post of yours going to come down?
[breathing shakily]
[motivational music ends]
[Nanami] This sucks.
[trembling] That old hag gets her way again, huh?
[angrily] This all just sucks!
Makiko sucks, and you do too!
[Nanami breathes sharply]
Oh, well?
Did she take the deal?
Yes. I got coffee thrown on me though.
Ah! Thank you, Shizuka-san!
Oh, head on in and change, all right?
I can take a taxi, it's okay. Here.
Thanks.
[Kiichi sighs]
Whoa! Uh...
- Oh, um... - Uh, uh...
I... I'm sorry. It's been quite a day. - I just, uh... These go in here.
Uh, hang on.
[Kiichi] Uh... Mm-hmm?
How are you these days?
I've been just a... like always. [inhales]
Been online, and I...
[exhales]
...do laundry, and I cook.
Huh? You cook, Kiichi-san?
[Kiichi] Uh, yeah. Kind of.
Oh, wow!
If it sucks, then, just don't eat it.
Thanks so much.
Mmm! It's so good!
[munching] Did you use salted rice malt for this?
You know about using that?
I just saw it online is all.
Oh! Could it be twice-fried?
Look at you!
I... I... I don't need all that, come on!
Those were just my honest conclusions.
[Kiichi] Anyway, it's all your fault.
Fast food just doesn't taste as good.
- Then you should say thanks. - [Kiichi sputtering] Why is that?
Because you just said that I set you
on the journey that led to this delicious lunch.
- [dishes clinking] - [Kiichi] Ugh...
Yeah. I guess so.
Thank you very much. [exhales sharply]
[chuckles softly] Nah.
Don't worry about it.
[chuckles softly]
[sentimental music playing]
Huh?
What?
- [plates clinking] - Oh. I'm sorry.
I think...
[trembling]
...it's just been awhile since I really talked to anyone.
[breathing shakily]
- [gasps softly] - It really has been a delicious lunch.
Mmm.
[cutlery clinking]
[chair screeches]
If there's anything I can do for you...
just say it.
[Yoshizaki] Looks like it finally disappeared, huh? That tweet.
"Angel Chick," wasn't it?
Makiko-san, it's strange how much they pestered you, huh?
Yes, I don't understand who could do that.
[knocking on door]
[man] Excuse me, hello, good morning.
- Hi, good morning. - [all] Good morning.
[man] Good morning.
I'm sorry. Yamauchi-san?
Regarding that recording the other day,
we can cut out the section that touches on her family, all right?
You'll cut it out?
Well, it's just to be safe, I guess.
Now, don't be silly, you.
Please, now, I'm sure you all mean well, but there's no issue.
Uh... [man chuckles, inhales hissingly]
Copy that! All right, then, we'll get on that right now.
- Thanks so much. - [Anzu] Thank you.
[man] Thanks, everyone.
1 REQUEST
0 FOLLOWERS - 0 POSTS YOU DON'T FOLLOW EACH OTHER.
YOU AND I BACK THEN - PROLOGUE A STORY ABOUT ME AND AN OLD FRIEND.
I MET HER ON THE INTERNET 13 YEARS AGO.
I'LL CALL HER "M" FOR NOW.
[suspenseful music playing]
I FIRST MET M...
"M," who?
POSTED BY MUJINA
I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
[Mujina] Are you Aliza-san?
[gasps softly]
Nice to meet you. Hi, I'm Mujina, the admin for the Aliza Community.
[melancholic music playing]
[Yuzu] Mujina-san? You're kidding me!
No, look, come here, hurry!
She's finally online now. That's our girl Mujina, yeah!
YOU AND I BACK THEN - PROLOGUE
Wow! Man, I've just been searching day after day, and now, she's there!
Oh, wow! Man, that's our Mujina right there!
- Mmm. - Yeah!
[exhales sharply]
What's with that?
[Yuzu] "Expose?" What?
POSTED BY MUJINA I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
[director] That's a wrap, everybody!
- Thanks, everyone, thanks, thank you all! - [director] Good job, everyone!
[all applauding]
Nice work, everyone.
Oh, thanks so much!
I can't get this...
- Thanks so much. - [man] Thank you for your work.
- [director] Great job, guys! - [man] Thank you.
[Makiko sighs softly]
[Makiko] It all started with a pair of diamond earrings.
- [woman] Wow. Thank you. - [Kiichi] Thanks a lot.
- [Yuzu] My mom made this, you know! - [Shinji] Wow, really? Nice.
- [Kiichi] Amazing. - Orange juice?
- [Anzu] Yes. - [Yuzu] Me too!
- [Satsuki] Apple juice? - [Kiichi] Please.
- [Shinji] Can I eat yet? - [Satsuki] Not yet.
[Makiko] I wanted to show somebody.
And when I posted it on Mixi...
NOT A BAD DAY. 5-CARAT DIAMOND EARRINGS.
...I got ten times as many comments.
WOW, DIAMONDS! WHERE WILL YOU WEAR THEM?
Another post and then another and another,
from jewelry to designer bags to clothes.
And by the time I started on her shoes,
there was no possibility of turning back.
[Mujina] "M" is actively working in the entertainment industry.
I'm sure you all see her face on TV every single day.
I think it's completely inexcusable.
POSTED BY MUJINA I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
2 LIKES - 7 VIEWS
[Makiko] It's all right.
With so few page views, it shouldn't reach the general public.
Such an honor to sit here!
[Makiko chuckles]
Fan meetings are so great! Let's try it!
Ah! Oh, no.
- It's just... I'm not sure what to say. - Ah, you're shy, huh? So elegant.
[chuckles, sighs]
Actually, Aliza-san, your diary...
You're aware there are doubters saying you're fabricating things?
- Ah! - I just find it so frustrating.
[Makiko inhales]
Just once, could you please come and do a talk for us all?
Your privacy is guaranteed. You have my promise on that!
[Mujina exhales]
[Makiko sighs]
[Makiko] At first, I thought, "Just once won't hurt."
- [all cheering] Whoo! - [woman] Aliza has descended upon us!
[Makiko] With all of them looking at me so enviously,
it's like it somehow became an addiction.
[woman] Makiko-san, right over here! Over here, this way!
[clamoring]
- [man 1] Look this way, please! - [man 2] Love it.
[woman] One more!
[indistinct chatter]
POSTED BY MUJINA I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
5913 LIKES - 10738 VIEWS
[Mujina] Thank you all. I wasn't expecting this many responses.
So who is this "M" you want to know?
Everyone, stay tuned for more!
- [uplifting drumming playing] - [firecrackers whistling]
[all guests cheering] Oh!
#MUJINA
SEARCH FOR "#MUJINA"
WHO IS THIS "M"? WHAT IS M'S LIE?
YOU AND I BACK THEN
- [woman] This post is interesting. - [man] What are all of M's lies?
- [man 1] Who is "M" anyway? - [woman 1] I can't wait to find out!
- [woman 2] This might blow up! - [man 2] It's crazy!
- [woman 3] Is there really an "M"? - [woman 4] Let's share the next post too!
[man 3] We wanna know who M is now.
[man 4] Hurry with the update, Mujina-san!
[man 5] Quick, let us know who M is.
[man 6] Hurry up with exposing M's identity LOL.
- [man 7] This is gonna ruin her life. - [woman 5] Who is M?
MIXI - LOGIN LOGIN MAIL ADDRESS - PASSWORD
[guests continue cheering, whooping]
ALIZA FIRST FAN MEETUP
THANKS TO MUJINA, I HAD TEA WITH THE ALIZA COMMUNITY'S FANS.
[whoosh]
[Makiko] I came here to get these appraised, please.
Yes, very well. I'll take a look at these.
Please wait here.
[uplifting drumming continues]
[Makiko] Everyone, thank you for coming here today.
ALIZA COMMUNITY PRIVATE PARTY
[sighs] Christmas is in a few days, so consider the fee for today
a present to you all and enjoy!
- [woman 1] Oh, thank you very much! - [all] Wow!
[Mochimama] Payment by Black Card, naturally?
- Ah, I'll just use cash today. - [Mochimama] Wow.
[atmospheric music playing]
Forgive me for asking. It's just I wonder...
You're really Aliza-san, right? Or not?
What?
[Mujina] I was listening to you speak,
and I noticed what you wrote in your diary on Mixi doesn't match up.
Aliza-san likes Chopin and Elgar.
- She likes Chagall and Monet as well. - What are you saying?
- Stop that now. - [man] Thank you.
Thank you.
Your wallet's so surprisingly ordinary, isn't it?
[Makiko exhales scornfully]
[firecrackers blasting]
[guests cheering, whooping]
AS I MENTIONED, THIS FAN MEETING WILL BE THE LAST.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
I'LL CHERISH THE MEMORIES.
ALIZA COMMUNITY PRIVATE PARTY
[firecrackers blasting continuously]
MOCHIMAMA: YUZU CONTACTED ME,
SO I VISITED THIS PAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG WHILE!
HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY BEEN 13 YEARS
[sinister music playing]
[exhales deeply]
[sinister music fades]
[wind whooshing]
Ah, I'm cold!
[whimpers]
[gentle music playing]
[whoosh]
[panting]
[Yuzu] Mom?
[gasps]
- [whoosh] - [gasps]
[breath trembling]
[softly] Ahh!
Oh, Sis.
Huh?
ICHIHARA MISSED CALL
Hello, Ichihara-san?
[Ichihara on phone] Yuzu-san? Where are you?
Uh... Our house.
[Ichihara] You need to leave. She's heading there now...
- [banging on door] - [Yuzu gasps]
[banging continues]
[shouts] Answer the door!
I know you're there!
Answer the door!
[banging continues]
[thunder rumbling]
[breathing shakily]
[dog barking in distance]
Yuzu?
What...
- [Yuzu] No. [whimpers] - What's going on?
This girl was still snooping on our family. Weren't you?
- [Ichihara] Please, just wait! - [exhales]
- I can explain everything, so please... - I heard it all from my husband.
I said to watch them, and instead, you decided to go and switch sides!
- I... No, I didn't... - Go away!
- You, this way. - [grunts]
- Don't... No... Hey! - [Yuzu whimpers]
- Go on! - [Shinji] Hold on!
[Yuzu whimpering]
[Yuzu gasping, panting]
- [Yuzu grunts] - Hold it!
- Hey. - [Makiko sighs]
What's this?
Yuzu? Huh?
[thunder rumbling]
[Yuzu breathing shakily]
Why is it that you're still trying to get in my way, huh?
- All this resentment is totally unfounded! - [Yuzu] It's not resentment!
And I know everything about what you did.
[Yuzu breathing shakily]
I remember it now!
On the day of the fire, she was in our closet doing something. I saw!
- What? - She'd come to steal from us that day!
You burned it down, so there'd be no evidence, didn't you?
[Yuzu panting]
Makiko, is that right?
First of all...
[exhales sharply]
...I didn't go to the house that day at all.
Your fantasies are absurd, so just stop lying!
And Mujina-san as well!
- [Yuzu taps cell phone] - [Shinji] Uh, who?
My mom's things, she stole them and created this "Aliza" lady online.
[Yuzu] Mujina was the organizer of her fan meetings.
It's posted online. The tell-all story she's writing.
Huh?
- [thunder crashes] - [fire crackling]
It's gone.
THIS POST HAS BEEN DELETED.
[Yuzu breathing shakily]
[Yuzu] Why? It was there a second ago.
[whimpers] No way! No.
I don't know what she may have seen online,
but the Internet is so rank with meaningless junk.
[exhales]
So,
if I was at your house like you say, and you have evidence to show...
[inhales sharply]
...then, I'd like to see it.
[thunder crashes]
- [shouts] Well, do you? - [Yuzu sobs]
[Osamu] Whoa!
- [Yuzu sobbing] - [Osamu] Whoa.
[door unlocking]
[door opens, closes]
[Osamu gasps]
[Yuzu breathing heavily]
You seem busy right now, I'm sorry.
Here's your adjusted schedule.
And your survey results.
Oh, and check this draft if you can, please.
[Makiko] You've done well.
Then, I'm done with you today.
[Anzu] I also did the other thing you asked for.
Mujina-san's posts are gone.
[Shinji] What?
What's that, Shizuka-san? I didn't ask for that.
But didn't you ask me to do exactly that for you just earlier today?
I was supposed to go see Mujina-san, so that she'd stop posting.
[gasps]
So now, I'm saying that I stopped her.
[Anzu] Her real name is actually Watanuki Kimiyo.
So long ago. Well, it was nearly ten years back now, right?
Have you heard of "Insta-Dinner" at all?
It's by the host Mitarai Makiko, and it's a new program on TV.
I'm sorry, I don't watch...
[Anzu] She's lived with her parents for years now.
She doesn't watch TV or go online.
Her time is spent mostly helping with their care.
[Makiko sighs]
"Mitarai Makiko" didn't mean much to her.
What are you saying?
I thought she knew who I was and wrote online.
[inhales sharply]
I'm sorry, Makiko-san.
That post you saw from Mujina
and all the various comments on that post,
were complete fakes.
They're fake?
What are you saying?
- I was given a little friendly advice. - [whoosh]
[Kiichi] Mujina-san, huh?
All right.
Let's start a fire of lies.
Yuzu had a great idea.
[Kiichi] First, we'll create a fake Mujina online.
Make a "tell-all" post for her.
- [whoosh] - [exciting music playing]
[Kiichi] Next, we buy a ton of fake social media accounts
from a company that sells them.
10,000 ACCOUNTS ¥12,000,000- ORDER COMPLETE
Then, we share the post on our fake accounts.
It'll look like the post blew up online.
[whoosh]
[Kiichi] But when we share it, we include a snare for the old lady.
"Mujina" ought to catch her eye.
And that way, it wouldn't be found unless the user searches for that word.
Then, all we have to do is keep jacking up the page views...
POSTED BY MUJINA I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
...and follower numbers to whatever crazy amount we want.
Only those who search Mujina's name would notice it.
[whoosh]
That's how we start a fire of lies.
[whoosh]
[exciting music playing]
Then, that was a...
[Anzu] The whole web page was a fake.
We had made it just for you to see.
I figured that if we made the site, you'd tell me where Mujina-san lives.
Like "Angel Baby" before.
There was a chance, if you kept calm, that you'd catch on.
You were just fixated on what commenters said.
Shizuka-san...
[inhales sharply]
...who are you really?
[Anzu] Mujina-san said that Mixi get-togethers
had brought her a lot of happiness years ago.
And she'd even taken a secret pic from such a meeting.
She did?
[Anzu] She let me borrow it, if you'd like to see.
It was taken on December 21st, thirteen years ago.
On the day of the fire, at a local fan meeting, as you can see.
[thunder crashes]
Oh. Uh...
[Yuzu] See? I was right, I told you! [exhales heavily]
You are the one who set our house on fire and had that sweater on!
[panting]
[Osamu exhales]
[scoffs]
[yells] So what now then?
Why would you try to ruin me this way, huh?
[inhales sharply]
Shizuka-san, I don't understand...
[exhales]
...just who are you?
[breathing shakily]
I'm sorry, Makiko-san.
[softly] You see... Yamauchi Shizuka doesn't exist.
What?
[Makiko sighs]
Long time no see.
Mitarai Anzu.
[thunder crashes]
- [gasps] - [whoosh]
[ominous music playing]
[thunder crashing]
[music ends]
[Japanese closing theme song playing]