"All right. Perfect."
A detailed schedule, down to the minute, and a beautiful array of words and numbers.
"Ideal"
Truly befitting public service work.
Can't wait to get to work.
Today's schedule looks particularly busy.
An anti-terrorism meeting at MP HQ,
and a recording testimony for a heinous murder case.
And the others are also important matters that I can't be even a minute late to.
I don't think even you can do all of this in one day.
No!
I shall put every last bit of my soul into sticking to this perfect schedule!
Hey, Kunikida. Today's the day we go grocery shopping.
Come with me.
Sorry, but ask someone else.
Kunikida-san, tip-off from the information broker.
A bomber plans to hand off a suitcase with a bomb inside to a passerby and detonate it—
Give me the details once I'm back.
Kunikida, we're out of snacks.
We have some reserves in the kitchen's cupboard.
Try not to eat too much.
And Dazai...
Listen up!
Don't you dare mess up my schedule for today!
I swear on my life that I won't.
He totally wants to mess it up.
Oops.
I don't have time to waste on this moron.
Crap, I'm 18 seconds late.
Well, I'm off.
I get the feeling something big's going to happen today.
Kunikida-san, you have my condolences.
The train departs at 10:47.
I have 2 minutes and 15 seconds left to walk.
Just as planned.
The train will arrive on platform two shortly.
Please be careful.
If I miss this train, today's schedule will be ruined.
You've got a call!
Hey, answer it.
Hey, Kunikida.
You've got a call!
What is it, Dazai?
You can't stop me today except for a matter of utmost priority.
Sorry to call you when you're so busy, but you've got a visitor.
Visitor?
The man who makes your diaries.
That legendary diary maker...
Master Carlisle?!
That's right!
He heard that you use his diaries lovingly,
so he came all the way to visit before returning to Europe.
What? Is this a dream?
Got it! I'll be right back! Make sure you're not rude to him!
The train is arriving on platform two now.
Dazai...
You're way too evil.
Oh, please. All I did was offer you a choice.
"Called people who can make Kunikida waver"
Choose your plan, or choose Master Carlisle.
Either way, you'll be happy!
He's a monster!
What will you do?
— You bastard! — The doors are about to close.
T-Tell Master that I admire him greatly!
Tch.
You look to be having so much fun.
This is fine.
I'm a public service agent.
Can you take this suitcase to the station manager's office?
Did someone lose it?
Sure.
Leave it to me.
A suitcase?
...tip-off from the information broker.
A bomber plans to hand off a suitcase with a bomb inside to a passerby...
...and detonate it.
Hold it!
Hey, you shortly over there!
"Shorty"? You'd better not be talkin' about me!
Thief!
Dammit!
Get down, everyone!
Send Forensics over to the station's fifth exit, below the overhead walkway.
Calm down, everyone.
I'm Kunikida, of the Armed Detective Agency.
The city police will arrive soon. Please cooperate with the investigation.
It's highly likely he's a serial bomber.
Call the MP too, just in case.
Understood.
Excuse me.
That was horrible, huh?
The city police will come to keep you safe soon.
He'll have hell to pay...
That scoundrel!
Ow!
I'm gonna bring him to justice!
Hey, don't pull my hair!
You called yourself Kunikida of the Armed Detective Agency,
like you were someone important, didn't you?
Help me kick that scoundrel's arse!
Huh?
Don't be stupid!
You're a victim in this, and I've got work to do.
Let the police handle the rest.
Cripes. Don't go bringin' borin' logic into this, Kunikida.
Kunikida-san! Put some respect to my name!
Boring or not, logic is logic.
Yeah, but I'm the only one who's seen his face.
He'll get away if we don't find him quick.
Even so, what could a child like you possibly do?
I'm a hero of justice. That's why I've been practisin' karate every day.
If I cowered out of fear here, I'll never be able to live with myself.
No means no.
I get where you're coming from, but this could be part of a serial bombings case.
It's a job for the police. A civilian has no right to interfere.
Got that?
When the police arrive,
I'll have to say a scary guy called Kunikida suddenly ripped my clothes in a dark place.
I'll have no other choice.
Where's the chief today?
He went out to do something important. Said he won't he back until night.
Who's the number two at this agency?
The MP are asking who can represent us when the chief's away.
I'm not sure, actually.
The number two, huh?
Ranpo-san, maybe?
He's got the best background and the best record here.
Not me.
I don't give a flying ant's ass about rank or leadership.
True.
In that case...
Dazai-san, maybe?
What do you say, Dazai-san?
How can I make Kunikida-kun cry tears of blood?
He's not done yet?
All right. Let's go catch the scoundrel, Kunikida.
"Koda Aya"
I'm Koda Aya.
Today's schedule... My ideal...
Man, the Armed Detective Agency people aren't as cool as they say.
That's Kunikida-san to you, Koda Aya.
That's Aya-chan to you!
If your schedule's so important to you, why'd you jump off the train to help me?
For my ideals.
My ideal world isn't one where people get killed in front of my eyes.
What's with that look?
I feel embarrassed just listening to you talk.
Shut up! You called yourself a hero of justice earlier, too!
Kunikida...
What?
More bombs?
Probably bombs with vibration sensors.
O-Okay...
If a train runs over this part of the track, the explosion and resulting derailing
will probably kill hundreds of people.
I need to call the MP's bomb squad.
Still...
These bombs, and this MO...
It can't be.
There should be a wireless sensor that can deactivate the bombs.
Aya?
Aya!
Throw your gun away...
Or else...
...you'll see how far she'll be blown when I press this detonation switch.
Want me to show you?
That's the Kunikida-san I know!
"Ideal"
This is a nice diary.
You have the ability to make whatever you write in your diary real.
So if I take this diary away, like so,
you can't do a thing.
You've done your homework.
Of course I did. I'm up against a superman like you.
I took two years to perfect this plan.
I knew it was you...
Katsura Shosaku.
"Katsura Shosaku"
Two years ago, you made bombs
and tried to blow up your school, but got arrested by me.
You set this trap to get your revenge?
I bet you were the one who leaked the information to the agency, too.
Revenge? No.
I just want to erase...
...you words.
When I was in custody, you told me countless times...
"Don't crumble in the face of adversity. Be strong.
The way you spoke your "ideals" still rings in my ear.
"Be strong"? How could you bring yourself to say that?!
those words are like rubbing salt in a wound!
How could you?!
Do you think the weak are weak because they want to be?!
You don't have time to be passed out, Kunikida-san.
A train will pass over those bombs in five minutes.
The deactivation signal can only be sent from this laptop.
You'll fail to prevent the bombing, and let hundreds of people die.
At that moment, your cheap ideals written down in this diary
and your pride as an agency detective will come crashing down.
Kunikida!
That's Kunikida-san to you.
Katsura, my answer to your words is already written down in my diary.
Go to page 89.
Ability: Doppo Poetry!
Stun Grenade!
You can remote materialize?
What was that sound?
Who knows?
What's going on?
This is my answer.
Conviction isn't enough to bring your ideals to reality.
Are you okay, Aya?
Kunikida!
Forget me! Deactivate the bombs!
Hurry!
Got it.
Give me a minute.
Don't tell me...
Kunikida?
Don't move, Aya.
That's right.
The deactivation signal for the bombs set on the track
is the same frequency as the activation signal for the bomb she's wearing.
Are you sure?
It'll detonate if you try to force it off.
Basically,
you can only save either the girl or the train's passengers.
There you have it.
You even predicted this would happen?
Remember what you said?
"I won't let anyone be killed in front of me."
That's your ideal, isn't it?
But between one girl and hundreds of people, the choice is obvious.
Now, let that girl die and prove once and for all
that ideals are nothing but pies in the sky.
That' you're only human, just like me!
You're right.
Even if one grits their teeth and struggles with all their might,
people die.
Cruel, heartless, and the furthest thing from ideal.
That's the world we live in.
Even so...
Even if my goal will lead me to a desert of suffering...
I will continue to pursue my ideals!
That's it. You have to sacrifice the girl.
Forgive me, Aya.
Guess I gotta go.
I am a hero of justice, after all—
No way!
I won't let your suffer the pain alone.
Dying with the girl?
Is that how your story ends?
What?
No way...
You're unhurt?
You should have done your homework better.
At the Detective Agency,
having a life-threatening would is the same as being unhurt.
I knew that you'd come to the station to go shopping at this time.
I notes it down in my diary.
Then that stun grenade earlier was a signal to your coworker?
But what if she didn't get here in time?
I told you, didn't I?
I won't let anyone be killed in front of my eyes.
No, Boos. It's nothing.
Looks like it was someone with a grudge against the Detective Agency.
If only he'd attacked that idiot Dazai, I could've enjoyed it a little.
Thought I guess that crap would've been useless anyway.
Hey, Kunikida.
I bet you don't have a girlfriend of wife since all you think about is your ideals.
Well, if you insist...
I don't mind...
Aya.
You don't meet 31 of the 58 criteria I've set out for my spouse.
Denied.
Also, that's Kunikida-san to you.
Respect your elders or you won't grow up to be a decent—
As you grow older, you can't help but worry about the future.
Thank you.
I believe I granted that Ability Business Permit to you personally.
It may be needless concern,
but I'm worried about the agency's future should something untoward happen to you.
Of course,
I have considered which direction we should take once I'm gone.
Who's the chief-in-waiting of the Armed Detective Agency?
Actually...
...it's already been decided.
I had no idea.
Who is it?
The next chief should be our flag bearer.
He should face his weakness without wavering or faltering...
...and he should have the qualities to lead.
Yeah, it can only be Kunikida-kun.
"Episode 25 - He Walks Alone"