Aibou TV Season 3 Episode 12 - An Announced Murder~the Mystery of the Targeted Beautiful Sisters(予告殺人〜狙われた美人姉妹の謎)

Subtitle: An Announced Murder~the Mystery of the Targeted Beautiful Sisters(予告殺人〜狙われた美人姉妹の謎)

 Two people are murdered after the killer announces the targets' names to the police before committing the murders. For some reason, the killer then calls Miwako and tells her that Ai Saitō will be killed in three days time. The third victim, an attendee of a support group for murder victims' kins, somehow manages to survive the attack. Later, the killer calls Miwako again and declares that he or she will kill Kumiko Tanaka next. Who is committing these murderers, and why did the killer choose to reveal his or her last two targets to Miwako?

Locations

Ikuta Chūōkōen(生田中央公園) - The police track the suspect's phone call to a public phone from this park.

Itabashi Nishisho(板橋西署) - Police station reporting that Ai Satō(佐藤 愛) was pushed down the stairs on the way to the university.

Kita Keisatsu Byōin(北警察病院) - Northern Police hospital. Ai Satō(佐藤 愛) was transported to this hospital after the serial murderer tried to kill her.

Mejiro(目白) - an upscale residential district of Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Akiyama cut off his GPS system off after arriving in that area.

Special words from the story

King Child(キングチャイルド) - The phrase the murder suspect gives to Miwako as a way to distinguish his calls from pranksters.

King Child Yokoku(Called) Murder Case(キングチャイルド予告殺人事件) - The police's name for this case.

Tokugame(特亀) - Sergeant Itami's new nickname for Sergeant Kaoru.

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Masanori Akiyama(秋山 正則) - Taxi driver driving cab #164 for the Ōyama office(大山営業所 Ōyama Eigyōsho) of the Prince Cab Company(王子キャブ Ōji Kyabu). He's been acting strangely ever since he separated from his wife.

Yōko Itō(伊藤 洋子) - The first murder victim. She was a 42 year old housewife who lived in the northern ward(北区) of Tokyo.

Hiromi Yamamoto(山本 弘己) - The second murder victim. He was a 33 year old company employee who lived in the Toshima Ward(豊島区) in Tokyo. The murderer called the police after the first victim was killed and gave them two days to stop this murder. The murderer slashed the tires on Hiromi's moped and killed him while he was walking back to his house.

Ai Satō(佐藤 愛) - The third target who survived the attack. She is a college student who attends a support group for murder victim's kins - her sister was killed by a stalker years ago. After she is nearly killed, she refuses to help at first, saying that everyone else should suffer the same way she and her sister did. Sergeant Kaoru convinces her to help the police by taking her to see the potential victims, including another pair of sisters in a similar situation.

Rie Satō(佐藤 梨絵) - Ai's sister who was killed by a stalker at the age of 23. She sought police protection but was declined, who treated her troubles as arguments between lovers.

Kumiko Tanaka(田中 久美子) - The fourth target. A girl with the same name as the real target came to the police station with her sister to seek help. The murderer calls Miwako from the public phone on West Main Street(西大通り) near the Takinogawa Housing Complex(滝野川団地) and tells her that he or she will kill Kumiko Tanaka the next day.

Akihisa Hori(堀 明久) - He is a clinical psychologist crime victim counselor(臨床心理士 犯罪被害者相談員). He leads a murder victim's kins' support group called "Room of the Heart(心の部屋)."

Eiichirō Tajima(田嶋 栄一郎) - He leads the special investigative team for the King Child Yokoku(Announced) Murder Case.

Umehara(梅原) - Masanori Akiyama(秋山 正則)'s coworker, a fellow taxicab driver. Akiyama escapes the roadblock riding in Umehara's cab as a passenger.