Aibou TV Season 3 Episode 16 - Human Bomb(人間爆弾)

Subtitle: Human Bomb(人間爆弾)

 Eiichi is back in Tokyo on a business trip, but this was not what he expected. He was knocked unconscious with a stun gun and later finds that he is wearing a vest made from explosives. He receives a call on a cellphone left near him, and the voice on the other end orders him to go rob money from a armored vehicle carrying money for a bank if he did not want to be blown up. Eiichi manages to contact the Tokumeigakari pair, and Sergenat Kaoru removes the bomb from Eiichi before it goes off. The second victim suffers a similar fate, and the Tokumeigakari pair race to track down the culprit before there is a third victim.

Event

Dai Hokkaidō-ten Kita no hakurankai(大北海道展 北の博覧会) - Large Hokkaidō Exhibition, Exposition of the North. Takanobu Nagahashi(長橋 貴信) was in charge of setting up this exhibition. This event was supposed to recharge the Hokkaidō economy, but the event failed mainly because no one outside of Hokkaidō knew that the event was taking place, Some people who invested heavily in this event committed suicide as a result.

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Gen Shiozuka(塩塚 玄) - Wakasugi's colleague who came with Wakasugi on the business trip from Hokkaidō. He was a former member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces.

Eiichi Wakasugi(若杉 栄一) - In this episode, he is a salesman of Hokkaidō products, back in Tokyo on a business trip. He used to work for a loan shark until the Tokumeigakari pair helped him leave that life behind. He now has a son Kaoruko(薫子) named after Sergeant Kaoru.

Takanobu Nagahashi(長橋 貴信) - Manager of Gureisu(グレイス), an advertising agency. He was forced to carry out the second robbery from Harbor Finance(みなとファイナンス Minato Fainansu) after he was fitted with a bomb. He had worked at the advertising agency for twenty years.

Yamaji(山路) - Nagahashi's subordinate. He later blows the whistle on his boss and his company and hands over evidence of Nagahashi's wrongdoings to Inspector Ukyō.

Takuji Tokumoto(徳本 卓爾) - President of Hokudō Development(北道開発 Hokudō Kaihatsu). He tried to visit Takanobu Nagahashi(長橋 貴信) when Nagahashi was hospitalized but drove away after seeing the Tokumeigakari pair.

Years ago, he used to manage an event hosting company called Hokkaidō Planning(北道企画Hokudō kikaku). After the Large Hokkaidō Exhibition, Exposition of the North had failed to generate much interest, that company became bankrupt.

At the end of the episode, he ends up in Ogikubo Park(荻窪公園 Ogikubokōen) with a bomb attached to to his body. The culprit tries to make him choose between jumping into the freezing water there and being blown up, knowing that he has a chronic disease of the heart.

Mio Usui(臼井 ミオ) - Eiichi used to collect money from her while he worked for the loan shark. She happened to be nearby when Eiichi was wearing the bomb-fitted vest, surrounded by the police. She currently works as a prostitute to repay her debts.