LOVED ONE

A brilliant pathologist and a novice bureaucrat clash as their first case — a teen's drowning in a shallow pond — defies explanation.

After a surgeon's suspicious death in an apparent fall, the MEJ team investigates the case, forcing Honda to revisit his connection to the victim.

Called to a shipyard president's apparent hit-and-run, the team uncovers conflicting evidence before a second death complicates the investigation.

Two conflicting confessions emerge after a club owner's death, forcing the MEJ team to untangle the truth as Maho confronts a vulnerable young woman.

As Takamori prepares for fatherhood, an injured boy's warning about a "black monster" forces him to face memories of his own childhood.