Talk:Clowns/@comment-24494906-20141001161128/@comment-24494906-20141005000244

Arima's answer. Imperial Scans translated it as "Leave it to me", but that translation is certainly wrong. He answers "I'll leave it to (someone)". Japanese is sometimes vague, and here the object is merely implied. However, even Arima (like everyone else) acts all humble before the Chairman, and if his answer meant "I'll leave it to you", it'd violate Japanese politeness rules. It'd be on the level of "I leave it to you, grandpa." And that just after he answered "We sincerely apologize" in unison with the Chairman. This is a grave fauxpas. For similar reasons, he probably doesn't leave the decision to the Director, too (besides the obvious question why he would leave the decision to him in the first place).

(If you're interested in specifics, Arima should have answered "お任せします" if he wanted to leave the naming choice to the Chairman, but he answered "任せます".)

Thus, he almost certainly answers "I'll leave it to him/her", where it's implied that 'him/her' is someone not shown. And this 'him/her' then seems to answer "Yes, se..." .

Now who could 'he/she' be?