Yay! We are officially in the plot! The joy is, if not endless, then at least big. Yes, to people who aren't familiar with the series it might seem strange that Futakomori has only 26 episodes and only now we finally got a main story arc, but such is the sadistic nature of the creators of the show.
Takuma is still here. Nice... Anyhoo, the episode starts with a man sending a man to Hell and when the D.I. comes to talk to him he blames Takuma (or to be precise "That child"). So the episode talks about the detective and how he finds it strange that the whole town is set against Takuma. He also has a sister who believes in Takuma's innocence but doesn't believe in Jigoku Tsuushin. Weird.
Hmm... the workers of Hell seem to have an interest in Takuma (maybe because he's the only decent person in the entire town, after all, he did return the straw doll to Ai). They were quite pleased when they thought that the detectives sister realised about Jigoku Tsuushin (well, that is they were pleased until the girl happily announced that Jigoku Tsuuchin is a lie anyway) . Aww, they're getting nicer by the hour.
Now that that's settled, will they answer the question, what the hell is Kikuri? Gods, the brain shaking that's going over this child is absurd. Gaah! I want to know how the story unfolds but am sad since this will end the show permanently.
Or not.
Impression: the entire episode was scary, not in the blood and gore department but more in the way people would use a rumour to excuse their own sins. They probably all know that Takuma didn't do anything but having the "Devil's Child" around probably makes life just that much easier for them. After all, the man who actually did send another person to Hell thought that since everyone hates Takuma anyway then it doesn't matter. Shows group mentality. Somehow this episode frigtens, angers and saddens me.
