Ep. 9

Summary

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Satoru, Sachiko, and Kayo return to the Hinazuki home, where Akemi reacts violently to their intervention and swings a shovel at Sachiko. Yashiro arrives with workers from the Child Consultation Center, allowing them to witness Akemi's aggression and establish immediate grounds to protect Kayo. When Akemi threatens to report Satoru's three-day concealment of Kayo as a kidnapping, Yashiro introduces Akemi's estranged mother. She acknowledges that she failed to support Akemi after Akemi left an abusive husband and struggled to raise Kayo alone. Her apology breaks through Akemi's rage, and Akemi collapses in remorse. Kayo is placed with her grandmother, ending the danger inside her home. Satoru knows, however, that saving Kayo does not stop the unidentified killer. He turns his attention to the other original victims, classmate Hiromi Sugita and nearby student Aya Nakanishi, and works with his friends to keep them from being isolated. During a ride with Yashiro, Satoru notices a large supply of candy hidden in the teacher's car, an odd detail that unsettles him. Later, he and his friends revisit the abandoned bus and find that the suspicious materials have been removed.