Akira and Saki get off the boat and arrive near the site of explosions. Saki mentions it’s become a total slum and they quickly leave. Overlooking the bridge, Akira faintly remembers his old address being over in the right direction, but states there isn’t any housing there. The two continue on and reach a small door locked tightly. Akira begins to feel a gut instinct to use the keys in his pocket and open the door. He is successful and they enter a small, dark loading area.
Upon entering the area, they are greeted with a menacing shadow which growls and snarls. Saki becomes afraid and accidentally shuts the exit. Akira tumbles into the wall and manages to turn on the light switch. The figure comes out and it is a small puppy, with angel wings. Saki tries to greet it, but it runs to Akira and greets him cheerfully. With the dog as their lead, Saki and Akira begin to explore Akira’s “home.” Kondou is seen thanking a boat driver for dropping him off and reminds him if he isn’t back in an hour to go ahead and leave. He checks his phone to make sure Akira is here and confirms.
Akira and Saki eventually found out his home is an empty shopping mall. Saki is ecstatic, while Akira is still trying to figure out why this is his house. He walks over to the mall windows and is greeted with an eerie sight. Dirty clothes, garbage, rotten food and messages directed towards Akira are littered within the windowed area. Saki checks up on him and asks him if he’s alright. The dog continues to guide them until they reach the cinema floor. Saki figures Akira must have been a projector at the mall. Akira slyly asks Saki if she’s going to invite him to the late night show but the dog insists they travel up one more level. At the top the dog ducks into the room and the duo follow in after. Akira turns on the light and is shown a super sleek room with a brand new motorcycle in the middle of the room. Saki gushes and know things Akira was the manager of the mall. Continuing on the topic of movies, Akira asks Saki what her favorite movie is. She shly replies a movie that her previous crush liked. Akira phones up Juiz and requests she find and play the movie.
We again see Kondou snooping around the mall, namely the place with all of the dirty clothes. He comments it looks like a refugee camp and finds an immense pile of cellphones. He figures this had to do something with the missing NEET case. He brushes past the cellphone pile and sneaks out through the door. Reaching the movie theater doors, he pauses and questions whether or not Akira might be in there. Acting on his hunch he carefully opens the door and enters. Making his way to the front of the entrance walk through he wonders where Akira might have gone. He looks up and spots Saki waving to Akira in the projection booth. Satisfied, Kondou makes his way to it.
Kondou infiltrates the projection room and waits for a moment. Akira slides out from his chair and notices Kondou is alone. Kondou is confused as to why Akira knew he was already here, and Akira slides out the security camera TV. Akira wants to ask Kondou questions, but is interrupted by the detective. He begins to question Akira and asks if he really had his memory wiped. After the question’s confirmation, Kondou beings to walk over to Akira and punches him violently. After a few more hits, Kondou takes Akira’s cellphone. Barely hanging on, Akira begs Kondou not to kill or hurt Saki. Kondou frankly states it would cost more money to have her killed. He explains to Akira that once the amount on the cellphone reaches zero, the “Supporter” comes to kill them. Kondou exists the mall and leaves Akira to pass out. After noticing Akira didn’t come to her show, Saki leaves after the show is finished and gives the dog a note for him.
Akira wakes up to old pain and notices the dog pawing at his face. He reads Saki’s note and chuckles. Somehow, Akira managed to grab Kondou’s detective I.D. and is determined to find him. He takes the motorcycle out of the mall and tries to phone Kondou. Pleased with his results, Kondou makes it back to his car. He messages his “mistress” how he has enough money to play around for the entirety of his life. However, he notices Akira’s phone has different controls. He phones Juiz and she explains the phones are controlled by fingerprint authorization. Kondou remains silent for a minute and smashes his hand into the car horn. Disappointed and embarrassed, he knows he has to meet Akira.
After constantly phoning Kondou, Akira hears that he picks up. He reminds Kondou that he has his detective I.D. and Kondou asks him to come to Kabuki-cho. Kondou is waiting in the area alone, until his wife approaches him. Surprised, he asks her what she’s doing here. She grudgingly shows him his text message and reaches for a knife in her pocket. She states it’s over. Akira passes her as he tries to find Kondou, and sees him laying down. He jokes around a bit and suddenly sees Kondou’s stab wound. Akira begins to calls the ambulance, but Kondou asks him not to. For him, it’s too late. Before his death, Kondou tells Akira a few things about the Selecao. There are ten on them besides them and are forced to play some sort of game. He advises Akira to check his history on his phone and warns the Selecao might not want to tell Akira about himself. Kondou reveals Akira had captured the NEETs and bombed the area with them inside. Kondou brushes him away and asks him to leave. As he lay there dying, he states that in the beginning, he was trying for justice too.
Thoughts
Ugh, it sucked that Kondou had to die. It made me like his character even more, but I feel he won’t be mentioned ever again in the series. Why couldn’t you live, scruffy man?! Why was your last line so heart breaking?! Anyways, the series is picking up. It had quite a bit less Saki (VERY ENJOYABLE), but we see one of her more annoying personality traits, when Akira asks her about her favorite movie. Akira begins to become more serious as he unravels his past bit by bit. I’m curious to see the other 10 Selecao, and hopefully, HOPEFULLY, we’ll have someone as decent as Kondou. R.I.P ;_;
Goodnight, sweet prince.
