ANIME BREAKDOWN:
Paranoia Agent - Episode 11
Title:
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Shinnyu kinshi
Summary:
"Ikari's wife, Misae, confronts Lil' Slugger about what humans really are and tells him about the problems he's caused. She has had to turn down life-saving treatment, her husband can't afford it now he's a security guard. She tells Lil' Slugger how her life changed when she met Ikari, how supportive he was even though she couldn't have children. Over time, she grew fearful that his devotion to his work was an excuse to avoid her. Lil' Slugger grows large as he hears her despair, then shrinks when she dismisses these thoughts as unworthy. He grows larger again when she says how much he has ruined their lives, and he cackles as he prepares to hit her. She is afraid at first, but then breaks into laughter just as Lil' Slugger is about to swing his bat. Frustrated, he hits her, but Misae carries on, calmly saying "we have made a new beginning". She goes on telling Lil' Slugger that humans are not as weak as he thinks they are, that they are strong enough to face reality and not need a fantasy world for escape. Upon hearing this, Lil' Slugger screams and promptly vanishes along with everything around him. Meanwhile, former police detective Ikari is just finishing his shift as a construction worker. Instead of returning home, he moves to a new site and works as a guard there. While standing his post, he begins conversing with one of his work-partner and is shocked to learn that the man is actually the first person he arrested as a cop, now in his old age, yet still serving as an honest member of society. During the extensive conversation that ensues, Ikari reveals how he always wanted to be an old-fashioned cop catching simple burglars, not psychological criminals. He is then transported to a fantasy world just like that. Maniwa turns up looking for Ikari. His wife is in despair: "he won't come home." " (source)
Notes:
- Paranoia Agent: Volume 4
- Original Airdate: April 26, 2004
