ANIME BREAKDOWN:
Paranoia Agent - Episode 12
Title:
Radar Man
Reda Man
Summary:
"Maniwa engages in a fight with Lil' Slugger and investigates his past. First he visits the old man in hospital before he dies, his last words to Maniwa are 'dance with the rabbit'. Misae tells Maniwa that Maromi and Lil' Slugger are the same. Tsukiko is being interviewed about Maromi's conception, among her early sketches is one of Lil' Slugger. Maniwa sees a miniature bunny girl. Remembering the sage's words he follows to a doll-maker's shop (whose owner makes dolls of all Lil' Slugger's victims) where all the dolls speak to him, telling him they want to defeat Lil' Slugger too. They plug him into an AR link to the net where he accesses Tsukiko's past. They find a case where she was attacked when she was 12 by a figure on roller-blades carrying a golden bat. Maniwa visits Tsukiko's father and finds a golden bat in the family shed. After finding out the truth he phones Tsukiko telling her her father says don't be afraid. Maromi cuts the phone cable. Maniwa appears and fights a giant Lil' Slugger with the original bat. After an inconclusive fight, Tsukiko and Maromi disappear into the cartoon world, and all traces of Maromi vanish from the human world. " (source)
Notes:
- Paranoia Agent: Volume 4
- Original Airdate: May 10, 2004
