Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 10: Encounter ]

It’s three times the Fumika!

The vibe of this episode was strangely reminiscent of the first two episodes, quite possibly because this had strong focus on the characters are than the major ones. So we meet a little girl who not only resembles young Fumika, but her name is Fumika too. The episode actually revolves around her relative Takehiro, who lost everything after he found out he had cancer. He gave up on his job, his friends… But thanks to Fumika, he got himself right back up… just to get hit by a truck. Oh, but it wasn’t in vain. He protected Fumika after all. At the funeral, little Fumika meets postal worker Fumika for the second time. This time, she receives a shigofumi from Takehiro, a drawing of his which I’m sure makes her happy at the least. She didn’t seem to grasp the meaning of death, similar to the beginning of the episode. She probably still doesn’t get it yet, but I think the key part here was her restarting her video game over and over, the amount of infinite lives compared to one life in reality. Right when the ending cues, the other Fumika finally wakes…

This episode was a little different than what I’ve been used to seeing. The guy, Takehiro, was already dying from cancer but instead lost his life protecting Fumika. His relative Fumika, not carrier Fumika. She’s quite interesting herself since she didn’t understand what death was at the beginning of the episode but seemed to have a better understanding of it at the end with some help from Fumika. The most important part of this episode though is the very end which shows Fumika finally waking up for her coma! Who knows what’ll happen now that she’s conscious but it will be interesting to see what will happen once the two Fumika’s meet each other in the next episode.