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<\/a>Well, on balance this is a different direction than I expected Shoushimin Series<\/em> to take. That\u2019s not a bad thing, because at least it means we\u2019re not going back to the insufferable navel-gazing sweets dates from the first season. In fact Osanai was almost entirely absent from this episode. But she\u2019s this series\u2019 dark matter \u2013 even when she\u2019s not present she\u2019s heavily influencing those who are. And as with Kusuriya no Hitorigoto<\/em>, there are no coincidences with Shoushimin<\/em>. Everything that happens around the two leads is connected to everything else.<\/p>\n<\/a>We jump right in with Kobato being wheeled into a hospital, unconscious. A concussion, cracked ribs, a broken femur \u2013 it\u2019s serious, but could be worse. A hit-and-run, it seems. Yuki was with Jougorou at the time, and according to Yoshiguchi (she sees all) was eerily calm as she told the cops what happened. Apart from flashback we hear no more from her than a note left under Jougorou\u2019s pillow, thanking him (he pushed her out of the way) and promising \u201cno mercy\u201d on whoever did it. But Kengo does<\/em> make an appearance, despite his whole \u201cwe\u2019re not friends\u201d speech last week, and brings Jougorou up to date on what happened.<\/p>\n<\/a>The emergent truth is that there was another accident in that same spot when Kobato-kun was a third-year in middle school \u2013 a classmate named Hisaka, a star badminton player<\/a>. A second-year named Fujidera<\/a> supposedly witnessed it , and as with Kobato the boy emerged with injuries requiring hospitalization but not life-threatening. Because Jougorou can\u2019t resist such a scenario who appoints himself to investigate the case, one Hisaka clearly doesn\u2019t want investigated. And does so with that eerie smile of his plastered on his face all the while, unable to hide how much he\u2019s enjoying himself.<\/p>\n<\/a>Kengo\u2019s info is incomplete, and he\u2019s clearly reluctant to be drawn back into Kobato\u2019s dramas. He says he\u2019s heard that Hisaka committed suicide, but that seems very unlikely to me. Fujidera\u2019s testimony that there was a girl with Hisaka when he was hit strongly implies that Osanai was a constant between both incidents, and indeed that\u2019s later confirmed. In fact, this is the first time to two sociopaths met<\/a>. Again, as there are no coincidences here Yuki\u2019s involvement is obviously a crucial factor.<\/p>\n