Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we return to the tangled mysteries of Shoushimin Series, as Jogoro and Osani continue their wandering journeys toward normalcy. Having spent a season realizing they were each enabling the other\u2019s alleged worst tendencies, the pair have split and found new partners, with Osanai dating newspaper club member Urino while Jogoro pursues the charming Nakamura. And yet their underlying passions still endure, exemplified through both the awkward distances of their new bonds and their embroilment in the town\u2019s latest mystery, a serial arson case that is only rising in intensity with each new incident.<\/span><\/p>\n It was a bold play by Honobu Yonezawa to take their stable paradigm and shatter it, but the results are already proving this franchise can survive and even thrive with its leads no longer in close contact. Frankly, their lack of physical proximity has only underlined the strength of their bond; Jogoro is constantly framing Nakamura in terms of how she differs from Osanai, while Osanai seems to be performing some kind of Vertigo-style personality resculpting of her boyfriend Urino. It\u2019s a messy, emotionally fraught situation, and those are precisely the sort of situations that let richly realized character dramas like this thrive. With both their personal bonds and the town at large in a state of violent flux, let\u2019s see how this case continues to develop!<\/span><\/p>\n Episode 13<\/strong><\/p>\n Our episode title is \u201cHesitant Spring.\u201d It\u2019s interesting how willing this narrative is to make significant temporal jumps across their high school experience, with no apparent fear of \u201cusing up\u201d this dynamic\u2019s temporal resources. It certainly results in a more meaningful sense of separation between our leads, as we see clearly the months they\u2019re spending apart, sacrificing these precious idle days in committed pursuit of their personal reinventions<\/span><\/p>\n God, this OP is such a stunner. So many playful mixed-media flourishes, so many fun visual interpretations of their bonds and mindsets. It would have been hard for any OP to measure up to the sonic and visual thematic unity of the first season\u2019s, but they actually managed it<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNew entrants, congratulations on entering high school.\u201d Our first lines and first composition both emphasize spring\u2019s arrival, as we stare out above the campus through the blooming cherry blossoms. For freshman, these speeches are a vitalizing invitation to an exciting new world; for any older students, they are a reminder how swiftly time has passed, and that they are not as young nor as fully ensconced in high school as they were just a year ago<\/span><\/p>\n Urino\u2019s narration is contrasted against his clubmates laying the school newspaper on each desk, as if they\u2019re carefully setting a bomb to explode<\/span><\/p>\n Jogoro is clearly intrigued by the investigation, but drawn away from his old self by Nakamura\u2019s interruption. And Osanai reads the news alone, her face unreadable<\/span><\/p>\n Apparently the opposing guidance councilor Nitta got transferred, removing one of Urino\u2019s obstacles. But he\u2019s well aware Osanai won\u2019t be happy about him continuing to \u201cbe naughty\u201d and pursue this investigation<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHave you any idea how much work I put into those articles? I didn\u2019t just go up to the principal and ask him to write something like you did!\u201d Urino is clearly starting to personally identify himself with this article series, to take significant pride in his investigations, to the extent where he\u2019s willing to fight his fellow club members to keep pursuing them. The mundane, low-confidence boy Osanai originally selected is disappearing as Urino clings to his source of uniqueness<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOnly <\/span>I<\/span><\/i> could have written them! You <\/span>never<\/span><\/i> could have produced them!\u201d The smaller or less secure our source of pride, the more fiercely and violently we defend it<\/span><\/p>\n Kengo raises an ominous counterpoint \u2013 what if Nitta was not a sole actor, but actually representing the overall view of the guidance office? Though Urino is proud of his deductions, he frequently fails to consider all angles of a situation<\/span><\/p>\n Kengo further chastises him for directly calling for new club volunteers. It\u2019s not Urino\u2019s job to set the newspaper\u2019s overall agenda, even if he thinks his articles are the only interesting thing in them<\/span><\/p>\n And finally, Kengo asks him to reveal his method<\/span><\/p>\n Interestingly, unlike Jogoro\u2019s series of nigh-miraculous intellectual deductions, Urino solves mysteries in the way of a newspaper man: copious research, looking up every single relevant detail, consulting fire safety charts and fire department regulations and anything else that might create some intriguing correlation<\/span><\/p>\n Thus he uncovered the Kira City fire plans, with a list of which stations apply to which regions, a list that the arsonist has apparently been following from bottom to top<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI suspect the arsonist is someone in the fire department or who works for the city.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Kengo thinks about this like Jogoro would \u2013 \u201cthat list seems solid, but what is the motive?\u201d The motive is always the key<\/span><\/p>\n Apparently Urino\u2019s brother is a firefighter<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe happened to be saved by Urino\u2019s rash decision.\u201d Kengo and the original arsonist presumably care about motive, but copycats would not \u2013 if they\u2019d actually published Urino\u2019s secret, they would simultaneously have inspired more copycats and cast heavy suspicion on their own club as the culprits. An incomplete truth can be far more dangerous than a lie \u2013 and in fact, even a full truth improperly wielded can have disastrous consequences, as Jogoro has repeatedly learned. Jogoro used to believe the truth would absolve him of negative consequences, but now he understands few people in his life actually want it in the first place<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m definitely not cut out for this sort of thing.\u201d Well Kengo, this is the second time in a year you\u2019ve accidentally found yourself wrapped up in an active police investigation, so you might not be wrong there<\/span><\/p>\n As such, Kengo says he\u2019s stepping down as president. As with the seasons passing, there\u2019s no sense of solidity here \u2013 Kengo\u2019s a third year, he won\u2019t be here for long<\/span><\/p>\n Oh my god, Osanai is actually receiving secret intel on the newspaper club from Urino\u2019s nemesis Monchi. No matter what relationship she\u2019s in, it seems like an impossible fantasy that Osanai could ever become normal<\/span><\/p>\n Pointed lighting design as she meets him after the club meeting, with Urino shrouded in darkness and Osanai cast in the orange light of the fading sun. Rather than the bright, inviting light of midday, this darker-tinted light instead calls to mind Osanai\u2019s red fantasy on the bridge, the threat of violence lurking within her nature<\/span><\/p>\n Urino remains cast in darkness as he announces his intention to continue pursuing the arsons, to be the detective Osanai feared he would become. Of course, her desires are contradictory; she finds these arsons as compelling as he does, she\u2019s just trying to avoid indulging that aspect of herself. But as Urino grows into the person he wants to be, he is serving less and less effectively as a normalizing influence in Osanai\u2019s life. The \u201cnormalcy\u201d that both she and Jogoro seek is partially just a mirage conjured by adolescence \u2013 many of their peers act \u201cnormal\u201d because they have not yet gained the confidence or direction to act like their eventual selves<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDo you believe in Dojima more? <\/span>I\u2019m<\/span><\/i> the one who knows all the secrets.\u201d But Urino\u2019s transformation is fragile, of course. He\u2019s still willing himself to believe in his deductive expertise, and that means he\u2019s vulnerable to others doubting him, resulting in scenes like his outburst towards Monchi<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t mind try-hards. But what I really like is people who don\u2019t do anything. I\u2019m an ordinary person. I like ordinary people.\u201d One last attempt to draw him back, both for him and herself<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not some idle commoner,\u201d says Urino. He is struggling just as desperately to escape normalcy as our original two are struggling to achieve it<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re going to impress me, right?\u201d And she can\u2019t deny her own inquisitive nature. Urino is in well over his head here<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Jogoro is in similar straits: attempting to focus on his mundane studies while secretly mulling over the arsons. This ultimately leads him to call Kengo directly, though he almost hangs up before letting himself indulge fully in the investigation<\/span><\/p>\n Interestingly, their conversation reveals neither Jogoro nor Kengo actually know about Urino and Osanai\u2019s relationship. Another indicator of how tenuous their relationship really is, that it could go undetected for most of a year<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOsanai might have been the one influencing Itsukaichi-kun, too.\u201d It is extremely in keeping with both Jogoro and Osanai\u2019s personalities that neither of them would have contacted the other regarding any of this, and that Jogoro would instead keep track of his former partner through a series of deductions that assume the worst about her motives at all times<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDo you think Osanai-san\u2019s the kind of person to set a van on fire?\u201d Kengo\u2019s too polite to answer, but his face makes his answer obvious nonetheless<\/span><\/p>\n Jogoro\u2019s only defense is \u201cit seems too lacking in subtlety to be her doing.\u201d It\u2019s true, it\u2019s certainly far more of a direct lashing out than her layered demolition of her old school bullies<\/span><\/p>\n A classmate who actually pays attention to her peers casually reveals that yes, Osanai and Urino have been dating. Additionally, Nakamura is apparently two-timing!<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCome to think of it, including you, she\u2019s got <\/span>three<\/span><\/i> guys!\u201d Love Kengo\u2019s slow, stunned turn towards Jogoro at this revelation<\/span><\/p>\n Kengo ultimately extracts Jogoro\u2019s underlying motive: he really can\u2019t leave Osanai alone<\/span><\/p>\n And Done<\/strong><\/p>\n The plot thickens as Jogoro at last joins the investigation! Though he and Osanai have spent half a year attempting to abandon their eccentricities, this episode made it clear that they\u2019ve been lying to themselves, either secretly mulling over mysteries like Jogoro or directly manipulating them like Osanai. But hey, high school involves a lot of lying to yourself, either through rejecting your unwanted truths or embracing a desired falsehood. Urino\u2019s been lying his way towards a happier self-image, Kengo\u2019s been engaging in self-effacing lies to distance himself from the club drama, and god knows <\/span>what<\/span><\/i> Nakamura\u2019s got going on with her apparent three simultaneous relationships. Our wandering cast clearly cannot solve their own identities, but it seems like they\u2019re at least closing in on a culprit for this arson epidemic. I\u2019m eager to see where the chips fall!<\/span><\/p>\n This\u00a0article\u00a0was\u00a0mad<\/a><\/em>e possible by reader support<\/a>. Thank you all for\u00a0all that you do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we return to the tangled mysteries of Shoushimin Series, as Jogoro and Osani continue their wandering journeys toward normalcy. 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