: The officer manages to intervene, and the children are saved, though the ending is bittersweet as they are left orphans in a tragic world. Technical and Series Context
: Using Yuuka’s belongings and specific clues from her injuries, Sakurako leads the group to a gruesome crime scene—a house where the children’s mother has been murdered. : The officer manages to intervene, and the
The plot begins when Shoutarou Tatewaki, a high school student and assistant to the eccentric osteologist Sakurako Kujō, discovers a young girl named (nicknamed "Li-cha") wandering alone at night. : Reviewers frequently praise the vibrant art style
: Reviewers frequently praise the vibrant art style and detailed background textures, even in the more macabre scenes of this episode. : Yuuka has blood on her bag and
: Inside the house, Sakurako discovers a hidden compartment in the floor containing a second child—Yuuka's baby brother—who is near death from heatstroke. While Sakurako performs life-saving measures on the infant, a drug-crazed murderer (the children's father) returns and attacks the police officer outside before entering the home.
: Yuuka has blood on her bag and an improperly treated injury on her arm. Shoutarou brings her to the police, but they are unable to identify or contact her parents.