13 episodes • February 3, 2004 - May 18, 2004

Seemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.

13 episodes

1. 

   #1

   Enter Lil' Slugger

   25 min • Feb 3, 2004 (22 years ago)

   Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer, is suddenly attacked by someone carrying a golden baseball bat. When a pair of detectives interrogate her, she describes the suspect as an elementary school-aged boy wearing golden inline skates and a red hat.

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   #2

   The Golden Shoes

   25 min • Feb 10, 2004 (22 years ago)

   Yuuichi "Icchi" Taira, a formerly popular sixth-grade schoolboy, starts being bullied at school for his red hat and golden skates which strongly resemble those of Lil' Slugger.

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   #3

   Double Lips

   25 min • Feb 17, 2004 (22 years ago)

   Harumi Chouno, a woman with dissociative identity disorder attempts to defy her prostitute alter ego, Maria. Harumi becomes increasingly desperate when a colleague proposes. She accepts, but is terrified of Maria's existence being found out.

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   #4

   A Man's Path

   25 min • Feb 24, 2004 (22 years ago)

   Masami Hirukawa is a low-level police officer who, despite calling himself a family man, accepts bribes in the form of cash and women from a local yakuza group. However, Masami squeezes the group a bit too much, and they send their boss to deal with him.

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   #5

   The Holy Warrior

   25 min • Mar 9, 2004 (22 years ago)

   Ikari and Maniwa interrogate the boy known as Lil' Slugger, who turns out to be an eighth-grade student named Makoto Kozuka. Kozuka admits to the attacks, but he believes that the world around him is a medieval fantasy-style role playing game.

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   #6

   Fear of a Direct Hit

   25 min • Mar 16, 2004 (22 years ago)

   Taeko, a runaway teenager, wanders through the stormy city wanting to forget about her past, as her father repeatedly calls her cellphone but she always answers coldly, saying she will "destroy everything."

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   #7

   MHz

   25 min • Mar 23, 2004 (22 years ago)

   After Taeko is attacked while both Tsukiko and Kozuka have alibis, Maniwa considers the possibility of another Lil' Slugger existing and looks for connections between the victims in an attempt to pinpoint who will be next.

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   #8

   Happy Family Planning

   25 min • Apr 6, 2004 (22 years ago)

   The three members of an Internet suicide pact meet each other for the first time in attempt to come up with ways to commit suicide, but hope to see Lil' Slugger.

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   #9

   ETC

   25 min • Apr 13, 2004 (22 years ago)

   Four housewives share gossip that they have heard about Lil' Slugger.

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    #10

    Mellow Maromi

    25 min • Apr 20, 2004 (22 years ago)

    Production coordinator Naoyuki Saruta fights traffic to deliver the first episode of "Mellow Maromi," an anime based on the famous character designed by Tsukiko, to the broadcasting network.

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    #11

    No Entry

    25 min • Apr 27, 2004 (22 years ago)

    Misae Ikari, wife of Ikari the detective, confronts Lil' Slugger when he comes for her about what humans really are and tells him about the problems he's caused.

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    #12

    Radar Man

    25 min • May 11, 2004 (22 years ago)

    Maniwa engages in battle with Lil' Slugger and investigates his past. First he visits the mysterious old man at the hospital just before he dies; his last words to Maniwa are "dance with the rabbit".

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    #13

    The Final Episode

    25 min • May 18, 2004 (22 years ago)

    Tokyo is in ruins because of a black mass, formed by the rampaging Lil' Slugger, that envelops the town. Maniwa contacts the police chief on a screen in the cartoon world telling him what he knows; Ikari smashes the screen and is hailed a hero.