[Klashikari]

Well well... This episode is HUGE. i would suggest you to NOT watch the preview of episode 4 nor reading recklessly the usual summaries.

Spoiler for Part A:

• The episode summaries what Satoko could witness. "Black Rika" lamenting no one can do anything, the various times she saw the stalker, Irie's suicide.

• Everything start when Satoko hears her alarm noise, she tries to wake Rika up. Satoko hurries, but Rika just woke up slowly, and with calm, which surprise satoko. Rika opens a hidden exit in the ceiling, and asks satoko to hurry.

• Satoko goes in, but Rika then goes back on the ground, saying she is okay. Satoko doesn't understand what she is doing. Rika says these guys are after her, and Satoko might be left unharmed if she doesn't get near and run away. Satoko doesn't approve this and asks her once again, extending her arm. Rika then reverts back to ner "nipa" mode, and says everything is alright, and it will be repeated again. despite what she claims, Rika is almost crying. She then closes the trap door.

• Several "janitor" henchmen are outside, and they are assaulting the house. They quickly barge in, and rush at the first floor, seeing rika. they kidnapp her. Satoko knows it and is almost crying out loud, which almost make her spotted by a henchman. But they quickly withdraw with their target.

• The henchmen put rika (who was restrained in a "bag/mat") on the front of the shrine, and they draw out their knifes towards her...

• Satoko leaves the house and calls out rika. she slowly makes her way to the shrine. She hears a weird noise, and as going upstairs, she sees blood...She sees Rika corpse and then... simply the yell of the most cruel thing which could happen to her.

• The henchmen were going to get back in their van, but they heard satoko's cry !They quickly make their way back to the shrine. Satoko hears their footsteps and tries to make her escape. Once upstairs, the henchmen split, and 2 are going to the left, where satoko fled to.

• Satoko runs in the woords, then one of the Henchmen wears some binocular (nightvision most likely). He sees satoko and three of them are chasing her. Satoko feels on a "cliff" (much like how teppei did in tatarigoroshi). She sees the bridge, but she can't get up because of a deep wound on her left leg. She suddenly hears the henchmen, and sees them afar. She tries to withstand the pain, and slowly makes her way to the bridge

• The henchmen arrive around the bridge, but they can't see anyone. they are walking on it, but satoko is under the bridge, gripping on some cable, struggling a lot. As they walk just above her, the Binocular guy doesn't see her, so they keep going. this relieves satoko, but she then trips, and barely hold a bar with her hands. this alert the henchmen who heard the noise.

• They walk back where Satoko is, and one draws out his knife. however, they still don't see anything, so they keep going. Satoko cannot hold anymore, she has lots of pain and begs anyone to help her. She then release her grip, and she fell in the river...

• The scene switch back to several army trucks and soldiers (much like what it was shown on the trailer 1) Meanwhile, Satoko has been washed to the shore. She manages to be conscious, but she he bleeding on her head...

• she walks back to hinamizawa, where there is a lot of activities... There are many soldiers with full isolation suit and Gas Mask. Satoko is completely speechless. She sees some soldiers leaving the school with "something", she makes slowly her way to the school then...

• She sees the classroom by the window... several person on the grounds, on of them is chie sensei... Satoko doesn't understand what's happening, then she looks at the right and sees Mion, Shion and Keiichi, eye wide opened, bearing a painful expression, mouth open, they are dead. Satoko is crushed, and can withstand the shock, she yells. (here are pictures of the scene... again, do NOT look at it, it is really huge... )
  
  
  the soldiers hear her, and are surprised to see a survivor. They are quickly helping her.

Spoiler for PART B:

• Some people in a hospital are watching the TV. the current reportage is about Hinamizawa disaster as you might expect. The presentator also makes mention that Houjou Satoko is the sole survivor and is currently treated in the hospital.

• Ooishi is discussing with a doctor, and asks why he can't interrogate Satoko. of course, the Doctor explains that Satoko received an horrible emotional shock, which makes her close her heart. the doctor can't do anything and everything depend on satoko. Ooishi then understand

• Satoko is in her chamber, laying on her bed, with various breathing devices, but her gaze is simply dead. Ooishi then enters and pays her a visit. He then talks about the disaster ans satoko, but he knows she won't answer. He can't help it, and asks satoko to listen to him. Ooishi then shows her Rena's hat, which was stained with blood.
  Ooishi talks where he found it and is wondering why they found her hat in such place, with blood on it. He wonders also why she was there in the first place.
  Ooishi believes Rena let her hat as a message. Ooishi makes various theories about the hat. But Rena is still missing since the Disaster. Ooishi knows it isn't a natural disaster, grabs satoko and yells to know what she saw. but he quickly gave up. A nurse arrives, and ask if there is a problem, Ooishi assures there isn't

• Ooishi then says he will be back, and will interrogate her about the murder of Rika. Suddenly Satoko reacted to this. Ooishi is caught off guard, and ask to the nurse if she saw it. But the nurse says it is something like a reflex. Ooishi is disappointed and makes his leave. As he is parting, the nurse has a weird look at satoko.
• Back in the Okinomiya police office, a collaegue says Kumatani is still missing. Ooishi asks if Kuma let a message or something, but the collague says no. suddenly he remember that they should have dispatched some policemen for Rika. Then ooishi remembers about satoko's reaction when He mentionned her murder.

• Ooishi then asks about this, and the policeman answers that it appears someone was stalking Furure Rika and Houjou Satoko. Ooishi then understands that something is wrong, and realizes that he should have understand this before : Satoko didn't witness the Disaster, but Rika's murder ! He quickly goes with his partner back in the hospital.

• At the hospital, a weird man is lurking in... Meanwhile, Ooishi and the other cop are rushing by car to the hospital

• Satoko suddenly wakes up and remembers what Ooishi said about the hat. she remembers herself running in the woods, and then we sees Rena doing the same. but Rena got outwit by the henchmen and some of them stops her in the front of her, drawing out their knives... We then see her hat, falling in the river...yelling...

• Satoko suddenly wakes up, saying she understood Rika's message. Satoko push the nurse button, but the earlier weird nuse goes to the room board, and push the button, ceasing the alert.

• Ooishi finally arrives in the hospital, while running, he sees some commotion in front of Satoko's Room... Ooishi is too late, Satoko died, and the Doctor says the cause of it. Ooishi collapses, in angst...

this episode DELIVERS... PERIOD...
Frankly, the first part was really the most heart wrenching moment of the anime ever (for the moment). Even tatarigoroshi and various moments of Meakashi are nothing to this.

The part B just finish the "game" off, with various plot twists. Many people who already played the PS2 games will see similarities with Tsukiotoshi-hen (especially this end...)

Worth a TEN, no question about this