The priest is playing a pipe organ in the beginning. Oh no... he must be villain!
The little boys wanted to play "menko" with Kiriko. In Osaka, we called it "pettan".
A card game where you slam your cards onto other cards, and flip them over.
The show's atmosphere is very mixed with early Showa era and 60s 70s cultural references, it was this type of nostalgic reference that hit me home. (Since early Showa era-ish setting like the train station is a little too old for my generation)
Nietzsche's book "Also sprach Zarathustra" makes an appearance.
The old man seems to know how it's related to the ressentiment phenomena in the town, but our simple minded hero seems to misunderstand it.
And the Skull-man that appeared in this episode... could it be a fake?
A copy cat, who's using his appearance to commit murder?
Unfortunately, not much was revealed this episode.
Other than the fact that the old detective is definitly not an ordinary citizen... a veteran soldier from the WWII most likely, as he spotted the Mauser gun, and said it reminds him the days at the continent (Europe, no doubt)