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I'm wondering a lot more about the operation secret now. So now we know Emu and Kuroto had some sort of contact 16 years ago, which can of course only refer to the operation incident. And Kiriya's words at the end superficially don't mean too much, beyond the sentiment in them, but I wonder...him going "As long as you smile you'll still be you" is kind of interesting wording. It could just be Kiriya telling him to not lose heart and keep being the guy he's always been, but they have sort of been pushing the split personality thing, which will be exacerbated with Double Action next episode. And well, we know two things: Kuroto is a psychopath, and M is just a little unhinged. Could it be some sort of weird...thing that caused some of Kuroto's twisted personality to influence Emu? Like...probably not, but it's a thought.

Kuroto was only 14 when this happened too so I somewhat doubt he was masterminding things back then, but who really knows.

Regardless. Perhaps there's some danger of the M personality overtaking Emu's, and that will be...bad, for reasons?

Alternative plot twist: M is the real personality, Emu is the good side of Kuroto he now lacks because Emu stole it...somehow. Maybe. Again, probably not. Though tinking about it, smiling right before transforming is exactly how Emu signals that he's going M. But it probably doesn't mean anything.

Anyway, I'm probably just overthinking this a lot for no reason, but whatever.