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I predicted that Hanamura was a Jyuto, but it was actually his "Mama", Hanamura Shizuka. Could she be the mysterious penguin? Although, that would imply that Kitou's ex-bf Hanamura must be either a Jyuto or a human-Jyuto hybrid, which means I'm probably at least half correct. I'm going with the latter, since the Noto apparently aren't concerned with him and presumably any other half-Jyutos.

Not surprising that the polite Anoni would rather send the hit-list than try and directly sell Kijino on the idea of uxoricide, geez. What is surprising is how the Donbrothers have virtually no relatives at all. Like, there's Yuriko and Miho who are actively involved in their lives, but Jin's locked up in Noto jail, Natsumi's locked up in Jyuto jail, Jirou left his family behind in the country and we know basically nothing about Saruhara's family, which only adds to my curiosity about him. Where does a novelty like Saruhara come from?

Speaking of NatsuMiho, we now have confirmation that they're not the same person, same goes for Sayama and "Sayama". Although they seem to copy certain personality traits, like how "Sayama" continues to relentlessly pursue Inuzuka despite being retired and how Kijino's description of Miho matched Inuzuka's description of Natsumi in Episode 8.

The Noto seem to be unaware that killing a Jyuto also kills their template, otherwise I doubt Sononi would've involved Inuzuka since she'd be using him to kill Miho and indirectly Natsumi. Fortunately, Miho tells Tarou about this, which is enough to convince him to back out of the deal with the Noto, albeit without explaining his reason, naturally. Unfortunately, Sonoi's dead, so there's nobody left to mediate between them or hear out the other side. Donbrothers and Noto are probably going to be enemies again for a while.

Enjoying captivity seems to be a weird inherent trait in the Kitou family, with even the detective Yuriko showing no resistance to her situation and only focusing on the expensive food and massage, while Kitou worries about her and tries to get her back. Of course, it just happens that the family's abductors, Inuzuka, Sonoza and the Anoni, just happen to be reasonable people, unlike Machineki. I hope this doesn't send a bad message to yanderes.