A Man's Path
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| Paranoia Agent | |
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| "A Man's Path" | |
| Previous episode | "Double Lips" |
| Next episode | "The Holy Warrior" |
A Man's Path is the fourth episode of the 2004 animated series Paranoia Agent.
[edit] Prophetic Vision
"You hear the beautiful sound of a bell from a noble temple. But it won't work on a leech's ears. After the Arabian Nights end, he stands up everytime he is beaten. The golden fox cries once. The warrior gets on a horse and passes through the broadband. Well..."
[edit] Plot
Masami Hirukawa is a portly low-level police officer who, despite calling himself a family man, accepts bribes in the form of cash and women (in fact, his favorite prostitute is Maria/Harumi, the protagonist from the previous episode) from a local Yakuza group. Masami even purchases a house for his family using this money. However, Masami falls behind in his payments, and the Yakuzas send one of their men, Makabe, to reclaim the "stolen" funds. Masami manages to get the "loan" extended, but has to pay an extremely large amount of interest.
Desperate, Masami dons dark clothes and a ski mask and starts robbing the helpless. He even develops a drug habit to deal with the stress. It is even heavily implied that he rapes one of his teenage victims.
As he walks alone on a deserted road at night, he cries for help, for someone to "stop him." Suddenly, he is attacked by Lil' Slugger; however, unlike the other victims, he is not incapacitated, and instead gives chase to Lil' Slugger. Masami then arrests Lil' Slugger, who awaits to be questioned by Ikari and Maniwa.
[edit] Notes
- Episode title appearance: "A Man's Path" appears on a billboard at the beginning of episode. It refers to a fictional manga series that parallels the events in Hirukawa's life throughout the episode.
- Shortly before Lil' Slugger attacks, Hirukawa's ski mask falls to the ground at an angle in which it resembles Maromi's eyes.
| Paranoia Agent |
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| Characters |
| Shougo Ushiyama | Misae Ikari | Tsukiko Sagi | Maromi |
| Episodes |
| Enter Lil' Slugger | The Golden Shoes | Double Lips | A Man's Path | The Holy Warrior | Fear of a Direct Hit | MHz | Happy Family Planning | ETC | Mellow Maromi | Entry Forbidden | Radar Man | Final Episode |
| Other |
| Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack | Satoshi Kon | Susumu Hirasawa |
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