Episode 2 · Paranoia Agent

Paranoia Agent

A kid on rollerblades is smashing people across Musashino City with a golden baseball bat. Nobody sees him coming. Nobody can catch him. His first target is Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer whose pink stuffed animal Maromi is the only one who believes her. The cops think she made the whole thing up. Then the attacks keep happening. A straight-A student. Two girls who share the same pair of eyes. A group of people planning to die together. A gambler, a painter, anyone. Detectives Ikari and Maniwa chase a suspect who may not even exist, while the rumor of Shounen Bat grows teeth of its own. Say his name on a bench outside your building and somewhere in the dark, a golden arc swings down. Is the boy real, or did the city need him to be?