Ep. 4: Hinata faces bullying targeting Chiho, her elementary school friend, in their final middle school year.

Chiho, Hinata’s close friend since elementary school, becomes the target of bullying in their final middle school year. While classmates ignore the abuse, Hinata invites Chiho to lunch and suggests reporting the incidents to their homeroom teacher. Despite these efforts, the bullying intensifies, forcing Chiho to stop attending school and move away with her mother. Consequently, Hinata now finds herself becoming the new target of bullying. This narrative arc, spanning chapters 52 through 54, explores the escalation of harassment and the subsequent shift in victimization, highlighting the emotional toll on the characters involved. The story details the failure of intervention attempts and the resulting displacement of the original victim, leading to a new cycle of hostility directed at Hinata.

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