Ep. 12: Maniwa investigates Lil' Slugger's past and confronts the giant monster.
Maniwa battles Lil' Slugger and visits a dying hospital patient who urges him to dance with the rabbit. Misae reveals Maromi and Lil' Slugger are identical. Tsukiko discusses Maromi's conception, showing early sketches of the creature. Maniwa follows a miniature bunny girl to a doll-maker creating dolls of Lil' Slugger's victims, who speak to him. He plugs into an AR link to access Tsukiko's past, discovering she was attacked at age twelve by a roller-blading figure with a golden bat. Maniwa finds the bat in Tsukiko's father's shed and calls Tsukiko to reassure her, but Maromi cuts the line. Maniwa fights a giant Lil' Slugger with the bat, resulting in a draw. Tsukiko and Maromi vanish into the cartoon world, erasing all traces of Maromi from reality.
Episodes
- Ep. 8 · Three suicide pact members attempt various methods while seeking Lil' Slugger, ending with a shadowless revelation.
- Ep. 9 · Housewives share implausible tales of Lil' Slugger, ending with a shocking home invasion.
- Ep. 10 · Production coordinator Naoyuki Saruta faces traffic and hallucinations while delivering the first episode of Mellow Maromi.
- Ep. 11 · Misae confronts Lil' Slugger about human resilience while Ikari faces his past as a detective.
- Ep. 12 · Maniwa investigates Lil' Slugger's past and confronts the giant monster.
- Ep. 13 · Ikari destroys the fantasy world, revealing the tragic truth behind Tsukiko's fabricated monster story.