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* [[Bedlam House|Bedlam Prison]]: {{spoiler|The secret, forgotten prison where the man who slaughtered Sayuri's village is kept, along with other criminally insane people. The head (only?) guard has declared himself [[Dragonball|Yama, King of Hell,]] and abuses the prisoners.}}
* [[Bedlam House|Bedlam Prison]]: {{spoiler|The secret, forgotten prison where the man who slaughtered Sayuri's village is kept, along with other criminally insane people. The head (only?) guard has declared himself [[Dragonball|Yama, King of Hell,]] and abuses the prisoners.}}
* [[Cargo Ship]]: {{spoiler|The man who caused the blackout was in love with an electrical tower and brought it down so he could "be penetrated by it". Yeah, falling in love with inanimate objects is an actual thing (see the woman who married the Eiffel Tower).}}
* [[Cargo Ship]]: {{spoiler|The man who caused the blackout was in love with an electrical tower and brought it down so he could "be penetrated by it". Yeah, falling in love with inanimate objects is an actual thing (see the woman who married the Eiffel Tower).}}
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]] / [[What the Hell Hero]]: Det. Onoda is straight-up abusive to Det. Yokoi {{spoiler|possibly because he sees a bit of himself in someone so determined to solve a mystery that "shouldn't be solved"}} and calls a rape case "stupid".
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]] / [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Det. Onoda is straight-up abusive to Det. Yokoi {{spoiler|possibly because he sees a bit of himself in someone so determined to solve a mystery that "shouldn't be solved"}} and calls a rape case "stupid".
* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|The council president has raped almost a whole generation of boys.}}
* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|The council president has raped almost a whole generation of boys.}}
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: {{spoiler|Onoda was on the MPD Yakuza taskforce before delving too deeply into a strange mystery which got him demoted}}.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: {{spoiler|Onoda was on the MPD Yakuza taskforce before delving too deeply into a strange mystery which got him demoted}}.
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* [[Mask Power]]: Tokita the archeologist is always wearing clay masks. {{spoiler|A gang of masked boys (led by Kanto and Misa) use random "artwork" to destabilize reality.}}
* [[Mask Power]]: Tokita the archeologist is always wearing clay masks. {{spoiler|A gang of masked boys (led by Kanto and Misa) use random "artwork" to destabilize reality.}}
* [[The Men in Black]]: Probably {{spoiler|Sakura and Sakurada of the Metropolitan Police Department, who seem to know exactly what's going on}}.
* [[The Men in Black]]: Probably {{spoiler|Sakura and Sakurada of the Metropolitan Police Department, who seem to know exactly what's going on}}.
* [[Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane]]: A lot of the strange happenings have a reasonable (if disturbing) explanation -- [[Mind Screw|until they don't,]] and it's implied they never will.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: A lot of the strange happenings have a reasonable (if disturbing) explanation -- [[Mind Screw|until they don't,]] and it's implied they never will.
* [[Messy Hair]]: Det. Yokoi can't do anything about her hair.
* [[Messy Hair]]: Det. Yokoi can't do anything about her hair.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Soil is {{spoiler|soiled}}, plus there's all the Jomon artefacts in the soil.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Soil is {{spoiler|soiled}}, plus there's all the Jomon artefacts in the soil.
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** {{spoiler|Onoda's obsession with the missing Yakuza boss' organs lead to his demotion and his wife leaving him; then again he might not have been a very pleasent person to begin with.}}
** {{spoiler|Onoda's obsession with the missing Yakuza boss' organs lead to his demotion and his wife leaving him; then again he might not have been a very pleasent person to begin with.}}
* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: {{spoiler|The masked boys' random "art work" is meant to be so random it starts screwing with reality.}}
* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: {{spoiler|The masked boys' random "art work" is meant to be so random it starts screwing with reality.}}
* [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Kanto and the other boys, all victims of the Council President. Misa, the lone girl in their group is sort-of a victim by proxy, as her rapists were also victims of the CP.}}
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Kanto and the other boys, all victims of the Council President. Misa, the lone girl in their group is sort-of a victim by proxy, as her rapists were also victims of the CP.}}
* [[World of Chaos]]: {{spoiler|What Kanto and his group want to cause, which will destabilize reality.}}
* [[World of Chaos]]: {{spoiler|What Kanto and his group want to cause, which will destabilize reality.}}
* [[Yakuza]]: {{spoiler|Onoda's last case as a MPD detective started with the disappearance of a Yakuza boss' organs without any cuts to his body and just spiraled out of control}}.
* [[Yakuza]]: {{spoiler|Onoda's last case as a MPD detective started with the disappearance of a Yakuza boss' organs without any cuts to his body and just spiraled out of control}}.