Boku Dake ga Inai Machi: The Town Without Me

[Ryllharu]

Is it really that stupid of Satoru to tell Yashiro he regained his memories back? I think that was the only way to save himself.

For all we know (except shinta who knows everything now), Yashiro is the one who pulled him out of the water. Why? Because Satoru taunted the fuck out of him in his last waking moment. The intro to this episode revealed that. Yashiro was struck to the very core by the taunt that Satoru knew his entire future.

This is a man who was fascinated by the one hamster that survived, a scenario he could never have predicted, and that changed his entire twisted life philosophy. He went from a murderer of animals to a full on predator who toys with his victims, providing them that string before ending them. It brought him great satisfaction.

But now he has his chosen victim, who he's toyed with, given hope, provided that string so he can save others, who's been stopping him at every turn, providing that final bait at the ice rink. Then, when cutting the string, that victim screams that he knows how this will all turn out.

That revelation fascinated him like nothing else. It wasn't just a final yell of defiance. That Satoru had prevented every single victim in his long-prepared plan proved that Satoru was telling the truth.

The initial reality, he was a politician, but he was interfering with the local neighborhood, keeping his old patterns, completely ignorant that Satoru was around. This time he's been dutifully watching over the hospitals, waiting for Satoru to wake up. He needs to, wants to, has to hear what Satoru was going to say. The chance for his next evolutionary state.

He was disappointed that Satoru hadn't gained his memories back. He was ready to end it, disappointed, and go back to dropping that string for others.

Now Satoru has his attention again. Yashiro doesn't have the power now because he's too fascinated to hear what comes next. Something he hasn't planned for, a person he couldn't outthink when fighting over victims, a situation he couldn't predict. He wants to know.

As for Kenya and the journalist? I think they know who it was. Satoru fucked up his plans enough that the suspect list in Satoru (and only Satoru's) attack should be very narrow. They're waiting to pounce.

As for Kayo, that sucks for Satoru, and we don't know what he thinks yet because he only just got his memories back. But he seemed pleased with the drawing. I felt that was showing he was okay with losing his childhood love to one of his friends, because she looked so content and happy.

edit:
I felt like the case with Yashiro will end (not gonna guess at this point), and Satoru will go back to doing rehab. The little girl will either be the sister of Misato (the "ugly" bitchy girl he called out for framing Kayo) and it will end that way, or timeskip and he'll meet Airi at the pizza place like kmkze said.