Aibou TV Season 5 Episode 12 - Where the Wolf Went(狼の行方)

Subtitle: Where the Wolf Went(狼の行方)

 Two boys Yūichi and Ryōji are reported missing. The Tokumeigakari pair find them locked in a refuse collection depot near the apartment. The boys report  that a strange foxlike man wearing glasses tricked them into going inside the refuse collection depot by telling the boys that he wanted show them something good and leading the boys there. A man fitting the boys' vague descriptions is apprehended, but the man stays silent during the Sōichi's questioning. Looking through a one way mirror, the boys confirm that the man, Tetsuya Kanzaki(神崎 哲哉), was the man who locked them in. Why is Tetsuya staying silent? Did he really trap the boys inside the refuse collection depot and if so, why? This episode takes a darker turn towards the end of the story.

Location

Yumegaoka Danchi(夢ヶ丘団地) - Yumegaoka Complex, Yūichi and Ryōji's home.

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Tetsuya Kanzaki(神崎 哲哉) - Employee of Olympus Shōji, a company selling goods that mostly target women

Miki Horikawa(堀川 美紀) - Kanzaki's former girlfriend who lives in the Yumegaoka Danchi(夢ヶ丘団地), They met at a matchmaking party. During their conversations, he lied and said that he was a doctor, but she didn't mind because he was a kind man. He however became more and more possessive of her and started stalking her: he assaulted men who came close to her and also went through her trash. He also started sending a single rose to her each day, which, by this time, she felt was more creepy than a sign of love. On the day the boys were trapped, she finally confronted him along with a friend and made him agree not to lurk around her again.

Yūichi Masuda(増田 雄一) - One of the boys who was trapped in the refuse collection depot. He says that their cellphones' batteries were dead, and that's why they couldn't call for help.

Ryōji Ōtsuka(大塚 亮司) - One of the boys who was trapped in the refuse collection depot. He says that their cellphones' batteries were dead, and that's why they couldn't call for help.

Ayano Masuda(増田 彩乃) - Yūichi's mother.

Moriwaki(森脇) - A resident of the Yumegaoka Danchi(夢ヶ丘団地) apartment complex.

Noguchi(野口) - Kanzaki's boss. Noguchi tells Constable Serizawa that Tetsuya Kanzaki's(神崎 哲哉) business sense is so-so, but is a serious employee. He fires Kanzaki after was cleared of any wrong-doing, saying that they had to protect the company's image.