Sarazanmai — Season 1, Episode 4: I Want to Connect, but You're So Far Away

Episode synopsis

Kazuki asks for Toi's help to kidnap Sara and so that he can take her place during a meet-and-greet that Haruka plans to attend. Toi's backstory is revealed through a flashback – after his parents died from suicide upon being conned into crippling debt, the family's soba shop was saved from closure through Chikai's intervention. When a yakuza came to collect the family's debt, he was shot by Toi, which was subsequently covered up by Chikai.

About Sarazanmai

After accidentally breaking a statue of the guardian god of the Asakusa district, middle school students Kazuki, Toi and Enta are transformed into kappas -creatures from japanese folklore- by Keppi, self-proclaimed prince of the Kappa Kingdom. If they want to regain their human form, they must collect the five Dishes of Hope for him, which fulfill the wishes of whoever possesses them. To do so, they will fight against the kappa-zombies and extract their "shirikodama", the mythical organ containing humans' deepest desires. Two policemen, Reo and Mabu, are the ones behind this evil scheme, turning humans into zombies as agents of the Otter Empire, enemy of the Kappa Kingdom since ancient times. In the guise of "Kappazon, Inc.", they control society by manipulating the desires of the masses for their own goals. To succeed in their mission, the boys must be connected through the "Sarazanmai", revealing their most intimate secrets in the process...

More episodes from Season 1

• E1I Want to Connect, but I Want to Lie
• E2I Want to Connect, but I Want to Take
• E3I Want to Connect, but It's Not Meant to Be
• E5I Want to Connect, but I Can't Be Forgiven
• E6I Want to Connect, so I'm Not Giving Up
• E7I Want to Connect, but I Want to Betray
• E8I Want to Connect, but We'll Never Meet Again
• E9I Want to Connect, but I Can't Express It
• E10I Want to Connect, but I Can't
• E11I Want to Connect, so Sarazanmai