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Cute Criminals & Crazy Philosophy

Episode 8 Getting Predictable?

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Yutori meets Hayashi, the leader of the prison library workshop. With his missing little finger, he looks like a former yakuza (Japanese gangster), but now he is serving his time seriously for the sake of his daughter, who is waiting for his release. Hayashi tells Yutori that only one other inmate works there: Shu, the handsome young man she saw earlier. Curious about him, Yutori asks what Shu is like. But Hayashi gives her a mysterious answer: “You’ll find out when you get back to your cell.” Yutori has no idea what he means...

Cute Criminals & Crazy Philosophy

Works and Days

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Before starting work at her new assignment, the laundry workshop, Yutori is moved into a single cell. There, she discovers a philosophy book on the shelf that clearly isn’t hers. Who could it belong to? Then Yutori begins work in the laundry, where she meets Makisaka, the inmate in charge of the laundry work group. Makisaka is gay—and he can’t stand Yutori, who is effortlessly cute and completely oblivious to it. Before long, he starts giving her a hard time.

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Episode 6 Ordeals before Duty

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This is the final episode of the first arc. The orientation period for the new inmates is about to end. The day before the closing ceremony is Sunday. However, Yutori finds nothing the prison offers for her free time appealing. Even a day off in prison turns into torture for her. Finally, the prison authorities announce the workshops where Yutori, Sawako and Konami will be assigned. The news leaves Yutori utterly shocked. Just what kind of workshop has she been assigned to?

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Episode 5 Yuto Ludens

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The New Inmate Orientation Program is supposed to teach prisoners discipline, obedience, and self-improvement. But for Yutori, it quickly turns into playtime. She challenges instructors with absurd philosophical arguments, questions the logic behind prison education, and refuses to take anything seriously. However, the final lesson presents a challenge even she cannot ignore. When Yutori loses interest in memorizing the prison code, Genda Tetsundo—a legendary repeat offender with eighteen convictions—steps forward to demonstrate what a “true prisoner” should be. The clash between the philosopher and the veteran inmate is about to begin.

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Episode4 Requiem for the Departed

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Yutori begins her prison labor. As a newcomer, she is assigned to fold origami cranes. But she soon notices something strange: every sheet of paper is gray. She complains that origami should be colorful. Sawako, whose father is a temple priest, quietly explains why. It hints at something deeper… something tied to the fate of the inmates.

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Episode 3 Marginaux

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Yutori is assigned to a shared cell, where she meets two young inmates, Sawako and Konami. Although they’re new prisoners just like her, they already act like best friends. Suspicious, Yutori wonders if they committed the same crime together. They quickly deny it — and then, one by one, begin cheerfully explaining the crimes that landed them here.

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Episode 2 The Formidable Being-for-Others

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The morning after she arrived at Donomichi Prison, Yutori is summoned to "The New Inmate Evaluation" room. There, she finds herself surrounded by high-ranking officers, and the warden orders her to obey whatever they command as an inmate. But Yutori, a philosopher at heart, refuses to comply. From the perspective of the eternal universe, she argues, all of them are equally insignificant specks of existence. The warden, Horiyuki, grows furious...

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Episode 1 Transcendental Passage

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A young man steps off a plane and mutters to himself, "My guru is here." His name is Wahn Witzigenstein,─a NobeN Prize winner at just twenty, now a full professor of philosophy. Suddenly, the scene shifts. Inside a police van sits a handcuffed cute girl. She looks uneasy─then, out of nowhere, she starts shouting...and delivers a bizarrely surreal speech.