7.063 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestAnna seemed proud, but she longed for a successor while looking at her mother, in the spotlight for her art book. After the art camp is canceled, Anna invites the boys to the mountain house. She insists she made the Human Specimen. Shiro understands Itaru's hopes to become his father's specimen. The truth of Itaru's death and the mystery of Anna's confession will be unraveled.
Professor Shiro Sakaki, a butterfly researcher, confesses to turning six young boys, including his own son Itaru, into "human specimens."
Acting
Nishijima's chilling stillness makes evil look almost tender.
Direction
Butterflies as metaphor and menace in every frame.
Writing
Confession upfront, mystery underneath. Inverted whodunit.
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