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Ningyo-yaki were small snack cakes, baked in molds—a Tokyo specialty.
Taiji held up his pinky finger in the Japanese sign for “girlfriend.”
People who’ve been traumatized by a crime are victims, too. Finding ways to comfort them is also part of my job.”
The precinct detective had looked into things that the rest of them had all dismissed as insignificant, keeping at it until he got to the truth, regardless of whether there was a connection to the murder or not.
When a terrible crime like murder is committed, of course we need to catch the person who did it. But we also need to follow through until we’ve figured out why the crime happened in the first place. Unless we can identify the cause, there’s nothing to stop someone else from making the same mistake. Learning the truth can teach us all sorts of valuable lessons.
Parents have a duty to set their kids on the right path, even if being loathed is the only reward they get. If parents don’t do it, who will?
