Episode 7

**It Wasn't A Ghost** (おばけじゃなかった) is the seventh episode of the anime of *Migi and Dali*.

## Synopsis

"It was Eiji who killed our mother!?" To confirm the truth, Dali puts on the disguise of Sali with an aim to hypnotize Eiji to get him to reveal the truth.

## Plot Summary

Dali and Migi are convinced that Eiji Ichijo is the one who killed their mother, but they do not know his motive for doing so. Dali tells Migi that he has a plan to interrogate Eiji, and he tells Migi to keep studying while he takes care of this. Dali reprises his former role as Sali and goes to school dressed as her.

At school, Eiji leaves lunch to vomit in the toilet, disturbed by the image he saw of the woman with long, blond hair. Sali peaks over the stall and taunts him before leaving. Eiji chases after her and offers her money to keep silent. Sali tells him that the only currency she wants is to see him embarrassed. To satisfy her, he shows her photos of himself at age 5. She sees these photos of him at Christmas time, noticing that in a photo taken 12/24/82, his pajamas are intact, and in a photo from 12/25/82, the snowflake button is missing from them.

Asking what happened to the button, Eiji tells Sali that those pajamas were his favorite at that age, but he does not remember what happened to the button. He says that at that age, he still believed in Santa Claus. He asks her how old she was when she stopped believing in Santa, and she tells him that Santa never visited her house.

Eiji tries to learn who this mysterious girl is, not even knowing her name. Meanwhile, in a school stairwell, Migi finds the broken dolphin necklace that he once gave to Sali, and he becomes convinced that she has returned. Dali tells Migi to forget about her, but continuing to search for her, Migi hangs up drawings that he has made of her labeling her a missing person. However, his drawing of her is extremely poor. Akiyama analyzes the doodles Hitori (Migi) has made in his notebook, and from this, he is able to recreate an accurate drawing of Sali. This image is copied and pasted on top of the missing person notices hung around school.

Eiji meets with Sali again, and, per her request, he tells her of his experience of Christmas at age 5. Eiji realizes that he is starting to develop feelings for her. Migi (as Hitori) sees Sali and tells her to get away from Eiji and come with him. Sali tells Hitori that she is dating Eiji.

Sali later comes to visit Eiji at his home asking him to help her study. Dali has been practicing hypnotism on Migi and plans to hypnotize Eiji to learn the truth, though he must get Eiji to lie down to be able to do so. She proposes that they take a break from studying and lie down to take a nap together. Eiji is reluctant to lie in bed with her, but Sali says that she cannot sleep unless someone is next to her. Eiji brings out miniature figurines and puts these bed with her. Desperate, Sali shows him the push-up bra she is wearing. He rejects her for being incident when they have not even entered into a relationship contract. Sali agrees to kiss him in order to get him to lie down with her.

At the Sonoyama home, Migi (as Hitori) is crying to his parents about how Sali rejected him. Youko Sonoyama becomes tearful, and with an aim to help her son forget Sali, opens a bottle of wine and permits her son to drink with her and her husband. She eventually becomes drunk and passes out while Hitori is still crying under the living room coffee table. Osamu tells Hitori not to tell anyone about how he and his wife permitted him to drink alcohol. He tells Hitori not to give up hope on love as Youko turned him down countless times, but his persistence paid off to be able to marry her.

At the Ichijo house, Dali (as Sali) has managed to hypnotize Eiji, and he begins to narrate the night that Metry died. Migi knocks on the second story window of Eiji's room, showing Sali that he has repaired the dolphin necklace and tells her that he loves her. While in a hypnotic state, Eiji walks to the window and pushes Migi down. Sali grabs his hand to prevent him from falling though tells him to leave. Migi bites her hand and then drops to the ground and leaves.

Returning to bed, Eiji says that he now remembers what happened on Christmas Eve. A scene from the past shows that Metry came to Eiji's window. She held Eiji's face in her hands and then Eiji pushed her away from him. As she falls, she grabs on to Eiji's pajamas, ripping off the button. Upon falling to the ground, blood pools from behind her head. Eiji brings his mother to the window, but by the time they return, the body is gone though there is a stain of blood on the ground. Mrs. Ichijo convinces her son that it must have been a ghost as there are no women with long, blond hair who live in Origon Village.

Returning to the Sonoyama house, Dali tells Migi that he knows what happened and that it is time for them to get their revenge. However, Migi is angry with him having figured out that Dali had been pretending to be Sali, noticing the bite mark on Dali's hand. Migi tells Dali that he will never forgive him.

## Characters

* Dali
* Migi
* Eiji Ichijo
* Shunpei Akiyama
* Youko Sonoyama
* Osamu Sonoyama
* Metry (impersonated by Migi)
* Reiko Ichijo

## Trivia

* They learn that their late mother's name was Metry, and that Akira is their father.