Episode 2

**Welcome Party** (ウェルカムパーティー) is the second episode of the anime of *Migi and Dali*.

## Synopsis

Migi and Dali have been fully accepted as members of the Sonoyama family. They behave just like real parent and child, but the twins notice that Mom and Dad are acting somewhat distant. Suspecting that the Sonoyama couple might be hiding something, the two discreetly begin to search the house and stumble upon an unexpected secret of the couple. Migi and Dali are shocked, wondering if they have been deceived. However, determined not to let things end this way, they execute a plan to retaliate against the Sonoyamas.

## Plot Summary

In a scene from 1983, a young Migi and Dali are seen with the snowflake button.

Moving to 1990, the twins are in the Sonoyama home taking a bath. When the mother comes into the bathroom, one of them must hold their breath underwater to prevent notice. Later, mother is brushing Hitori's hair commenting that it is pretty. Hitori says that he does not like his hair as he has been teased for having unusual hair in the past. His mother says that being different is beautiful.

The parents leave Hitori home while they go out. The twins are suspicious that their parents are hiding something. They search their parent's bedroom and find a purple thong not knowing what it is and play with it to try to understand what it might be used for. They find Osamu's intimate writings and a photo of him as a young man dancing with a woman who does not appear to be his wife. They find a collection of wigs and leave as parents have returned. They find that their parents are preparing a welcome party for them and have purchased a large metal object that they hide in a shed. The twins are fearful this is a machine that their parents plan to use to scalp them to make a wig.

At the welcome party, Migi plays the role of Hitori while Dali hides in the chandelier as a part of their plan to prevent being scalped and reveal their adoptive parents a malicious. The meet the Ichijou family, including son Eiji and younger daughter Karen, a boy scout named Tsutsumi Manta, and a boy name Akiyama who gives them a gift of candy. From the chandelier, Dali drops hot sauce into his mother's wine glass. She asks for water, and Migi gives her glass after glass of what appears to be water but is actually gin. From this, she becomes drunk.

Migi goes upstairs and finds Eiji looking into door claiming that he is trying to find a bathroom. Eiji remarks that he find's Hitori's hair pretty, which Migi considers to be creepy. The twins plan to ignite their parents on fire using olive oil and a magnifying glass. The mother blindfolds Hitori while the father goes outside to bring him a gift. Dali tries to signal to Migi that their plan needs to be aborted. Removing the blindfold, the parents reveal that they have gotten their son a bicycle. Migi is frozen, not knowing how to respond to this. Dali uses the magnifying glass to burn Migi's back, prompting him into an excited state.

Later, Dali puts ice on Migi's back and mends his shirt. They discuss how they have now learned that the woman dancing in the photo with a young Osamu was actually a younger version of his wife, Youko, and that Youko's wigs are of synthetic hair. Migi comments that he had no idea what it felt like to be in a family. Dali prompts them to leave to see their real mother. They ride the new bicycle to her grave.

They narrate how they once lived with their mother in a tent outside Origon village. One winter night, they found that she was not in the tent, so they went to the village to find her. They found her dead with the snowflake button in her hand. They reveal that they made a plan to be adopted to find out who murdered their mother.

## Characters

* Migi
* Dali
* Youko Sonoyama
* Osamu Sonoyama
* Eiji Ichijo
* Karen Ichijo
* Reiko Ichijo
* Maruta Tsutsumi
* Shunpei Akiyama

## Manga and Anime Differences

Adapts chapters 3,4 and 5

* The anime scrambles up the order of some events, like putting Hitori talking with the mom before the dog chase scene
* anime cuts out some of the Sonoyamas decorating for Hitoris welcome party
* anime extends Ichijo family introduction and introduces Akiyama
* anime adds eiji reacting to hitoris hair

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