Shinya Kano

**Shinya Kano** is a police detective and one of the main protagonists of the game.

## Biography

Kano Shinya is a hot blooded rookie detective who tends to act before he thinks. He admires detective Tateno and aspires to be a detective like him. Kano is also dating Rumi and they will get married soon... if her father approves, that is. He is assigned to the kidnapping case of Maria Osawa and is initially only there as backup in case the kidnapper gets away during the ransom handoff, but turns out to play a much bigger role than anyone would expect.

## Personality

Kano is an up and coming detective who tends to act quickly before he thinks things through. He follows his heart and emotions, and acts based on what he feels is right and not necessarily by what is ordered of him, defying direct orders multiple times due to this. He has a strong desire to become like his idol Tateno, and be able to protect people in Shibuya. His over eagerness may get him into trouble, but he does his best to deal with the situation. Over the course of the game, thanks to some advice, Kano learns how to keep a cool mind and a fiery spirit, and thus develops his skills as a detective. He has a strong sense of loyalty to the people close to him and would be devastated if harm fell on them.

## Spoiler Alert

**Note: the following is a spoiler alert,you should not be viewed without completing the game.**

## Before the Scramble

Kano was dating Rumi before he became a police officer. He knew Shizuo, Rumi's father, was on the force and decided that he would become a policeman to impress her, as well as the fact that he felt his physical abilities would serve him well in that job. Though ironically, Shizuo would later quit the force and refuse to let Rumi marry a cop.

3 years prior, there was a man who was threatening to set a building on fire. Kano, at the time a policemean, witnessed Tateno walk in, doused in gasoline, and talk to the man to calm him down and negotiate. He saved several lives, which inspired Kano to become a detective.

Detective Kano is mentioned to have been with the enforcement arm of the Shibuya criminal department for a year before the case of the Osawa sisters.

The night prior at around 7:00 is when the kidnapping case happened. Maria Osawa, a student at Midoriyama academy was reported to be missing. She was last seen in the LL diner, and a man was forcing her into a van. Kano and Sasayama arrive at 7:15 to talk to her sister, Hitomi Osawa. She states that Maria and her were supposed to go to a party, but she showed up an hour late just to see a middle-aged man shoving her sister into a blue station wagon. Kano also talks to Leland Palmer, another eyewitness and lecturer at their school, who states that he saw the same thing and that the kidnapper got into the driver's seat after shoving Maria in, suggesting that he's working alone. Kano and Sasayama are then called back to the precinct by senior detective Kajiwara, as a response team is sent to the Osawa household. The kidnapper makes a call soon, asking for the sister Hitomi to bring 50 million yen to the Hachiko Statue at 10:00 AM as ransom money.

## 10:00 - 11:00

### 10:00 - 10:05

Kano is hiding behind a trailer, watching Hitomi at the Hachiko statue closely and waiting to see when the kidnapper will come to take the ransom money in the briefcase she has, since the agreed upon time to meet was 10:00. The place is also surrounded by other detectives from HQ, with Kano and his partner Sasayama being there to provide backup in case the kidnapper gets away. Sasayama plays the part of the homeless man, asking Kano for change, and after telling him to calm down they get an alert from Kuze, the HQ operations director, telling them to be alert.

### 10:05 - 10:10

After some time passes with no one arriving, they notice a man with an orange hoodie and bandana trying to talk to Hitomi. Kano observes the situation, and it turns out the man was trying to sell her something. He eventually goes his own way, and this reminds Sasayama of his wife, to whom he got recently married. He then shifts the topic to Kano's girlfriend and nabs his phone to see a photo of her. Coincidentally, she looks like a famous actress, which makes Sasayama think Kano is lying. He asks why they don't get married, and Kano doesn't have an answer, due to obstacles being there. This helps calm his nerves though.

### 10:20 - 10:35

As the detectives continue to wait, Kano wonders why a criminal would choose Hachiko for a handoff since the crowd can hide several policeman and is too risky. Sasayama shrugs it off as irrelevant and grumbles about the lack of recognition of policeman. Nonetheless, Kano continues pondering it due to advice from his idol, Tateno. Just then, Kuze alerts them that there's a suspicious foreigner in a black coat, a man in his 30s. Even though he doesn't match the description given by Hitomi, the man makes his way to her and grabs the attache case, which causes the detectives, including Kano and Sasayama, to spring on him. The foreigner runs with the case, barreling through oncoming traffic. Without hesitation, Kano runs through the traffic as well and stays on his tail, about to catch him when Kuze tells him to back off, stating that the real perpetrator is somewhere else and so they should just tail him. Kano realizes that they've already shown the police are onto them, and if the kidnapper has a way to escape through police then Maria has no guarantee of being safe. Thus, he defies the order and continues pursuit.

#### 10:35 - 10:40

The foreigner runs through an alley and then upstairs to a bridge. Kano chases him up to there, where the man then drops the attache case down to another man waiting on a motorcycle. Kano quickly attempts to descend and catch the man on the bike, but he speeds away in the direction of Yoyogi, and the man who initially took the case gets away too. Kano makes his report to Kuze, having failed to apprehend either of them.

## 11:00 - 12:00

### 11:00 - 11:05

Kano continues to wander the street alleys in search when he then is informed by Kuze that the suspect handed off the attache case to an accomplice, something that he finds strange since there doesn't seem to be a reason to. Kuze states that the new suspect is headed to Dogenzaka and suspecting that they're dealing with a foreign syndicate, gives orders for the police to tail him without apprehending him, to see where he goes. Kano is near that area so he decides to follow too.

### 11:05 - 11:15

However, just then Kano's cell phone rings. He sees it's from Rumi, his girlfriend, and picks it up. Rumi tells him that she and her father, Shizuo, have come to Shibuya because Shizuo wants to meet with him, even willing to wait until Kano is finished with his work. Kano is shocked by this since Shizuo has refused to talk to him before. He is now conflicted about whether to take a few quick minutes to meet with them or to continue with his work. Ultimately Kano decides to stick to his job, deciding that Maria's life on the line as a hostage is more important.

### 11:15 - 11:25

Kano notices the man with the attache case and follows him. The man loops around back to Shibuya station and hands it off to another accomplice, which gives Kano the sense that they are just throwing off the cops. He tries talking about this to Kuze but he remains firm in his orders. Kano trails the 3rd accomplice and happens to cross café Lautrec, where Rumi and Shizuo are. He stares into there briefly before resolving to wrap up the case quickly.

### 11:30 - 11:40

Kano tails the foreigner accomplice to the JR Yamanote line and follows him inside along with other investigators, doing his best to be inconspicuous. He looks around, noticing a man in a purple necktie carrying a similar attache case and taking a phone call. Kano watches him briefly, suspecting something might be up, and as the man walks back the way he came from they make eye contact. They stare at each other but only briefly, as the other man apologizes for talking on his phone in a train and walks away. Sasayama, now disguised as an anime nerd and on the train, tells Kano to blend into his surroundings more and be less nervous.

### 11:40 - 11:50

One stop away from Shibuya station at Harajuku, the accomplice walks out and waits on a nearby bench. The detectives follow and go down the stairs to not raise suspicion but Kano talks to an attendant, claiming that he left something on the train, while keeping an eye on the man. Soon enough, the train going back to Shibuya station approaches, and the man boards it, to which Kano has no choice but to follow again. The man gets off at Shibuya station, leaving him back where he started. Kano relays this info to Kuze who nonetheless orders to keep tailing him. He does so, now following someone new who took the case and is also wandering about Dogenzaka. While Kano is doing this, he runs into Leland Palmer. They briefly talk and Kano is unable to learn anything new. He then continues his tailing.

### 11:55 - 12:00

Soon, Kano gets another phone call which shows Rumi's name. He picks up, only to be greeted by Shizuo's voice, which startles him. Shizuo angrily asks why he hasn't showed up yet and then goes to hang the phone, saying that he'll never marry Rumi to Kano. However, Rumi shows up then and starts arguing with her dad on the phone. Kano is caught in an awkward situation but luckily Rumi is understanding. After he hangs up, Kuze talks to the investigators and states that the man who first took the attache case from Hitomi is named Tariq al-karawan and belongs to a foreign crime syndicate operating in Shibuya.

## 12:00 - 13:00

### 12:00 - 12:05

Kano has been trailing the syndicate and watching them hand off the attache case for an hour and a half now. Sasayama joins him and the two wonder what their objective is. Kano remembers the dick dictum that irrelevant things can be relevant, and decides that they're stalling for time due to how their actions only serve to run up the clock. Kano then gets the idea that the real case could have been swapped out while the investigators were more focused on the individuals. He shares his hunch with Sasayama, who acknowledges the possibility and tells him to radio Kuze. However, Kuze is dismissive, stating that he put an ID tag in the case that they have been tracking, a detail Kano forgot in his all nighter, so there is no doubt that the case they're trailing is the real case.

### 12:10 - 12:15

Kano and Sasayama continue trailing the man as he heads back to Shibuya Station where he started, frustrating the two investigators. Then they see a girl (Chiaki) with a notepad holding it up to the man and saying something. The man looks at the notepad and then speeds onwards and left her behind. Sasayama notes that it looks like she passed him a message and suggests that they go question her. Kano is reluctant, however, noticing her ineptness and having the feeling that she isn't involved with the syndicate. Sasayama relents and says he'll look into the girl while Kano continues tracking the attache case, to which he agrees.

12:15 - 12:20: Kano, stay on the foreigners with the suitcases.But he was puzzled by Syndicate's intentions.With this in mind, Kano recalls the first time he met Tateno... ....

### 12:20 - 12:25

It was three years ago, at a financial office, when a criminal tried to kill himself with gasoline and civilians. Kano just switched shifts and he's here. As the criminal began to stir, Tateno appeared, doused himself with gasoline, and approached the criminal with verbal advice. In the end, the criminal gave up. When Tateno took a break, Kano came up to greet him. After hearing Tateno's heartfelt words, Kano wrote them down and engraved them in his heart. Use Dick Diary.

### 12:25 - 12:30

In retrospect, Kano and Sasayama saw someone helping an injured man with a bloody towel wrapped around his head. Sasayama questioned them and learned that without the founder, S.O.S had changed.

### 12:30 - 12:35

Kano and Sasayama continued to follow foreigners without any change.On the way, Sasayama mentioned that he had investigated the girl in the Shibuya Station and confirmed that she was not involved and was simply doing "Street evangelists". The sight of the foreigners still did not change, and Kano offered to surround him on the grounds that HQ was not concerned for the safety of the hostages, and he wanted to do the opposite. Sasayama has put the seriousness of disorders behind him. agreed.

### 12:40 - 12:45

They were waiting on both sides to arrest the foreigners. Another foreigner came and took the suitcase, so Kano chased that man and Sasayama chased the man with the suitcase.

### 12:45 - 12:50

Although Kano succeeded, the foreigner fled when Kano fell to avoid being attacked.

### 12:50 - 12:55

Suddenly a foreign car blocked the foreigner's way. A tall white man got out of the car and subdued him before he could surprise him. Then the white man pulled out his ID while accusing Kano in fluent Japanese of disobeying orders. His name is Jack Stanley, and he's U. S. Embassy's Security Assistance officer. Kano was puzzled by the foreign ministry official's insertion into the Japanese police,and also learned from Sasayama's phone that he had temporarily lost his target. After that, Stanley put Kano under his command for the time being because HQ had agreed to it. Kano also needs to be punished for disobeying orders and missing targets, which is why he needs to follow Stanley's lead. As to why, even Kuze, as Kano's boss, couldn't find out, and the police at higher levels knew about it.

### 12:55 - 13:00

After the detectives left with the prisoners, Stanley pointed out that there was no point in arresting the little people and asked Kano what he and the prisoner had said. Stanley had a very cold look in his eyes,makes Kano shudder. Still, Kano replied that he knew it was a member of a foreign syndicate in Shibuya and knew where to hide. When Stanley asked Kano to travel with him, Kano was told that Hitomi Osawa and Tateno, who was in charge of protection, were "missing".

## 13:00 - 14:00

### 13:10 - 13:20

The road was blocked, and Stanley waited impatiently. While Kano ponders the fate of Hitomi Osawa and Tateno. And when he saw Sasayama fighting with Tariq al-Karawan outside, he didn't hesitate to help. After successfully subduing Al-karawan, Kano put handcuffs on him. And a double-headed scorpion tattoo was found on Al-Karawan's left wrist, suggesting that Al-Karawan might be syndicate's leader. Just as Sasayama was taking Al-Karawan back to the police station, Kano suddenly heard Shizuo on the phone, which embarrassed him. Still, he hung up and got into Stanley's car.

13:25 - 13:30

The road jam didn't go away, and Kano and Stanley had to wait. At this point, he shares information with Stanley. Stanley suggested that the real target of the prisoners was a new drug by virologist Kenji Osawa. In order to seduce Mastermind, his actions are based on the premise of abandoning the safety of the hostages, which makes Kano very unhappy.

### 13:30 - 13:45

The lack of progress on the open road has made Kano increasingly nervous. He decided to call Sasayama to confirm the progress of the transfer. However, he was relieved to hear that Sasayama had handed over Al-Karawan to Tateno.

### 13:45 - 13:55

The road is finally clear. But just as the car was starting, a man stopped it and tried to step forward. To add to the suspense, Stanley sees Al-karawan suddenly wandering the streets like nothing's wrong. Stanley chased him, and Kano watched as the man was dragged by his creditors, but the man managed to escape them. Stanley returned empty-handed, and the cynical assumption that Tateno had let Al-karawan go was confirmed by Kuze. Kano was very upset. however, He speculated, that Tateno might have learned something important and had to act on its own. The reason is that at 9 am, Tateno was suspicious that the Ransomer was Hitomi, especially since Hitomi and Maria are identical twins. Tateno then recounts his tragic childhood. This convinced Kano that Tateno was innocent, and he swore he'd punch Stanley in the jaw when he proved Tateno's innocence.

### 13:55 - 14:00

They ended up at syndicate's hideout, in Tomigaya, the southwest of Yogi Park. However, they were shocked to find that members of syndicate had turned into corpses. They were all killed not too long ago. One of the breathing crew died after uttering the word "Canaan ".

## 14:00 - 15:00

### 14:00 - 14:10

Concerned about the man's use of the word "Canaan" before he died, Kano asked Stanley if he had not told the full story and was angry about it. Stanley said there was enough to kill Kano, but Kano had come to his senses and demanded that Stanley tell him. In desperation, Stanley answers questions about "Canaan"'s identity: Canaan is a Middle Eastern Covert operative with extraordinary combat abilities who served in the mass jailbreak in the Abu Ghraib Prison. She could also be the one who killed all of Syndicate's crew. In search of Canaan, Kano investigates the scene and finds that all of Syndicate's crew members died with their throats slashed, deep and clean. He and Stanley also went through the files, which showed the final location of the ransom drop at 14:20 -- Hill ground # 405, in Hiroo 5-34, Shibuya.

### 14:10 - 14:20

They drove fast to the place. In the process, Kuze confuses Kano by identifying the location as the Condo of Mamoru Tanaka. Why did Kenji Osawa's colleague buy a house in the final location? Kuze gave instructions to monitor Tanaka leaving the Osawa home. And Kano is still arguing with Stanley over Tateno's innocence. Eventually they arrived at their destination. There they saw the foreigner Sasayama had failed to capture with the suitcase. Kano swoops in and overpowers him. The suspect, however, fought back and fled. Kano gave Stanley the briefcase. He went after the suspect again. However, detectives surrounded the suspect.

### 14:20 - 14:40

Although detectives didn't find anything in Tanaka's condo, Kano and Stanley examined the suitcase, which contained 50 million yen. It was a decoy, and Stanley began to wonder where the new drug was going. Suddenly he realized why Hitomi was called to pay the ransom. It could be that Hitomi was carrying Osawa's new drug, and the suitcase transfer was just a decoy to get the cops to look at Syndicate as a way to get closer to Hitomi. Kano called Osawa (via Kajiwara) and asked whether he had asked Hitomi to carry the antiviral because their real target was Hitomi. Osawa hung up unilaterally. Later, Stanley talks to him about Al-karawan's approach to Hitomi. Kano recalled that Al-Karawan had given her instructions in her ear. Eventually they decided to continue tracking Al-Karawan and use it to get to the surveillance camera room.

### 14:40 -14:50

Upon arrival, Kano searched Al-Karawan's files and asked if he was in surveillance. Kano's earnestness reminds Stanley of his brother. Ten minutes later, Al-karawan finally appeared on the monitor and was stopped by Sasayama. However, when Kano saw Sasayama being stabbed by Al-Karawan's knife, he rushed out and came to the scene.

## 15:00 - 16:00

### 15:10 - 15;20

When Kano and Stanley arrived at the scene, Sasayama was bleeding out. Sasayama blamed himself for not being able to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday and handed Kano the gift he was supposed to deliver. Finally, Sasayama was carried away in an ambulance. Kano angrily beat Al-karawan, but to no avail. Stanley stops him and says a few words to Al-Karawan, who relents and tells him that Hitomi will follow instructions to find the blue van in Dogenzaka.

### 15:25 - 15:30

Kano was alone in his grief over Sasayama, and Stanley came over and offered to punch Kano in the jaw if he agreed. Either Kano did, didn't, or simply blamed himself, and then Kuze informed him that the blue van was in Jinnan 1-chomme, on Koen-Dori.

### 15:30 - 15:40

Kano and Stanley ran all the way to their destination. When they arrived, however, they found that the blue van had turned to flame and the only person inside had turned to charcoal. They approached the scene and found Canaan lying nearby. The blue hooded girl involved in the rescue of the injured civilian said she was in a coma trying to save another girl. The scene was chaotic, and Kano was interviewed by a reporter. Kano was unable to stop the bombardment, but the journalist mentioned hearing a phone ring when he was in the neighborhood.

### 15:40 - 15:50

Later, Stanley takes him to a clearing and tells Kano what's going on. Turns out, he just learned that Maria Osawa was injected with the UA virus eight hours ago. Turns out, UA virus is a deadly virus, and Kenji Osawa's antiviral is the only way. Mastermind's real goal was to use the UA virus to kill Shibuya. That's why they tried to take Hitomi, because she was carrying the antiviral. After being spotted and switching venues, Stanley raised concerns that Kenji Osawa's lab needed Osawa's and Tanaka's fingerprints or passwords. Now that Tanaka's on the run, there's no way of knowing his password. Later, Stanley reveals Mastermind's true identity: international arms dealer Alphard. Alphard's plans are never fully pre-set, but a combination of presets and "surprises" makes his plans hard to fathom. Having said that, Stanley and Kano fist-bump and leave the place. But then Kuze told the detectives that they didn't need to investigate the case because it was no longer a kidnapping. Because Maris was infected with the virus that caused the anti-virus team. But Kuze also said that the body of the Blue van was being investigated and that it was quickly identified.

### 15:50 - 15:55

Though unable to block HQ's approach, Kano went to the Cafe where Rumi and Shizuo were staying to warn them. Along the way, he looked at the Big Board and saw the Governor's response to the viral trailer. Kano finally met Shizuo, his future father-in-law, for the first time at Cafe. Kano asked Shizuo to leave shibuya with Rumi, though he could not say why. Shizuo talks about how he quit his job and hated the profession after working as a detective and failing to look after his wife until she died. But he changed his mind when he saw Kano's voice now, after the death of his partner. Then, Shizuo tells Kano from previous experience that he needs to keep a cool mind and a fiery spirit. After that, Shizuo left Shibuya with Rumi and Kano went on his way.

### 15:55 - 16:00

As he walked, Kano wondered why Tateno had let Al-karawan go, what Alphard's plan was, what Tanaka and Hitomi were going to do, and so on. Suddenly, Kuze called, and they knew the body's ID: Mamoro Tanaka.

## 16:00 - 17:00

### 16:05 - 16:30

Kano returned to the interrogation room and questioned Al-Karawan to learn more about Tateno. Although the detectives had asked that Al-Karawan was merely employed, the answer to Tateno remained "he let me go". And when Kano heard Al-Karawan say that Tateno had been hunting Hitomi, he Intolerance Al-Karawan. The other detectives had to kick Kano out to stop him. Tired Kuze came to talk to Kano. After consoling each other, Kuze asked Kano if he had made public the body of the blue minivan, Tanaka. After Kano thought about what was going on, he decided that Tanaka's body was better off in the open. When Kuze returned, Kano saw the Governor's press conference on television. It said there would be a general lockdown in the Shibuya, but reporters questioned the Governor repeatedly about whether the decision was tantamount to martial law, and the press conference was in disarray.

### 16:30 - 16:55

While Kano was trying to call Rumi, Tateno called out of the Blue. But he's here to tell Kano to bring Hitomi, or he'll kill Maria. Still, Kano went South Hill in Nanpeidai. On the top floor, he spoke to Tetono. Kano kept asking why Tateno was acting the way he was, but Tateno laughed at him because Kano kept looking at his so-called "senior" figure. But since Kano didn't bring Hitomi, Tateno didn't give a crap and threatened to kill Maria. This forced Kano to aim his gun sadly at Tateno. At this point, Tateno finally gave up and began to tell Kano the story of his crimes.

Seventeen years ago, Tateno was investigating a doping case and stopped by to see Saisuke and Kotone, now husband and wife. When Tateno and Kotone were chatting with Daisuke, who was returning from work, the suspect in that case suddenly appeared and took Kotone hostage. Although Tateno shot the suspect, it didn't stop him from stabbing Kotone. Kotone's death broke Tateno's heart, and he decided to spend the rest of his life trying to atone. It wasn't until 15 years later, at the altar, that he met Suzune as an adult, and that his atonement took shape. Until today, Daisuke and he were busy with Suzune's heart attack. At 10 o'clock Daisuke suddenly told Tateno that Suzune was getting worse and told him to shoot Hitomi in the head,because Hitomi and Suzune are the same blood type as Bombay. Although the possibility of a heart transplant is unknown, Tateno went after Hitomi to help Suzune. This is why Achi Endo and Hitomi Osawa have been hunted.

When the reminiscences ended, Tateno accused Kano of recklessness and demanded that he be stopped. Kano's upset about Tateno.

## 17:00 - 18:00

### 17:00 - 17:30

All of a sudden, the shots hit Tateno's pistol. Canaan then knocked Tateno unconscious, and Maria fled en route. Kano tried to chase Maria but was stopped because Maria couldn't be arrested by the police. In exchange, Kano needs to tell Canaan where Hitomi is. She went on to say that Alphard had obtained information about the antiviral and planned to take it. But the security at Okichi Pharmaceuticals was too tight to go in directly, which led Kano to wonder what the real purpose was. When Canaan asked him how Alphar was getting the antiviral, he decided "if you can't get it out, get it in" was the best option. Canaan praised him and said that Hitomi was injected with the UA virus six days ago and recovered with the help of an antiviral drug from Kenji Osawa. Meanwhile, Mamoru Tanaka was paid by alphar to secretly "help" Kenji Osawa. So Hitomi's blood still has the antiviral, just need to be extracted. Despite finding out what Alphard was up to, Kano still doesn't understand why they didn't kidnap Hitomi but Maria. Kano found out what Alphaard was really up to, and why they didn't kidnap Hitomi but Maria, because they got Osawa sister wrong.

Alphard then blamed himself for Maria's abduction because she failed to protect her. Maria was kidnapped instead of Hitomi. In their next move, Kano and others can not afford to let their guard down. The GPS, which had not responded since Maria's abduction, was turned on. Kano and Canaan run toward Endo after Stanley learns that Hitomi is there.

### 17:30 - 18:00

They found the Osawa sisters on their way to the same spot and stepped up their pace. Looks like Alphard's calling everyone in. After notifying HQ, Kano and Canaan enter the store and witness a standoff between Daisuke Endo and others. Finally, persuaded by Achi Endo, Daisuke gives up the fight. After that, Maria collapsed from a viral reaction. There was no password of Tanaka, but Canaan decided to go to the institute and use her hacking skills to break in. All of a sudden, Alphaard hacks into Daisuke's computer and sends a warning to everyone in front of the screen: he'll be waiting at the intersection of the Shibuya station at 19:00. If they don't exchange codes with Hitomi's blood, he'll attack Shibuya with the UA virus. The tactics were discussed and the decision was made: Kano and Achi accompanied Hitomi to confront Alphard, and Canaan took Maria to the institute. And they're gonna get Alphard to give up the code, and if that doesn't work, get Canaan on the phone with him. Also, Hitomi spoke to Kenji Osawa to get him to try to get them into the institute.

## 18:00 - 20:00

### 18:00 - 18:30

Kuze calls out of the blue and tells Kano to bring Maria, because the counter-NBC terrorism unit is coming. Kano argued with him and eventually hung up on him. Tateno came in and recommended himself as a driver, which made Achi angry, but he gave in. Once the strategy was decided, the crowd moved in. Kano was tempted to say something, but held back his emotion and offered Kyuzo Tateno a salute of the highest respect.

### 18:30 - 18:55

After Kano asked Daisuke to check for suspicious characters, he talked to Stanley. Stanley suddenly decided to go somewhere else, and Kano went alone, for reasons that aren't clear. Without thinking, Kano agreed and accepted Stanley's "Beer" offer. After waiting for a long time, Achi came back and said he had called all his old friends, thirty.

### 18:55 - 19:15 (428 Shibuya Scramble)

As night approaches, Kano waits. And Shibuya, in the chaos of the accident. Hitomi stands in front of Hachikō like 10 o'clock. Meanwhile, Daisuke told Kano that he had found a former organ trafficker(Alphard). Kano was stunned when Alphar came over. This is Leland Palmer, Hitomi and Maria's teacher.

He walked into Hitomi and made a deal with her. Hitomi can't take advantage, but she can't contact Canaan. Kano had to show up, and Achi Protected Hitomi.

Alphard took his ace in the hole and threatened everyone. Those are containers of the virus. In this case, Achi had Susumu and others surrounding Alphard. Alphard finally hurls the containers upward. Achi, Susumu and others caught them quickly, while Kano saw Alphard running away and decided to catch up. After capturing Alphard, Alphard still refused to give out the password. But Kano's suspicion that the container was a fake scared him. After a fruitless interrogation, Kano pulled alphar to the side of the car that had overturned in the accident and spilled oil.

Kano decided to threaten Alphar with mutual annihilation, saying, "**I just want to know the password**". After seeing how Kano fought so hard to protect Shibuya, Alphard grew scared and gave up.

Alphard gave up the code, and Kano was finally able to fulfill his deal with Stanley. Kano gave Osawa the code and arrested Alphard. Kuze told him that Sasayama had regained consciousness and recovered, and Kano wept.

But there was no rest for them. Tateno spoke to Kano and said that Alphaard's real goal was to kill Hitomi and that she must be protected. Meanwhile, through Stanley's phone call, Achi learned that Leland Palmer was not Alphard. The crowd bustled about for bombs in the vicinity. Though only a patsy, Leland Palmer didn't know about the bomb, Kano could only think of the possibility of it on him, so he and Achi checked the case together. Though the fall guy, Leland Palmer, doesn't know about the bomb, Kano can only think about the possibility of it on him, so he and Achi check him and his belongings together. Achi finds a bomb in his case. Kano found a microphone on the C4 that was triggered by Hitomi's ringtone,and he found a timing device underneath it. Bomb's time has been unable to wait for the Bomb squad, but the leg injured Achi to reduce the Bomb damage and embrace the Bomb.

While Kano was trying to figure out how to keep Achi safe from a bomb, he was suddenly seen a van filled with dry ice. As Minorikawa explains, Kano finally gets his hands on the dry ice machine, which is the only way to stop the bomb from ticking. He put the dry ice machine on the cart and ran to Achi...

## Epilogue

As Maria, Osawa, Stanley and Tateno confronted Alphaard, the bombs were stopped, and everyone cheered. Kano left alone and talked on the phone with Rumi while taking pictures of Achi, Hitomi, Susumu and S.O.S. members. After hearing Shizuo's invitation to talk to him, Kano jumped for joy.

## After Scramble

**Note: The content of *428 shibuya Scramble Novel* is based on Normal End in the game, not True End.**

A year later, Kano married Rumi and invited Achi, Hitomi, Kenji Osawa and others to attend.

## Behind the Scenes

* Shinya is portrayed by actor Kousei Amano, who is otherwise best known for his portrayal of Sakuya Tachibana / Kamen Rider Garren in *Kamen Rider Blade*.
* If Kano encounters a Bad end “No. 8 The Least He Could Do”, The caller in Achi's 11:55 background will no longer be Kano but producer Koichi Nakamura. According to director Jiro Ishii, he put up a composite image of Koichi Nakamura to make up for Kano's absence from the Bad end.

* In a Bad End, where Kano and Achi fought, there was a brief cameo by Koji Umeda, editor-in-chief of Gamemega magazine.