Episode 3

**Let's make friends** (ともだちをつくろう) is the third episode of the anime of *Migi and Dali*.

## Synopsis

Migi and Dali attend a boy scouts camp, and they attempt to make friends with their peers in support their effort in trying to learn who murdered their mother. The make friends with Akiyama to gain access to his home to search for information and later do the same in the home of Maruta.

## Plot Summary

Migi and Dali narrate that in 1982 they lived with their mother, spending most of their time in darkness hiding under a bed. In this room, there was a wallpaper of water fleas, and they drew squiggled lines on it. After their mother dies, they transport her body in a small wagon. In burying her, they find the snowflake button in her hand. Migi wears this as a necklace.

In the present day, Youko wishes for her son to join the boy scouts and make friends. The twins discuss their plan to search for their mother's murderer, wanting to find the home with the water flea wallpaper. They resolve that they will need to make friends to gain access to people's homes, but they do not know how to make friends.

At camp, peers there see how desperate Hitori is to make friends, and one boy tells Akiyama that he should be friends with Hitori, calling Akiyama a bird boy. In trying to make friends, Hitori admits to being a bird ("tori" is the Japanese word for bird). One boy speaking for his peers says that they will be Hitori's friend if he is able to walk a high tight rope without using his hands. Hitori attempts this but falls repeatedly into the bushes below. He repeatedly attempts and falls and his peers become impressed by how quick he picks himself up to try again and again. Eventually, he does make it to the other platform, though uses his hands to do so. His peers say that they will not be his friend because of this, but Akiyama asks to be friends.

Akiyama invites Hitori to his house and Hitori brings him a cherry pie. Dali goes with Akiyama into his bedroom where Akiyama reveals his desire to fly showing off his bird costume. Dali tells Akiyama that he wants to see Akiyama's loneliness and sadness, and the two hug. Meanwhile, Migi searches the bedroom of Akiyama's sister who is sleeping. He finds the water flea wallpaper in her room, inspects it but does not find any squiggled markings on it. In her sleep, Akiyama's sister grabs Migi and hugs him in bed. When the boys return home and talk with each other in their private tent, they remark that gaining friends is painful and that the pain appears to be more than the gains.

Hitori is invited to Maruta's house to play. This time, Dali searches the house while Migi plays the role of Hitori. Maruta tells Hitori not to touch his toys for fear of Hitori's germs. Maruta eats Hitori's cake, and the two play a game in which Maruta handicaps Hitori preventing him from winning. Maruta repeatedly hits Migi on the head with a slipper when he loses. Dali then switches to play the role of Hitori and wins. He then repeatedly hits Maruta until Migi tells him to stop.

Returning home, the Sonoyama parents introduce Hitori to the new housemaid Mrs. Mitsuyama.

## Characters

* Migi
* Dali
* Metry
* Osamu Sonoyama
* Youko Sonoyama
* Eiji Ichijo
* Shunpei Akiyama
* Rina Akiyama
* Maruta Tsutsumi

## Manga and Anime Differences

Adapts chapters 6, 7 and 8
Anime makes the beginning scene of young Migi and Dali living in the paisley room with their mother

* manga just has them burying her, no snowflake necklace either

anime condensed the tightrope scene, and skipped the last scene of chapter 6

anime cut out the twins leaving the Akiyama household and beginning of chapter 7 about Migi controlling his emotions

anime adds Migi and Dali talking about how Maruta is suspicious before heading over to his house

anime cuts ending of chapter 8- Migi and Dali in tent after the play date at Marutas

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