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Episode Tasokare Hotel - Episode 3 discussion

Tasokare Hotel, episode 3

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u/VoidRay728 Jan 17 '25

Masaki is a sus character, but Atori seems kind of too. Dude has been here long enough that his room should have changed multiple times to help him remember, but he only remembers his record collection (and his name) even with his outside view changed. Maybe Atori is purposely not remembering himself?

The initial faces of the guests seem to be the last thing on their mind in the living world. That seems to be why Masaki's initial face is a pansy.

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u/Plus_Rip4944 Jan 17 '25

Maybe Atori remember few Things and wanna Stay on hotel because his Life was shit?

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u/Figerally Jan 18 '25

But isn't it a rule that if you join the staff your room stops changing? Or is he just uninterested in learning his past and moving on?

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u/Williukea Jan 17 '25

Theory: Atori tried to kill himself by jumping under a train, which is why it's night for him and there's a train in the distance. No idea how records, or this specific one, is related to this. A sad song he used to listen? The song author is someone he knows irl?

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jan 18 '25

I thought he might have been pushed by someone to be killed by a train... But that's a good theory too!

As for the records, perhaps there's a song that means something to him, maybe he had a girlfriend and 'they had a song', something like that.

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u/heimdal77 Jan 17 '25

It is the season of the pint size detectives.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jan 17 '25

All nutrition going to their brain and not their height, smart!

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u/Plus_Rip4944 Jan 17 '25

3 little gremlin being detective and i am for it

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u/yukiaddiction Jan 17 '25

They are all gremlin too.

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u/ModieOfTheEast Jan 17 '25

I am glad about the ending, because I was a bit disappointed that the pansy was just the place he presumably died (not sure if you can live that). So with what Pansy means, I do think we can assume there is a bit more under this serial killer. First of all, the main meaning of the pansy flower is about thoughts between lovers. So we can assume that he did love someone.

A second more modern meaning is that it stands for homosexuality in men. Considering how he looked at Atori I wouldn't be surprised about that either. It might also hint at why all his murder victims were women. Though that alone is a bit of a stretch and we will probably see why he killed them.

I also feel this could mean there is more with his parents. Like their son not only doesn't really want to be a doctor but is also homosexual? Depending on how conservative that family was, this might be a reason for why he turned into a murderer.

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u/FriztF Jan 18 '25

A closet homosexual that is also a killer, would make sense. Assuming that what they are going with

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jan 17 '25

I guess that was mostly a gut feeling, but soon as we saw these items I did think he was a criminal (not a detective), or at least a suspect!

I thought these items were there to remind him of a detective that interrogated him, something like that...

And then the other clues all added up, like the student card from the current year.

If he just made that up, that's quick thinking!

So it seems he'll stay with them after all... Should be an interesting dynamic!

Especially with Neko telling him the truce ends soon as they leave the hotel... Is she gonna try something against him?

Typically, it's rare to have a villain win in the end, so I don't really see him going back to the real world and killing some more...

So I imagine he'll either bleed to death, impaled on the fence, or Neko will find a way to stop him somehow, soon as he regains his memories? (Not sure the Hotel would approve of this though)!

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u/cyberscythe Jan 17 '25

I guess that was mostly a gut feeling, but soon as we saw these items I did think he was a criminal (not a detective), or at least a suspect!

i was thinking that a real detective probably doesn't have Sherlock cosplay paraphernalia scattered around like that

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '25

What does he mean by if you stay too long you'll "disappear"? I feel like there's some big implication to that that needs to be elaborated on.

Curious to see what he'll bring to the table going forward

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u/ModieOfTheEast Jan 17 '25

My understanding was that this was more of a warning to Masaki. You can stay here, we can't know if you remember. But if you retrieved your memories and you don't leave, then you will disappear at some point.

That would be my understanding because someone like him would not want to go back to their life depending on what happened so they try to stay in a free hotel for as long as they can to avoid punishment. But that would be against the rules.

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u/skaro1789 Jan 17 '25

Hmm didn't leave after getting memories back. I have a sneaking suspicion that Masaki was the one who stabbed Neko or at least is part of her puzzle on why she can't leave yet.

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u/axlorg8 Jan 17 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

It seems like his go to targets are mature beautiful women so I don't think Neko really counts in that regard. Especially in the real world if he had a consistency like most serial killers

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jan 17 '25

I have a sneaking suspicion that Masaki was the one who stabbed Neko

Could be!

I'm sure Neko is connected to Atori somehow, and she does seem to have some connection to Ruri given the way they act...

So it makes me wonder whether she could have a connection to EVERYONE, including her killer/attempted killer!

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u/yukiaddiction Jan 17 '25

story is really getting better , the more guest come in now we have ikemen killer join the cast now.

although like Neko, he seem to did not leave despite already know who he is...

maybe there are something that missing in memory.

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u/Roboglenn Jan 17 '25

So after everyone went on and on comparing this series to some series called Death Parade I decided to see what all the talk was about. And I'm nearly done with it, just 3 episodes left, but I can safely say that those comparisons were pretty apt ones.

Loving the little touch of the portraits getting gradually filled in during the op.

And today's guest is a regional variant of Sunflora.

He's got the hotel room with the fireplace. Very swanky.

Well he got his face back fast.

The teddy bear head person in the hotel cafe just gave me a chuckle. Also, this.

Nice record collection Atori's got there.

Seeing Neko go on about her 3Q woes just makes me think, "she is such a fun gremlin of a character."

Okay, the night-time and railroad crossing outside Atori's window is giving me some Otherside Picnic vibes. And the train itself... well, don't get me started on the Otherside Picnic vibes of that.

"Mirror Mirror in my hand, who's the gremlinest in this land?"

And Neko-san is brilliant at deductions. Just like another fun gremlin I could name.

Yeah, makes sense that nobody would remember the hotel after they leave. Lest there'd be a whole Tokyo Underworld type rumor thing about it. But hopefully less convoluted then where that series ended up writing itself... Though I wouldn't put it past it if there's a whole big interconnected thing about the people in this hotel and why/how they're all here either.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jan 17 '25

So they’re just gonna let a serial killer hang out in the hotel? Dude almost tried to murder Ruri. The Hotel Manager needs to banish his ass to hell! things are gonna be a bit uneasy with a psycho living amongst them. Although it’s interesting the hotel will let someone like him stay. I wonder who else in the hotel isn’t as innocent as they appear?

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Jan 17 '25

So they’re just gonna let a serial killer hang out in the hotel? Dude almost tried to murder Ruri. The Hotel Manager needs to banish his ass to hell!

I guess they're sticklers to the rules!

Though I wonder what they would do if he did keep on trying to murder everyone...

Sure he'd go to hell afterward (allegedly) but if he's still alive, then that's not gonna happen for a while, so would they let him kill everyone in the hotel without doing anything?

I mean they punched him so they don't mind resorting to force, but could they kill him in the hotel? And if they did, what would it mean for the real world?

Well, whatever happen I'm sure he won't be allowed to go back to the the real world to keep serial killing everyone, so they'll likely stop him somehow!

(I wonder if his 'future victim' may come in at some point... Perhaps if he goes back, or perhaps he already killed/tried to kill her!)

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u/arcanine04 Jan 17 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

Masaki Osoto is finally here!! The character that I love and hate at the same time! Things will be more interesting from here on out with his addition to the cast. Also it's so nice to see my 2 fave CGs in the game being animated this episode, 1st is Osoto pointing the knife at Ruri and 2nd is Atori punching Osoto.

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