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Sunny Recap: Been Caught Stealing
It sure seems Mixxy knows more than she’s letting on.
The cold open, wherein Noriko anxiously shoplifts a magazine from a konbini, then levels up to a grander, far less discreet act of larceny when her petty crime fails to attract the cashier’s notice, is very funny. That surreal vibe continues outside, where a costumed mascot aggressively pushes manjū (a type of pastry with sweet paste filling in assorted flavors) on passersby in a mix of Japanese and English. Pressing her advantage, Suzie tells Himé what she overheard at the bathhouse when Jin and his associates were discussing how to deal with a busu — an epithet used to denigrate a woman’s appearance — with leadership ambitions within the yakuza.
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