"Humans are not as weak as he thinks they are - they are strong enough to face reality and don't need a fantasy world for escape." -Misae says then quickly the Lil Slugger vanishes shows that if we tackle our demons, they can go away, we are more capable than we know sometimes because when we are in a crisis, we lose ourselves and may feel unworthy of any type or recovery because we feel like it's too late. Misae was the only character who confronted this enigma, after the first story being about the victimination of Sagi and he vanished, very low on health, with the determination and fearless belief, she stood up to trouble.
The level-headed Mitsuhiro and short-tempered Keiichi, goes through witnesses to see the pattern in which the events from the Shounen Bat are happening. Keiichi is very frustrating lol he has ver low patience for someone who "solves cases." Mitsuhiro is the most relatable one of the two and after finding the patterns, confronting an old man, finding out that this dog mascot named Maromi and the Lil Slugger are the same entities, the dog died in a car accident when Sagi let go of her dog leash accidently, this also shows at what point she started to lose it. You can see it as another life analogy, that when we lose focus on ourselves and our surroundings, that's when problems swoop in, we have to be careful with our lives and have stability. 2 years later after Tokyo is free from the monsters in the city of Musashino, the characters are not a little bit older and continued on with their lives, some pursuing the same jobs and some who went a different route. At first it felt like the story was slow but towards the end, I started to see a deeper meaning when everything started to come more together when Misae was introduced into the story.
