When a young boy observes Yaragase and his group harassing his classmate Don, he feels deeply unsettled. Fearing retribution, he hesitates to step in and instead chooses to stay silent. As Yaragase's cruelty escalates, the boy's guilt weighs heavily on him. Seeking counsel from an oden stall vendor who equates passive spectators to perpetrators, the boy wrestles with the decision to put an end to his classmate's suffering.