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We get the ol' "the higher ups told you to drop this case!" shtick, as Keiko Ichinomiya is starting to piece some of this together. She gets pissed and starts beating everybody at video games at the arcade until Kazuo shows up and takes her down. They bond, and she finds his gun because he's dumb. She tries to take in the team for questioning, but they escape after a two-hour off-screen chase scene. The higher-ups are messing with the rules- now BOTH teams have disks, and next game will be played at a department store...while it's open.

It's actually at the rooftop beer garden. Keiko is there off-duty, and too hammered to notice that there's a giant brawl going on around her with gunshots and stuff. The cops show up, and one of them is a referee, who asks for the losing team's disc.

There's a note from the author, detailing the history of this, and stating that he hopes to bring this back at some point.

My rating: 8/10
Heck I'd read it if it does/did. This is a premise I can dig even though it might get too dark for me at some point. I like settings that involve structured competition, especially if it's something you don't see in real life, like this, or Dangan Ronpa, or Battle Royale, or even lighter stuff like G Gundam. I think I'm supposed to be attracted to the heroes and I'm not, but it's not like they're getting their shirts off every other page, so whatever.

Discussion question: What's your favorite "competition" manga/anime? Could be sports or a tournament arc, or something more out there like this thing.
Hint for next: I am going into the next thing pretty much completely blind, so the best hint I can offer is that we're gonna be starting the letter C! That, and this manga is gonna take a bit.
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