The highway chase ends with Odokawa's taxi running off the bridge and plummeting to the river. Somehow, all the major characters end up on the shore to witness it. Goriki picks up Shirakawa on the way to the harbor and tells her the truth - Odokawa has been suffering from a mental condition called "visual agnosia", caused by executive dysfunction. In flashbacks it is revealed the inhabitants of this world are not talking animals, but humans - Odokawa, a shy introvert child abused by his alcoholic neglectful parents, always felt closer to animals than humans...