EPISODE CONTEXT

Following the premiere's establishment of the Hell Correspondence and its rules, this second episode confirms the anthology format that will define Season 1—each installment presenting a self-contained tale of suffering and retribution with Ai Enma as the constant thread. It reinforces the cost-of-vengeance framework introduced in Episode 1 while broadening the show's thematic scope into stalking and psychological harassment. Early episodes like this one lay the moral groundwork that the series will complicate and challenge as the season progresses toward its later revelations.