喧嚣嘈杂的东京，都市人为了生计奔波劳碌，承受着巨大的压力，当一切逼近极限时，悲剧不可避免地上演。美丽安静的鹭月子凭借小狗娃娃麻露美成为炙手可热的设计师，与此同时她也遭遇来自同行的妒嫉以及下一次创作的瓶颈。在一次夜归途中，月子受伤住院，她声称遭到一名手持弯曲金属球棍、脚蹬黄金滑轮的少年的袭击。在此之后，“球棍少年”的袭击案件不断发生，警官猪狩和马庭介入调查，发现受害者在遇袭前大都承受着巨大的压力。不久，“球棍少年”落网，看似一切终于要告一段落，然而整个事态却朝着更加糟糕的方向发展。社会上遇袭事件越来越多，“球棍少年”也成为令人费解的谜团……
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-02-03
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer, is suddenly attacked by someone carrying a golden baseball bat. When a pair of detectives interrogate her, she describes the suspect as an elementary school-aged boy wearing golden inline skates and a red hat.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-02-10
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Yuuichi "Icchi" Taira, a formerly popular sixth-grade schoolboy, starts being bullied at school for his red hat and golden skates which strongly resemble those of Lil' Slugger.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-02-17
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Harumi Chouno, a woman with dissociative identity disorder attempts to defy her prostitute alter ego, Maria. Harumi becomes increasingly desperate when a colleague proposes. She accepts, but is terrified of Maria's existence being found out.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-02-24
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Masami Hirukawa is a low-level police officer who, despite calling himself a family man, accepts bribes in the form of cash and women from a local yakuza group. However, Masami squeezes the group a bit too much, and they send their boss to deal with him.
编剧: Tomomi Yoshino
播出日期: 2004-03-09
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Ikari and Maniwa interrogate the boy known as Lil' Slugger, who turns out to be an eighth-grade student named Makoto Kozuka. Kozuka admits to the attacks, but he believes that the world around him is a medieval fantasy-style role playing game.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-03-16
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Taeko, a runaway teenager, wanders through the stormy city wanting to forget about her past, as her father repeatedly calls her cellphone but she always answers coldly, saying she will "destroy everything."
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-03-23
运行时间: 25 min
概述: After Taeko is attacked while both Tsukiko and Kozuka have alibis, Maniwa considers the possibility of another Lil' Slugger existing and looks for connections between the victims in an attempt to pinpoint who will be next.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-04-06
运行时间: 25 min
概述: The three members of an Internet suicide pact meet each other for the first time in attempt to come up with ways to commit suicide, but hope to see Lil' Slugger.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-04-13
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Four housewives share gossip that they have heard about Lil' Slugger.
编剧: Tomomi Yoshino
播出日期: 2004-04-20
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Production coordinator Naoyuki Saruta fights traffic to deliver the first episode of "Mellow Maromi," an anime based on the famous character designed by Tsukiko, to the broadcasting network.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-04-27
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Misae Ikari, wife of Ikari the detective, confronts Lil' Slugger when he comes for her about what humans really are and tells him about the problems he's caused.
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-05-11
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Maniwa engages in battle with Lil' Slugger and investigates his past. First he visits the mysterious old man at the hospital just before he dies; his last words to Maniwa are "dance with the rabbit".
编剧: Seishi Minakami
播出日期: 2004-05-18
运行时间: 25 min
概述: Tokyo is in ruins because of a black mass, formed by the rampaging Lil' Slugger, that envelops the town. Maniwa contacts the police chief on a screen in the cartoon world telling him what he knows; Ikari smashes the screen and is hailed a hero.
