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A recap of everything Muroi Shinji from the “Bayside Shakedown” (Odoru Daisōsasen) film series has gone through — the death of his girlfriend from his Tohoku University days, his demotion after trying to reform the police organization, and his eventual death after starting foster-parent work in retirement — has stirred up discussion on 5ch. Alongside comments like “this is just too pitiful,” the thread sprawled into debates over spoilers right after the film’s release, behind-the-scenes friction between Oda Yuji and Yanagiba Toshiro, how popular the new cast is, and overall opinions on the series.
What people said
This is the darkest part of the whole thing
The movie clearly says "cardiopulmonary arrest"
So does that mean Muroi is confirmed gone from Bayside Shakedown for good now?
They even brought back Waku-san using AI, so they'll find some way to bring him back too. This production team doesn't care how, as long as it generates buzz.
I half expected him to come walking out of that laser-beam-looking thing, and it had me weirdly on edge
Sumire was supposed to be dead too, but they retconned her as alive partway through — if the casting lines up, there's a decent chance he gets revived as well
his house gets burned down by the daughter of a convict serving a life sentence that he arrested
This has to be the saddest part of all
He just wanted to live out a peaceful life in the countryside, and this happened to him — genuinely heartbreaking.
This actually made my chest hurt
Is Aoshima single too?
He's supposed to be a virgin
He died single. Apparently he'd planned to marry his girlfriend from college, but since she died, he felt he couldn't bring himself to marry anyone else
Apparently, when staff were asked by Yanagiba, "Did you get Oda's okay for this?", they just answered "Yes"
Those two really don't get along, do they — normally you'd just ask the person directly
Probably on Oda's initiative — he's mellowed out a lot compared to before, and by that point he'd likely already been offered a role in the new film
And then it turns out the dog was alive all along
So the whole search was pointless, lol
Well, his cause of death was angina, so… and besides, isn't it an Akita dog? Those are bred to handle the cold just fine
Reminder: Onda Sumire never actually died
In FINAL there was a scene clearly implying she'd died, but that got overwritten later with a retcon saying she'd just quit the police force
That was just her crashing a bus into a warehouse and having a tearful reunion with Aoshima, right?
It's almost funny how he just quietly died without it ever becoming a big deal
Not many people bother watching all the way through the spin-off, you know
Weren't they targeting him for something?
Eh, it's just the classic rural "hazing the outsider" thing
He died?
So he's just not coming back from here on out
Is there even a point to continuing Bayside Shakedown without Muroi?
That's exactly why three young newcomers showed up this time
Guess there are a lot of people who still don't know
That's just how Bayside Shakedown is these days, lol
I saw online that the new protagonist has zero popularity — was that just fake news?
He's popular with kids young enough that they don't even use social media
They just never managed to get past "decent"
The story always ends up kind of scattered
Maybe that's why the biggest climax never quite lands
Right? I kept thinking, why turn young people into the enemy here
The young characters did get to shine this time, but their grasp of young people and social media — or the internet in general — was so shallow it was honestly painful to watch
Well, the people making it are all old, so… that explains it
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Bayside Shakedown traces back to a TV drama that aired in 1997 and has spawned film adaptations for over two decades, with Yanagiba Toshiro’s Muroi Shinji established as one of the series’ signature characters. The thread’s reference to “bringing back Waku-san even by turning him into AI” refers to recreating a character once played by a now-deceased actor using recent video technology — a genuinely talked-about production technique as the series depicts a generational handover. Opinions in the thread split mainly along two lines: how much tolerance there should be for spoilers right after release, and how the series as a whole should be judged given its new cast and its portrayal of young people and social media. Muroi’s death itself is handled quietly within the films, and several commenters pointed out that many viewers aren’t even aware it happened.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Tragic News] Bayside Shakedown’s Muroi Shinji-san Is Just Too Pitiful.”
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